The Official JKB What Was The Last Film You Watched...

[Rogue Daddy]

The Fourth Kind (free on Prime)

 

If you're into your conspiracy theories and UFOs... you'll love it. Based on a true story about a psychiatrist in Nome, Alaska. Film is split between actors and 'actual' recordings made by the police and the lead character. Won't spoil it anymore but if you google Nome Alaska.... there are still 'missing persons' happening from the last few years (and going back to the 60s). And for a town with a population of 4000... the FBI have 'visited' over 3000 times since the year 2000.

 

I usually judge a film on if I stay awake or fall asleep. Did not fall asleep during this. 

[rudi must stay]

The Apprentice

 

An easy watch 

 

7/10

[Jacques de Gauthier]

Finally got round to watching Interstellar the other day. Good at first, but it kinda sagged for the middle third. Interesting enough, but not the best 'save humanity' film.

[Tazio]

The Order on Amazon Prime. Good film about domestic terrorists in the rural US getting more radical and being hunted down by an FBI agent very well played by Jude Law. Good casting of Bob Mathews the main man in the group of extremists as a charismatic character. 

[Cade]

Shoot 'Em Up (2007)

Clive Owen takes the lead in this bonkers noir action film about a skilled gunman who rescues a woman in labour from a bunch of gangsters.

The dialogue is laughably bad.

The action set pieces defy all logic.
The editing makes it look like a video game cut scene.

None of it makes any sense at all but it's feckin' terrific.

Best watched with a few drinks (or other stimulants of your choice)

 

8/10

Edited February 15, 2025 by Cade

[JudyJudyJudy]

“ Civil war” 2024 

 

This really was good . Kirsten Dunst is the lead , playing a photographer specialising in conflicts . Interesting story too . She’s a really fine actress and her real life husband 

Jesse Plemons has a really sinister cameo as a nut job militia . Those scenes are the best in the films . 
 

8/10 

[the posh bit]

Kinds of Kindness. Disney +

 

Black comedy anthology starring Emma Stone, William Dafoe and Jesse Plemons. 

 

Some scenes are laugh out loud funny. Good fun, albeit quirky as ****. 

 

Solid 8.

[Dawnrazor]

Carry - On.

7.5/10.

A good, if predictable yarn, worth watching.

On Netflix.

[PortyJambo]

The Gorge on Amazon Prime, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller, with a short cameo by Sigourney Weaver. Horror/romance that is decent, but nothing ground breaking. 

 

6/10

[rudi must stay]

Eighth Grade (iPlayer)

 

Cool film

 

7/10

[Cade]

Human Traffic (1999)

John Simm and Danny Dyer star in this time capsule of British life in 1999.

A group of disaffected young friends go clubbing on a Saturday night, do drugs and have sex.

Nothing much happens. No hugely memorable lines and no plot to follow. As a story, it's nothing. As a snapshot of 1999, it's spot on.

7/10

[Gavman81]

The new captain America 

 

Just a bit Marvel meh as is becoming the norm with all their films in the MCU these days…

 

I don’t know what  they need to do to reinvent the wheel but they do need to do something 

 

5/10

[Maple Leaf]

Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning (part one)  Tom Cruise.

 

Awful movie in every respect.  Not worth watching.  1/10

[Tazio]

Aftermath on Netflix. Don’t bother, a wasted hour and a half I’ll never get back. 

[Ron Burgundy]

15 hours ago, PortyJambo said:

The Gorge on Amazon Prime, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller, with a short cameo by Sigourney Weaver. Horror/romance that is decent, but nothing ground breaking. 

 

6/10

I quite enjoyed that but it was a bit too heavy on the romance side of things. I’d give it 6/10 as well. 
 

Nosferatu

Kept my attention. 7/10 

[Ray Gin]

On 14/02/2025 at 22:43, Tazio said:

The Order on Amazon Prime. Good film about domestic terrorists in the rural US getting more radical and being hunted down by an FBI agent very well played by Jude Law. Good casting of Bob Mathews the main man in the group of extremists as a charismatic character. 

 

7/10 from me. Good story and Law was excellent but a bit lacking in character development.

[rudi must stay]

Blue Jean (iPlayer)

 

Pleasant film

 

7/10

[JudyJudyJudy]

“ Tombstone “ 1993 

 

Kurt Russell , Val Kilmer , Sam Elliot and a few decent other actors . Highly fictionalised account of Wyatt Earp , Doc Holliday et al . Powers Boothe plays a really mean cowboy baddie . Wonder what happened to him ? Anyway it’s entertaining hokum . 
 

7/10 . 

 

[Carl Fredrickson]

On 16/02/2025 at 17:44, Gavman81 said:

The new captain America 

 

Just a bit Marvel meh as is becoming the norm with all their films in the MCU these days…

 

I don’t know what  they need to do to reinvent the wheel but they do need to do something 

 

5/10

 

That is a very generous 5 IMO. Went with my two kids as my son loves all things Marvel. Having sat through lots of them the standard in the last few years has been very, very poor.

[Gavman81]

Just now, Carl Fredrickson said:

 

That is a very generous 5 IMO. Went with my two kids as my son loves all things Marvel. Having sat through lots of them the standard in the last few years has been very, very poor.

Yeah, I enjoyed the big scene around Celestial Island which made my inner child find a 5 from somewhere from 😃

[Carl Fredrickson]

3 minutes ago, Gavman81 said:

Yeah, I enjoyed the big scene around Celestial Island which made my inner child find a 5 from somewhere from 😃

 

I must have been asleep at that point. The Vue recliner seats have that effect on me. 

 

I have never been a big fan of superhero films but some of the earlier Marvel ones were decent. Watching them over the last 10 years - is the decrease due to Disney trying to make megabucks from them? A lot of them seem to have the same formula but with different characters. 

 

Will be delighted when my son prefers going to the cinema with his mates to see them rather than his old man

[Cade]

15 minutes ago, Carl Fredrickson said:

 

I must have been asleep at that point. The Vue recliner seats have that effect on me. 

 

I have never been a big fan of superhero films but some of the earlier Marvel ones were decent. Watching them over the last 10 years - is the decrease due to Disney trying to make megabucks from them? A lot of them seem to have the same formula but with different characters. 

 

Will be delighted when my son prefers going to the cinema with his mates to see them rather than his old man

 

It's because the first tranche of films were all properly interconnected with a single over-arching storyline.
Each superhero got their own films to do their own thing and The Avengers films were the big storyline where they all came together.
It was all carefully planned out.

 

That's all done now and Disney haven't got an over-arching storyline any more.
Each film serves merely as an extended trailer for the next one, or for the next TV show which in turn acts as an extended trailer for the next film.
They're all directed by different people, written by different people and the whole thing is now such a giant mess that nobody can make head nor tail of who's who and what's going on.
There's no big central story, just "consume content".

 

They did the exact same thing with Star Wars, which is now pretty much dead as a franchise.

Edited February 17, 2025 by Cade

[Carl Fredrickson]

3 minutes ago, Cade said:

 

It's because the first tranche of films were all properly interconnected with a single over-arching storyline.
Each superhero got their own films to do their own thing and The Avengers films were the big storyline where they all came together.
It was all carefully planned out.

 

That's all done now and Disney haven't got an over-arching storyline any more.
Each film serves merely as an extended trailer for the next one, or for the next TV show which in turn acts as an extended trailer for the next film.
They're all directed by different people, written by different people and the whole thing is now such a giant mess that nobody can make head nor tail of who's who and what's going on.
There's no big central story, just "consume content".

 

They did the exact same thing with Star Wars, which is now pretty much dead as a franchise.

 

I knew the "big storyline" thing with Marvel but imo it was dragged out way too long. After the final battle one, where could they go from there? My son knows how all the movies and TV shows connect. Might be my age but I CBA with that. 

 

I agree with Star Wars. Done to death and along with Marvel, seems to be a cash cow for Disney. 

[Cade]

53 minutes ago, Carl Fredrickson said:

 

I knew the "big storyline" thing with Marvel but imo it was dragged out way too long. After the final battle one, where could they go from there? My son knows how all the movies and TV shows connect. Might be my age but I CBA with that. 

 

I agree with Star Wars. Done to death and along with Marvel, seems to be a cash cow for Disney. 

 

Not really a cash cow any more. Mostly all of their recent films have lost money and have been used as a tax write down.

Have to factor in the advertising costs, which are usually around the same as the published production cost.

These days they're needing close to a billion dollars just to break even on each new film.

[Carl Fredrickson]

3 minutes ago, Cade said:

 

Not really a cash cow any more. Mostly all of their recent films have lost money and have been used as a tax write down.

Have to factor in the advertising costs, which are usually around the same as the published production cost.

These days they're needing close to a billion dollars just to break even on each new film.

That is crazy. We went to see the one with I think Captain Marvel and two other females. A truly awful film that must have resulted in a huge loss. 

[milky_26]

1 minute ago, Carl Fredrickson said:

That is crazy. We went to see the one with I think Captain Marvel and two other females. A truly awful film that must have resulted in a huge loss. 

the marvels

[Carl Fredrickson]

1 minute ago, milky_26 said:

the marvels

Thanks. Couldnt mind the name of it. There was another awful one, I think it was called the Eternals? 

[milky_26]

21 minutes ago, Carl Fredrickson said:

Thanks. Couldnt mind the name of it. There was another awful one, I think it was called the Eternals? 

the eternals was awful. it probably suited a tv series so that they did not rush their backstories

[Cade]

Keep in mind that none of the advertising costs are here, so you can almost double the production costs.

Black Widow
Production: $288 million
Box office: $379 million

The Marvels
Production cost $374 million 
Box office: $206 million

Eternals
Production: $236 million 
Box office: $402 million

Ant Man Quantumania
Production: $388 million

Box office: $476 million

However, Thor 4, Black Pather2, Deadpool 3 and Guardians of the Galaxy 3 all turned a decent profit even when taking advertising into account.
 

[rudi must stay]

Fair play to everyone on this topic recently lots of films watched

 

Goodnight Mr Tom (free on YouTube)

 

Excellent

 

8/10

[Elljay]

Companion starring Sophie Thomson and Jack Quaid, at Cineworld.

Spoiler

Another entry in the android/robot breaking free of its human ordered subservience.

This is actually a quite good thriller with several neat twists along the way. Dials down on the gratuitous sex and carefully rations out the violent parts.

Winsome performance by the female lead and all the sleazeball humans get their comeuppance. 7/10

Edited February 18, 2025 by Elljay

[Cade]

Sophie Thatcher

[AndyNic]

JUROR #2

 

Quite enjoyed this however the ending was utter guff. The court room scenes also annoyed me as the questioning of the witnesses was terrible.

 

6/10.

[mrmarkus1981_1]

The Gorge

 

Enjoyable nonsense really. 6/10

[Gavman81]

2 hours ago, mrmarkus1981_1 said:

The Gorge

 

Enjoyable nonsense really. 6/10

Enjoyable  - much better then expected 👍

[rudi must stay]

Bridget Jones Mad About The Boy

 

I thought this was decent. Good character development and performances

 

7/10

 

 

[Dick Dastardly]

Captain America Brave New World.

6/10 

A modern retelling of the classic Iron Man 3, made to suit the sensibilities the present day audience.  

[rudi must stay]

My Summer Of Love (iPlayer)

 

Chilled out film

 

7/10

[Dawnrazor]

Rebel Ridge.

1/10.

Rubbish, muddled story line, hammy acting, best avoided.

On Netflix.

[Tazio]

26 minutes ago, Dawnrazor said:

Rebel Ridge.

1/10.

Rubbish, muddled story line, hammy acting, best avoided.

On Netflix.

A fair assessment. 

[Disser Pointon]

The Gorge, 7/10, enjoyable romp.

[Malinga the Swinga]

Aftermath on Netflix is decent enough to pass an hour and 40 minutes if time. Military hokum but enjoyable to watch and plenty action as well 

A solid 7/10

[Madjambo21]

On 16/02/2025 at 15:02, Cade said:

Human Traffic (1999)

John Simm and Danny Dyer star in this time capsule of British life in 1999.

A group of disaffected young friends go clubbing on a Saturday night, do drugs and have sex.

Nothing much happens. No hugely memorable lines and no plot to follow. As a story, it's nothing. As a snapshot of 1999, it's spot on.

7/10

• The weekend has landed. All that exists now is clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. I've got 48 hours off from the world, man. I'm gonna blow steam out my head like a screaming kettle, I'm gonna talk cod shit to strangers all night, I'm gonna lose the plot on the dancefloor. The free radicals inside me are freakin', man! Tonight I'm Jip Travolta, the Peter Popper, I'm going to never-never land with my chosen family, man. We're gonna get more spaced out than Neil Armstrong ever did, anything could happen tonight, you know? This could be the best night of my life. I've got 73 quid in my back burner - I'm gonna wax the lot, man! The Milky Bars are on me! Yeah!

The film was a must before going out at the weekend back in the day. 

 

Classic

[Shanks said no]

The Monkey

 

5/10

 

Moderate bog standard horror. Some decent gory scenes but nothing particularly new.

 

(at the Vue)

[rudi must stay]

God's Creatures (iPlayer)

 

A slow unoriginal film but pleasant at the same time

 

7/10

[PortyJambo]

I watched Riddick the other night, the 3rd film in the Vin Diesel franchise. Still a fun, decent film, if not as good as the original Pitch Black.

 

I see too that they've started filming a 4th film starring Diesel again, to be called Riddick: Furya, where he finally returns to his home world. 

[rudi must stay]

Captain America Brave New World 

 

I thought this was excellent

 

8/10

[Tazio]

Fight Or Flight on Sky movies. Pretty much Bullet Train. But on a plane. With fewer stars. And a worse storyline. And worse stunts. 
It goes without saying the star of the film is Josh Hartnett. 

[JudyJudyJudy]

“ Anora “ 

 

Decided to give this a go after its multiple Oscar wins. I can now see why it won them . Really outstanding film . Funny , but also very serious at times . The lead actress Mikey Madison was incredible in her role . Displaying a real hardness but ultimately with a good heart despite her work as a “ working girl “ and her abusive relationships with men . The ending is very powerful and feels completely authentic . 
 

The whole cast were outstanding . At times it’s a hilarious comedy which put me in mind of “ My cousin Vinny “ or “ Born yesterday “ which strangely  enough both actresses won Oscar’s for . Both actresses Marisa Tomei and Judy Holliday playing wise cracking “ broads” . And even more odd both wins were huge upsets in their time . But the role of Anora is more realistic ..

 

The actor ( Yura Borisov )  playing one of the body guards is terrific and was nominated for best supporting actor . His role is almost a silent role but is great acting and when he speaks he is powerful and brings morality to the story . It’s heartbreaking at times too .
 

9/10 from me  

Edited March 4, 2025 by JudyJudyJudy

[rudi must stay]

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

 

Terrible

 

5/10