Popular Post Designer1 Posted March 4, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) Released 100 years ago today and still an eerily effective and creative piece of work. Nosferatu (1922). Edited March 4, 2022 by Designer1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Designer1 Posted March 4, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2022 Incidentally, if there's any fans of Nosferatu that haven't seen the excellent Shadow of the Vampire then I highly recommend you do as its a brilliant accompany piece. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Witness for the Prosecution - I really enjoyed this film a lot, was great anyway but the ending makes it even better, brilliant peformance by Charles Laughton, and also Marlene Dietrich, and Tyrone Power, Elsa Lanchester was great too in a more comical role. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Quote New Alien movie in the works from Don't Breathe director is "closer to its genre roots" Don't Breathe and Evil Dead (2013) director Fede Álvarez is helming the new Alien A new Alien movie is in the works with Don't Breathe director Fede Álvarez at the helm and Ridley Scott producing. From THR, the new Alien movie is being developed as a standalone entry in the prolific sci-fi horror franchise, which was birthed in 1979 with the release of the original Alien, starring Sigourney Weaver. Alien is often considered one of the best horror movies of all time, but its many sequels - some more successful than others - have failed to command the same legacy. THR's sources describe the upcoming Alien movie as "unconnected" to the earlier movies. Reportedly being developed for Hulu, the next entry in the Alien series sounds like it could be a return to the series' horror roots. Álvarez isn't only known for the acclaimed horror Don't Breathe, but also the 2013 reboot of Evil Dead, which completely ditched the silly, comedic aspects of the original Evil Dead movies for pure, unadulterated frights. If the director's prior work is any indication, we could be seeing Xenomorph in our nightmares once again. Further to the point, THR spoke with 20th Century exec Steve Asbell about the new Alien and was told it was picked up "purely off the strength of Fede's pitch," and that because it's being made for Hulu instead of theaters, there's less pressure to appeal to general audiences the way you might for a theatrical release. "It's not a film that has to be all things to all people with those gargantuan budgets. They get to be authentically what they are. And this is closer to its genre roots," Asbell said. https://www.gamesradar.com/new-alien-movie-in-the-works-from-dont-breathe-director-is-closer-to-its-genre-roots/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 I noticed that BBC2 on Friday, they were showing the Lavender Hill Mob, a film I hadn't seen in 4 decades but sadly it was during my working day so I couldn't watch it. I streamed it yesterday and it brought back memories of love for the Ealing comedies. Fantastic, no fat in it at all just a great story, well told. Similarly, whilst watching it, Passport to Pimlico was bing broadcast and again prompted, I will be watching that today. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Seat68 said: I noticed that BBC2 on Friday, they were showing the Lavender Hill Mob, a film I hadn't seen in 4 decades but sadly it was during my working day so I couldn't watch it. I streamed it yesterday and it brought back memories of love for the Ealing comedies. Fantastic, no fat in it at all just a great story, well told. Similarly, whilst watching it, Passport to Pimlico was bing broadcast and again prompted, I will be watching that today. The man in the white suit is on iPlayer too 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 3 hours ago, Phil Silvers said: The man in the white suit is on iPlayer too Watching the LHM I saw that it contained briefly, an early appearance of a young Audrey Hepburn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Watching the LHM I saw that it contained briefly, an early appearance of a young Audrey Hepburn. Never knew that, haven't watched it for some time. I could watch almost all ealing comedies anytime and still love them. Edit @Seat68 as you are into this sort of thing, there is a very good old documentary about the life of Margaret Rutherford free on Amazon prime if you have that. It is well worth a watch, joy, sadness and mystery in real life. Edited March 7, 2022 by Phil Silvers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Finally got round to watching Her. It was glorious - Phoenix was just sensational. I couldn't believe the film was 9 years old, it hasn't aged at all & felt extremely current. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 I just binged TLOTR trilogy. Seen it all before. Enjoyed this round. I'd love to watch a documentary on how they did it. Great achievement in cinema history. And the balls to make all three at once.. Great acting performances, throughout. Hard to think of a single bad performance. I wonder where they went on that boat at the end? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 7, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted March 7, 2022 1 minute ago, maqroll said: I just binged TLOTR trilogy. Seen it all before. Enjoyed this round. I'd love to watch a documentary on how they did it. There's about 30 million hours of bonus content on the LOTR DVDs. I'm sure there must be some sort of "Making of" documentary on there somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Just now, Stevo985 said: There's about 30 million hours of bonus content on the LOTR DVDs. I'm sure there must be some sort of "Making of" documentary on there somewhere Yeah, I mean more of like a retrospective made by someone else. Including the controversial stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, maqroll said: I just binged TLOTR trilogy. Seen it all before. Enjoyed this round. I'd love to watch a documentary on how they did it. Great achievement in cinema history. And the balls to make all three at once.. Great acting performances, throughout. Hard to think of a single bad performance. I wonder where they went on that boat at the end? I assume the extended editions? It's been a while since i read the books, but if i remember correctly the elves are going on the boats to some elven land and leaving Middle-Earth for the age of men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Just now, ender4 said: I assume the extended editions? It's been a while since i read the books, but if i remember correctly the elves are going on the boats to some elven land and leaving Middle-Earth for the age of men. Nope, originals. I didn't like the extended bits. I read the books about 35 years ago. Forgot most of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted March 7, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted March 7, 2022 39 minutes ago, ender4 said: I assume the extended editions? It's been a while since i read the books, but if i remember correctly the elves are going on the boats to some elven land and leaving Middle-Earth for the age of men. Just an additional 45 minutes extra footage per film. The extended footage could be a good length movie in it's own right. Been a while since I watched it and remember finding it interesting but easy to understand why it was cut out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, maqroll said: I just binged TLOTR trilogy. Seen it all before. Enjoyed this round. I'd love to watch a documentary on how they did it. Great achievement in cinema history. And the balls to make all three at once.. Great acting performances, throughout. Hard to think of a single bad performance. I wonder where they went on that boat at the end? I watched the extended trilogy last year, fantastically entertaining stuff. The answer to your question is a sad one I'm afraid, they were heading towards the amazon prime production bunker. Edited March 7, 2022 by Phil Silvers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 7, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted March 7, 2022 2 hours ago, maqroll said: I just binged TLOTR trilogy. Seen it all before. Enjoyed this round. I'd love to watch a documentary on how they did it. Great achievement in cinema history. And the balls to make all three at once.. Great acting performances, throughout. Hard to think of a single bad performance. I wonder where they went on that boat at the end? They're travelling to Valinor, the homeland of the Elves and where the 'gods' of the world reside - essentially heaven. No other beings can go there - Gandalf is essentially an angel (as are the other wizards, and interestingly Sauron and the Balrogs as well...) and Valinor is his home, but Bilbo and Frodo are given the honour of being allowed to go there as they had been ring bearers. Sam eventually also went there at the end of his life, and Gimli went with Legolas when he chose to leave Middle-earth. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 3 hours ago, maqroll said: Yeah, I mean more of like a retrospective made by someone else. Including the controversial stuff. What was the controversial stuff? Did Legolas & Gimli take their relationship to another level. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 1 minute ago, ender4 said: What was the controversial stuff? Did Legolas & Gimli take their relationship to another level. I'm thinking more about clashes with the Weinsteins and the decisions to drop key plot elements and characters. Or anything else, really. Disputes with actors, replacing the original Aragorn 3 weeks into the shoot, location problems, whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDR V2 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 3 hours ago, maqroll said: I just binged TLOTR trilogy. Seen it all before. Enjoyed this round. I'd love to watch a documentary on how they did it. Great achievement in cinema history. And the balls to make all three at once.. Great acting performances, throughout. Hard to think of a single bad performance. I wonder where they went on that boat at the end? I've still never watched these, no idea why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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