Movie What's the last movie you saw? (7)

[Hoos]

Need to watch the original

Yes.

 

[bok_party]

Sentimental Value (2025)

A Norwegian intergenerational family drama. Stellan Skarsgård plays a movie director whose career has declined. He writes a script for his estranged actress daughter (Renate Reinsve) to be in the leading role. When she declines, he hires an American actress played by Elle Fanning.

The characters are well written, all the performances are top notch, there's good cinematography. There's a non-linear structure that doesn't explain everything for you. A nice score. It's what a low budget character driven movie should be. It starts off really well but unfortunately after the first hour it really drags.

5/10

This has been one of my favourite films of the year. Made me think a lot about my own relationships with my parents and siblings. 9/10

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

Cape Fear 1991

8/10

Watched again downgraded from 9 to 8. Still held up ok. Need to watch the original

Brilliant movie. Scared me as a kid. De Niro is first class. Nolte another gem.

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

Heat

10/10

 

[JHF1870]

Heat

10/10

I couldnt get into that. Was a bit heavy.

I am considering giving The Town another chance

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

I couldnt get into that. Was a bit heavy.

I am considering giving The Town another chance

I've never met a heat hater. The town is good. I saw it at the cinema and on fox 400 times.

 

[JHF1870]

I've never met a heat hater. The town is good. I saw it at the cinema and on fox 400 times.

Its just too heavy early and slow burn. Got bored

 

[phantom13]

The Running Man (2025)

Loved it, zips along, good production values and Powell doing a good job as the angry man lead (noting I’m the president of the Glenn Powell fan club). It’s 20(ish) minutes longer than it needs to be and the finale action piece isn’t GREAT but I had a great time

 

[JHF1870]

The Running Man (2025)

Loved it, zips along, good production values and Powell doing a good job as the angry man lead (noting I’m the president of the Glenn Powell fan club). It’s 20(ish) minutes longer than it needs to be and the finale action piece isn’t GREAT but I had a great time

How about plain zero.

Cult movie. Watched 4 or 5 times

 

[phantom13]

How about plain zero.

Cult movie. Watched 4 or 5 times

Pardon?

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

Whiplash


Brilliant. That bald headed campaigner is awesome.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Whiplash


Brilliant. That bald headed campaigner is awesome.

GREAT movie

 

[JHF1870]

Pardon?

Line from the movie

 

[bok_party]

I couldnt get into that. Was a bit heavy.

I am considering giving The Town another chance

I felt the same. I think all the years of hype before i finally sat down and watched it took away its impact on me.

 

[bok_party]

Magazine Dreams - found this on letterboxd. Think it was in developmental hell due to Jonathan Majors indiscretions but it must have finally found a release this year. Pretty interesting film on the pursuit of greatness, trauma and loneliness. Majors is fantastic. It’s a shame it didn’t get a major release. The ending didn’t lead to where I expected it to go which seems to have been divisive. 3.5/5

 

[JackOutback]

Magazine Dreams - found this on letterboxd. Think it was in developmental hell due to Jonathan Majors indiscretions but it must have finally found a release this year. Pretty interesting film on the pursuit of greatness, trauma and loneliness. Majors is fantastic. It’s a shame it didn’t get a major release. The ending didn’t lead to where I expected it to go which seems to have been divisive. 3.5/5

Was due to be released in late 23, I believe, for Oscar season and there was real buzz around him. Then the incident with his girlfriend happened and it was shelved.

 

[Kirby]

One Battle After Another 8/10

Loved it. It’s a very enjoyable wild ride.

 

[Bluelegs]

Wake Up Dead Man is the best of the Knives Out movies. Loved it. Was much more character focussed than the other two. The phone call scene really caught me off guard and was so touching and poignant.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Wake Up Dead Man is the best of the Knives Out movies. Loved it. Was much more character focussed than the other two. The phone call scene really caught me off guard and was so touching and poignant.

That phone scene is the best scene in the whole series. Josh O’Connor is a goddamn star.

