Movie What's the last movie you saw? (7)

[joey_jo_jo]

Rebel Ridge

Pretty well done, slow burn very grounded small town corrupt cops action thiller.

Don Johnson is great but the male lead Aaron Pierre is amazing. Great presence and handles the physicality well.

The director Jeremy Saulnier also did a belter little indie horror called Green Room a few years back that I recommend anyone watch

Yeah watched green room after rebel ridge. Was great!
Now I need to hunt down his first film Blue Ruin

 

[sandeano]

Rebel Ridge

Pretty well done, slow burn very grounded small town corrupt cops action thiller.

Don Johnson is great but the male lead Aaron Pierre is amazing. Great presence and handles the physicality well.

The director Jeremy Saulnier also did a belter little indie horror called Green Room a few years back that I recommend anyone watch

I didn't make the connection with the director. Green Room was quite impressive. I'll check Rebel Ridge out.

 

[Frank Bunn]

Late Night With The Devil (2023)

A low budget horror made in Melbourne. The directors do a great job of depicting the production of a 1970s talk show. David Dastmalchian is very good as the host. A couple of things didn't work for me. The story being framed as a documentary with black and white behind-the-scenes footage. Who is supposed to be filming that? And the ending was a mess.

5/10.

The Grove as referenced in the movie is based on a real 2,700-acre camp in California owned by an exclusive club of powerful men. I doubt they practice child sacrifice but they go to great lengths to make sure any uninvited guests don't get in.

 

[phantom13]

Yeah watched green room after rebel ridge. Was great!
Now I need to hunt down his first film Blue Ruin

He’s got a Netflix film from 2018 that has Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skaarsgard, Riley Keough and James Badge Dale that I’ve literally never heard of. Alien Romulus is lined up next but Hold The Dark (apparently that’s what it’s called) is now on the list too

 

[magpie_marty]

Winx on Stan

 

[JackOutback]

Late Night With The Devil (2023)

A low budget horror made in Melbourne. The directors do a great job of depicting the production of a 1970s talk show. David Dastmalchian is very good as the host. A couple of things didn't work for me. The story being framed as a documentary with black and white behind-the-scenes footage. Who is supposed to be filming that? And the ending was a mess.

5/10.

The Grove as referenced in the movie is based on a real 2,700-acre camp in California owned by an exclusive club of powerful men. I doubt they practice child sacrifice but they go to great lengths to make sure any uninvited guests don't get in.

I initially thought the ending was abrupt but after thinking about it, don't think it was a mess at all. Spoilers ahead for those that haven't see it.

He was so desperate to succeed he made a Faustian pact and we thought it had been paid, he was given lots of chances to back out but kept pushing ahead and in the end, he will have achieved the fame he was after but not the way he had hoped.

 

[Sketi]

The director Jeremy Saulnier also did a belter little indie horror called Green Room a few years back that I recommend anyone watch

Green Room is of my favourite movies of any genre over the last 10 years. Just such an intense and visceral experience.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Just started watching Mr Majestyk

This is actually the first Charles Bronson film I have watched (AFAIK) The Simpsons put me off watching his films because they (imo probably lovingly) took the piss out of him for years with several Bronson like character cameos and the voice of that sarcastic salesman lol

 

[Kirby]

Woman of the Hour - I enjoyed it and its commentary of sexism in days gone past with the intersection of a truely unnerving serial killer and rapist.

Couldn’t believe this was Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut. Solid 7/10

I agree.

Very good film.

 

[AFDogs]

Winx on Stan

Thanks. Tonights movie sorted.

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

Goosebumps:

Surprisingly very good, Jack Black is fantastic as always in these type of movies. Watched it with my son for a bit of a Halloween hit. 7/10

 

[sandeano]

Late Night With the Devil

I'm guessing they cut the scene where the host says to the sceptic, "We're going to a commercial break and you can piss off. We'll be back with Diana Trask".

But yeah, quite well done in terms in production design and strong performances (Dastmalchian holds it together) and the conceit is flavoursome. However the bookends of the narrative arc don't quite come together (for my liking) and - has been mentioned here - the 'ad break' sections, whilst crucial for exposition, detract from the 'found footage' atmosphere of the production. I may be seeming a little harsh on what was otherwise a very competently made horror film that did provide some genuine chills and suspense. Perhaps because i wanted to love it, rather than just really like it. 7/10

 

[phantom13]

Alien Romulus

Sick, twisted, evil and gross.

****ing loved it.

The zero gravity sequence was awesome and the whole final act was just... real good, clean, wholesome fun.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Klaus Kinski as Nosferatu in the late 70s was brilliant

As unnerving a vampire as you’ll ever see

 

[Jarman3]

Klaus Kinski as Nosferatu in the late 70s was brilliant

I loved Willem Dafoe in Shadow of the Vampire. I really liked that movie, although it seems damn near impossible to find now. It's about the making of the original silent film Nosferatu, based on the idea that Max Schreck (played by Dafoe) was an actual vampire.

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

He’s got a Netflix film from 2018 that has Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skaarsgard, Riley Keough and James Badge Dale that I’ve literally never heard of. Alien Romulus is lined up next but Hold The Dark (apparently that’s what it’s called) is now on the list too

Blue Ruin is well worth tracking down too, even his 2007 debut Murder Party is great low budget horror fun.

I really had high hopes for Rebel Ridge because of this back catalogue but it just didn't work for me.

 

[Plugger35]

I loved Willem Dafoe in Shadow of the Vampire. I really liked that movie, although it seems damn near impossible to find now. It's about the making of the original silent film Nosferatu, based on the idea that Max Schreck (played by Dafoe) was an actual vampire.

I really liked it too, Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich are two of my favourite actors and they're both great in it, especially Dafoe.

I haven't seen it since it was first released though, one of those films that has disappeared while other lesser films are ubiquitous.

 

[GreyCrow]

Dafoe is in the new Nosferatu movie due Christmas Day

 

[offtherails9]

Late Night with the Devil very good, probably wish I supported it in cinema. Recommend the movie these guys made ages ago called 100 Bloody Acres, Damonn Herriman in that one.

 

[sandeano]

For those up late tonight (Wednesday) SBS VIceland has this 'classic' on at 11.40pm

 

[Frank Bunn]

Woman of the Hour (2023)

We know who the serial killer is from the very first scene so there's no suspense, just a few disturbing depictions of what he did, with a disjointed timeline. The movie also focuses on an aspiring actress, Sheryl, but it's all pretty dull stuff. She gets invited onto a TV dating show where the serial killer is one of the 'bachelors'. These are not spoilers, it's all in the trailer. Anna Kendrick gets to play herself for five minutes and demonstrate that she's the smartest person in the room.

The movie is loosely based on true events. The real Cheryl Bradshaw came across as a slightly weird bimbo rather than an Einstein quoting fighter against sexism. She was not one of Rodney Alcala's victims who got away. Apart from the few minutes on the show, mostly behind a partition, she had nothing to do with him.

3/10