Not sure if it counts as independent or not but the Everyman cinema in Oxted is worth a visit N8
Nice place to take a date as you can order cocktails and food to your seat if you like (tbh that can be a bit annoying). The one in Crystal Palace also has a similar decor but I haven't been there yet.
Picturehouse have just bought and done up the old cinema in Bromley and it is pretty swish.
Nice place to take a date as you can order cocktails and food to your seat if you like (tbh that can be a bit annoying). The one in Crystal Palace also has a similar decor but I haven't been there yet. Picturehouse have just bought and done up the old cinema in Bromley and it is pretty swish.
I don't get the whole food at the cinema thing. I want to watch a movie not stuff my face, i'll do that before and after.
really tempted to watch 1917's screener....I don't feel like going to the movies
(randy I promise I'll rewatch it100% sober)
By Linius Go To PostYeah I also only have one cinema in my city. They don't even show movies like Parasite,and why would they? That's my kinda cinema
(randy I promise I'll rewatch it
Yeah been to the Everyman Oxted a few times, its good. Pricey enough, and a bit of a drive. Good ice creams. Adorable girl who works there who introduces the movies.
Went Clapham Picturehouse recently which was decent too. Teensy little screen for Knives out tho, was a little claustrophobic.
I used to like going to the curzon in wimbledon before uni, absolutely dead. Was great
Went Clapham Picturehouse recently which was decent too. Teensy little screen for Knives out tho, was a little claustrophobic.
I used to like going to the curzon in wimbledon before uni, absolutely dead. Was great
i don't get watching screeners for 1917, that movie needs a huge screen for the experience. i couldn't do Deakins like that.
By Kawhic Go To Posti don't get watching screeners for 1917, that movie needs a huge screen for the experience. i couldn't do Deakins like that.
If i get the time i’ll go but i’m so ruddy busy
There's a new Odeon Luxe in Islington that is great, but £20 for peak showings, only £10 for offpeak though
By Yurt :3 Go To Postreally tempted to watch 1917's screener….I don't feel like going to the movies
and why would they? That's my kinda cinema
(randy I promise I'll rewatch it100% sober)
Haha, it's alright.
Gotta add by the way that it annoys me a lot that I live in a fairly large city for Dutch standards but the people that live here have no desire for culture at all. We once had a second cinema that would show foreign movies and smaller productions (like the A24 stuff etc.). But so few people made use of it that they went out of business pretty quickly. These days the library also features one cinema room and they show those kind of films. But they only get them once they're already out on blu-ray etc. We also don't have a recordstore. And we also don't have much going when it comes to live music. It's quite dire for a 210.000 people city. And then to think they have the ambition to become the fifth largest city in the country.
Guess we're just too close to Amsterdam in the end.
There's 2 cinemas in the island with daily showings from Thursday to Monday at 21:00, occasionally matinees for kids movies on the weekend and there's another theatre that has a weekly session on Sundays that is run by a local Cine Club and show less mainstream movies, they are actually showing Parasite next month.
I only go to the one closest to me, the selection of movies has been a bit iffy at times. This month we got Countdown, Knives Out, The Aeronauts, Jumanji : The Next Level and Dark Waters, next month will be The Informer, 1917 and Bombshell (cinema is closed during Carnaval).
Screen and audio are pretty good, saw Knives Out on a decent cinema in Lisbon and then again in my local cinema, I am pretty sure it looked better on my local cinema.
Normal 2D film is 3€, 3D is 3.5€, on Monday's is 2€ and 2.5€. Haven't had any food or drinks the last few times but I think a large menu is about 5€, medium is about 4€.
I only go to the one closest to me, the selection of movies has been a bit iffy at times. This month we got Countdown, Knives Out, The Aeronauts, Jumanji : The Next Level and Dark Waters, next month will be The Informer, 1917 and Bombshell (cinema is closed during Carnaval).
Screen and audio are pretty good, saw Knives Out on a decent cinema in Lisbon and then again in my local cinema, I am pretty sure it looked better on my local cinema.
