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SMB Film Thread 2025

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Fetch Fletch said:
Josh Gadd had a hand in writing it so assuming he’ll take his place.

Mel Brooks is playing yoghurt…he’s 98!!!!
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I know you ignored my PM the other day but now I realise it's because you've got me on ignore given I quoted your post saying MB is 99 in 2 weeks 🤣
errant said:
Just realised, no John Candy… 😢
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Will they do a Obi One Kenobi type style given how powerful AI and CGI is these days, unlike the Peter Cushing effort in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story?

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Clue of the Silver Key (1961)

Another Edgar Wallace B flick.
Bernard Hill again plays a police inspector trying to solve various murders happening under his nose.
Sam Kydd has a small role, and Patrick Cargill puts in a neat turn.
The journey is alright. The exposition heavy reveal-o sequence is neatly-presented.
Typically solid cheap Merton Park stuff, and it does what it does nicely.

6.5/10
 
Mickey 17 - Errrrmm I'm sure there is a message in there from this film, but it did nothing for me, didn't care for Mickey and the Mark Ruffalo bloke annoyed me, the plants creatures (Creepers) we the only real interesting thing going on. 5/10
 
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Dana Andrews is a cop who is on his last warning for duffing up hoods. Meanwhile, a gambling-based scuffle leaves a bloke dead, and Andrews is determined to nail a villain whom he believes used the knife. His enquiries take him to an apartment where one of the scufflers lives. Andrews is attacked, so he retaliates and inadvertently kills the man. He decides to create an alibi and then dispose of the body. He plans to pin the killing he committed on the sleazy gang boss he believes committed the other murder.

Great film. It’s classic noir, with a leading character who uses violence to solve problems, but hates himself. He is constantly having to make choices that test his ability to continue to live that existence. He starts to fall for the widow of the bloke he killed, and her father is the number one suspect, so Andrews’ sense of right and wrong leads him to intervene on behalf of a man he knows is innocent. He makes several questionable decisions about the body, and trying to pin it upon his arch-nemesis. There a great fight scene attached to this.

The character work is a superior example in this genre. Smaller roles are allowed to breathe. The Inspector is equally annoying and impressive. He fettles one red herring quickly. Andrews’ partner has a great scene after they part acrimoniously, but then Andrews asks him for cash to help Gene Tierney’s father. The dialogue is driven and sometimes amusing - the coffee shop owner is a treat, and the repartee between her and Andrews is great. The cinematography is marvellous, where even the simplest scene (a telephone call with a lamp swinging above) looks moody and engaging.

Definitely a higher tier noir in my estimation.

8/10
 
Doogie Hauser said:
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Dana Andrews is a cop who is on his last warning for duffing up hoods. Meanwhile, a gambling-based scuffle leaves a bloke dead, and Andrews is determined to nail a villain whom he believes used the knife. His enquiries take him to an apartment where one of the scufflers lives. Andrews is attacked, so he retaliates and inadvertently kills the man. He decides to create an alibi and then dispose of the body. He plans to pin the killing he committed on the sleazy gang boss he believes committed the other murder.

Great film. It’s classic noir, with a leading character who uses violence to solve problems, but hates himself. He is constantly having to make choices that test his ability to continue to live that existence. He starts to fall for the widow of the bloke he killed, and her father is the number one suspect, so Andrews’ sense of right and wrong leads him to intervene on behalf of a man he knows is innocent. He makes several questionable decisions about the body, and trying to pin it upon his arch-nemesis. There a great fight scene attached to this.

The character work is a superior example in this genre. Smaller roles are allowed to breathe. The Inspector is equally annoying and impressive. He fettles one red herring quickly. Andrews’ partner has a great scene after they part acrimoniously, but then Andrews asks him for cash to help Gene Tierney’s father. The dialogue is driven and sometimes amusing - the coffee shop owner is a treat, and the repartee between her and Andrews is great. The cinematography is marvellous, where even the simplest scene (a telephone call with a lamp swinging above) looks moody and engaging.

Definitely a higher tier noir in my estimation.

8/10
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Really like this one.
 
Doogie Hauser said:
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Dana Andrews is a cop who is on his last warning for duffing up hoods. Meanwhile, a gambling-based scuffle leaves a bloke dead, and Andrews is determined to nail a villain whom he believes used the knife. His enquiries take him to an apartment where one of the scufflers lives. Andrews is attacked, so he retaliates and inadvertently kills the man. He decides to create an alibi and then dispose of the body. He plans to pin the killing he committed on the sleazy gang boss he believes committed the other murder.

Great film. It’s classic noir, with a leading character who uses violence to solve problems, but hates himself. He is constantly having to make choices that test his ability to continue to live that existence. He starts to fall for the widow of the bloke he killed, and her father is the number one suspect, so Andrews’ sense of right and wrong leads him to intervene on behalf of a man he knows is innocent. He makes several questionable decisions about the body, and trying to pin it upon his arch-nemesis. There a great fight scene attached to this.

The character work is a superior example in this genre. Smaller roles are allowed to breathe. The Inspector is equally annoying and impressive. He fettles one red herring quickly. Andrews’ partner has a great scene after they part acrimoniously, but then Andrews asks him for cash to help Gene Tierney’s father. The dialogue is driven and sometimes amusing - the coffee shop owner is a treat, and the repartee between her and Andrews is great. The cinematography is marvellous, where even the simplest scene (a telephone call with a lamp swinging above) looks moody and engaging.

Definitely a higher tier noir in my estimation.

8/10
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Once unfairly described as "Laura-Lite".
 
New Mission Impossible
Sunderland Omniplex
A canny action movie but far too long
Tom Cruise looked tired
Hayley Atwell incredibly annoying
Our lass and the bairn were bored shitless
Recliner seats were good
Food and drinks expensive
6.5/10
 
Wonderbra said:
New Mission Impossible
Sunderland Omniplex
A canny action movie but far too long
Tom Cruise looked tired
Hayley Atwell incredibly annoying
Our lass and the bairn were bored shitless
Recliner seats were good
Food and drinks expensive
6.5/10
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Brilliant franchise .. shote ending .. total mess of a film
 
Watched Spartacus the other day and all I could think was how Gladiator was basically a modern day remake

Watched Gladiator 2 today and enjoyed it to be fair but it was nothing really outstanding
 
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