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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
This is almost twenty years old now. Where does that go? At the time I thought Mike Myers could be the new Peter Sellars but it never really happened. Still good though.
My favourite bit is the group therapy session with Doctor Evil where they ask him to talk about his childhood:
'My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanise, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims; like - he had invented the question mark.'
Crooks Anonymous from 1962 and starring Leslie Philips, Stanley Baxter, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Lovely Julie Christie as Babette. Good Brit crimecom this and although I saw it recently am doing so again.
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Crooks Anonymous from 1962 and starring Leslie Philips, Stanley Baxter, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Lovely Julie Christie as Babette. Good Brit crimecom this and although I saw it recently am doing so again.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VvS30e5ZL._SX342_.jpg
Following that excellent ditty with a "Carry On"... Jack this time, with Bernard Cribbins and the lovely Juliet Mills joining the regulars in one of the better capers. Ed Devereaux's OTT pirate impersonation is the pick of the crop:)
Crooks Anonymous from 1962 and starring Leslie Philips, Stanley Baxter, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Lovely Julie Christie as Babette. Good Brit crimecom this and although I saw it recently am doing so again.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VvS30e5ZL._SX342_.jpg
Ah - so that's how you have overtaken my post count: double posting! :lol:
No posts here for five days.... Come on, folks, what have you been watching recently? :)
Marco.
Not been watching anything bar red dwarf repeats due to not feeling great tbh. Hoping to get back into films soon though.
Hope there's nothing major wrong, Granty... I'm sure that others have some interesting contributions to make here, too! :)
Marco.
No posts here for five days.... Come on, folks, what have you been watching recently? :)
Marco.
Seinfeld, mainly, plus 'Who Do You Think You Are', featuring Paul Hollywood driving through Wallasey, then discovering his great great grandfather had been a policeman in Glasgow.
now Scrooge. A christmas Carol.... thought i should maybe get in the mood as its not far away and looks like I am being subjected to another.... This is the best on with Alistair Sim
ending the day with Frankie Howerd in Up Pompeii (1971) with Michael Hordern and the very sexy Barbara Murray as his owners. The nubile Madeline Smith, the less than nubile Rita Webb, Bill Fraser, Lance Percival and Patrick Cargill also star. You'll either love it or hate it I guess but it is right up my proverbial Platea
Great Expectations (1946) Starring John Mills(Sir), Bernard Miles(Sir), Valerie Hobson, Francis L. Sullivan and Findlay Currie as Magwitch. David Lean(Sir) and Ronald Neames'(CBE) adaption for the screen of this Dickens classic and directed by Lean himself. Still the best by far of the versions
Agree it is by far the best I've seen but there must be 20 versions or something close. The Muppets should do one.
Anyway just watched 'Prometheus'. Part of my policy is to avoid buying more DVDs and just wait for films to come on TV. So I'm 2 years behind.
This is set in the Alien universe - and who doesn't like the Alien universe? But is only tenuously connected to the other films. Not bad, some good twists and turns and Charlize whatshername is hot doing a sort of 'Seven Of Nine' bit. There is something about a woman armed with a flamethrower...not sure what it is.
Spectral Morn
21-08-2015, 22:06
The Pacific
Not as good as Band of Brothers, but still a good war TV series.
Regards Neil
The Pacific
Not as good as Band of Brothers, but still a good war TV series.
Regards Neil
Yes its very good Neil .I have the box set and as you say not quite at BoB level but still worth the admittance money.
Spectral Morn
23-08-2015, 19:13
The Last Ship - Sky 1
Season two of the excellent post apocalyptic series, in which a single American warship tries to bring a cure and order to a virus ridden world.
Regards Neil
The Black Adder
23-08-2015, 19:14
Gardeners World...
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Shortly going to watch Clint Eastwoods "American Sniper" (2014)on Amazon instant video. I had a £1 voucher applied to my account and this was available at 99p, so Its free. I have the book so hoping the film is good.
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Shortly going to watch Clint Eastwoods "American Sniper" (2014)on Amazon instant video. I had a £1 voucher applied to my account and this was available at 99p, so Its free. I have the book so hoping the film is good.
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Just finished watching this fabulous film. One of the best war films I have seen, and a very touching finale. It WILL be entering my dvd collection when I can afford to buy it.
Clint made a few good films in his day both as an actor and as a director, but this is his finest work, and a superb acting by Bradley Cooper playing the lead role of Navy Seal sniper Chris Kyle
Black Sea (2014) starring Jude Law. looks promising so far. DVD
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EDIT: It was a decent film although fairly predictable, in storyline and ending I'd say. Fairly cheaply made too in modern terms at a guess. Worth a watch, but doubt I will rewatch in a hurry.
Spectral Morn
26-08-2015, 22:47
The Strain season 2 episode 1
Good start to this season :eek:. One of the few adaptations of a book that is better than the book imho.
Regards Neil
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) Blue-ray. Superb stuff
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Watched the new live-action Cinderella this morning (I'm a sucker for Disney) and enjoyed it enormously. The short Frozen Fever was almost worth the price of admission in itself.
Tonight its Black Book (2006) originally titled Zwartboek directed by the acclaimed Paul Verhoeven who gave us the classic Robocop. Lots of x rated stuff in this. Set in Holland during WW2 during the Nazi occupation and revealing the work of collaborators and the resistance. Based on various true events and very enjoyable in a macabre way; especially the ending. Stars Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, and Halina Reijn.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Official_poster_Black_Book.jpg
Verhoeven also gave us 'Starship Troopers' - that's a hell of a film. Is it a satire or isn't it?
Verhoeven also gave us 'Starship Troopers' - that's a hell of a film. Is it a satire or isn't it?
Not seen it Martin so dunno. Think he did Total recall too, which I like.
Yes the proper Total Recall is one of his too. You should watch Starship Troopers it is excellent and it has Denise Richards at the height of her powers.
It attracted some controversy since it depicts something of a 'fascist' future where it is insects verses man for survival in the galaxy. The book was essentially the war with Japan set in space, the film does depart from the book in some ways, but many critics complained that if it was satire it was not obvious satire.
Essentially in the future human society you can only vote and have children if you undertake military service for 5 years. On the grounds that 'something given has no value.' Another good one is: 'Violence is the ultimate authority from which all other authority descends,'
Anyway worth a watch, pref with the surround sound whacked up a bit. :)
walpurgis
29-08-2015, 20:41
Verhoeven also gave us 'Starship Troopers' - that's a hell of a film. Is it a satire or isn't it?
Dunno. It's an OK movie, but a bit silly! :)
It is borderline silly and that is the point. Is it deliberately silly enough to be satire or is it a political polemic that is unintentionally silly?
Back to my roots now with "The Killers" (1946) directed by Robert Siodmak, who made a few of Burt Lancaster's films. Also stars Ava Gardner, William Conrad(of Cannon fame later in life), Albert Dekker and Edmund O'Brien. Has been remade a couple of times but this is probably the definative version, although I like the Lee Marvin one too.
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It is borderline silly and that is the point. Is it deliberately silly enough to be satire or is it a political polemic that is unintentionally silly?
Hmm, or is it cheap and tawdry schlock with gratuitous nudity, ramped up violence and zero character development? Casper van Dien still waiting for that call from the academy?
(Tongue firmly in cheek here - Starship Troopers is an enjoyable romp as it goes.)
walpurgis
29-08-2015, 22:56
Hmm, or is it cheap and tawdry schlock with gratuitous nudity, ramped up violence and zero character development? Casper van Dien still waiting for that call from the academy?
(Tongue firmly in cheek here - Starship Troopers is an enjoyable romp as it goes.)
What's "gratuitous nudity". Can't be right. :eyebrows:
Well, if there is gratuitous nudity.... nobody mentioned the nudity:eyebrows:
There is a nudie shower scene. But it's not what your thinking...
Canetoad
30-08-2015, 03:57
Well, if there is gratuitous nudity.... nobody mentioned the nudity:eyebrows:
"done without good reason; uncalled for"
Sorry but nudity can never be described as gratuitous!:eyebrows:
"done without good reason; uncalled for"
Sorry but nudity can never be described as gratuitous!:eyebrows:
wot Bernie said :)
Yes the proper Total Recall is one of his too. You should watch Starship Troopers it is excellent and it has Denise Richards at the height of her powers.
It attracted some controversy since it depicts something of a 'fascist' future where it is insects verses man for survival in the galaxy. The book was essentially the war with Japan set in space, the film does depart from the book in some ways, but many critics complained that if it was satire it was not obvious satire.
