What have you watched this week friends? (12/03-12/09)

Twilight zone season 2.It's just me or the first season was better🤔,anyway i'll bring season 3 today.

I watched seven movies this week. There are three themes - they are recent movies and all are dramas. The third theme is my wife watched all seven with me - no horror/sci-fi/gratuitous violence/blood and gore:

Foxcatcher (2014) - this was nothing special. Carell didn't look anything like Du Pont. The documentary on Netflix is better. 7/10

Stronger (2017) - an average movie with decent performance from Jake Gyllenhaal who plays a Boston Marathon bombing survivor. 7/10

Manchester by the Sea (2016) - a solid movie with a great performance from Casey Affleck. Well deserved Best Actor Oscar. 8/10

The Theory of Everything (2014) - Redmayne was great. The movie was sugarcoated to make Hawking more likeable. An average movie. 7.5/10

We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) - a little gem of a movie. A BBC production which follows a woman as she deals with her psychopathic son and the terrible crime he commits. Tilda Swinton was very good as was the young actors who play her son. 7.5/10

Sully (2016) - I expected this to be a borefest but Eastwood made this into a pretty suspenseful drama. Great crash scene and Hanks is great as usual. 7.5/10

The Imitation Game (2014) - loved it. A very good WW 2 era movie. Alan Turing was a hero who finally got the recognition he deserved. 8/10

I watched Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri. This was an excellent and gripping film with some humor thrown in.
There were also plot turns that took me by surprise. "Wow! I did not see that coming!" Frances McDormand was excellent!
Woody Harrelson and the rest of the cast were also good. I give it an 8.8/10.

As to your films, I've only seen two, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Trainspotting. I loved Ace, probably the funniest film Jim Carrey ever made. As to Trainspotting, all I can say is if I ever had any thought of trying heroin (I never did.) this film would cure me of the urge.



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Premature Burial (1962, US)
A man who suspects that his father was accidentally buried alive develops a fear that the same will happen to him, and descends further and further into hysteria as he becomes more certain that it will happen.

The Masque of the Red Death (1964, US)
An evil Italian prince, who delights in tormenting both his own peasants and his fellow nobles, decides to hold a masked ball in his castle. He kidnaps a peasant girl and her family from a local village, and then, learning that a plague is sweeping through the area, seals up his castle with his guests and captives inside. He forces his guests to play violent games to the death while attempting to corrupt his captive peasant girl into worshiping Satan.

The Children of Huang Shi (2008, China)
In the late 1930s during the Sino-Japanese War, a British journalist sneaks into Nanjing to document the massacre as it's taking place. Things go awry and he almost gets killed by the Japanese, but is rescued by resistance fighters who smuggle him deeper into China to recover his health. He ends up recuperating in a home for Chinese war orphans, where he befriends an Australian nurse and a Chinese communist guerrilla who persuade him to take over managing the orphan home. He gradually bonds with the children in the home and becomes their protector and teacher. When the Japanese army advances into the area, he's forced to take the kids on a dangerous trek far into western China to safety. Based on a true story.

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Magnificent Butcher (1979 Amazon Prime) - Entertaining, Martial Arts comedy with Sammo Hung. Pretty silly film, but it was funny. A case where the questionable dubbing works with the film. 7/10

Dead Hooker in a Trunk (2009 Netflix Blu Ray) - I believe one of the first full length films from the horror darlings, the Soska twins. It was a pretty big disappointment given how much love those two get. The film looks like it was made for pennies, but its really the story, cinematography,and acting that kills it. 4/10

Death Walks on High Heels (1971 Shudder) - Luciano Ercoli first Death Walks film featuring his soon to be wife, Nieves Navarro. Its a pretty good gaillo film with an OK mystery. The exposure of the killer was pretty silly but film moves along well while being surprising restrained in its overall gore and nudity. 7/10

Death Walks at Midnight (1972 Shudder) - Luciano Ercoli second Death Walks film again featuring his soon to be wife, Nieves Navarro. The film is not a true sequel, many of the same actors playing different characters in a new unrelated story. This film is not as good as the previous. The acting with some of the leads is a little better and the ending was better as well. This film features less gore and nudity than the last. 6/10

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017 Netflix Blu Ray) - Its not as good as the first film, but still a very well made and entertaining movie. While I know this film is supposed to be funny I think the film lacked a serious enough villain. 8/10

Yes, Madam! (1985 Blu Ray) - A fun martial arts cop movie starring Michelle Yeoh and first timer Cynthia Rothrock. The martial arts from the female leads was very good and you can see how Rothrock was able to build a modest career from her ability alone. The film is hurt by its comedic elements which I think are a little to heavy handed for the seriousness of the primary leads. All around a good film. 7/10

My ratings of what you watched:
Dogma 9/10
Ace Ventura 7/10
Haven't seen the other ones you mentioned.

Movies I watched:
Seems Like Old Times (1980) 8/10
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) 9/10
I, the Jury (1982) 4/10
At Home by Myself… with You (2009) 8/10
Dinner for Schmucks (2010) 4/10

I have watched some episodes of Heroes, Lost and Seinfeld.

Films: Godzilla 2014, Gravity, Me Myself and Irene, Bruce Almighty, Dreamcatcher, Hard Rain.