Now Screening - What Are You Watching Right Now?

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Few years ago on an American Holiday drove thru Point Pleasant and stopped just after "that" bridge (watch the film) and took stock.

When the filmmakers say "base on a true story" ...there's nothing like actually going there.
(We weren't actually attacked)

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I read it and took the books content as a reporting of experience and hard facts. The silver Bridge collapsed and after it collapsed my understanding is the weirdness in point pleasant stopped. The bridge collapsed for structural issues nothing weird, so maybe coincidence, that all the other weirdness was going on at the same time.

Some have questioned some of what John Keel wrote but he isn't about to defend himself and I don't know enough about the issues to mount a defence or criticism. If even a small percentage of what is in the book happened, then our reality is not quiet what it appears to be.

Anyway it is a scary story.

I must admit to once wanting to visit there and places like it but not now and the old munitions works would be the last place on earth I would want to go. http://www.wired.com/2014/03/joshua-...r-tnt-storage/


Regards Neil

That place is VERY CREEPY...

Have to say the whole place when I was there had "something" about it that made me feel uneasy.

The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947) starring Rex Harrison and Gene Teirney.. directed by Joseph Mankiewitz....Super light drama with Harrison at his best as a ghostly sea captain

Made in Dagenham

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A docu-drama concerning the strike by the seamstresses at the Ford plant at Dagenham in 1968, to be re-graded from 'unskilled' to 'semi-skilled'. In the end they achieved more than this - they eventually got equal pay; an achievement which was enshrined in law as the Equal Pay Act the following year.

A fascinating piece of social history; starring Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson and Bob Hoskins.

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Made in Dagenham

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A docu-drama concerning the strike by the seamstresses at the Ford plant at Dagenham in 1968, to be re-graded from 'unskilled' to 'semi-skilled'. In the end they achieved more than this - they eventually got equal pay; an achievement which was enshrined in law as the Equal Pay Act the following year.

A fascinating piece of social history; starring Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson and Bob Hoskins.

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Not seen that yet but will look out for it.

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The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947) starring Rex Harrison and Gene Teirney.. directed by Joseph Mankiewitz....Super light drama with Harrison at his best as a ghostly sea captain

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Really enjoyed that; been wanting to see it again and couldnt find the disc but it was available on A Prime. ***** film

Now watch a few epps of red dwarf b4 bed

The Dark Corner (1946) starring Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb and William Bendix and directed by the great Henry Hathaway. part of my A Prime content

Good film that..nice bit of Noir that I hadnt seen for some years.

going to watch the 1951 classic sifi film starring Michael Rennie ...The Day The Earth Stood Still. I always like a view of the delicious Patricia Neal as well:eyebrows:

ps its on film 4 at 11 am today

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Good film that..nice bit of Noir that I hadnt seen for some years.

going to watch the 1951 classic sifi film starring Michael Rennie ...The Day The Earth Stood Still. I always like a view of the delicious Patricia Neal as well:eyebrows:

ps its on film 4 at 11 am today

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Klaatu barada nickto!

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she may well have been asking Gort to ravish her:eyebrows:

11.6 (2013)............starring François Cluzet, Bouli Lanners and Corinne Masiero, and directed by Philippe Godeau. part of my A Prime content

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11.6 (2013)............starring François Cluzet, Bouli Lanners and Corinne Masiero, and directed by Philippe Godeau. part of my A Prime content

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A highly recommended film, as is often the case with French films. The rest of the world can learn something there ;)

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A highly recommended film, as is often the case with French films. The rest of the world can learn something there ;)

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I tend to avoid French films unless they have Alain Delon in them. Mostly just people talking in rooms....zzzzzzzzz

I've just watched 'Soldiers Of Fortune'. Sean Bean, Colm Meany, you'd think it might be pretty good. But after an utterly preposterous opening 10 minutes the plot gets explained and it is even more ridiculous than you could ever expect. No-one could possibly have read the script and thought anything other than 'this is complete and utter shite.' But it got made anyway. How does that happen?

Colm Meany is the bad guy - he always makes me laugh in films like this - I mean he is a good actor and has done some good stuff over the years but I guess he does this sort of thing to pay the rent. I am sure he has a little switch on the back of his neck so you can swap between 'good Colm Meany' and 'evil Colm Meany' and the director just sets it how he wants it before they start filming.

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I tend to avoid French films unless they have Alain Delon in them. Mostly just people talking in rooms....zzzzzzzzz

I've just watched 'Soldiers Of Fortune'. Sean Bean, Colm Meany, you'd think it might be pretty good. But after an utterly preposterous opening 10 minutes the plot gets explained and it is even more ridiculous than you could ever expect. No-one could possibly have read the script and thought anything other than 'this is complete and utter shite.' But it got made anyway. How does that happen?