Essentially in the future human society you can only vote and have children if you undertake military service for 5 years. On the grounds that 'something given has no value.' Another good one is: 'Violence is the ultimate authority from which all other authority descends,'
Anyway worth a watch, pref with the surround sound whacked up a bit. :)
Starship Troopers is based on a novel of the same name by Robert Heinlein, an author not noted for his left-wing politics - quite the opposite in fact!
Verhoeven has never been afraid of gratuitous nudity: however the communual shower scene in Starship Troopers is brief and not out of context.
His directorial track record is somewhat varied from the poor: 'Total Recall' (which is so far removed from the Philip K. Dick short story as to be ludicrous) and 'Robocop', to the quite good: 'Black Book'. However the bleaching of the heroine's pubic hair in the film, whilst quite probably true, is a gratuitous detail.
Starship Troopers is based on a novel of the same name by Robert Heinlein, an author not noted for his left-wing politics - quite the opposite in fact!
Verhoeven has never been afraid of gratuitous nudity: however the communual shower scene in Starship Troopers is brief and not out of context.
His directorial track record is somewhat varied from the poor: 'Total Recall' (which is so far removed from the Philip K. Dick short story as to be ludicrous) and 'Robocop', to the quite good: 'Black Book'. However the bleaching of the heroine's pubic hair in the film, whilst quite probably true, is a gratuitous detail.
I'd say sometimes a diversion from the Phillip K Dick source material is a good thing if making a movie from a book, see Blade Runner and how different it woulds be if it was ACTUALLY about electric sheep.. :)
Spectral Morn
30-08-2015, 18:47
I'd say sometimes a diversion from the Phillip K Dick source material is a good thing if making a movie from a book, see Blade Runner and how different it woulds be if it was ACTUALLY about electric sheep.. :)
I tried reading the book and gave up, horrible writing style and weird structure.
Regards Neil
walpurgis
30-08-2015, 18:50
I've always thought 'Fade Out' by Patrick Tilley, would have made a fantastic sci-fi movie! The plot and ideas are great. One of the most impressive sci-fi stories I've come across.
(how many of you remember that book, let alone have read it? :))
I've always thought 'Fade Out' by Patrick Tilley, would have made a fantastic sci-fi movie! The story and ideas are great.
(how many of you remember that book, let alone have read it? :))
Yes I have it now on kindle. Great book, and have read it many times; due for another actually
Spectral Morn
30-08-2015, 18:53
The Great Wall of China - Channel 4
Fascinating in depth look at the walls history. In fact there were 16 walls, the oldest section being 2000 years old (made from mud) with the last sections being 400. Taking the whole walls length stretched out it would reach from the Arctic to the Antarctic :eek:
After that
The Last Ship
and after that Zoo
Regards Neil
Spectral Morn
30-08-2015, 18:57
I've always thought 'Fade Out' by Patrick Tilley, would have made a fantastic sci-fi movie! The plot and ideas are great. One of the most impressive sci-fi stories I've come across.
(how many of you remember that book, let alone have read it? :))
Yes read it and still have it kicking around somewhere. I also have The Amtrak wars by him too. Yes I agree would make a great film or TV series.
Regards Neil
Spectral Morn
30-08-2015, 18:58
Yes I have it now on kindle.
:(
Regards Neil
The Libertines - live at Reading Festival.
Been having a "Carry On" night and next up is "Jack"... a navel farce if ever there was one:eyebrows: The lovely Juliet Mills comes close to revealing all:lol:
I tried reading the book and gave up, horrible writing style and weird structure.
Regards Neil
Agreed, the book is a difficult read and with, inter alia, the ersatz religion sub-theme, would have been near impossible to film. The paring down of the book for the screenplay turned a difficult book into a superb film.
And it is about androids: replicants built to be an affordable replacement as pets, as genuine real animals are scarce in Phillip K. Dick's post-holocaust world. Some of the replicants are human androids, so as the title of the book asks: "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", since even their memories have to be invented for them when they are built. Which leads to the question: is Dekkard a specialised android? The director's cut version of the film suggest he is, however there is no such suggestion in the book.
In my opinion Phillip K. Dick was one of the 20th century's finest sci-fi writers. His writing style is difficult to read, but his ideas were novel, albeit strange, before their time and in many cases remarkably prescient. He wrote in the '50s at the height of the Cold War, so many of his ideas concern themselves with, and reflect, the paranoia of the times.
Some of his books have been made into successful films, such as 'Blade Runner'and 'Minority Report'. Some have been less successful in my opinion: 'Total Recall' and 'Paycheck'.
The only PKD I have read is that one where the subject is a secret agent assigned to spy on himself but he doesn't know it is himself he is spying on. That was also a film but the title escapes me.
Agreed, the book is a difficult read and with, inter alia, the ersatz religion sub-theme, would have been near impossible to film. The paring down of the book for the screenplay turned a difficult book into a superb film.
And it is about androids: replicants built to be an affordable replacement as pets, as genuine real animals are scarce in Phillip K. Dick's post-holocaust world. Some of the replicants are human androids, so as the title of the book asks: "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", since even their memories have to be invented for them when they are built. Which leads to the question: is Dekkard a specialised android? The director's cut version of the film suggest he is, however there is no such suggestion in the book.
In my opinion Phillip K. Dick was one of the 20th century's finest sci-fi writers. His writing style is difficult to read, but his ideas were novel, albeit strange, before their time and in many cases remarkably prescient. He wrote in the '50s at the height of the Cold War, so many of his ideas concern themselves with, and reflect, the paranoia of the times.
Some of his books have been made into successful films, such as 'Blade Runner'and 'Minority Report'. Some have been less successful in my opinion: 'Total Recall' and 'Paycheck'.
I liked total recall. Fab film with plenty humour and novel ideas. It made the studios over 200 mil dollars profit too
If you only read one PKD novel, make sure it's 'The Man In The High Castle'.
I liked total recall. Fab film with plenty humour and novel ideas. It made the studios over 200 mil dollars profit too
But the short story on which it is based ("We Remember It For You Wholesale") is so much better. I don't care how much money the studio made, I don't think the screenplay was good, whereas the screenplay for 'Blade Runner' was excellent.
Spectral Morn
31-08-2015, 12:22
But the short story on which it is based ("We Remember It For You Wholesale") is so much better. I don't care how much money the studio made, I don't think the screenplay was good, whereas the screenplay for 'Blade Runner' was excellent.
I thought the more recent remake much better as a film but as I haven't read the story I don't know if its closer to the original story or not.
Regards Neil
I thought the more recent remake much better as a film but as I haven't read the story I don't know if its closer to the original story or not.
Regards Neil
The various versions (seven of them!) are discussed here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner. For what it's worth, I prefer the latest, final 'ultimate' director's cut, but my ideal version would be the footage of the 'ultimate' version with the voice-over of the original theatre version.
Spectral Morn
01-09-2015, 12:41
The various versions (seven of them!) are discussed here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner. For what it's worth, I prefer the latest, final 'ultimate' director's cut, but my ideal version would be the footage of the 'ultimate' version with the voice-over of the original theatre version.
i meant Total Recall
I like the first version of BR, with the Noir voice over.
Regards Neil
Have they re-made 'Total Recall'?
Spectral Morn
01-09-2015, 18:51
Have they re-made 'Total Recall'?
Yes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Recall_(2012_film)
Regards Neil
Second Series of "The Last Ship"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402207/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The crew of a naval destroyer is forced to confront the reality of a new existence when a pandemic kills off most of the earth's population.
Very good...recommended.
Spectral Morn
01-09-2015, 21:45
Second Series of "The Last Ship"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402207/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The crew of a naval destroyer is forced to confront the reality of a new existence when a pandemic kills off most of the earth's population.
Very good...recommended.
Agreed
Regards Neil
Pacific Rim (2013) directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam and Rinko Kikuchi . As you can see i am bored and am trying out this.
Amazon prime free content.
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'Malcolm in the Middle', series 1. Astoundingly good.
Spectral Morn
04-09-2015, 12:54
Monsters - Dark Continent (Blu Ray)
Confused . com. Sometime in the near future a satellite crashes to earth spreading infecting crap across the earth. South America and parts of the far East are infected and mankind is losing the battle against an alien eco system and its various sizes of life.
The first film was about a young couple crossing the IZ in South America and this film was widely hailed as being a major achievement as most of the non cg footage was shot live in a gonzo way.
Film two, this one is a lost confused puppy of a film, is it war against Monsters ? Or a film about America's war on Is or the like. It doesn't really work either way and frankly is a lost opportunity . If there is a third film I hope it finds away to be more focussed.
In away I feel like I just pissed £13 down the drain - sigh.
