| Author | Message | ||
     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2805 Registered: 05-2005 |
Gomorra. I thought it was powerful. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1488 Registered: 09-2006 |
I've heard that, and am keen to see it. I must say, however, that it might be a little early to start Whatcha Watchin' IX... | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 931 Registered: 08-2004 |
Heavy Load. A very funny doc about a punk band. Who have to fight the industry as well as discrimination while also campaigning for those in the support system. http://www.heavyload.org/ | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2806 Registered: 05-2005 |
The last episode of the US version of Cracker. I'm tempted to say it is the best US adaptation of a show from another country (not that there has been a long list of successes - The Office being the only other one I can think of, and even that has jumped the shark a bit I think). | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2807 Registered: 05-2005 |
Oh, and I took my daughter to A Night At The Museum 2 yesterday. We both enjoyed it. Amy Adams stole the show as Amelia Earhart. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1382 Registered: 08-2006 |
I'm surprised to hear you say that about the US "Cracker," Padraig, because I'd always heard the States' version was terrible. I confess I've never seen it, partly because the UK version is one of my very favorite television shows and I don't take kindly to remakes. It took me a while to accept the US version of "The Office," though, which I now think is brilliant, so your recommendation is appreciated. I'll take another look. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2813 Registered: 05-2005 |
Rob, the original Cracker was unique and it certainly did not require a remake, but that never stopped Hollywood. I once saw an episode of the US edition late at night while living in Ireland and thought it was really good. Something made me think of it again a couple of years ago and the DVD set remained in my Amazon wishlist for a long time. My concern was that it wouldn't play on my DVD player. Recently I decided to take a chance and, what do you know, my DVD player is multi-region! It does not state anywhere in the instructions (and it is a good, name brand) that it is multi-region, but I'm very glad to have made this discovery! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2818 Registered: 05-2005 |
State Of Play - the original BBC TV series, not the US movie remake, though I will probably go to see that too. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2825 Registered: 05-2005 |
Life On Mars (US version). Tonight is the final episode and I'm very curious to see how they tie things up with some sort of rational explanation for what happened. The US version is a million miles from the genius of the BBC original, but it had its moments. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 209 Registered: 10-2008 |
The Shield series 1. Well I'll be watching a few episodes later cos the DVD arrived today. Anybody saw it, its pretty highly rated apparently. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 287 Registered: 10-2006 |
I'm waiting for the last series at the moment. It's good stuff, the characters carry it, nice interplay between the nerdy graduate detective and the street-wise squad that's bunched around the main guy, crivvens, I can't remember any of the names at the moment. Some extremely powerful moments throughout the series, not up there with Wire or Sopranos, but great watching. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2828 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bad Lieutenant. I bought it on video for 20 cents a year ago. Great film. I tried to copy it to DVD but was unable to as it kept saying it was protected. I didn't know it was possible to protect old school technology like that (other than through the plastic seal, and I covered it over so that wasn't the issue). No matter, I can't imagine ever wanting to watch it again anyway, great and all as it was. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 289 Registered: 10-2006 |
Flyboys. A shame the Band of Brothers team for instance hadn't got hold of the Lafayette Escadrille story before the makers of this absurd farrago. Still, as usual the basic idea grips, and there is a luminous performance from French actress Jennifer Decker. Meanwhile, googling around for further details produced this wee story: Ageing veteran WW2 Australian fighter pilot being interviewed on radio:- Former Pilot:- "And all of a sudden, the Jerries were there. And there were f------s behind me, and there were f------s above me and more f-------s below me!" Radio announcer:- "I should point out, listeners that the...um....f------s that Mr Smith is..er..referring to is actually the Focke-Wulf 190, a type of German fighter-plane." Former Pilot:- "Well that might be true, mate but these f------s were all Messerschmitts!" | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2829 Registered: 05-2005 |
Very funny Stuart! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2832 Registered: 05-2005 |
Spooks. Very entertaining nonsense. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 233 Registered: 05-2005 |
Adventureland. A superior coming-of-age film set in a run-down theme park in mid-America circa 1987. Low key - but very well written and with some great performances. Plus a quality sound-track featuring lots of Velvets and Lou Reed. Overall suprisingly good. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2833 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Chaser's War On Everything. In about an hour's time. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2835 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hmm, this series just isn't as funny. I hope it picks up. It's still funnier than most other things on Aus TV though. | ||
| Austin Member Username: Bruegelpie Post Number: 65 Registered: 09-2004 |
I second Mark's reco of "Adventureland." Best "teen comedy" / coming of age film I've seen since "Dazed and Confused." Really, a wonderful film. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2840 Registered: 05-2005 |
Australia trounce the Barbarians in rugby. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2841 Registered: 05-2005 |
Just been to see a preview of Sunshine Cleaning. If you love US indie films you must see this. It's fantastic. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2845 Registered: 05-2005 |
