Together (2025)
Pretty good body horror. Very believable couple. Not as gruesome as I was expecting but I still enjoyed it. 7/10.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31184028

 

Not my usual fare but we watched it last night and thought it a good watch.

 

Rock 'n' Roll Guns for Hire: The Story of the Sidemen (2017)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8080268/

 

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Under Suspicion (2000)
Great movie, kind of funny, that I never heard it before yesterday

 

I eventually watched Paul Verhoeven's Basic Instinct (1992)

I wasnt interested to watch it when it was released. I did see the infamous interrogation scene and found it tame. But in the context of the whole movie, it feels very different and gains an unexpected intensity.
In the end it's a good thriller which reminds a bit of Hitchcock (and Hitchcock inspired De Palma's movies) and some Noir stuff. The old school 'realistic' car chase is very effective, as is the erotic tension between characters which makes the spine of the story. Sharon Stone is stunning and very believable in her 'mantis' part. I Think that Rutger Hauer (who often worked with Verhoeven) would have been better than Michael Douglas. I was under the impression that the part was written for him. But Douglas does a good job. Except for a few plotholes, this is a very entertaining movie, with more sex and less violence than what is usual in modern crime movies.