Regards Neil
That's why I wait for them to come on the telly nowadays - too many modern films are a total waste of time. Thrillers that are not thrilling, comedies that are not funny, remakes that remake the original by leaving out all of the things that made it good.
Having said that I enjoyed the first 'Monsters' - it was cleverly done and even though you knew it ultimately was not going to go anywhere, you didn't really mind.
Watched that 'Cradel to Grave' thing last night - it's basically a rip off of 'The Wonder Years' but set in 1970's Britain with Peter Kay playing the dad. Better than I expected, actually laugh out loud funny in places, not often you get that these days. I will tune in again next week.
Spectral Morn
04-09-2015, 15:40
That's why I wait for them to come on the telly nowadays - too many modern films are a total waste of time. Thrillers that are not thrilling, comedies that are not funny, remakes that remake the original by leaving out all of the things that made it good.
Having said that I enjoyed the first 'Monsters' - it was cleverly done and even though you knew it ultimately was not going to go anywhere, you didn't really mind.
I normally do too or when there are 3 for a tenner deals but I took a punt :doh: wrong call.
Regards Neil
Recently watched two excellent film noirs: 'Where The Sidewalk Ends', starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney (Dana's a bloke and Gene's a woman, confusingly) and 'Whirlpool' starring Tierney and Jose Ferrer. Both were made around 1950, and both were directed by Otto Preminger, with screenplays by Ben Hecht.
Isn't Dana Andrews the lead in 'Night Of The Demon' ? I love that film.
Isn't Dana Andrews the lead in 'Night Of The Demon' ? I love that film.
He did and it was/ is a great film. not seen it for years though. one day I will find it in a box set.
It was a long wait for it to come out on DVD. I had a pre-order on Amazon for years. Literally. Especially as they never show it on TV.
He did and it was/ is a great film. not seen it for years though. one day I will find it in a box set.
Definitely worth the £7.50 Amazon are charging for it at the moment & you get the American edit 'Curse of the Demon' on the same DVD
walpurgis
04-09-2015, 17:55
He did and it was/ is a great film. not seen it for years though. one day I will find it in a box set.
Classic of its time! Got a DVD copy.
And of nearly all the other films that left an impression on me. The only two I've not been able to find in R2 are Jesse Stone 'The Benefit of The Doubt'. Cracking atmospheric made for TV crime movie. And Jerry and Tom, superb yank mobster film, very rare.
Spectral Morn
05-09-2015, 17:38
Quatermas and the Pit (Sci-Fi Channel Now)
Classic sci-fi, horror film. 10 out of 10
Regards Neil
Quatermas and the Pit (Sci-Fi Channel Now)
Classic sci-fi, horror film. 10 out of 10
Regards Neil
One if my favorites there.
Spectral Morn
05-09-2015, 17:44
One if my favorites there.
Mine too, watched numerous times and never get bored of it.
Regards Neil
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Chow Yun Fat, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce & Keith Richards all star in the 3rd part of the quadrology (if such a word exists). Good fun anyways.
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Spectral Morn
05-09-2015, 20:43
Deep Impact - BBC3 (Now)
Superior disaster sci-fi film that makes Armageddon look the joke mess it is. Téa Leoni is very good in this as is the rest of the cast. Story above special effects.
If you like Téa Leoni Madame Secretary is a very good political drama set in the White House with Leoni playing the secretary of state.
Regards Neil
walpurgis
05-09-2015, 20:50
Deep Impact - BBC3 (Now) Regards Neil
Seriously good disaster movie. Intelligent plot and excellent cast & acting.
Spectral Morn
05-09-2015, 20:55
Seriously good disaster movie. Intelligent plot and excellent cast & acting.
Agreed, a favourite of mine.
Regards Neil
It's okay but I wouldn't go mad about it. As disaster films go it isn't a patch on The Poseidon Adventure. And the ending is a bit silly. They have months of notice but so many people leave it to the last minute to head out of town that the freeway gets blocked?
Spectral Morn
05-09-2015, 21:08
It's okay but I wouldn't go mad about it. As disaster films go it isn't a patch on The Poseidon Adventure. And the ending is a bit silly. They have months of notice but so many people leave it to the last minute to head out of town that the freeway gets blocked?
Its a film with depth, its about fear, anxiety, relationships, hope, courage and its portrayed in an intelligent way. No film is perfect but still its, imho, a much better film than Armageddon.
I agree the original Poseidon Adventure is a good film, but its predictable in places.
Regards Neil
I agree the original Poseidon Adventure is a good film, but its predictable in places.
It has Pamela Sue Martin, at the height of her powers, running around in hot pants.
Deep Impact simply can't compete with that. ;)
Seriously, though, you care about the characters in Poseidon Adventure, you don't care about the characters in Deep Impact to the same extent - or not really at all with Tia Leoni's character.
Spectral Morn
05-09-2015, 21:17
It has Pamela Sue Martin, at the height of her powers, running around in hot pants.
Deep Impact simply can't compete with that. ;)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and Ms Martin would not be for me, in hot pants or not. After she left Dynasty I much preferred Emma Samms in the role as Fallon.
Regards Neil
No arguments from me about Emma Samms :)
Enjoyed that. at worlds end is probably the best of the four films.
....I like Deep impact and agree its way superior to the Willis one. ...... so now The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947) Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison star opposite each other with George Sanders as a kiddies book writer/ philanderer. Joseph L. Mankiewicz directs this fab film. It has a hauntingly beautiful score as well.
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walpurgis
05-09-2015, 22:03
it isn't a patch on The Poseidon Adventure.
Can't agree with that Martin.
walpurgis
05-09-2015, 22:06
No arguments from me about Emma Samms :)
Pretty, but a funny shape. Five foot tall and four foot around the chest. :lol:
The Running Man (1987) Directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring big Arnie. Not a great film but enjoyable nonetheless
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Finishing off the night with a late, late night viewing of Carry on again doctor made in 69 I think and is one of my favorites. Jim Dale was very talented and did all his own stunts. I remember he got hurt a few times making this but soldiered on as Dr Nookey:lol:
We also have the delights of a semi naked Babs...:stalks:
http://www.parkcircus.com/assets/0004/7099/ti104171_large.jpg?1341621056
Pretty, but a funny shape. Five foot tall and four foot around the chest. :lol:
I had to 'Google' her. I really ought to get out more!
Spectral Morn
08-09-2015, 15:41
I had to 'Google' her. I really ought to get out more!
Lol not really..... a sign of mispent youth watching mega soaps, Dallas etc. I think the attraction was the women in them and I found Emma pleasing to my eye.
Regards Neil
Oohh..
imagine finding one in your laundry basket...
Finishing off the night with a late, late night viewing of Carry on again doctor made in 69 I think and is one of my favorites. Jim Dale was very talented and did all his own stunts. I remember he got hurt a few times making this but soldiered on as Dr Nookey:lol:
We also have the delights of a semi naked Babs...:stalks:
http://www.parkcircus.com/assets/0004/7099/ti104171_large.jpg?1341621056
Oohh..
imagine finding one in your laundry basket...
She was a tidy piece of fluff in her day Gary, and could hang about my basket any time.
Antz from 1998 amazingly. stars Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Danny Glover and big Sly among many others(all voiceovers of course) . it was the first animated film to recieve a pg rating. Chris Walken is also in this, and his role was expanded due to his popularity
Just watching A Carry on to see me to bed time... Picked follow that Camel. Phil Silvers stars with Jim Dale and the usual suspects
The lovely Angela Douglas adds the totty :eyebrows:
http://www.burke.me.uk/phpdvdprofiler/headshots/cast/Angela%20Douglas.jpg
Totty, Totty, Totty.
"What an odd way to check my porthole" :lol:
Just watching A Carry on to see me to bed time... Picked follow that Camel. Phil Silvers stars with Jim Dale and the usual suspects
The lovely Angela Douglas adds the totty :eyebrows:
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Totty, Totty, Totty.
"What an odd way to check my porthole" :lol:
What about Amanda Barrie's bath scene in 'Carry on Cleo'? :D
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Erik the Viking (1989) the director's son's cut;) Directed and written by Terry Jones, and starring Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt, Terry Jones, Imogen Stubbs, John Cleese, Tsutomu Sekine, Tim McInnerny and John Gordon Sinclair .. sheer class this:lol:
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Great stuff that..... now "Carry on Screaming" from 1966 with the delectable Fenella Fielding and new to carry on's , Albert Steptoe in drag, Harry H. Corbett. One of the better ones this, and has the gag, "Frying Tonight":lol:
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Just finished watching 'The Midnight Meat Train':
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Gory and creepy as f*ck!! :eek: :eek:
Now with that in my head, it's time to go to bed...........
Marco.
