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SMB Film Thread 2026


xmfd said:
Project Hail Mary

9/10

Really good adaptation of a really good book. Nailed it.
Fist my bump.
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Concur. Saw it last night at the Tyneside Cinema and had a great time, first time in a while we've been to the pictures and the film lived upto its hype.
vote quimby said:
I found this quite a chore to watch. Done it in two sittings.
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Think I said this when I watched it, but the first bit is a chore & it doesn't get going till the time shift to when the bairn is older.
 
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A Moment of Innocence (1996) 9/10
A new Iranian director for me: Mohsen Makhmalbaf. In real life, he served time for stabbing a policeman. This film recreates the incident, but in a meta twist the actual policeman coaches the actor playing him. It ends with an amazing freeze frame that rewrites the history. Full movie here:
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Manpower (1941) 6/10
Edward G Robinson and George Raft as two electricity company linesmen in love with the same woman, played by Marlene Dietrich. Melodrama, with stunt sequences using very obvious models.
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Mr Nobody Against Putin (2025) 8/10
Very good, Oscar-winning documentary made by a Russian teacher attempting to resist the militarisation of his school.
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Motor City Cobra said:
Peaky blinders The immortal man (Netflix)

Was looking forward to this then seen the storyline and knew it would be daft and gash.

I’m nee pro but sound editing was awful, whispering then massive loud music which was irritating.
Rebecca Ferguson was lifting as some gypsy woman, terrible accent. The usually brilliant Stephen Graham looked bored, Tim Roth collecting a little payday playing a comic book baddy and even Ciaran Garn through the motions. Barry K was decent first half of film.

Felt cheap, predictable. Badly written and some dodgy directing.
Cobra gives it a 2/10 aka utter wank
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Was absolutly shit just show horning music in so it seemed cool the accents were shocking
 
Project Hail Mary was very good, entertaining with good performances. Loved the book and although a good adaptation what was missing, to me, was any real threat. Probably too much humour contributed to that, still very enjoyable 7.5/10
 
Scream 7.

Had a free afternoon so went to see this and it was rubbish. Carbon copy of all that's gone before and the Scooby Doo unmasking and motivation of the killers at the end is pathetic.

It's performed the best in the series at the box office so get ready for Scream 8 in a couple of years.

3/10
 
Saipan (2025) - 5/10 - Pretty lame budget movie showing the events between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy leading to the former leaving the Irish Squad ahead of the 2002 World Cup. Interesting to see just how bad it all was (I'm assuming it's reasonably accurate despite the disclaimer at the start). McCarthy's portrayal was odd. I know Coogan doesn't just like to impersonate characters as such in movies but I couldn't get away with his portrayal of McCarthy. Perhaps that was to do with the script but he comes across as inept and clueless. I'm not sure he was quite as bad in real life. Occasionally Coogan would drop into his Stan Laurel expressions! The guy playing Keane did an OK job I thought. If it wasn't for the subject matter this would be consigned to the dustbin I think.
 
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Shack said:
Saipan (2025) - 5/10 - Pretty lame budget movie showing the events between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy leading to the former leaving the Irish Squad ahead of the 2002 World Cup. Interesting to see just how bad it all was (I'm assuming it's reasonably accurate despite the disclaimer at the start). McCarthy's portrayal was odd. I know Coogan doesn't just like to impersonate characters as such in movies but I couldn't get away with his portrayal of McCarthy. Perhaps that was to do with the script but he comes across as inept and clueless. I'm not sure he was quite as bad in real life. Occasionally Coogan would drop into his Stan Laurel expressions! The guy playing Keane did an OK job I thought. If it wasn't for the subject matter this would be consigned to the dustbin I think.
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It's not reasonably accurate.
 
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