Films you've seen in 2025

Ended the year having seen 48 films at the cinema, which is low by my standards. Today was the first time in months that I saw two in a row, back in the day I used to see three in a row on a regular basis.
 
A bit annoyed as I aim for at least 100 at Cineworld using the unlimited card. I got 157 total cinema films but due to so many not being scheduled at Cineworld, got 98 with them. It adds up to 100 if I count the second visits to Wicked: For Good and Karate Kid Legends.
 
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Us (2019)

Freaky doppelgangers terrorise Lupita Nyong'o & family. Creepy but also morbidly funny, & a powerhouse performance from OUR LUPITA that was worthy of an Oscar nomination.
 
Sardonicus said:
Us (2019)

Freaky doppelgangers terrorise Lupita Nyong'o & family. Creepy but also morbidly funny, & a powerhouse performance from OUR LUPITA that was worthy of an Oscar nomination.
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Criminally underrated! When the Alexa clone plays Fuck tha Police instead of calling the police I cried laughing. :D
 
200 Cigarettes (1999).

My not-quite-annual NYE favourite. It reviewed poorly, but all loose ends leading up to a party are played very well. Plimpton is in her element as the party host already going out of her mind at 8pm. The music is on equally top form (I Want Candy, Our Lips Are Sealed, Maybe He'll Know, and plenty of Blondie), but could have went even harder. Cigarettes isn't for everyone, but its chaotic burn of the anguish leading up to the countdown is not without its immense charms and unlikely chemistries that make sense best in their morning after reveals. I don't smoke, but with Roxy Music's smouldering exhale of More Than This playing into the credits I sure could be tempted to imagine I do.

I give it an A.
 
Think I'm eleven movies up on last year which I'm pleased with. I had two or three years of managing 100+ but even if I had the time these days, I don't have the desire anymore, I'm a lot more selective about what I go and see.

Love ActuEllie said:
A bit annoyed as I aim for at least 100 at Cineworld using the unlimited card. I got 157 total cinema films but due to so many not being scheduled at Cineworld, got 98 with them. It adds up to 100 if I count the second visits to Wicked: For Good and Karate Kid Legends.
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I've just counted and 14 of my cinema trips were to the local Vue, which isn't too bad as at least I get one free Vue ticket a month through my Monzo, and their individual ticket prices are cheaper too. Had my unlimited card for over a decade so do feel a sense of loyalty to Cineworld, but at this stage I think if Vue did a membership, I'd switch over. I don't think my local Vue has skipped out on any movies that I've wanted to see (and I like how the times vary day by day, so I can always find something that's convenient), whereas Cineworld Wembley isn't even showing 'The Housemaid' 🙄
 
Agneeta said:
Been watching several Hitchcock films over the last few days. I'm pretty sure I've never seen any before. My ranking so far:

North By Northwest
Stranger on a Train
Psycho
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North By Northwest
Stranger on a Train
Dial M For Murder
Psycho

Dial M was basically a play and the "outdoor" shots were appalling. Hard to believe there was just five years between that and NBNW, which was in glorious HD and looked amazing.

Still ranking Psycho last. It was fine, but not all that. I accept the groundbreaking nature if it, much in the way I accept the Beatles were new and fresh, but I can't pretend there's not been over half a century in-between.
 
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Agneeta said:
North By Northwest
Stranger on a Train
Dial M For Murder
Psycho

Dial M was basically a play and the "outdoor" shots were appalling. Hard to believe there was just five years between that and NBNW, which was in glorious and looked amazing.

Still ranking Psycho last. It was fine, but not all that. I accept the groundbreaking nature if it, much in the way I accept the Beatles were new and fresh, but I can't pretend there's not been over half a century in-between.
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If you're on a Hitchcock SPREE then you absolutely MUST watch Rear Window, The Birds & Vertigo. Marnie is from the same period, it has numerous PROBLEMATIQUE elements, although interesting enough (I think it would have worked better with a stronger actress than Tippi Hedren in the lead role too.)
 
Sardonicus said:
If you're on a Hitchcock SPREE then you absolutely MUST watch Rear Window, The Birds & Vertigo. Marnie is from the same period, it has numerous PROBLEMATIQUE elements, although interesting enough (I think it would have worked better with a stronger actress than Tippi Hedren in the lead role too.)
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Oh lovely, I think I saw Rear Window on iPlayer.

Poor not dead yet Tippi.
 
North By Northwest and Rear Window are undeniable. Love Rebecca (remake was rubbish and stage musical was even worse). I always thought Vertigo and The Birds were perfectly fine 7/10 films though, but nothing special.

Rope was always a weird one. I once had to watch that in a Philosophy A-Level class!
 
Love ActuEllie said:
North By Northwest and Rear Window are undeniable. Love Rebecca (remake was rubbish and stage musical was even worse). I always thought Vertigo and The Birds were perfectly fine 7/10 films though, but nothing special.

Rope was always a weird one. I once had to watch that in a Philosophy A-Level class!
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Rope another one strong on the HOMOSEXUAL UNDERTONES :disco:
 
Hitchcock recommendations from me:

Stage Fright (1950) with Dietrich is good camp fun that utilizes her priority of looking good over acting to arguably masterful effect given its famously divisive storytelling technique, but time is taken to give plenty of local stars moments to do their party peices.

And Lifeboat (1944) has Tallulah Bankhead's finest on screen moment so is a curio for that alone.

Strangers on a Train (1951) is my absolute favourite, which I see Ag has already seen.
 
Psycho is a perfect movie for me, my favourite Hitchcock, followed by The Birds. I think Hitch is at his best when he leans into horror.
Rebecca is very good as well, just sucks they had to meddle with the ending of the novel.
I still haven't seen Strangers and Rope, need to track them down ASAP.
The only Hitchcock movie I absolutely hated was Spellbound, it's just so boring and overly melodramatic. Even the Dalí dream sequence couldn't save it.
I remember seeing Marnie far too young, all that psychosexual stuff was pretty trippy for me at that age.
 
Slumber Party Massacre (2021).

Couldn't find the original, so thought I'd try this re-make/standalone-sequel. Just survived the opening. I'm definitely in so far.
 
Agneeta said:
North By Northwest
Stranger on a Train
Dial M For Murder
Psycho

Dial M was basically a play and the "outdoor" shots were appalling. Hard to believe there was just five years between that and NBNW, which was in glorious HD and looked amazing.

Still ranking Psycho last. It was fine, but not all that. I accept the groundbreaking nature if it, much in the way I accept the Beatles were new and fresh, but I can't pretend there's not been over half a century in-between.
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North By Northwest (1959)
Rear Window (1954)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Dial M For Murder (1954)
Psycho (1960)

Added Rear Window. Good dialogue and I hadn't quite predicted the result. Happy for Miss Lonely Heart.

Things I'm finding jarring about his films around this time are the use of sped up abd slowed down film.
 
Rear Window is the best Hitchcock! love the simple premise and iconic camerawork. he's so good in it.
 
straightorbroken said:
Slumber Party Massacre (2021).

Couldn't find the original, so thought I'd try this re-make/standalone-sequel. Just survived the opening. I'm definitely in so far.
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Perfect fodder for a horror marathon. Often a tad frustrating in its deliberate scream at them on screen moments.

I give it a C+
 
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