Film What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[Brutikus]

 

[Hunter Rider]

All the trappings of a 60's spy thriller, outlandish but intricate scheme, beautiful location, glamorous ladies, flash cars and underwater adventure. The Disco Volante might just be the best villain vehicle in the franchise.

8/10

 

[Batgirl0202]

3/10

First - and last - time watching this...

 

[KaijuDude1992]

I have mostly mixed feelings about this one because on one hand the performances are pretty strong and it's an exceptionally well made film but on the other hand there were just too many long stretches were not a whole lot happened and the ending was one of the biggest and most predictable cop outs I've seen in some time. Saying all that though I don't think it's a bad film overall.

6/10



I'm surprised I haven't heard more buzz on this one especially since it's been out for a while now. I really enjoyed this and man Taron Egerton is quickly becoming one of the best character actors working today. His gritty transformation in this is seriously impressive and I thought the young actress playing his daughter was great too.

7.5/10



A pretty solid disaster flick. It actually reminded me a lot of a 90's disaster movie eventhough it's mostly inspired by real events which is obviously very devastating.

7/10



A solid conspiracy thriller. I can't really say that I've ever seen a film quite like this one either which made it feel somewhat unique and the fact that it's from the director of Hell or High Water is pretty interesting as well.

 

[Hunter Rider]

"No Mr Bond, I expect you to die" just an all round classic! iconic villain, iconic henchman, introduction of one of the most iconic cars in movie history, several iconic scenes, and one of the greatest songs in the history of the franchise.

9/10

 

[Hunter Rider]

This is Craig's equivalent of Live and Let Die, the pace is relentless, there's 3 good action sequences, the plane one being the standout, and it's an easy watch, but the editing can be headache inducing and it's all a bit hollow as the movie never stops to breathe.

7.8/10

 

[Dave McFly]

The Island it's cheesy as heck but I still enjoy it I love how clueless Ewan and Scarlett's characters are when they first get to the real world

 

[Brutikus]

 

[Frodo]

STRANGER THINGS SEASON 5 PART ONE ( 2025)



Five years ago, as the world was in lock down mode, I finally caught onto the phenomenon that was Stranger Things, and binged watch the series from the start to through season 3.

Now as the rag tag group of friends, family, and lovers , embark on their quest to defeat the Upside Down once and for all , the first four episodes , imo , mark a valiant return to form after a 3 year absence .

There is a little bit of a set up, but for the most part, the show hits the ground running, ditching the foot dragging and slow walking that can come with the premiere of a long absent show.

The Duffers and the rest of the crew seem to realize that audiences have waited long enough, and it's time to get down to business .

I thoroughly enjoyed seeing all of these characters have won the public's imagination and it's fun to revisit the 1980s , in addition to visual and audio cues which take me back to that time period.

Seeing Winona Ryder and Linda Hamilton of course is always nice.

The scenes with Winona Ryder and Mia Hawke are particularly nice given Winona acted with her father Ethan Hawke 30 years ago in Reality Bites .




I can't wait for the last episodes , though, I wouldn't blame anyone for holding off on these 4, and waiting for the complete whole Season 5 to binge .

One of the songs featured in Season 5 was a hit cover song by Tiffany.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Freaky

Glad I didn't pay for it. Vaughn and Newton do well in their roles, but I am not the target audience for this.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Fantastic debut for Dalton, with a slightly more grounded espionage plot and some robust action sequences, it feels like a time capsule of the era.

9/10

 

[Luigi]

Sisu

Catching up on this one before watching the newest one. Fun watch of a one-man army tearing through Nazi troops in increasingly over the top ways. Made me want to visit the Finnish countryside.

7/10

Nobody 2

Decent watch but it pales in comparison to the previous entry, much less to Timo's previous works. None of the fight scenes stand out or come close to the bus scene. But at least it has Christopher Floyd having a blast.

6/10

 

[Frodo]

THE MONKEES : THE MONSTROUS MONSTER MASH ( 1968)






I discovered The Monkees in mid 80s when the band was having a comeback and their series was in reruns on MTV and Nickelodeon , a relatively new network, a that point.

The Pre-Fab Four had many off beat and zany adventures, with at least a couple of them dealing with the supernatural .

In this adventure, the band comes face to face with The Universal Monsters such as Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Wolfman, and of course Dracula .