Just finished watching 'The Midnight Meat Train':
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Gory and creepy as f*ck!! :eek: :eek:
Now with that in my head, it's time to go to bed...........
Marco.
I managed 37 seconds.... I have enough bad dreams :doh:
Lol... Vinny Jones takes regular rides on late-night underground trains, and butchers folk with a huge steel mallet, then hangs them up, like discarded carcasses of meat, to feed flesh-eating aliens, which have been living in the darkest depths of the underground for 100s of years.
The level of violence and mutilation, during the killing scenes, is mind-blowing! :eek:
I just love this stuff :chainsaw:
Marco.
The next one I fancy watching is Martyrs:
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It appears suitably brutal and disturbing... That last bit is important, as it's what *truly* fucks with your head ;)
Marco.
Spectral Morn
12-09-2015, 08:34
The next one I fancy watching is Martyrs:
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It appears suitably brutal and disturbing... That last bit is important, as it's what *truly* fucks with your head ;)
Marco.
Horrible film, saw it on channel four a year or so ago, yuck. It was like a car crash one shouldn't look but one does. The inner plot does raise it above similar films but, getting there is a very nasty journey.
Regards Neil
Spectral Morn
12-09-2015, 08:35
Great stuff that..... now "Carry on Screaming" from 1966 with the delectable Fenella Fielding and new to carry on's , Albert Steptoe in drag, Harry H. Corbett. One of the better ones this, and has the gag, "Frying Tonight":lol:
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The only one I really like, and enjoy watching.
Regards Neil
Horrible film, saw it on channel four a year or so ago, yuck. It was like a car crash one shouldn't look but one does. The inner plot does raise it above similar films but, getting there is a very nasty journey.
You've just sold it to me, Neil! :D
Marco.
'Stand Up Guys'
Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin are ageing mobsters approaching the end of the line. Sounds like it should be a classic - a sort of geriatric 'Mean Streets' - but ends up as less than the sum of its parts. A buddy movie like this really needs some great dialogue from a Mamet or a Tarantino but it isn't on offer and the film can't decide if it is a comedy or a serious character piece. The glossy production kills the mood, as does the upbeat and intrusive soundtrack. Watchable for the performances, which are excellent, but that's about it. A massive lost opportunity.
Spectral Morn
12-09-2015, 09:06
You've just sold it to me, Neil! :D
Marco.
:doh: I hate films with gratuitous violence and torture films like this and others, which seem to be only interested in shocking the watcher aren't for me but Martyrs does have a few interesting elements but I wouldn't want to see it again.
Regards Neil
:doh: I hate films with gratuitous violence and torture films like this and others, which seem to be only interested in shocking the watcher
Thing is, I watch them because, when the violence kicks in, I find it FUNNY [extremely twisted mind] :eyebrows:
I replay the goriest bits (sometimes two or three times, so that I can capture the full image properly inside my head), and then have a right good giggle!!
Another one I fancy is Inside:
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Looks like there may be a few 'interesting bits' in there.... :eyebrows:
Marco.
Ive never been into gore. Especially for gore's sake. Much prefer a well made film or a bawdy comedy like carry ons...I understand where your coming from though. My son used to love that stuff too
Yes, there's got to be a decent story, too. It's not so much the gore I like, but the psychologically disturbing parts of the story that are responsible for creating it. Essentially, it's how sometimes innocuous everyday situations are portrayed in a deeply macabre/nightmare-inducing way - and I love that.
For example, next time I'm alone on an underground train at night (if it ever happens), I'll be thinking about 'The Midnight Meat Train'.... *That* is the scary bit. The gore itself, for me (as it's not real), is just pure comedy.
Marco.
Just watched the first episode of Narcos on Netflix, very promising.
Spectral Morn
12-09-2015, 22:20
United 93 :(
Regards Neil
Sweet Smell of Success, starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis in a brutal expose of the gutter press. 'Match me, Sidney'. Also featuring the Chico Hamilton Quintet.
Doctor at Large (1957) starring Dirk Bogarde, Donald Sinden and James Robertson Justice, with Muriel Pavlow as the totty;).... A classy caper with some everlasting lines.
http://www.covershut.com/covers/Doctor-At-Large-1957-Front-Cover-6309.jpg
No sleep so now watching or re watching VICTIM from I think 1961 starring Dirk Bogarde, Dennis Price and Sylvia Syms. A lawyer gets blackmailed over his gay leanings. Remember it was both illegal and imprisonable in those days so a blackmailers money tree.
Fortunately the law saw sense
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/09/14/box-office-4-ways-m-night-shyamalan-gets-a-boost-from-the-success-of-the-visit/
THIS ONE IS A MUST SEE!!
Why is it a must see?
Because it's the best thriller I have seen in years, no gore and guts just a realistic drama that seriously freaks you out.
It's an original idea not a poor copy of a foreign film or worse,a good 3 day book made into a one hour movie, it's also not a sequel and the actors aren't predictable Hollywood elites whose faces we all know making the whole thing seem fresh and more real.
"Shit don't taste like chicken" :doh:
The Great Escape (1963) starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson etc. Super film, based on a true story. Watching the Blu-Ray version
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walpurgis
14-09-2015, 22:36
Seeing Steve McQueen riding a late fifties Triumph motorbike supposedly during WW2 rather spoiled the film for me. Never liked Attenborough in anything either.
Seeing Steve McQueen riding a late fifties Triumph motorbike supposedly during WW2 rather spoiled the film for me. Never liked Attenborough in anything either.
They use a 1970s tank in 'A Bridge Too Far' - it jars but it doesn't spoil the film. It was much harder to resource the authentic item back then. Plus it is not exactly the worst historical error in the film. If you want to get picky ;)
walpurgis
14-09-2015, 23:04
Contextual accuracy and continuity are critical. I pick up on all the mistakes relating to machines. Planes, bikes and cars, etc. Many US movies featured Japanese two stroke bikes and of course the yanks always played a recording of a big four stroke Harley on the soundtrack. What crap!
Planes too. On occasion you see a plane taking off in a film and you (or at least I) know that it's a piston engined job and you hear a gas turbine sound. Again, crap!
Recent Kia car commercials have had a car zooming about to the soundtrack of a beefy V6 engine and I know for a fact the thing has a piddly little four cylinder motor. :rolleyes:
Yes. I am pickier than most! And probably a bit more technically minded with machinery.
Paul (2011) stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kristen Wiig and Seth Rogan as the voice of Paul. Not really a fan of Pegg n Frost but I love this film, even it it got fairly poor revues.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/Paul_poster.jpg
wee tee cee
16-09-2015, 15:09
The english patient on blu ray last night....a favourite of my good lady. Juliet Binoche aint too hard on the eye!!
Contextual accuracy and continuity are critical. I pick up on all the mistakes relating to machines. Planes, bikes and cars, etc. Many US movies featured Japanese two stroke bikes and of course the yanks always played a recording of a big four stroke Harley on the soundtrack. What crap!
Planes too. On occasion you see a plane taking off in a film and you (or at least I) know that it's a piston engined job and you hear a gas turbine sound. Again, crap!
Recent Kia car commercials have had a car zooming about to the soundtrack of a beefy V6 engine and I know for a fact the thing has a piddly little four cylinder motor. :rolleyes:
Yes. I am pickier than most! And probably a bit more technically minded with machinery.
This is a classic example of the late Alexander Pope's observation that 'Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise'. I have zero knowledge of such technical gibbons, so incongruities such as those you describe don't bother in the slightest. Ironically, I rarely watch war films.
If the acting and direction are good enough, I can suspend disbelief quite easily, so even if I'm intellectually aware of a historical inaccuracy, that doesn't spoil my enjoyment, whereas ham acting or clunky direction certainly would.
Just finished: Escape to athena from 1979 with a very good cast but a slender plot. Still its quite good and Stefanie Powers was drop dead gorgeous.
...NOW, "Kind Hearts and Coronets" from 1949... Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood and Dennis Price star in one of the great films of our time. Guinness plays multiple members of the aristocratic D'ascoyne family all targets of Price's rage. All superbly done and in the scene where six members of the D'Ascoyne family, all played by Alec Guinness, are seen together, it took two days to film. The camera was set on a specially built platform to minimize movement. In addition, the camera operator Jeff Seaholme spent the night with the camera to ensure that nothing moved it by accident. A frame with six black matte painted optical flat glass windows was set in front of the camera and the windows opened one at a time so each of the characters could be filmed in turn. The film was then wound back for the next character. Most of the time was spent waiting for Guinness to be made up as the next character.
