The Movies I Liked

[sam9s]

especially the ending/fighting and also great performances by everyone..

The end battle shoot out is one of the best if not "the best" I have witnessed in any western movie. And for all HT owners, the end shootout will push your woofers and speakers to limits .... the double barrel bang will shock and shake you from all corners... . Trust Me

 

[oracle1974]

Another western but of a different kind but a great watch
Dances with wolves

Dances with Wolves (1990) - IMDb

Kevin Costner's directorial debut beat Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas for the best film Academy Award in 1990.

 

[sam9s]

^^ Seen a long time ago, when I was in my teens , I do remember, it was pretty impactful movie ...

 

[sam9s]

Spotlight........... I love gruesome, real true to life investigative, movies, even if they are slow and some times long as well. Spotlight fitted the description and I gave it a try. I am glad I did, as this is again a powerhouse of a movie. And based on real events makes it more intriguing to say the least. The plot is about the print media, "Boston Globe" investigating and uncovering the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese in Massachusetts. To think this rally happened and in that huge scale, gives a kind of eerie feeling if you ask me. The movie (as I read it later, which I always do) is very true and accurate in portraying the events that took place. Its slow yes, but not to an extent you start losing the interest, plus as i said its a movie based on investigation of a scandal and hence should be viewed in that respect only and with that fact I was glued to the screen for the entire duration.

Rest of the material, like the dialogues, the camerawork, the performances were rock solid, specially by Mark Ruffalo (HULK) as Mike Rezendes was gem. His attire the way he walked, talked, body language was just absolute applaud worthy. After a long time I think I will give movie 7.5/10.

 

[shreeux]

Hi all,

New to this thread..Already post various thread about review of Watched movies. Now onwards try to posting my movie review. Thanks to sam9s link to this thread.

 

[shreeux]

The Third (Part) installment in this hit Danish crime film trilogy features the cold-case police division Department Q pursuing a serial killer who preys on children. Denmark's hit Department Q trilogy based on the best-selling novels by Jussi-Adler-Olsen. Their latest case begins with the discovery of a literal message in a bottle, written in blood and dated eight years earlier....


A Conspiracy of Faith (2016) 8/10
Flaskepost fra P (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 52min | Drama, Thriller | 17 June 2016 (USA)

Based on the first book in Jussi Adler-Olsen's bestselling thriller series about "Department Q" THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES tells the story of the two policemen Carl Mrck and Assad who become involved in a five-year-old case concerning a missing woman, Merete. Soon Carl and Assad are on a journey through Scandinavia's darkest corners to find a psychopathic killer.


A slickly made though utterly predictable Danish suspenser from director Mikkel Norgaard.

The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013) 8/10
Kvinden i buret (original title)
15 | 1h 37min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 22 August 2014

The #1 international bestseller from Jussi Adler-Olsen, author of The Absent Oneperfect for fans of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Nikolaj Lie Kaas ('Angels & Demons') and Fares Fares ('Zero Dark Thirty') reteam for this second installment in the Danish Department Q series, again directed by Mikkel Norgaard.


The entire behind-the-scenes team, as well as director Mikkel Norgaard and stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares, are back for round two, which is again a stylish and strongly acted Nordic noir-style mystery that toggles between the past and the present as it uncovers what really happened in the 1990s at one of the countrys poshest boarding schools.


A troubling affair involving a double murder of twin siblings is reopened by the Copenhagen cold-case division after the kids father commits suicide in The Absent One (Fasandraeberne), the second adaptation of a Jussi Adler-Olsen novel in the Department Q series

The Absent One (2014) 8/10
Fasandrberne (original title)
1h 59 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 2 October 2014 (Denmark)

 

[shreeux]

Manhattan Night is adapted from a novel by Colin Harrison named Manhattan Nocturne. Its half baked Mystery and Crime thriller without tense. Adrien Brody plays a crime columnist mixed up with a femme fatale in a steamy drama that manages to entertain despite its adherence to genre conventions.


Manhattan Night (2016) 6.5/10
Manhattan Nocturne (original title)
R | 1h 53min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 20 May 2016 (USA)

 

[shreeux]

"99 Homes" starts like a gripping dramatic thriller about the winners and losers in America's game of mortgage roulette.

