What movie are you viewing at the moment?

[Jake Gittes]

Hush (2016)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5022702/



I've watched this thriller now at least three times and it has continued to grow on me since!

The movie is about a deaf writer named Maddie (played by the ever-so-cute Kate Siegel) who lives isolated in the woods and is stalked and preyed upon by a masked (for not too long) killer and must rely on her remaining sensory faculties to survive.

What I loved most about this movie was how I was able to immerse myself completely in Maddie's character. I enjoyed the suspense in asking myself how I would survive in similar situations.

To describe this movie as "atmospheric" is an understatement. The score is amazing as well and doesn't overshadow the action of the film.

Some have criticized how the killer had opportunities to kill Maddie at the beginning, but I dismissed these criticisms as I found myself instantly attracted to the humanity of her character and her will to survive.

More of a "thriller" than a "horror" film, in my opinion, enjoyable nevertheless.

If you're looking for something new in the "survival" genre, give it a try.

[Sir Honkers]

Soylent Green thanks to tmee mentioning it. Edward G was great in this and I'd forgotten how sad I found his fate when I first saw it in the theatre. The real surprise for me though, was that Heston could actually act.

[73north]

Violetas ( means Violets )

6 very different stories, and I think all of them are watchable - even if it sometimes seems they're lesbian relationships viewed through a man's eye. But good acting throughout and for the most part intriguing and interesting stories. I think it's worth your effort to watch it -
( and the Spanish Actresses are cute )

[73north]

The Raid 2 [2014]

I realise that this might have been reviewed before - but just in case you missed this when it came out 3 years ago ( how the time flies )

A sequel that's packed with genre-defining action, cutting edge fight-choreography, and more hard-18-rated violence than you could shake a poorly-aimed shotgun at.

It feels like director Gareth Evans is “doing a Tarantino” here, drawing from a lot of established Asian movie elements and Actors .
The action scenes remain unbelievably entertaining, expertly choreographed and jaw-droppingly inventive – although shaky cam is used a lot more in this one. You never get tired watching Iko Uwais play human pinball with dozens of henchmen, exploiting the various locations, and through most of the big fights you can’t help but grab your equivalent body part that has just been mangled on-screen and shout “DAMN!!”, every 20 seconds.

Once again, there’s a good peppering of ultra-black humour to provide a little relief from the action. At 150 minutes there’s a lot that could have been cut out and not missed – from developing minor characters through to shots of nails, water, snow – although it is rigidly punctuated with big set-pieces so you never get the chance to nod off.

The Raid was a powerful, gritty, relentless and raw 90-minute virtually dialoge-free history-making fight-fest that raised the bar for all action movies
This is a 90-minute, 10/10 movie that’s contained in here.

[tomesing]

American Monster



Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsr-NcbVgLM


tomesing

[73north]

This was another French Film that I watched - it was excellent
Summertime ( 2015 )
A young woman (Izia Higelin) moves from the French countryside to Paris and begins a passionate love affair with a feminist leader (Cecile de France) in this drama set in 1970s France .
The 2 lead actresses were excellent - and very believable
Catherine Corsini's film highlights the successes of second-wave feminism, but it's when the lovers move to the countryside that the film really finds its theme: the difficulties of growing up gay in a conservative community

[diamelsx]

The Great Outdoors (1988)

Originally Posted by IMDB

It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley (John Candy), along with his wife, Connie (Stephanie Faracy), and their two kids, Buck (Chris Young) and Ben (Ian Giatti). But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig (Dan Aykroyd), his wife, Kate (Annette Bening), and the couple's two daughters. As the excursion wears on, the Ripleys find themselves at odds with the stuffy Craig family.

[neo2008]

The Big Sick




Kumail Nanjiani's real life love story is brought to the big screen in The Big Sick.
Kumail Nanjiani as Kumail and Zoe Kazan as Emily meet cute,try to keep things casual,but cant deny their connection.The obstacle Kumail's traditional Pakistani Muslim family want to marry him off to a Pakistani woman,when Zoe discovers he's been hiding her and about all the women his parents tried to set him up with he cant give her a straight answer ,they break up,and Zoe becomes very ill,placed in a coma,and Kumail awkwardly bonds with her parents.

This film works as a dark comedy,romantic comedy,,drama and a tear jerker.
The performances are so strong across the board with so much heart. Nanjiani and Kazan have great chemistry.
Ray Romano as Emily's father Terry is terrific,i still miss his short lived tv drama Men of a Certain Age
Holly Hunter is outstanding as Beth his wife and loving mother of Emily.They are so believable as the well worn husband and wife.
There are great supporting characters.I loved the raw emotion and honesty of the characters.

Only a couple of moments in the movie were a bit stiff

A nice Summer surprise

Scale of 1-10 a 9


The Beguiled





It's 1864 and a young girl happens upon a badly wounded Union soldier John McBurney helps him back to her boarding school where he is nursed back to health by the head mistress Martha Farnsworth.Each girl and woman are intrigued by him,flirtations begin,and a game of seduction and desire lead to some minor mayhem.

Colin Farrell as John McBurney is charming as ever and draws each woman to him in some way.
The actresses all click together well from Nicole Kidman,to Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning.
I liked that for a time i didnt know their intentions,especially Dunst who really played her cards close to her chest
It never really gets to the ultra sinister turns that the trailers kind of promised,and the film is a very slow burn,but i found it very entertaining

Scale of 1-10 an 8



Rough Night






Rough Night never gets to the crazy levels of mayhem as Oh no we killed the stripper movies like STAG or Very Bad Things but some sight gags and jokes are hilarious.Scarlett Johansson ,Kate McKinnon ,Jillian Bell ,Ilana Glazer and Zoë Kravitz play well together and Paul W. Downs as Peter the fiance has some funny turns in his odyssey to find out what Johansson is up to.
The film has a lot of predictable turns near the end and runs out of steam in it's last 20 minutes
A good rental for a slow Saturday night

Scale of 1-10 a 6½




Transformers: The Last Knight




In the time since the last Transformers adventure more Autobots and Decepticons have come to Earth to fight it out,a splinter group from the military has been established to keep them under control or just make them blow up real good,and we have Mark Wahlberg as Cade Yeager trying to make a safe haven for and defend the Autobots from the splinter group and a plucky girl Isabela Moner as Izabella trying to do the same.
On top of this here comes Cybertron again trying to over take Earth and only a lost relic can stop it

So what did i like about this 5th Transformers flick? I actually liked this a bit better...and i mean a bit better than the last flick.The SFX,3D,and action sequences are flawless,i thought a couple of new characters were interesting with a nice look to them

I know Michael Bay's feeling is: I dont care if you complain because you are going to see the movie anyway!! It's unfortunate he feels that way and it's just unfortunate all of the good things are coupled with a terrible script,so much time is wasted on silly banter.Characters that were hyped up in the trailers,introduced in the movie ,and favorites vanish for at least an hour,or have brief moments and are never seen again.
Sight gags are grating and painfully unfunny,stereotypical characters dance around the screen like something out of a nightmare.

The story could have worked,but there are way to many plot holes and inconsistent moments.Some of the actors arent bad but what they are given to work with makes them look brain dead.Whenever the film slows down i kept hoping the scene of anyone talking would just end quickly.

This is what i suggest rent the movie,fast forward to any action sequence,marvel at it,and move on with your life


Scale of 1-10 a 5

[Mal Hombre]

Dear God,They remade The Beguiled with Colin Farrell ?

[shlomotvr]

The Boys from Brazil (1978)
strong
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077269/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_5