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Alec nearly drowned as the ship sank as he was held down with wires and they forgot.lol
A wonderful film! One of Ealing Studios finest - and not a wasted word in the screenplay either. :)
A wonderful film! One of Ealing Studios finest - and not a wasted word in the screenplay either. :)
Too true Barry.. superb film and the restored Blu-Ray is fantastic............ as for the film, do NOT tell the truth in your memoirs and then leave them on the table when you leave.:doh:
:D
Now my all-time favourite film "Hobson's Choice" starring Sir John Mills, Brenda De Banzie and Charles Laughton as Henry Hobson. ..what can be said but ...PERFECTION.... David Lean directed and I believe Mills said it was HIS fav too so i am in good company:D
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/23/Hobsonschoice.jpg/220px-Hobsonschoice.jpg
"Beware the wrath to come" .......... never hath there been a truer statement...............especially where WOMEN are concerned:D
Tonight's main attraction is Powell & Pressburger's 1943 film; " The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" starring Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook and a fairly large role for John Laurie of Dad's Army fame later in his career. of that show he once remarked that it was the biggest load of rubbish he was ever in lol
Prime Minister Winston Churchill hated this film and tried to have it banned. He was not alone in his condemnation as "right-wing sociologists E. W. and M. M. Robson produced a pamphlet called "The Shame and Disgrace of Colonel Blimp" ....... all because a German was shown in a good light. Martin Scorsese help fund the restoration for this blu-ray version which is a delight in every way. One of the 2 "P"'s greatest achievements.
https://ghostof82.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/colonel-blimp.jpg
Spectral Morn
19-09-2015, 22:42
Tonight's main attraction is Powell & Pressburger's 1943 film; " The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" starring Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook and a fairly large role for John Laurie of Dad's Army fame later in his career. of that show he once remarked that it was the biggest load of rubbish he was ever in lol
Prime Minister Winston Churchill hated this film and tried to have it banned. He was not alone in his condemnation as "right-wing sociologists E. W. and M. M. Robson produced a pamphlet called "The Shame and Disgrace of Colonel Blimp" ....... all because a German was shown in a good light. Martin Scorsese help fund the restoration for this blu-ray version which is a delight in every way. One of the 2 "P"'s greatest achievements.
https://ghostof82.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/colonel-blimp.jpg
Excellent film.
Regards Neil
Spectral Morn
19-09-2015, 22:44
Battle Los Angeles
I like this alien invasion film about a group of American troops dumped into a war no one could have imagined and one in their own back yard.
Regards Neil
Battle Los Angeles
I like this alien invasion film about a group of American troops dumped into a war no one could have imagined and one in their own back yard.
Regards Neil
Not seen that one Neil. Funny as I always thought I had:doh: must check the boys library, as he probably has it:lol:
Now the 1970 western, "Two Mules for Sister Sara" starring Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine. Directed by Don Siegel.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nSo8zqauL._SX940_.jpg I will be watching the Blu-Ray version
just watched the last 3 episodes of Narcos, really good, well worth watching if you have Netflix. I think releasing a full series online in one go is great.
Spectral Morn
21-09-2015, 20:09
Going Clear - Scientology, The Prison of Belief (Sky Atlantic now)
A controversial (among Scientologists) documentary film examining the cult (yes I believe that title fits the facts) made up by a poor quality (imho) sci-fi writer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_Clear_(film)
Regards Neil
Met a load of those in Edinburgh when I was young... nuts the lot of them. they tried to convert me and the mate;) They never knew what they were letting themselves in for :lol:
Spectral Morn
21-09-2015, 20:19
Met a load of those in Edinburgh when I was young... nuts the lot of them. they tried to convert me and the mate;) They never knew what they were letting themselves in for :lol:
I would say they are deceived. What is concerning is the amount of power they have in society. If you follow the link and read it, you will see just how difficult it was to get this film seen. Sky were threatened with being sued and they may still be for showing it.
Regards Neil
yes they do and are fanatics tboot. once they get a grip of you they will do anything to keep you, especially in the US.
walpurgis
21-09-2015, 20:41
yes they do and are fanatics tboot. once they get a grip of you they will do anything to keep you, especially in the US.
They wouldn't like me! I'd horrify them. :lol:
They wouldn't like me! I'd horrify them. :lol:
Didnt like me either:D think the word beginning with p came up a few times;)
yes they do and are fanatics tboot. once they get a grip of you they will do anything to keep you, especially in the US.
I think they have cleaned up their act a bit since then
. They don't like being regarded as a cult and I think that is not unreasonable. There are alternative options that offer similarly hard to swallow fayre and they are not considered cults. I'm Catholic but I could end up in hell tomorrow beign told the right answer was Scientology. ;)
Spectral Morn
21-09-2015, 21:49
I think they have cleaned up their act a bit since then
. They don't like being regarded as a cult and I think that is not unreasonable. There are alternative options that offer similarly hard to swallow fayre and they are not considered cults. I'm Catholic but I could end up in hell tomorrow beign told the right answer was Scientology. ;)
You should watch this documentary, this is much worse than I could have imagined I can see why they didn't want this broadcast.
Regards Neil
I was going to watch the "Hand of God series" on Amazon, but after the 2 minute intro I decided not to. looks depressing and its the last thing I need tbh so on goes "Paul" ...AGAIN lol. at least it keeps you smiling;)
Currently "Crooks Anonymous" (1962) with Leslie Phillips,
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then shortly Callan the film (1974) with Edward Woodward.
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Blackadder II (1986) .Imho the best one, although I know its a contentious choice.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/d7b1f66e4b2e3b9f4c34b8c3f2735958211d79c9.jpg
Callan the film (1974) with Edward Woodward.
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Excellent film, I believe it was the pilot for the equally excellent series on ITV.
Excellent film, I believe it was the pilot for the equally excellent series on ITV.
Sort of Barry, yes. A magnum for Schneider was the pilot episode in 67 and first book. this was remade with some changes into the screen film in 74. I love the books as well.
walpurgis
25-09-2015, 22:05
Whoo Hoo! Just watched the first episode of the new series of 'Justified' on Spike channel. Savage stuff. Well up to the first series standard. Great acting, great cast and straight to the point plot. Wicked!!
Guadalcanal Diary (1943) Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan and William Bendix lead a very good cast in this ww2 propagana offering from Lewis Seiler
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'We Were Soldiers' - an account of the battle of La Drang, Vietnam, 1965. Mel Gibson gives a good performance as Col Hal Moore and the battle scenes are also convincing (apart from at the very end). Surprisingly for an American film it is historically accurate, although it only recounts the first two days of the battle and so omits the disaster that happened later when a US battalion on the march blundered into an NVA (no, not that NVA ;)) main force and took a pasting.
Very watchable film and the sub plot involving the wives having to deliver telegrams to the families of those killed is a poignant counterpoint to the heroics of the battle.
currently watching "Carry on Camel".....Mustafaleque, as in must have a leak .... the oldies are always the best:doh::D
'We Were Soldiers' - an account of the battle of La Drang, Vietnam, 1965. Mel Gibson gives a good performance as Col Hal Moore and the battle scenes are also convincing (apart from at the very end). Surprisingly for an American film it is historically accurate, although it only recounts the first two days of the battle and so omits the disaster that happened later when a US battalion on the march blundered into an NVA (no, not that NVA ;)) main force and took a pasting.
Very watchable film and the sub plot involving the wives having to deliver telegrams to the families of those killed is a poignant counterpoint to the heroics of the battle.
One of my favorite war films Martin; superbly done!!
'Uncle Buck'
The great John Candy in the titular role as an irresponsible black sheep enlisted in desperation to babysit his brothers kids. From 1989 but it has aged pretty well. I like this film because I am the 'Uncle Buck' in my family. I also have a nephew who is the spit of Macauly Culkin. Scary.
'Uncle Buck'
The great John Candy in the titular role as an irresponsible black sheep enlisted in desperation to babysit his brothers kids. From 1989 but it has aged pretty well. I like this film because I am the 'Uncle Buck' in my family. I also have a nephew who is the spit of Macauly Culkin. Scary.
One of my fav Candy films along with the holiday one with the bear...cant recall the name...
'The Great Outdoors', I believe
'The Great Outdoors', I believe
Ah yes...thats the one! Well remembered Martin
Currently watching my two favourite shows;
The West Wing
Breaking Bad
Couldn't be more different but still live both of them. My wife and I always watch The West Wing between September and Christmas as a kind of ritual thing (and because there are so many episodes it takes that long!)
Paul.
Spectral Morn
03-10-2015, 09:58
'We Were Soldiers' - an account of the battle of La Drang, Vietnam, 1965. Mel Gibson gives a good performance as Col Hal Moore and the battle scenes are also convincing (apart from at the very end). Surprisingly for an American film it is historically accurate, although it only recounts the first two days of the battle and so omits the disaster that happened later when a US battalion on the march blundered into an NVA (no, not that NVA ;)) main force and took a pasting.
Very watchable film and the sub plot involving the wives having to deliver telegrams to the families of those killed is a poignant counterpoint to the heroics of the battle.
Fabulous film
Regards Neil
Spectral Morn
03-10-2015, 10:14
The Martian
Well, very good, pretty accurate from the science point of view, dramatic, moving at times and a pretty good reworking of the book and yet..... it lacked ..... something :scratch: I think because it is so long, as a film, that the dramatic becomes hum drum and so there is a loss of impact. I also didn't get the, what would have been justifiable frustration, in not being able to explore that the film's circumstances created.
I also couldn't help but wonder if Andy Weir - the author - or the film makers, if they had know that Mars has water seeping to the surface at times (recent discovery) could have worked that in to add to the story.
Overall a good film that needs a bit of editing - if there is a longer version lurking out there, frankly that would be too much.
Regards Neil
The Martian
Well, very good, pretty accurate from the science point of view, dramatic, moving at times and a pretty good reworking of the book and yet..... it lacked ..... something :scratch: I think because it is so long, as a film, that the dramatic becomes hum drum and so there is a loss of impact. I also didn't get the, what would have been justifiable frustration, in not being able to explore that the film's circumstances created.
I also couldn't help but wonder if Andy Weir - the author - or the film makers, if they had know that Mars has water seeping to the surface at times (recent discovery) could have worked that in to add to the story.
Overall a good film that needs a bit of editing - if there is a longer version lurking out there, frankly that would be too much.
Regards Neil
Good book that; must try finding a copy and rereading it...
Carry on again doctor.....some great lines in this...... a small cut on the hand each and put them together and your wed... its called the bleeding ceremony..... its often called that here :lol: also love the way dr nooky gives injections... like playing darts
One of our Aircraft is Missing....one of the great war films(propaganda) ever made, and one of my favorites. I like to watch this late on, as it has an atmosphere that cannot be touched. Dont know what it is but it, I guess, bleeds hope.......highly recommended:)
http://pics.filmaffinity.com/One_of_Our_Aircraft_Is_Missing-226552298-large.jpg
Tommorowland.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1964418/
Flawed yet wonderful.
Directed by Brad Bird of Iron Giant and Incredibles fame, its an "ideas movie" hidden in a visual blockbuster.
Speculative fiction, in the best tradition of Asimov, Ellison, Bova, Silverberg etc..
But done in an approachable way.
To call it charming would be a disservice, its a whole lot more than that.
Well worth a couple of hours of your time, it made the little boy in me grin a lot more than I'd admit. :)
Tommorowland.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1964418/
Flawed yet wonderful.
Directed by Brad Bird of Iron Giant and Incredibles fame, its an "ideas movie" hidden in a visual blockbuster.
Speculative fiction, in the best tradition of Asimov, Ellison, Bova, Silverberg etc..
But done in an approachable way.
To call it charming would be a disservice, its a whole lot more than that.
Well worth a couple of hours of your time, it made the little boy in me grin a lot more than I'd admit. :)
Not seen that and dont have Sky but will watch out for it.
Currently watching my favorite Alien...PAUL;)
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Blithe Spirit
Criterion Collection blu-ray
I never tire of this movie! Brilliant stuff.
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Blithe Spirit
Criterion Collection blu-ray
I never tire of this movie! Brilliant stuff.
Wonderful film. Maggie rutherford is fab in it
walpurgis
09-10-2015, 21:21
Watching 'Justified' on Spike. Great stuff!!
The hunt for red October (1990) starring big Shamus :eyebrows: ... one of my guilty secrets:lol:
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Wonderful film. Maggie rutherford is fab in it
Yes she is. Outrageous that my snap didn't feature her.
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The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) starring Peter Sellers as "Pearly Gates". a gang of criminals from Australia led by Jack Coombes (Bill Kerr) impersonate policemen to carry out robberies. Local gang leader "Pearly" Gates (Sellers), who operates from the cover of a French couturier, finds his takings cut severely, and blames rival crook "Nervous" O'Toole (Bernard Cribbins). When it emerges that they are both being scammed by the same gang, they join forces, along with Lionel Jeffries' Police Inspector "Nosey" Parker, to bring the so-called "I.P.O. mob" (I.P.O. - Impersonating a Police Officer) to justice.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8d/The_Wrong_Arm_of_the_Law_poster.jpg/220px-The_Wrong_Arm_of_the_Law_poster.jpg
walpurgis
11-10-2015, 22:50
That's great fun Grant. So many good comedies back then. Private's Progress was a fav!
That's great fun Grant. So many good comedies back then. Private's Progress was a fav!
Thats another good one. Lots of good un as you say around then, and lots of very good actors, most of whom only managed sidekick status and today may well have done much better.
walpurgis
11-10-2015, 23:04
From back then, probably Alec Guiness, Terry Thomas, Alastair Sim and Peter Sellers were my favourites. They turned out some brilliant movies.
Spectral Morn
12-10-2015, 11:51
The Black Arrow - 1948
Swashbuckling knights in armour tale of murder, betrayal and greed. Great fun if you like such stuff, and I do.
Regards Neil
Alfie (1966). Lewis Gilbert's fabulous take on a womaniser, starring Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Jane Asher, Shirley Ann Field, Elenor Bron and Denholm Elliot. It was remade quite successfully with Jude Law in the starring role, but this, to me is far superior thanks to the natural cockney style of "my name is Michael Caine".
Great score too, by Sonny Rollins, with the Bacharach/David hit, "whats it all about" sung her by our Cilla. the US release had the Cher version(peasants);)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/stinkylulu/posters/alfie.jpg
walpurgis
14-10-2015, 22:26
Alfie (1966)
Very much 'of its time'. Good though. :)
Red Dwarf series 7 (1996) via Amazon prime
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'Cradle to Grave' - based on Danny Baker's autobiography this has been a really good series - shows the BBC can still do quality stuff when they really try...
Unlike 'Harvest 2015'. You have to presume they were stuck for something to fill this slot what with people getting bored with Bill Oddie and jackdaws eating their young.
Apparantly their choice was either this or 'Paint Drying 2015'.
Farming may be an interesting subject, I don't know. But watching people get over-excited about the news that Bill in Norfolk has had a bumper barley harvest? No.
Finally, 'The Apprentice'. I wouldn't normally touch a reality show with a bargepole but I always watch this, even though it is the same every year. There is something about business that really brings out the worst in people.
The ITV multi series if Sherlock Holmes. All 41 episodes I think. Just watched scandal in bohemia. Started in 1984 and ended in 1994 when Brett was seriously ill with bi polar and an enlarged heart of which in fact killed him the next year.
The quintessential Holmes and always a pleasure to re watch the box set.
Mrs B and I watched this one last night.
A genuinely unnerving film with a few decent jump off the sofa moments in it too.
Nice choice for Halloween if you've not seen it.
Rich you have to tell us what the name of the film is, otherwise it is a bit of a guessing game ;)
I've been watching 'JFK-A New Perspective'. Very long 4 part documentary on PBS America. Great footage, a lot of it obscure, and an intelligent commentary too. Refreshing to watch something that is not dumbed down or padded out. I never knew but apparantly he had Addison's Disease so had to take steroids, which were destroying his spine. So he was in constant pain and had to be shot up with painkillers and amphetemines several times a day.
Also he did a secret deal with Kruschev over the Cuban Missile Crisis. He agreed to withdraw US nukes from Turkey if K stopped his plan to base nukes in Cuba.. Part of the deal was K would keep his mouth shut about it so it looked like JFK had gone 'eyeball to eyeball' and won. K complied and JFK acheived god-like status as a consequence.
Watched this (again) today.
Kickstarter Project... great fun. :D
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Watched this Comedy last night, really enjoyed it...
Black Dynamite
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190536/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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Spectral Morn
18-10-2015, 17:07
Fearless - Sky + (was on E4 last night)
Wonderful, moving and thought provoking martial arts film. Jet Li is very good in this on every level.
Regards Neil
'White heat' with Jimmy Cagney. They knew how to pace a film in those days. And Cagney knew how to play bad guy without acting all 'evil'. Some great dialogue:
'Would you shoot me in cold blood?'
'Nah, I'll let you warm up a bit first'
Eventually Cagney does shoot him, repeatedly, whilst eating a chicken drumstick. They don't make 'em like this anymore.
'White heat' with Jimmy Cagney. They knew how to pace a film in those days. And Cagney knew how to play bad guy without acting all 'evil'. Some great dialogue:
'Would you shoot me in cold blood?'
