Ross

Are there any movie scenes that personify sheer terror better than the dinner table scene from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre?

"Password not recognised"

*creates new password*

"New password cannot be the same as your old password"

Nothing like a Billy Wilder movie on a rainy afternoon. The Apartment truly one of the all-time greats.

Kit Connor

What was the last update of a classic property that truly nailed the casting of iconic characters? 2009's Star Trek is pretty remarkable in that regard. You don't feel like it's new people taking on the roles. You just feel like they *are* those characters.

The word legend gets thrown around a lot but Robert Redford truly was. R.I.P. to one of the all-time greats.

Ah remember when movies had lines that like that? Those were the days!*

*he says, being born two years after that movie came out

Giving the original Running Man another look before Edgar Wright's take hits cinemas. This has to be on the list of absolute MOST '80s movies, right?

Yeah it's an ingenious pairing. I hear his take is like one guy (Austin Abrams AKA James in Weapons) wakes up to find the zombie apocalypse and the RE stuff we know is what he sort of bumps into.

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Saw Weapons for a third time yesterday. Only solidified it as one of my favourites of the year, second only to Sinners. There's just something about the film's atmosphere that is deeply, impressively unsettling. Magnificent piece of work.

Thank you! ☺️

One battle... after ANOTHER?... in THIS economy?

Well I have to say Spinal Tap II put a big goofy smile on my face. Just getting to be in the company of these daft characters and songs once again made me happy. And while it doesn't even get close to the original, it's a lot funnier than you might expect from a 40-plus year legacy sequel.

Aw shucks, well thank you! I hope I can bring a bit of that here ☺️

Done! (sorry, thought I already had)

Thank you sir. I just got so tired of the other one, it's full of bots, right-wing blue tick assholes, and so much negativity. But I really missed just chatting about movies.

I'm hoping it's just them avoiding using the best lines in the trailer. Fingers crossed! Seeing it tomorrow. Obviously not expecting it to match the original but hoping it's not another Zoolander 2 😬

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Pound for pound, joke for joke, I think This Is Spinal Tap might be the funniest film ever made. So hoping the sequel lives up to even a sliver of that.

Nah it was just "I understood that reference" 😂

System!

Anyone watched the first ep of HBO's Task? Always up for a new gritty TV drama and it's from the writer of Mare of Easttown which I thought was terrific.

That's a very hard pick to argue with

Is Denzel the coolest movie star who ever lived? He's gotta be up there.

DTRT is probably his best film (that or Malcolm X). But Inside Man is my personal fave. I love bank robbery movies and there's just something so cool about its vibe. I revisit it often.

Inside Man is my favourite Spike Lee joint so I'm excited to see him reunite with Denzel for the first time since with Highest 2 Lowest. I've heard good things. I wonder why it took so long for them to collaborate again?

If nothing else it was very cool to see a samurai story in Scotland!
Oh yeah that scene in Weapons was absolutely bonkers!

That's great, man. I love how unashamedly positive it is. We need that right now in the world. Sorry you've had such a tough time bud.

Still to see Highest 2 Lowest, planning on it soon. Ballad is a lovely wee film. I wished I liked Tornado a lot more but this scene was a standout for sure.

Which movie scenes have stuck with you the most so far this year? A few that spring to mind for me: