Movie & TV Show Recommendations

Nick Obre said:
Anyway, decent movie, some fun moments, not super satisfying, but Tom Hardy entertaining in it, twice.
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Been quite a while ago since i watched it so my memory on it is a bit hazy but i remember i did like it. I watched it during a Hardy binge, watched Locke and Lawless before watching Legend, did like both of the former, especially Lawless, quite a bit more than Legend but it is an alright and entertaining watch. IIRC the only part i disliked was the narration by the female character but i could be mixing it up with a different film.

Don't have nothing much to add to the thread right now, about to rewatch Mr.Inbetween and am looking forward to it. I also got around to finally watching "The Seven Samurai" by Akira Kurosawa and planned to write a longer review about it but it can be summed up in one sentence: 10/10, masterpiece, everyone should watch this, don't get put off by its excessive run-time.
Loved every minute of it, Mifune isn't even its best part nor casting choice. What impressed me the most is how modern it looks, this was shot 10 years after WWII ended and it does not show its age at all apart from it being shot in black and white. Stunning cinematography and editing. I would love to see how some of the scenes look in color, especially the scene where the youngest of the seven Samurai meets the "boy" in the crysanthemum field.
Zyklon C said:
It's normie, but I watched Yojimbo for the first time in probably twenty years. I forgot how much I liked Mifune and Kurosawa.

I think this week might see a dive into Kurosawa's catalog for old time's sake.
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Despite being very big into japanese cinema i only got around to watching this one last year, as my first Kurosawa film, and absolutely loved it, too. I was surprised at how much humor there is in the film (same for The Seven Samurai), i expected something completely different from it before watching but i wasn't disappointed in the slightest with what i got. I liked Mifune a lot more in Yojimbo than in Seven Samurai.
I really need to watch more Kurosawa.
Mussolini’s Merkin said:
I started watching Edge of Darkness (1985) and ending up watching the whole thing in a day. I'd heard about it for years as one of the best series that the BBC produced and it held up.
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It stars Bob Peck of Jurassic Park fame as a police detective investigating the murder of his daughter, which leads him into a much deeper conspiracy.

It's a great show, captures a very particular time in UK history better than anything else I can think of. The cast is great, pacing is great, story is great, the music was made by Eric Clapton and it's phenomenal.

There's just one problem:

Maybe I am just reading into this, but I am pretty sure that the main character either wanted to or was actively fucking his daughter. It's this whole subtext throughout the entire series and I have no idea why or how it was added in. Honestly creeped me out. Other characters even infer that they know about it. Such a very odd choice.
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I now want to watch this just because of that picture you posted, vibes with me. Fucked up how i now glanced at what's in the spoiler thanks to how Xenforo works when quoting posts.
 
The Feline Solution 2 said:
Despite being very big into japanese cinema i only got around to watching this one last year, as my first Kurosawa film, and absolutely loved it, too. I was surprised at how much humor there is in the film (same for The Seven Samurai), i expected something completely different from it before watching but i wasn't disappointed in the slightest with what i got. I liked Mifune a lot more in Yojimbo than in Seven Samurai.
I really need to watch more Kurosawa.
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It's not humorous as several other Mifune/Kurosawa collaborations, but a particular favourite of mine is Throne of Blood, which is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. It, in my humble opinion, fucking hammers.

It also has a number of other actors who regularly worked with Kurosawa, including Takashi Shimura (one of my favourites) and Minoru Chiaki.
 
Fishnumm said:
watching groundhog day on groundhog day TWU
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I have seen that movie so many fucking times. When it first came out on HBO, they played it practically every day so I'd see some part of it every day, to the point I felt I was living in the movie myself.
 
Seeing Point Break after not seeing it in years.
It is still one of the cheesiest movies ever.
Its premise is insane but oh my, is it fun.
Everyone play it straight and it made me realize how much I miss Patrick Swayze.
10/10
 
Borealis said:
Hi there you fine people of this website.

Stardust (2007).

This movie always cheers me up. It's very much a movie which will make you acutely aware of all the good and fine things in the world, and as such it's also a movie which may be called "soppy".

Regardless, it's a movie to enjoy with a bowl of popcorn. Have at it.
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It's such a good movie but the crossdressing captain fouls it for me
 
I started watching the Batman the Animated Series and I can recommend it as having the most Chad character design ever put to TV, every man is built like a brick shithouse, very high testosterone cartoon for Little Johnny
 
SteelPlatedHeart said:
Well, in the interest of both a post-apocalyptic series and Markiplier, have you checked out Edge of Sleep?
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Checked it out, neat recommendation but it felt a bit aimless. Very nice concept and production still.

