The Monthly Monday Movie Forum Chat

@Jules I’m always on the look out for a new TV series to watch, so thank you! Is the cliffhanger ending leading in to a new season, at least? :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

@Erica, lovely choice - I live in Bath, and the Jane Austen festival happens here. It’s beautifully surreal wandering around town when it’s happening. Have you been?

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Hi @Ceri_BloodCancerUK
Don’t want to spoil it but yes apparently another series….

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Wow totally missed this month’s movie chat! Looks like I have some catching up to do as I haven’t seen any of these choices, although I’ve seen Wolfs advertised and catch myself correcting it to ‘wolves’ in my head :laughing:

I wonder @Erica if you might also enjoy a more recent adaptation of Pride and Prejudice called Fire Island (2022), the story being moved to a very gay part of New York!

Had to search for your choice @Jules as I wasn’t sure if I, Jack Wright would stream over here, but yes apparently it’s on BritBox. I’m always pleasantly surprised by how many British programmes can be seen here, many on PBS which is like American BBC.

Made me wonder if there’s a website or app people use to find where to see films/shows? I’ll sometimes fancy watching something specific and unfortunately video shops no longer exist so I can’t simply pop down the road and rent it. Reelgood is pretty good for finding stuff to stream or rent online though: https://reelgood.com/uk

Film title: Oh goodness we watched Barbarian (2022) last night.

Rating: 7/10

Flags: I should probably preface my comments by saying I am a total wuss and also not a fan of horror that has lots of jump scares and gore, which this does! I’d seen the director’s great (terrifying) film Weapons (2025) and he’s remaking Resident Evil this year, so thought I’d see what his first one was like. Well, there’s lots of (I can’t put this delicately) murder, assaults both physical and otherwise, nudity, imprisonment, torture, just all the grossest horror stuff.

One or two sentences on it: Haha well it may put you off ever staying at an Airbnb, or going into basements, or indeed visiting derelict streets in strange cities. The film itself has a satisfying anti-capitalist angle if you can peek from behind your hands for long enough, and there’s some twists and shifts in perspectives that will keep your eyes peeled! It is really horribly tense. Why did I watch this, my sleep was terrible?!

Trailer:

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Thanks @Duncan I will add it to my ‘must watch’ list, great.

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Oh @Erica I’d only add it to your list if you like nasty horror!!! I likely won’t watch it again :scream:

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