Let's have a films thread.

[Raj]

A man called otto.

Channel 4

Heartwarming, excellent  film usual Tom Hanks high standard👍🏾

[leicsmac]

A House of Dynamite, on Netflix.

 

Nothing wrong with the acting or the screenplay and Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson et al are on form, but...

 

Prepare to be entirely blue-balled/WTF'd by the ending

[foxy tiler]

55 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

A House of Dynamite, on Netflix.

 

Nothing wrong with the acting or the screenplay and Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson et al are on form, but...

 

 

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Prepare to be entirely blue-balled/WTF'd by the ending

 

Watched it yesterday.....cracking film 

[splinterdream]

Just watched 'good boy'. A great independent horror movie told from the perspective of a dog. If you love dogs, well worth a watch.

[Livid]

21 hours ago, leicsmac said:

A House of Dynamite, on Netflix.

 

Nothing wrong with the acting or the screenplay and Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson et al are on form, but...

 

 

  Hide contents

Prepare to be entirely blue-balled/WTF'd by the ending

 

Two hours of my life I’ll never get back.

 

Deserved better. 

 

 

[splinterdream]

21 hours ago, leicsmac said:

A House of Dynamite, on Netflix.

 

Nothing wrong with the acting or the screenplay and Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson et al are on form, but...

 

 

  Reveal hidden contents

Prepare to be entirely blue-balled/WTF'd by the ending

 

If you enjoyed it, i'd suggest you get audio book nuclear war, a scenario annie jacobsen which i think this may be ripped off from, read by annie herself whp reads very well

[leicsmac]

12 minutes ago, Livid said:

Two hours of my life I’ll never get back.

 

Deserved better. 

 

 

It certainly is very Marmite, for reasons I'll not go into too much here because spoilers. 

[Livid]

45 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

It certainly is very Marmite, for reasons I'll not go into too much here because spoilers. 

Very well acted and watchable, it’s just you know what…killed it for me. 

[RoboFox]

Finally got around to Bring Her Back. 

 

Sally Hawkins is absolutely phenomenal.

 

I loved Talk To Me and it's mad that the Philippou brothers have gone from YouTube to being some of the best horror directors out there. 

 

As someone who watches a LOT of horror, it's pretty disturbing, bleak and weirdly sad and moving. 9/10, won't watch again. 

[Samilktray]

5 minutes ago, RoboFox said:

Finally got around to Bring Her Back. 

 

Sally Hawkins is absolutely phenomenal.

 

I loved Talk To Me and it's mad that the Philippou brothers have gone from YouTube to being some of the best horror directors out there. 

 

As someone who watches a LOT of horror, it's pretty disturbing, bleak and weirdly sad and moving. 9/10, won't watch again. 

Best horror I’ve seen this year, really good 

[spacemunky]

3 hours ago, RoboFox said:

Finally got around to Bring Her Back. 

 

Sally Hawkins is absolutely phenomenal.

 

I loved Talk To Me and it's mad that the Philippou brothers have gone from YouTube to being some of the best horror directors out there. 

 

As someone who watches a LOT of horror, it's pretty disturbing, bleak and weirdly sad and moving. 9/10, won't watch again. 

I just watched 'Bring Her Back' too and thought it was excellent.

 

I've been watching 'horror' movies the last couple of weeks and decided to go with this one last night, as I've always enjoyed Sally Hawkins as an actress.

 

Most movies don't really scare me much anymore(maybe in my older age I'm a bit desensitized), but this one will stick with me.

 

Now I guess I'll have to look for 'Talk To Me'.

[Dr Marco]

anyone seen the Bruce Springsteen's biopic?

[Suzie the Fox]

On 27/10/2025 at 16:02, spacemunky said:

I just watched 'Bring Her Back' too and thought it was excellent.

 

I've been watching 'horror' movies the last couple of weeks and decided to go with this one last night, as I've always enjoyed Sally Hawkins as an actress.

 

Most movies don't really scare me much anymore(maybe in my older age I'm a bit desensitized), but this one will stick with me.

 

Now I guess I'll have to look for 'Talk To Me'.

Watched 'Talk to me' this afternoon. Glad i didn't watch it once it got dark. Lol

[Blarmy]

On 26/10/2025 at 20:31, Livid said:

Very well acted and watchable, it’s just you know what…killed it for me. 

Did you watch the credits? This question assumes I know what you mean by “you know what…”. I think I do though. 

[Alf Bentley]

On 27/10/2025 at 20:08, Dr Marco said:

anyone seen the Bruce Springsteen's biopic?

 

Yes. I saw it and thought it was brilliant.

 

Reviews have been mixed and I can understand why. It's not a classic biopic, telling a life story enlivened by dramatic plot lines and perhaps a moral arc.

