MY BLOODY VALENTINE (the uncut dvd release) This was excellent. It was like watching a lost slasher. I really enjoyed the original but always felt like something was missing. Here it is folks, a much better film!

MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D This was a fun night at the movies! The 3-D was awesome, the deaths were fun and gory. I was smiling the whole movie.

THE KILLING GENE (aka WAZ) Wow, I really enjoyed this bleak movie, even though it drug me down into the sewers of humanity. Not as good as Seven (which is a favorite), but it tails close behind.

GRAN TORINO I really liked it. Touching and thought-provoking.

MUTANT CHRONICLES Pretty cool...unfortunately the copy I viewed was crap (full screen and not very clear) I will view it again once it comes out officially here in the states.

Q THE WINGED SERPENT Good stuff. Loved the traditional stop motion animation. I remember this from when I was younger. Michael Moriarity steals the show.

WILD COUNTRY Pretty cool movie. I've waited a while for this and it was OK for a late night viewing.

I'm going to buy COLD PREY on payday tomorrow. Can't wait to watch that one!

My Bloody Valentines 3-D: Really disliked this one. I thought it was way to mean spirited, not just to the characters, but to the audience. (I'm interested to see the uncut version of the original. I really like the theatrical cut.)
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love: Enjoyable. Made me feel sad for the actors at certain points in the movie. ( It was made for T.V.)
Welcome to the Dollhouse: It was ok, don't need to see it again.
Catacombs: Good ending, bad movie. Nice scenery.
Knightriders: Romero's best film. Great cast, great story, great music.
Martin: A good Romero flick, not his best. Visually very interesting. Slightly haunting.
Night of the Creeps: One of the coolest flicks from the 80's. It's a crime it is not on DVD (at least not here in the states.

Night Key - Karloff causin' trouble at the alarm factory.
Revenge of the Nerds - Lived through the 80's without ever seeing this. It's aged remarkably well.
Slumdog Millionaire - For some reason I thought this was a true story. It lost some appeal once I found out it wasn't , but it's still the best thing from Boyle (couldn't stand his zombie/rage movies and sunshine was horrid)
Chandni Chowk to China - great great great bollywood flick.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RAIN - A quirky french comedy, good but not great.

THE WRESTLER - Top quality stuff from Darren Aronofsky with superb performances from Mickey Rourke and Merisa Tomei (both deserving of Oscars)

SEVEN POUNDS - A very powerful movie with some very powerful emotional scenes, Will Smith is on fire again here, don't see why this movie has seemed to slip under the radar.

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS - Fantastic film with fantastic perormances all-round from a starstudded cast

ALIEN 3 - first time I'd seen since since it's theatrical release in '92. Watched the extended version, and it was miles better than I remember it being. Still far from perfect, but it does sit pretty well with the other two.

CANDYMAN - again, not one I'd seen since the early 90s. Holds up pretty well - the direction, script, acting and music are well above the standard for this kind of movie.

PRIMER - Hadn't seen this before - I loved the weird, paranoid atmosphere, although like most (all?) watching it for the fist time, it was pretty difficult to follow. Looking forward to a second view to unpick more of the mystery...

SPACE: 1999 I had not watched this before as it was never aired on Swedish television when I was younger. I had no idea how many moustachioed men lived together on the moon! Great stuff though, and I love the funky theme music. [Dances]

HAROLD AND KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO Well, it wasn't funny but for some reason I enjoy watching those two and their adventures. My mate's girlfriend seems to hate me now for making her watch it though.

A COMPANY OF WOLVES Neil Jordan's adaptation of an Angela Carter novel. Having grown up since last I watched it, it wasn't quite as impressive anymore. I still love the wolf transformations, and the way that Murder She Wrote-woman has her head ripped off is nice!

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream - Excellent doco on the beginnings of midnight/ cult movies.

Tokyo Gore Police : To be honest, I fell asleep halfway through. Not as good as Machine Girl.

The Innocents (63 version): Gave it half an hour then turned it off!!

I've always been somewhat of an ALIEN 3 apologist, although it is weaker than ALIEN and ALIENS, it's a very different beast, a quality I find much more fitting within the franchise than any of the subsquent nonsense. I do find it a very doomy, sombre and satisfying end to the trilogy.

I suprised you hadn't seen PRIMER, its an incredibly engaging movie and proof positive that a great concept and script alone can carry a genuinely no-budget feature. It is also one of the most convincing depictions of time travel I can think of - quite an achievement as it features no SFX shots whatsoever.

So recently I've had quite a high hit rate with my movies - mainly due to catching up with a sparse viewing period whilst I was busy toward the end of the year. There's a few I really liked that I'd be interested to hear some thoughts on:

IN BRUGES - I really would recommend this movie as it's been marketed in such a deceptive way. On the surface it appears to be a big dumb ganster britcom - and whilst it is very funny (in parts) and it is gangster-centric, to me it feels much more akin to 90s US Indie cinema of Hartley and Jarmusch with its leisurely rambling structure and engagingly quirky characters. At it's core it's something of a meditation on guilt and it's suprisingly dark and touching by turns.

