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     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7330 Registered: 05-2005 |
While We're Young. It's very good. Nice to see Dean Wareham of Luna having a cameo. I recognised him through his hybrid Sydney/New York accent (it's still very Sydney, despite him living in America since he was 14). | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 984 Registered: 04-2005 |
The absolute genius of Lionel Messi !!!! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7333 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Thick Of It. Almost choked at one point, I was laughing so hard. | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 280 Registered: 05-2005 |
Laurel and Hardy. Just bought a 21 dvd box set for less than fifty quid. Absolute genius (them not me). | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 256 Registered: 08-2005 |
Mad Max, Fury Road Remember me when you look at the night sky! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7347 Registered: 05-2005 |
FFS on Later... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnBv4X6I zeM | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7352 Registered: 05-2005 |
Todd Rundgren pretty much inventing netflix, spotify, HBO, the internet and DVDs 37 years ago. Fascinating stuff. http://www.billboard.com/articles/busine ss/6575914/todd-rundgren-predicted-music -streaming-37-years-ago?mobile_redirecti on=false | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1156 Registered: 08-2004 |
Sky Arts docs: Iggy Pop - South Bank Show Brian Eno - Arena: Another Green World Lillian Roxon - Mother Of Rock Lillian Roxon, I'd never heard of until seeing this documentary. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7357 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cambridge Spies, a BBC series. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7363 Registered: 05-2005 |
Aloha. What a piece of crap. It was even worse than I thought it would be. I only went because my daughter wanted to see it. Cameron Crowe will have a hard time financing his next film after this turkey. Utter rubbish. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1158 Registered: 10-2006 |
Four weddings and a funeral One of those films (see: Zulu, Day of the Jackal, Die Hard, Patton, Spartacus etc etc) that if I start watching the first 5 minutes I'll be stuck there until the end. I misremembered Richard Curtis as director, and was thinking what a good job he was doing so early in his career, but of course it was Mike Newall. Hugh Grant could simply have retired quietly after this, his later career seeming to add little. Crisp script, fine British comedy acting and made in six weeks for about three quid. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1157 Registered: 08-2004 |
Jurassic World Quite enjoyed this. Probably second only to the original. Although the irony of having an anti-corporate stance when filled with so many product placements seems to have been lost along the way. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7368 Registered: 05-2005 |
Entourage. Rubbish. Far worse than I thought it would be, and I wasn't expecting much. Two terrible films in a week. I'm wondering if I'll ever see a good film again. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 987 Registered: 04-2005 |
Alex Chilton's Jacket https://vimeo.com/122987541 From the news page, I see Robert Forster has done the narration for the same film-maker's documentary "Big Gold Dream - Post Punk and Infiltrating the Mainstream"...trailer here https://vimeo.com/128064710 | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 263 Registered: 08-2005 |
Jurassic World yesterday (ditto on the product placement...); but the film was alright - nowhere near as good as Mad Max: Fury Road. Next up will be Ant-Man, probably... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7372 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Killing Season, an excellent ABC documentary on the last last Labor government in Australia. Two episodes and three hours down, 90 minutes to go. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7385 Registered: 05-2005 |
Power. A New York gangster TV show. It's a bit too referential to every other gangster show out there, but it's promising after two episodes. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 267 Registered: 08-2005 |
The opening stage of the Tour de France. Well, I am a journalist on a cycling magazine - and on July 3 I start full-time work again having been freelance for the last three and a half years or so. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3522 Registered: 03-2005 |
Congratulations Simon. I hope. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1169 Registered: 10-2006 |
Groundhog day. A film I'd always presumed I'd seen, but actually hadn't, apart from the first 20 minutes or so. So it was a beautiful surprise to find that its initial premise is elegantly and wittily maintained right up to the end, that the sharp script has allowed it to age extremely well, that it delivers its graceful message quite discreetly without hammering anything home. In many ways, quite perfect. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7399 Registered: 05-2005 |
Well done, Simon. Stuart, Groundhog Day is a great film. You're making me want to see it again. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 268 Registered: 08-2005 |
You're making me want to see it again. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 269 Registered: 08-2005 |
You're making me want to see it again... | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 270 Registered: 08-2005 |
Boom tish! | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 286 Registered: 05-2005 |
Minions - pretty good not as funny as I'd hoped but at least I did n't fall asleep unlike all those Marvel/Superhero movies. I'd vote for the Lego Movie as my favoutite kids movie for last few years that I've seen - not see Paddington yet though and expect this may run it close. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 271 Registered: 08-2005 |
Aww, I love a Marvel superhero movie! Avengers: Age of Ultron was very good, but then it was from the guy who made Buffy! Not seen the Minions or Lego movies, though. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1170 Registered: 10-2006 |
Being of an age to see your favourite childhood superheroes come to something like real life is, I admit, pretty damn cool. At the moment I'm hoping the Netflix Daredevil will soon be available in some other format. And Guardians of the Galaxy is on TV tonight (though I wish they'd done the Steve Gerber originals instead). Will DC, meanwhile, ever get round to the Doom Patrol? | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 273 Registered: 08-2005 |
Went to see The Third Man on the big screen on Sunday - one of my favourite films, and it's still superb. Absolutely brilliant, I might go and see A Touch of Evil in a few weeks' time. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1160 Registered: 08-2004 |
Since Disney snapped up the Marvel contract the super hero thing is a quagmire and is set for a further deluge. Recently seen Syfy classics: Fire Twister - Hilarious Piranhaconda - Genre classic I'm also genuinely enthused by the Fargo Season 2 teasers & the soon to be Sharknado 3. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 276 Registered: 08-2005 |
Jindabyne - not really getting the slow-burning Aussie drama, but nice to hear 'Streets of Your Town' playing during one of the violent scenes. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7410 Registered: 05-2005 |
I really liked that one, Simon. I'd been to Jindabyne nit long before seeing it, though, which helped. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 277 Registered: 08-2005 |
I'm a huge fan of Aussie moves, from the genius of Mad Max 2, and the low-key original, to obscurities like Summerfield and End Play, but in spite of good performances I felt Jindabyne didn't really go anywhere. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 992 Registered: 04-2005 |
Oh no, our heroes' reputation bites the dust ? "Author Karina Urbach talks about her book 'Go-Betweens for Hitler' and their vital contribution to the secret diplomacy of Nazi Germany as well their relevance in today’s politics." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unpPcJCy j48 | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7411 Registered: 05-2005 |
Just when you think you know someone. Bloody Queenslanders. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 994 Registered: 04-2005 |
The film "Mustang" by Turkish director Deniz Gamze Ergüven. Wonderful film, witha light touch despite the serious subject matter. In that sense it reminded me of "Timbuktu" that I saw in January. Great score by Warren Ellis of the Dirty Three. It got reviewed by the Guardian during Cannes, but doesn't seem to have got a UK release. Here in France it has got great reviews and seems to be doing well at the box office too. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may /19/mustang-review-the-virgin-suicides-i n-istanbul-is-a-turkish-delight | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7429 Registered: 05-2005 |
Just saw Amy in the cinema. It's powerful. Randy, have you seen it? | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 995 Registered: 04-2005 |
Pádraig I just saw it this week. Yes powerful and very sad. I've never really listened to her music, and am not entirely convinced by the claims of greatness...but on a human level it is extremely moving, but depressing. Watching someone who could be said to have it all, spiralling down like that is terrible. I know that her father wasn't happy with the way that he is portrayed, but I think he gets off lightly. There is no mention of how he tried to launch his own singing career on the back of his daughter's fame for example. And as for that husband...what a nasty piece of work he comes across as... | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3543 Registered: 03-2005 |
I have not seen it Padraig. Notwithstanding living in LA, I see an average of maybe 3 or 4 films per year. I hadn't thought about seeing the Winehouse biopic, not being a big fan of hers. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 283 Registered: 08-2005 |
England vs (a team masquerading as) Australia, Channel 5 highlights - though not too many of those for Oz... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7430 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andrew, I thought the husband came across far better than I'd expected. He just seemed a pathetic junkie. He was bad for Amy Winehouse, sure, but he'd have been bad for anyone. And if not him, she probably would have found someone else to encourage and indulge her addictions Randy, I thought you were a big fan. I got the wrong idea somewhere along the line. See the film anyway. I'm almost certain you would like it. I'd say "love it" except it feels wrong to love something so genuinely tragic. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7431 Registered: 05-2005 |
Simon, I'm delighted England is going to win the Ashes. Australia is the most nationalistic country I've ever known, particularly at sports, with the never ending "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie" chant. And yet when they had the chance to vote to become a republic in 1999 they instead voted to keep the queen. Pathetic. Well done England. At least you were a republic for a couple of decades in the 17th century. Australia has never been a republic. | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 290 Registered: 05-2005 |
Brighton beating Nottingham forest tonight. We are top of the league! 34 years ago Bothams Ashes and Firest were European Champions. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 998 Registered: 04-2005 |
RIP David Nobbs First episode of BBC version of Nobb's novel "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nKPP2yD hl0 Great as that adaptation was, the novels are even better. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1180 Registered: 10-2006 |
Half an hour in the bar this morning reviewing the plot of True detective 2 over cappuccinos with the wife and not getting very far, though we still have two episodes to go. Often skating far too close to parody, especially the scenes with Vince & Colin in the bar and that godawful whining singer. No wonder they’re always just about the only customers. Vince and his wife meanwhile seem to have stepped out of a David Mamet script, though a pretty good one. Loved the mid-season unexpected shoot-out fiasco. Then it all gets a bit James Bondish later on. Best thing for me really is finally enjoying a Colin Farrell performance, reeking with despair. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7444 Registered: 05-2005 |
Finally saw Love and Mercy. Just brilliant. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 287 Registered: 08-2005 |
Match of the Day - Chelsea losing to Crystal Palace (ha ha ha ha ha); finished watching season two of The Bridge yesterday - superb Scandinavian noir with great black humour. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1169 Registered: 08-2004 |
I enjoyed the Palace highlights too, Simon. |