'Nah, I'll let you warm up a bit first'
Eventually Cagney does shoot him, repeatedly, whilst eating a chicken drumstick. They don't make 'em like this anymore.
One of my alltime greats that is Martin.. Astonishingly dark at times as a psychopath comes apart at the seems.
Us-&-Them
19-10-2015, 19:49
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Back to the Future Part II (1989) Directed by Robert Zemeckis. It is BttF2 day so best I watch it again... on standard dvd. (believe it was on tv too) " You sure can re-hydrate a pizza" :D still waiting them to appear...
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walpurgis
21-10-2015, 22:39
Yes. The BTTF movies were entertaining. I'm not sure how many I've seen though. :)
I've got a slightly obscure 'cult' movie on order. 'In The Mouth of Madness', it's a John Carpenter film with Sam Neil in the leading roll. The film leaves quite an impression!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Mouth_of_Madness
Sounds interesting... saw the first one of the trio
Us-&-Them
23-10-2015, 19:40
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ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVOURITES !!!!!
An under appreciated classic, that one.
'I came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And I'm all out of bubblegum'
Us-&-Them
24-10-2015, 11:01
an under appreciated classic, that one.
'i came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And i'm all out of bubblegum'
I totally agree with you !!!!
Spectral Morn
24-10-2015, 14:56
Yes. The BTTF movies were entertaining. I'm not sure how many I've seen though. :)
I've got a slightly obscure 'cult' movie on order. 'In The Mouth of Madness', it's a John Carpenter film with Sam Neil in the leading roll. The film leaves quite an impression!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Mouth_of_Madness
Nice Lovecraftian film, not seen it in years.
Spectral Morn
24-10-2015, 14:59
An under appreciated classic, that one.
'I came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And I'm all out of bubblegum'
Sadly Hot Rod Roddy Piper is no longer with us, he died back in July of this year.
Great film, lots of fun
Still wading through the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes series box set as I can do nowt else.... I have to say the quality never wavers and is on of the finest series ever imo
Now Paul the Alien. Good film this with lots of great lines etc
Blackadder the second.... Jane, bury me in a Y shaped coffin Harrington:lol:
Now Paul the Alien. Good film this with lots of great lines etc
I watched that the other night too. Less than the sum of its parts for some reason I can't quite put my finger on. Face it, they are never going to top Shaun of The Dead. That's a bona fide classic.
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Taut: All thriller, no filler.
Kevin Bacon showing again how good he is, really enjoyed this one.
Spectral Morn
30-10-2015, 11:30
Spectre (cinema yesterday)
Stunning, excellent, best Bond film in years imho
Carry on Jack (1963) with Bernard Cribbins and the lovely Juliet Mills joining the crew. Filmed mostly in Pinewood's studios with some scenes at Frensham Pond in Surrey (nice spot):)
http://www.carryonline.com/php/pics/galleries/Films/08-Carry%20On%20Jack/Posters/carryonjackquad.JPG
Now Carry on Screaming (1966) with Jim Dale, Harry H. Corbett and the double lovelies of Angela Douglas and Fenella Fielding....yummy!!
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Spectral Morn
31-10-2015, 08:53
Frying tonight ......
Blackadder series 2 epp 3...Potato.... Arent you going to join us in the ahars? Lol. The return of walter oooh what big ship ive got Raleigh
Hound of the Baskervilles.... a full length episode with Jeremy Brett.... love the way Dr Watson just "packs Heat" and shoots folk without ever being challenged;) changed days indeed
Great Expectations directed by David Lean; the only great version imo and still passes muster today. the opening scenes especially are astonishing for its day. A host of great actors too:) 12/10
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The Man in the White Suit (1951) Stars: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker and Ernest Thesiger, who plays Sir John Keirlaw(was also in the Alistair Sim version of Scrooge in same year)
A chemist(Guinness) invents a fabric that resists wear and stain as boon to humanity but both owners and workers realise it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
This is the Bul ray restored version, and quite superb it is too.(well worth the buying).... sound editor Mary Habberfield did the lab sound affects using a Tuba if I recall and it was released as a piece of music by Jack Parnell and can be found on the double album "Two Classic Albums Plus"
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Casablanca (1942) stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains and Peter Lorre among others. Nothing can be said about this bar its one of the top 10 films of all time. Watching the blu ray release.
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Here's looking at you kid.
Dooley Wilson clip...Magic stuff ( might add Dooley sang the songs but mimed the piano parts by watching a pianist(Elliot Carpenter) while playing; he was actually a drummer/singer)
http://youtu.be/0ZWCSEoBpCw
Ingrid bergman as Elsa..... absolutely beautiful
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walpurgis
07-11-2015, 22:11
Bogart movies are a joy to watch. Marvellous stuff.
Bogart movies are a joy to watch. Marvellous stuff.
dooley wilson clip added. He was an unsung star
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) by the dynamic duo of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kim Hunter and Marius Goring....loved Kim to bits
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Hound of the Baskervilles.... a full length episode with Jeremy Brett.... love the way Dr Watson just "packs Heat" and shoots folk without ever being challenged;) changed days indeed
In fairness he does that in the modern cucumberpatch version too....
Prefer the Basil Rathbone versions myself - apart from the crappy propganda ones set in WW2
In fairness he does that in the modern cucumberpatch version too....
Prefer the Basil Rathbone versions myself - apart from the crappy propganda ones set in WW2
Yeah, I have the Rathbone/Bruce stuff which was all painstakingly restored. They are fab too, and the pairing is what I grew up with. Bruce bumbles like no-one else.....he liked to loose lead too:eyebrows:
Just finished....Franklin J. Schaffner film of Francis Ford Coppola's script for Patton(1970) and starring George C. Scott as the man and Karl Malden as Omar Bradley. Michael Bates plays Monty and Ed Binns, "Beetle Smith". pretty much everyone else is unknown star wise and its a credit to the film that it became such an iconic film. One of the great war films this and I watched the Blu-Ray version. This won 7 Oscars including best picture.
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Carry on Cleo (1964) starring the usual crew with Jim Dale, Amanda Barrie, Sheila Hancock, Jon Pertwee and the recently deceased Warren Mitchell as Spencius, of Marcus and Spencius fame :lol:
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Spectral Morn
16-11-2015, 22:44
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) by the dynamic duo of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kim Hunter and Marius Goring....loved Kim to bits
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Fabulous film.
Sea of Sand (1958) Stars: Richard Attenborough, John Gregson, Michael Craig, Percy Herbert and Barry Foster who later became "Van Der Valk" Very good war film this, and much underrated.
Based on the work of the LRDG in the desert, and quite lifelike it was too... super stuff.
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Paint your Wagon (1969) starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood. Marvin got a cool million to do this plus a cut which stopped him being in the Wild Bunch. He drank alcohol all through the shoot much to the annoyance of director Joshua Logan, and was permanently drunk during the shoot. Marvin was a bit of a smart alec and unprofessional in many films and nearly got beaten to a pulp by Burt Lancaster on the set of The Professionals a few years earlier for being drunk all the time. Burt was a dangerous and strong guy and would have eaten Marvin alive lol
just got a copy the other day so time to watch it. Not everyone's cup of tea but I have fond memories of watching this when it came out and on the old video tape I once had. This is a very good musical, and one of the last true Hollywood style extravaganzas. Of course it was a big flop, and cost way more than it should have, but its enjoyable all the same, not least for Marvin's no 1 hit Wanderin' Star and the fine singing voice of Eastwood in the likes of Elisa. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band do Hand me down that can o' beans as well, and all have roles in the film.
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Paint your Wagon (1969) starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood. Marvin got a cool million to do this plus a cut which stopped him being in the Wild Bunch. He drank alcohol all through the shoot much to the annoyance of director Joshua Logan, and was permanently drunk during the shoot. Marvin was a bit of a smart alec and unprofessional in many films and nearly got beaten to a pulp by Burt Lancaster on the set of The Professionals a few years earlier for being drunk all the time. Burt was a dangerous and strong guy and would have eaten Marvin alive lol
just got a copy the other day so time to watch it. Not everyone's cup of tea but I have fond memories of watching this when it came out and on the old video tape I once had. This is a very good musical, and one of the last true Hollywood style extravaganzas. Of course it was a big flop, and cost way more than it should have, but its enjoyable all the same, not least for Marvin's no 1 hit Wanderin' Star and the fine singing voice of Eastwood in the likes of Elisa. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band do Hand me down that can o' beans as well, and all have roles in the film.