I saw I Love You Man today and liked it. Some of it was very funny, but why are we expected to like a guy who doesn't clean up his dog's crap? | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1529 Registered: 09-2006 |
Have only heard about it, Padraig, but my guess might be something along the lines of his not cleaning up after his dog means he's a rebel who doesn't play by society's rules, maaaaaaaaaan. Yeah, right. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 442 Registered: 04-2005 |
Ken Loach's 'Looking For Eric'. Maybe not his best film, but still certainly worth a look and King Eric Cantona looks + sounds amazing! | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 555 Registered: 01-2006 |
Burn After Reading - Zzzzz | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3170 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andrew, am looking forward to Eric, I think it looks quite an original approach compared to most things around, save for yer typical art house movies. The Fallen, TV programme featured on BBC 4 a very moving account of families who have lost loved ones in the Irag and Afghan wars. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2018 Registered: 03-2005 |
YouTube clips of Magazine live in 1980, right now "The Light Pours Out of Me" at the Metropol in Berlin. Brilliant. Adamson's bass is way in front here. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3175 Registered: 05-2005 |
the wilco home page, christ kev will love this beauty opf nes (fiddle dee dee) cline on dual necked musoesqued geetar! http://wilcoworld.net/ | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 446 Registered: 04-2005 |
Pedro Almodóvars latest "Broken Embraces". As someone who thought "Volver" was wonderful, I found this pretty disappointing. It is as if all the pieces are there (check the gorgeous Penélope Cruz, check the gay son seeking revenge, check the references to the world of film making, check the usual Alberto Iglesias music etc etc), but that there is a big void at the centre of it. Strangely passionless for what is supposed to be a story of passion. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2864 Registered: 05-2005 |
Apart from Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down, which is brilliant, I've liked nothing I've seen by him. As Andrew hinted at above, they're all the same. After seeing about three after Tie Me Up... I resolved never to see another Almodóvar film. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 447 Registered: 04-2005 |
Pádraig, I'm not sure that it quite what I meant ("they're all the same")! I thought "Talk to Her" was stunning and found it very original for example. And it seemed much less 'hysterical' than earlier films I had seen by him. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2866 Registered: 05-2005 |
I was using a bit of poetic license to make it seem I had back up for my "they're all the same" argument Andrew! | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1392 Registered: 08-2006 |
You could have worked in the Bush administration, Padraig : ) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2868 Registered: 05-2005 |
I would have fit right in! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2890 Registered: 05-2005 |
Srubs, season 3. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2891 Registered: 05-2005 |
Or even Scrubs, season 3. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 453 Registered: 04-2005 |
Home by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, the renowned ariel photographer. I know that it is easily available to watch on the net, but went to see it on at the cinema for the big screen experience. And it was worth it, although in the end a fairly depressing experience, but one with beautiful images. How can we as a race have arrived at this point of no return? The film stresses the massive acceleration in use of natural raw materials in the last 50 years and our utter dependency on carbon fuels. And fresh clean water, which is going to become an increasingly scarce commodity. And like the ostrich, we (largely) bury our heads in the sand. And the capitalist system, which seems be increasingly short-sighted and brutal controls us all and appears to be utterly at odds with the reality of the massive changes required. Have a nice day yall ! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2892 Registered: 05-2005 |
Heading out soon to see an Australian classic from almost 30 years ago which has just been re-released. And I can't remember the name! I do know it's on in the Cremorne Orpheum though! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2894 Registered: 05-2005 |
It's called Wake In Fright and it is superb. If you can see it, do so. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2895 Registered: 05-2005 |
If you're interested in seeing my review of Wake In Fright, it's here www.myspace.com/padraigcollins | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 292 Registered: 10-2006 |
Lost season 5 - jumping several sharks and a couple of whales. Shield - final season. After a pretty garbled and hysterical couple of opening episodes as Vic tries to worm out of the Byzantine labyrinth of lies and double-double crosses he's got himself into, it suddenly opens out into one of the best series finales I've ever seen, with a few of the main characters spiralling down into a variety of different hells. Chiklis and Goggins get scenes that actors must whinny to the heavens for, while minor characters like Gardocki and Mara, Shane's wife, get to step out into the light, devastatingly so in the latter's case - wonderful performance from Michele Hicks. All in all, highly satisfying. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 257 Registered: 10-2008 |
stuart, i bought series 1 of The Shield on DVD. Have watched about 5 or 6 episodes and while Vic seems to be a bit of a character he carries the whole show for me. is it worth sticking with, and then going on to the other series? | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 293 Registered: 10-2006 |
I reckon so: some bits are fairly generic crooked-cops and robbers stuff, but then other moments suddenly edge into much darker territory - I'd like to list them for you, but obviously that would hurt the surprise element a tad! Other characters come to the fore as the whole thing evolves, particularly Dutch and Lemansky, Glenn Close drops in for a season, Forrest Whitaker grandstands another series, that excellent German actress whose name escapes me (Lola, Bourne) comes in nice and sinister towards the end, CC Pounder is tremendous throughout...I seem to recall the first series was a bit low budget and slam bam and then they realised it was a hit and more money came in and it took off. Oh, and the wife loved it too. As I said on another thread, it's not the sopranos or wire but it keeps you watching. | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 144 Registered: 05-2005 |
