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SMB Film Thread 2025

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Motor City Cobra said:
Greyhound - Apple tv
8/10.
Tom Hanks and small part for Stephen Graham.
Ww2 film based on the Atlantic crossings - this one is 37 ships and the danger of the u boats, particularly when vunerablewhen they have no air cover.

Hanks is the captain of an American destroyer leading the Convoy.

After 10 minutes pretty much non stop action - some brilliant scenes out in the Atlantic. Really enjoyed it.
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Sneech said:
Ha ha same here, he wrote the eulogy when it was finally taken down amid the infamous 'worm vomit' reveal-o-matic.

I'm pretty sure he named one of the chapters in The Beach after a digitiser catchphrase too.
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Turner the Worm being sick. How the hell did that get past the sub-editors?

Paul Rose is still a decent read in Retro Gamer every month. Digitiser was very much of its time, though. Great memories of reading it every day, without fail. Skank-me-do, I cuss you bad, and stay away from my bins.
 
Hbk69 said:
Jurassic World filums have been utter garbage, the last two some of the poorest of all time, but lo and behold new trailer comes out and I want to see it. That’s how good the original was and how it gave anyone of a certain generation a love for dinosaur filums. Please be good 🙏
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Its supposed to be about dinosaurs but it's ended up being ridiculous monsters instead.
Surely the actual story should have only lasted one film, maybes a sequel but how many times are they going to go back to hidden islands full of lab created dinosaurs? Ridiculous,will still watch 🤣
 
Doogie Hauser said:
Turner the Worm being sick. How the hell did that get past the sub-editors?

Paul Rose is still a decent read in Retro Gamer every month. Digitiser was very much of its time, though. Great memories of reading it every day, without fail. Skank-me-do, I cuss you bad, and stay away from my bins.
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It was the last ever page so a final two fingers up from Rose, you can find the image if you search.

Yeah, of it's time certainly but i used to love it though and read it every day, some marvellous off kilter, usually childish and (very) risque humour.

I still use some of its phrases today, do you see?
 
Sneech said:
It was the last ever page so a final two fingers up from Rose, you can find the image if you search.

Yeah, of it's time certainly but i used to love it though and read it every day, some marvellous off kilter, usually childish and (very) risque humour.

I still use some of its phrases today, do you see?
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Oh it was brilliant. Fanzine journalism on a mainstream teletext service.

Moc-moc-a-moc. I remember a particular comment on one edition: HP Lovecraft might sound like an art practised by Mr Biffo and his brown sauce bottle - and it is!

Amazing stuff on daytime tele.
 
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)

Cruise takes on another impossible mission with a supporting cast including Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames.

There’s some stunning set pieces, including the submarine and the mid air fight scene, Cruise is a maniac and it really adds to the experience knowing he’s up there doing all the stunts.

Unfortunately, Ethan Hunt at this point isn’t much of a character. He’s told only he can save people and he does a lot of listening and pleading, while his supporting network constantly provide exposition.

Would I watch another of these films? Certainly. Did I enjoy it? Of course. Would I be happy if this is indeed the final reckoning…

7/10
 
5 more Edgar Wallace Mysteries:

Urge to Kill (1960)
Patrick Barr, Terence Knapp, Ruth Dunning, Wilfred Brambell.
Women are getting strangled around the area. Suspicion falls on a man with learning difficulties. Steady away film where we know the killer from relatively early on. 6/10

The Man Who Was Nobody (1960)
Private detective Hazel Court is asked by a solicitor to investigate the death of a man who stole a ring from a jewellers shop. John Crawford, Lisa Daniely and Paul Eddington also star. Pretty good until the confusing ending that frankly requires the viewer to reconstruct too much, otherwise the threads are just hanging awkwardly. 4/10

Partners in Crime (1961)
Bernard Lee is on the trail of the murderer of a drinks mogul. The wife - Moira Redmond - and the business partner - John van Eyssen - are the first to draw his suspicion. You are shown the murderer within the first fifteen minutes, so after that it’s all about the chase. Entertaining, engrossing and tight. 7/10

The Clue of the New Pin (1961)
James Villiers is a tv journalist who interviews the miserable rich uncle of Paul Daneman. The uncle is later found dead in a locked strongroom with the key left on a table inside. Detective Bernard Archard had to piece the chain together. Superior and engaging locked room mystery, who some god pacing and pressure. 7/10

The Fourth Square (1961)
Conrad Phillips is employed to hunt down the thief behind various jewellery heists. They are connected by a millionaire playboy. Paul Daneman stars again. Slightly messy and convoluted - there’s too much going on for the run time, and too many characters. 5/10
 
Doogie Hauser said:
Partners in Crime (1961)
Bernard Lee is on the trail of the murderer of a drinks mogul. The wife - Moira Redmond - and the business partner - John van Eyssen - are the first to draw his suspicion. You are shown the murderer within the first fifteen minutes, so after that it’s all about the chase. Entertaining, engrossing and tight. 7/10

The Clue of the New Pin (1961)
James Villiers is a tv journalist who interviews the miserable rich uncle of Paul Daneman. The uncle is later found dead in a locked strongroom with the key left on a table inside. Detective Bernard Archard had to piece the chain together. Superior and engaging locked room mystery, who some god pacing and pressure. 7/10
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I'll give these two a watch, thanks.
 
Fletch73 said:
I'll give these two a watch, thanks.
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Very watchable sub-hour cheapies. Great stuff!

Harry Gates said:
I love Hazel Court.
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She was great in it. The ending was just a mess and didn’t tie things up satisfactorily.

Another one…

October Moth (1960)

A disturbed man (Lee Patterson) causes a car crash on the moors. He carries the driver back to his farmhouse where he lives with his sister (Lana Morris) and puts her to bed, claiming that she is their mother. He is constantly on edge, believing that their father has returned. A telephone engineer gets roped into helping the sister try to get the woman to hospital, without alerting the authorities that Patterson is violent and unstable.

Bizarre play-style melodrama set entry in one location over a day or two. The cod psychology at work is so hamfisted to modern eyes, and the tone is unrelentingly grim, but there’s a lot of visual flair here. The weather reflects the chaos of the mood, and the use of shadows is very atmospheric. There’s a lot of noir sensibilities present, and the tightness of the situation adds to the engagement.

6.5/10, but more visually enjoyable than thematically.
 
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