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What was the last film you watched?

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Just a thread to mention the last film you watched. You may write a little comment about it if you want.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I

I was a bit disappointed and it's my least favourite from the series so far. I can't really say much because I haven't read the book tho.
 
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Salon Kitty (1976)

The other day I also watched this humdinger of an exploitation film about a brothel frequented by Nazis during WWII. Needless to say, the story left something to be desired. The director, Tinto Brass, went on to make another real beauty, Caligula (1979) which had an all-star cast. He tried to make a dark satire out of this one, but it drags on. As with Caligula, Salon Kitty is beautifully filmed with impressive sets, costumes, etc... Aaaaah... those swinging 70s. ;)
 
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Speaking of Tom Cruise, I've been pleasantly surprised with his Jack Reacher films. The plots are fairly simplistic. But, the books (the films are based on) supposedly have more realistic action scenes than the never die "video game" style of most action films these days. And while the Jack Reacher films have their share of violence, they are a bit more under control than Cruise's Mission Impossible films or for that matter Keanu Reeves's John Wick films.
 
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Den of Thieves (2018)

Sticking with Action, this one is a bit long but still kept me interested. The story and approach to the interaction of the characters is similar to Michael Mann's 1995 "Heat" with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. Den of Thieves holds up to comparison with Heat, (which I thought was a bit overrated anyway). There definitely are some holes in the plot but these can be forgiven. I mean let's face it this is just a cop & robber flick, right? ;)
 
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Dark .....very dark :(
Well the material it's based on isn't exactly a bundle of laffs! :lol: (I've not seen this version btw.)

Allegedly moving house soon, so trying hard to reduce the quantity of DVDs we have. My wife and I did a sift and came up with a few we're watching again to remind ourselves whether they're worth keeping. One such is

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I enjoyed it at the pictures when it came out, but never took the wrapper off the DVD. Now, I enjoyed it all over again, and my wife didn't enjoy it all over again.

We're keeping it though.

watching now

Such a peculiar mix of horror and comedy. Some rate this higher than the first in the series. I preferred Karloff as a bachelor!
 
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I'm on a Rachmaninov kick, so when I learned that Rachy 2 is the soundtrack, I had to see it.

Written by Noel Coward, it's a very wordy account of a woman with what came to be known as the Seven Year Itch - perfect husband, two beautiful kids, a lovely house, but entering middle age and seeing her last gasp at youth (note all the references to children/childhood) - entering into a brief and amazingly subdued affair with an equally married doctor. Personally, I think her husband is the hero of this movie: stable, sympathetic, and in the end, incredibly understanding, presented more like a priest, hearing a confession and offering absolution.

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Not everyone's cup of tea. But...I hadn't seen this one in years and it was on for Halloween, so what the heck! It's still one of the best low budget horror films. Nice and creepy from start to finish. From Norman Bates to Leatherface to Buffalo Bill to etc... it's amazing how many unique characters have been created from Ed Gein.
 
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Im Labyrinth des Schweigens

Germany 1958, Johann Radmann is a young public prosecutor who, as a newcomer, must deal primarily with traffic violations. Thomas Gnielka, a journalist, claims that his friend recognized a teacher at a school in Berlin as Charles Schulz, a former camp guard from Auschwitz.
Against the will of his superiors, he tries to bring Schulz to justice, despite opposition from the government where a number of former Nazis protect each other. Only Attorney General Fritz Bauer supports him in his search and wants to make the crimes committed in the past public.

However, they lack the evidence, but Radmann and Gnielka go looking fanatically. Radmann finds documents, interrogates witnesses and in this way builds up the burden of proof. In his search for the truth, he digs deeper and deeper into a maze of guilt and lies. What he ultimately reveals will change the country forever. In the early 1960s, a large number of Auschwitz war criminals and ex-camp staff were convicted in Frankfurt.
Fabulous watching .
 
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