When I was in primary school my mate's dad was the spitting image of James Robertson Justice, and he was a doctor too. Can't watch those films without thinking it's him.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
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When I was in primary school my mate's dad was the spitting image of James Robertson Justice, and he was a doctor too. Can't watch those films without thinking it's him.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
he was a good actor.. he was a linguist too and spoke several languages very well.french and german perfectlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Just looked him up, he had an amazing life, he was a gold miner, he fought in the Spanish Civil War and WW2, died penniless in 1975 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Robertson_JusticeQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
I read that, it's interesting. I get the impression his younger life was something between 'adventurous' and 'directionless' :).Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
The two usually go hand in hand...Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Crocodile Dundee II, 1988. Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski reprise their roles as Mick Dundee and Sue Charlton.
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again this did well.
Little Nicky, 2000.. fantasy comedy film directed by Steven Brill, written by Brill, Adam Sandler, and Tim Herlihy, and starring Sandler, Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Rhys Ifans, Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., and Rodney Dangerfield.
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Universally disliked; except me.:eyebrows:
One for budding princesses now.. Matilda, 1996. fantasy comedy film co-produced and directed by Danny DeVito, from a screenplay written by Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord. Based on Roald Dahl's popular 1988 novel of the same name, the film stars Mara Wilson as the title character with DeVito (who also served a dual role as the narrator), Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz and Pam Ferris in supporting roles.
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The film was well liked but failed t the box office oddly.
As of September 2020, on Rotten Tomatoes, Matilda had an approval rating of 90% based on 21 reviews with an average rating of 7.48/10. The website's critical consensus read, "Danny DeVito-directed version of Matilda is odd, charming, and while the movie diverges from Roald Dahl, it nonetheless captures the book's spirit."
The Four Feathers, 1939.. This is the Criterion bluray and is superb. this film is still the best version and still looks a lot younger than 82.
Directed by Hungarian Zoltan Korda, and stars John Clements, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, and C. Aubrey Smith(who was a big cricketer once and also leader of the Hollywood Raj.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...mith_c1895.jpgAubrey Smith. and as he was in film... https://pictureshowman.com/wp-conten...AS1-1935-2.jpg
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The film still has a 100% freshness rating from Rotten Tomatoes. The only let down for me was John Laurie as the Khalifa Abdullah, as he still looks like and sounds like a Private Fraser:lol: I will say the book by A E W Mason is a lot different, although in many ways i quite like the way the film handled the story too.
Rio Bravo, 1959. Starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan and Ward Bond.
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As was often the case in a John Wayne Western, Wayne wore his "Red River D" belt buckle in the movie. It can be clearly seen in the scene where Nathan Burdette comes to visit his brother Joe in the jail where he is being held for the U.S. Marshal about 60 minutes into the film.
Saboteur, 1942. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock with a screenplay written by Peter Viertel, Joan Harrison and Dorothy Parker. The film stars Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane and Norman Lloyd.
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Hitchcock made use of irony on numerous occasions in Saboteur. For example, early in the film, the authorities are seen as menacing, while the well-respected rancher and kind grandfather is an enemy agent. In contrast, only ordinary folks and the down-on-their-luck perceive Kane's innocence and offer trust: a long-haul truck driver, a blind householder and the circus freaks. In New York City, wealthy Mrs. Sutton is secretly funding an enemy group.
Saboteur is an early example of the distrust of authority that is one of Hitchcock's hallmarks.
Driving along the New York waterfront, Kane's car passes by the capsized hulk of the liner SS Normandie, an ominous warning of what could happen if the conspirators succeed in their plans.
The final battle symbolizing tyranny against democracy takes place on the torch of the Statue of Liberty.
Classic western today. Shane, 1953. directed by George Stevens based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Jack Schaefer(which ive read when a kid). It stars Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur and Van Heflin, and features Brandon deWilde, Jack Palance, Emile Meyer, Elisha Cook Jr., and Ben Johnson.
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Shane was expensive for a Western movie at the time with a cost of $3.1 million.[10] It was the first film to be projected in "flat" widescreen, a format that Paramount invented in order to offer audiences a wider panorama than television could provide.[11]
Although never explicitly stated, the basic plot elements of Shane were derived from the 1892 Johnson County War in Wyoming, the archetypal cattlemen–homesteaders conflict, which also served as the background for The Virginian and Heaven's Gate.
Bosley Crowther called the film a "rich and dramatic mobile painting of the American frontier scene". He continued:
Shane contains something more than the beauty and the grandeur of the mountains and plains, drenched by the brilliant Western sunshine and the violent, torrential, black-browed rains. It contains a tremendous comprehension of the bitterness and passion of the feuds that existed between the new homesteaders and the cattlemen on the open range. It contains a disturbing revelation of the savagery that prevailed in the hearts of the old gun-fighters, who were simply legal killers under the frontier code. And it also contains a very wonderful understanding of the spirit of a little boy amid all the tensions and excitements and adventures of a frontier home.
