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Was either that or Yentl… :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Jeepers Creepers
For some unfathomable reason I like that film and Jeepers Creepers 2 even more, despite both being nonsense really :).Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
RED,2010...
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Dame Helen Mirren had to learn how to shoot a gun without blinking so as to look more like an experienced killer. (Blinking was one of the main reasons why the stars in The Matrix trilogy wore sunglasses to mask their involuntary reactions.)
Karl Urban nicked Bruce Willis with the cup he throws at him in their fight scene, because he threw it faster than Willis expected. You can see the slight look of surprise on Willis' face in the scene.
In Bulgaria, this movie was distributed under the title "B.S.P." ("Besni Strashni Pensii", which means Furious Frightful Pensioners). But B.S.P. is also a mock title referring to the abbreviation of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (B.S.P.). Its political color is red, and its voters are mainly elder and retired people, just like the R.E.D.s.
Been watching this on Netflix, it's quite good. A lot going on, and Mrs. P can't work out what the outcome will be - she's usually spot on with this stuff.
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just been watching stuff i like a lot. stuff i can watch all day like this.
A New Leaf, 1971..
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classic comedy.
some pirates now...
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, 1943.
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is a 1943 British romantic-war film written, produced and directed by the British film-making team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It stars Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr and Anton Walbrook. The title derives from the satirical Colonel Blimp comic strip by David Low, but the story is original. One film critic has described it as "England's greatest film ever".
note the england and not britain:D
It's an interesting piece of war time propaganda.
Dark Passage, 1947..
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The Smallest Show on Earth, 1957...
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One of the first films (preceded by Stage Door (1937)) to have characters talk over the lines of other characters, for a more realistic sound. Prior to this, movie characters completed their lines before the next lines were started.
It is estimated that the normal rate of verbal dialogue in most films is around 90 words a minute. In His Girl Friday (1940), the delivery has been clocked at 240 words a minute.
Rosalind Russell thought, while shooting, that she didn't have as many good lines as Cary Grant had, so she hired an advertisement writer through her brother-in-law and had him write more clever lines for the dialog. Since Howard Hawks allowed for spontaneity and ad-libbing, he, and many of the cast and crew didn't notice it, but Grant knew she was up to something, leading him to greet her every morning: "What have you got today?"
During the 1930s, Howard Hawks was hosting a dinner party when the topic of dialogue was brought up. He pulled out a copy of "The Front Page" to demonstrate the snappy exchanges between characters, taking the role of Burns. A female guest took the role of Hildy. While reading, Hawks realized the dialogue sounded much better with a woman reading, and quickly secured the rights for the film from Howard Hughes. Ben Hecht (the author of "The Front Page") approved the gender change and the screenplay was put into production.
Robert Redford now in the stylish... Three Days of the Condor, bluray.
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Double Indemnity, 1944..
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Murder on the Orient Express, 1974... watch this classic again. great cast.
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With Albert Finney are, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Colin Blakey, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York, Rachel Roberts, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Perkins, Richard Widmark and Wendy Hiller.
Cast members eagerly accepted upon first being approached. Lumet went to Sean Connery first, who admitted that he had been "stupidly flattered" by Lumet saying that if you get the biggest star, the rest will come along. Bergman was initially offered the role of Princess Dragomiroff, but instead requested to play Greta Ohlsson. Lumet said:She had chosen a small part, and I couldn't persuade her to change her mind. She was sweetly stubborn. But stubborn she was ... Since her part was so small, I decided to film her one big scene, where she talks for almost five minutes, straight, all in one long take. A lot of actresses would have hesitated over that. She loved the idea and made the most of it. She ran the gamut of emotions. I've never seen anything like it.[7]: 246–247Bergman won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the portrayal. The entire budget was provided by EMI. The cost of the cast came to £554,100.
At World's End,2007..
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This classic was shown on TV a few weeks ago. Well worth watching again.Quote:
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This is fantastic.
British spy drama, Gary Oldman is obviously having a blast.
Great writing.
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LOOPER, 2012. top marks for the whole thing.
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Blunty again in 'The Adjustment Bureau', 2011.
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Looper.
Love that film.
have it on Blu-ray, much of a step up in 4K Grant?
yes its that much sharper etc. ive the bluray too.. one of my favorites garyQuote:
Originally Posted by Gazjam
Part of my next haul I think
Watched "Source Code" on TV last night. It seems to be about alternative realities/parallel universes, but to me it was confused and made little sense (even as a piece of sci-fi).
The nearest parallel would be Akira Kurosawa's "Rashamon", which to my mind is a much better film.
I have seen it, but don't remember much about it. Obviously didn't make much of an impression.Quote:
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I think I remember there being a train.Quote:
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i like it. got it on bluray; which i think came from steve:D
some of the sherlock series with jeremy brett; the one and only... he actually began to think he was holmes apparently
Always worth watching.Quote:
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The Two Jakes, 1990..
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better than last viewing...Quote:
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Murder, My Sweet, 1944.. bluray this time...It was hard to get Mike Mazurki to tower over Dick Powell, because the former singer stood 6'2", with Mazurki--a former pro wrestler--only slightly taller at 6' 4-1/2". For many scenes, Powell had to stand in a trench.
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Gold Diggers of 1933
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The Fog, 1980..bluray
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Although this was essentially a low budget independent movie, John Carpenter chose to shoot the movie in anamorphic widescreen Panavision. This decision gave the movie a grander feel for the viewer so this didn't seem like a low budget horror movie.
Actresses Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis are real-life mother and daughter. This is the first of only two feature films they made together - the other one being Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
When Janet Leigh is standing just outside the church door, there's an arc of fog at the top of the image. This was not intentional but was actual fog on the lens.
Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941. bluray..
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Thieves Like Us, 1974.. bluray. When Robert Altman decided to adapt Edward Anderson's book, Altman was not at all aware that Nicholas Ray had previously adapted the book as the cult classic They Live by Night (1948).
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Taken, 2002..
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last few eps of this super show...Quote:
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The Beiderbecke Affair, 1985.
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The Paleface, 1948.
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jane 'the cleavage' russell and bob hope play this silly western comedy, which was a big hit...lol
i like it for its silliness
Good film that.
Is that the one where the protagonist comes to realise that he is an android?
If so, yes it's a good film.
Watched episode 1 of this tonight. None of the seasons matched season 1 (with Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey) imo, but this one is shaping up well, gloriously weird.
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not an android but a clone in this film.Quote:
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Ah - it is the film I was thinking of. Cheers.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, 2017.
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The Creator, 2023.. bluray
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an excellent film and the camera work and sets/cgi etc top notch..Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
finish off the day with some of the jeremy brett sherlock holmes series