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What are some really great movies that are perhaps less well known?
My vote goes to Chronicle (2012). It's a 'super-powers' movie, but nothing like a regular super-powers movie. Done in a handheld camera documentary style (but not shaky) it's about some teens who find some weird crystals and begin developing super powers (and one of them chronicles the events as they unfold on his handheld camera).
What makes this different is that they don't solve crime or save the world from aliens (which is why I said super-powers rather than superhero). Instead they lark about pulling pranks, just like real teens would. This is what I love about it; the realism. They act like teens would if they started developing the ability to fly, telekinesis etc.
If you liked District 9 and Arrival in how they attempted to portray alien invasion in a realistic way, then this is the 'humans gaining super powers' equivalent.
It's quite dark as well, as one of the teens starts to go a bit crazy... but I won't spoil it by saying any more.
Whenever I mention Chronicle most people have never heard of it, so this is my vote for 'hidden gem'.
Reminder for anyone who likes this story that the National Theatre Live take on it is still available on YouTube (until 'Twelfth Night' replaces it at seven on Thursday evening):
However I feel it is only fair to warn traditionalists that in this version the cabin boy is a girl.
Hidden gems of movies on 09:57 - Apr 19 by urbanblue
I do remember loving 'Who's life is it anyway' starring Richard Dreyfuss despite the subject matter putting me off even giving it a chance. Watched it a number of times after. Outstanding film.
On the subject of Richard Dreyfuss, Stakeout is brilliant.
“Hello, I'm your MP. Actually I'm not. I'm your candidate. Gosh.”
Boris Johnson canvassing in Henley, 2005.
Hidden gems of movies on 21:00 - Apr 21 by Lord_Lucan
On the subject of Richard Dreyfuss, Stakeout is brilliant.
I’m no film buff, but Stakeout is a top film. He also did a film before that called The Goodbye Girl with Marsha Mason. Beautifully made and acted. Well worth a watch. For something slightly more but not very recent, I really like Tombstone.
On the mini series front, I bought off eBay the other day for no money ‘Shackleton’ with Kenneth Branagh. It’s actually a docudrama in that it sticks very much to what happened to the 1914 Antarctic Expedition. An astonishing story.
For really old films, took a copy of The Dambusters to my dads the week before lockdown and it is still a great film, despite black and white, certain inaccuracies etc etc. Still worth wiling away an hour or two on.
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Hidden gems of movies on 22:23 - Apr 21 with 770 views
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