This is great -great song, brillaintly performed, funny, faintly ridiculous but oddly touching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6SSR3YY- rc | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2920 Registered: 05-2005 |
King Of The Hill season 6 and the DVD that came with the new Spinal Tap album. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3243 Registered: 05-2005 |
Franz ferdinand live at T in the park festival, playing with edwyn collins and malcolm ross, doing the josef k classic tune, sorry for laughing together, quite magic! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 305 Registered: 10-2008 |
I cant muster any enthusiasm to watch T in The Park. The bill looks like corporate record company heaven, and at a glance looks like if you hadnt played at Glastonbury you sure as hell werent getting to play at TinP. The festival circuit has become a joke with the same acts at each festival and gets longer every year, soon it will be starting in February rather than June. As for the Beeb, their coverage is a joke, they select 5 or 6 bands at G'bury and TitP and just give them saturation coverage, there must have been hundreds of hours of footage of Glastonbury but it seemed like you only saw those 5 or 6 acts on repeat. Thank christ for the fast forward button on the remote. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 462 Registered: 04-2005 |
Paul Quinn doing 'Breaking Point' Nice wee site http://www.duckworthsquare.com/paulquinn / In the biography it mentions the 'Cheap Flights' concert at the Glasgow Film Theatre in '94. Robert Forster was playing just down the road at King Tuts that night and I couldn't decide which concert to go to. In the end I opted for RF, but the man himself went to see Paul Quinn play first. So a big regret as I could have seen both. And I listened to 'Will I Ever Be Inside of You' again recently and it is as stupendous as the biography on the site says. The title track is utterly over-the-top and then in addition has several kitchen sinks chucked in and then that voice over the top. Big WOW. Anyone know of his whereabouts now ? I believe he had MS ? | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3245 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andrew, i'd seen that site only last week! Shame about the Quinnconcert eh? I agree, I love his two albums, I met him many moons ago at Edwyn's comeback gig in London, '86, big man, big voice, quietly spoken, nice guy, I had heard he's been ill from malcolm a few years ago. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2947 Registered: 05-2005 |
Was that the King Tuts gig where it was free Andrew? My mate was at that one. Great venue. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 463 Registered: 04-2005 |
No I think that was the 3rd Note for the Warm Nights tour Pádraig. I remember feeling almost embarrassed for RF that he was playing a gig that was free to get into in Glasgow, a city where the G-Bs had long standing links. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2948 Registered: 05-2005 |
You're right Andrew. It was the 3rd Note gig. The same mate I mentioned above once drove from Liverpool to London (and straight back afterwards) to see Grant in 1992. Grant soon brought out "a friend" (Robert) as a surprise guest. They played an hour of Go-Betweens songs after that. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2950 Registered: 05-2005 |
Being There. One of my favourite ever films. The role of his lifetime for Peter Sellers. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3257 Registered: 05-2005 |
Pad, I loved that film too. Right now, Big Cook Little Cook. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 531 Registered: 05-2005 |
All Startrek Voyager series. I'm up to the end of series 4. They used to play it at the convientent time of 11.45pm as, it's well known, people who like science fiction are weird and have odd (read vampiresque) sleeping habits. Any other trek heads here? I tried to catch the movie but the bustling metropolis of the 'Gong dropped it after 3 weeks as per usual. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1537 Registered: 01-2005 |
59 (almost 60) year old Tom Watson leading the field at The Open. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 464 Registered: 04-2005 |
Some band called the Go-Betweens on Spanish TV. Your friend and mine Misha has posted a 2001 performance on YouTube. Details here http://misha4music.blogspot.com/ | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1549 Registered: 09-2006 |
Geoff, enjoyed the original series and movies, though dropped off after giving the newer stuff a try. Not because I felt it was bad, but just because it never rang my chimes in a huge way. And now there's so much of it the thought of going back and taking it on seems more than daunting. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1550 Registered: 09-2006 |
Alfred Hitchcock: The Legend Begins Plucked out of a $5 bargain bin, a 4-DVD set that contains 18 Hitch films, nearly everything he made from 1926 to 1939. Wow. They're all public-domain versions, and five films are crammed onto each DVD (plus nearly an hour of great bonus trailers and two episodes of 'AH Presents') but the picture and sound on the ones I've watched thus far are quite watchable. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2966 Registered: 05-2005 |
What a bargain Allen! Worth if for The 39 Steps alone. I might order the set from Amazon. I worked in the place where most of those films were shot! It is now a wholesale carpet warehouse and I worked there in 1990. That warehouse must have some songs and stories to tell. It was thrill to ride in the same battered old lift that Hitchcock had been in. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1551 Registered: 09-2006 |
39 Steps, indeed, and also The Lady Vanishes, one of the best pieces of pure entertainment ever made. Was there any indication on the building itself that it used to be a studio, or was it just history passed down verbally? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2970 Registered: 05-2005 |
Allen, there wasn't anything written on the building then, but I hope by now there is at least a plaque or something. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1552 Registered: 09-2006 |