KILLER OF SHEEP - I've been waiting a long time to see Charles Burnett's slice of 1970s life in the Watts ghetto of Los Angeles. It plays like a real-life counterpoint to the then contemporary Blaxploitation cycle. It feels like docu-drama and eschews sensationalism in favour of a narrative that is compelling and authentic, as slaughterhouse worker Stan struggles to cope with his life and his place in the world through one long LA summer.

SEARCHING FOR THE WRONG EYED JESUS - an old Arena Documentary in which alt-country singer Jim White travels around the deep south, visiting Pentecostal Churches, Prisons and Bars in a search to explain American backwoods identity. It's a great slice of Southern Gothic with some awesome music along the way.

Let the right one in: 9.5/10 ( might be 10 if I ever get to see it on the big screen)
Sometimes , when listening to the podcast I think I'm way out of league as regards to understanding intelligent cult & world cinema & agreeing with you guys about certain films but then something like comes along.
It is so well written , shot & performed .. the young actors are incrediable , fact the whole ensemble fits perfectly togther. Interesting to see such a unique story , so much so that I'm reluctent to description it simply because it not a X or Y film.
It tells a story that a lot of children could relate to, & yet on the other hand deals some adult themes while leaving enough question unanswered to viewer to fill in / discuss.
Go see it ! it simply great


Brick : 1/10
I have just checked & it appears some people love this film ?
think after about half an hour I'd lost the will to live! but I stuck with it I wish that I hadn't.
I didn't know anything about it beforehand apart from a odd mention may on the podcast.
Maybe it is just me being old & from this side of the European side of pond, but found it incomprehensible.
The language & terms used by all the main characters simply went over my head ; so much so I had trouble keeping up a very basic story.
If it had actually been shot in a foreign language I would have given it the benefit of doubt(re: translation) & 2 out of 10 .
However, I just came away thinking what bunch of pretentious crap, it appear to me all the effort was put in into telling story using rambling modern noir 'style'
The main problem I had with it was the 'style' seems to have gotten all attention & the script was completely forgotten about .
The premise was very simple & could have been padded out into fill a good short film ( or written on the back of small piece of paper & slipped into it my locker over lunch time) without me have to sit through an hour & half .
In end , I couldn't care less who killed her & why .. yes, you guess it I didn't like it very much.

ps: Serious question: Are there any high school / college students who actually talk like that ?

I haven't seen BRICK (yet) but from what I know of the film it is a pastiche of film noir. The dialogue is not supposed to be at all realistic. It is deliberately heightened and hard-boiled. The film exists in a self-conscious film world.

The Trial: Orson Welles film adaptation of Franz Kafka's novel starring Anthony Perkins. It's a pretty decent adaptation on the whole, getting eerily close visually to how i imagined certain parts of the novel. The ending seemed weak though.

Hellboy 2: Disappointing. The pacing is off, the plot overly complicated and the CG, while impressive, is so baroque that it's confusing to look at. It's a shame because I love the comics, but it's obvious that del Toro isn't trying to emulate the comics' more sombre tone.

Taxidermia: Gobsmacking. Visceral and visually striking with a handful of scenes that wil likely stay with you forever.

That I can understand but just I found so distracting. For me film noir works well when the film makers opens a window just enough so the viewer can peek into world beyond , seeing enough to spark their interest & yet leaving viewer enough missing for the their imagination to run riot. In this case , in the first 15 minutes I seen enough to decide what I thought had happened & wasn't interested enough to know if I was right . Despite that, I watch through to the end, hoping to be surprised but I sadly wasn't .

Taxidermia is just outstanding - one of the most affecting movies I've watched in years. It warrants a Mondo review if Ben and Dan are up for some Henenlotter-done-as-art. The director's other film 'Huckle' is possibly even better.

As for Brick... I think I have a wee man crush on Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He's to cool for school and that film proves it.

I'm fairly sure Taxidermia has had the Mondo review treatment already, a while back.
I seem to remember it being shown at one of the festivals, and Ben reviewed it because Dan couldn't make it. Or was it the other way round? Hmm. It was a fair while back I heard that one and my memories not what it used to be.

Anyway, I seem to remember it getting a positive review.
I've been meaning to give it a watch ever since but its one of the many I haven't made time for.

Another positive review, so maybe now I will.

I'm fairly sure Taxidermia has had the Mondo review treatment already, a while back.
I seem to remember it being shown at one of the festivals, and Ben reviewed it because Dan couldn't make it. Or was it the other way round? Hmm. It was a fair while back I heard that one and my memories not what it used to be.

Anyway, I seem to remember it getting a positive review.
I've been meaning to give it a watch ever since but its one of the many I haven't made time for.

Another positive review, so maybe now I will.