Normal 2D film is 3€, 3D is 3.5€, on Monday's is 2€ and 2.5€. Haven't had any food or drinks the last few times but I think a large menu is about 5€, medium is about 4€.
By LFMartins86 Go To PostNormal 2D film is 3€, 3D is 3.5€, on Monday's is 2€ and 2.5€. Haven't had any food or drinks the last few times but I think a large menu is about 5€, medium is about 4€.
Fucking hell m8, those were the prices in Dutch cinemas from back when I was in primary school. You can see four 2D movies for the price I pay for one.
Randy forget your city, lets move to Amsterdam to start our own cinema+coffeshop combo. We'll make the tickets dirt cheap, the money maker is when they get the munchies innit.
but I also read Cumberbatch somewhere so that's another argument for a screener, the smaller and blurrier his mug the better.
By Kawhic Go To Posti don't get watching screeners for 1917, that movie needs a huge screen for the experience. i couldn't do Deakins like that.you had to say Deakins didn't you
but I also read Cumberbatch somewhere so that's another argument for a screener, the smaller and blurrier his mug the better.
one of my favorite cinema experiences was in kriterion in amsterdam. check it out if you haven't already, linius.
TCL Chinese Theater (Hollywood blvd) is majestic
90 years old.
90 years old.
By Kawhic Go To Postthere's no way there aren't cinema coffe shops in amsterdam already right?I mean you can smoke outside and then go in if you want which is what everyone does
By bud Go To Postone of my favorite cinema experiences was in kriterion in amsterdam. check it out if you haven't already, linius.
Yeah they're great, nice little bar as well. Used to follow lectures at roeterseiland every now and then so I'd combine that with Kriterion.
And coffeeshop/cinema combo is not much of a thing since you're not allowed to smoke inside anyways. But like yurt says, attending a movie stoned is pretty standard stuff of course.
By Yurt :3 Go To PostRandy forget your city, lets move to Amsterdam to start our own cinema+coffeshop combo. We'll make the tickets dirt cheap, the money maker is when they get the munchies innit.lol cumberbatch has 2 minutes screentime near the end.
you had to say Deakins didn't you
but I also read Cumberbatch somewhere so that's another argument for a screener, the smaller and blurrier his mug the better.
Completely forgot Cumberbatch was cast for 1917 till he popped up for a short scene. Seems a bit weird to hire such an high profile actor (and therefore expensive I suppose) for such a nothing role.
Haven't seen 1917, Little Women, Irishmen, Jojo Rabbit, Ford v. Ferrari. Will probably see Jojo and 1917 end of the week. Looking at it I've only really seen 3 movies lol. Instead of rating here's a little blurb:
Marriage Story - A script that is any actor's wet dream, Driver and SJ remind everyone that they are indeed extremely good actors and not just Disney blockbuster stars. Delightful little film that came out of nowhere, and alongside The Irishmen shows that Netflix can become a serious contender for film distribution.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - I was extremely hyped for this movie, Tarantino tackling 60s Hollywood, with Pitt and DiCaprio? How can it be anything but my favorite Tarantino movie. Well, by being more of a series of great scenes with no overall plotting where the climax relates to a real life story that most of the audience will not get and that is in no way linked to our main story of DiCaprio's fall from fame. Add to this a lot of gratuitous feet shots from it seems every single female involved in the film, and I can't help but feel disappointed in how disjointed and self-masturbatory the movie feels.
Parasite - Probably my pick for best of the year, if not one of the best of the decade. A movie that masters "show don't tell" and offers a more nuanced view into privilege, class disparity, while also having the unintended side-effect of showing how similar Eastern and Western cultures can be. Add to it an extremely interesting turn halfway through, and it's definitely a must see if you love the art of cinema.
Marriage Story - A script that is any actor's wet dream, Driver and SJ remind everyone that they are indeed extremely good actors and not just Disney blockbuster stars. Delightful little film that came out of nowhere, and alongside The Irishmen shows that Netflix can become a serious contender for film distribution.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - I was extremely hyped for this movie, Tarantino tackling 60s Hollywood, with Pitt and DiCaprio? How can it be anything but my favorite Tarantino movie. Well, by being more of a series of great scenes with no overall plotting where the climax relates to a real life story that most of the audience will not get and that is in no way linked to our main story of DiCaprio's fall from fame. Add to this a lot of gratuitous feet shots from it seems every single female involved in the film, and I can't help but feel disappointed in how disjointed and self-masturbatory the movie feels.
Parasite - Probably my pick for best of the year, if not one of the best of the decade. A movie that masters "show don't tell" and offers a more nuanced view into privilege, class disparity, while also having the unintended side-effect of showing how similar Eastern and Western cultures can be. Add to it an extremely interesting turn halfway through, and it's definitely a must see if you love the art of cinema.
By Linius Go To PostCompletely forgot Cumberbatch was cast for 1917 till he popped up for a short scene. Seems a bit weird to hire such an high profile actor (and therefore expensive I suppose) for such a nothing role.
By aka Espi Go To PostThe budget must have been insane for the movie right?it's actually quite cheap for hollywood.
Easiest payday of his life.
Never figured Rian Johnson for trolling on the tweeps. I do encourage everyone who has seen 1917 to look up some behind the scenes stuff. It’s actually quite interesting.
By Diego! Go To PostNot sure if it counts as independent or not but the Everyman cinema in Oxted is worth a visit N8Now imagine that interior under a blacklight.
Picturehouse have just bought and done up the old cinema in Bromley and it is pretty swish.
And fuck Bromley, I work 3 minutes from that cinema though.
By Laboured Go To PostColour Out of Space was ok. Was hoping for better though. Picked up a bit at the end.A friend of mine who works on an hotel spa in Sintra gave Nic Cage a massage while he was staying there to shoot Colour Out Of Space.
She said he was always drunk.
By LFMartins86 Go To PostA friend of mine who works on an hotel spa in Sintra gave Nic Cage a massage while he was staying there to shoot Colour Out Of Space.
She said he was always drunk.
That's what he is in the movie. #Method
Ad Astra
Liked this a lot more than I thought I would, for some reason. Thought it’d be cold and distant, but it actually does a pretty great job at finding the humanity among the stars without resorting to saccharine sentimentality, a la Interstellar and Gravity. There’s a weightiness to the events of the film, to its production design, sets (whether CGI or not!), and the muted atmosphere of it all works in its favour because climactic scenes hit ever harder because of it.
There’s some concessions to convention that feel like they come from another movie, but they’re visually remarkable. Everything is anchored by a bravura performance from Pitt, one of his best;, it’s a superb showing that makes use of his chiselled features and haunted eyes. Extremely internalised and subtle but never lacking in active choices.
Good stuff
Liked this a lot more than I thought I would, for some reason. Thought it’d be cold and distant, but it actually does a pretty great job at finding the humanity among the stars without resorting to saccharine sentimentality, a la Interstellar and Gravity. There’s a weightiness to the events of the film, to its production design, sets (whether CGI or not!), and the muted atmosphere of it all works in its favour because climactic scenes hit ever harder because of it.
There’s some concessions to convention that feel like they come from another movie, but they’re visually remarkable. Everything is anchored by a bravura performance from Pitt, one of his best;, it’s a superb showing that makes use of his chiselled features and haunted eyes. Extremely internalised and subtle but never lacking in active choices.
Good stuff
The new Terminator wasn't as bad as yall said. It wasn't good, but it was way better than previous one.
Whatever CG / digital de-aging they did for that 1999 scene was incredible.
Whatever CG / digital de-aging they did for that 1999 scene was incredible.
Ad Astra was OK
The stand out scene was the moon pirates bit. Yeah, did not expect that to be a sentence I would ever say.
The stand out scene was the moon pirates bit. Yeah, did not expect that to be a sentence I would ever say.
