Crammed almost the entire run of Nu Who (stopped at Chibnall's reign of terror) along with bouncing around the classic era. Thus, January’s films took a significant hit.
Burt Lancaster’s quest to swim his way home in the psychological drama The Swimmer was the best film discovered this month.
Another notable highlight was the Japanese thriller Door, which has made me curious for Banmei Takahashi’s other films.
Film:
The Violent Years (William Morgan, 1956)
Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)
The Swimmer (Frank Perry, 1968)*
The House by the Cemetery (Lucio Fulci, 1981)
Door (Banmei Takahashi, 1988)*
Gleaming the Cube (Graeme Clifford, 1989)*
Doctor Who (Geoffrey Sax, 1996)*
eXistenZ (David Cronenberg, 1999)
At Dawn They Sleep (Brian Paulin, 2000)*
Shredder (Greg Huson, 2001)*
Visible Secret (Ann Hui, 2001)*
It Follows (David Robert Mitchell, 2014)
Project Wolf Hunting (Kim Hong-sun, 2022)*
Television:
Doctor Who - Various Episodes (Sydney Newman, 1963 - 2023)*
Mastermind - episodes 18 - 22 (Bill Wright, 2023/2024)*
Masters Snooker Final (2024)*
*First time viewings.
Dada Debaser Notes
- Other than seeing Christian Slater pretending to perform skate tricks, the funniest thing about Gleaming the Cube was seeing him thirsting for his dead brother's girlfriend. Couldn't be arsed to dress appropriately at his own brother's funeral, but made the effort for her, though.
- Spent the majority of my time drunkenly explaining Project Wolf Hunting's plot to my confused mate. The action horror hybrid narrative didn't really work, but its ultra gory violence kept us entertained.
- Snow based slasher Shredder was a decent time waster. Hardly original, though.
- Copped the 4K of It Follows and I couldn't spot a blind bit of difference with the picture quality from my old blu-ray. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Paul McGann’s performance as the Doctor and the cozy interior design of the TARDIS were the best things about the lacklustre and lore breaking 1996 Doctor Who.
- Biggest highlight about the disappointing Visible Secret was Anthony Wong getting decapitated by a tram, and that was at the very start of the film.
- Easily the weakest in Fulci's Gates of Hell trilogy, The House by the Cemetery still has a lot to like about it:
The House by the Cemetery (Bat scene)
Lucio Fulci, 1981