Film What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[Dave McFly]

The Running Man (2025) while the 87 film holds a special place my heart this film was A W E S O M E I enjoyed every minute of it

 

[ObiWanCon]

Being Eddie (2025)

 

[Link]

A few weeks ago, I (unknowingly) ended up watching a Finnish remake of this film. Its approach to technology and queer representation felt like something written a decade ago, and needless to say, my instincts were correct. In hindsight, Täydelliset vieraat is a supremely lazy remake of Perfetti sconosciuti, which isn’t surprising given that it’s already the 26th remake of this damn thing.

Perfetti sconosciuti, or Perfect Strangers, is a perfectly entertaining, theater-esque drama about a group of friends who, during a dinner party, commit to reading every incoming message aloud and playing their phone calls on the loudspeaker. Everyone has secrets, and plenty of conflict arises. It's an arrestingly simple concept.

In total, there are now 30 remakes of the film, with more in production. Unfortunately, most of them, as far as I understand, are as cookie-cutter as the Finnish one; the differences are largely tonal. Still, the idea of experiencing this story through the lens of multiple countries, continents, and cultures is fascinating. So, being the madman that I am, I’m going to watch every single one. Wish me luck!

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Did a double feature yesterday:

Saw the OG movie for the first time ever on Paramount+


And then saw the new one at my theater


Fun and timely movies.

 

[Dave McFly]

I need to re watch the 87 one its so cheesy fun it reeks of cheddar

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[Frodo]

THE LAST SONG (1980)



Made a Year after Wonder Woman went off the air , Lynda Carter starred in The Last Song is an entertaining drama, thriller, action tele-film .

Carter stars as a country singer whose Husband is involved with a job which ultimately turns her life upside down and on the run from mysterious Hitmen, and the corrupt Corporation who hired them .

I gotta say, I didn't know where the film was going as it shifts from dramatic moments, to on the edge of your seat scenes, to a stunning helicopter climax worthy of The A-Team or Knight Rider .

Lynda Carter puts in a great performance of a Hitchcock-like protagonist thrown into a situation she doesn't understand , with antagonists who want something from her, but won't tell her what it is.

Ronnie Cox shows up in the third act and steals every scene he's in , with his character becoming an unlikely allie in unraveling the conspiracy , behind it all .


So , pretty entertaining little thriller with some good acting, and singing by the icon , Lynda Carter.

Airing October 23rd, 1980, one of the top ten tunes , in keeping with the theme of the film, was a country song by Johnny Lee.

 

[emielaen]

A ★★★★★ review of A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)

Unfolding with the dense plotting, nuanced characterization and fluid business of an essential, bustling play, Mizoguchi crafts yet another dramatic masterpiece. The chasm that exists between classes and gender can ostensibly be bridged only by sincerity and trust. Love and loyalty see three of...

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[squeekness]

Fantastic Four : First Steps

 

[Sculder]

American Psycho (2000)
Caramelo (2025)
A House of Dynamite (2025)
What Happens Later (2023)
Flow (2024)
Un dollaro bucato / Blood for a Silver Dollar (1965)
Il suo nome gridava vendetta / Man Who Cried for Revenge (1968)
Bad Man (2025)
Bad Girls (2021)
Steve (2025)
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996)

 

[MilkmanDan]

Captain America: Brave New World

 

[Broseph44]

Love Meatballs

 

[Frodo]

HOTLINE (1982)




1982's Hotline is the second Lynda Carter film I've seen this week , and is another banger of an eerie thriller .

The darker quality copy I watched , and the eerie synth, 1980s music, actually adds the already spooky story about a creepy killer making phone calls in a Pre-Caller I.D. world .

Lynda Carter's charm and charisma shines through as usual, and she does a great job in this thriller in which, a few men in her social group, are the suspects .

As per usual, I was way to young to watch this when this aired given I was 3 years old, but I thought it was pretty entertaining.

Airing on October 16th, 1982, in the top ten was one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite singer / songwriters Jackson Browne, hot off of the soundtrack to Fast Times At Ridgemont High.

