What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[Brutikus]

 

[3rdstone]

Red Sonja (2025)

I actually don't remember the original flick with Arnie and Brigitte Nielsen, still pretty sure I must've watched it once considering the ridiculous amount of crap VHS-movies/DVDs I rented during the 80s and forward. Don't remember seeing it on the telly as well. Whatever.

I went in thinking this would be a totally stinker considering comments and reviews. And in many ways this feels like a direct to streaming service-film on a lower budget. Still turned out partly decent. I thought Matilda Lutz did really well as Red Sonja/the protagonist, regardless the amount of crappy acting around her lol. The production design was decent as well. The gladiator scenes were entertaining (but way too short) as were the action scenes over all. And IMHO that nod to the classic skimpy Red Sonja armour worked with the humour involved.

I also wished the pacing could be more forward (I mean we're here for the sword action). Having enjoyed this partly as a decent enough turn-of-your-brain actioner, I now realise that the only really good thing here was Matilda Lutz, and missing more action scenes with her. Well whatever, I wouldn't mind seeing Lutz in another action-packed film, being it swords and sorcery or some modern themed flick.

The ending kiiinda left it open for a potential sequel..

 

[Rozen Thorne]

 

[MilkmanDan]

Twisters
Going in Style (2017)

 

[Immortalfire]

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

 

[KaijuDude1992]

Is this a good movie no but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't entertained by it especially seeing Alan Ritchson just having the time of his life here and hopefully the dude does more comedies in the future.

I'm definitely looking forward to seeing him in that Schwarzenegger Christmas movie whenever that's suppose to come out.

6/10



This was good and it was nice seeing another film from this director but I kind of understand why it didn't do better at the BO. It just felt like something that was made for streaming but that doesn't take away from the fact that I really liked the performances from Tatum and Dunst in this and the whole thing is pretty sad in the end especially since it is based on a real person.

7/10



I can't say that I laughed a whole lot but this was a really charming film. Like Roofman though it definitely felt like something made for streaming. Keanu was very likeable in this though and probably the best of the movie honestly but it was also cool seeing Seth Rogen and Aziz Ansari in another film together after all these years.

7/10

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Seven Deaths in the Cats Eyes (AKA Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye ~ 1973)

Italian/French/German produced gothic horror/giallo, directed by Antonio Margheriti. The film is set some time in the late 1800s.

Dragonstone Castle is the Scottish ancestral home of the MacGrieff family. Corringa MacGrieff (English actress/singer Jane Birkin) arrives unexpectedly (keeping quite about her expulsion from boarding school for 'cavorting' with boys) to visit her mother, Lady Alicia, and her aunt, Lady Mary (who actually owns the castle). Also present are the family physician Dr Franz (Anton Diffring), French teacher Suzanne (Doris Kunstmann), Mary's arrogant, wastrel son Lord James (Hiram Keller), and newly arrived priest, Padre Robertson (giallo regular Venantino Venantini). Mary is desperately short of money and pleads with Alicia to help her out, but Alicia refuses. That night Alicia is murdered, smothered with her pillow.

The family have a legend; any MacGrieff killed by another MacGrieff returns as a vampire. As more people are mysteriously killed, the discovery that Lady Alicia's body is missing from the family crypt and that her coffin appears to have been forced open from the inside has Corringa wondering if the legend is more than just superstition...

Antonio Margheriti was a variable director, but when he got it right he scored. He gets it right here. The cinematography, lighting, and mist-shrouded atmosphere are bang-on, with lots of lurking in moonlit graveyards and searching secret passages by candlelight. I don't know if he set out to make it look like a Hammer film, but he certainly manages to do so (put me in mind of The Brides of Dracula and Kiss of the Vampire). The score by Riz Ortolani is perfect. The performances are all good (Diffring could play the unsympathetic Teutonic a-hole in his sleep - but he always did it so well!). Birkin and Kunstmann provide the glamour. There's barely any nudity, and only a moderate amount of gore, but this gets by on atmosphere. The story itself isn't particularly original - the Sherlock Holmes adventure The Hound of the Baskervilles is obviously an influence, with maybe a bit of Edgar Allan Poe - but that doesn't detract from a good evening watch for this time of year. 7/10

 

[Simon Phoenix]

 

[squeekness]

McVeigh

 

[Luigi]

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn

 

[Broseph44]

My girlfriend loves Twilight and I have never seen them. So we started my Twilight journey tonight.

Twilight (2008)

 

[ObiWanCon]

The Running Man (2025)

 

[Link]

My girlfriend loves Twilight and I have never seen them. So we started my Twilight journey tonight.

