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I’m sure this isn’t the right place to ask this, and unsure if it’s worth a thread of its own or has been discussed elsewhere, but have any of the film studios discussed releasing movies that were originally intended for cinemas onto any of the streaming platforms instead during this pandemic? Cinemas look like they’ll be shut for months ahead and maybe the studios could release them to the highest streaming-service bidder instead? Blockbusters intent on recouping $100m+ at the box office won’t entertain this idea but a few niche, independent studios may.

Has this been mentioned anywhere yet? Cheers in advance.
They are releasing them early, at around $20 a pop.

I am not sure if it is on the same timeframe as they would’ve been at the cinema though.
 

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Sky are releasing all the Universal titles via PVOD. It is a steep price and only worth it if you're watching with people/partner.
 

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£16 a pop? feck me. I actually saw an advert for the new Trolls film this evening after I had posted the question earlier and noticed it was being touted on Sky Store to rent for £16. To rent! Christ on a bike. What a disgrace!
 

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Yeah it's fecking shocking. I'm going to rent Knives Out off Prime, despite the fact it was directed by a round headed cnut. If The Invisible Man was reasonably priced I'd rent that instead. As it is, there's no way I'm renting it when I know it will be on there in a few months for the same price as a regular rental or 99p if I wait a couple of months after that. Why would I pay £16? It's insane.
 

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I'd love to hear the justification for charging people twice the price of a cinema ticket to stream a movie in their own home. Absurd.
 

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I'd love to hear the justification for charging people twice the price of a cinema ticket to stream a movie in their own home. Absurd.
"Well it'll be very cheap for you because you can pay £15 and then organise a watching party for 15 pe...oh wait"
 

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£16 a pop? feck me. I actually saw an advert for the new Trolls film this evening after I had posted the question earlier and noticed it was being touted on Sky Store to rent for £16. To rent! Christ on a bike. What a disgrace!
I'd love to hear the justification for charging people twice the price of a cinema ticket to stream a movie in their own home. Absurd.
I guess it makes sense if you were planning on taking the partner/kids to watch it anyway. How much is a family ticket at the cinema these days? £30 or so?

The only thing I'm miffed about is missing out on the big screen/IMAX experience. I understand that most of the big films are being pushed back anyway.
 

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I guess it makes sense if you were planning on taking the partner/kids to watch it anyway. How much is a family ticket at the cinema these days? £30 or so?

The only thing I'm miffed about is missing out on the big screen/IMAX experience. I understand that most of the big films are being pushed back anyway.
Does it make sense though? You're paying to watch a film in your living room, you're not getting the big screen or anything like that. You're not getting out of the house. You're there willing to rent a film and choosing between that and more reasonably priced films. The only difference being that you *could* have been watching it in the cinema. When you go to the cinema paying to get in and get a seat, essentially renting space rather than the film. You're not doing so in your own house.

For me it's just a hard thing to justify, even for two people to get in and see the film without paying for popcorn or anything doesn't come to £16 in the cinema here. It's about £12. If you factor in that you would have been paying for snacks too as some sort of mitigating factor then you're essentially paying extra for snacks that you didn't receive.

This has gone off on a weird tangent on the nature of cinema prices and what you're actually paying for :lol:
 

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Knives Out

It just felt like it was trying to be more clever than it was and the vomitting was just weird. Like Clue, but with none of the campy fun. Daniel Craig's accent was also quite distracting in a Foghorn Leghorn kind of way. It got pretty boring too.

3/10
 

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Cant seem to find a "reccomend me a film" thread like there is for TV so sorry if this is in the wrong place.

Can someone reccomend me a really good horror, preferably modern but as scary as possible haven't seen a genuinely chilling one in ages. I tend to not find zombie or ghost ones scary and all the new releases seem to mainly be your standard haunting ones
 

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Cant seem to find a "reccomend me a film" thread like there is for TV so sorry if this is in the wrong place.

