Films

LA Confidential is a great film.

All 8 of Hellraiser

There's no other Hellraiser than the OG so far as I'm aware. Actually you don't mean it as in an American teen-flick remake, you mean the first film in the series. I'm thinking out loud here.

I have 3 or 4 of them on VHS from the days when I was impressed with gore, and indeed VHS, but they steadily became as frightening as washing up. The first is decent though and an unpleasant conceit, with a properly excellent bogeyman in Pinhead, who is played by an actor called Doug which removes any suggestion of menace. But watch it for the dismemberment scene and marvel at how far we've progressed since whenever it was made, which really wasn't all that long ago, marvel at the wardrobe department being overly fond of BHS and it being full of actors who were presumably washed-up even then.

watch the cube whilst youre at it, much like hell raiser, the series goes down hill fast.

Cube is good.

Looks like I have this downloading... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellraiser_%28franchise%29 lefail.

Picked up Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost In Translation & a Kubrick boxed set (A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut, Full Metal Jacket, Lolita and Barry Lyndon) at the weekend. All on Blu Ray for £35.

Cue a full week of re-watching the lot :)

Hellraiser is a classic, albeit a tad dated now.
Didnt realise Clive Barker directed it as well.

Eternal Sunshine and Lost in Translation - that is one mightily overrated duo of awfulness right there :(

Watched Margin Call over the weekend - well worth a watch.

Just placed an order for about 130 quids worth of shit action films on Play - included in which are Hercules in New York, Red Sonja and Red Heat which now means I own every single Arnold Schwarzenegger film.

Was that by credit card? You'll want to check it's not cancelled as suspected suspicious activity

I own every single Arnold Schwarzenegger film.

Even the pornos?

Especially those.

Hellraiser is a classic, albeit a tad dated now.
Didnt realise Clive Barker directed it as well.

This. Wonderfully gruesome the first film with doug bradley playing and billed as a cenobite, summoned by the magic box to provide exquisite torture to the summoner. He became Pinhead in sequels and moved to centre stage. The series was complete crap by the third one though as is the way with sequilitis.
Clive barker does have one hell of an imagination. Cabal, while an ace read didn't work that well as a film though any Horror fan would partiulrly enjoy David cronenburgs role in that

Eternal Sunshine and Lost in Translation - that is one mightily overrated duo of awfulness right there :(

Totally agree... Although the kubrick box set has some crackers in it (Eyes wide shut,shining,Clockwork and full metal jacket) All bangers

Might go and see The Grey later

Saw it on Saturday night. Excellent but bleak, really fucking bleak. Beautiful landscapes, gritty action, life's big questions, reflection, Liam Neeson handles all superbly. Stay until the very end though, the final titles go on forever but stay until the very end or you see a different film to the one that those who jump out of their seats and leave once the end titles start...

ah cool, thanks plan to watch it this week

'The Skin I Live In'. Absurd. Heavy-going. Creepy. I quite liked it, but nowhere near as good as the other Almodovar films I've seen (I've seen a lot too).

Which is your favourite?

Eternal Sunshine and Lost in Translation - that is one mightily overrated duo of awfulness right there :(

I thoroughly enjoyed both so I guess I'll survive without your approval.

^ of course, I wouldn't expect otherwise

Watched Margin Call over the weekend - well worth a watch.

Agreed. I actually really enjoyed it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_quK9SEGYE

I really enjoyed the book. I can't see myself enjoying a film that has Tom Hanks AND Sandra Bullock in it, never mind U2 as the soundtrack. Might just gouge my eyes out now to save the pain when I inevitably go to watch it anyway...hope I'm wrong.

yeah its not bad, i watched the new jonny english today, the rewatched the last castel to get over it

I wish so much that I had listened to you.

I thought the first was passable. This was frankly the worst thing Working Title have produced in years. I'm almost glad they didn't hire me last year if it'd meant I'd have been working on this dross.

The cast should be fucking ashamed - Gillian Anderson in particular - she had no right to be in that film. The no-doubt hundred or so writers that were used to plagiarise all of the shitest ideas from the past 50 years of Cineworld releases should be forced to watch something good if they absolutely have to steal from something.

They're supposed to be the most important production company the UK film industry has to offer. I bet DavCam and his fucking "Let's encourage succesful film franchises" cronies fucking loved it.

Absolute bollocks with the only redeeming feature being the banana/gun switch.

Oliver Parker, Tim Bevan, Eric Felner, Chris Clark, Hamish McColl - you can all fuck off.

I don't give a shit if you get good box office overseas - the French don't know any better. That or they're in on a joke which means they like watching stupid British people embarassing themselves.

You TWATS.

Gonna go and watch Robin Hood Prince of Thieves to calm down.