Twilight (2008)

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Did you like it? I did a full rewatch earlier this year (with We Hate Movies commentary tracks) and it was a journey

 

[Link]

As a big fan of Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives, I was right at home with Vanessa Williams as the catty and fabulous Ebony Scrooge. @Shinobi Shaw was right, A Diva's Christmas Carol is a fun one. I'll watch it again next year over the gross Johnny Depp version.

 

[Dave McFly]

Bohemian Rhapsody on the big screen but it was a sing along like they did with KPop Demon Hunters I tell you nothing is more fun than belting out Queen songs with a theater full of awesome peeps 11/10 would do it again

 

[Broseph44]

Did you like it? I did a full rewatch earlier this year (with We Hate Movies commentary tracks) and it was a journey

It was very interesting to say the least haha. My girlfriend was loving my reactions. There were so many moments where I was like wtf is happening or just baffled. Like some of the acting, some of the editing or filming choices too had me like what

I did genuinely enjoy a few things about it though. I am very curious to see where the rest of this series goes. I know nothing about the books at all. And I know nothing about what happens in the films. I just know it was always team Edward or Jacob. All she told me is I guess the last film there’s a big battle she’s excited for me to see.

 

[Brutikus]

 

[Dave McFly]

RUSH is an AMAZING movie Chris and Daniel KILLED as James and Niki respectively and I think it has one of Hans Zimmers best scores to date.

 

[Frodo]

PRIVATE SCHOOL ( 1983)




Made in the context of early 80s films like Fast Times At Ridgemont High Porky's , Risky Business , and Revenge Of The Nerds, Private School falls into the category of " Films That Wouldn't be made today , without being cancelled "

The film is tacky, wacky, in all it's cheesy 80s glory .

I'm pretty sure it was 100 percent made for only dudes , back in 1983 .

That being said, I can't lie,... I was basically laughing pretty hard most of the film, even though it's not to the level of something like Fast Times At Ridgemont High or Risky Business.

It features a very young Matthew Modine and Phoebe Cates, who was one of the most adorable actresses of the 1980s.

Judging by the critics score, it's not a critical darling, to be sure .



So , I guess this makes my second Saturday Night in the 1980s .

Released on July 29th 1983 , the number song was a little ballad by The Police, which became one of the biggest hits of The Decade .

 

[Aesop Rocks]

One Battle After Another (2025, Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)




Easily PTA at his best and what an incredible introduce to Chase Infiniti. I only see the brightest of future's for her.

 

[Link]

It was very interesting to say the least haha. My girlfriend was loving my reactions. There were so many moments where I was like wtf is happening or just baffled. Like some of the acting, some of the editing or filming choices too had me like what

I did genuinely enjoy a few things about it though. I am very curious to see where the rest of this series goes. I know nothing about the books at all. And I know nothing about what happens in the films. I just know it was always team Edward or Jacob. All she told me is I guess the last film there’s a big battle she’s excited for me to see.

Yeah, it's a strange franchise, especially when the author's Mormonism peeks through at unexpected places That big battle is definitely fun. There's a bit more action in the third one as well.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The Fog (1980)

Still a 10/10 for me and a strong candidate for my favourite horror film of all time.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

Yeah the trailers did this movie no justice at all which is a shame because it's really good. I wouldn't call it my favorite film of the year or anything but it's definitely up there. DiCaprio was great as always and the supporting performances were also pretty strong but man Sean Penn is easily the MVP of this movie IMO and I'm honestly surprised they didn't market his character more in the trailers.

Its just crazy to me that they just didn't do a good job selling the plot at all in the trailers which is why I didn't see it in theaters. I do like PTA as a director overall though and it's definitely one of his better films.

8/10

 

[Frodo]

IN SEARCH OF...HOSTED BY LEONARD NIMOY





IN SEARCH OF ... LEE HARVEY OSWALD ( October 4th , 1980)

In Search Of...examines the role of Lee Harvey Oswald in the Kennedy assassination, with the then recent release of the Zabruder film , which called into question whether The Warren Commission findings , were accurate .



Airing October 4th , 1980 was another hit by a small indie band called, Queen





IN SEARCH OF... ANASTASIA ( February 28th 1978)

In Search Of ... Deals with the controversial story of Anna Anderson, who, for decades, claimed that she was The Grand Duchess Anastasia .

Airing on February 28th 1978, number one was one of the biggest hits during the Disco era, and of the decade.

 

[Link]

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Yeah the trailers did this movie no justice at all which is a shame because it's really good. I wouldn't call it my favorite film of the year or anything but it's definitely up there. DiCaprio was great as always and the supporting performances were also pretty strong but man Sean Penn is easily the MVP of this movie IMO and I'm honestly surprised they didn't market his character more in the trailers.

Its just crazy to me that they just didn't do a good job selling the plot at all in the trailers which is why I didn't see it in theaters. I do like PTA as a director overall though and it's definitely one of his better films.

8/10

Absolutely, that marketing campaign totally failed the film