Film What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[Sculder]

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
Jingle Bell Heist (2025)
Definitely, Maybe (2008)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024)
Train Dreams (2025)
The Family Stone (2005)
The Wedding Guest (2018)
Passage de Venus / Passage of Venus (1874)
The Boxing Cats (1894)
The Surfer (2024)
Winchester '73 (1950)

 

[Batgirl0202]

8/10

Now this is more like it!

 

[Frodo]

IN SEARCH OF...THE MUMMY'S CURSE ( 1977)

After a series of untimely deaths , many see a link between the passings and an exivation of a tomb in the early 1900s.


Airing May 14th 1977, Among the top ten was another catchy hit by Stevie Wonder.







IN SEARCH OF...SHERLOCK HOLMES ( 1978)



Was Sherlock Holmes purely the creation of Arthur Conan Doyle, or was their a real life Sherlock Holmes who served as inspiration ?.


Airing December 21st 1978 , at number one is a Disco Hit by Chic.





IN SEARCH OF... THE MARY CELESTE ( 1980)


In Search Of ... Examines the possible explanations for the mysterious " Ghost Ghost" which was discovered without it's Captain and Crew .

Airing January 24th 1980 , in the top ten was the title song off of the Eagles latest album.





IN SEARCH OF... GLENN MILLER ( 1980)


In Search Of... Examines the official story behind the disappearance of Big Band Leader Glenn Miller , during the height of The Second World War .


Airing March 7th 1980 the number one song was a 1950s throwback by Queen

 

[Frodo]

WINTER KILL ( 1974)



Winter Kill is an interesting thriller in terms of where it sits in Andy Griffith's tv career .
Airing no so long after the end of the Andy Griffith show , yet a decade before the original Matlock series , Griffith plays a character pretty similar to Andy Taylor, expect he's on the hunt of a masked killer who seems to be targeting everyone connected to a deceased young woman.

The film is actually pretty good at throwing suspicion to everyone in the small town , including a womanizing Ski instructor played by Nick Nolte , before he became a movie star.

I don't want to give too much away beyond that , but I'll say it's a pretty good thriller , and if you're looking for a film in which Andy Griffith plays the heavy, I would recommend the 1974 telefilm, Savages.

Airing on April 15th, 1974 in the top ten was a hit song which would get new life in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,







A TATTERED WEB ( 1971)



Tattered Web is the third Lloyd Bridges, 1970s, telefilm i've Watched over the past few months, and once again , he excels at playing a man on the edge , wracked with guilt and barely keeping it together.

This time around , Bridges plays a detective , whose son in law is having an affair , for which Bridges will do anything to put an end to.

The result is the accidental killing of the other woman , and Bridges frantic effort to cover up his role in the crime and to protect his daughter from the sins of his son in law .

The film whoever goes depper than the premise and gets into the psyche of our lead character , and what may motivation him to takes things to such an extreme.

Sallie Shockley and Frank Converse also put in great performances as Bridges's daughter and son in law, respectively.

While Anne Helm makes a brief, but impressionable appearance as the other woman , who leaves you wanting to know more about her before she's killed off.


Airing September 24th, 1971, in the top ten was a signature song by John Denver.

 

[Herofan]

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, interesting, often engaging particularly some of the visuals and some of the acting but also a little too often feeling a little too flat/standard/obligatory.

Particularly Peter's and Lucy's characters often felt a little too standard and I wish Lucy had been/seemed slightly older (probably more like she was in the second film from start) but I often liked Edmund and Susan quite a bit and Peter was at least understandable. Neeson was great, Swinton good but I think not that good. And like a lot of movie adaptations it felt slightly too long but with some key scenes a little rushed but here I can't easily think of much that should have been cut.

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[BlackFox]

Finally got round to seeing this classic Ghibli studios masterpiece and I can see why it was held in such a high regard, beautiful to look at, epic story of humans v nature and well thought out characters that are forced to be at odds with each other to give more weight to the excellent action once it kicks off. There's hints of Zelda and Final Fantasy to it and the animation is wonderful as you anticipate for such a big anime studio. Glad I just got round to finally watching it.


Another older anime from South Korea that didnt get the love on its release like some others of its time but for me it was always an underrated classic, one of the first to blend 3D modelling with traditional 2D animation work which is again really nice to look at at points but some of the 3D is a little dated by todays standards. It has hints of Bladerunner/Ghost in the Shell/Akira about it but the story wasnt that deep or philosophical and concentrated more on a love tri-angle that creates its drama along with the usual story of a divide between the rich and poor and set in a post-apocalyptic setting where the climate has been ruined by man, which is very topical for todays society so its relevance is probably even greater today than on its release.

 

[Brutikus]