 

[AFDogs]

One Battle After Another

Is there a version of this movie that doesn't have that ****ing piano sound in every scene? Apart from that I thought it was great. I was in an absolutely foul mood when watching it and it made me cackle a couple times. Wish we had more of Del Toro's character as he stole the show in every scene. Penn and Di Caprio were also great.

7.5/10

F1

Know nothing about F1 nor do I really care to know much about it but thought this was excellent. Great visuals, simple story, everything that happened in the races was explained well in the film. The Hayes/Justin rivalry didn't go overboard which I liked. Just a fun, feel good movie and gave me Top Gun Maverick vibes with wanting to drive 80km's over the limit after watching.

7.5/10

 

[Warsaw]

Afternoons of Solitude - Albert Serra's first entry into documentary filmmaking follows a Peruvian bullfighter and his exploits in the ring that is almost unfathomably cruel yet painfully transfixing. There is very little in the way of dialogue or story, it's largely told through the life and death dance between the matador and the bull, with the latter always (and graphically) the one to fall victim. And for what?

That's a question Serra never explicitly tries to answer. You'd be forgiven for walking out of this one, there are ample of opportunities to do so, and perhaps that's Serra's way of interrogating this whole thing. Am I complicit in watching this? I dunno if that's what he's trying to do or if I'm trying to rationalise it for myself. But that I'm asking it says a fair bit of how I responded to the film.

Sirāt - Follows a father and son, as they go from rave to rave in the Moroccan desert, searching for the missing daughter and sister. What transpires is best left experienced, so read less, but I will say this film features a plot machination that I love. Whether it's ultimately executes it successfully is probably where I can some faults, but it's a ride I'd take again. 7/10

 

[JHF1870]

The Day After tomorrow 2004

7/10

THought Id give this a crack. The movie I most felt like watching on my list. Visually entertaining. Great dynamic between Quaid and Gylenhaal. Sometimes ott but more of an entertaining movie with a message than anything. Ill rate it for what it is.

 

[JHF1870]

Soylent Green
1973 (Charlton Heston)

10/10

Soylent Green (1973) ⭐ 7.0 | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi

1h 37m | PG

www.imdb.com

I've put this movie off for years and only just finally decided to get around to watching it. It's not a glamorous nor exciting start and somewhat slow burn initially but it piqued my interest early and what I loved about it was the slow burn that built the story where it takes us to the final scene to understand the gravity of the situation. There's so much to unpack with the movie with eerie parallels and deep layers to the world today. The final scene, even the final 10 minutes I'd consider some of the most poignant and iconic moments in film history. I quite enjoyed the coming of age for Thorn in which he was like many of are ingrained into the system and it's only through the progression of the story that we begin to see the raw human aspect of Thorn in his quest for truth.

I feel this film has been massively influential in a lot of films post 1973 with it's deep layered themes.

One of the best new watches for 2025 for me.

 

[Beerfish]

Die Hard.

Still stands up.

 

[spinynorman]

Afternoons of Solitude - Albert Serra's first entry into documentary filmmaking follows a Peruvian bullfighter and his exploits in the ring that is almost unfathomably cruel yet painfully transfixing. There is very little in the way of dialogue or story, it's largely told through the life and death dance between the matador and the bull, with the latter always (and graphically) the one to fall victim. And for what?

That's a question Serra never explicitly tries to answer. You'd be forgiven for walking out of this one, there are ample of opportunities to do so, and perhaps that's Serra's way of interrogating this whole thing. Am I complicit in watching this? I dunno if that's what he's trying to do or if I'm trying to rationalise it for myself. But that I'm asking it says a fair bit of how I responded to the film.

Sirāt - Follows a father and son, as they go from rave to rave in the Moroccan desert, searching for the missing daughter and sister. What transpires is best left experienced, so read less, but I will say this film features a plot machination that I love. Whether it's ultimately executes it successfully is probably where I can some faults, but it's a ride I'd take again. 7/10

I assume you’re not in Australia? Or you saw these off the web?

Sirāt comes out here in February and I can’t wait. No word on Afternoons of Solitude, which seems a lot, but given Pacifiction and The Death of Louis XIV, any Serra film is must-watch for me.