Whit Stillman fans (there are a couple others here, I recall) rejoice: next month Criterion comes out with "The Last Days of Disco" | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3275 Registered: 05-2005 |
Slumdog Millionaire. Frickin wonderful film. Beautiful in every way. If you ain;t seen it, see it. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2976 Registered: 05-2005 |
Well said Spence. I loved it too. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2991 Registered: 05-2005 |
Frontline. Brilliant Australian spoof tabloid current affairs show from the mid-90s. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 243 Registered: 05-2005 |
You're so right about Frontline Pádraig. My favourite Aussie TV show of all time - and the funniest/cleverist news parody show ever I reckon. Miles better than Drop The Dead Donkey, the UK news spoof that some have compared it to. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1543 Registered: 01-2005 |
Allen, Too bad the Turner Home Entertainmet edition DVD of Barcelona is still available. I fear that it will be years before we see a Criterion edition of Barcelona. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1557 Registered: 09-2006 |
Indeed, though, comparatively, that edition isn't bad - Criterion would probably have had a few more extras on there, but the ones there are are pretty choice. The commentary's especially fun. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 577 Registered: 02-2008 |
The superb Wussy, playing in an RV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuyHa9OO6 3g | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1565 Registered: 09-2006 |
Speaking of that, something I keep forgetting to post a link to...our own Mr. Brookman, with Chuck Cleaver. Note the Go-Bees shirt. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cf m?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=4257935& albumID=2641772&imageID=61028625 | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2997 Registered: 05-2005 |
Rob, you look just like I thought you would! (That's you with the beard and tatts right?!) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3000 Registered: 05-2005 |
The extras on the second disc of the hilarious Australian film Kenny. (3000 posts! Yeah!) | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2076 Registered: 03-2005 |
Some Mari Wilson vids on YouTube. In my classic manner I managed to discover her a few months after she did her big show in Hollywood at the Palace. Since she never took off in the US, that was it. | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 146 Registered: 05-2005 |
Moon - very scarey. Brilliant low budget sci-fi. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 149 Registered: 08-2005 |
Mari Wilson - blimey! I saw her do a free lunchtime gig at university (University of East Anglia) in the early 80s. That's making me feel old - as does the fact that I'm older than the dad of one of my five-a-side teammates. That really cracked me up... As for what I'm watching: loads of stuff on YouTube - the Who, Pentangle, Beach Boys, Belle and Sebastian, Jacques Brel - and Wallander on BBC4, the Swedish precursor to the Kenneth Branagh BBC version. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1400 Registered: 08-2006 |
Just noticed the above reference to my photographic brush with Wussy. Yep, Padraig, I'm the one with the tats and beard. The other guy, who looks like an underfed Chicago copywriter with a Go-Betweens uniform, is actually Chuck : ) I think I mentioned this to Allen, but the band was very impressed by the shirt. Apparently, they're big fans. No surprise. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1573 Registered: 09-2006 |
Get to Know Your Rabbit Early Brian De Palma film from the late 60s with only one idea: how even the idea of dropping out of society can be commodified without too much trouble at all. But it illustrates said idea in a number of very clever and funny ways. With Tom Smothers (as the dropout), John Astin (great performance as his incredibly needy, parasitical boss), Orson Welles (!) and Katharine Ross. Also the box set of the final episodes of Battlestar Galactica. As always, brilliant. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1574 Registered: 09-2006 |
OK, OK, I've broken down and gone Blu-Ray. Because... 1. The players have reached the reasonable price range, as have the movies (bought 2001: A Space Odyssey for 10 bucks and a couple of Criterions for the same price as the DVD editions). 2. My old DVD player was on the verge of breaking down. Verdict after the first day: even on my 15-year-old TV the difference is apparent, so I can imagine what they look like on the new snazzy ones. DVDs look noticeably better, too. So far, so good. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3008 Registered: 05-2005 |
Good to hear there's a noticeable difference with Blu-Ray Allen. Amazon is selling the latest series of Entourage far cheaper on Blu-Ray than on DVD. But I haven't got Blu-Ray yet and won't be getting one for a while because: 1 my DVD player works fine 2 it is also a DVD recorder 3 it is also a VHS player and recorder. Until I have transferred all the videos I want to save to DVD (a project which is in abeyance) there is no point in me getting Blu-Ray. There is also no point until Blu-Ray recorders are down to a reasonable price, which probably isn't that far away. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3009 Registered: 05-2005 |
Anvil! The Story of Anvil. Funny, moving, brilliant. And I remember them from the early 80s. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 301 Registered: 10-2006 |
Brothers & Sisters season 2 Madmen season 2 These two sort of balance each out: B & S is relaxing glossy soap with excellent smartass dialogue provided by a variety of scriptwiters presumably fresh out of TV & Soap Studies at college, while MM is the most compellingly bleak series on the box, painting the early Sixties as the Unhappiest Time Ever, despite the unnerving sexiness of the women. Alcohol level high in both. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3293 Registered: 05-2005 |
mock the week, frankie boyl;e is fu*kin hilarious | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 353 Registered: 10-2008 |
i dont rate him spence, maybe cos im scottish. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 152 Registered: 08-2005 |
I'm with Spence, I think Frankie Boyle is the funniest man on TV at the moment, bar none. But what's with that beard? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3022 Registered: 05-2005 |
