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SMB Film Thread 2026
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League Wan
Winger
War Machine 2026 Netflix. 4/10 crap, seen it all before,terrible CGI rubbish, the story is just crap and been told a million times. What a waste of 2 hours of my life
Saipan 5/10 2025. A film about the fall out between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy in the build up to the world cup 2002
We already knew the gist of what happened/what was reported so what was the point in this? To waste more time
Saipan 5/10 2025. A film about the fall out between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy in the build up to the world cup 2002
We already knew the gist of what happened/what was reported so what was the point in this? To waste more time
Lankester Merrin
Striker
It is lots of fun, and bonkers, I think that it would have done with some better editing, and some tighter scripting, but I think it will be a future cult classic
King Durin
Central Defender
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3 class films but I think he needs to call it a day now!
Monty Pigeon
Striker
Taxi Tehran (2015) 10/10
One of the films Panahi made after being banned from film-making. Here he drives a taxi around Tehran picking up passengers (all played by amateur actors) who represent a cross-section of Iranian life. As with It was Just an Accident, it includes a darkly comic dash to hospital. Panahi's real-life niece steals the show.
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) 9/10
This film is mentioned by a passenger selling pirated DVDs in Taxi Tehran, and itself was heavily influenced by Panahi. The police, a prosecutor, a doctor, and a murderer drive around the Anatolian countryside looking for the site where the murderer buried his victim. Slow, but atmospheric and compelling.
Ghost Elephants (2025) 8/10
Werner Herzog's latest documentary, about a South African zoologist and Bushman trackers searching the Angolan bush for a near-mythical giant elephant, the only example of which is in the Smithsonian in Washington DC.
One of the films Panahi made after being banned from film-making. Here he drives a taxi around Tehran picking up passengers (all played by amateur actors) who represent a cross-section of Iranian life. As with It was Just an Accident, it includes a darkly comic dash to hospital. Panahi's real-life niece steals the show.
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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) 9/10
This film is mentioned by a passenger selling pirated DVDs in Taxi Tehran, and itself was heavily influenced by Panahi. The police, a prosecutor, a doctor, and a murderer drive around the Anatolian countryside looking for the site where the murderer buried his victim. Slow, but atmospheric and compelling.
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Ghost Elephants (2025) 8/10
Werner Herzog's latest documentary, about a South African zoologist and Bushman trackers searching the Angolan bush for a near-mythical giant elephant, the only example of which is in the Smithsonian in Washington DC.
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Doogie Hauser
Midfield
I Swear (2025) - Netflix
Fascinating, funny and heartbreaking. Everything about this film is excellent. Aramayo is astonishing. You can’t see any of the acting - it’s like he is John Davidson. A very sensitive film that throws the gauntlet down for society to make a better effort to understand the condition.
9.5/10
Fascinating, funny and heartbreaking. Everything about this film is excellent. Aramayo is astonishing. You can’t see any of the acting - it’s like he is John Davidson. A very sensitive film that throws the gauntlet down for society to make a better effort to understand the condition.
9.5/10
herra soul mob
Striker
just watching it now- fuckin magic .
Missplaced Childhood
Midfield
Watched this last night and agree 100% with everything here, quite an amazing film and performance.
herra soul mob
Striker
just finished, excellent film, acting is superb.
League Wan
Winger
A prayer before dawn 2017 7/10
A film about Billy Moore, a young boxer and drug addict, who ends up in a Thai prison. The bloke now does YouTube videos and visits the rough areas of different cities. He went to Hendon when he came to Sunderland. Think I'll get the book that the film is based on
A film about Billy Moore, a young boxer and drug addict, who ends up in a Thai prison. The bloke now does YouTube videos and visits the rough areas of different cities. He went to Hendon when he came to Sunderland. Think I'll get the book that the film is based on
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League Wan
Winger
It was class. I have seen the TV documentaries about John and the film gets it bang on and the actor isn't even Scottish
Lankester Merrin
Striker
Looking forward to watching Project Hail Mary. Interestingly it's been renamed Proyecto Salvacion in Spain to avoid upsetting Marian cultists
Monty Pigeon
Striker
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) 8/10
An early take on the Brazilian dictatorship. William Hurt as a theatrical gay man sharing a prison cell with a leftist revolutionary he's secretly informing on. The Secret Agent and I'm Still Here cover the same era more dramatically. This one's recently been remade as a musical.
Strawberry and Chocolate (Fresa y chocolate) (1993) 8/10
I previously saw this on telly in Cuba with a bunch of Cubans who thought it was the greatest film ever made. Like the above film, it's largely about the friendship between a gay man and a straight man. But it's also a daring critique of social intolerance in Castro's Cuba.
Syriana (2005) 6/10
George Clooney in one of his serious, mumbling roles. This time he also put on a load of weight, and won an Oscar. The film tries to tackle many of the difficult issues of the Middle East, but inevitably it's all a bit simplistic.
