What films do you recommend?

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Just got a 4 month subscription to Mubi for £4 and intend to watch a lot during those 4 months :grin:.

First movie I watched, last night, was Close (Lukas Dhont) which I absolutely recommend. But I chose it for some apparent similarities in the trailer with Tomboy (Céline Sciamma), one of my favourite movies of all time.

Zoé Héran has done quite a bit since Tomboy. I was lucky enough to meet her a few years ago at the avant-première of a short she starred in which I helped to crowdfund (Fruit Défendu).

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Across the Spidervserse was absolutely spectacular.

Went back to watch it two days later in IMAX and it really benefited from the second viewing with the sheer number of background details and Easter eggs.

The sheer imagination and creativity on display is simply breathtaking. It makes you realise how stale the MCU is and constrained by its format. It effortlessly blends art styles to amazing effect and gives every world so much unique character.

I genuinely think it’s an Empire Strikes Back level sequel.

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Went to see “Reality” earlier this week. A fascinating film 84 minutes long. Very relevant given the news this week about Trump’s indictment for illegal retention of classified government documents…

Reality - Official Trailer

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Having thoroughly enjoyed The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and with Poor Things on its way, I finally got round to watching The Lobster.

Fantastic (but dark) film. Love me a bit of Yorgos.

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Not sure if this is allowed but it’s on the topic of films I guess.
I’ve got 2 free cinema tickets for odeon cinemas. The codes expire in 12 days but I assume you can book for dates past that.

Theirs no odeon near me so they won’t get used. I got given them from Uber for being a loyal UberOne member apparently.

If you want them just say, don’t want anything for them.

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I would love them if that is okay? Might mean I can watch the new spiderman! Thanks

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I’ll give you a message

Edit: did you get it? If not please send me one first as I’ve tried a few times but it’s not showing on my message history

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Extraction 2 - arguably better than Extraction 1. Typical easy watching, action film :smiley:

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It’s a great cinema :+1: never had any bother there. Used to like the Vue in town but prefer the Showcase since it got updated.

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How does it compare to Extraction 1? It looked like my sort of film, but I didn’t enjoy it.

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I enjoyed it more than Extraction 1. If the first wasn’t your thing, I doubt you’ll enjoy 2.

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The 1st was actually ok. The 2nd acting is questionable.

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Spoilers for #Transformers :bangbang:

There’s a MacGuffin.

The baddies want to use it for evil. The goodies want to stop them and use it for good.

Apologies for ruining the whole movie :person_shrugging:

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Saw Extraction last night, enjoyed it.

Liked the video game camera movement and car chases.

Pretty gritty John Wick shoot them at point blank action.

Will be watching the second.

There’s a clip ive already seen on Twitter where he takes cover behind a ladder :sweat_smile:

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Im sure people here sub to Pitch Meetings but the latest Flash one is ace too :sweat_smile:

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Dead Reckoning was a blast. Nothing mindblowing, but just really good solid action.

Definitely worth a visit to the cinema.

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Just back from watching Oppenheimer. Wow. Erm…

Can’t really present any spoilers here as it’s obvious what happens, but:

  • It’s long
  • It’s mostly a courtroom environment drama
  • It’s spectacular in visuals (Los Alamos looks incredible)
  • CillianM deserves the best actor Oscar
  • Robert Downey Jr deserves the best supporting actor Oscar
  • In fact, everyone else (esp. Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Kenneth Branagh) deserves said previous award
  • Christopher Nolan deserves any Oscar

My personal take, which is subjective:

  • It’s long
  • The first third is too long
  • The middle section is astonishing
  • The last third is too long

The sheer ambition & vision of this movie is on another level
:boom:

Would I recommend it? Yes, but not to everyone. It’s an intelligent movie with a lot of involved characters and one I’d have to watch again to understand how they all fit together.

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What’s it actually about? I’ve only seen short glimpses of the trailer.

I tend to be on a tick tock cycle with Nolan films.

From what I’ve seen from the trailer, I think this might be a skip one for me, so 2026 should be a good year!

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