Watched Anvil! The Story of Anvil again last night. Three nights in a row now. Has anyone else here seen it? | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1580 Registered: 09-2006 |
Haven't, Padraig, but have been curious about it. Urgh!: a Music War is on DVD now...I'm somewhat tempted. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3024 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kung Fu Panda with my 7-year-old yesterday afternoon. Great, funny flick. Anvil yet again last night! Fell asleep during it last night though (tiredness, not boredom). | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 358 Registered: 10-2008 |
milk. the movie about US gay rights campaigner harvey milk. the first hour was a bit of a slog but glad i stuck with it. sean penn put in a great performance as harvey milk. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1558 Registered: 01-2005 |
Shark Week on The Discovery Channel!! | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 960 Registered: 08-2004 |
Johnny Cash At San Quentin & Blues At The BBC. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1565 Registered: 01-2005 |
Mitch Easter Band performing Waters Part orignally recorded by his former band Let's Active. Great Rickenbaker sound from Mitch!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmDnncc4s 0M&feature=related | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3037 Registered: 05-2005 |
Public Enemies. It was OK, nothing special really. I thought Christian Slater was in it and kept wondering where he was. I saw in the credits that it was Christian Bale. Were the women in the film all very tall or is Johnny Depp a bit not tall? | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1584 Registered: 09-2006 |
He might be...or maybe the real Dillinger was short, I dunno. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 962 Registered: 08-2004 |
Depp's method acting knows no bounds. Was he wearing his shoes on his knees? | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1409 Registered: 08-2006 |
This from the oft-brilliant Daily Show. Death panels, indeed. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-au gust-10-2009/healther-skelter---obama-de ath-panel-debate | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3039 Registered: 05-2005 |
Great piece, thanks Rob. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1586 Registered: 09-2006 |
Jerry, they offered to shorten him via CGI, but he insisted on the surgery..."Brando woulda done it." | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1588 Registered: 09-2006 |
So I guess I'm officially pathetic: after getting the Blu-Ray player I couldn't even wait a whole week before running out and getting an HD-TV. Thankfully the price has come down on them, too...got a very nice little 19-inch for $150. 2001 looks incredible. And I do like how it takes up much less space. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1569 Registered: 01-2005 |
Ex-Cigna VP whistle blower Wendell Potter spills the beans on the sick modus operandi of the US health insurance companies. May they all rot in hell. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/071020 09/watch2.html | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1412 Registered: 08-2006 |
May they be the first sent to the death panels by our new socialist overlords! By the way, here's another health care-related gem from the Daily Show: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-au gust-13-2009/glenn-beck-s-operation | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1589 Registered: 09-2006 |
Watchmen I was one of those who read and reread the original comic series way back when and hoped they'd do a good job if it ever got to the screen but wasn't holding my breath. And now I'm one of those saying...ehhh, s'alright. Some interesting, eye-popping visual and thematic ideas, some nice recapturing of the comic's look and feel, some not-so-great infusion of kick-ass-machismo (what else is new). They get points for fixing one of the worst aspects of the original comic's ending, but almost lose them in some of the casting for the main roles: one whom is just mediocre, and the other whom is (in the words of a long-ago girlfriend, talking about Kim Basinger) "so bad I just wanted to go up and cut her out of the screen." | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1591 Registered: 09-2006 |
Oh, almost forgot about the sex scene, filmed like soft-core porn and scored to Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." If you have any interest in seeing the movie, hit the fast forward button the moment you hear that song begin. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1574 Registered: 01-2005 |
Stuart and all WWI air battle buffs, check this site out: http://www.raindesert.com/great_war/grea t_war_index.htm | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3046 Registered: 05-2005 |
District 9 yesterday. Very different to the powerful six minute short it was based on, but still very good. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1601 Registered: 09-2006 |
"Repulsion," Polanski's classic mindbender/bloodfreezer, and "For All Mankind," great documentary stringing together footage from all the Apollo missions. In glorious Criterion Blu-ray. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 694 Registered: 07-2006 |
nurse jackie. any fans over in the states? i'm smitten. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3310 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wilco - Ashes of American Flags DVD. Anther well produced document of the band. I am biased, I really lie em and I know al the band members names, so I would like it. When it finished it left me feeling good and inspired inside. They have something, and its impossible to put your finger on it. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 622 Registered: 01-2006 |
It's a nice DVD Spence, it whetted my apetite as I'm going to see them live next Thursday. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1604 Registered: 09-2006 |
Rewatched "Death Proof," gearing up for going to see "Inglourious Basterds" in a few days. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3061 Registered: 05-2005 |
Went to see The Lonesome West play last night in Sydney. The actors all did good Irish accents, but it was what they said rather than how they said it that was wrong. I know Martin McDonagh intentionally writes the plays in that stage Irish, Playboy of the Western World style, but most of the audience would have thought that's how Irish people speak! I disuaded as many of them as I could at the interval! We still enjoyed the play though. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3062 Registered: 05-2005 |
