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Film 2025 17:13 - Jan 10 with 4470 views

To save polluting the TV thread, I thought I'd start a thread for the films we've seen this year.

I saw A Real Pain the other day and it's a really nicely put together piece by Jesse Eisenberg. It unpeels like an onion, with each layer getting closer to the central pint. Good film.

Babygirl could have been so much better. Nicole Kidman does well but it all feels a bit 'off'.

Rewatched Anatomy of a Fall the other day - brilliant.

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Film 2025 on 10:05 - Jan 15 with 464 views

robith

Film 2025 on 16:15 - Jan 14 by simmo

Yeah mate I'm on Letterboxd - love watching their clips of 'favourite four' too - but I'm just not disciplined enough to keep it up to date and log things... I find it easier to add it to notes on my phone, but will try and transfer them over when done. Incidentally, and sticking with re-watching old faves...

6) The Faculty - 25 odd years ago I went to 3 separate cinemas when underage to get into this with all my mates before Muswell Hill Odeon had a girl behind the ticket counter that was probably hungover enough to not care. Some insanely attractive people and a fun high school / horror cross-over film.

7) The Fifth Element - much more mental than I remember and the casting is nuts - so many random British people turn up, including Lee Evans which I remember was odd at the time - but I love sci-fi, action, silliness and Gary Oldman, so this is a bit of me.

For those that had The RIver and The Wailing on their liked films, have you seen / would you recommend The Host or Memories of Murder? I have been working my way through asian recommendations and Bong Joon Ho especially, and these are supposed to be his best.

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Re: Fifth Element, you're forgetting the randomest British person in and a QPR connection to boot - One Size Fitz Hall is in it!

Film 2025 on 10:58 - Jan 15 with 399 views

PunteR

Watching Alien Romulus tonight hopefully on Disney+.
I'm not expecting too much from it but hopefully its gives a decent account of itself and adds to the mythology and storyline that's currently gone completely off piste with the last few films.
I dont want my Alien films to try and explain to me how the very existence of life and Aliens as we know it was created. Its a completely unbelievable made up theory for a start, and so basically pointless.
Bugs in space on the other hand....

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Film 2025 on 12:12 - Jan 15 with 316 views

robith

Film 2025 on 10:58 - Jan 15 by PunteR

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I personally really enjoyed it. Not reinventing the wheel, but it's a fun self contained romp

Film 2025 on 12:31 - Jan 15 with 295 views

ChrisNW6

Film 2025 on 10:24 - Jan 13 by robith
Went to see Nosferatu. I'm an Eggers stan but I loved it. Every shot dripped with menacing horny evil, I left the cinema feeling gross. Sound design and cinematography unreal, incredible physical acting by the central female lead

Going to see Nosferatu later, looking forward to some horny evil and feeling gross 😁

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Film 2025 on 12:31 - Jan 15 with 295 views

Wilkinswatercarrier

Film 2025 on 10:58 - Jan 15 by PunteR

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New series called Alian:Earth starts this year, also on Disney +.

Film 2025 on 13:30 - Jan 15 with 207 views

E17hoop

Film 2025 on 12:12 - Jan 15 by robith
I personally really enjoyed it. Not reinventing the wheel, but it's a fun self contained romp

This - more like Alien than any other of the sequels or prequels.

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Film 2025 on 14:01 - Jan 15 with 173 views

GaryT

Film 2025 on 17:00 - Jan 12 by PeterHucker

I thought she looked a bit rough in the later scenes.
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best film I've seen recently was River (Japanese film with a time loop, very imaginative film)

I also really liked The Wailing (Korean horror film)

if you're a Bruce Springsteen fan, the Road Diary documentary on Disney+ is brilliant.

recently watched Cocaine Bear which has just appeared on Netflix. Hmmm. I like daft horror stuff but this was just *too* daft.
Like Snakes On A Plan and Sharknado, the title is more entertaining than the actual film.

I've just watched the trailer for River and it reminded me of "Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes". I then saw in the comments that River is the director's bigger-budget follow-up to it so if you haven't seen it yet it's worth a watch.

Demi Moore looked great in Landman which is another great series staring Billy Bob Thornton, (following on from the excellent Goliath).

I was recently introduced to a series called Love, Death and Robots which, having only seen 2 very short episodes (about 12 minutes each) looks right up my street.

*edit* Just realised the thread is about films and not TV series. Never mind, I'll leave them here anyway.

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Film 2025 on 14:21 - Jan 15 with 136 views

W4Hoop

Film 2025 on 00:44 - Jan 11 by Discodroids
imo best films of 2024. 1.zone of interest 2. civil war 3. Holdovers 4,late night with the devil 5. dune 2 [Post edited 11 Jan 0:46]

So agree about Zone of Interest - one of the best films I've seen in years. Both it and Anatomy of a Fall star the incomparable Sandra Hüller. and both were nominated at last year's Oscars.

I had my doubts about Conclave - I don't think a truly degenerate institution like the Catholic Church should be played for entertainment - but the film looked stunning. A certainty for Cinematography.

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