Going to watch this tonight, once darkness has descended...
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I have it on good authority that it's suitably sick, brutal and depraved.. Just my thang!:eyebrows:
Trailer here:
https://youtu.be/xwWgp1bqVwE
Love a nice cheery revenge flick!:D
Marco.
That looks good, I like a bloody revenge movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Me too, mate, and on this occasion I'll happily put up with the subtitles!
In any case, something was badly needed to alter the vibe here of Granty's never-ending procession of 'feel-good golden oldies'!:doh::D:ner:
;)
Marco.
Watched this a little while back if you fancy good old fashioned shocks (the 1st film in the series is good to).Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFsmuRPClr4
I just started watching that last night but only got about 20 minutes into it so far as I was falling asleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Based on the Enfield Poltergeist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enfield_poltergeist which is a fascinating case with a number of unresolved events.
So I gather. The first one actually has more 'jumps' in itQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k10ETZ41q5o
The weirdest thing I've noticed so far in it is that the house appears to be much larger inside than it is outside. Maybe they nicked that from 'The Shining'?
It wouldn't be as effective if a kid was only thrown across a normal sized council house living room.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
All just entertaining hokum after all, first time I've watched these kind of films in years and enjoyed them.
I'm not at all interested in 'slasher movies'. When I watch horror films I prefer subtly over in-your-face schlock horror. The Japanese are masters in making subtle but nonetheless shocking horror films.
Of the revenge horror films, most of them are just too ridiculous (such as 'Kill Bill') to be taken seriously, or are of the 'torture porn' variety (such as the 'Hostel' trilogy) which are just downright unpleasant to watch and makes you wonder the intentions of the film maker.
But if you do want a revenge horror film which shows some imagination, then I would recommend the 2010 remake of 'I Spit on Your Grave': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Spit...ve_(2010_film)
i'll stick with shane. good old fashioned shootin' baddies:D
I'm fine with a bit of artistic licence, it's just that the inside the house seems to be some sort of odd amalgam of a British 1930s semi and a much larger American house. Like the sets were designed by an American who only had a little knowledge of what those houses are actually like inside.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Here's the actual house, still there today https://www.instantstreetview.com/@5...bisxff1BOsynfQ
LOL... I don't mind that stuff mate, it's the mind-numbingly awful 'Carry On' films, or anything of a similar ilk, which for me are dreadfully dated and old hat, that drives me demented!:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
That sort of 'humour' was never my thing (same with Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum - all that cack). Anything 'typically British' (read as English, really, from that era). For that reason I can only take Black Adder in small doses, too - despite the brilliance of some of the characters.
Soz:o
Marco.
Classic, mate:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Marco.
check out the cat fight in 'Carry On Girls' you soon change your mind.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
One of the reasons I like Carry On is that it's set back in the time when the world was still normal. Same with 'On The Buses'
Dad's Army is a different type of humour I think.
I don't necessarily disagree, Barry (and I love ISoYG), but I watch 'gory' films (the more deranged the better) because I find them FUNNY!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Plus, I'm very much a 'film noir' kind of guy in general, which covers a broad spectrum of material. I don't do 'cheery' - period!
Marco.
Yeah I know what you mean, but that's the only reason I'd be watching it!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
I TOTALLY get where you're coming from with 'when the world was normal', and agree, as I'm also fundamentally non-PC. 'On the Buses' was ok. It had a few giggles, but most of that stuff (Love thy Neighbour too, etc) wasn't really my thing.
Now, The Kenny Everett TV Show or Not the Nine O'Clock News, different kettle of fish!;)
Marco.
Time to watch 'Point Blank again? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
The Halfway House, 1944. Great period cast for this slightly supernatural drama. Directed by Basil Dearden and starring Mervyn Johns, his daughter Glynis Johns, Tom Walls and Françoise Rosay.
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The Huffington Post reviewer disagreed, writing "I really can't recommend The Halfway House enough: unlike the more overt Ealing war films (which this resembles in many ways, not least the disparate group coming together and working together), this is subtler propaganda, and its overarching supernatural atmosphere is well done. Apart from that, however, it offers strong character portraits, great visual flourishes, and another solid turn from [Mervyn] Johns."
Nice one, Granty. Even though it's old, I actually love stuff like that!:cool:
Marco.
Bazza, did you forget about this thread for that very purpose: https://theartofsound.net/forum/show...19#post1244419Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Thanks for the heads-up:thumbsup:
Granty, could you do me a big favour mate, and move Barry's post about Zappa to the appropriate thread above? I' need to go and pick up the princess from work:)
Marco.
