Recently Watched Films

Wow, fuck! Great movie! The boxing scenes are great. And even after all these years since it's release, this ended up somewhere I never expected.

Always liked Ernest Borgnine as an actor, but never knew about this movie, for which he quite rightly won a best actor Oscar. I'd always just thought of him as the tough but kindly type, but this is very different, where he shows a lot more range and sensitivity. Not sure it tops Mermaid Man from Spongebob though.

This was a lot better than I expected. Pretty cool for based on a true story. Still can't stand Julia Roberts as an actress though.

Oh god, what a bore! The Cat and Mickey Rooney being unintentionally racist were OK, but this is just dull otherwise.

This showed it really was time for Arnie to move on past Conan. A pretty lame effort after the Conan movies, but it does have some moments. Unfortunately, Brigitte Neilsen has the acting charm and ability of a paper bag.

Not seen this in a lot of years. I remembered it having more action. However, it does a really good job of building the background and political tensions occurring before the attack. And when the attack happens, it's still one of the best battle scenes ever made.

This is a real gutterball of a movie. It's a spin-off from The Big Lebowski, which was what drew me to it. This may just be the worst film I've ever seen and considering there's actual talent involved, that's an achievement in itself. 

They're okay sequels but don't hold a candle to the original. I hear Netflix is putting out a fourth one after all this time. Extremely mixed feelings about that. 

Stuck with Eddie Murphy after the Beverly Hills Cop sequels. Unfortunately this one is very far from his finest hour. 

A little known drama that was a British-Czech co-production. You can watch it in either language but since the English cut is longer I went for that one, although it's set in Czechoslovakia during the Communist era so going the other way might have been more authentic. I enjoyed it, but not as much as I'd hoped. It might open up after another viewing.

Intriguing, some good atmospheres and I didn't see the plot twist coming, but the snail's pace is unwarranted and harm's the movie. 

The latest from Park Chan-wook. In terms of extremity this is much dialled back compared to some of his work (especially the Vengeance Trilogy), but I'd hardly call it an accessible film. Quite the mix of genres including noir, romance, police procedural and comedy. I've a feeling that this will be one that is actually even better on the second watch.

One of the oddest war films I've ever seen. A group soldiers (led by Burt Lancaster) are sent to a 10th Century Belgian castle, where various storylines unfold.

Disney's latest main film of the animated canon is a bit of a throwaway. As far as film's about explorers go, Pixar did it in a much superior manner with Up over a decade ago. It probably won't be long before all this is remembered for is including Disney's first openly gay animated movie characters and for the creature that looks like one of those stretchy sticky hand toys. 

That was fun. Stupid, but fun. 

I haven't much clue over what actually happened in this, but it's so damn visually stunning and oddly compelling it doesn't really matter. 

Fuck yeah! Finally managed to see this! Just ultra fucking cool.

Fun but not particularly deep doco about Finnish metal culture.