After Davy is lured to Dracula's castle by the Vampiress Lorelei , it's up to Mickey, Mike, and Peter to rescue him before he can be turned into a Vampire.

By 1968 , when this episode aired, the Band was pretty much disenchanted with the Show's producers and grew tired of the series, while at the same time, they wanted to write, perform, and record some of their own music, which had been a source of controversy, when the series was on .

By the third season , the episodes weren't as good, and it's clear here the four of them are ad libbing alot of stuff and there really isn't a plot.

Mike in particular, at times, is clearly bored , while the other seem, lets just , say stimulated , by substances.

But , I still laughed for it's off beat humor and the times the Davy, Peter, and Mikey go overboard to try to make things interesting.

Playing Lorelei was character actress Arlene Martel who had done several things going back to the 1950s, ranging from Star Trek to Hogan's Heroes.

In particular she starred in one of the most spooky episodes of The Twilight Zone , Room Twenty- Two , which spooked me out as a kid.





Playing Dracua was Ron Masak , who would later play the Sheriff Of Cabit Cove Maine on the 80s classic series , Murder She Wrote.

Unfortunately, The Monstrous Monster Mash doesn't feature any of the Band's iconic hit songs , so that's a bit disappointing .

Airing on January 22nd 1968, in the top ten was yet another hit , by The Beatles

 

[Dave McFly]

Wake Up Dead Man such an awesome movie you can tell Craig is having so much fun playing Blanc

 

[Hunter Rider]

Roger's best outing as Bond, the pre-credits sequence is arguably the most famous in the franchises history, it introduces the most iconic henchman in Jaws, and the Lotus Esprit delivers 2 chase sequences in one, while the theme song is possibly my favourite.

9/10

 

[Brutikus]

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[emielaen]

How did you like Black Coal, Thin Ice? I remember enjoying that one and Wild Goose Lake, but don't remember too much story wise.

 

[Herofan]

The Return of Jafar Pretty weird, a bit contrived but believable enough, strong and consistent enough, pretty fun



And The Road to El Dorado A masterpiece

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Death Carries a Cane (AKA Dance Steps on the Edge of a Razor, AKA The Tormentor ~ 1973)

Italian/Spanish produced giallo, directed by Maurizio Pradeaux, and starring Robert Hoffmann and Nieves Navarro (under her sometimes alias 'Susan Scott').

Kitty (Navarro) is showing her parents around Rome. Whilst visiting one beauty spot she uses the coin-operated telescope. As she does so she inadvertently sees a murder taking place through an apartment window. A figure dressed in black coat, black hat, and black gloves repeatedly stabs a woman. However, before she can see the killer's face, the telescope's time runs out and the picture disappears. By the time she's managed to put another coin in the killer has escaped. Unable to identify exactly where the killing took place, she has difficulty persuading the police as to what she saw - until the woman's body turns up. As the police try to track down the killer more murders occur - their throats all cut with a straight razor. One clue the police find at the crime scenes is the bloody imprint of the tip of a walking cane...

This all sounds like something straight out of Hitchcock. But it doesn't take long before you're reminded you're in giallo-country, where common sense, logic, and believability very much take second place to blood, nudity, and ridiculous plotting! That said, it's still pretty gripping. It's interesting to see a thriller set in Rome spending more time in the dirty backstreets than amongst the beautiful architecture. The kills are very tensely filmed, and the closeup, detailed throat and body slashings are all very convincing (shame the blood all over the crime scenes looks like the usual giallo 'someone's kicked over a tin of red paint'). Navarro is good, but Hoffmann (as her boyfriend) is on the wooden side - as is George Martin, who plays the police Inspector. There are of course the usual abundant red-herrings (I've never seen a film where so many people walked with a cane), and when the killer is revealed their motivation makes absolutely no sense. By which I don't mean there's a plothole; I mean that the three (I think) sentences given in exposition don't in any way actually explain why they've done it! But if you're watching for coherence you've probably picked the wrong genre. It's certainly not great cinema, but it's an entertaining time-passer. 7/10

 

[Hunter Rider]

Gripping Cold War espionage plot in Roger's other outstanding outing as Bond. It's an action packed movie, the Citreon 2CV chase is the most famous sequence in the film but the ski chase is the standout action sequence,

9/10