Reviews

I live in a UK town, and the choice of films on release are now in favor of Indian cinema. I have had these films thrown into the mix of viewing. The majority of films tend to be rather bland, unfunny comedies with woeful non stop music numbers. These tend to draw rather chatty and dare i say bored viewers more interested in their phones

Then there are films like this that occasionally get an outing at a cineplex. Thoughtful well paced, with naturalistic acting, dealing with day to day issues. I started to feel uneasy when the wedding appeared and was expecting a 20 minute song and dance number with wacky sidekicks with kazoos and whistles, thankfully that never happened, we get the catalyst of the leading mans issues, anger and frustration.

He turns them on new born Ponni and her family. We see him getting more and more angry, he throws someone's caste at them then his world basically collapses before the intermission.

The second half of the film is outstanding cinema, as Ponni becomes his obsession .Theres a supernatural element to what happens

Its a film that Hollywood could not come close enough to making, without signposting everything.

Definitely worth a watch.

An enjoyable piece of twaddle, written and directed by Jamie Powell a video logger and collector of physical media. The budget was wisely spent on Nevilles loaf of bread and a condom. It demonstrates what can be done with a mobile phone and Crazy Joe, the director third cousin twice removed..it doesn't outsay its two part 15 minute running time.

Incredibly inept ghost story, which is all over the place.the pacing and scenes rarely make sense. Its still enjoyable.for all its stupidity and its worth watching for that alone. It will be difficult to find a worse film this year, but I do recommend it for people to use it as a baseline to do their best and worst films of the year.

If you plan to watch this movie expecting a cool sophisticated whodunnit Maybe best avoid it. If you watch a fun amusing take on the mystery movie the apex is Murder By Death, but this low budget film is an enjoyable minutes. The large cast in a series of scenes cramped together in small rooms allows the cast to bounce of each other. To me the majority of the caat were unknowns and do a very good job.

The sets look small, there basically no location work, tge twist is not unexpected. Just go along with it.

The obvious thing a viewer will think oh here they come its a Knives Out cash in. It had me thinking did Rian Johnson see this film begore his went into production. That doesnt really matter this one is the lesser of the two.

Its enjoyable and the use of bad language is funny when its dropped into a scene, soon takes it out of the realm of a TV movie.

I had just watched Afternoon Delight on Roku Channel, and the watch something similar option offered this film.it was at least made in the 2010s, so gave it a go. I gave it a go, it had a bright sparky performance by the lead, the support cast of then virtual unknowns were good in their roles. The synopsis described it as a comedy and when its on a free advertised service providing busted unreleased features, there is very little expectation. This is one those rare films that actually delivers 90 minutes of consistent comedy within its dramatic structure. Just give it a go if you have it on your streaming services.

Went to My5 in the UK to watch Trains around the World type show and The Oval was on the main page of the site.

Clicked it and gave it ago.

The show is definitely rubbish on first go, but stuck with the episode and realised its a high camp drama with ridiculous characters, over the top subplots and no one likeable.

Gave second episode and it is highly enjoyable trash. Then there was the episode with the old lady in the chemist had me laughing. The show is watchable and enjoyable. I hope half the characters murder each other, then a crazy detective can appear.

The first six hours are only 3 or 4 days into the presidency, and there are a hundred plots.

I have 4 days left to watch the remaining episodes on catch-up, then I think the show will lose its momentum appearing only once a week..

Watch as much as you can in a binge, I am not sure if the service im watching it on has silenced the f-word, or if it was like that in the first place

Watched the film, then read the novel synopsis, seems a fair adaptation. Truth be told the story is dull as ditchwater, the dialogue corny, way to much reliance on overlong stretches of dance routines. But for the terrible dialogue the actors do their best, Ana and Mia pull strong performances, the annoying personality Miranda Hart actually steals the show with the picnic scene. I would have sooner followed the background story of Fairfax and Churchill with Emma poking her nose in as a support character. The use of traditional folk music and period music was a highlight. The production values are good. My conclusion is that life was probably more interesting and fulfilling being a penniless pauper struggling than living life in the monied upper middle classes with the same people at the same parties day in day out.

