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yolakim
03-05-2020, 11:44
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walpurgis
03-05-2020, 11:49
watching second section of this as i got tired last night.. good film this... marco would love it:D

I agree, it's a good movie and Marco would like it.:)

struth
03-05-2020, 11:52
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good film

Gazjam
03-05-2020, 12:12
Sci-Fi double bill today...
(From my Plex library)

First up, Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) - next up Robert Wise directed, Michael Crichton written “The Andromeda Strain’
Classic 70s paranoia SciFi Thrillers both.

https://i.imgur.com/pSbmscj.jpg

struth
03-05-2020, 19:10
Sci-Fi double bill today...
(From my Plex library)

First up, Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) - next up Robert Wise directed, Michael Crichton written “The Andromeda Strain’
Classic 70s paranoia SciFi Thrillers both.

https://i.imgur.com/pSbmscj.jpgBoth good ones. I dont actually have either tho

struth
03-05-2020, 19:14
Midway. 1976. Original film of the great Pacific battle during ww2.
There is a newish one out too.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200503/749542651c0600cc4bb6f23d282bda65.jpg

Roy S
03-05-2020, 23:42
Rubbin’ is racin’

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struth
04-05-2020, 04:08
Don't lose your head 1967

The carry on team on revolutionary France https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200504/8e540a3e93a36a3ec52bd515418634de.jpg

struth
04-05-2020, 10:03
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Alan Clark Diaries.

struth
04-05-2020, 11:16
Duck You Sucker...aka A Fistful Of Dynamite... 1971, directed by Sergio Leone.

https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/1249/p1249_v_v8_ab.jpg

One of his very best and much underrated.

struth
04-05-2020, 14:04
a bit of fun now after such a powerful film.. Tom Sharpe's Wilt. 1989

https://movietruthblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/wilt-3.jpg?w=775

struth
04-05-2020, 15:40
The Beiderbecke Affair. 1985.. Written by Alan Plater and starring James Bolam, Barbara Flynn and Terence Rigby...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/Beiderbecke_Affair.jpg

Great stuff this plus great music too

struth
04-05-2020, 21:21
Powell and Pressburgers 1942 wartime moral booster.
One of our Aircraft is Missing.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200504/0471e7b08ff942e853ba42420c49233d.jpg

Roy S
05-05-2020, 00:44
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struth
05-05-2020, 09:19
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Hopscotch. 1980.. directed by Ronald Neame and stars Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson

struth
05-05-2020, 11:08
DONE A FEW FILMS TODAY.. NEXT UP IS...

..O Brother Where Art Thou? 2000. Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen..

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loosely based on Homer's epic poem The Odyssey , music was produced by T Bone Burnett and includes top American artists in traditional African American gospel, bluegrass etc

struth
05-05-2020, 13:15
SiFi now with the 1967 classic, Quatermass And The Pit. Andrew Keir stars...

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struth
06-05-2020, 12:10
Callan 1974... film which was also an episode in part story wise if memory serves..

this was cool in my day lol

https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/42030/p42030_v_v8_aa.jpg

struth
06-05-2020, 14:12
staying in the 70's and the original Dad's Army film from 1971..

https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/53847/p53847_v_v7_aa.jpg

Barry
06-05-2020, 15:33
Callan 1974... film which was also an episode in part story wise if memory serves..

this was cool in my day lol

https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/42030/p42030_v_v8_aa.jpg

The cover is misleading - there is no climbing down ropes, nor any helicopters, nor for that matter any bikini-clad blonds involved.

Apart from that minor quibble, it's a good film and started the mini-series on ITV, which I loved.

struth
06-05-2020, 17:20
The cat and the canary 1939. Stars Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.

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struth
07-05-2020, 08:22
Dances With Wolves. 1990.. Kevin Costner...
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200507/7567e424aa0a643b2ac5256bf2712b75.jpg

quality stuff

struth
07-05-2020, 12:33
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The Card. 1952.. had issues tryin to watch this earlier in week.. sorted now tho... Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns and Valerie Hobson star. directed by Ronald Neame.. a classic film

struth
07-05-2020, 14:10
The Day The Earth Caught Fire. 1961...

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a quality disaster movie before the genre.

struth
07-05-2020, 16:03
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shine on harvey moon.

Gazjam
07-05-2020, 16:29
Terrific film!
If only Fleet Street was actually like this...


The Day The Earth Caught Fire. 1961...

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81xa4RAYc5L._AC_SL1500_.jpg

a quality disaster movie before the genre.

struth
07-05-2020, 20:56
Full Circle.. Michael Palin.

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struth
08-05-2020, 08:20
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The Password Is Courage. 1962, is based on John Castle's 1954 World War II memoir of the same name. It Stars ‎Dirk Bogarde and Alfred Lynch.

struth
08-05-2020, 10:18
Earth Story presented by Aubrey Manning.

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struth
08-05-2020, 13:55
Murder at the gallop 1963

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struth
08-05-2020, 17:24
Magnum Force.. 1973. Directed by Ted Post and stars Clint Eastwood.

A man's gotta know his limitations..

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struth
08-05-2020, 19:24
Classic dirty harry.

Niw

More Clint with Kelly's Heroes..

To a New Yorker like you, a hero is some type of weird sandwich, not some nut who takes on three Tigers. Oddball..

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struth
09-05-2020, 09:32
Saturday matinee is Peggy Sue Got Married. 1986.
Stars Kathleen Turner and Nick Cage among many top takent of future including Jim Carrey.

Directed by FF Coppola.

struth
09-05-2020, 11:14
The Cruel Sea. 1953. Directed by Charles Frend.
Good British cast for this naval war film, from a story by Nicholas Monserrat

struth
10-05-2020, 09:42
Sunday matinee is Norman Wisdom in The Bulldog Breed from back in 1960..:eyebrows:

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struth
10-05-2020, 11:22
Dunkirk. 1958, stars John Mills among many.. original and best. Directed by Leslie Norman, who also produced the cruel sea.

https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/3829/p3829_v_v8_ab.jpg

walpurgis
10-05-2020, 11:32
Dunkirk. 1958, stars John Mills

Ah, John Mills. He and John Wayne won the war between them, with a bit of help from Trevor Howard and Jack Hawkins! :D

struth
10-05-2020, 11:37
Ah, John Mills. He and John Wayne won the war between them, with a bit of help from Trevor Howard and Jack Hawkins! :D

at least leslie norman was in the war.. japan i think..was a major, doing sonic warfare against the japs

Marco
10-05-2020, 13:33
Classic war film on BBC2 later:

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My peepers will be glued to that!:)

Marco.

struth
10-05-2020, 13:42
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Red. 2010, stars among many stars, Bruce Willis

struth
10-05-2020, 15:41
A Game Of Shadows. 2011.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81wg14jDIdL._AC_SY445_.jpg

struth
10-05-2020, 18:00
The Battle of Britain 1969.

