What was the last film you watched?

[Angela Chilling]

Cats (2019)
I think a lot of the criticism of this film has been overly harsh. The main problem with the film is the source material: it's based on a play with a very weak plot and very average songs. In a live performance with good production around it you ca get away with the flaws but in a film the weaknesses are exposed. The stand out performances were from Ian McKellen who brought genuine depth and emotion to his part and Laurie Davidson, who played Mr. Mistoffelees, as a more vulnerable and layered character to how it is usually played. The rest of the cast were just adequate. I wouldn't recommend it but the flaws are more down to Andrew Lloyd Webber's original play than the work of the film's director Tom Hopper.

 

[Richard Channing]

Great performances as you would expect from Anthony Hopkins and Jonathon Price, but at the end of the day it's little more than a manipulative and shameless PR exercise. A whitewashing of the real reasons for Pope Benedict's resignation, and a blatant attempt to paint Bergoglio as a saintly and heroic man of the people, which I just wasn't buying.

 

[Swami]

Holiday On The Buses.

Swami

 

[Willie Oleson]

THE VVITCH

The wicked twins are so funny!

 

[Payton Cross]

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again (part 2)

 

[Sea - Boo! - Er]

Cats (2019)

I wish they had gone with original proposal of a decade or two back and made it an animated movie with the voices of the the likes of Barbra Streisand.

 

[Angela Chilling]

I wish they had gone with original proposal of a decade or two back and made it an animated movie with the voices of the the likes of Barbra Streisand.

I agree. The main problem with the film was that it stuck to closely to the stage show and they would have been better completely re-imagining it in a different form and ditching some of the weaker songs for new ones.

 

[Toni]

I watched this one last night, it was made for Netflix but it´s a movie, not a series. It belongs to the subgenre of "A.I. who might turn into the baddie (or not)", but with a lot of twists. Only three actresses in this, and one of them is the voice of a robot. Impressive production values, pacing, atmosphere and sets. Take a look at this if you are not too sensitive about post-apocalypse stories at this moment! Hillary Swank plays a supporting role but is fantastic!

 

[Angela Chilling]

All That Heaven Allows (1955)

After re-watching The Yearling recently, I thought I would watch this film again for the first time in over 30 years. When I originally saw it I wasn't particularly impressed with it, maybe because the themes of the films went over the head of a young school boy. Watching it again as a adult, I think it's a near perfect film and a masterpiece of cinematic creation.

 

[Angela Chilling]

The Invisible Man (2020)

A really good film and an original take on a classic story that really works. Elizabeth Moss is basically playing Offred from A Handmaid's Tale in a less dystopian setting. The film keeps you guessing and there are quite a few edge of your seat moments.

 

[Jessie]

The Postcard Killings

 

[Willie Oleson]

A good stalker/manipulator story.

 

[Karin Schill]

All That Heaven Allows (1955)

After re-watching The Yearling recently, I thought I would watch this film again for the first time in over 30 years. When I originally saw it I wasn't particularly impressed with it, maybe because the themes of the films went over the head of a young school boy. Watching it again as a adult, I think it's a near perfect film and a masterpiece of cinematic creation.

Oh yeah I love this movie. I saw it at school when I was studying film so I got to watch it on a big screen. It was amazing. This movie made me interested enough in Douglas Sirk to get a DVD box with several more movies he'd directed. They didn't disappoint.

 

[Payton Cross]

I just saw the movie Bohemain Rhapsody, this was a enjoyable movie about the band Queen and all the tragedy that happened behind the scenes of the band.

I just forgot how much great music they made, now i need to listen to all their albums on Spotify.

 

[Payton Cross]

Halloween (The 2018 sequel)

 

[Mel O'Drama]

The Rebel (1961)

 

[Mel O'Drama]

The Punch and Judy Man (1962)

I watched the beginning of this on telly a few years ago and expected to be underwhelmed but thought it was bloody brilliant. I don't think I watched to the end as it was on very late, so I'm glad I've finally got to see it.

And wonderfully restored in glorious high definition on Blu-ray.​

 

[Mel O'Drama]

She'll Have To Go (1962)

First time watching. It was a little abundant in the SFX department to the point of being cartoony at times. All the same, I found it very enjoyable. Shades of Kind Hearts and Coronets and Blithe Spirit with a dash of early Carry On. And, inexplicably, a character bursting into a serious romantic song at a random moment.

 

[Toni]

I re-watched "Gaslight" starring Ingrid Bergman, looking radiant and cheeky. It´s a bit outdated because it has been remade one million times (especially in the 90s) and the plot twists are predictable, but it´s amazingly atmospheric, tight and directed with class by George Cukor. Ingrid´s character eventually becomes a bit annoying after almost two hours of suspicions and doubts, but she delivers her usual excellence, though it´s an irony that she got her first Oscar with this role when she spent her first 15 years of career doing better works. Angela Lansbury is a treat as a character that might have inspired the Sarah role in "Upstairs, Downstairs". Angela looks almost exactly today, so many years after...

Not Ilsa Lund-great but...​

 

[Willie Oleson]

with a dash of early Carry On

Ah, that explains the Carry On tubes in my YouTube suggestions.