Recently Watched Films

The Friends of Eddie Cotle (1973)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Nightmare Alley (1947)

Dog Soldiers (2002)

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

Antichrist (2009)

A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

The Number 23 (2007)

The Iron Horse (1924)

Unknown (2011)

A fairly mixed bunch here. The two 70's movies were both excellent and I think I'm firmly in the camp of preferring that Body Snatchers. I did enjoy the 50s one as well though. Nightmare Alley is a great and very dark noir. The two Liam Neeson thrillers were both good, though I'd worked out the plot twist in Unknown quite a bit before it actually happened. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a pretty weird black comedy, while I'm still not sure what I watched in that Antichrist. Holy shit some of the things the woman does in that make Kathy Bates in Misery look like Florence Nightingale.  Out of the rest Dog Soldiers was an entertaining enough werewolf movie, while The Number 23 started intriguing but gradually lost me. The Iron Horse was my first taste of a silent western and ultimately quite enjoyable, though maybe overlong. 

 

It probably felt a little "old" watching it the first time now, but I can assure you that watching this as a child in the eighties, was a pretty scary experience. It´s only as an adult I was able to fully grasp the time travelling concept and the scale of the impending apocalypse. I love this one. The sequel is great too, although they´ve turned the comedic element up a bit, which can be slightly annoying. I recommend staying away from the VERY long director´s cut, which is filled with unnessary scenes. The cinematic version is perfect as it is.

Dumb but fun comedy. 

The poster makes this movie appear like it's going to be psychedelic or something. It's not. A very slow post-apocalyptic drama that in no way reflects the poster above. It has Peter Dinklage though, so there's that at least. Not recommended though. 

It feels like they were attempting something in the same vein as The Shape of Water, but with much less success. 

The 1940's version is a top tier noir movie. This one actually is too. It changes a lot of details from the first one (which expanded greatly on the original short story) but the basic theme is the same. Both are worthwhile.

Good psychological crime drama. 

Crap.

Killer Elite (2011) - pretty solid.

The Old Man & The Gun (2018) - not as comedic as advertised, but a solid movie.

The Longest Day (1962) - great black and white war epic.

The Great Escape (1963) - great film but found the image quality really shitty. Seen better quality colour movies from the 40s.

Bandolero! (1968) - great western. More gritty than most James Stewart titles.

I Am Mother (2019) - Very solid Netflix sci-fi.

The Endless (2018) - I went back and forth a bit on being sold on it, but ultimately liked this one.

Down a Dark Hall (2018) - not as bad as it's made out to be by some. Not that great either. Just OK.

Uninhabited (2010) - Poor.

Free State of Jones (2016) - Excellent Civil War drama.

Into the Forest (2016) - Pretty solid stuff.

American Psycho (2000) - Can't believe I'd not seen this one before really. Disturbing yet very funny film.

Suicide Squad (2016) - Got bored after a while to be honest. 

Only Angels Have Wings (1939) - Great Howard Hawks movie. 

The Man Who Would Be King (1975) - Excellent John Huston movie. Never realised how good Michael Caine is at comedy.

Under Capricorn (1949) - Very different kind of movie for Hitchcock. Found it better than it's reputation.

Cube (1997) - a slow burn but enjoyed it in the end.

A Simple Favour (2018) - I loved this darkly comic thriller. More twisted beneath the surface than it may at first appear.

Blue Velvet (1986) - Excellent neo-noir. Not all movies that get called that really manage to carry off the vibe of original film noir. This does.

He's Out There (2018) - generic slasher. Not bad per se, just pointless.

Train to Busan (2016) - one of the best zombie movie's I've ever seen. 

Dead of Night (1945) - this old horror didn't do much for me.

Rim of the World (2019) - Predictable as hell. Finished it for the sake of finishing it. 

IO (2019) - Yawn. 

Widows (2018) - Great crime thriller. 

As of IO, I've reached a new milestone: 1500 total movies seen. 

Brilliant neo-noir with great atmospheric music. 

It's possible that this is an artful masterpiece I just didn't get but my impression is that it's the biggest load of shite I've seen since that time our toilet got blocked up and blew back who knows how many weeks worth of crap into the bathtub.  Sorry for the TMI, but I really can't recommend this one.