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**Wendigo** · July 20th, 2017, 04:55 PM

The Changeling (1980)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080516/

George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere head a great cast, Scott plays a college lecturer and composer trying to rebuild his life after his wife and daughter were killed in a traffic accident. he hires a remote house to work in peace but soon finds that he is not alone in the house

A fantastic and totally creepy film that I have not seen in years, I saw it at the cinema when it first came out and it has not lost any impact over the years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTzgXVosQOU

**rosestone** · July 20th, 2017, 06:11 PM

Batman v Superman, starring that devastatingly handsome charisma-vacuum who plays Superman, and my worrying, seemingly inexplicable man-crush Ben Affleck. Plus that lad playing Lex Luthor, who seems to be acting as if he's in an advert meant to warn youths against the dangers of cocaine - and even that might be giving too much credit, because I really can't imagine that the director actually gave him any direction.

I've seen it twice already, and I'm not even a comic book guy, but I have some work that I need to get done so have a powerful need to procrastinate, and that means seeing what's floating at the top of my hard-drive and is awful

**Wendigo** · July 20th, 2017, 07:27 PM

Chupacabra: Dark Seas aka Chupacabra Terror (2005)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435617/

The excellent John Rhys-Davies is the captain of a cruise ship that is being used to ship a live Chupacabra out from an island, when a couple of greedy workers open the crate trying to steal the contents the beast gets loose on board the ship and before long it is eating into the crew and passengers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df_xZBtXBSI

**73north** · July 21st, 2017, 04:01 PM

Dunkirk has a 91% Rating on Rotten Tomatoes

" - serves up emotionally satisfying spectacle, delivered by a writer-director in full command of his craft and brought to life by a gifted ensemble cast that honors the fact-based story "

Just watched the 1st Screening of Dunkirk , the New war Film -
and its actually really !! good , as the ' Spitfire ' fighter portrayed in the film looked exactly like a Spitfire Mk 1 ( used in 1940 ) - and highly accurate
for example it had the single oil radiator under the right wing !

I thought the main actors were good and also the few Stars didn't detract from the story - the action scenes were very realistic and a lot of time had clearly been taken , and the air scenes were worthy of the
1969 Battle of Britain Film -
plus it was well made and acted -
also the Film score was really good , but in the background as it should be..
Honestly, had a tear. If you can IMAX this do so -
in short - well worth seeing !

and probably the best War Film of 2017

**Wendigo** · July 21st, 2017, 04:53 PM

Congo (1995)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112715/

Based on a novel by Michael Crichton an expedition is sent into the Congo jungle to investigate what happened to an earlier team who disappeared whilst looking for diamonds for scientific research, genre icon Bruce Campbell appears in the early scenes just before all hell breaks loose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBohjBi348Y

**Baresfan** · July 21st, 2017, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 73north

Dunkirk has a 91% Rating on Rotten Tomatoes

" - serves up emotionally satisfying spectacle, delivered by a writer-director in full command of his craft and brought to life by a gifted ensemble cast that honors the fact-based story "

Just watched the 1st Screening of Dunkirk , the New war Film -
and its actually really !! good , as the ' Spitfire ' fighter portrayed in the film looked exactly like a Spitfire Mk 1 ( used in 1940 ) - and highly accurate
for example it had the single oil radiator under the right wing !

I thought the main actors were good and also the few Stars didn't detract from the story - the action scenes were very realistic and a lot of time had clearly been taken , and the air scenes were worthy of the
1969 Battle of Britain Film -
plus it was well made and acted -
also the Film score was really good , but in the background as it should be..
Honestly, had a tear. If you can IMAX this do so -
in short - well worth seeing !

and probably the best War Film of 2017

I have tickets for an IMAX showing tonight - very excited.

**73north** · July 21st, 2017, 07:09 PM

For once , believe the positive reviews - so little dialogue , so Sergio Leone
and so better for it .......... I will say no more

I still have a tear in my eyes , 4 hours after the Film -
( I am not the emotional type )
you will see why for yourself when you watch it
a War Film like they used to make them , is the best explanation
( and no gore - war- porn - and all the better for it )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1VJ39nVIBk

and the score ! my god , its good .......

**mungy** · July 21st, 2017, 08:12 PM

The Dark Night

**blueballsdc** · July 22nd, 2017, 04:30 AM

Over the last two days I have seen one of the best movies of the year and one of the worst. Dunkirk is one of the best movies that I have seen this year and I have recommended it to all of my family and friends. I give it a 9 out of 10 stars.

At the opposite end of the scale is Valerian.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2239822/
I had read some of the Valerian and Laureline comics when I was much younger but this movie does not live up to the comics.

