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SMB Film Thread 2025

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Cockney Mackem said:
In physical media news, been looking for something to spend my £30 father's day Amazon voucher on, and the 60th Anniversary restored version steelbook of Lawrence of Arabia is back available
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I recently ordered the Jaws 50th Anniversary Steelbook.
The wife has questioned how many copies, steel cased or otherwise, I need of the same film but I chose to ignore her.
 
I wonder what percentage of the films he’s watched.

I must have over a thousand martial arts DVDs, Blu-rays and dvd-r rips of films that have been taken from old VHS releases, or 35mm prints. I’d be lucky if I’ve watched a fifth of them.
 
Doogie Hauser said:
I wonder what percentage of the films he’s watched.

I must have over a thousand martial arts DVDs, Blu-rays and dvd-r rips of films that have been taken from old VHS releases, or 35mm prints. I’d be lucky if I’ve watched a fifth of them.
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I'm a bit selective of what I buy onand physical media, got about 650 films and about 40 unwatched
 
Man on the Moon (1999). 8.1/10.

Went down a bit of an Andy Kaufman rabbit hole after watching this - which I’ve done before - and still non the wiser regarding what he was doing.

I watched a few clips of him on Letterman and other talkshows, including one interview where, before he came out, he was being hissed and booed by the audience who had seen him wrestling women on TV for the past year, only for him to come out - without explanation wearing only a turban and a giant nappy, before preceding to swallow a sword and perform a beautiful song “Rosemarie” on guitar. Absolutely mental.

He did just seem like a genuinely good person, probably on the spectrum, who liked messing with people and audiences for his own amusement. Brilliant really, and a shame how it ended.

Jim Carrey absolutely knocks it out of the park in this, it couldn’t have been replicated by any other actor. Which brings me to my next film.

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017).

Difficult to give this one a rating as a standalone film, having just watched Man on the Moon. It shows the lengths that Carrey went to, and the effects that his roles have had on his own personality. Absolute nutcase as well, but a brilliant actor. Must have been mental for Andy’s family to meet Jim behind the scenes, with him fully in character. Would recommend watch on Netflix.
 
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Very good movie. Hard to describe it without giving away plot and twists. Think of it pretty much as a feature length Black Mirror episode with Hollywood production quality.

What I'd say is that it's approximately:

40% drama
35% sci-fi
15% horror
5%
heist
5% dark humour

I dunno, I've rejigged these percentages a whole bunch of times now and I'm still not happy with the balance. It's really hard to describe accurately. :lol:

Definitely one of the best movies I've seen from this year's offerings though. If you like Black Mirror (or at least the idea of what Black Mirror tries to achieve) then you should check it out.

7.9/10
 
Midnight (1939) 9/10
American showgirl arrives in Paris penniless, poses as a Hungarian baroness and infiltrates high society while struggling to conceal the truth. Brilliant screwball comedy written by Billy Wilder.
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The Phoenician Scheme (2025) 7/10
I used to be a total Wes Anderson fan. Starting with The French Dispatch, I've increasingly found his movies to be a bit of a slog. I think because there's been no evolution in his style. He does what he does. I wish, just once, he'd step outside his comfort zone. (Kate Winslet's daughter fits in here like a Wes Anderson regular.)
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The Three Musketeers (1973) 7/10
Not seen this since I was a kid. A swashbuckling romp with screenplay by George MacDonald Fraser of Flashman fame. Spike Milligan hams it up in a bit part. Jean-Pierre Cassel, dad of Vincent, has his lines very obviously dubbed by Richard Briers. Poignant to see Roy Kinnear on horseback - during the making of the third film in the series he was killed when a horse-riding sequence went wrong.
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