Recently Watched Films

Now THAT was an uncomfortable watch... 

I can understand why it was controversial, but I think the controversy about the age of the actors misses the point. This shows what kids are exposed to, and of course will try to copy it. It also shows the difficulties facing women in some cultures - the cause of the main character acting up is upset for her mother and herself because her father is taking a second (bigamous) wife. 

Anyone finding it at all arousing has some serious problems.

It was probably an advance screening or something. Looks like March 4 was the official release date.

A thought provoking film: after death, you spend one week in limbo, where you must pick a single memory to keep for eternity but forget everything else. The alternative is being stuck in limbo and become a social worker. 

While not as classic as the first one, I consider this rather underrated. 

Far from Bond at its best, but all in all a fun enough film. This is the one older Bond I know I've seen before, but only a couple of scenes remained familiar to me.

I've always said this one was unfairly maligned but watching it again so close to the originals does show it up as weaker. The problem was never that they made a female Ghostbusters, the problem was that they made them seem a lot more incompetent than the original male team. I do like the largely DIY feel of their gear in this version though. 

This is quite weird even for a Wes Anderson film. Flitting constantly between colour and black and white film and sometimes to animation, as well as an ever changing aspect ratio, as it tells different stories from the final issue of the fictional magazine. There's a large ensemble cast of Anderson regulars and newcomers, but I wouldn't rank this among his best.

First screened 16 February 1922, so it's 100 years old. Creepier than the 1931 Dracula, but a bit sillier in places, with some of the silent actors overacting too much. Hadn't realised it was an unauthorised adaptation of Dracula. Bram Stoker's heirs sued, won, and ordered the film destroyed, but copies survived.

This is 90 minutes long, so I suppose it's a movie. Anyway, this one is called Seamen, and it sees the three idiots boat through Cambodia and Vietnam - no cars involved.

It wasn't that long ago I last watched this, but I've started to go through them again in anticipation of getting to see Afterlife. This first one is a movie I can watch any time though.

You'd have to watch this on slo-mo to see every pop culture reference I reckon. 

And today:

A South Korean crime film. It's actually a remake of a French film, but it changes the central plot to become a serial killer movie. It's no Memories of Murder but it's very solid and recommended for fans of Korean film.

Taking place mostly in one room in a police station (and never going beyond it further than the back of a police van which quickly gets turned around), this Kirk Douglas led film noir turned out to be quite the gem, as lives spiral out of control across the course of a single day. 

This was a very good western, the last of them made by John Ford and loosely based on actual events. It has many known names in the cast including Richard Widmark as the lead, with support from Edward G Robinson, James Stewart, Karl Maldon, and Patrick Wayne (son of John Wayne). 

OK, not sure about this movie at all. It's long and seems to drag a bit, and there's not really very many likeable characters. There's some great set pieces, like the battle scenes, and it's cinematically outstanding. It's just not very enjoyable.