 

I'd say it's very much a film for (a) people who're really into music - particularly Bruce, obviously - as it looks at the creative & recording process; (b) those who like films about people, their psychology and relationships more than dramatic plots.

 

It focuses on the narrow period (early 80s) after his first mass-market success, The River, when he ended up releasing Nebraska, a decidedly non-commercial album, so very much NOT what was expected, including by his record company. Though he was simultaneously writing Born in the USA, his biggest-selling, very commercial album - and initially planned to release the 2 as a double album.

It also has a lot about his personal issues - particularly his problematic relationship with his father, and (possibly connected) issues with depression and commitment phobia re. relationships - as well as the whole artistic integrity v. commercial success dilemma.

 

I've been a massive Bruce fan since the late 70s and read his autobiography, so it wasn't telling me much I didn't already know. But I thought it was a great film with Allen White superb as lead.

 

Drop a review if you do go and see it. I know from other threads that you're a big music fan, but whether you like such films or like Bruce, I don't know. Personally, I genuinely see him as someone with the status of a modern-day Shakespeare - no hyperbole intended. The film probably doesn't really show that, due to its narrow focus on 1982ish, but does give an interesting insight into an individual man and major creative artist at a key career moment.

[spacemunky]

8 hours ago, Suzie the Fox said:

Watched 'Talk to me' this afternoon. Glad i didn't watch it once it got dark. Lol

I wanted to watch it tonight(in the dark!), but there's a weird thing here with some movies on Crave that they are only available in French.

 

Ended up with one of the "suggested" movies, which was 'Bones and All' with Timothee Chalamet and a very talented actress(who i didn't know).

 

With having no clue going in what it was about, it was quite shocking 

 

I really enjoyed it and bonus that the soundtrack was by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross 

[ozleicester]

8 hours ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

Yes. I saw it and thought it was brilliant.

 

Reviews have been mixed and I can understand why. It's not a classic biopic, telling a life story enlivened by dramatic plot lines and perhaps a moral arc.

 

I'd say it's very much a film for (a) people who're really into music - particularly Bruce, obviously - as it looks at the creative & recording process; (b) those who like films about people, their psychology and relationships more than dramatic plots.

 

It focuses on the narrow period (early 80s) after his first mass-market success, The River, when he ended up releasing Nebraska, a decidedly non-commercial album, so very much NOT what was expected, including by his record company. Though he was simultaneously writing Born in the USA, his biggest-selling, very commercial album - and initially planned to release the 2 as a double album.

It also has a lot about his personal issues - particularly his problematic relationship with his father, and (possibly connected) issues with depression and commitment phobia re. relationships - as well as the whole artistic integrity v. commercial success dilemma.

 

I've been a massive Bruce fan since the late 70s and read his autobiography, so it wasn't telling me much I didn't already know. But I thought it was a great film with Allen White superb as lead.

 

Drop a review if you do go and see it. I know from other threads that you're a big music fan, but whether you like such films or like Bruce, I don't know. Personally, I genuinely see him as someone with the status of a modern-day Shakespeare - no hyperbole intended. The film probably doesn't really show that, due to its narrow focus on 1982ish, but does give an interesting insight into an individual man and major creative artist at a key career moment.

Havent seen it yet, but I felt the same about his book... really enjoyed it but not your typical telling

[Dr Marco]

8 hours ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

Yes. I saw it and thought it was brilliant.

 

Reviews have been mixed and I can understand why. It's not a classic biopic, telling a life story enlivened by dramatic plot lines and perhaps a moral arc.

 

I'd say it's very much a film for (a) people who're really into music - particularly Bruce, obviously - as it looks at the creative & recording process; (b) those who like films about people, their psychology and relationships more than dramatic plots.

 

It focuses on the narrow period (early 80s) after his first mass-market success, The River, when he ended up releasing Nebraska, a decidedly non-commercial album, so very much NOT what was expected, including by his record company. Though he was simultaneously writing Born in the USA, his biggest-selling, very commercial album - and initially planned to release the 2 as a double album.

It also has a lot about his personal issues - particularly his problematic relationship with his father, and (possibly connected) issues with depression and commitment phobia re. relationships - as well as the whole artistic integrity v. commercial success dilemma.

 

I've been a massive Bruce fan since the late 70s and read his autobiography, so it wasn't telling me much I didn't already know. But I thought it was a great film with Allen White superb as lead.

 

Drop a review if you do go and see it. I know from other threads that you're a big music fan, but whether you like such films or like Bruce, I don't know. Personally, I genuinely see him as someone with the status of a modern-day Shakespeare - no hyperbole intended. The film probably doesn't really show that, due to its narrow focus on 1982ish, but does give an interesting insight into an individual man and major creative artist at a key career moment.

thanks!

Yes I will see it!