Directed by Guy Hamilton who was temporarily in charge of the 35th largest Airforce in world.

Think they had 12 flying spits and a few hurricanes. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200510/fcf16c14bef7c651b5eafa37e0f2ff3b.jpg

walpurgis
10-05-2020, 18:15
The Battle of Britain 1969.

Directed by Guy Hamilton who was temporarily in charge of the 35th largest Airforce in world.

Think they had 12 flying spits and a few hurricanes.

I saw that being made. Much of the air action was filmed over RAF Northolt, just up the road from home.

Did you know the ME 109's and Heinkel 111's were ex Spanish air force and used similar Rolls Royce Merin engines to the Spits and Hurricanes.

struth
10-05-2020, 18:27
I saw that being made. Much of the air action was filmed over RAF Northolt, just up the road from home.

Did you know the ME 109's and Heinkel 111's were ex Spanish air force and used similar Rolls Royce Merin engines to the Spits and Hurricanes.The casa was the Spanish version of the hinkel.. Can't remember what the 109 copy was called.
A Mitchell was painted in psychodelic colours and ran the show. It was an amazing job.. Lucky you to get some of the show. Think the weather got crappy and thru moved over to spain

struth
11-05-2020, 10:24
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shine on harvey moon.

more of this excellent series.. Kenneth Cranham was excellent in it..

Gazjam
11-05-2020, 13:55
Getting in the Dangerzone...
https://i.imgur.com/gLH85je.jpg

Gazjam
11-05-2020, 16:04
Some Japanese mayhem, made 20 years ago.
Battle Royale

Incredible film.

https://i.imgur.com/jzOYZqO.jpg

struth
14-05-2020, 12:04
A Private Function. 1984. set in post war ration ravaged Britain and the ends folk would go to get meat.. Stars Michael Palin and Maggie Smith among a star cast..
Interestingly it was produced by George Harrison

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struth
14-05-2020, 16:44
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway*in Bonnie and Clyde. 1967.
Directed by Arthur Penn
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struth
15-05-2020, 08:57
Red Dwarf , Back To earth....

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Barry
15-05-2020, 13:07
Is that the one with the orthodontically and sartorially challenged Dwayne Dibbley?

struth
15-05-2020, 14:59
Is that the one with the orthodontically and sartorially challenged Dwayne Dibbley?No it's a later set. Was a sort of 3 part, should be called mini series 9.

struth
15-05-2020, 17:20
North By Northwest 1959 directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
An all star cast led by Cary Grant. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200515/467cb7e1bdc23cbc67d9a3ab8fe80ca4.jpg

Barry
15-05-2020, 20:12
Excellent film!

struth
16-05-2020, 10:54
Jeeves and Wooster.. series 1...to start.. fabulous stuff this.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51SXM974CXL._AC_.jpg

Barry
16-05-2020, 11:02
I have the set - but IMO it went down hill in Series 4 when they were stranded in America. Otherwise a 'jolly good jape', by two actors who were born to play the parts.

struth
16-05-2020, 11:04
I have the set - but IMO it went down hill in Series 4 when they were stranded in America. Otherwise a 'jolly good jape', by two actors who were born to play the parts.

agree, it wasnt so good at end; still fun but you got the feeling either the writers changed or they ran out of ideas

struth
16-05-2020, 17:32
Don Siegal's 1962 war film. Hell is for Heroes starting Steve McQueen and James Coburn among many good names.
An interesting film hampered by a poor budget. McQueen was reportedly pissed off at lack of proper props etchttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200516/a4e5394ba554aca109039949a9f4b2c0.jpg

struth
16-05-2020, 19:05
New plex server now operational for upstairs. First film beamed is The Sixth Day 2000. Big Arnie stars in this cloning film.
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struth
17-05-2020, 08:08
WW1 In Colour...Narrated by Kenneth Branagh.. We Think we have it tough..... these folk had it tough

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struth
18-05-2020, 08:48
Sullivan's Travels 1941.. written and directed by Preston Sturges, and starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake...

https://www.filmsite.org/posters/sullivanstravels3.jpg

Lake was 6 months with child and had hid the fact until she got the role, much to Sturges' chagrin.. Apparently he tried to attack her... McCrea disliked Lake as well(she was apparently a real pain)
Now classed as a classic, it struggled initially.

struth
18-05-2020, 10:17
a bit more modern although subject is older... Open Range from 2003.. directed and produced by Kevin Costner, starring Robert Duvall and Costner, with Annette Bening and Michael Gambon.
beautifully shot and well acted.. a superb film and was a hit at the box office.

https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/32668/p32668_v_v8_ae.jpg

struth
18-05-2020, 17:28
Blythe Spirit 1945.Rex Harrison stars.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200518/bd989ba3fc8792d0c4d452317c5dd449.jpg

struth
20-05-2020, 17:09
A bit of base light entertainment now.. Carry on Constable 1960.

A fairly early one this and was 4th made, I think. Sergeant being the first. This was first with any mild nudityhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200520/f4e04f64de34313cc3df8122e7b855e1.jpg

struth
21-05-2020, 08:26
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struth
21-05-2020, 10:25
The Day The Earth Stood Still 1951.. classic SiFi stars Michael Rennie and Patricia Neal; directed by Robert Wise

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struth
21-05-2020, 12:11
Erik The Viking 1989 stars Tim Ribbins

Directed by Terry Joneshttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200521/728ebd9ec56f7bcc7440b74e724eb4ce.jpg

struth
21-05-2020, 14:38
Heroes of Telemark. 1965, directed by Anthony Mann and based on a true story.. Kirk Douglas stars along with Richard Harris..

https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/4064/p4064_v_v8_ab.jpg

struth
21-05-2020, 17:41
Roger Cormans 1967 crime drama. The St Valentines Day Massacre starting Jason Robards.

A couple of future stars had small roles Bruce Dern and Jack Nicholson https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200521/7b933ec19dfc6faefb662dfd3514916b.jpg

paulf-2007
22-05-2020, 11:36
For one reason or another 'er indoors wanted to see Michael Jacksons thriller, so had a look for it on eBay and found a cd of his best tunes and a DVD with Billie Jean, beat it and thriller. Cobbled together the DVD recorder to the tv and audio to a T amp and Celestine ditton 15XR ( I think ) I have in the lounge and settled down to watch last night. I have to say I don't think I ever saw all the thriller video before. Sound was ok but I couldn't get her to go down the garden to the listening room where I'm sure it would sound better and have a bigger screen. £4 for the cd and DVD seems a fair price to keep 'er happy

struth
22-05-2020, 13:26
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the great st trinian's train robbery 1966

struth
23-05-2020, 09:38
saturday matinee; a western of course.... How The West Was Won, 1962... Narrated by Spencer Tracy and has both an all star cast and an all star directors cast. John Ford, Henry Hathaway and George Marshall all take sections..

Carroll Baker, Walter Brennan, Lee J. Cobb, Andy Devine, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Agnes Moorehead, Harry Morgan, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, Thelma Ritter, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne and Richard Widmark....

https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/742/p742_v_v8_ah.jpg

struth
23-05-2020, 13:03
2 Guns. 2013.. Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg star...

https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/9756367/p9756367_v_v8_aa.jpg

good film, Marco will like it if he has not seen it.:eyebrows:

struth
23-05-2020, 21:34
Carry on Screaming 1966. Harry H Corbett stars.

Do you mind if I smoke
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Dave W
24-05-2020, 09:37
Didn't realise they had converted this to HD and 3D, so bought it and watched last night. Not seen the film for a few years and really enjoyed it. The 3D effect was very good as well.27782

struth
24-05-2020, 10:03
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One of the great Wayne westerns now,, the searchers from 1956

struth
24-05-2020, 12:36
Watching next, one of the best ever British films... Powell and Pressburgers' Life and Times of Colonel Blimp starring Roger Livesey, ‎Anton Walbrook, John Lawrie and Deborah Kerr..

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51X6NWBAGXL._AC_SY445_.jpg

This is the new digital master from the Film Foundation’s 2012 4K restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on Blu Ray

struth
25-05-2020, 10:36
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HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER

walpurgis
25-05-2020, 14:50
On Sony Movies at 4.05, 'A Man For All Seasons' 1966, with Paul Schofield. This is simply one of the best movies ever made, the cast is amazing as is the acting. Fabulous stuff!

https://i.imgur.com/eK7L2td.jpg

struth
25-05-2020, 15:08
On Sony Movies at 4.05, 'A Man For All Seasons' 1966, with Paul Schofield. This is simply one of the best movies ever made, the cast is amazing as is the acting. Fabulous stuff!

https://i.imgur.com/eK7L2td.jpg

yeah, great film.. i have it in my amazon stuff..

Ive a pretty big collection now on amazon plus all the dvd's im doing over to files as well.. also got a good few on apple as well.. decent amount of blurays too..
who needs tv; not me:)

struth
25-05-2020, 15:10
watching some early Porridge .. great series

struth
25-05-2020, 17:00
The Lady Vanishes. 1979.stars Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury and Elliot Gould.
Screenplay Written by Gilliat and Launder.

Ian Charmichael and Arthur Lowe take the Charters and Caldicot roleshttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200525/e786128c46f402dd09b2be17c5e25e4d.jpg

struth
26-05-2020, 12:51
2nd of the trilogy.. Back to the future 2. Stars Chris Lloyd and Michael J Fox.

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struth
27-05-2020, 18:06
start watching this tonight ...

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a total of 41 episodes of varying lengths, as some are double length. Brett was Terrific as Holmes

Lawrence001
27-05-2020, 21:09
start watching this tonight ...

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81px%2B0fXMSL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

a total of 41 episodes of varying lengths, as some are double length. Brett was Terrific as HolmesBrilliant dramatisation and great acting, settings and costumes, really captured the period and atmosphere for me.

struth
28-05-2020, 10:44
Brilliant dramatisation and great acting, settings and costumes, really captured the period and atmosphere for me.

agree.. top notch.. got it on again today. great value set too

struth
28-05-2020, 20:51
Logans Run. Quality cast for this sifi offering from Michael Anderson https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200528/52196c1123c0e9004004876dc98cabc3.jpg

struth
29-05-2020, 17:21
One of my fav ditty films, mainly as Sally anne Howes was in it along with Kenny More

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Mikeandvan
29-05-2020, 20:29
Original Star Trek series, brilliant. Some of the monsters are more funny than scary though.

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Barry
29-05-2020, 21:32
Logans Run. Quality cast for this sifi offering from Michael Anderson https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200528/52196c1123c0e9004004876dc98cabc3.jpg

A rather silly sci-fi story - only worth watching for the scantily clad women who run around bra-less.

Barry
29-05-2020, 21:36
One of my fav ditty films, mainly as Sally anne Howes was in it along with Kenny More

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Ah yes - "The Admirable Crichton". Or rather "The Insufferably Upright, Decent and Stiff Upper Lipped Kenneth More".

walpurgis
29-05-2020, 21:43
Ah yes - "The Admirable Crichton". Or rather "The Insufferably Upright, Decent and Stiff Upper Lipped Kenneth More".

I had family like that.

walpurgis
29-05-2020, 22:20
On very shortly on Sony Movies at 11.25pm. 'The Long Haul' 1957 with some really incongruous casting. Victor Mature, Diana Dors and Patrick (brick jaw) Allen. Not one I've seen, but probably pretty bad. Definitely a curiosity though.

https://i.imgur.com/hWVbF8U.jpg

struth
30-05-2020, 05:33
Carry on Cleo 1964.

'Nihil expectore in omnibus'

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200530/bcd650cf0146db0fc96bdf9c06c71a58.jpg

struth
30-05-2020, 13:23
African Queen
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200530/696269c47a4f37ab634c2774b6ccb70c.jpg

struth
30-05-2020, 16:24
The Outlaw Josey Wales. 1976https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200530/d905954e3cd7af9b3532b00a30ededa1.jpg

Marco
30-05-2020, 21:20
Right, before I slit my wrists and commit suicide, let's get back to the 21st century!:doh::ner::D;)

Currently enjoying this:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/IoEOsy.jpg

Trailer:


https://youtu.be/Phf13PYuehc

Rather 'disposable froth', but great action and CGI effects... Very entertaining to watch on a good home-cinema system!:D

Marco.

struth
31-05-2020, 13:16
Back to sanity with this Billy Wilder classic....

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200531/5870c471bdf596be79b10519e3de7b44.jpg

struth
31-05-2020, 15:54
Two Men Went to War

Based on a true story. Excellent story of 2 dentists who go off to fight their own warhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200531/237b342292ab83099a5990e738cf75a5.jpg

struth
31-05-2020, 17:50
Great little comic drama that. Rarely found now alas. Winston quote was something like, with more lunatics like them I could win the war by xmas

Now another kind of comedy.. The mad kind..

John Cleese in Clockwise 1986.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200531/0b95938f180e34f9c87125295e05ca51.jpg

Barry
31-05-2020, 22:14
Back to sanity with this Billy Wilder classic....

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200531/5870c471bdf596be79b10519e3de7b44.jpg

Watched that yesterday afternoon - it was shown on BBC1.

Barry
31-05-2020, 22:15
Now another kind of comedy.. The mad kind..

John Cleese in Clockwise 1986.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200531/0b95938f180e34f9c87125295e05ca51.jpg

Remember seeing that at the cinema in the '80s. :)

Joe
31-05-2020, 22:25
Remember seeing that at the cinema in the '80s. :)

Actually, so do I, though I'd completely forgotten about it until I saw that picture.

Roy S
31-05-2020, 23:36
Recorded off Sony movies yesterday afternoon

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzhiNjVhZjUtMWYwMy00M2U5LWE5NWEtNGU4N2E5NTI3Mz FlL2ltYWdlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1 _.jpg

struth
01-06-2020, 10:12
Young Frankenstein 1974

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200601/7d1bf6f4e6a981ac2abc7949af64c8f3.jpg

struth
01-06-2020, 13:11
Western now from 1973..

Dylans music is an added bonus

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200601/59f9e0154e5a662e166a62d9f726196a.jpg

struth
01-06-2020, 17:41
The Andromeda Strain. 1971.

Was initially a Michael Crighton book about an alien virus brought to earth via a crashed satellite https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200601/de47a736c3c1367296dcce1d57ef0672.jpg

Macca
01-06-2020, 18:27
Two great films there Grant.

struth
02-06-2020, 10:31
Breathing not great today so will watch one of my guilty secrets..

Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant in Notting Hill. 1999


https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200602/6e555d130ad68b18c7a7e8dc20ff26c3.jpg

struth
02-06-2020, 15:29
The Ballad of Cable Hogue

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200602/d93a5a3eeb7c595462963c8331646cc1.jpg

struth
02-06-2020, 17:38
Great film cable Hogue. Worth catching if you can. Fine acting and Stella Stevens too

struth
02-06-2020, 17:40
So, carry on don't lose your head now.. Bedtime viewing while I relax.

Macca
02-06-2020, 18:36
Hondo (1953)

https://i.imgur.com/Vh364Ui.jpg

One of John Wayne's best films - his best film according to Al Bundy from 'Married With Children.'

Not much plot. Essentially he has to save some settlers from the Apaches - which he does of course - acquiring a bird (Geraldine Page) and a surrogate son along the way. The pacing is brisk, unlike a lot of 1950s westerns, and the battle at the end is cracking.

Gazjam
03-06-2020, 10:47
Apollo 11

Stunning documentary, wasn’t aware someone had shot it all on 70mm film at the time.
This makes it look less like something from the History books and something you might see on CNN.

Given recent SpaceX launch this was a must watch.
Fantastic.


https://youtu.be/3Co8Z8BQgWc

struth
03-06-2020, 11:15
Apollo 11

Stunning documentary, wasn’t aware someone had shot it all on 70mm film at the time.
This makes it look less like something from the History books and something you might see on CNN.

Given recent SpaceX launch this was a must watch.
Fantastic.


https://youtu.be/3Co8Z8BQgWc

yeah its smashing..

struth
03-06-2020, 12:32
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61hd2qKZjSL._AC_.jpg

The Last Remake of Beau Geste. 1977 stars Marty Feldman, Ann Margret, Michael York and Peter Ustinov.



Life is as brief as a butterfly's fart, but death is something that you have forever. From now on, you will march until you drop, and when you have dropped, you will crawl. Some may consider that I am excessively cruel, but there is a reason for this cruelty: I enjoy it!

walpurgis
03-06-2020, 16:02
Just watched 'The Man From Laramie' 1955, with James Stewart. An all time classic western, excellent stuff!

https://i.imgur.com/ljJQgR2.jpg?1

struth
04-06-2020, 12:41
Deep Impact 1998https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200604/6a8d471619dfb71e99ac4540b2656693.jpg

struth
04-06-2020, 14:52
Now its...m*a*s*h from 1970.. Classic anti war film black comedy.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/M%2AA%2AS%2AH_%281970_film_poster%29.jpg/800px-M%2AA%2AS%2AH_%281970_film_poster%29.jpg

Nominated for 5 Academy awards, alas only winning 1....

struth
04-06-2020, 17:45
Terminator Dark Fate. 2019

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200604/2fdb7c1f2378abeefaf9ce75a0b329ef.jpg

struth
04-06-2020, 19:51
Good enough film.

Now, the original hound of the baskervilles 1939. Stars Basil Rathbone.

Classic holmes this..
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200604/63f81b16e6fabe2ff151185355334961.jpg

struth
05-06-2020, 10:30
How To Murder Your Wife..

A must for any married man [emoji23] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200605/ddcc697e4d57ae8cc5e260cdbf31343f.jpg

walpurgis
05-06-2020, 12:32
How To Murder Your Wife.

Brilliant film! :)

struth
05-06-2020, 12:34
Operation Crossbow. 1965.

https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/6975/p6975_v_v8_aa.jpg

highly fictionalised account of the real-life Operation Crossbow, made with a large cast of popular film stars of the time. It does touch on the main aspects of the operation, which embraced all tactics used to thwart the German long-range weapons programme in the last years of World War II. The scenes alternate between Nazi Germany’s development of the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket, and the efforts of British Intelligence and its agents to defend against the threats. All characters speak in the appropriate language, with English subtitles for those speaking German or Dutch.

struth
05-06-2020, 13:34
Brilliant film! :)

yes a classic...

struth
06-06-2020, 09:48
Sherlock this morning, and the Red-Headed League with Jeremy Brett

struth
06-06-2020, 14:09
The Green Man 1956.. Screenplay by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat; Directed by Robert Day and Basil Dearden.... Superb Black Comedy this... rarely found nowadays alas

https://www.originalposter.co.uk/uploads/28881251811982_mainphoto.jpg

Macca
07-06-2020, 08:08
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

https://i.imgur.com/X9xdzTl.jpg

Since Adam West hung up his cowl there have been many attempts to revive the franchise including 'Batman', 'Batman Returns', 'Batman Forever', 'Batman And Robin', 'Batman Begins', 'The Dark Knight' and 'The Dark Knight Returns'.

The thing all those movies had in common is that they were unadulterated rubbish.

But this! - this is so good it is bordering on genius. The funniest film I have seen in a long time.

HD Goofnut
07-06-2020, 10:32
I liked Tim Burton’s Batman and Batman Returns, also the Christoper Nolan take on the character grew on me. It’s Robert Pattinson donning the cape I just can’t get my head around. Much like Ben Affleck.

HD Goofnut
07-06-2020, 10:40
This isn’t released until the end of October, I can’t wait.

https://i.imgur.com/DX7WG32.jpg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd-z5wBeFTU

struth
07-06-2020, 12:26
Went the Day Well. 1942...

One of those classic wartime films that just worked.

A good but far from star cast. Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200607/e4122c4df9d533d85e7a9cc4007abf5a.jpg

struth
07-06-2020, 13:57
One of my Fav old time movies now .. The Devil and Miss Jones..1941... stars Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings and Charles Coburn. Directed by Sam Wood who also did For Whom the Bell Tolls.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71HXKNqlWeL._AC_SL1000_.jpg

it received two oscar nominations

struth
08-06-2020, 10:51
The Boston Strangler 1968

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200608/ff11acccb01fa3a39840d5b4774d4cac.jpg

Gazjam
08-06-2020, 10:58
My Mum was working as a Nanny in Boston at the time of the Strangler.
She spoke about how frightened everyone was at the time.

struth
08-06-2020, 11:00
My Mum was working as a Nanny in Boston at the time of the Strangler.
She spoke about how frightened everyone was at the time.

yes it was a terror i believe.. the film does give off dark tones that most of type dont manage..

Gazjam
08-06-2020, 11:01
Watched this last night, was terrific.
Not what I expected.

Upgrade (2018)

https://youtu.be/36PDeN9NRZ0

Macca
08-06-2020, 11:06
Looks worth a watch that Gaz.

Gazjam
08-06-2020, 13:02
It’s excellent Martin, a real surprise mate.
Went into it expecting a Sci-Fi “Deathwish”...

nope.
A mile away from that.

struth
08-06-2020, 15:20
Cross Of Iron 1977.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200608/6321b772a1b9a258a81cbe14cef49702.jpg

a poignant reminder of the sheer brutal obscenity of war

struth
08-06-2020, 17:27
Don't yet rejoice in his defeat, you men!
Although the world stood up and stopped the bastard,
The bitch that bore him is in heat again.

..........brecht

struth
09-06-2020, 11:13
Citizen Kane. 1941.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200609/79f963f1d40722856e5b94bae21a09dc.jpg


Talking of super powerful men, Randolph Hearst did his upmost to stop this film including many nasty things, but ultimately failed. guess his measley 40 billion, and the biggest media empire in the usa wasnt quite enough. he did cause the film to fail financially tho, as it only broke even when it is now classed as the greatest film ever made

struth
11-06-2020, 10:18
Back to the Future 3https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200611/99735ee08669eb927e46e9321adccdcf.jpg

Gazjam
11-06-2020, 12:31
Binging the Mandelorian on Disney+...

AGAIN.
https://dgeiu3fz282x5.cloudfront.net/g/l/l-298359.jpg
Fantastic show.

struth
11-06-2020, 14:10
The Apartment. Classic Billy Wilder Black comedy dramahttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200611/911616109374fbc783dd0157e60dd60c.jpg

Gazjam
11-06-2020, 16:20
George Lucas classic
https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/11d02c08-3fd3-45d7-be40-582b2c1af8da_1.a22df2791e713a579549e70ca1cc41e4.jp eg

Next up, THX1138 on Bluray.

George...you used to be good!

Gazjam
11-06-2020, 16:21
George Lucas classic

https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/11d02c08-3fd3-45d7-be40-582b2c1af8da_1.a22df2791e713a579549e70ca1cc41e4.jp eg

Next up, THX1138 on Bluray.

George...you used to be good!
But thanks for Star Wars...and ILM.

struth
12-06-2020, 13:27
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR0lDhR_dXAKTm9wysp3nWu6kP0V5skJ BVbCNC_Q8urAWcr4iF_

Saving Private Ryan 1998, Directed by Steven Spielberg

struth
13-06-2020, 13:26
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place.. Jeremy Brett

https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/images/thumb/2/2d/Granada-shos-titre.jpg/300px-Granada-shos-titre.jpg

struth
13-06-2020, 13:40
The Boscombe Valley Mystery

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/bakerstreet/images/2/27/SHG_title_card_The_Boscombe_Valley_Mystery.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20170124173346

struth
13-06-2020, 15:06
The Great Escape 1963...Directed by John Sturges. All Star cast and from a book by Paul Brickhill.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91soQIlHOLL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

Gazjam
13-06-2020, 16:54
Binging my way through First season of this.
Big fan of the books, the series is very good.
https://i.imgur.com/Dvn8kie.jpg

Pigmy Pony
13-06-2020, 20:38
Binging my way through First season of this.
Big fan of the books, the series is very good.
https://i.imgur.com/Dvn8kie.jpg

First thing I watched on my new 4K telly. Most impressive :)

Roy S
13-06-2020, 22:56
'Copland' just starting on ITV4

struth
13-06-2020, 23:56
Good film Cop Land.

Roy S
14-06-2020, 00:11
Good film Cop Land.

Some cast, Stallone, De Niro, Keitel, Liotta & Stallone does some acting!

struth
14-06-2020, 11:19
The Rock. 1996.. Connery/Cage fight for good v evil..

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51BR877dDUL._AC_SY445_.jpg

Classic action film

struth
14-06-2020, 14:14
https://soundvapors.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bugslife-683x1024.jpg

walpurgis
14-06-2020, 15:30
Just finished watching 'The Big Country' 1958, with Gregory Peck. What a fantastic film, probably the best western ever made, even better than The Man From Laramie that I watched and really enjoyed last week. Both of which I've seen many times.

https://i.imgur.com/IfxchYP.jpg

Gazjam
14-06-2020, 19:12
What a great Musical Score!


Just finished watching 'The Big Country' 1958, with Gregory Peck. What a fantastic film, probably the best western ever made, even better than The Man From Laramie that I watched and really enjoyed last week. Both of which I've seen many times.

https://i.imgur.com/IfxchYP.jpg

struth
14-06-2020, 21:56
Red Heat. 1988.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200614/3c68ccac5b0f640d3180589dee75bca4.jpg

Roy S
14-06-2020, 23:34
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200614/e44b82d90587645c89c38a192906fd3f.jpg

struth
15-06-2020, 03:38
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200614/e44b82d90587645c89c38a192906fd3f.jpgThe Sweeney's Ford Console gt. Me thinks

struth
15-06-2020, 12:11
Splash. 1984..Directed by Ron Howard and stars Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah and John Candy.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51lDFm-4IVL._AC_SY445_.jpg

struth
15-06-2020, 17:30
Blade Runner. The Final Cut.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200615/ca06e75574e66e85ced775c48a5b8e20.jpg

Macca
15-06-2020, 20:56
The Rolling Stones - Hyde Park Concert 2013

Got a load of these gigs that I've taped off of Sky Arts but I've been waiting to get the 'Home Theatre' system back up and running before I watched them. Great sound quality on Sky Arts.

struth
16-06-2020, 00:32
A Matter Of Life And Death.. Powell and Pressburger classic stars David Niven

Marco
16-06-2020, 11:29
Splash. 1984..Directed by Ron Howard and stars Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah and John Candy.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51lDFm-4IVL._AC_SY445_.jpg

Lol - what DA FUCK?:doh::D

The only "splash" I'd want to hear is the sound of it being chucked in a river!:lol:

Looks like some kind of rom-com shee-ite...