The movie is almost entirely CGI except for a few actors and it might have been better off with CGI for them. Dane DeHaan is a decent actor but he always looks like he just came back from a bank holiday weekend (or weeklong) bender. This movie is no exception. Certainly not the image from the comics.

Cara Delevigne is attractive but nowhere near as beautiful as the character should be. Personally I think Amber Heard would have been a better choice. Also Cara has no acting ability to speak of. The puppets from Thunderbirds have a greater expressive range.

The plot is almost as non-existant as Battleships was which brings me to the worst part of the movie.

Rihanna.

She serves no purpose in the movie other than to have her face (and body) in the trailers. They could have cut 15 minutes form the movie and probably $20 million from the budget by not having her in the movie. I give this movie zero stars. I would recommend waiting for this movie to come out on cable, satellite, or webcast then going down to the pub instead.

**trailmaster** · July 22nd, 2017, 11:42 AM

Of the three Netflix movies I looked at yesterday only one is worth talking about.
"Office Christmas Party" starring Jason Bateman, Jennifer Anniston, others. Simple plot, Jennifer Anniston is the CEO of a struggling tech company that has hit hard times and is closing it's many branches. Anniston says to her employees that she will have to cut their salaries by 40%, cancel the annual office Christmas party and lay off some workers. One of her workers says to Anniston that she is working on a new innovation that will change the internet forever and bring the company back to its former glory, but Anniston is a real bitch and says that the innovation which is not ready yet must be ready in the next week or the office may be closed. Behind her back all the employees fearing the worst decide to have the party anyway. The party is big, very funny with naked women running all over the office and very hectic. There is a tremendous amount of great music that is played during the party. Employees fearing the company may close decide to wreck the office. The movie is extremely funny, and it has a good ending.

July 20th, 2017, 04:55 PM	#9961
Wendigo Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Blighty Posts: 113,893 Thanks: 259,993 Thanked 1,140,517 Times in 114,015 Posts	The Changeling (1980) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080516/ George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere head a great cast, Scott plays a college lecturer and composer trying to rebuild his life after his wife and daughter were killed in a traffic accident. he hires a remote house to work in peace but soon finds that he is not alone in the house A fantastic and totally creepy film that I have not seen in years, I saw it at the cinema when it first came out and it has not lost any impact over the years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTzgXVosQOU __________________ RIP Doctor Who To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 23 November 1963 to 25 December 2017, sacrificed on the altar of identity politics. The show is dead to me, but my DVD's live on If you can re-up dead links please consider adding this to your signature. It helps when looking at reports of dead posts. Please PM me re any dead images although it is likely if it is outside Celebs I may no longer have the content

July 20th, 2017, 06:11 PM	#9962
rosestone Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,256 Thanks: 79,772 Thanked 37,957 Times in 2,261 Posts	Batman v Superman: Dawn of more tedious bollocks Batman v Superman, starring that devastatingly handsome charisma-vacuum who plays Superman, and my worrying, seemingly inexplicable man-crush Ben Affleck. Plus that lad playing Lex Luthor, who seems to be acting as if he's in an advert meant to warn youths against the dangers of cocaine - and even that might be giving too much credit, because I really can't imagine that the director actually gave him any direction. I've seen it twice already, and I'm not even a comic book guy, but I have some work that I need to get done so have a powerful need to procrastinate, and that means seeing what's floating at the top of my hard-drive and is awful

July 20th, 2017, 07:27 PM	#9963
Wendigo Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Blighty Posts: 113,893 Thanks: 259,993 Thanked 1,140,517 Times in 114,015 Posts	Chupacabra: Dark Seas aka Chupacabra Terror (2005) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435617/ The excellent John Rhys-Davies is the captain of a cruise ship that is being used to ship a live Chupacabra out from an island, when a couple of greedy workers open the crate trying to steal the contents the beast gets loose on board the ship and before long it is eating into the crew and passengers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df_xZBtXBSI __________________ RIP Doctor Who To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 23 November 1963 to 25 December 2017, sacrificed on the altar of identity politics. The show is dead to me, but my DVD's live on If you can re-up dead links please consider adding this to your signature. It helps when looking at reports of dead posts. Please PM me re any dead images although it is likely if it is outside Celebs I may no longer have the content

