Turistas (2006). IMDB's low rating is unfair at the least. This was a competent backwoods horror that was better than most of the junk that gets made. The story was solid, the acting surprisingly good. The direction and camera work were more than solid. The claustrophobic scenes, though they malingered a tad, worked for effect. The third act turned wonderfully mean, and while the Hollywood ending was predictable it was satisfying none the less. Ashe.
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@ roshiq: Yeh I really like Pin too. Definitely an over looked gem.

Nah it's actually not. That flick is lame by the numbers "Torture Porn" bullshit and is easily one of the worst of that media dubbed subgenre IMO.
Nothing everyone hasn't seen done better about a million times. Perhaps if it was released 10 years earlier it might have caused a stir but it wasn't and it just stands out as a dull straight out of the "let's flog an idea to death" cookie cutter.

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Black Book (2006). This war flick on the Dutch resistance in WWII was an epic marriage of Hollywood know-how and European style. The result is a wonderfully convoluted story composed of rich characters and great production values. The acting was superb, with the lead actress delivering a believably human performance. As well, Paul Verhoeven's direction was simply a cut above his previous works. Never droopy, this flick of almost 150 minutes flies by, with a satisfying conclusion that ties up the loose threads with aplomb. Ashe.
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The Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback

Really great documentary on The Monks- one of the most ahead of their time bands to ever have been lost to time. Features lots of vintage concert footage and interviews with all the band members.

Fortunato- you'll love it if you haven't seen it already.

Good Taste man
 

Youve got good taste.(IMO) I love the sequences with the coffin.(nuff said)
I finally got to see A Prophet from last year. This movie has been called a landmark of French film. Its a tough prison film that can match any previous. Its a tough story of a young man sentenced to 6 years in a French prison. The story is complex and completely believable. It clocks in at 150 min. but it doesnt feel like it. No padding here. Great flick try it.

Disney's Hercules

I still haven't got round to that. Fortunato recommended it to me awhile ago but I keep forgetting to track it down.

They were an awesome band. Have you heard The Deviants? They were an English group in the same vein.

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Oh man, I love it. Such an endearing documentary on a criminally underrated group. Love the old live videos in there, too. They were bad-ass performers to boot:





You definitely have to get a hold of it!

Yeah, they were great. Love this song:

Chalk

Really affecting low-budget indie film chronocling a year in the lives of some ineffectual teachers, told in a documentary style. To be honest, I didn't read the description very carefully and for the first 40 minutes or so, I thought it WAS a documentary. Very convincingly depicts all the things young teachers have to learn to deal with- apathetic students, hostile students, apathetic school administration, school politics, school beaurocracy, their own shortcomings as teachers & people.

Every performance is spot on- I really believed every character- all the teachers, all the students, and the script is very original. I highly recommend this for fans of small indie films. There's no action- nothing- it's all character study, but very deftly done.

I have a few tracks by a band named The Deviants, but I'm not sure if it's the same Deviants or not.