99 Homes (2014) 6.5/10
R | 1h 52min | Drama | 9 October 2015

 

[kingshuk]

April and the Extraordinary World (Animation)
"Paris, 1941. A family of scientists is on the brink of discovering the ultimate longevity serum when all of a sudden a mysterious force abducts them, leaving their young daughter April behind. Ten years later, April lives alone with her dear cat, Darwin, and carries on her familys research in secret to save the dying cat. But she soon finds herself at the center of a shadowy and far-reaching conspiracy, and on the run . Undaunted, she continues her quest to find her parents and discover the truth behind their disappearance"

 

[shreeux]

This is remake of Mario Bava's "Rabid Dogs" 1974 thriller...a road trip thriller movie, after robbery went wrong. After criminals escaping along with hostages violent road trip to try and make there escape over the border end with twist.

Rabid Dogs (2015) 6.5/10
Enrags (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 40min | Action, Drama, Thriller | 30 September 2015 (France)

 

[shreeux]

The Monkey King origins story for the primate hero of classic Chinese novel "Journey to the West.". Nothing found good in this movie.


The Monkey King (2014) 5/10
Xi you ji: Da nao tian gong (original title)
1h 30min | Action, Adventure, Family | 8 February 2016 (USA)

 

[shreeux]

Hardcore Henry is a cyber-supersoldier with retro-fitted with droid parts, nonstop action and the movie with first person view.


Hardcore Henry (2015) 6.5/10
R | 1h 36min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 8 April 2016 (USA)

 

[oracle1974]

"99 Homes" starts like a gripping dramatic thriller about the winners and losers in America's game of mortgage roulette.

99 Homes (2014) 6.5/10
R | 1h 52min | Drama | 9 October 2015

A great movie on similar lines

The Big Short
The Big Short (2015) - IMDb

The movie also won the Academy Award for the best screenplay. The movies I have liked the most have typically won the best screenplay adapted or original- award.

 

[shreeux]

A great movie on similar lines

The Big Short
The Big Short (2015) - IMDb

The movie also won the Academy Award for the best screenplay. The movies I have liked the most have typically won the best screenplay adapted or original- award.

Yes, Already watched...Compare both 99 Homes are more tense to watch.

 

[sam9s]

A great movie on similar lines

The Big Short
The Big Short (2015) - IMDb

The movie also won the Academy Award for the best screenplay. The movies I have liked the most have typically won the best screenplay adapted or original- award.

This looks like an interesting movie and, reviews are pretty good ..."Acquiring" it and my take will follow soon. Thnx for sharing ....

 

[shreeux]

British cult director Ben Wheatley adapts J.G. Ballard's legendary 1970s novel about the savage breakdown of social order inside a giant residential apartment block. Its poor garbage movie other than nothing else.


High-Rise (2015)
R | 1h 59min | Drama | 28 April 2016 (USA)

 

[shreeux]

An ex-gunslinger searches for his runaway daughter in this old-fashioned, slow-moving Western. Lookalike Liam Neeson's 'Taken' franchise, this is a 'father-chases-daughter's-kidnapper' movie.

Traded (2016) 5/10
Not Rated | 1h 38min | Western | 10 June 2016 (USA)

 

[shreeux]

Thithi a set in a small village, three separate plots revolves around three generations of sons after Century Gowda dies at the age of 101. What follows is pure fun when the three main characters react to the situation in 11 days.


Thithi (2015) 7/10
UA | 2h 3min | Drama | 3 January 2016 (USA)

 

[sam9s]

The Big Short .......... ok this movie is related to the financial meltdown that happened in US during 2007/2008, knowing nothing about the same I went in to the movie, thinking it will be a casual re iteration of the events and will follow the story of few characters, experiencing the same. However I couldn't have been wrong, this is a very serious, accurate and true portrayal of the events and since is related to all financial terms, difficult to understand as well. Even though I loved the way director has used celebrities, to explain the very tough concepts looking straight in to the camera.

Despite of all these facts, I really enjoyed the movie, even though I had to turn to google for some financial jargon like credit default swaps (CDS), but over all if you are intrigued as to how this happened you will greatly enjoy the movie. I did .....7/10 for this one.

 

[shreeux]

This is not a series movie, Funny film by Stephen Chow.


The Mermaid (2016) 5/10
Mei ren yu (original title)
R | 1h 34min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 8 February 2016 (China)