Now Screening - What Are You Watching Right Now?

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'40 Guns To Apache Pass' (1967)

Audie Murphy has to get a shipment of new fangled repeating rifles to the settlers before an Apache attack wipes them out but ends up running into a lot of trouble instead.

Can always rely on his westerns to be a decent watch - lots of action and no long, dragged out 'romance' scenes. Murphy's last film before he died in a plane crash.

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You'll be excited to learn that next Saturday is a day of Audie Murphy films on 5 Action, with a load of John Wayne films on the Sunday. You're welcome :)

https://www.tvguide.co.uk/channel/5action

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The Player 1992

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If you liked 'Short Cuts', then this film also directed by Robert Altman should interest you. It has a similar storyline involving several characters, as well as many, many cameo parts played by just about anyone who is anyone in Hollywood.

The Player is a 1992 American satirical black comedy mystery film directed by Robert Altman and written by Michael Tolkin, based on his 1988 novel.[2] The film stars Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Brion James and Cynthia Stevenson, and is the story of a Hollywood film studio executive who kills an aspiring screenwriter he believes is sending him death threats.

The Player has many film references and Hollywood in-jokes, with 65 celebrities making cameo appearances in the film. Altman once stated that the film "is a very mild satire," offending no one.

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Classic! Indeed a bit lighter than his other films. Short cuts was great too, real biting drama. His earlier films are unforgettable, my fave being McCabe & mrs miller and The Long goodbye, both are comedies with really hard hitting moments of tragedy. I don't know how many times I've watched Long goodbye

Mad Men for the third or fourth time and still love it. When in doubt I ask myself 'What would Don do?'.

After listening to her albums, I watched the biopic.

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Great film, but still a very sad story.

Inspired by our trip last week, it may be 25 years old now, but the CGI still stands up well.

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One of my favourite films, Gladiator II tonight, which I've not yet seen.

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After listening to her albums, I watched the biopic.

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Great film, but still a very sad story.

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If you get a chance, try to see "The Day She Came to Dingle". A documentary film made by the BBC of a concert of hers, performed in the church at Dingle, Ireland.

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If you get a chance, try to see "The Day She Came to Dingle". A documentary film made by the BBC of a concert of hers, performed in the church at Dingle, Ireland.

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Thanks Barry, I will look that one up.

Tonight, inspired by a European McDonalds visit (it was the kid’s idea, honest…)

I can’t believe this is over 30 years old!

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Thanks Barry, I will look that one up.

Tonight, inspired by a European McDonalds visit (it was the kid’s idea, honest…)

I can’t believe this is over 30 years old!

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I used to detest that film - until it dawned on me that it is pure satire on the American way of life and it's culture. Now it is one of my favourite films.

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You'll be excited to learn that next Saturday is a day of Audie Murphy films on 5 Action, with a load of John Wayne films on the Sunday. You're welcome :)

https://www.tvguide.co.uk/channel/5action

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Watched all those Audie Murphy films back to back - was only two I hadn't seen before though. 'Posse From Hell' (1961) and 'Destry'(1954) which were both good. 'Posse From Hell' is actually a pretty brutal story even by today's standards.

Just watched “The Terracotta Army with Dan Snow” on Channel 5. I was aware of the archaeological discovery, but this is a fascinating documentary and insight into what must surely be one of the most incredible tombs ever found, and the scale is just breathtaking. Well worth a view on catch-up if this is your kind of thing. Definitely on my bucket list to visit when I retire.