Phalanges Mycologist said:
I recomend something that is extreemly depressing BUT also a brilliant bit of Cinema?
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I would also give the same recommendation. It's a very out-there movie, it's not something relaxing but it is very good for a specific type of existential horror that's mostly ignored in space exploration stories.
 
Fig Kommandant said:
Checked it out, neat recommendation but it felt a bit aimless. Very nice concept and production still.
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I think it was originally a podcast drama that got turned into a show. Might have something to do with why it felt that way.
 
Jotch said:
It's such a good movie but the crossdressing captain fouls it for me
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Nah, the way Septimus looks at him with disgust when he finds him all faggied up, and the "Don't worry Captain, we always knew you was a whoopsie" line make it all worth it

Also we get to see Daredevil humiliate SuperGeralt
 
Park Chan-Wook's, (Old Boy, Snowpiercer, The Handmaiden) new film, No Other Choice (2025) was fantastic. The cinematography and the score (who doesn't love some cello) were so good. The ending really makes you think, I loved it, cannot recommend it enough along with Park's other films. The decisions made, did this man truly not have any other choice?! Laugh out loud funny but also super dark. 5/5
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After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.
 
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Pineapple Fox said:
Park Chan-Wook's, (Old Boy, Snowpiercer, The Handmaiden) new film, No Other Choice (2025) was fantastic. The cinematography and the score (who doesn't love some cello) were so good. The ending really makes you think, I loved it, cannot recommend it enough along with Park's other films. The decisions made, did this man truly not have any other choice?! Laugh out loud funny but also super dark. 5/5
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I saw it a few weeks ago at the cinema and loved it.

Without spoiling the movie for those who haven't seen it, the scene where this song appeared was one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time.
 
Watched The Wanderers yesterday and really enjoyed it. It's crazy how you can just watch any random movie from 20+ years ago and it will be miles ahead of most of the slop being put out today. The scene where the teacher makes the class list every racial slur they can think of for each other was hilarious, as was the way the Irish were portrayed as literal speechless inhuman monsters. 8/10 highly recommended
 
Silence of the Troons said:
I saw it a few weeks ago at the cinema and loved it.

Without spoiling the movie for those who haven't seen it, the scene where this song appeared was one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time.
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agreed, that single scene made the whole movie worth it, loved it btw easy 8/10. I thought the ending was a genuinely good use of the ironically cliched "subvert the viewers expectations" thing, i think everyone watching thought that the main character was gonna get caught eventually and end in prison due to how ridiculous and cruel his plan was, so having him sucefully pull it off and get the job without any consequences was a very funny bit in itself, its rare to see a movie that does a "villain protagonist" and doesn't chicken out before the ending by punishing him for his actions
 
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Ughubughughughughughghlug said:
I started watching the Batman the Animated Series and I can recommend it as having the most Chad character design ever put to TV, every man is built like a brick shithouse, very high testosterone cartoon for Little Johnny
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Its abnormally well written for a childrens cartoon. I watched it for the first time as an adult but I was genuinely entertained by this little kiddie cartoon on the telly, partially cause Im a batman fan but still. I wouldnt go as far as to say its the best childrens show ever but I cant find any competitors. The Indiana Jones style episode where he goes across the world after Ras Al Ghul is the episode I remember being the best, although most people would say the Mr Freeze episode being the best (Fucking emo bait episode). The Clayface origin episode is also very good, just lots of good writing and a very good formula. Mask of the Phantasm is also a very good bookend for the show.
 
I watched the Samurai trilogy over the last week. An old production from the 50s that depict the life of Musashi.
The movies are beautiful, but you need some knowledge of Musashis life in order to make it make sense, since it's basically just scene after scene of some of his famous deeds.
Since the movies are old, the acting is more theater than cinema, which I quite liked.
But the love schmalz will they won't they bullshit drove me up the wall. I hated the way it was written and acted.
Still, watch it, it's is a really nice period piece
 
I have nearly finishing the BBC miniseries of John le Carre masterpiece The little drummer girl from 2018.
The basic plot summary i can give, is that in 1979, Mossad are after a couple of palestinans brothers who bomb jewish targets in Europe.
They recruit a semi radical left wing actress to go undercover and discover the mastermind behind it.
The story is very nuance with the while conflict and shows that both sides have some redeeming qualities and how cold and brutal the spy warfare is.

The casting is excellent. Micheal Shannon, Alexander Skarsgård, Charles Dance and most important Florence Pugh.
I would say that one of the reason why the show is so good, is not just the great script, filming but the acting from Skarsgård and Pugh.
They are amazing and make their characters feel very much alive.
So in short, check it out if you are hunrgy for good spy thrillers.

 
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