I must have watched a different film to the other reviewers giving it low scores.

It's not a perfect film, but at 140 minutes the film zips along at a frantic pace jumping from one set piece to another with nods to the original trilogy and cameos. In a world where every piddling film is released an event, this one is an event.

The film suffers the same problem as others in all the films we don't get the scale of time and distance, every one appears to cross the galaxy with ease, but there again it's a space fantasy not a film about logistics.

I have had the privilege of seeing this series over 42 years, and yep it struggled in the middle series but can honestly say I was satisfied with this film, wether the actors can build careers outside of this film is going to be interesting.

If you are watching the film for the sake of ticking it of the list, maybe give it a miss that way the nay sayers on here can win their battle. If you want to see how this cycle ends go watch it, ignore the negativity and go along for the ridd

Stick through the credits and you get to hear John Williams score.

When you look at the DVDs/Blu Ray for sale in Asda, Sainsbury, Tesco entertainment department, you might glance down at the lower shelves and see some obscure unknown title in the £3-7 range and think nahhhh I will wait for it to turn up on Movies4Men 2. This was a rare occasion to see one of those type of releases on a cinema screen.

The opening tells us that many myths are based on fact, and this story relates a small troupe of soldiers looking for missing soldiers past Hadrian Wall. The story could have been handled better, but the director and scriptwriter had no idea how to write dialogue and how to get the unknown cast to deliver the words in a credible style. The cast is too small and all we is them in a line walking in woods across the screen, or in a pack in close up in virtual darkness.

By the time the final revelations came, it was a case of oh ok, we must be near the end. The only plus point was vomit in beards. Wait for it premiere on a cable station instead of traipsing to the cinema, or purchasing the DVD.

Since the chances of seeing this film in its correct aspect ratio, with overtures and intermission in it's longest version possible on the big screen are minimal.

I enjoyed the film on Netflix in its 169 minute version, and have to say at that length it did not outstay it's welcome.

Everybody knows the plot and how the film ends with an excellent pratfall from Ethel Merman. The plus point to this film is the cast expanded as the chase to find the loot pushed people into situations they did not expect. No lasting friendships were formed with this dysfunctional group of people. I found myself siding with the truck driver who was screwed over at every point of his chase, he could not even secure a place in the taxis without fighting and pushing his way in. He and Terry Thomas were the only characters to have sacrificed something. The others were just going about their day.

The film should be applauded for showing the heat and sweat of a desert road and the lack of over editing which kills the pace of modern films. Some scenes were just left static as the motley group of characters argued and failed to decide on a plan.

Just watch the film and it will deliver some laughs for a near 60 year old blockbuster with a cast that maybe meant something at the time, but are now long forgotten on the whole. Looking at the cast list and clicking names, seems the only person still alive is Sylvester's expressive girlfriend played by Barrie Chase

This one plays like an episode of White Collar meets Hustle set in the world of art forgery. The cast includes two alumni from the David Cronenberg Canadian back catalog in Allan Kolman (Shivers) and Samantha Eggar (The Brood). The plot isn't sophisticated and moves along at a reasonable. The Roger Vadim directed effort appears to have some print damage on the Amazon Prime screener, especially in the final third. I suspect the film suffered damage when some hack decided to censor Lloyd Bochner characters psychopathic behavior. The film features multiple shots featuring the now destroyed WTC in its use of New York City as a background location.

The film is no great shakes but an ok way to waste 90 minutes

It's only in recent years I have started watching the occasional Indian film at my local cinema, and to be honest only when there are weak releases or too many films held over.

This is probably the best Indian film I have seen so far, its got a harsh edge to it none of the sentimentality or stupid sound effects that blight many a film. The music for a change serves a purpose and is just not an exhibition for extravagance.

