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Misery 1990
Watched by Fabian 19 May, 2013 1 In general it is advised to be wary about Stephen King adaptations, considering how many of them are lackluster or straight-up poor in every regard. There are, however, exceptions to that as every once in a while we are given a proper film adaptation that rivals the quality of the book and in the case of The Shining outclasses it. Misery is one of those exceptions, almost effortlessly managing to find the right balance of horror and dark humour, it's…
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The Chronicles of Riddick 2004
Added by Matt "Cinebro" Conti 1 There are two people that like this film, warts and all.
16 year old me, and me today.
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The Good, The Bad, The Weird 2008
Watched by Buddy O 08 Feb, 2013 4 Film #6 of "Foreign Film February"
"Damn bastards!"
Hugely enjoyable Korean comedy/western. Had such a ball watching it. Really liked the look of Byung-hun Lee "the bad" what a bamf and Kang-ho Song who plays the "weird" he was fantastic and funny his character made the movie for me.
Would definitely recommend giving this one a go, it's a great time.
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Daredevil 2003
by Martyn Perry 03 Feb, 2013 Part of the Ultimate Marvel Movie Marathon:
letterboxd.com/evileyeperry/list/the-ultimate-marvel-avengers-movie-marathon/Not as bad as you might think, I find this film far more watchable and enjoyable than some of Marvel's other offerings and it probably should have been better received than it was.
Breaking the formula of most comic book origin movies, this shows us our fully costumed hero within the first couple of minutes, and rather than looking fantastic, he's injured and smashing into the floor of a church. It's a…
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Oldboy 2005
Watched by Buddy O 02 Feb, 2013 Film #2 of "Foreign Film February"
I don't see the American version going with the same twist but I guess we'll see.
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Total Recall 1990
by Ryan 29 Jan, 2013 This movie has 80s cheese written all over it. The "futuristic" technology is downright laughable, but the story is as great as ever.
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The Game 1997
Watched by James Healey 28 Jan, 2013 Wow I haven't been this surprised with how underrated a film could be since Collateral. This was absolutely masterful, and further proves that David Fincher is one of the all time greatest directors.
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The Cat Returns 2003
Watched by Fabian 25 Jan, 2013 14 With Studio Ghibli's near flawless track record it always seemed odd to me that The Cat Returns received quite a lot of criticism. Being one of the few I hadn't seen yet I decided to find out for myself and having just finished it I can see why people would dislike it. It doesn't entirely convince on neither the emotional level nor the animation and definitely feels like a “lesser” film than one may be used to from the studio.…