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Don't recall enjoying a film as much in years. A trip back to younger, better times. A superb film.:D a tear in my old eye:doh:
Paint your Wagon (1969) starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood. Marvin got a cool million to do this plus a cut which stopped him being in the Wild Bunch. He drank alcohol all through the shoot much to the annoyance of director Joshua Logan, and was permanently drunk during the shoot. Marvin was a bit of a smart alec and unprofessional in many films and nearly got beaten to a pulp by Burt Lancaster on the set of The Professionals a few years earlier for being drunk all the time. Burt was a dangerous and strong guy and would have eaten Marvin alive lol
just got a copy the other day so time to watch it. Not everyone's cup of tea but I have fond memories of watching this when it came out and on the old video tape I once had. This is a very good musical, and one of the last true Hollywood style extravaganzas. Of course it was a big flop, and cost way more than it should have, but its enjoyable all the same, not least for Marvin's no 1 hit Wanderin' Star and the fine singing voice of Eastwood in the likes of Elisa. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band do Hand me down that can o' beans as well, and all have roles in the film.
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Where did get your copy from Grant? The wife has been after a copy for a while...
l am watching the clock for pub time!:eek::cool:
T- 10 MINUTES.:yay:
Where did get your copy from Grant? The wife has been after a copy for a while...
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0002NCBDY?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00
It is all in english including the box..dunno why amazon have it under a different language
The Way Ahead directed by Carol Reed and stars David Niven and Stanley Holloway.Made in 1944 and had originally be made as an army training film the year before, that got shelved due to the image it portrayed at the time. Niven was brought in as was Reed and a film was born... Originally released on D-Day. Written by Peter Ustinov, who has a small role as a cafe owner. Top quality stuff.
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24 Hour Party People
seen it a few times before but it is a cut above. Situationalism is a fascinating concept.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0002NCBDY?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00
It is all in english including the box..dunno why amazon have it under a different language
Many thanks Grant. Purchase made :)
PAUL (2011) Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost & Seth Rogen as the Alien. Best small performance goes to Jeffrey Tambor for his portrayal of author Adam Shadowchild. He's a scream.
Not everyone's cup of tea this but I find it remarkably good and am happy to ignore its bad points as the good one well outweigh them.
finish the night with the 1952 classic ww2 naval drama, "The Cruel Sea" Jack Hawkins, Denholm Elliot, Donald Sindon and Stanley Baker in the main roles and Virginia McKenna is the love interest. Superior film this, directed by Charles Frend from a story by Nicholas Monsarrat... an excellent book I have on my Kindle
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Amy Winehouse - when she came to Dingle
really good documentary love the Back to Black version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xVqkpDRDPY
Jeeves and Wooster from way back in 1990-ish. has it really been that long?
The superb Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie star in this 4 series boxset which is one of my favorites, although series 4 is a little lower in quality tbf. 20's/30's life for the wealthy was, lets face it, rather good.:eyebrows: The title music is superb too
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=190C8rRKe3w
I've got that box set seen them all a few times from when they were first on. Really well done stuff.
Just watching 'The Civil War' - Ken Burn's incredibly long and detailed history of the American Civil War. On PBS America.
I've got that box set seen them all a few times from when they were first on. Really well done stuff.
Just watching 'The Civil War' - Ken Burn's incredibly long and detailed history of the American Civil War. On PBS America.
Absolutely the best docu ever imo. I have it myself. considering it is all old pics and voiceover it is absolutely amazing. I have a few of KB's sets and this is still the best
Just had a look. The other two I have is America and the West
It has a sort of hypnotic quality to it. Some of the photographs are very interesting.
Jeeves and Wooster from way back in 1990-ish. has it really been that long?
The superb Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie star in this 4 series boxset which is one of my favorites, although series 4 is a little lower in quality tbf. 20's/30's life for the wealthy was, lets face it, rather good.:eyebrows: The title music is superb too
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=190C8rRKe3w
Excellent! I have that boxed set and for me Fry and Laurie are Jeeves and Wooster, they have made those characters their own; much in the same way David Suchet has made the role of Poirot his own.
Also agree regarding your disappointment with the Series 4 episodes, where they are relocated to America. I found the storylines contrived and the 'difficult' return to the UK for the two main characters, unbelievable!
I read that all the episodes were based on the books and the reason they stopped making them was because they ran out of material and old PG wasn't around to write any more.
. I found the storylines contrived and the 'difficult' return to the UK for the two main characters, unbelievable!
In fairness some suspension of disbelief is required, it is only high farce after all.
The Black Adder
29-11-2015, 14:13
J&W is excellent. I agree, the american ones are tedious to watch, we normally skip those. The sound on those aren't as good either.
Woof! Woof!
Spectral Morn
29-11-2015, 16:20
Frankenstein Chronicles - ITV Encore
Excellent Gothic tale, based around, the investigation of grave robbing, child trafficking, murder and secret medical experiments. A child's body is washed up, but the body is an amalgam of the bodies of numerous children. A river policeman John Marlott, haunted by the death of his wife and child, investigates the possibility that Mary Shelley's book Frankenstein might be the influence for the nature of the body.
Well executed drama, that lifts the fairly murky veil on society at the time, including the very dark and nasty means by which medicine and science was pursued by some.
Haunting and atmospheric.
Bit of a Netflix marathon of late... (as you do)
Watched House Of Cards with Kevin Spacey.
American remake of the British original series. Set in American politics obviously, but for those that remember the original, Spacey is equally Machiavellian as Ian Richardson.
Interestingly, the two original writers of the British series were Executive Producers and writers on the US Show.
Well worth a watch, bloody great TV.
Also,
Jessica Jones on Netflix.
New Marvel series, apparently opening up a new branch in the Marvel franchise.
Its good TV, well done just like Daredevil. (Another strong reccy)
Well worth a watch if you have Netflix.
Spectral Morn
29-11-2015, 23:18
Gran Torino - channel 5
Stone cold masterpiece. First time seeing it. Eastwood is amazing, one of his best films.
Tonight's film of the night is "Hobson's Choice" (1954) starring John Mills, Brenda De-Banzie and the great Charles Laughton. Directed by God himself; aka David Lean, and along with me, it was Mills favourite film. He was a late choice apparently for the role too, and initially Robert Donat was earmarked for the part....how wrong would that have been?
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Gran Torino - channel 5
Stone cold masterpiece. First time seeing it. Eastwood is amazing, one of his best films.
Yes it is good but not sure if I would call it a masterpiece. Outlaw Josie Wales, now that is his masterpiece. I think his more recent work plays a bit too much to the gallery cf: Million Dollar Baby for which he is still 'Unforgiven' in my book, ho ho
Tonight its a conspiracy(fortunately averted)..Capricorn One from 1977 starring Barbra Streisand's 2 husbands; although not at same time ;) Elliott Gould and James Brolin, with Telly Savalas and Karen Black. A very good cast, and a strong storyline made this one of the best of the year and still holds its own today. My dvd copy says uncensored on it for some unknown reason... I wasn't aware it ever was, so may be trying to sell it lol
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Spectral Morn
01-12-2015, 20:57
Tonight its a conspiracy(fortunately averted)..Capricorn One from 1977 starring Barbra Streisand's 2 husbands; although not at same time ;) Elliott Gould and James Brolin, with Telly Savalas and Karen Black. A very good cast, and a strong storyline made this one of the best of the year and still holds its own today. My dvd copy says uncensored on it for some unknown reason... I wasn't aware it ever was, so may be trying to sell it lol
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Good film Grant.
Tonight I've gone western/ civil war with "The Outlaw Josey Wales" from 1976 I think.... Starring Clint Eastwood(who also directed, Chief Dan George, who stole the film, Will Sampson and Sondra Locke. Not much you can say about a nigh on masterpiece of understatement. Originally a book by Forrest Carter, which is available on kindle, but maybe not under this name. Decent book but this was well directed by Eastwood( who took over from P Kaufman and caused a fair bit of trouble). Native americans were well and properly represented in this and it is one of Eastwoods traits to do this.
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Marvellous film that.....now Von Ryan's Express from 1965 starring Frank Sinatra and our own Trevor Howard. A lot better than you might imagine this, and Brad Dexter is in it too :eyebrows: Sinatra's flying jacket was later worn by Bob Crane in Hogan's Heroes.(remember him?)
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Spectral Morn
02-12-2015, 22:23
Was watching Blake 7 earlier on You Tube, first season some very good stories.
Was watching Blake 7 earlier on You Tube, first season some very good stories.
Ah, yes Blakes Seven. I remember that !!! it was corny but good corny if you know what I mean... There wasnt a lot spent on it but as you say the storylines were rather good, as were some of the actors.
There needs to be a Blake's 7 film. No idea why someone has not done it already.
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