What is The Last Movie You Watched?

[danthepoetman]

Just felt like watching films noirs, and went through a couple of great ones. Beautifully shot, suspenseful and well acted 1950 “The Asphalt Jungle”, by John Huston, with Sterling Hayden. Story of a heist, conducted like a Greek tragedy.



1944 “Double Indemnity”, with Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson, directed by Billy Wilder and written by Raymond Chandler. This one is just great. Conducted like a symphony. Everything falls into place so perfectly there’s not a second you think about anything else than what you see on the screen.

[Chaos]

Just got a free month from Netflix...hehehehe.
So I've been busy...

The Immortals,The Expendables,a few Asian action movies,Thor,Iron Man2,and others.....

[dezz]

Birdemic: Shock and Terror, it was painful watch. We thought it would funny enough to make fun of, but it was just.... painful *shudders*

[danthepoetman]

Birdemic: Shock and Terror, it was painful watch. We thought it would funny enough to make fun of, but it was just.... painful *shudders*

IMDb gives it a ranking of 1.9/10!

[robertlouis]

Not a movie but a TV show about an interesting genre - continental, as opposed to UK, horror, from German expressionist cinema in the 20s, French horror thrillers from the 50s, Italian Giallo from the 60s and 70s and finally to Spanish suspense horror of the 90s and noughties, all presented by the knowledgeable and engaging Mark Gatiss, co-writer of Sherlock and Doctor Who. Recommended.

Hope Dino manages to see it - interviews with Dario Argento and Guillermo del Toro.

[danthepoetman]

Not a movie but a TV show about an interesting genre - continental, as opposed to UK, horror, from German expressionist cinema in the 20s, French horror thrillers from the 50s, Italian Giallo from the 60s and 70s and finally to Spanish suspense horror of the 90s and noughties, all presented by the knowledgeable and engaging Mark Gatiss, co-writer of Sherlock and Doctor Who. Recommended.

Hope Dino manages to see it - interviews with Dario Argento and Guillermo del Toro.

Not sure I follow you, Robert Louis, forgive me. The title of the show is "Continental"? Seems really interresting.

[robertlouis]

Not sure I follow you, Robert Louis, forgive me. The title of the show is "Continental"? Seems really interresting.

Apologies for my convoluted syntax, Dan. The programme is called Horror Europa.

Gatiss also did a three part series last year called The History of Horror. As they've all been on the BBC they'll probably turn up on PBS in the US.

[danthepoetman]

Thanks! I’ll be looking forward to that one.

[robertlouis]

Thanks! I’ll be looking forward to that one.

He visits the actual castle in Slovakia where Murnau filmed Nosferatu in 1922!

Gatiss also wrote and starred in a very effective horror/ghost story serial a few years ago called Crooked House. That's also well worth seeking out. It may be available on DVD.

[danthepoetman]

Think I found it in parts on Youtube. May watch it later on tonight! Thanks again, Ribert Louis!


By the way, I love Nosferatu. Faust is also such a masterpiece. Some images are amazingly hautning, like from Nosferatu. The Devil's shadow over the vilage, for instance.