July 21st, 2017, 04:01 PM	#9964
73north Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 1,890 Thanks: 16,324 Thanked 39,385 Times in 1,847 Posts	Dunkirk Dunkirk has a 91% Rating on Rotten Tomatoes " - serves up emotionally satisfying spectacle, delivered by a writer-director in full command of his craft and brought to life by a gifted ensemble cast that honors the fact-based story " Just watched the 1st Screening of Dunkirk , the New war Film - and its actually really !! good , as the ' Spitfire ' fighter portrayed in the film looked exactly like a Spitfire Mk 1 ( used in 1940 ) - and highly accurate for example it had the single oil radiator under the right wing ! I thought the main actors were good and also the few Stars didn't detract from the story - the action scenes were very realistic and a lot of time had clearly been taken , and the air scenes were worthy of the 1969 Battle of Britain Film - plus it was well made and acted - also the Film score was really good , but in the background as it should be.. Honestly, had a tear. If you can IMAX this do so - in short - well worth seeing ! and probably the best War Film of 2017 Last edited by 73north; July 21st, 2017 at 05:54 PM..

July 21st, 2017, 04:53 PM	#9965
Wendigo Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Blighty Posts: 113,893 Thanks: 259,993 Thanked 1,140,517 Times in 114,015 Posts	Congo (1995) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112715/ Based on a novel by Michael Crichton an expedition is sent into the Congo jungle to investigate what happened to an earlier team who disappeared whilst looking for diamonds for scientific research, genre icon Bruce Campbell appears in the early scenes just before all hell breaks loose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBohjBi348Y __________________ RIP Doctor Who To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 23 November 1963 to 25 December 2017, sacrificed on the altar of identity politics. The show is dead to me, but my DVD's live on If you can re-up dead links please consider adding this to your signature. It helps when looking at reports of dead posts. Please PM me re any dead images although it is likely if it is outside Celebs I may no longer have the content

July 21st, 2017, 07:09 PM	#9967
73north Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 1,890 Thanks: 16,324 Thanked 39,385 Times in 1,847 Posts	For once , believe the positive reviews - so little dialogue , so Sergio Leone and so better for it .......... I will say no more I still have a tear in my eyes , 4 hours after the Film - ( I am not the emotional type ) you will see why for yourself when you watch it a War Film like they used to make them , is the best explanation ( and no gore - war- porn - and all the better for it ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1VJ39nVIBk and the score ! my god , its good .......

July 21st, 2017, 08:12 PM	#9968
mungy Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 3,400 Thanks: 8,933 Thanked 64,109 Times in 3,422 Posts	The Dark Night __________________ My links expire with 1 months inactivity. If they are down PM me and I will re-upload.

July 22nd, 2017, 04:30 AM	#9969
blueballsdc Vintage Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 112,645 Thanked 21,428 Times in 1,713 Posts	Over the last two days I have seen one of the best movies of the year and one of the worst. Dunkirk is one of the best movies that I have seen this year and I have recommended it to all of my family and friends. I give it a 9 out of 10 stars. At the opposite end of the scale is Valerian. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2239822/ I had read some of the Valerian and Laureline comics when I was much younger but this movie does not live up to the comics. The movie is almost entirely CGI except for a few actors and it might have been better off with CGI for them. Dane DeHaan is a decent actor but he always looks like he just came back from a bank holiday weekend (or weeklong) bender. This movie is no exception. Certainly not the image from the comics. Cara Delevigne is attractive but nowhere near as beautiful as the character should be. Personally I think Amber Heard would have been a better choice. Also Cara has no acting ability to speak of. The puppets from Thunderbirds have a greater expressive range. The plot is almost as non-existant as Battleships was which brings me to the worst part of the movie. Rihanna. She serves no purpose in the movie other than to have her face (and body) in the trailers. They could have cut 15 minutes form the movie and probably $20 million from the budget by not having her in the movie. I give this movie zero stars. I would recommend waiting for this movie to come out on cable, satellite, or webcast then going down to the pub instead.

July 22nd, 2017, 11:42 AM	#9970
trailmaster Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Posts: 59,934 Thanks: 1,329,476 Thanked 707,604 Times in 60,108 Posts	Of the three Netflix movies I looked at yesterday only one is worth talking about. "Office Christmas Party" starring Jason Bateman, Jennifer Anniston, others. Simple plot, Jennifer Anniston is the CEO of a struggling tech company that has hit hard times and is closing it's many branches. Anniston says to her employees that she will have to cut their salaries by 40%, cancel the annual office Christmas party and lay off some workers. One of her workers says to Anniston that she is working on a new innovation that will change the internet forever and bring the company back to its former glory, but Anniston is a real bitch and says that the innovation which is not ready yet must be ready in the next week or the office may be closed. Behind her back all the employees fearing the worst decide to have the party anyway. The party is big, very funny with naked women running all over the office and very hectic. There is a tremendous amount of great music that is played during the party. Employees fearing the company may close decide to wreck the office. The movie is extremely funny, and it has a good ending.