Can someone reccomend me a really good horror, preferably modern but as scary as possible haven't seen a genuinely chilling one in ages. I tend to not find zombie or ghost ones scary and all the new releases seem to mainly be your standard haunting ones
What do you find scary?

I thought the latest Halloween film was pretty good.
 

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Cant seem to find a "reccomend me a film" thread like there is for TV so sorry if this is in the wrong place.

Can someone reccomend me a really good horror, preferably modern but as scary as possible haven't seen a genuinely chilling one in ages. I tend to not find zombie or ghost ones scary and all the new releases seem to mainly be your standard haunting ones
I haven't seen a proper chilling one in ages either. Feels like the same thing is done over and over.

If you're looking for something that isn't zombies or ghosts, Hereditary is very good. I really enjoyed It Follows. Was out a few years ago. I thought it was pretty creepy.
 

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What do you find scary?

I thought the latest Halloween film was pretty good.
I haven't seen a proper chilling one in ages either. Feels like the same thing is done over and over.

If you're looking for something that isn't zombies or ghosts, Hereditary is very good. I really enjoyed It Follows. Was out a few years ago. I thought it was pretty creepy.
Recently watched Hills have Eyes and that was good. I really enjoyed Hush on Netflix. Dont like cheesy/ silly/ ott
 

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Recently watched Hills have Eyes and that was good. I really enjoyed Hush on Netflix. Dont like cheesy/ silly/ ott
I remember The Hills Have Eyes being way OTT, but I've not seen it in a long time.

You might like The Descent, Wrong Turn or The Babysitter. I think John Carpenter's The Thing is on Netflix too. I've got several in my head but can't think of their names. :lol:
 

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Cant seem to find a "reccomend me a film" thread like there is for TV so sorry if this is in the wrong place.

Can someone reccomend me a really good horror, preferably modern but as scary as possible haven't seen a genuinely chilling one in ages. I tend to not find zombie or ghost ones scary and all the new releases seem to mainly be your standard haunting ones
1408, The Others, Devil, The Witch, Midsommar are all great little horror films.

And I remember The Exorcism of Emily Rose scaring the living shit out of me, but have no idea if it was really that good. I should rewatch it to see if my memory didn't let me down.

Edit - Oh yeah, and if you haven't seen Mother, you should watch it too. It's batshit crazy.
 

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Cant seem to find a "reccomend me a film" thread like there is for TV so sorry if this is in the wrong place.

Can someone reccomend me a really good horror, preferably modern but as scary as possible haven't seen a genuinely chilling one in ages. I tend to not find zombie or ghost ones scary and all the new releases seem to mainly be your standard haunting ones
Maybe Resolution and its followup (not really sequel) The Endless. The Authopsy of Jane Doe was good as well, uncomfortable feel throughout. Spanish horror Terrified was interesting, and weird.

Very little gore, if any, in all of them.
 
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From Dusk Til Dawn

Robert Rodriguez's second best film and probably George Clooney's best film. Somehow Tarantino managed to wrangle his fetishes into this one too, he acted and wrote the screenplay for it so I'm assuming the bits where he stares at women's feet and drinks beer off Santanico Pandemonium's foot are his doing. He plays a pervert. Which is like Marky Mark playing a man from Boston at this point.

It's just a fun watch with an excellent soundtrack. I completely forgot Tom Savini was in it.

9/10

Roadkill


Horror/thriller about a couple of assholes taking the piss out of a trucker over the CB radio while driving cross country through America's heartland. High jinks ensue when he turns out to be a bit of a psycho. Nowhere near as shit as it looks or sounds, very watchable. A bit like The Hitcher mixed with a smidgen of Jeepers Creepers.

6/10
 

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From Dusk Til Dawn

Robert Rodriguez's second best film and probably George Clooney's best film. Somehow Tarantino managed to wrangle his fetishes into this one too, he acted and wrote the screenplay for it so I'm assuming the bits where he stares at women's feet and drinks beer off Santanico Pandemonium's foot are his doing. He plays a pervert. Which is like Marky Mark playing a man from Boston at this point.

