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

[JackOutback]

Wicked Little Letters... based on the true story of a small English town post WWI that is scandalised when a series of obscene letters start being received by residents. Suspicion falls on the brash Irish immigrant single mother. It has all the elements of a quirky English comedy film, Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley are good in the lead roles, but it never quite lives up to the wacky premise. It's never quite as funny as it wants to be, never quite as intriguing as a 'cosy crime' mystery. It has a charm but probably would have been better served as a BBC Sunday night drama. 6/10

Canary Black... followed that with a complete gear change. Kate Beckinsale, looking less and less like Kate Beckinsale each year, plays a super spy (you know, cause she wears punk wigs and quips while she kills) in this decidedly b-grade thriller. When her husband is kidnapped, she has to retrieve a file that is not all it seems. Despite objectively making traitorous decisions on the basis of 'trust me, I'll fix it somehow', we are meant to cheer for her and she beats up foreign baddies in order to discover the twist I guessed 10 minutes into the movie. It's entertaining in the way 80s Michael Dudikoff movies were entertaining. 4/10

 

[dumb]

Requiem for a Dream. I asked a friend for a recommendation that would be bleak enough to suck all the joy outta my soul, and this nailed it. Ellen Burstyn was incredible.

'funny games' if you're looking to remove more joy from your life down the track. there's two versions, an austrian version off the top of my head which is my preference, and a shot-for-shot american remake. has naomi watts.

 

[Roobs321]

yeah when I saw the first Funny Games in cinema it left my throat well parched and my neck very stiff, a harrowing ordeal that one (great film though)

 

[Roobs321]

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

'funny games' if you're looking to remove more joy from your life down the track. there's two versions, an austrian version off the top of my head which is my preference, and a shot-for-shot american remake. has naomi watts.

Thank you, I shall pop that up my sleeve for when I'm in one of my feral cat moods.

 

[dont bowl there]

Wicked

Well that was far better than I was expecting. Have always loved the stage show and when I heard they were doing a movie, I instantly thought 'they'll ruin this'. Boy was I wrong, that was absurdly good.

The other thing I thought was interesting was the first part being 2 hrs 40. Assumed this meant they'd stretched the story to it's absolute limits but again, I was absolutely wrong. At no point did it feel it was dragging unnecessarily.

Great first part and one I'm sure I'll watch countless times again.

9/10

Agree, was dreading the runtime but it flew by. Honestly one of my favourite movies from the past few years.