What was the last film you watched?

[Toni]

Today I watched "About Time", a 2013 romantic drama from the "Love Actually" director. The best of it, aside from Domhnall Gleeson´s fine performance, is the fantastic aspect of time traveling. It also features Bill Nighy, Rachel McAdams, a pre-Harley Quinn Margot Robbie and a pre-The Crown Vanessa Kirby. The movie isn´t pretentious at all and the story flows as well as you could expect with time traveling involved. Great pop soundtrack and bad brown wigs for McAdams who (I think) is a blonde. This could have been a turkey or corny rom-com but instead it´s part of a recent subgenre of time-travel dramas (the actress has been in four of them so far, no less). Good for a Saturday afternoon at home in good company.

 

[Swami]

Pretty Woman.

Swami

 

[Payton Cross]

I just saw the horror movie "Train To Busan", what a great Zombie movie this was, i enjoyed this movie.

 

[Toni]

I finally got to watch "Joy", which turned out to be a much better film than I expected. Of course, one of my main reasons was to see our dear Donna Mills playing an actress who plays in a daytime soap opera. It´s truly a feel-good movie at the end and fortunately, Jennifer Lawrence didn´t ruin it this time with her over-acting and pouting. Bradley Cooper (yes, again in a movie with her...) just appears in a few scenes and actually looks quite flipped out. The supporting cast is top notch: a very handsome Edgar Ramírez as her ex-husband, a wonderful Diane Ladd as her grandma, Robert de Niro (light-years away from "Meet the Fockers") as her father, and a wonderfully bitchy Isabella Rossellini as the latter´s umpteenth wife.

As many of you must know because it was mentioned here at the time, daytime soaps are always in the background because Lawrence´s mum (played by Virginia Madsen) is literally addicted to them (she doesn´t leave the room not to miss any scene), and they called legendary soap actress for these little scenes within the (film) scenes. Susan Lucci is the one who parodies herself the best (I kept on seeing her "Dallas" character!), and Mills just gets one scene and a brief close shot. Shame shame shame you director! (At least they got her a very Knotsy frizzie wig!). The hairdo of the other actress in the below pic is obviously inspired by Linda Evans' eternal hairdo on "Dynasty". I lol´d about this...

 

[Sarah]

Submission with my new man crush, Stanley Tucci. It was soooo good, but I was a bit confused by the ending.

 

[Justine]

Moonstruck (1987)

 

[Willie Oleson]

She looks familiar, who is it?

 

[Toni]

She looks familiar, who is it?

Donna Mills, aka Abby, the original Cersei Lannister​

 

[Willie Oleson]

I meant the actress with the Krystle hair.

 

[Justine]

She looks familiar, who is it?

It's Laura Wright. She plays Carly Corinthos on General Hospital.

 

[Seaviewer]

Mirror, Mirror (2012)

Another fairy tale adaptation - this time Snow White - that can't quite commit to being the comedy it wants to be.

 

[Sarah]

Gacy.... Living proof that if you smell something rotten coming from your neighbour's house, that you should have it investigated. Immediately.

 

[Swami]

Creed II.

Swami

 

[James from London]

Love is All You Need (2013)

This is essentially Mama Mia, but in place of Abba songs, there's an actual plot. It's even got Pierce Brosnan in it. He's wonderful - they all are. I wanted to like Mama Mia but it did my head in, and this could easily have been just as buttock-clenching, but instead, it's really lovely, really charming, really touching.

 

[Mel O'Drama]

I wanted to like Mama Mia but it did my head in

You're not alone, James.

this could easily have been just as buttock-clenching, but instead, it's really lovely, really charming, really touching.

I just watched the trailer and I'm completely sold.

 

[Sarah]

The Perfection.

Sweet Jesus watch it. Unless you're easily offended.

But watch it anyway.

 

[Seaviewer]

The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)

I'm a sucker for these fantastic romances from Superman and Lois Lane on. I'm not sure how much sense the plot makes but who cares?

 

[Toni]

The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)

I'm a sucker for these fantastic romances from Superman and Lois Lane on. I'm not sure how much sense the plot makes but who cares?

I agree with you. I just loved this one. And that couple has never looked lovelier and hotter than here, not to mention the absolutely amazing score by Mychael Danna.

 

[Richard Channing]

Somehow I had never got round to watching this, although I've seen most of Hitchcock's films. What a treat, it's really stunning. That opening sequence was just mesmerizing, as were the final scenes. I can see why this is said to be Hitchcock's masterpiece. The way it was shot, the light, the shadows, the atmosphere, it was all so gorgeous.

 

[Seaviewer]

Still Alice (2014)

Nothing to do with Today I'm Alice, a book about a multiple personality disorder sufferer I coincidentally read recently, but another impairment of the mind, Alzheimer's Disease.

Moving and at the same time instructive without being preachy.