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Another year and another set of movies being released.

As always there are a few surprises throughout the year that come out but the big movies look to be good ones this year:

- The Gentlemen
- Jojo Rabbit
- 1917
- Uncut Gems
- Bombshell
-Bad Boys for Life
- The Lighthouse
- Just Mercy
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood
- Parasite
- Birds of Prey
- Dolittle
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Bloodshot
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- Dark Waters
- Onward
- A Quiet Place: Part 2
- Mulan
- Bond: No Time to Die
- The New Mutants
- Black Widow
- Scoob!
- Fast and Furious 9
- Wonder Woman 1984
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife
- Minions: The Rise of Gru
- Tenet
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Jungle Cruise
- Morbius
- Bill & Ted Face the Music
- The King's Man
- Halloween Kills
- Eternals
- Gozilla vs. Kong
- Dune
- Coming 2 America
- West Side Story

Swiss. wrote: ↑14 Jan 2026, 08:47

Monsieur merde de cheval" wrote: ↑14 Jan 2026, 04:22 SINNERS.

Is OK. A poor man's From Dusk to Dawn. 

Monsieur merde de cheval" wrote: ↑14 Jan 2026, 04:22 SINNERS.

SINNERS.

I see they say Callum Turner will be the next Bond. A good choice I think for the Chelsea Estate boy. 

Good taste in women that's for sure . Lucky bastard 

Knives out was decent. 

One for Northern Sold ..The Tiger (The Tank). Really excellent drama/horror about a Tiger tank crew in 1943 with a secret mission behind enemy lines. Has a Das Boot feel to it. I highly recommend it. 

New Predator was OK.

 

zico wrote: ↑01 Jan 2026, 16:36

Hammer I am" wrote: ↑01 Jan 2026, 16:20
Knives Out,- new one (Can't remember the actual name) Enjoyable enough, , don't expect to use logic to solve this whodunnit though, because its as silly and convoluted as it gets, bit too long too

It's "Wake Up Dead Man".  Went to see it at the cinema about three weeks ago totally oblivious it was coming to platform two weeks later!    Found it decent enough, better than the second one, but not as good as the first.  Watched it at the Lounge, Picture House in Uckfield.  Never known confort like it, leather recliners and a waitress service to your seat and fabulous picture and sound clarity.  Fabulous place.

Hammer I am" wrote: ↑01 Jan 2026, 16:20
Knives Out,- new one (Can't remember the actual name) Enjoyable enough, , don't expect to use logic to solve this whodunnit though, because its as silly and convoluted as it gets, bit too long too

Massive Attack" wrote: ↑01 Jan 2026, 14:42 Good Will Hunting, up there with the Shawshank for me.

Films these days tend to bore the shit out of me.

Watched 3 new ones over christmas

House Of dynamite:  well worth a watch IMO, enjoyed it and a great reminder how we're all potentially minutes away from disaster. Don't watch if you like your movies wrapped up in a nice little bow though

Weapons: Fantastic, one of best "Sci/Fi/Horror/Thriller I've seen in a long while (purposely leaving the genre vague as its half the fun not knowing)

Knives Out,- new one (Can't remember the actual name) Enjoyable enough, , don't expect to use logic to solve this whodunnit though, because its as silly and convoluted as it gets, bit too long too

Good Will Hunting, up there with the Shawshank for me.

Films these days tend to bore the shit out of me.

RBshorty wrote: ↑01 Jan 2026, 13:42

Was literally drowned out by all the BS noise that was Titanic. (Fun fact.) James Ellroy wanted Michael Madsen as the Bud White character. But Warner Bro would only green light the movie if Crowe and Pearce were casted. It’s a cracking film.

zico wrote: ↑01 Jan 2026, 13:32 Well what an idiot I am.  Stumbled across LA Confidential on Prime last night as had never watched it,  Don't ask me why as I am a fan of Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce has done some decent stuff, before his blackballing Spacey was a superb actor and Kim Basinger used to be a favourite.  Maybe as a younger man a Film Noir type didn't appeal and the DVD case never quite grabbed me.  So watched it nearly 30 years later and boy did I miss out!  Wasn't sure first 45 minutes or so but it certainly came to life.  Great film, never judge a film by it's DVD cover!!

Well what an idiot I am.  Stumbled across LA Confidential on Prime last night as had never watched it,  Don't ask me why as I am a fan of Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce has done some decent stuff, before his blackballing Spacey was a superb actor and Kim Basinger used to be a favourite.  Maybe as a younger man a Film Noir type didn't appeal and the DVD case never quite grabbed me.  So watched it nearly 30 years later and boy did I miss out!  Wasn't sure first 45 minutes or so but it certainly came to life.  Great film, never judge a film by it's DVD cover!!

Fackham Hall.

A pisstake of Downton Abbey  which is a bit like a Carry On and filled with Naked Gun/Airplane type jokes.

It's not bad.

Some old dear sat near us obviously expected a genuine Downton Abbey type film - 'worst film I have ever seen'.

Watched Troll 2 last night. Was good fun. 

Wake Up Dead Man - a load of shit.

Could be decent:

Watched Year 10. Just doesn't make any sense. 

In the middle of no where surviving in a small area they live, yet some how have never come across the bad guys living nearby, the young lad living nearby, two abandoned vehicles nearby, the house that was nearby, the tent that was nearby and abandoned for years What the fuck did they do for 10 years, just hang around in their gaff starving and never move more than half a mile. 

Decided to buy the new Naked Gun DVD at CEX as it was going cheap.  Big, big fan, certainly of the original where I had to see it twice in the cinema because I laughed so much I missed too much.  Second and third were still very funny in places but not a match on the first.  So to be fair wasn't expecting much.  Neeson and Anderson are very good to be fair in playing it straight and it kind of works for the first half an hour or so with some decent belly laughs but it falters out fairly quickly in the second half.  You just can't match the facial expressions or bumbling innocence of Leslie Nielsen and it doesn't do what  Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker did so well.  I know he was only a producer but I've never found anything Seth MacFarlane has been involved in particularly funny.  I'd say B for effort and C- for achievement.  

likewise I saw Caught Stealing and thought it was really good and was a surprised it hadn't garnered more attention, especially given Austin Butler has become a bit of a Hollywood darling in recent yrs since he played Elvis. Brilliant film and was really impressed with Matt Smith's role in it alongside Ray Donovan as an Hasidic Jew hitman!!!

Not only those but to have Zoe Kravitz, Regina King, Bad Bunnie, Laura Dern and more you'd think this would have gained the same sort of hype as the massive let down that One Battle After Another has received.

DukeofDevo wrote: ↑09 Dec 2025, 23:53 Saw a good one: Caught Stealing Austin Butler and a good turn from Matt Smith
rime thriller set in New York

Saw a good one: Caught Stealing Austin Butler and a good turn from Matt Smith
rime thriller set in New York

Jim79 wrote: ↑08 Dec 2025, 13:51
Has anyone else watched it and got an opinion so I can at least work out if it is as bad as I seem to think it is or if I've somehow had a stroke (no, not that kind) mid-film and missed the hole point of it.

No idea if anyone has mentioned this film but watched it at the weekend. 

Relay

Its on Amazon UK and is currently number 3 in the film list.

I'd never heard of it before but it's an old fashioned thriller set in New York with Riz Ahmed as the lead male and Lilly James as the female lead. 

I found very little to criticise as I watched it. Great entertainment. 

I agree with Zico that Spotlight is a first class film and going by the list of winners in my book would be the last worthy winner in 2015.