I don't know how bad the drug culture is in Punjab, but the four story lines on offer have a level of credibility without jumping the shark. The actors are A1 and if international producers are watching this film I can see each one of the leads finding work outside of the Indian system. The camera work, editing, direction are as good as any film.

Its definitely worth a watch, but avoid seeing it in a town called Luton in the United Kingdom, the audiences are the worst you will find. They do not shut their mouths and have no idea how to watch a film and give other people any consideration.

Housefull 3 plot wise does not make sense even on it most basic level. This comedy of errors is carried out over the course of 2 and a half hours and does maintain a goofy energy that looks more improvised than scripted. If you are a European its Dirty Rotten Scoundrels meets Dinner For Idiots meets Dumb and Dumber in tone.

The lead males work well together as they try to usurp each other and work well on their own in their individual scenes, especially when they are tested by the potential father in law. The lead actresses are long legged and though not particularly used are efficient in their roles, the housemaids steal their scenes even though they are racial stereotypes from the 1930s films with big staring eyes.

Production wise the scenes shot in the UK look bright and sunny and the CGI ants are a standout, the St Patrick's Beer Day scene as to be seen to be believed it is very green.

This one has to be seen in the cinema, I think watched at home it would take hours to watch if the viewer is easily distracted and loves their pause button

Showing on Netflix, this is an informative documentary for those who do not know much about the 1970s British pornographic film industry and its one time leading light who lived every cliché before dying.

I had heard of Mary Millington growing up in the 1970s because she got a lot of coverage in the newspapers that were published on Sundays, and her films were always advertised in the fronts of cinemas.

The films themselves when seen on tape in the 1980s were rather bland unfunny smut fests than full on sex films. If it wasn't for magazines like Whitehouse and Playbirds being passed round school playgrounds the Mary Millington of porn legend would have been long forgotten.

The film was obviously made by a film maker who likes his subject and keeps the tone of the film positive and zips through her life with stories and photographs of Mary Millington from her child hood through to her tragic suicide. There are lots of talking heads who were there during this time including the man who turned Mary into a publishing house and made David Sullivan a millionaire many times over.

The documentary contains many clips from Marys rather explicit back catalogue and though not full on sex is displayed it manages to convey what her films were like outside of her soft porn career. Be warned there are brief glimpses of fellatio, rutting and girl on girl action from her porn loops and brief snippets and covers from the magazines she appeared in.

It's interesting to see how mainstream celebrity at the time led to her downfall, and brought her into the world of cocaine and high living, whilst also battling depression. Even in her early days according to the film she was earning £200 a film (worth £4,000 in today's earnings), those 8mm loops cost £1,000 to make and could sell 300,000 units across Europe. Millington also appeared in porn magazines during the 1970s and these could sell upwards of a million copies per issue.

This film is worth watching and it handles its subject with respect

Horror films in recent years tend to be in the found footage vein, and Zombie films have been in decline since filmmakers could knock them out on low budgets with large amounts of CGI hordes of the undead for the straight to disc market.

Scouts Guide is a modestly budgeted comedy horror with lashings of gore with plenty of raucous laugh aloud.

The film does open up with a truly cringe worthy two minutes of inept nonsense with a janitor doing his job, but quickly changes its pace with the introduction of D.O.D. Christopher Landon (son of Highway to Heaven actor/director Michael London) has the guts to run with the laughs and some decent splatter for the next 90s minutes.

The cast of unknowns are capable and do have the charm and skill to carry the film over its 90 minutes running time. The film does not lag or waste any time introducing parental relationships and defining the social structure of high school culture it exists within its own universe of undead, scouts, strippers, boobs and pussies of all sorts. It's well edited, the script is tight,the photography is bright and clean and is definitely worth a viewing.

I just hope the producers don't plan a long series of low budget pointless sequels and just let the film find its own appreciative audience over the coming years.