Ad Astra looked good but movies in space are like videogames with water, if it doesn't look good you are really doing it wrong.
By Daz Go To PostAd Astra was OK
The stand out scene was the moon pirates bit. Yeah, did not expect that to be a sentence I would ever say.
Visually superb and tense but felt a bit out of step with everything else going on
Gotta say, I could have done without half the voiceover. It isn’t totally to the film’s detriment and doesn’t truly hinder it, but it does strip the film of some of its subtleties. Wonder if its a Gray thing or a studio thing.
I haven't seen the new one, but I've not really disliked any Terminator. T3 was the closet to being disliked. None of them were great or even that good, but each was fun for me in some way. Dragging Arnold through a building in T3 was ace. I had fun with some of the action in Salvation too. The robot biker desert scene. I'm not watching terminator for good time travel plotlines. The entire premise of sending a terminator back to change time is a logical issue lol. Doesn't matter what movie
I was pretty underwhelmed. The ending with Tommy Lee felt so fucken overtly melodramatic to me. Beautiful movie. I'll echo the space pirates scene being the best part of the whole damn movie.
I feel like we watched different movies lol
For starters, the entire premise of the movie is that we shouldn't look to the stars for humanity and he figures that out by losing his asshole father into the void and realizing life itself is worth living for.
By Daz Go To PostAd Astra was OK
The stand out scene was the moon pirates bit. Yeah, did not expect that to be a sentence I would ever say.
I was pretty underwhelmed. The ending with Tommy Lee felt so fucken overtly melodramatic to me. Beautiful movie. I'll echo the space pirates scene being the best part of the whole damn movie.
By n8 dogg Go To PostAd Astra
Liked this a lot more than I thought I would, for some reason. Thought it’d be cold and distant, but it actually does a pretty great job at finding the humanity among the stars without resorting to saccharine sentimentality, a la Interstellar and Gravity.
I feel like we watched different movies lol
For starters, the entire premise of the movie is that we shouldn't look to the stars for humanity and he figures that out by losing his asshole father into the void and realizing life itself is worth living for.
By n8 dogg Go To PostNot much of an indicator if previous history is anything to go by, but excellent all the same.The happy cast photo was worth it
By MonadL Go To PostMillennium Actress somehow managed to surpass nearly two decades of hype and praise.It is magic. Probably the best anime film ever created.
By n8 dogg Go To PostGotta say, I could have done without half the voiceover. It isn’t totally to the film’s detriment and doesn’t truly hinder it, but it does strip the film of some of its subtleties. Wonder if its a Gray thing or a studio thing.
that’s my issue with the film. most voice-overs tell the viewer what’s going on-screen—when that’s already apparent. as if the viewer’s an idiot.
malick does voice-overs like they should be done.
but the film is pretty great in spite of that.
Ad Astra was really good. watched in imax and was on the edge of my seat for the whole thing.
BuT tHe ScIeNcE iS wRoNg ThOuGh
BuT tHe ScIeNcE iS wRoNg ThOuGh
By MonadL Go To PostMillennium Actress somehow managed to surpass nearly two decades of hype and praise.One of the greatest ever made, animated or otherwise.
Satoshi Kon RIP
Gone too fucking soon.
Everyman Cinema can get fucked, like I'd pay 13 quid to listen to some cunt eat a burger right next to me while I watch a film.
Luckily, I can avoid that shit and go to the Tyneside Cinema which is 10 minutes away, absolutely brilliant little cinema. So lucky to have it.
Luckily, I can avoid that shit and go to the Tyneside Cinema which is 10 minutes away, absolutely brilliant little cinema. So lucky to have it.
By n8 dogg Go To PostVisually superb and tense but felt a bit out of step with everything else going onDunno, thought it felt like a a good glimpse into a very realistic example of conflicts that would occur when something like the moon becomes comodified.
Overall, really like Brad km this, an earnest performance that makes you want to cheer for him.
Mars fucking sucks. Stop making us go there.