Colm Meany is the bad guy - he always makes me laugh in films like this - I mean he is a good actor and has done some good stuff over the years but I guess he does this sort of thing to pay the rent. I am sure he has a little switch on the back of his neck so you can swap between 'good Colm Meany' and 'evil Colm Meany' and the director just sets it how he wants it before they start filming.

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Id say its the best Film ive seen this year Martin...give it a whirl if you can...its obviously a classic as you dont notice the subtitles:eyebrows:

I don't have any problem with subtitles. I find I forget that I am reading them after a bit and just assume I can understand French (or Japanese or whatever).

It's tedious 'art house' shite that I can't stand; whatever the country of origin.

I'll keep an eye out for it. :)

its not art house...it about a security guard who is pissed off and pisses off taking the van and contents..nice

sounds like a good premise, anyway.

The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie 1969) starring Maggie Smith (oscar), Gordon Jackson, Robert Stephens and Celia Johnston (last film). directed by Ronald Neame and set in an Edinburgh girls school during the 30,s.

Desks had to be increased in height to make the "girls" look younger.. one was a 20 year old mother. Pamela Franklin was 19 a!d played Sandy...the deeicious lass that gets painted in the raw where it is obvious she was no schoolgal

Currently working my way through the original Outer Limits seasons 1 & 2 on DVD. Some great episodes, some completely duff ones.

That and the original Twilight Zones are some of the best TV sci-fi made (according to me). Both feature Star Trek cast before the series was made, and the influence on Star Trek is easy to see.

Yellowstone(2009). tv documentary following 1 year in America's last real wilderness....well apart from the travel lodges and tours etc:eyebrows:
Informativecand well shot as you'd expect from the beeb's nature crews

currently on the yesterday channel

'Big Ass Spider' (2013)

Does what it says on the tin.

Got 'Monsters' (2010) to watch later tonight, looks like some sort of sci-fi effort from the trailer.

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Currently working my way through the original Outer Limits seasons 1 & 2 on DVD. Some great episodes, some completely duff ones.

That and the original Twilight Zones are some of the best TV sci-fi made (according to me). Both feature Star Trek cast before the series was made, and the influence on Star Trek is easy to see.

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Love the Outer Limits, some wonderful stories.



Regards Neil

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'Big Ass Spider' (2013)

Does what it says on the tin.

Got 'Monsters' (2010) to watch later tonight, looks like some sort of sci-fi effort from the trailer.

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Monsters is very good film, a lot managed on modest money. The second film has only just recently come out in the cinema.


Regards Neil

Currently watching "Carry on Screaming" (1966) :eek: Fenella Fielding is a darling and yet looks spooky too....

Frying tonight

Paths of Glory

Kirk Douglas as a French army officer putting his neck on the line with unhinged Superior officer.
Directed by Stanley Kubrik it's a masterpiece and one of the best (imo) films about War ever made.
Absolute classic.

Yep, Paths of Glory is a classic. Hardly ever on TV, though.

Just watched a documentery on PBS about Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL). They might be stone cold killers but you have to have a grudging admiration for what they have accomplished.

Blood on the Sun (1945) starring James Cagney and Sylvyia Syndey. Cagney as an American reporter in Japan pre war trying to expose their plans for world domonation.
James Cagney trained intensively in the martial-art of judo in preparation for his role in this movie. Cagney trained under Ken Kuniyuki who was a 5th Degree Judo Master. Cagney went on to insist he perform his own stunts in this movie. He said in his memoirs: "I grew so fond of judo I used it to keep in shape until a back injury I picked up doing something else, put me on the sidelines." Moreover, another instructor for Cagney was former LAPD policeman John Halloran who plays the role of Captain Oshima in the film and can be seen in the movie's closing fight sequence. Apparently, Halloran quit the police force after FBI agents investigated him because he was an expert in judo.

War and remembrance dvd set..........mini series of Herman wouk's book

Sitting down tonight to "Chappie", Nial Blomkamps scifi film about artificial intelligence, yet again (groan) set in the slums of South Africa.
Film looks good mind...double feature of that and "Ex Machina", a similarly themed movie but a bit more cerebral I think.

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Sitting down tonight to "Chappie", Nial Blomkamps scifi film about artificial intelligence, yet again (groan) set in the slums of South Africa.
Film looks good mind...double feature of that and "Ex Machina", a similarly themed movie but a bit more cerebral I think.

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..I thought Chappie was only being released on DVD in July?

Bit of a marathon last night actually.
Ex Machina was excellent, directoral debut of Alex Garland, more known as a screenwriter who wrote Sunshine, Dredd, 28 Days Later and the novel the Beach.

Chappie...was ok.
More of an effects showreel with a heavy handed blunt message, had the feeling aid seen this movie before in Elysium and District 9. He doesn't do subtle...hope Alien 5 is better.
District 9 was a classic though. Should have left the "social inequality in South Africa" theme there.

Finally fired up "True Detective" with Matthew McConachey and Woody Harrelson.
Watched first two episodes, intriguing story one of those ones that slowly peels back the layers of the onion and takes you to unexpected places...
Great acting and sense of place...feels real.
Two episodes in watching more tonight.