 

[Brutikus]

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Halloween/Halloween II (78/81)

Watching these back-to-back it's noticeable how much more the second one settles into typical slasher mode (by then pretty much formularised). It has more kills than the first, they come more frequently - with more variety, there's more nudity (one girl compared to the first movie's two, but with the camera lingering a lot longer), more gore, and a prolonged foot chase (here through the hospital corridors and grounds). The only thing missing is the final girl being the one to finish off the killer (not a big deal at the time, but looking back now it seems odd). That said, we do get the drama of Dr Loomis' self-sacrifice. It's easy to sometimes forget just how and why Halloween was so massively influential on the whole sub-genre, and just how much slasher fans owe these two movies.

 

[Batgirl0202]

10/10

 

[Luigi]

Keeper

Tatiana Maslany is genuinely great in this but outside of her performance, I found this film to be a slog that limps to an underwhelming finale.

5/10

 Cloud

Highly entertaining scalping gone wrong thriller. Surfing the web never turns out well in a Kurosawa film. These bumbling villains were straight out of a Coens film.

8/10

 

[squeekness]

Judgement at Nuremberg

 

[KaijuDude1992]

(In Youth We Trust)

A fairly brutal and sad Thai prison drama. I don't think I've seen many non horror Thai films but if there of this quality I definitely want to check out more of them. Its pretty bleak stuff though and if you can't handle prison brutality it definitely won't be for you.

7/10



Strangely enough this reminded me a lot of an anime called Tokyo Revengers but if you enjoy gang films like Young and Dangerous it's very similar to those films as well.

7/10



A really solid sequel and if you enjoy the first film you should definitely check it out. I actually hope they make a Part 3 as well since it ends on a pretty interesting cliffhanger.

7/10

 

[Frodo]

THE PRESIDENT'S PLANE IS MISSING (1973)



Returning to Nineteen Seventies telefilms, The President's Plane Is Missing, is a neat little Tom Clancy style mystery / thriller ,featuring character actors such as Peter Graves, Rip Torn, Dabney Coleman, and Buddy Ebsen .

It takes a little while for the set up ,and there are slower parts of the film, but for the most part, once The President's Plane disappears , the film takes off , pulling the viewer in different directions in terms of what is going on.

The film is very much a product of The Cold War era, with it's subplot revolving around a potential U.S. and China military conflict .

Buddy Ebsen puts in a good performance as a Vice President thrown into the deep end , and in over his head , while Rip Torn , plays a manipulative advisor , pushing Ebsen's VP to take control and to start a war.

Peter Graves and Arthur Kennedy are good as a Holmes and Watson like reporters trying to uncover what the truth , and trading theories and counter arguments as to what is going on.

So , not a bad little thriller .

Airing on October 23, 1973, At the top of the charts was a signature song by Gladys Knight And The Pips.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

A Bay of Blood (1971)

 

[Brutikus]

 

[emielaen]

A ★★★★½ review of Winter Light (1963)

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[Ash J. Williams]

 

[Frodo]

URBAN COWBOY (1980)



Amy Lively, Host of the podcast the For The Record : The 70s , considers 1980's Urban Cowboy ,as the third film in what she's dubbed " The Travolta Trilogy " which includes Saturday Night Fever and Grease .

Grease is my personal favorite, and a staple of my childhood, while I'm mixed on Saturday Night Fever, even though I love the soundtrack .

For me, as a fan of American Country, Bluegrass, and Southern Rock ,Urban Cowboy would fall in the middle in terms the three films .

On the one hand, the performances are good , and I like the appearances of Bonnie Raitt and Charlie Daniels Band .

On the other hand, the film is much longer than it needs to be , and the film feels like it's trying to reach to be something more than it is .

While Travolta can be cool in nearly any setting he's in , and Scott Glenn by a menacing heavy well, and Debra Winger sizzles as the object of Travolta and Glenn's attentions, the film should have been 30 minutes shorter , at least imo.

Nevertheless , I like all three actors and they play well off of each other , even if I prefer them all in other roles from their filmography.

Debra Winger , in particular, is an actress I hope is rediscovered by Zoomers .

Like Amy Irving, Winger is an actress who built a career of on great performances in the late 1970s through 1980s .

My favorite performance of her's is in one of my favorite films , 1982's , An Officer And A Gentleman, which I highly recommend.

Released On June 6th 1980, at the top of the charts, was a song by Lipps which invites you to a different kind of town