Went to Inglourious Basterds today. Pretty gory in parts. First time I've seen a Tarantino film since Jackie Brown, which was 12 years ago. I liked Inglourious Basterds. It was well written, well directed, mostly very well acted, but it lacked something. A heart maybe. The stand outs among the actors were Mélanie Laurent (who plays a French Jewish girl who escapes from the Nazis), Christoph Waltz as the head Nazi and Diane Kruger as a German actress helping the Allies. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1606 Registered: 09-2006 |
I'll be heading to that one tomorrow, Padraig. The Towering Inferno The class act of the disaster movie cycle of the 70s, and I'd never seen it until now. Quite the cast (Newman, McQueen, Holden, Dunaway, Astaire, uh..O.J. Simpson), it plays its inevitable cliches with a pretty light hand, and remains quite watchable, even exciting and involving, throughout. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1608 Registered: 09-2006 |
Inglourious Basterds I think if it does have a heart it's centered in two places: the Melanie Laurent character, and Tarantino's infectious love of making movies. QT's a longtime master at getting the viewer to think he's about to see one thing and then delivering something quite different - like the fact that the movie mostly is Laurent's story, and the gang that the movie's named after disappear from the scene for long stretches. Great, anachronistic use of Bowie's "Putting Out Fire," too. Padraig, is "Ponyo" playing in your area? I don't know if your little one is at an age where she might consider the movie too "babyish," but if not, you might take her...it's a wonderful movie. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3065 Registered: 05-2005 |
Haven't heard of Ponyo Allen but will check it out when it opens. She's just turning 8 but I won't tell her you described it as babyish! Yes, Putting Out The Fire was great in Inglourious Basterds. It sounded like a re-recorded, heavier version. Or am I imagining it? I think the slight problem I had with Inglourious Basterds was Brad Pitt. He's great in some films, eg Burn After Reading, but everyone else in Inglourious Basterds played better than he did in my opinion. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1609 Registered: 09-2006 |
I actually played the original again when I got home and it sounded the same, though he did edit out some of the slow build at the beginning. I wouldn't say Ponyo actually is babyish, but as you know, the rules for what's OK to watch and not watch at different ages can be pretty stringent sometimes, especially when peer pressure enters in. Actually if she's 8 she might go more for something like "Spirited Away" or "Howl's Moving Castle." I was back and forth on Pitt in this one...couldn't quite figure what he/Tarantino were up to with his role. Have to wait until home video, as I probably will watch it once more. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1741 Registered: 10-2004 |
Saw Inglourious Basterds today. It's somewhat of a departure from Tarantino's past work. It seems more plot driven, more linear, more straightforward than his other films. There's still gratuitous violence and interesting/funny/offbeat dialog, but the dialog tends to serve the plot much more than usual, and Tarantino doesn't indulge nearly as much in the sort of absurdly mundane or contextually ironic dialog so prevalent in past films. I think that partly has to do with the language: much French and German is spoken, and that Tarantino-esque dialog may not work as well in another language since it often relies heavily on American cultural references. Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa is brilliant. The guy is totally in command; one of the best villains I've seen in a long time. I can't believe the guy was basically unknown outside Germany all this time. He should at the very least nab an Oscar nomination. Overall, I enjoyed it, but it's not my favorite Tarantino film. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 628 Registered: 01-2006 |
I've Loved You So Long - Excellent French film. Great performance by Kristin Scott Thomas. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3076 Registered: 05-2005 |
Man Of Aran. A very powerful and moving about life on the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland. The DVD came with the CD of the brilliant soundtrack recorded by British Sea Power 75 years after the film came out. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1617 Registered: 09-2006 |
Planet Earth, the unofficial show-off-your-home-theater TV series. Lots of pretty pictures, but honestly, after awhile it starts to look like an ad for insurance or something, especially with the manipulative/anthropomorphic music and narration by David Attenborough. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 305 Registered: 10-2006 |
Das Boot, the director's cut. Wow, a real beer-clencher, and absolutely as near as I want to get to the inside of a submarine. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1622 Registered: 09-2006 |
Haven't seen that in years, but it used to be quite a favorite. Was lucky enough to see it on a big, big screen at one point. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 964 Registered: 08-2004 |
Working my way through Murder One series 1. Started watching this when it was 1st on TV over 10 years ago. Lost track & gave up. It's like a James Ellroy novel with all the sleaze, studio bullshit, politics & dirty money you could hope for.  | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1581 Registered: 01-2005 |
>Das Boot, the director's cut. Stuart, For more U-96 U-Boat thrills and chills, check out the 293 minute Das Boot - The Original Uncut Version on DVD. It fills out the story nicely. There is an interesting rumor floating about Peter Jackson filming a remake of The Blue Max. The 1966 version wasn't very good and didn't depicit the various planes differences in flight. Considering the Fokker DR-1 tri-plane's violent slip turn (using the rudder to turn quickly) capabilities that set it apart from the other fighters of the time, we could be in for a fun ride from Jackson and Company if the rumors are true! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3077 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hitler's reaction to Oasis split. http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/ | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 306 Registered: 10-2006 |
