UKC

Looking for recommendations of good movies from the last year or two that i may have missed and are out now on DVD.....any offers?

In reply to Kimono:

All Is Lost is a good film which might have slipped under your radar. I watched Begin Again last week and really enjoyed that - it's a quirky, feelgood sort of film.

In reply to Alyson:

All is lost i certainly heard of, but it got a bit slated in the reviews.
Begin Again however sounds like a cracker!

Thanks

In reply to Kimono:

+1 for All Is Lost - definitely worth watching. It got either 4 or 5 stars in every review I saw..

In reply to patrick_b:

7.5 on imdb which is pretty good

In reply to Kimono:

August, Osage County was a quality chick flick.
Under the Skin, bit art house but a fun portrait of modern Scotland.
Dallas buyers Club was excellent.
St Ettiene London Trilogy if you like that sort of thing
A Field in England, art house weirdness
Wolf of Wall Street, entertaining gross-out
Her, good sci-fi
Pacific Rim, pure quality.

In reply to Kimono:

For my money the best film from last year was "The Drop".

In reply to alan moore:


Well, guilty pleasure maybe, enjoyed yes, quality no ffs what planet are you on lol ?!

In reply to alan moore:


Hmm, Meryl and Julia in the same film is a bit too chick-flick for me!


Looks good


Seen it and loved it


Ok, on the list


A little too weird for me i think


One of my top movies


Saw it, agreed


Maybe though not really my thing

Thanks for the reply!

In reply to Kimono:

Another recent-ish film which really stuck with me was The Selfish Giant, which had a very limited cinema release. I found it pretty powerful, plus it has the most extraordinarily realistic child acting I can remember seeing - to the point whether I couldn't decide if they'd actually just found a really difficult boy to play the really difficult boy!

Worth a watch, definitely.

In reply to Kimono:

Plus if you're in the mood for a jaw-dropping documentary, try The Act of Killing. Indonesian death-squad leaders are persuaded to re-enact their crimes in the medium of film. Extraordinary.

In reply to patrick_b:


You have just reminded me that I've already got it! Completely fortgot!

In reply to Tom Valentine:

That sounds great! Thanks

In reply to Kimono:

The Last of the Unjust.

In reply to Mike Redmayne:


Hmm, not one for the multiplex! But does for sure look interesting

In reply to Kimono:

Just realised I used the phrase 'the medium of film'. Sorry about that..

I enjoyed Captain Phillips, if you missed that at the time.

In reply to Kimono:

Also, The Master was good, if a bit heavy. Great performances though.

In reply to Kimono:

I was browsing through the bargain bin and came a across a copy of "local hero". a very dated movie but id forgotten just how great a film it was, well worth a nostalgic re watch.

In reply to Kimono:

Not a new film ,but if you get the chance ,"Dead Mans Shoes "is worth a watch.

Shane Meadows film starring Paddy Considine.

It's dark , dark and set in Derbyshire .so all the darks then.

Something great about this film.

In reply to buzby:


in my top 10...watched it the other night

In reply to patrick_b:



We'll let that one slide....
.....this time!

CP is a great film but already seen it

In reply to Kimono:

Neither high brow but enjoyed "Rush" and "Edge of Tomorrow" recently. Rush particularly good, Edge of Tomorrow pretty with an entertaining story - especially if you have ever spent days mastering a computer game, sadly a bit of a limp finish.

In reply to Bobling:

I think we must have similar tastes Bob!
I loved Rush and thought that EoT was one of the best sic-fi movies i had seen in years

In reply to Kimono:

ps though i do remember being a little disappointed with the ending....had i been in control, i would have ended the movie as the grenades were falling down through the water!

Instead we got Hollywood schmaltz

In reply to andymac:





+1 ... Cracking film

In reply to I can eat 50 eggs:


+2 very good film, probably the best black comedy I've seen. Bit too harsh for a re-watch though, in a similar vein to Heavenly Creatures and Requiem for a Dream in that respect. A tough film all round.

In reply to Alyson:

Selfish Giant looks very good...thanks

In reply to I can eat 50 eggs:


ok, Dead Man's Shoes also on the list