I also love Springsteen's music and I rate him very much as a songwriter and performer ! 

Will let you know what I thought about the film

[Suzie the Fox]

6 hours ago, spacemunky said:

I wanted to watch it tonight(in the dark!), but there's a weird thing here with some movies on Crave that they are only available in French.

 

Ended up with one of the "suggested" movies, which was 'Bones and All' with Timothee Chalamet and a very talented actress(who i didn't know).

 

With having no clue going in what it was about, it was quite shocking 

 

I really enjoyed it and bonus that the soundtrack was by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross 

So brave Lol.

 

Will check out Bones and All, i've not heard of that one. 

[Livid]

On 28/10/2025 at 21:09, Blarmy said:

Did you watch the credits? This question assumes I know what you mean by “you know what…”. I think I do though. 

No I was at a FFS there's two hours of my life gone moment.  

[Livid]

On 27/10/2025 at 20:08, Dr Marco said:

anyone seen the Bruce Springsteen's biopic?

Saw it on Tuesday.

 

A little bit darker than what I was expecting but an excellent film. John Landau gets an awful lot of stick from Bruce's fans for how he handles him and some of the cheap but sometimes inconvenient venues he selects for concerts (disused airports miles outside of Prague etc) but you can see why they have stuck together over the years. 

 

Absolutely amazing,  given his mental health at the time, that he was able to write songs for Nebraska and Born in the USA at the same time. 

[shen]

On 26/10/2025 at 00:14, leicsmac said:

A House of Dynamite, on Netflix.

 

Nothing wrong with the acting or the screenplay and Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson et al are on form, but...

 

 

  Reveal hidden contents

Prepare to be entirely blue-balled/WTF'd by the ending

 

Not sure it really matters? The way it's sequenced probably worsens the feeling you and others have described.

[Dr Marco]

On 28/10/2025 at 23:48, Alf Bentley said:

 

Yes. I saw it and thought it was brilliant.

 

Reviews have been mixed and I can understand why. It's not a classic biopic, telling a life story enlivened by dramatic plot lines and perhaps a moral arc.

 

I'd say it's very much a film for (a) people who're really into music - particularly Bruce, obviously - as it looks at the creative & recording process; (b) those who like films about people, their psychology and relationships more than dramatic plots.

 

It focuses on the narrow period (early 80s) after his first mass-market success, The River, when he ended up releasing Nebraska, a decidedly non-commercial album, so very much NOT what was expected, including by his record company. Though he was simultaneously writing Born in the USA, his biggest-selling, very commercial album - and initially planned to release the 2 as a double album.

It also has a lot about his personal issues - particularly his problematic relationship with his father, and (possibly connected) issues with depression and commitment phobia re. relationships - as well as the whole artistic integrity v. commercial success dilemma.

 

I've been a massive Bruce fan since the late 70s and read his autobiography, so it wasn't telling me much I didn't already know. But I thought it was a great film with Allen White superb as lead.

 

Drop a review if you do go and see it. I know from other threads that you're a big music fan, but whether you like such films or like Bruce, I don't know. Personally, I genuinely see him as someone with the status of a modern-day Shakespeare - no hyperbole intended. The film probably doesn't really show that, due to its narrow focus on 1982ish, but does give an interesting insight into an individual man and major creative artist at a key career moment.

 

On 30/10/2025 at 14:21, Livid said:

Saw it on Tuesday.

 

A little bit darker than what I was expecting but an excellent film. John Landau gets an awful lot of stick from Bruce's fans for how he handles him and some of the cheap but sometimes inconvenient venues he selects for concerts (disused airports miles outside of Prague etc) but you can see why they have stuck together over the years. 

 

Absolutely amazing,  given his mental health at the time, that he was able to write songs for Nebraska and Born in the USA at the same time. 

I watched it today! thought it was really good

fantastic acting from Allen White, Strong and Graham

 

definitely made me want to listen to Nebraska, The River and Born in the USA

[VLC86]

Just rewatched Interstellar, unbelievable film.

[Alf Bentley]

14 hours ago, Dr Marco said:

definitely made me want to listen to Nebraska, The River and Born in the USA

 

All 3 great - and very different - albums. The River seems somewhat forgotten these days, but I'd rate it as one of his best. In a way, with The River, he'd already done what he considered doing in combining Nebraska and Born in the USA as a double album (though I'm glad he decided not to do that): 3/4 of the tracks lively and upbeat, some more fun/lightweight, but 4-5 quieter, darker songs.

 

I'd still rate Darkness on the Edge of Town as his best album, but I really like all 3 you mention. More recently and more surprisingly given my usual tastes, I love his 2 crooner-ish albums, Western Stars and Twilight Hours (the best of the Tracks II albums?). Anyway, I'll stop there....don't want to annoy folk by turning the film thread into a music thread!