Jethro Tull Live at the Montreux jazz festival on BR. Bloody brilliant.:)

The Great Escape (1963) starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson, Richard Attenborough and Gordon Jackson among the many stars tunnelling out of Stalag Luft III . Based on a true story and directed by John Sturges.
Chuck Bronson first met David McCallum's wife, Jill Ireland on the set and famously joked that he would steal her away...in fact he did just that, although it took 4 years ....Bronson had been a coal miner and offered some technical help in the tunnelling etc. He also WAS claustrophobic, just like his character ---

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The Great Escape (1963) starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson, Richard Attenborough and Gordon Jackson among the many stars tunnelling out of Stalag Luft III . Based on a true story and directed by John Sturges.
Chuck Bronson first met David McCallum's wife, Jill Ireland on the set and famously joked that he would steal her away...in fact he did just that, although it took 4 years ....Bronson had been a coal miner and offered some technical help in the tunnelling etc. He also WAS claustrophobic, just like his character ---

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One of the great classic films!

Back on War and Remembrance...dvd boxset

Have to say this program now starts to get repugnant in the behaviour of the Nazis... makes the blood boil tbh; always has and always will.

Currently watching Harvey (1950) starring Jimmy Stewart and Oscar winner Josephine Hull. Delightful film and possibly Stewart's favorite....certainly one of mine.:)

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Currently watching Harvey (1950) starring Jimmy Stewart and Oscar winner Josephine Hull. Delightful film and possibly Stewart's favorite....certainly one of mine.:)

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Agreed it's a delightful film and a lot less serious than 'Lost Weekend', starring Ray Milland.

Nuns On The Run
1990
Handmade Films

Soundtrack By Yello & Hidden Faces :)

BORED!!!!!!!!! The one reason i dont think its good or anything :lol:

Having a "Carry on" night. Starting with a bit of Big Dick , then leading on to Carrying on with Cleo :eyebrows:

A Thousand Heroes - True Movies (now)

The incredible story of United Airlines flight 232 from Denver to Chicago. The DC-10 crashed during an emergency landing at Sioux City Gateway Airport on July 19, 1989, with a 184 survivors. The film draws together all the elements that made this possible from the incredible skill of the pilot and air crew to the rescue teams at Sioux City airport who had trained for such an eventuality.

Heart wrenching, moving and uplifting at the same time, as it depicts humanity at its best.

The film has an excellent cast including Charlton Heston, James Coburn, and Richard Thomas. A tight budget means some of the sets are poor and the crash isn't as well realised as it could be but still the film works.

Seen it quiet a few times and its a good film.

The facts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232


Regards Neil

The Cross of Lorraine (1943) starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, Cedric Hardwicke and Peter Lorre. Directed by Tay Garnett who also did he super war film "Bataan"

The film is partly based on the German refugee author Hans Habe's autobiographical Ob Tausend fallen (A Thousand Shall Fall) from 1941, about his war experiences fighting in the French Foreign Legion against his former homeland in 1940, being captured and then escaping the German prison camp.

A number of German, Austrian, French and Dutch actors, who had fled Europe because of the war, participate in the film, not only Peter Lorre, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Richard Ryen and Frederick Giermann, but also several of those who participate in minor roles and as extras.

The Cross of Lorraine was the second Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production about the French Resistance, the first being Reunion in France, released in 1942.

Gamorrah (2014) series 1 . Set in Naples, focusing on organised crime and the relationships of gangsters, drug dealers, and ordinary people. It offers a different style of mafia portrayal from previous series such as The Sopranos. Originally Italian so it is subtitled. We shall see :)

Finally got up to the mothman prophecies in my recordings library.

PS, that Gamorrah(Mafia in Italian ) was quite good and will watch more.....one for our Marco I think:eyebrows:

Inside Jaguar - Making a Million Pound Car. (CH4 now)

Very interesting program exploring Jaguar's Lightweight project to make 6 fully hand made 1963 E Types. Now this is high end and the details are every thing. Many high end audio companies who offer A 4 instruction sheets, photocopied and plastic remotes etc on crazy priced gear could learn much from watching this program.

Didnt fancy Mothman so it went off rapidly. ...now watching Blackadder series 2....The late Ronald Lacey as The Bishop of Bath and Wells as fantastically black :eyebrows: One of the great episodes in tv history imo.

"CARRY-ON" night tonight..........................

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Infamy, Infamy...they've all got it informe :lol: ...I may not be a very good live emperor, but I'll be a worse one dead..... sounds like Maggie Thatcher :eyebrows:


You should see the pyramids,...and the sphinx............. .... yes it does tend to smell in those hot countries :rfl:

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Remember Mum taking me to see Carry on Camping at the cinema, a little embarrassing when the opening scene includes the main characters watching a film about naturists 'Cor Sid look at that' :lol: