They didn't really know about Cosa Nostra when those old films were made, but I think their activities at the time must have been the inspiration. The Castellamerese War, Prohibition, all that stuff.
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They didn't really know about Cosa Nostra when those old films were made, but I think their activities at the time must have been the inspiration. The Castellamerese War, Prohibition, all that stuff.
Hobsons Choice. . Superb little film this
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Charles Laughton John Mills and Brenda De Banzie
Carry on Screaming
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Introducing. Rubbatiti, the oldest actor in town. Lol
Classic!
And the one carry on movie that felt a bit special watching as a kid as it wasn't on that often.
"Mind if I smoke?" :)
yup, one of the best...not much beats a carry on for corn..and corn's a staple
James Garner in the 1969 classic western. Support Your Local Sheriff!
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Really good actor James
Some futile massacres now with ken burns civil war.
Superb this. Ive had it on DVD since it became available But watching currently in Netflix
Shelby Foote gives many talks on it. I also have his huge volumes on the civil war. A master of the subject
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enough music.. on to this now.
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Madagascar... the weirdest island of all
The Expanse Season three (DVD) Region 1 import (cheap legitimate item on Ebay)
Nice series which gets better as each season goes by, then SciFi cancelled it and yet crap like Killjoys continues :doh:
Amazon have taken it up for Season 4.
its on netflix, well some of it.....or was only saw a bit of itQuote:
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Star Trek voyager
Rise of the planet of the apes 2010
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Top film this
From my Amazon library
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 2014
Onto War of the Planet of the Apes.
The final of the three films All excellent films
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A sad look at mankinds nature
'The New Avengers'
Another classic with the giant rat running around in the drains and Purdey fights a Russian feller.
The Long Riders. 1980
Carradines, Quaids, Keachs and The Guests. 4 family sets fill the 4 families in the film. Maybe a first. Directed by Walter Hill if memory serves
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Walter Hill later said his "code" for the film was to keep "the jokes funny and the bullets real. It is about moral choices. I think people who object to violence shouldn't go to the movies."
Right now, this classic Western:
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Marco.
one if the best ever marco.
Yup, everything about it, including the soundtrack, is simply EPIC! I seen it years ago, but not so far on the home-cinema system. Can't believe how good the picture quality is for 1969!!:eek:
Just about to pour myself a nice Bourbon, to enjoy with it:eyebrows:
Marco.
I was a big bourbon fan. Had over 40 bottles once. Lol
Up Pompeii 1971. Frankie Howerd
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Great fun
I prefer it to some malt whiskies, as it's richer and smoother. Different flavour though, as you know. This is the chap being savoured: https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskie...iABEgI8F_D_BwEQuote:
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Have you tried that one?:)
Marco.
Gipsy Kings live
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Ive heard of it but not tried it. it from the same stable as Rowan Creek etc; the Willett distillery I think. It will be well aged anyway, although with Bourbon thats not always a sign of being better bourbon.Quote:
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Might be nice. whats the abv...?? 45/50
45, mate. Just makes a nice wee change from malt:)
Marco.
Be nice. Good bourbon is hard to beat for satisfaction.
Now watching the Powell and Pressburger film from 1942. One of our aircraft is missing
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Right now, just settling down to watch this, with a nice a nice bottle of red and a good cheeseboard. It's a latest release (from this year) on Virgin Movies:
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Looks good!:cool:
Marco.
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Carry On Cleo. 1964. The lovely Amanda Barrie as Cleopatra
M*A*S*H
The tv show not the film.
It's a quality show don't get me wrong but they had a scene in the operating theatre, young lad going under the knife. He's supposed to have just come out of combat shot in the leg. So he's been in the fighting, got, hit, been transported by stretcher,helicopter and jeep. But his hair is perfectly coiffured (and way too long for a soldier, especially in the 1950s) it looks like he just shaved ten minutes ago and there's not a smudge of dirt on his face or in his hair.
I mean it would take 2 minutes to smear a bit of dirt on him and plaster his hair down so he looks like someone who has been in a battle, shot and been in a lot of pain for at least an hour or so. Why do they so rarely bother? Not just MASH that is guilty of this ofc.
I used to be a real MASH addict - must have seen all of the episodes at least once. So the wounded soldier didn't look dishevelled, the surgeon's gloves were never bloody either. It was never intended to be an accurate 'docu-drama', just a wry and entertaining comment on the American participation in the Korean war.Quote:
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tv series was poor compared to the film. Dont get me wrong I watched it and liked it but the film was much better...think it was the series' canned laughter.Quote:
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anyhoo got this on
The Day After Tomorrow. 2004... great special effects and thats about it.lol... its good fun but the story is a bit ott, and acting could be better.. we can blame it on Dennis Quaid
..still I quite like it for all its faults.
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I know you have to suspend disbelief a bit. Just jars with me. The worst is with modern films set in the past. Everything is always so clean and perfect. Especially the cars. Every car is in concours condition, doesn't matter if it is the 1920s, 1970s whatever. I recall the 1970s well and a car in that sort of gleaming condition was a rare sight. Throw a bit of mud and dust on them! It's really not hard.Quote:
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I watched it first time round from '76 on and they didn't show it in the UK with canned laughter, or later when they repeated it. Except one time on the original run when they didn't cut the laugh track because they forgot and thousands of people contacted the BBC to complain.
Did you know the laugh track for pretty much every US show made between the 1950s and 1980s used the different combinations of the same laughs? One bloke built a machine full of RTRs with laughs he taped and he could build various combinations. All the studios hired him to do the laugh tracks on everything, he was the only game in town for three decades
I hope someone duffed him up, real bad...tosser.
Yeah I got the series dvd and it was full of this canned shit. I gave it away as it was unwatchable
Dad's Army.. 1971 TV Movie
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again from my Apple library.
The Godfather 2. Great sequel this. Maybe even better than first
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My Apple library again.
There is a version where you can select laugh track on or off. I sort of get used to it but it does make it a less-good show, no doubt about it. They didn't want a laugh track originally but the network insisted.Quote:
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Watched Falling Down with Michael Douglas last night, granted, im not watching right now:doh:seemed to have past me by 20 odd years ago ,I liked it, he's really angry at the world, feel like that myself sometimes:)
Good film that, saw it at the cinema when it came out.Quote:
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Red Dwarf xl (11)
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Imo the best ever series
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Yellowstone.. BBC bluray.... amazing place...-40 yet animals survive..
Battle of the V1. Think from 1958. Not a bad wartime resistance film with Michael Rennie
Now the first. Diamond Geezer with David Jason as con due to be released and some diamonds. Surprise surprise. Lol
Anyway it's not too bad this
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Settling down to watch The Bodyguard.
Heard people rave about it, supposed to be good.
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We're no Angels.
Bogart Ray and Ustinov
One of the great comedies of any time.
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Tonight a comedy. Michael J Fox in Doc Hollywood
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Slick script and good acting make this an enjoyable watch.
From my Apple library
The Predator 2018
Much better than the reviews would suggest, soft reboot to some aspects, few new bits added but overall faithful to the first two films, and a movie that ignores the other Predator films, which is ok.
What did you think Gary?Quote:
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I have tried watching Killing Eve and.... its just ok in my view.