An early take on the Brazilian dictatorship. William Hurt as a theatrical gay man sharing a prison cell with a leftist revolutionary he's secretly informing on. The Secret Agent and I'm Still Here cover the same era more dramatically. This one's recently been remade as a musical.
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Strawberry and Chocolate (Fresa y chocolate) (1993) 8/10
I previously saw this on telly in Cuba with a bunch of Cubans who thought it was the greatest film ever made. Like the above film, it's largely about the friendship between a gay man and a straight man. But it's also a daring critique of social intolerance in Castro's Cuba.
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Syriana (2005) 6/10
George Clooney in one of his serious, mumbling roles. This time he also put on a load of weight, and won an Oscar. The film tries to tackle many of the difficult issues of the Middle East, but inevitably it's all a bit simplistic.
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Secret Visage
Striker
Cold Storage (2026)
A fungus lands back on earth from space and despite being locked away, escapes and kills everything it comes into contact with. Exploding people and exploding deer.
Not even Liam neeson can save the film. 3/10
A fungus lands back on earth from space and despite being locked away, escapes and kills everything it comes into contact with. Exploding people and exploding deer.
Not even Liam neeson can save the film. 3/10
Fletch73
Midfield
Man on the Run [2025] 6/10
Decent. I didn't learn anything new, though.
The Testament of Ann Lee [2025] 6/10
Don't make your movie 137 minutes long if your central character is this dull. Great performance from Seyfried, though.
Best in Show [2000] 8/10
Fred Willard not winning an Oscar for this is the biggest scandal of the 21st century.
Decent. I didn't learn anything new, though.
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The Testament of Ann Lee [2025] 6/10
Don't make your movie 137 minutes long if your central character is this dull. Great performance from Seyfried, though.
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Best in Show [2000] 8/10
Fred Willard not winning an Oscar for this is the biggest scandal of the 21st century.
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As the Grauniad put it "What if Predator but Transformers?"
Doogie Hauser
Midfield
Atomic Rulers (1965)
An American company bought the nine films from the Japanese mid-50s Super Giant franchise and spliced them together into four television films. This is a combination of the first two.
I want to be kind, but realistically it’s shite. Even as kids’ films, they are so badly dubbed that they’re nothing better than a hoot. The opening scene of the alien council is hilariously awful, and things go downhill from there. The special effects are mostly crap, the pacing and narrative are lousy, and the acting is frequently rotten.
I partially enjoyed it as a hilarious piece of naff rubbish, but as a film it’s 2/10 maximum. Cant wait to watch the others.
The Big Bluff (1955)
A woman is terminally ill, and her paid companion wants her to take it easy. A sleazy confidence trickster (John Bromfield) gets wind of the situation and decides to marry the woman, hoping to bump her off and claim her estate. The paid companion suspects that he’s a bastard.
Very low budget W Lee Wilder potboiler, with a predictable, yet nicely handled, ending.
5.5/10
To The Public Danger (1948)
Hammer stalwart Terence Fisher helms this Dermot Walsh short film about four people who get pissed and then think they’ve knocked someone over. Cue disagreements about what to do. Walsh’s character has already been established as a loudmouth pissartist bully, Susan Shaw shows little morality towards anyone at any point, and Barry Letts is a mess.
Decent effort from the pen of Patrick Hamilton (Gaslight and Rope) which is economically written and performed. Walsh is almost pantomime crazy at times. A basic film, but I liked it.
6/10
An American company bought the nine films from the Japanese mid-50s Super Giant franchise and spliced them together into four television films. This is a combination of the first two.
I want to be kind, but realistically it’s shite. Even as kids’ films, they are so badly dubbed that they’re nothing better than a hoot. The opening scene of the alien council is hilariously awful, and things go downhill from there. The special effects are mostly crap, the pacing and narrative are lousy, and the acting is frequently rotten.
I partially enjoyed it as a hilarious piece of naff rubbish, but as a film it’s 2/10 maximum. Cant wait to watch the others.
The Big Bluff (1955)
A woman is terminally ill, and her paid companion wants her to take it easy. A sleazy confidence trickster (John Bromfield) gets wind of the situation and decides to marry the woman, hoping to bump her off and claim her estate. The paid companion suspects that he’s a bastard.
Very low budget W Lee Wilder potboiler, with a predictable, yet nicely handled, ending.
5.5/10
To The Public Danger (1948)
Hammer stalwart Terence Fisher helms this Dermot Walsh short film about four people who get pissed and then think they’ve knocked someone over. Cue disagreements about what to do. Walsh’s character has already been established as a loudmouth pissartist bully, Susan Shaw shows little morality towards anyone at any point, and Barry Letts is a mess.
Decent effort from the pen of Patrick Hamilton (Gaslight and Rope) which is economically written and performed. Walsh is almost pantomime crazy at times. A basic film, but I liked it.
6/10