Cheers for moving that, Granty:thumbsup:
Princess says hi, btw:wave:
Marco.
no bother.. hi big P:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
now, 28 Days Later, 2002. post-apocalyptic horror drama film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Alex Garland.
it stars Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Megan Burns and Brendan Gleeson.
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28 Days Later was a considerable success at the box office and became highly profitable on a budget of about £5 million. In the UK, it took in £6.1 million, while in the US it became a surprise hit, taking over $45 million despite a limited release at fewer than 1,500 screens across the country. The film garnered over $85.7 million worldwide.
Notting Hill, 1999. directed by Roger Michell, and stars Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Rhys Ifans, Emma Chambers, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, and Hugh Bonneville.
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written by Richard 'Everything that's wrong with this country epitomised in one man' Curtis.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Unwatchable IMO even though it's got Hugh Grant in it. See also 'Love Actually.'
Point Blank, 1967. directed by John Boorman, starring Lee Marvin, co-starring Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn and Carroll O'Connor, and adapted from the 1963 crime noir pulp novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark.
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Point Blank is hailed in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die as "The perfect thriller in both form and vision." Film historian David Thomson calls the film a masterpiece.
:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Great film! Got the DVD. (Marco would like this :))
I also like 'Payback', the 1997 Mel Gibson remake, which was also nicely savage, albeit with some humour thrown in.
I think it was the rising cost of MDF.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
From Hell, 2001, stars Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson, and Jason Flemyng. It was directed by the Hughes Brothers.
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Visually well done and acting is good, but its not the best ripper film.
Blast from the Past, 1999. directed by Hugh Wilson and starring Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, and Dave Foley.
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Film recieved mixed reviews and just made a profit. I like this; I think Walken and Spacek steal the show tho
Film time, and Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes, 1938. starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave, and support from May Whitty, Cecil Parker, Googie Withers and the pairing of Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford playing Charter and Caldicott. This is the Criterion Region A bluray.
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The story is blessed by great characters and many witty and imaginative touches, in particular the conceit by which the passengers are each given selfish motives for refusing to verify Iris' story. As well as the chemistry between the two leads, the film has some of Hitchcock's best character parts, with Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne particularly good value as the cricket obsessed Charters and Caldicott.
The American film critic and historian Leonard Maltin gave the film four out of four stars in his Movie Guide and included the film in his list of 100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century. The Guardian called the film "one of the greatest train movies from the genre's golden era", and a contender for the "title of best comedy thriller ever made".
Carry On Girls, 1973. regulars Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Patsy Rowlands, June Whitfield, Bernard Bresslaw and Peter Butterworth all star.
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The film marked a slightly more risqué treatment of the topic with more nudity and openly sexual jokes than previous films. Discreet cuts by the BBFC (mainly to saucy dialogue and the hotel fight sequence between bikini-clad contestants played by Barbara Windsor and Margaret Nolan) enabled the film to gain the more commercially acceptable A certificate (open to families) than the more restrictive AA certificate, barring entry to the under-fourteens.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest , 2006.
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Going from the sublime to the ridiculous there Grant :lol:
Apropos 'The Lady Vanishes' being deemed by The Guardian to be "one of the greatest train movies from the genre's golden era", I would reserve that accolade for the Albert Finney version of 'Murder on the Orient Express'. :)
June Whitfield as Augusta Prodworthy. Margret Nolan as Dawn Breaks. Angela Grant as Miss Bangor. Sid James as Sidney Fiddler.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Been binging this weekend Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" TV series on Apple TV.
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Haven't read the books, but aware of them, and was interested when I heard they made a TV series.
Quite Game of Thrones-ey in scale,
Pretty epic stuff.
Visually gorgeous, real AV demo stuff.
6 episodes in its... intriguing.
Squid Game up next after this.
We succumbed to the hype - I enjoyed it, thought I would hate the dubbing but in the end you hardly notice as it is synced very well, although some of the voices were a bit annoying. Enjoy!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazjam
Not heard of that, but I have read the books.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazjam
Finished watching this. Absolute shite. I got properly bored with about an hour to go so I just started looking for anachronisms. Note to Yank directors - if you're setting your film in 1970s London don't actually film it in London. London in the 1970s was run-down and filthy, it only got Disneyfied about 20 years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Also poor people generally kept their houses clean even if they were a bit shabby. There's a difference between shabby and dirty.
Only a few wealthy people like doctors had big American-style 'fridges back then. Not single parents on benefits.
No 1930s semi-detached houses have huge American-style 'basements'. And even if they did they would be called 'cellars', not basements. And no-one in the UK keeps their automatic washing machine in the cellar. Even if they had a washing machine back in the 1970s which, if they were on the bones of their arses like the family in this film, I can guarantee they didn't.
That's enough for now.