list/discuss/rate - your recently watched movies

Companion - From the the blurb on IMDb "A weekend getaway with friends at a remote cabin turns into chaos after it's revealed that one of the guests is not what they seem.". A clever movie and has a Black Mirror vibe. I really enjoyed this and the comedy elements made a big difference in what could have been a throw-away flick. 9/10

HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS!

^ I watched that an age ago, I might even have been a teenager at the time. Those early Beatles films were important to me when I was young. Nowadays I still watch Yellow Submarine but that's it. The BBC actually put out a documentary about the making of Magical Mystery Tour film a few years back. The film itself was first broadcast on Boxing Day 1967 (I think it was that year) in a prime time slot and only succeeded in triggering a flood of complaints from viewers. The BBC had commissioned it and gave carte blanche to the fab four to do whatever they wanted. Hilariously Auntie Beeb had expected something quirky and fun like A Hard Days Night. Oh dear!

Gentle and Giant wrote: ^ I loved The Gorge. My wife says it's one of the best movies she's seen in ages. I'd give it a 9/10

^ I loved The Gorge. My wife says it's one of the best movies she's seen in ages. I'd give it a 9/10

I leave out the bad movies - don't want to advertise them

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The Grim Reaper (1962) - 7.5/10
Nothing special, except that I saw it and finished it without pausing. ​


Pirosmani - 7/10
Very slow paced, but I liked it as it went along.
https://youtu.be/OnzjKLDBKXo ​


Mafioso - 7.5/10
One of the first movies to look at the Mafia..


Dawn of a New Day - 6.5/10
Egyptian melodrama in the ballpark of "All That Heaven Allows" and "Harold and Maude". There are so many better Egyptian movies than this, though. ​

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Banditi a Orgosolo - 7/10 ​


Nayak - 7/10 ​

Edited by MortSahlFan - February 07 2025 at 14:26

Atavachron wrote: In Order of Disappearance Simplistic and rather depraved Norwegian revenge flick about a snowplow driver (Stellan Skarsgård) who goes after the drug dealers who murdered his son.

Edited by richardh - January 23 2025 at 23:59

Adelheid - 8/10
Best movie I've seen in at least 2 years.. Despite my neighbor and her loud assed muffler going on for an hour.. I had to take a break (play drums to block out the sound) which usually is a hindrance to a movie, but I couldn't take it anymore.. I had this on my IMDB watch-list... along with 2,000 others. Don't remember ever even reading the title. I did a Search on here and found 0 results. Less than 1,000 votes on IMDB but it's on Criterion. I need more movies like this. Contemporary dramas about people that stand on their own, ones you can't compare.

The Substance is good - maybe not as shocking as some places make out though.

Conclave - Not the type of film we normally watch but this one turned out to be quite good. After the death of the Pope all the Cardinals meet up to select a new one - hence the movie's title. A great cast and a good story made the 2 hours fly by. It's full of twists and turns with an ending that no one could ever foresee and a real jaw-dropping moment. 8/10