It's just a fun watch with an excellent soundtrack. I completely forgot Tom Savini was in it.

9/10

Roadkill


Horror/thriller about a couple of assholes taking the piss out of a trucker over the CB radio while driving cross country through America's heartland. High jinks ensue when he turns out to be a bit of a psycho. Nowhere near as shit as it looks or sounds, very watchable. A bit like The Hitcher mixed with a smidgen of Jeepers Creepers.

6/10

I loved From Dusk Til Dawn, great fun and Clooney was indeed excellent, great dialogue and great "Recreational Vehicles" .
 

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Cant seem to find a "reccomend me a film" thread like there is for TV so sorry if this is in the wrong place.

Can someone reccomend me a really good horror, preferably modern but as scary as possible haven't seen a genuinely chilling one in ages. I tend to not find zombie or ghost ones scary and all the new releases seem to mainly be your standard haunting ones
Hereditary
It Follows
Sinister

And if you wanna have a great fecking time while thinking you're watching a terrible zombie flick, check One Cut of the Dead.
This is brilliant.
 
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Cant seem to find a "reccomend me a film" thread like there is for TV so sorry if this is in the wrong place.

Can someone reccomend me a really good horror, preferably modern but as scary as possible haven't seen a genuinely chilling one in ages. I tend to not find zombie or ghost ones scary and all the new releases seem to mainly be your standard haunting ones
Depends on what sub genre and HOW scary. Get Out, It, Midsommar and Cabin in the woods are modern with a twist (IT obviously a remake).

I'm not massive horror fan, prefer films that have a horrific element that still scares you. Alien being a great example
 

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Can someone reccomend me a really good horror, preferably modern but as scary as possible haven't seen a genuinely chilling one in ages. I tend to not find zombie or ghost ones scary and all the new releases seem to mainly be your standard haunting ones
Twin Peaks : Fire Walk With Me


For some reason I found this terrifying.
 

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A young scientist looks for a way to save a dying earth. She meets Anthony Mackie, who had a shuttle that can take her away from her isolated planet. Boring waste of time 1/10

Lost Girls

After a girl goes missing and due to the sheer incompetence of the local police, a mother takes it upon herself to investigate a gated neighborhood who seen to be hiding a sinister secret. Based on a true story, this is really well acted and an interesting mystery. I just wish it didn't begin with a text card that says "based on the unsolved mystery"... Kind of gives away the ending 6/10
 

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Cant seem to find a "reccomend me a film" thread like there is for TV so sorry if this is in the wrong place.

Can someone reccomend me a really good horror, preferably modern but as scary as possible haven't seen a genuinely chilling one in ages. I tend to not find zombie or ghost ones scary and all the new releases seem to mainly be your standard haunting ones
The Fourth kind usually creeps me the hell out. Alien abduction movie. Probably the only thing to really creep me out. Used to be scared watching paranormal activity :lol:
 

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Anyone have a review on here of End of Watch (2012)?
The RT review score was 85% but at least the 1st 10 mins or so for me looked naff.
Worth sticking with?
 

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School of Rock

Was just on one of the Sky Cinema channels. Haven't seen it in a while. What a fecking great movie it is. Really enjoyed it again.
 

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The Banker I really enjoyed this. Lighter and funnier than expected (at times) and perhaps not as hard hitting it should have been but the central performances are terrific 7/10

Onward
Maybe not peak Pixar but not half bad with a few decent laughs and of course a few hit to the feels 7.5/10
 

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I'm on day 78 of my Star Wars: ROS watch. You did great.
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let's tag team this, i've seen precisely zero minutes so far. maybe by the time the enterprise launches, we can finish this and st picard.
 
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Bowfinger (1999)

A classic. Saw Steve Martin playing the banjo on twitter so I downloaded this movie.

Hilarious as always. Laughed my ass off for 90 minutes. Still one of the best comedies ever.

Very underrated.

10/10
Agree love that movie..

Also recommend The Game with Michael Douglas, very good movie if you haven't seen it before..