On the other hand, Michael, it did have Ursula Andress losing a towel slowly in a half-lit room, which had a very strange effect on the ten year old me, I recall. I seem to remember my dad's pipe smoke getting a bit agitated too. Should they remake it, I hope they don't go crazy on the computer effects as with Flyboys, so you lose all idea of what's happening and the actual physicallity of the planes. At least the Blue Max had real planes & stunts! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1582 Registered: 01-2005 |
Hmm, seeing Ursula in The Blue Max in the theatre or Anne Francis on the tele in Honey West? They both caught my eye in 1966 a year or so before Diana Rigg did. I couldn't take the uber-CGI effects of Flyboys for too long before I flipped the channel, so I'm right with you on perferring the Blue Max stunt flying and the mocked up biplanes and triplanes to resemble actual WWI fighters. It will require a fine balance not to go overboard on the CGI if the do the remake, but I'd trust Jackson more than most to cary it off and have enough of a budget to mix in some actual stunt flying with reproduction fighters. Check out the diffs between the 1966 movie and the book on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Ma x | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1623 Registered: 09-2006 |
Public domain cartoons from the 30s and 40s on DVD, seemingly 1700 hours-worth on each disc. Lots of those classic Max Fleischer Superman cartoons, plenty of weird, fun stuff I've never seen from animation studios that probably didn't last too long...plus some of those notorious Warner Bros. cartoons with the jaw-dropping racial stereotypes, and other bits of humor that (thank GOD) wouldn't fly today: in one very early cartoon featuring the Little King, he gets a visit from a Rajah, who brings along his harem of wives. They sit down to eat, but the Rajah stops to count the number of people at the table. He comes up with unlucky 13, so he grabs one of his wives (the fat, ugly one, of course) and drags her towards an adjoining room, pulling a huge gun out of his pocket as he goes. They go into the other room, a loud shot is heard, and the Rajah returns alone. Brrrrrrr.... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3081 Registered: 05-2005 |
That sounds pretty funny Allen! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 384 Registered: 10-2008 |
An utterly horrendous programme on Sky Arts channel called Video Killed The Radio Star. One of those "car crash" telly moments that you watch through cracks in your fingers. The whole programme was devoted to some video director called Russell Mulcahy(sounded like he had a vaguely Australian accent), who was responsible for putting images to some of the worst songs of the early 80s. Duran Duran - Rio Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of The Heart Elton John - Im Still Standing Rod Stewart - Young Turks Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes Queen - Its A Kind Of Magic There were more, but I'll spare you the gory details. This guy Russell gave me the impression that he had lived a bit of a hard life, his words were ever so slightly slurred and he did mention being "coked all night" while making one video. A fascinating but grim reminder of 80s bloated excess. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 635 Registered: 01-2006 |
Rio was a great video though as an 11 year old boy Kevin! | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 636 Registered: 01-2006 |
2001: A Spiritualized Odyssey It takes the images and subtitles from Kubrick's 1968 masterpiece '2001: A Space Odyssey' and syncs Spiritualized's catalogue to it. Stream the film online or download a copy of your own for PC or home DVD player, see these links: http://www.thealmightysound.com http://www.2001aspiritualizedodyssey.com There's a trailer for the film that you can watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaHBWMlOH 50 Have only watched the trailer myself, certainly an interesting project. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 965 Registered: 08-2004 |
Ha ha, Russell Mulcahy also made Highlander, which was basically a 2 hour Queen video with swords & rolling heads. He also made Human League's 'Empire State Human' video. It's a good time for us Beatles unbelievers to keep our heads underground. There's a Beatles week on the BBC coming up. All part of the low-key hype that surrounds the ***** remasters, boxset, lifestyle changing releases. Not good. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1586 Registered: 01-2005 |
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Highly, highly recommended. Very unique, I've never seen anything like it. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 639 Registered: 01-2006 |
Jerry I'd say you'd have to be pretty stoned to get through the whole of it, that's probably the intention anyway. Saw the Curse Of The Golden Flower last weekend and thought it was fairly poor. Looked nice in places (apart from all the CGI) but the story itself wasn't very engaging. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3097 Registered: 05-2005 |
Entourage, season 5. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1753 Registered: 10-2004 |
Obama's health care speech. Not a bad speech at all. I'm still worried they're going to water this sucker down and toss out the obviously-needed public option, though. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1425 Registered: 08-2006 |
I thought it was a magnificent speech - persuasive, hectoring and at times combative (how 'bout the R-SC Rep who yelled "you lie" - stay classy, GOP). There was more clear emotion in this than anything I've seen Obama give. Damn, dude, go to the mat for this. Give up on GOP support. Give Max Baucus the LBJ treatment. Chain him up with Rahm, if necessary. Godammit, you're from Chicago. Enough of the white gloves. I'm serious - it's time to bring a little Windy City ass-kicking to Washington. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1754 Registered: 10-2004 |
Agreed. And to add to that, I still just can't get over how great it is that we now have a president who is able to deliver eloquent, intelligent, impassioned speeches. I mean, after 8 years of Idiocracy (anyone who hasn't seen that Mike Judge film needs to see it), this is positively refreshing. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3099 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Blue Dog Democrats who have said they will vote against this should be threatened with being disendorsed by the party next time they are due for re-election. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1596 Registered: 01-2005 |
