The Recommended Movies Thread

[thecolonel]

Watched Anora(2024) last night.

A crazy mad film but well acted in parts.

Id give it 8/10.

FWIW it got 93% on RT

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[thecolonel]

Watched Anora(2024) last night.

A crazy mad film but well acted in parts.

Id give it 8/10.

FWIW it got 93% on RT

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And this morning I wake up to see it won 5 Oscars incl best picture and best actress!

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[Lost]

The Gorge (2025) is good. Horror/Sci-fi with some big names involved. Really enjoyed it 8/10.

https://yts.mx/movies/the-gorge-2025

[pharvey]

The Gorge (2025) is good. Horror/Sci-fi with some big names involved. Really enjoyed it 8/10.

Yep - enjoyed that one myself

[Lost]

An old one but i watched Eden Lake (2008) yesterday and it's one of the darkest horror/thrillers i think I've ever seen. A British movie (plus Michael Fassbender) this one leaves a moment of 'what the bloody fk' by the end.

Good stuff

https://yts.mx/movies/eden-lake-2008

[Big Boy]

Putting this here for buksida, because he likes a decent Western. I've really enjoyed Place of Bones this evening. A totally unexpected twist at the end as well.

[pharvey]

For interest. Not your "Run of the Mill Top 10", but certainly some movies I've not seen but I'll be looking out for - Sinners appeals to me!!

Warfare to Sinners: 10 of the Best Films of 2025 so Far - https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/202 ... ms-of-2025

[Ginjaninja]

^ Seems to be just a cam version at the moment along with The Accountant 2.
Hopefully HD coming soon.


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[pharvey]

^ Yes I figured - a tad too early just now.

[404cameljockey]

I've read the latest Tom Hardy, Havoc is a disappointment. Just end to end gore and violence with almost no plot at all. It's a shame if that's correct because he's a good actor, and so is Timothy Oliphant who also stars in it.

Has anyone seen it and can comment?

[sateeb]

/\ Gave up on Havoc after about 20 minutes. Not a movie but Tom Hardy is superb in Mobland.

Mob Cops is also a decent movie.

[404cameljockey]

Thanks. Excerpts from the UK Telegraph today (Robbie Collin - Chief Film Critic):

Ultra-violence has its admirers, I’m one of them.
Tom Hardy’s new film Havoc and the John Wick franchise revel in extravagant nastiness – but they’re part of a distinguished tradition.

The vibe throughout is pure 1980s John Woo: the plot is clean and pared-down; the characters all drawn from the well of heroic bloodshed archetypes.

A stickler might argue – not wrongly – that Havoc is ultimately a handful of astonishing set-pieces, linked by interludes of Hardy growling and ambling around. But as Howard Hawks once pointed out, all a good movie needs is three great scenes and no bad ones. And if greatness, for you, is found in violence so wild it makes your jaw loll open like a discarded Muppet’s – well, Havoc ably meets the standard.

It appears Netflix is wooing the demographic that wants to see Tom Hardy shoot a young woman through the head with a harpoon. Such is one of countless nasty incidents in Havoc.

Etc....

[Lost]

Just finished Companion (2025). Been meaning to get round to it for a while, good reviews...

Great stuff! A slightly different take on an oft used theme. Well worth a watch if you haven't got round to it yet.

https://yts.mx/movies/companion-2025

[Ginjaninja]

^ Yes I figured - a tad too early just now.

That’s Sinners hit YTS.

Edit: also the new Final Destination...

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[pharvey]

^ Excellent - thanks for the heads up!!