Marco.

struth
16-06-2020, 11:35
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/KZTjjGWyJ-p3L4EX1ddF8mYn4z3Ri4jB-5CPj8TD3W2NOUoXyUOTHBMUORMjJlAI5FcqhEP-rPsTTWBrZ0aT9sO9vdFJ-U3wUIic3yYoAcNZY4XLxjAYh664I2u2Qu6yqOj-Ne1VoYkLO0fbLI3BGQ

Kansas City Confidential 1952.. film noir crime film directed by Phil Karlson starring John Payne and Coleen Gray.

review of time... Kansas City Confidential, an imaginative little noir from 1952, exemplifies the bread-and-butter UA film of the 1950s ... Mr. Karlson, interestingly, concentrates on the story within the story: The leader of the gang is an embittered former police captain ... who dons a mask when he interviews prospective collaborators whose names he has drawn from police files ... The recruits are three young actors who would come to define menace in the 1950s and beyond: Neville Brand, Jack Elam and Lee Van Cleef, who here has his best role before For a Few Dollars More. Mr. Karlson’s filmmaking has few of the standard noir flourishes: the dark and brooding shadows, the bizarrely canted camera angles. Instead, he works through gigantic close-ups and an unusually visceral treatment of bare-knuckle violence. With refinements, he would continue to pursue this theme (revenge) and this style, right up through his creative resurgence in the 1970s: Ben (1972), Walking Tall (1973) and Framed (1975).

Macca
16-06-2020, 11:52
Lol - what DA FUCK?:doh::D

The only "splash" I'd want to hear is the sound of it being chucked in a river!:lol:

Looks like some kind of rom-com shee-ite...

Marco.

It is and it's horrendous. The worst Tom Hanks film ever, surpassing the almost as terrible 'Big'. Which you wouldn't have thought was even possible.

struth
16-06-2020, 11:54
It is and it's horrendous. The worst Tom Hanks film ever, surpassing the almost as terrible 'Big'. Which you wouldn't have thought was even possible.

was on the disney channel so free.. it was ok, and john candy did his best to hold it together. not seen it since it came out and it didnt really age that well

Macca
16-06-2020, 12:08
was on the disney channel so free.. it was ok, and john candy did his best to hold it together. not seen it since it came out and it didnt really age that well

Doesn't help that I never fancied Daryl Hannah. I have the same problem with Julia Robert's romantic films. Blokes going through all sorts of aggravation to try and pull her - I just can't relate to it.

struth
16-06-2020, 12:14
Prefer julia tbh.

struth
16-06-2020, 17:30
Letters from iwo jima.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200616/3490f4a4df2c98b94045a0cca1fe7182.jpg

struth
17-06-2020, 11:11
The Abyss.. 1989, Directed by James Cameron.

https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/11774/p11774_v_v8_aa.jpg

It won the 1990 Oscar for Best Visual Effects..

Barry
17-06-2020, 15:15
Probably won an award in the best wet T-shirt competition! :D

struth
17-06-2020, 17:16
Another Coward/Lean colaberation. Former wrote, latter Directed.. This Happy Breed 1944.
Superb cast too

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200617/77544ba4a197cd783c733bb8901c983c.jpg

struth
18-06-2020, 11:12
Cocoon 1985, directed by Ron Howard.

https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/8491/p8491_v_v8_ay.jpg

All quality(mostly elderly) cast again with this fountain of youth Alien close encounters film.

not great but some good performances from the veterns

Macca
18-06-2020, 11:27
Not a bad film that but the sequel is dire.

struth
18-06-2020, 11:42
Not a bad film that but the sequel is dire.

certainly not as good... not quite dire tho, there was a lack of humour in it

struth
18-06-2020, 13:34
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51W8D13NM8L._AC_SY445_.jpg

St Martin's Lane 1938..(yes marco there were films in 1938;))

Vivien Leigh, Charles Laughton and Rex Harrison are the main participants with Larry Adler appearing too with his harmonica.
Marvelous stuff

struth
18-06-2020, 15:06
MacArthur 1977, starring Gregory Peck in the eponymous role as American General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.
The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan in World War II, to 1952, after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Harry Truman.

https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/4984/p4984_v_v8_ac.jpg

struth
18-06-2020, 17:01
The 1978 version of Buchan's 39 Steps. Robert Powell gets the gig this time.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200618/d93db34e8dce004d6c89b725c28bf301.jpg

Pigmy Pony
18-06-2020, 18:39
The 1978 version of Buchan's 39 Steps. Robert Powell gets the gig this time.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200618/d93db34e8dce004d6c89b725c28bf301.jpg

Saw the original many years ago, and there is a part where the main character was going to Inverary, and I thought "Ooh, I've been to Inverary for a fishing holiday, this'll be interesting". But then he said something like "This isn't the road to Inverary!" Disappointing. Saw the remake many years later, and guess what? He still didn't go to Inverary :(

struth
19-06-2020, 02:43
The moors was shot at Mitchellslacks in Dumfrieshire

struth
19-06-2020, 15:33
Wilt 1989, starring Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman, and Diana Quick.. watched this fairly recently but fancy it again.. it appeals to my sense of humour:eyebrows:

https://movietruthblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/wilt-3.jpg?w=775

Pigmy Pony
19-06-2020, 16:16
Wilt 1989, starring Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman, and Diana Quick.. watched this fairly recently but fancy it again.. it appeals to my sense of humour:eyebrows:

https://movietruthblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/wilt-3.jpg?w=775

Tom Sharpe novels were always amusing in a slightly mucky way - there was a TV adaptation of "Blott on the Landscape" produced in the 80s, starring David Suchet, which I remember enjoying :)

Barry
19-06-2020, 22:58
Anything with Diana Quick in it is worth watching.

The adaptations of Tom Sharpe's books to the small screen have all been done well: 'Porterhouse Blue' and 'Blott on the Landscape'. I would love to see screenplays written for 'The Throwback' and for the South African books: 'Riotous Assembly', 'Indecent Exposure'.

struth
20-06-2020, 09:52
Ripping Yarns

https://morbidmayflowers.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/rippingyarns.jpg

opening with the classic Tomkinson's Schooldays

struth
20-06-2020, 13:01
https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/5549/p5549_v_v8_as.jpg
Das Boot. directors cut

Lawrence001
20-06-2020, 13:46
Always wondered, is that a cut down version of the mini series? I've seen the latter it's brilliant but probably not for everyone, hence the cut I imagine.

