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Yes - another of my favourites.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Psycho 1960... A Hitchcock masterpiece. Stars Anthony Perkins, Matrin Balsam, Janet Leigh and Vera Miles.
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a work of genius.. acting was also top notch.. one of his very best and he has had a few
Saturday Matinee... On Masters of Cinema BluRay.. Double Indemnity, 1944 film noir starring Fred MacMurray, Edward G Robinson and Barbara Stanwyck.
Directed by Billy Wilder, who also co wrote with Raymond Chandler.
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It was nominated for seven Academy Awards although won none. It was based on a novella from James M Cain, who praised Wilders work.
a great film; supremely structured and good acting as well. Stanwyck always played the bad bitch well.
now Charley Varrick, 1973. Walter Mattau, Joe Don Baker and Felicia Farr star. Directed by Don Siegal.
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That's a classic and an old favourite of mine.Quote:
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Heaven Can Wait, 1978. Co-directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry, and stars aformentioned Beatty along with Julie Christie and Jack Warden.
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Sunday Matinee.. Terminator Genisys, 2015.. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as all terminator films should.
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It grossed over $400mil worldwide, but did best overseas oddly.. I like this film, and it is second only to T2 in takings
Got my plex working up stairs now.
So the glorious Blue Murder at St Trinian's , 1957.
Directed by*Frank Launder*and written by him and*Sidney Gilliat.
Fab British cast, it stars Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, Lionel Jeffries and Richard Wattis.
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George Cole is brilliant as 'Flash Harry'.
The League Of Gentlemen, Apocalypse, 2005
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Marvellous stuff. Is it really fifteen years old? Seems much less. Tubbs and Herr Lipp were brilliant!Quote:
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Whisky Galore. 1949.. classic film this... one of the all time best on any sane man's list.
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a great line from Captain waggot.... " what would my commanding officer say if i told him my second in command has been locked in his bedroom by his mother":lol::D
Excellent film. :)
Red Dwarf: Series 4, from about 91...
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The Day of the Jackal, 1973. Directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox, Tony Britton, Eric Porter, Anton Rogers and Michael Lonsdale.
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During the massive annual 14 July parade down the Champs-Élysées, the company was allowed to film inside the police lines, capturing extraordinary closeup footage of the massing of troops, tanks, and artillery during the final Liberation Day sequence.
Fox is superb in this.
Zinnemann wrote that Adrien Cayla-Legrand, the actor who played de Gaulle, was mistaken by several Parisians for the real de Gaulle during filming—though de Gaulle had been dead for two years prior to the film's release. The sequence was filmed during a real parade, leading to confusion; the crowd (many of whom were unaware that a film was being shot) mistook the actors portraying police officers for real officers, and many tried to help them arrest the "suspects" they were apprehending in the crowd.
The Bourne Identity. 2002. Matt Damon Stars.
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Friday film.. Pirates of the Carribean, On stranger tides, 2011..
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Another favourite film of mine. :)Quote:
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The Lone Ranger, 2013. Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer star... great fun
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Ah yes - The replacement for The Professionals that was not fit to tie its shoelaces.
Thought it was crap at the time, watched a couple of episodes and then left it. Seen them all since though and compared to modern telly it's absolutely brilliant.
It was definitely a bit naff in my opinion. My wife has been watching the re-runs, but she has no discernment. Lets face it, nobody who finds 'Murder She Wrote' entertaining does! :rolleyes:
Yes, I do know the word 'naff' is naff. Not as bad as 'pants' though. :D
Glynis is still a very nice bit of gear.. Think she's 64 now
D&M's comedy gold! So bad it's brilliant. The way Dempsey strong arms blokes twice his size always tickles me and as Grant said Glynis is very easy on the eye (nearly as attractive as Martin Shaw).
Saturday Matinee.....
Pirates of the Caribbean; Salazar's Revenge. 2017..Johnny Depp stars again...
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She was typical 80s bird, very pretty face but not much else to write home about.Quote:
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The best episode has to be the bank robbery one where they try to escape on a bus at the end.
Clue, 1985. Stars Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, and Lesley Ann Warren.
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Right now, this:
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Thirty years ago, Clifford McBride led a voyage into deep space, but the ship and crew were never heard from again. Now his son -- a fearless astronaut -- must embark on a daring mission to Neptune to uncover the truth about his missing father and a mysterious power surge that threatens the stability of the universe.
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Marco.
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(currently available on BBC iplayer)
Sunday Matinee...(probably a double bill) first up, Rambo, First Blood. 1982. first and best of the Rambo films.
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Directed by Ted Kotcheff, and co-written by Sylvester Stallone, who also stars as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo. Made 10 times its cost but was slated initially by the critics(what do they know eh?)
Watched that last night. Great film. I think it was the first film I ever saw on video - my mate's wealthy dad had just bought a VCR so we went down the offy and rented First Blood and Hawk The Slayer. Would have been 1983 I think.
yeah a top performance from sly.. his best by far.Quote:
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now an oldie, from 1954, Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window.. Its based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder".
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Stars James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr. Highly rated and from a $1m outlay it took back close to $40m
Did you see Cop Land? He was superb in that, as good or better than the top cast he was with.Quote:
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He's good in the first Rocky film too.
His problem was always that he mainly opted to star in crap films.
Interestingly he reckoned that Copland killed his career despite all the good reviews he got for it.
I'd not heard that. Maybe he disappointed fans that have difficulty separating films from reality.Quote:
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Yes I've got that one too. He was good in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Bill Murray is The Man Who Knew Too Little..1997..
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Great fun Parody this... murray is superb as usual.
Memoirs of an Invisible Man, 1992. Directed by John Carpenter and starring Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah and Sam Neill. The film is loosely based on Memoirs of an Invisible Man, a 1987 novel by H.F. Saint.
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might only see a bit of this as im tired.
some of the stunts are excellent
The Life Of Brian, 1979.
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sadly reviled by so called christians and shunned by both the bbc and itv for fear of upsetting christians, it still manahed to become one of the most revered of British films.
Blue Planet 2... this is the 4k Bluray set. even downscaled to my hd tv its better than the standard bluray imo
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edit. i have to say the pic on this old lg tv is amazing with this disc and the panasonic 4k downscale.. absolutely belting..who needs a 4k tv:)
Star Trek Fan Collective.. Time Travel.... episode .Time's Arrow pts 1 and 2.. next generation crew return to 19th c america
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Film Time... The Bourne Supremacy, 2004. Matt Damon, Brian Cox and Joan Allen star in the second of Ludlum's films of Jason Bourne.
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Despite being complete hokkum, I do like the Bourne trilogy (tetrology?). Good escapism entertainment. :)
Not sure if i should be posting in what are you listening to ? but i'm watching and listening to Diana Krall Live in Rio ....its a great film ...on amazon prime so what's not to like
Been watching Colditz 2005. This was a 2 part tv ministries version.
Not bad but kinda missed the style of the brill cream public schoolboy attitude.
Also a fair bit darker, but also very watchable re good performances.
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Kind Hearts And Coronets. 1949https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2cecc6082a.jpg
inclined to agree the the "Utter Perfection" quote
Probably no one really. I like my new 4K telly, but really I might have had just as good an improvement by wearing glasses :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth