Not many modern films that could stand repeated viewings - this is one imo :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
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Not many modern films that could stand repeated viewings - this is one imo :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Funeral In Berlin, 1966. Directed by Guy Hamilton and based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Len Deighton. Stars Michael Caine as Harry Palmer.
https://resizing.flixster.com/yXk8h6...MDA7MzMyOzQ3NQ
The second of 3 films about secret agent Harry Palmer.
Good film!Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Agreed - unlike the third!Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Coming up shortly....
The World of Henry Orient is a 1964 American comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss and Angela Lansbury.
This film was the official U.S. entry at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. Sellers got the role(originally for Rex Harrison) as he was available after he missed out on another role due to breaking his ankle.
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Never heard of that. Strange casting.
Staying with George Roy Hill and....
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969. Stars the Combo of Paul Newman and Robert Redford, with Catherine Ross.
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..."for a moment there I thought we were in trouble"....;)
Stick with Redfored now and watch one of my favs of him, Three Days of the Condor, 1975. directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow.
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Good film. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Cheers, yes it is..... and will stick with links, and this time Faye Dunnaway..
Little Big Man, 1970.. (i do watch this a lot as its superb)
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Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunnaway, Martin Balsam and Chief Dan George star.. Directed by Arthur Penn.
One of the greats, and maybe the strangest of films in its day .. 1946. A Matter Of Life And Death.
Powell and Pressburgers' masterpiece. Possibly the best film of its dayhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2e62dc9c86.jpg
Excellent film - the set design for the 'administrative' section of Heaven is a brilliant piece of imagination.
Commando, 1985. Stars Big Arnie and directed by Mark L. Lester
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from my apple library
The Producers, 1967. Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder star. Directed by Mel Brooks.
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Great film on Talking Pictures TV at 10pm tonight. 'Emperor of The North', with Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine, gritty stuff!
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Seldom shown and very worth a watch!
good film that...Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
now Big Arnie again with Raw Deal, 1986.
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netflix
I was going to watch it - but got distracted with something else. But earlier I did watch Hitchcock's 'Rebbeca' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_(1940_film)) and 'Went the Day Well' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Went_the_Day_Well%3F).Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I started watching, then began to doze off, so went to bed. I can view my DVD to see the end again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Too Many Crooks
Stars George Cole, Terry-Thomas and Sid James. Directed by Mario Zampi.
TT is in great formhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...92dc0cd323.jpg
Wilt, 1989. directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman, and Diana Quick.
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my plex
The Simpsons Movie, 2007. Directed by David Silverman.
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my plex
The Secret of My Success, 1987. directed by Herbert Ross and starring Michael J. Fox and Helen Slater.
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Helen Slater was cute.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
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Castaway, 2000.. Directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks and Helen Hunt. with Wilson the ball..;)
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re 'Castaway' the FedEx Superbowl commercial from the time is pretty funny - if you've seen the film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0NOofGPemM
lol... maybe he should have opened it eh
Young Frankenstein, 1974.. Directed by Mel Brooks and stars Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Peter Boyle, Kenneth Mars and Madeleine Kahn.
Terrific stuff.
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Bet lots of folk have had a "Wilson" during these lockdowns. My Wilsons are also known as Struth, Macca, Marco, and several other names :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Sullivan's Travels, 1941. Directed by Preston Sturges, and starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake.
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superb film this..
Oh, God!, 1977.. stars George Burns, John Denver and Terri Garr.
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Breakheart Pass, 1975. Directed by Tom Gries and stars Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, and Jill Ireland.
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This was a flop at box office but Bronson got his million plus 10% of the gross.;)
I saw that last year, it's not great is it?
I've mostly been watching old 'Battlestar Galactica' episodes. There's some clunkers but on the whole it's better than I remembered. Good characters and the stories weren't bad, production values let it down a bit. Still way better than the re-boot.
What gets me is that the Virgin box insists I enter a pin number if I want to watch it before 2200 hrs.
What's that all about? It was originally shown at tea-time on a Sunday!
parental control i guess.. you should be able to remove it in settings somewhere.. or phone them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
its a bit plodding, and could have been a lot better. i bought it a good while ago when going cheap;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Yes it's parental control but it's a kids TV show, or at worst it's 'family viewing'. It used to be on of a Sunday evening right after Bullseye and I don't need to put a code in to watch old episodes of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
maybe virgin have misclassified it. if its just that one. some of these parental controls are impossible.. amazon comes with it off.. many come on and it can be awkward to switch off with some companies.. some fool thinks its a good idea to make it almost mandatory.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Like amazon who insist on someone in their 60's or 70's proving by photo id the are older than 18. hence i buy from other companies now as when they make a damn fool error no one will take responsibility for correcting it. we are talking a bottle of whisky here not a gun
El Dorado, 1966. directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Robert Mitchum.
a classic.
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‘Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,’
The shade replied,—
‘If you seek for Eldorado!’
Blame It on the Bellboy, 1992. directed by Mark Herman and starring Dudley Moore, Bryan Brown, Patsy Kensit, Richard Griffiths, Andreas Katsulas, and Bronson Pinchot.
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Blade runner 2049
I watched this a couple of years back thought it was OK, on second viewing I really like it now.
I think it needs repeated viewing, and you do need to look at the 'extras' to understand what has happend in the intervening years.Quote:
Originally Posted by chris@panteg
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2007.. USUAL CREW, and Bill Nighy as Davy Jones.
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A great set of films these.. super matinee stuff..
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, 2011..Penélope Cruz and Ian McShane join the cast..
classic swash....
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Bill Nighy... one of my favourite actors... nothing to do with acting talent, just his face, and he has a way about him that always makes me smileQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
True Romance, 1993. A Tarantino film directed by Tony Scott. Stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette with an ensemble cast including James Gandolfini, Dennis Hopper, Michael Rapaport, Bronson Pinchot, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Walken.
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Stick with Christian Slater and this from 1991... Mobsters... also stars Patrick Dempsey, Michael Gambon, Anthony Quinn and F. Murray Abraham...
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Was, can I say, 'slated' by everyone, and made a loss.... I quite like it.:ner:
Avanti! 1972. directed by Billy Wilder. Stars Jack Lemmon and the lovely Juliet Mills ...
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School For Scoundrels, 1960.. Alistair Sim, Terry-Thomas and Ian Charmichael star.
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Watched that recently. Great fun! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth