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[Jim_Campbell]

completely unnecessary and gratuitous nudity

You have my attention.

[The Legendary Shark]

Heh.

Next up was Out of Darkness. This is a really bleak romp about a disparate group of cavepeople looking for the promised land but ending up in a land of monsters. Fairly early on the thought occurred that these primitive humans must have passed through the Golgafrincham camp pretty recently because they all had really cool haircuts. This was more or less the time I started thinking about Predator v Humanity: First Contact, in which an arrogant Alpha Predator discovers Earth and humans - and finds himself totally outmatched from the start; pursued by a tribe of Stone Age human hunters at the peak of their own apex predatoriness, so in tune with their prey and environment that all those fancy invisibility shields are practically useless. Give it the whole King Kong vibe of the tragic, doomed monster. I mean, there has to be some reason Predators come here, right? Maybe it took them ages to even get a "win," and this first encounter sees the Predator using Arnie's mud trick to evade detection, and the chief hunter lets the Predator go with a precious shiny pebble as a souvenir. Anyway, Out of Darkness, okay if you like bleak stories about cavepeople playing out while you think of other things.

[GoGilesGo]

The Outfit (2022)

A widowed tailor who prides himself on using traditional techniques, gets caught in the middle of an old school gang war. Over the course of the night he must make the Don's somewhat useless son look his best and hide multiple corpses as the bodycount increases.

Now, if you're thinking this sounds incredibly similar to dear old Jacob Sardini from The Taxidermist, you are not alone. Watching on Netflix, I had to pause to look and Google if the writers were a couple of Squaxx sailing just this side of a plagiarism lawsuit.

Overall pretty good and very atmospheric, almost channeling Rope in that every scene takes place within the three rooms of the tailor's studio.

[JayzusB.Christ]

The Outfit (2022)

A widowed tailor who prides himself on using traditional techniques, gets caught in the middle of an old school gang war. Over the course of the night he must make the Don's somewhat useless son look his best and hide multiple corpses as the bodycount increases.

Now, if you're thinking this sounds incredibly similar to dear old Jacob Sardini from The Taxidermist, you are not alone. Watching on Netflix, I had to pause to look and Google if the writers were a couple of Squaxx sailing just this side of a plagiarism lawsuit.

Overall pretty good and very atmospheric, almost channeling Rope in that every scene takes place within the three rooms of the tailor's studio.

I only watched it a few weeks ago too - I liked it a lot.  The gradual revelation of the complexity of the tailor's character and history was fascinating.

I hadn't thought of the Sardini connection, but now you say it... 
Though Jacob had to rely on a lot of dumb luck, and while the tailor in the film had to as well, his own wits played a huge role too.

[Doomlord66]

Just watched SISU on Sky Cinema.

During the last desperate days of WWII, a solitary prospector (Jorma Tommila) crosses paths with Germans on a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When the Germans steal his gold, they quickly discover that they have just tangled with no ordinary miner. While there is no direct translation for the Finnish word "sisu", this legendary ex-commando will embody what sisu means: a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds. And no matter what the Germans throw at him, the one-man death squad will go to outrageous lengths to get his gold back - even if it means killing every last German in his path.

Very good, very visceral, very Tarantino-esque

[Colin YNWA]

The Tiger

2015 film about the hunt for the last tiger in Korea in 1910s when Korea was under Japanese rule. The tiger is very much a mythical beast in this and the one mistake this film makes is moving away the barely seen flashes of tigerinessin the trees and bushes, we see in the opening hour which are just superb into full blown CGI tiger monster we see bashing numerous folks around in the second half.

It moves the tiger away from mythical mountain lord preparing to ascend to godhood that is so central to this piece and its themes of the old ways moving on and the cost of this. I see why they do it as it humanises the tiger as a character which is also important but I'm sure this could have been done without going full hulk tiger mode.

That aside an exquisite film with some fantastic central performances, wonderful cinematography and which pack quite the emotional punch. So moving and so well done.

Its on Amazon prime and well worth a go if you have a sub there.

[Rara Avis]

I've seen quite a few good movies lately

1. Late night with the Devil
2. Immaculate
3. That Omen prequel (pretty good for what it is).
4. Godzilla Minus One
5, Rye Lane
6. Fallen Leaves
7. Monster (Korea, 2023)
8. Civil War

Also from Korea (ish) Past Lives and Minari.

[The Enigmatic Dr X]

I've seen quite a few good movies lately

1. Late night with the Devil
2. Immaculate
3. That Omen prequel (pretty good for what it is).
4. Godzilla Minus One
5, Rye Lane
6. Fallen Leaves
7. Monster (Korea, 2023)
8. Civil War

Also from Korea (ish) Past Lives and Minari.

REALLY trying to convince my missus to watch Late Night with the Devil

[Colin YNWA]

I've seen quite a few good movies lately
4. Godzilla Minus One

7. Monster (Korea, 2023)

Really want to see Godzilla Minus One - must sort that out.

is Monster good? I think its on Prime (or was it Netflix) and forgot to tag it but if its worth watching will pop back to do so.

[Hawkmumbler]

I've seen quite a few good movies lately
4. Godzilla Minus One

7. Monster (Korea, 2023)

Really want to see Godzilla Minus One - must sort that out.

is Monster good? I think its on Prime (or was it Netflix) and forgot to tag it but if its worth watching will pop back to do so.

Both are superb, MONSTER is making my top 3 of the year. Did not have 'Rashomon for the education system about three autistic people and their struggles to communicate' on my bingo card for 2024 but here we are, and its great.

Minus One also made my top 10 of last year, I'm not a fan of the monochromatic presentation so I'd definitely advise going for the colour version as was originally intended. As good as Shin Godzilla? No, but then nothing is, but that still means Minus One is among the best of the decade thus far.

[Colin YNWA]

I've seen quite a few good movies lately
4. Godzilla Minus One

7. Monster (Korea, 2023)

Really want to see Godzilla Minus One - must sort that out.

is Monster good? I think its on Prime (or was it Netflix) and forgot to tag it but if its worth watching will pop back to do so.

Both are superb, MONSTER is making my top 3 of the year. Did not have 'Rashomon for the education system about three autistic people and their struggles to communicate' on my bingo card for 2024 but here we are, and its great.

Cool beans I'll remember to check that one out then...

[Rara Avis]

Late night with the Devil is more of a psychological horror than anything else so no jump scares and even manages to get a few laughs in. Hope that will help you sell it.

Godzilla Minus One is one of the best movies I've seen in ages and far far far superior to the American movies with the same character. Must check out Shin Godzilla so.

To those who have seen Monster - I would love to hear your thoughts on the end but I can't seem to do spoilers anymore.

Also saw an excellent French movie called The Origin of Evil, would recommend that too and the South American When Evil Lurks.

[The Legendary Shark]

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. "I say, chaps, those Nazi bounders are being a bit too rum in the military ethics department. What we need is a rag-tag band of ill-disciplined homicidal maniacs to field against those fiendish rotten u-boats. We'll also need a fishing boat, lots of guns and explodey things, plenty of bemuscled npcs, a sexy spy, the Del Trotter of Fernando Po, and a bow and arrows. Now, before we embark upon this foolhardy endeavour... Oh dear, I appear to have developed several holes in my chest... Number One, be a dear and take over while I lie here and concentrate on my bleeding, would you?" Fairly fun film.

[Colin YNWA]

So watching 1987's The Gate and well I've not finished it yet but I'm half way through then the only exciting thing that's happened so far is 27(ish) minutes in Terry the best friend of the led Glen played by Stephen Dorff not less is dancing in his bedroom and on his wall you can clearly see the cover of Prog 458 (The Adrian Cockroach cover) is clearly visible...