The film thread.

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The Shawshank Redemption on 4k - fantastic film, marvellous transfer.

 

[Shrek]

The Hack based on a true story ITVX

 

[Corpus_Chain]

I watched Blue Crush on DVD, which is a great surfing movie, and one of the earliest appearances of Michelle Rodriguez (coming out just after The Fast and the Furious). I understand the actors actually learned to surf for the movie, although the advanced moves were done by stunt doubles. rating 3.5/5

 

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Doing the Dragon Tattoo trilogy at the moment. Excellent.

 

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28 Years Later on 4k. Enjoyed it, and very much get the impression that Danny Boyle is having fun revisiting the works that made his name (T2 Trainspotting etc). Not sure about the ending, but I suspect that will only be able to be judged when part two is released. Hard not to be distracted by one particular part of the big 'infected'...

Really looking forward to the 4k release of 28 Days Later though. The blu ray's nothing to shout about, so I'm hoping for something good.

 

[davidf]

28 Years Later on 4k. Enjoyed it, and very much get the impression that Danny Boyle is having fun revisiting the works that made his name (T2 Trainspotting etc). Not sure about the ending, but I suspect that will only be able to be judged when part two is released. Hard not to be distracted by one particular part of the big 'infected'...

Really looking forward to the 4k release of 28 Days Later though. The blu ray's nothing to shout about, so I'm hoping for something good.

I doubt the 4K release will look any better than the Bluray, given the way it was shot. It's intentionally low-res, so short of 'AI'ing the crap out of it, I doubt we're going to see anything worthwhile.

 

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Dirty Harry on 4k - dated in so many ways, but HDR makes it look great.

 

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Halloween on Halloween night (4k). Didn't care for it much when I was young, but it's definitely grown on me.

And Pan's Labyrinth on 4k last night. A permanent fixture in my not-quite-set-in-stone top ten films list.

 

[davidf]

Halloween on Halloween night (4k). Didn't care for it much when I was young, but it's definitely grown on me.

Looks great in 4K. Great scene where Michael is slowly lit up in the shadows behind Laurie. Important film for the genre. Only found out recently that the whole intro scene was quickly filmed after they'd finished,

 

[Gel Man]

The Shawshank Redemption on 4k - fantastic film, marvellous transfer.

Had this on 4K disc too and recently sold it to CEX and got quite a bit for it. I liked it though. 👍

 

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Late Night with the Devil from Film 4, a low budget found footage horror about a lost episode of a late night TV show. Enjoyed it and found it genuinely pretty effective, but feels like a film that gives its all at one viewing.

 

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Roxanne on Friday - possibly Steve Martin's best work, and Little Miss Sunshine last night - flawless stuff.

 

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Grease on 4k - I can still recall seeing it at the cinema as a kid, and being utterly besotted with ONJ...

 

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople - love most of Taika Waititi's stuff. Really needs a 4k release, as the NZ scenery is just breathtaking.

 

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Bit cryptic?

 

[davidf]

Slaughtered Lamb

 

[Al ears]

Slaughtered Lamb

You guys obviously have too much free time..... 🙂

 

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Bit cryptic?

The Phantom Wheelie-Bin of Old Cottage Lane.

 

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Knives Out on 4k - very cleverly constructed.

 

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Raiders of the Lost Ark on 4k - still fun, but I don't think that the years have been especially kind to it!

Last Crusade is the best of the series - will be watching that soon.

 

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest on 4k. I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about it - great performance from Nicholson. Watched it 5 or 6 times in short order as it was part of my English course at school, introduced to it by the same teacher who played us Monty Python's Oscar Wilde sketch, which literally had me in tears.

 

[Gel Man]

Just about to watch Nuremberg on Sky Cinema. I hope it’s good.

 

[davidf]

An annual watch for me, along with other McDonagh brothers' films - Calvary. Top marks.

 

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Bought a t-shirt off them which turned up yesterday! The Betamax one (watch whatever whenever).

20% off all items in January!

 

[Gel Man]

Just about to watch Nuremberg on Sky Cinema. I hope it’s good.

Turned out to be very good and much better than the trailers for it. Highly recommend.