Sent from my HRY-LX1 using Tapatalk

struth
20-06-2020, 13:53
Always wondered, is that a cut down version of the mini series? I've seen the latter it's brilliant but probably not for everyone, hence the cut I imagine.

Sent from my HRY-LX1 using Tapatalk

The first to be shown was the theatrical version at about2 and half hrs... Lots more footage was available and the bbc showed the ministries 5* 50mins series in this country.. about 1984 i think.

dvd Das Boot, The Original Uncut Version, was released and slightly shorter coz it was cut lol ... this is the directors cut at 208mins.

complex lol.. i have the uncut version as well in german

Macca
20-06-2020, 15:33
The first to be shown was the theatrical version at about2 and half hrs... Lots more footage was available and the bbc showed the ministries 5* 50mins series in this country.. about 1984 i think.

dvd Das Boot, The Original Uncut Version, was released and slightly shorter coz it was cut lol ... this is the directors cut at 208mins.

complex lol.. i have the uncut version as well in german

I watched it originally as the weekly serial on BBC - brilliant, one of those shows where you really don't want the episode to finish. But I watched it again a couple of years ago and it wasn't as gripping as I remembered it being. Still good though.

struth
20-06-2020, 15:36
I watched it originally as the weekly serial on BBC - brilliant, one of those shows where you really don't want the episode to finish. But I watched it again a couple of years ago and it wasn't as gripping as I remembered it being. Still good though.

i remember sitting up with my brother and watched the whole series in a oner one night on bbc2 i think, many moons ago.. must have been 84..

Macca
20-06-2020, 15:41
Yes 1984. but it was one episode a week. Might have been a Sunday night, I don't recall exactly. Your brother must have taped it.

struth
20-06-2020, 15:52
we watched it all night I remember that. Don't think it was taped tbh. As we couldn't go to bed lol

Barry
20-06-2020, 19:21
Das Boot has to be seen in one uninterupted sitting to appreciate the claustrophobic life on board a submarine.

I saw it in the cinema, and coming out at the end into daylight and fresh air was a revelation - and a relief!

Macca
20-06-2020, 19:34
I saw 'Morning Departure' as a youngster and that put me off any ideas of going in a submarine. Terrible way to die.

Although I did have a tour of one once but it was just sat in the harbour so I thought it was pretty safe. Can't remember the type but it was an American boat.

struth
21-06-2020, 11:13
Cabaret 1972, directed by Bob Fosse, and starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York, and Joel Grey.

https://static.carrefour.com.br/medias/sys_master/images/images/h76/hf6/h00/h00/11199039111198.jpg

struth
21-06-2020, 13:16
Fab film that. Had a bit of grit about it for me and exposed well the growing nazi attitudes.

Think it won 8 oscars

struth
21-06-2020, 14:00
follow that with the mini series Traffik from 1989. stars Bill Patterson and Lindsay Duncan.

quality stuff this.... very hard hitting...

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struth
22-06-2020, 15:37
Earlier this..

Interrupted Journey.. Excellent tense melodrama from 1949.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200622/9045a6dce24d790240995c297fdb70ce.jpg

struth
22-06-2020, 15:38
Now this..

Ken Burns' The West from 1996. Maybe his best. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200622/67605ace5b05e4a17077f426d43c69cc.jpg

struth
23-06-2020, 12:12
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A Man for All Seasons, 1966. directed by Fred Zinnemann. A Stellar cast and won 6 Oscars i think.

walpurgis
23-06-2020, 14:07
A Man for All Seasons, 1966. directed by Fred Zinnemann. A Stellar cast and won 6 Oscars i think.

Watched that a few weeks ago. An absolutely superb film. Paul Scofield was born for that role!

struth
23-06-2020, 15:35
Yeah a first rate historical film.

struth
25-06-2020, 13:16
The Titfield Thunderbolt, 1953 Charles Crichton and starring Stanley Holloway, Naunton Wayne, George Relph and John Gregson.

https://www.picturepalacemovieposters.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/titfield_thunderbolt_UKliftbill.jpg

This Ealing offering never quite caught the imagination at time, and no-one working on it were in the least interested in old railways.
Still its well enough made, even if short on laughs at times

walpurgis
25-06-2020, 13:28
On Talking Pictures TV in a minute. 'Kind Hearts and Coronets' 1949 with Alec Guinness, a fantastic film with some of the best acting you'll ever see. Wickedly brilliant and brilliantly wicked at the same time! :)

https://i.imgur.com/fcgdzdT.jpg?1

struth
25-06-2020, 14:50
The Pure Hell Of St Trinians. 1960.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200625/307f8862c197d446b195d0bae907dc77.jpg

struth
25-06-2020, 14:50
On Talking Pictures TV in a minute. 'Kind Hearts and Coronets' 1949 with Alec Guinness, a fantastic film with some of the best acting you'll ever see. Wickedly brilliant and brilliantly wicked at the same time! :)

https://i.imgur.com/fcgdzdT.jpg?1Great film

struth
26-06-2020, 12:43
Alistair Cooke's America from 1972... tracing the history of the United States from the early voyages of discovery to the present.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71MDs0GSChL._AC_SY606_.jpg

Barry
26-06-2020, 16:29
I used to enjoy his radio broadcasts in the '70s

struth
26-06-2020, 17:04
Red Dwarf 4

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struth
26-06-2020, 17:04
I used to enjoy his radio broadcasts in the '70sYes he was very good.. Came from Blackpool actually originally

walpurgis
26-06-2020, 17:10
I used to enjoy his radio broadcasts in the '70s

His programme was called 'A Letter From America' if I recall. I liked it too.

struth
27-06-2020, 13:46
The Smallest Show on Earth, 1957.. Directed by Basil Dearden, and starring Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Peter Sellers and Margaret Rutherford, as well as a host of quality support..

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71pusvpai8L._RI_.jpg

Great fil this with some fabulous touches. The sequence in which projectionist Peter Sellers, pianist Margaret Rutherford and doorman Bernard Miles relive the glories of the silent era is great...

The exterior facade was constructed between two railway bridges in Christchurch Avenue, London NW6, next to Kilburn tube station.

struth
28-06-2020, 16:23
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Victorian farm 2009

struth
29-06-2020, 12:16
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The Station Agent. 2003

walpurgis
29-06-2020, 12:22
The Station Agent. 2003

A proper bit of 'Americana'. One of my favourites! :)

Barry
30-06-2020, 09:33
A proper bit of 'Americana'. One of my favourites! :)

Yes, it's a lovely 'life affirming' film. Saw it when it came out at our local film club - must try and get myself a copy.

struth
30-06-2020, 11:19
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQHdnOKw8wHcgR8e_MQMdrlQlcG-h3orAsavDKRXfWDiRlWly7K
EDWARDIAN FARM

struth
01-07-2020, 12:39
The Woman In The Window. 1944.. Film Noir directed by Fritz Lang, and stars Edward G Robinson.

this is the new eureka bluray
And decent remastering as it was pretty poor nickhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200701/56a9c811bc477542d452198291a7c55e.jpg

struth
01-07-2020, 14:32
The Man In The White Suit, 1951.. made at Ealing and directed by Alexander Mackendrick. Stars Alec Guinness and Joan Greenwood.. Classic satire this and beautifully restored

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71shAjA3X%2BL._SL1500_.jpg

struth
01-07-2020, 17:46
Absolute Power 1997. Gene Hackman and Clint Eastwood star

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200701/e3a5e14e55876a0396008cf5b9c7b568.jpg

struth
03-07-2020, 12:24
https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/tvbanners/516822/p516822_b_v8_ab.jpg
just watching the end of this series on drugs.. it was one of the best i ever saw...

walpurgis
03-07-2020, 12:29
just watching the end of this series on drugs.. it was one of the best i ever saw...

Why do you need to be on drugs to watch it? ;)

struth
03-07-2020, 12:36
if it doesnt put you off trying it nothing will i guess

struth
03-07-2020, 15:06
Very best of dad's army

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200703/5ef326912c07814542d270af95161267.jpg

struth
04-07-2020, 10:22
Another good war film for Saturday matinee

A Bridge Too Far from 1977..all star cast and directed by Dicky Attenborough..

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200704/ace8f6cd6a689862b4cb84928720b06e.jpg

Macca
04-07-2020, 10:37
Best war film ever.

Macca
04-07-2020, 10:53
Alien: Covenant (2017)

https://i.ibb.co/zX9gN2h/Alien-Covenant-Teaser-Poster.jpg (https://imgbb.com/)

latest of the 'Alien' prequels. The last one was okay and this one is just 'okay' as well. Has its moments but as with a lot of similar films does rely on people doing stupid things to advance the plot.

For example the pilot is told to keep the ship secure after landing 'as per protocol' - because we all know what happened in 'Aliens' don't we? But does the pilot do that? No, she's pissing about under the ship, or wandering around about 100 yards away from it, all the time the ramp is down and the door is wide open. Next thing you know there's an alien on the ship. Well what a surprise that is.

And going back into 'hyper-sleep' at the end. Okay it's going to take 8 more years to get to the destination planet but personally I'd be spending those 8 years locked in my cabin with an AK47 and a case of hand grenades.

Despite the goody and baddy androids looking identical no-one suspects in the slightest that it might be the baddy android who makes it back to the ship, even though he's been out of sight and communication with the rest of the crew for ages. Really? Yes really. Just seal me back into my hypersleep pod even though it wasn't that long ago that I saw my husband burn to death in one.

The first one is a classic horror film. The second one is classic action film with some great dialogue. 'It's game over man! Game over!'. But this is neither fish nor fowl.

struth
04-07-2020, 13:35
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETTrXMfXYAAA5Fv.jpg

Red Dwarf, the promised land.. 2020.....

struth
05-07-2020, 12:30
Buster. 1988.. stars Phil Collins and Julie Walters.

Based on events from and after the Great Train Robbery.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51cqyJQSY2L._SY445_.jpg

love the line by Walters when just in Acapulco to start the "good life" she says, all i want is egg and chips:doh:

struth
05-07-2020, 15:39
Planet Earth 2006... attenborough at his best. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200705/1ea7a8a00d1297dac119139a7330e9de.jpg

struth
07-07-2020, 13:59
Chato's Land. 1972....Charles Bronson and Jack Palance star... Michael Winner directs..

.. one of the nastiest westerns out..

https://vhscollector.com/sites/default/files/vhsimages/23841_chatosland-mgm1%2520%2528VHSCollector.com%2529.jpg

struth
07-07-2020, 16:14
https://youtu.be/S9KXrRUZqtw

golden gordon/ ripping yarns

struth
07-07-2020, 16:54
Walking Through History.

Tony Robinson..

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200707/e517527d75ef9608023ea1ecb6761395.jpg

struth
08-07-2020, 17:12
The Missouri breaks 1975/6 I think
Great film this and rarely seen

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200708/e13111faa7810d93b5a7d0a501d38589.jpg

struth
09-07-2020, 15:12
In Which We Serve 1942, directed by Noël Coward and David Lean.(although in reality it was Lean).

Stars Noël Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles, Richard Attenborough and Celia Johnson... the cream of British talent at time


https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B5%2F4%2F5%2F0%2F5450121%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D

struth
09-07-2020, 15:24
In Which We Serve 1942, directed by Noël Coward and David Lean.(although in reality it was Lean).

Stars Noël Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles, Richard Attenborough and Celia Johnson... the cream of British talent at time


https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B5%2F4%2F5%2F0%2F5450121%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D

interesting that all 6 of the above were allowed to be called sir or dame(over to marco for the dames):lol:

struth
10-07-2020, 12:22
The Running Man. 1987.

Big Arnie Schwarzenegger kicks butt are per usualhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200710/6ce2883cc803b2a73fd933067a027f85.jpg

struth
10-07-2020, 17:24
Blackadder 2

Classic slackbladderhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200710/5a80fc0c3bb67a00a5fab28b1b54cae2.jpg

struth
11-07-2020, 09:26
Tremors. 1990 stars Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward..

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSaQ9C41fvhkbfyicuG9BmDKci81oHaj anzLeAhxHhwBWkx8T1w

Directed by Ron Underwood who went on to do City Slickers and Stealing Sinatra

walpurgis
11-07-2020, 09:49
Tremors. 1990 stars Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward.

Good movie. Tongue in cheek horror from a pair of great actors who were obviously having fun making it.

struth
11-07-2020, 10:57
Good movie. Tongue in cheek horror from a pair of great actors who were obviously having fun making it.

yes a fun film..

now Total Recall.. 1990.. loosely based on Philip K. Dick's We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.

https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/par_96019001_270.jpeg

struth
11-07-2020, 13:33
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Steptoe and Son . the xmas specials

Pigmy Pony
11-07-2020, 16:27
The Devils Brigade 1968, William Holden and Cliff Robertson.

walpurgis
11-07-2020, 16:50
The Devils Brigade 1968, William Holden and Cliff Robertson.

Was never too sure about Cliff Robertson, he looks more like an English teacher than a rugged hero.

struth
12-07-2020, 12:16
Paul Newman stars in Fat Man and Little Boy

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200712/29316151e25c9ff05596831ef6fe13c9.jpg

struth
12-07-2020, 13:02
Ruthless People..

Classic comedy

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200712/fb1ad23b3a8893760c0363aa270d119c.jpg

struth
12-07-2020, 14:41
https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/tvbanners/17509881/p17509881_b_v8_ab.jpg

Seven Worlds, One Planet