What films have you watched lately?

[Gavin Chipper]

12 Angry Men. Forget Oppenheimer. This is a film. Very much recommended.

[Marc Meakin]

12 Angry Men. Forget Oppenheimer. This is a film. Very much recommended.

Its probably in my top ten of best American movies of all time.
IMDB has it as no 5 in the all time ratings. (Oppenheimer is 88)
So for context Oppenheimer not bad but 12 Angry Men is exceptional
Am I right in saying there were no women in this film?

[Gavin Chipper]

12 Angry Men. Forget Oppenheimer. This is a film. Very much recommended.

Its probably in my top ten of best American movies of all time.
IMDB has it as no 5 in the all time ratings. (Oppenheimer is 88)
So for context Oppenheimer not bad but 12 Angry Men is exceptional
Am I right in saying there were no women in this film?

No women main characters. Maybe milling about in the court lobby at the start of the film.

[Marc Meakin]

12 Angry Men. Forget Oppenheimer. This is a film. Very much recommended.

Its probably in my top ten of best American movies of all time.
IMDB has it as no 5 in the all time ratings. (Oppenheimer is 88)
So for context Oppenheimer not bad but 12 Angry Men is exceptional
Am I right in saying there were no women in this film?

No women main characters. Maybe milling about in the court lobby at the start of the film.

I know women were not allowed on juries at the time of th he film.
I think there were no credited women in the film

[Paul Worsley]

Its probably in my top ten of best American movies of all time.
IMDB has it as no 5 in the all time ratings. (Oppenheimer is 88)
So for context Oppenheimer not bad but 12 Angry Men is exceptional
Am I right in saying there were no women in this film?

No women main characters. Maybe milling about in the court lobby at the start of the film.

I know women were not allowed on juries at the time of th he film.
I think there were no credited women in the film

At the time of the making of the film only 3 US states excluded women from serving as jurors (Alabama, South Carolina and Mississippi). Women had been allowed on juries in New York state from 1927, but were regularly screened out, as were other minorities, as they were deemed emotionally unsuitable(!), especially for capital cases. Also, in many states, women had to opt in to jury service, and most didn't.

Women have been allowed to serve on juries in the UK since the 1920s, but seldom did, as all jurors at that time had to be property owners.

12 Angry Men was originally written as a radio play. The film is outstanding, and Lee J Cobb's emotional speech at the end is one of my favourite pieces of screen acting.

[Mark James]

Finally watched Sexy Beast and Layer Cake. Enjoyed both but Sexy Beast was my favourite. Layer Cake was good but there was something about it. People rate it higher than the likes of Lock Stock but I don't know. I prefer Guy Ritchie to Vaughan.

I have Sisu ready to watch and I'm going to see my favourite movie of all time, Midnight Run, in the cinema tonight.

Also watched Being John Malkovich again the other night. How does one come up with a movie like that? It's amazing.

[Ian Volante]

I saw the Last Stand the other day. Sort of good fun, but struggled to tread the right line between enjoyable action and taking the piss out of itself, not necessarily getting it right.

[Marc Meakin]

Finally watched Sexy Beast and Layer Cake. Enjoyed both but Sexy Beast was my favourite. Layer Cake was good but there was something about it. People rate it higher than the likes of Lock Stock but I don't know. I prefer Guy Ritchie to Vaughan.

I have Sisu ready to watch and I'm going to see my favourite movie of all time, Midnight Run, in the cinema tonight.

Also watched Being John Malkovich again the other night. How does one come up with a movie like that? It's amazing.

Midnight Run is an excellent road movie.
DeNiro and Grodin are superb.
Sisu is a great action film with very little dialogue.

Sexy Beast is better than Layer Cake but I liked both.
DO NOT watch the Sexy Beast TV series its awful.

[Marc Meakin]

Watched Immaculate
A nunexploitation film that has a lot of gore.
Having watched Polite Society recently I realised Immaculste basically copies the same subplot.
Still a good horror film

[Marc Meakin]

Late Night With The Devil.
Alan Partridge meets The Exorcist.
Great slow burn horror that starts out as a comedy but gets darker.
Im not a fan of horror films but this was highly original.
Good to watch in the cinema with a crowd of jumpy students

[Mark James]

Sisu: over-the-top, Finnish, revenge flick featuring lots of nazi killing. Good fun.

Pearl: Classed as a horror, I suppose. Not really frightening but enjoyably creepy. Mia Goth is excellent. Apparently it's a prequel to another movie I haven't seen but I want to now.