Recently watched movies

[Mike Covell]

Andy has appeared in countless movies and done quite a lot of tv work, here is his IMDB page, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785227/

I too liked him in King Kong (the best bits), Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Prestige, and Deathwatch which was a gritty world war one horror flick!

He is also rumoured to be lined up to appear in the Hobbit which will goes into pre production soon!!

[Tom_Wescott]

Yes, Doug "Pinhead" Bradley was in there. I hope he can get more work in British cinema. The English make much better horror films than America these days. I hate Japanese horror. Can't wait for Dog Soldiers II.

Is Andy Serkis more well known in England? His name is not well known in America. I just happen to be a fan of his because of his absolutely amazing work in King Kong. I think he's probably one of the best actors currently in the business.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[Mike Covell]

I watched a movie last night you guys absolutely HAVE to see. It's a small British horror/comedy called 'The Cottage'. It stars Any Serkis, whom I very much admire. He played Gollum in the Lord of the Rings movies, played King Kong, and also did a wonderful job as Tesla's assistant in The Prestige. This is probably the best movie of it's kind to come out in a few years.

Hi Tom,

"Andy Serkis" is fab and "The Cottage" is ace, an hilarious comedy horror with plenty of gore!!
It was great to see the lovely "Jennifer Ellison" in the film and not to mention "Doug Bradley" of "Hellraiser" fame!!
If Hellraiser tore your soul apart, The Cottage will tear your funny bone apart!!

[Tom_Wescott]

The Cottage

Mike,

I know exactly what you're talking about re: AvP2. It's way too dark in spots and really it's just plain stupid. I didn't like it. The first one rocked, though. Bring back Sigourney Weaver!

Stan, et al,

I watched a movie last night you guys absolutely HAVE to see. It's a small British horror/comedy called 'The Cottage'. It stars Any Serkis, whom I very much admire. He played Gollum in the Lord of the Rings movies, played King Kong, and also did a wonderful job as Tesla's assistant in The Prestige. This is probably the best movie of it's kind to come out in a few years.

I also strongly recommend Nanking, which is captivating albeit disturbing. I can't say enough about it.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[Mike Covell]

Tried watching Aliens Vs Predator; Requiem last night but the movie is so dark I ended up turning it off.
I don't mean dark as in the subject matter, but the way almost every scene is set in a dark building, forest and even a sewer! When things started hotting up, the predator blew up the power plant so no one had any light!!

You could not see a thing, it was really badly made, and the attempt to add human back story was crap and had me praying they all got eaten or blasted!!

[Mike Covell]

Hot Fuzz wasn't that bad actually, typical British take on the Cop-Buddy-Genre, with some great action sequences, and funny cameo appearances.

My mate is on a chessy 80's horror tip at the moment, visited recently and ended up watching "The Stuff" what a film, why no one ever remade it is beyond me!!

[Magpie]

Just finished watching "Plunkett and Macleane". What a hoot!

I saw a small portion of it on TV last year, and it's looked just interesting enough to want to see the whole thing. Then I picked up a VHS copy for $2when the local video chain dumped all their tapes for DVD's. Finally got around to watching it. Hard to describe really--it's funny enough, but not enough to be called a "comedy", there's action, but not enough to be an "action" movie. Not quite accurate enough to be a historical drama, and far too crude to be a period romance.

But bloody fun to watch for all that! I'd recommend it, and I'll certainly watch it again sometime. The one criticism I have is the use of modern, trancy music in a period setting. It's not that I didn't like the music (which was actually pretty good), but it did sort of stick out like a sore thumb and break the mood at times.

Part 2 of tonight's double feature coming up--still trying to decide between Kind Hearts and Coronets (best film ever made), Hot Fuzz, or Beowulf and Grendel. Decisions, Decisions....

[Mike Covell]

I recently found a copy of "Loch Ness Terror" and as a collector of all thing's Nessie I bought it, it wasn't that bad for a low budget flick.
Nessie appeared almost straight away, which was a bit disapointing, but she did kick ass. The cgi was awful, and the acting pretty terrible, but I wasn't expecting alot.

It was like a long cheesy epsiode of XFiles!!

Speaking of which, X-Files 2 is on the way, starring Billy Connelly and Xzibit!!

I also bought "I am Omega" starring Mark Decassos when I bought "I am Legend" it is of course another kung fu verision of the "Omega Man"!!

Just saw the trailer of Indiana Jones, and both me and my wife are excited!!

I have the Indiana Jones Boxset, on both video and dvd, I also have the Indiana Jones TV series on Video, which is gradually being released on dvd.

[steje73]

I think I'll wait for the inevitable release of the four movie box set of Indiana Jones films.
I am far too excited about the new one for a man of my age.

[Magpie]

I have a copy of 30 Days of Night, but I haven't watched it yet. I want to be able to watch it with no distractions, because I'm pretty sure it's going to be awesome!

I picked up a copy of "Blood Of Heroes" last week in a bargain bin. For those who don't know, it's a post-apocolyptic sci-fi flick about a sport that is a cross between football and rollerball. It stars Rutgar Hauer and Joan Chen.

It's pretty low budget, and it's a little slow at times, but it's definately a great movie if you're into the "Mad Max" kind of movie.

[BillyE]

I bought the Indiana Jones trilogy in anticipation of the new movie coming out. I haven't watched them yet, because I hope to have a marathon the day before the release of the new one. I'll be all whipped out by the time I finish the fourth one! :-)

[Mike Covell]

I remember "Wilt" well, with the blow up doll! We watched it when it first came out in the uk on VHS, that was a long time ago.

I watched "Halloween 2007" the other night, it was the Director's Cut, which means there will be a theatrical release at some point, which is annoying!

"30 Days of Night", was really good, very gory, great plot and it turned the vampire genre on it's head, then chopped off it's head with an axe

I bought "Alien Vs Predator 2: Requiem", yesterday but we are still to watch.

[Magpie]

Just downloaded a copy of "Wilt"

Pretty good movie, starring Smith and Jones, and from a book by Tom Sharpe (one of the funniest English authors ever).

It follows the book fairly closely, but ironically although the book is the first part of a trilogy, the movie changes the ending in a way that shuts down any chance of a sequel (although I don't think the movie was that successful, so it's probably a moot point).

This movie is almost impossible to find on DVD outside the UK

[Mike Covell]

It has been a while since I last watched it too, I have a habit of finding dvds still in their wrappers months after buying!!

[sdreid]

The last time I watched Blade Runner it didn't seem as good as I remembered. I don't know if it's dated to me or what.