Some of the blue dog Dems have already changed their minds since the speech and are now supporting Obama. Four Republican senators cheered and stood up for most of Obama's speech and they all sat together; Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins from Maine, Judd Gregg and Robert Bennett. He will certainly get 2 of those 4 and has an outside shot at all four. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1640 Registered: 09-2006 |
The Last Days of Disco Can't believe it's been more than 10 years since I've seen this. Brilliant, charming, hysterically funny, great soundtrack heavy on the Rodgers/Edwards...what is not to love? And it's too bad Kate Beckinsale seems to be stuck doing crappy thrillers these days...she was really good. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 702 Registered: 07-2006 |
i just finished season three of weeds, which i thought was terrific. it'd been a couple of years since i'd watched the second season and i'd kind of fallen out of touch with its charm. great closing episode in particular. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1599 Registered: 01-2005 |
Allen, did you see the new Criterion Collection version of TLDOD? I've got the original release DVD and haven't heard much about the new Criterion release other than it's bonus features with the great commentary by Whit and the others and that the picture is super vibrant and jumps off the screen. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1641 Registered: 09-2006 |
That's the one I've got Michael. Can confirm the great picture, and am going to be getting to the bonus features today. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1642 Registered: 09-2006 |
Was also unaware that Stillman had written a meta-novelization of the film a couple years afterwards. My library's got it, so I'll be looking into that, as well. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1603 Registered: 01-2005 |
Allen, I have the "Barcelona & Metropolitan - Tales of Two Cities" scripts but not the TLDOD meta-novelization. Interesting side note, a former contributor on the Robyn Hitchcock fegmainax mailing list named Kay said she was partly the inspiration for the Audrey Rouget character that appears in Metropolitan and TLDOD. She met Whit at a debutant gathering and they had a long, in-depth conversation about F. Scott Fitzgerald who was Kay's favorite author. Whit drove her home after she got snockered. Hard to say if Whit actually used Kay as the basis for Audrey but switched the characters love to Jane Austin instead of Fitzgerald, but that was her claim. It's a good story regardless. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1608 Registered: 01-2005 |
Criterion Collection - Le Doulos (1962) by Jean-Pierre Melville. Melville's first pure gangster movie, much more so than the earlier Bob le flambeur. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3111 Registered: 05-2005 |
Allen, I took my daughter to Ponyo yesterday and we both loved it. Thanks for the tip. We went to the Japanese language version as it was more convenient. Presumably you saw the version with the US actor voiceovers? Both versions are playing in Australia, but the original version was showing in a theatre in the same Sydney suburb where we were meeting friends later on. There were some Japanese people beside us in the cinema and they really loved it. I think it's the best film I've seen all year! | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1649 Registered: 09-2006 |
Glad to hear it, Padraig. I've now seen both versions...when it came out last year in Japan I was so keen to see it that I did something I've only done a couple times before and hunted down an, er, less than legal copy of the film online. Despite somewhat dicey picture quality I watched it several times...the storm scene with Ponyo running across the giant fish-waves is a classic all by itself. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1657 Registered: 09-2006 |
Bob Dylan 1978-1989: Both Ends of the Rainbow Fun two-hour wander-through/assessment-of Zimmy's wilderness years, featuring several of the musical players and some well-chosen pundits (Andrew Mueller, Robert Christgau, Clinton Heylin, etc.) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3130 Registered: 05-2005 |
Looking For Eric. A moving and funny film. It helps to love football, but even if you knew nothing about football you would enjoy this. Eric Cantona, as Eric Cantona, is great! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3131 Registered: 05-2005 |
By the way, the lead character, Eric Bishop, is played by Steve Evets, a former Fall bass player (not that that makes him unique). | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1618 Registered: 01-2005 |
The National Parks, new series by Ken Burns. I've been to Yosemite, Kings Canyon, Sequoia and the Grand Canyon National Parks, all of which have been featured so far in the series. I'm sure they will have a lot on the Smokey Mountains which I've been to three times. I'll be pissed though if he doesn't include a nice segment on Isle Royale National Park located here in Michigan! I backpacked the length of Isle Royale in five days back in 1983. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3137 Registered: 05-2005 |
Waitress. A wonderful film. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 643 Registered: 01-2006 |
Curse Of The Golden Flower - Chinese film that I didn't like at all. To say it was style over substance would be an understatement. Too much CGI as well. 30 Days Of Night - Medicore Alaskan vampire/zombie film. Let The Right One In - Good film though thought there was too much hype about it. Didn't think it really went anywhere. My girlfriend/partner (delete as appropiate) says the book is a lot darker and different. Dark City is sitting on the shelf waiting to be watched this weekend. And The Wizard Of Oz is on heavy rotation at the weekends as my 3 year old is obsessed with it. The new version looks great though. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1663 Registered: 09-2006 |
Time After Time High-concept fun (H.G. Wells chasing Jack the Ripper across time) which I haven't seen since it came out 30 years ago. The very best part is Malcolm McDowell's performance as Wells. Typecast for too long as the Spirit of Malevolence due to "Clockwork Orange," and just having finished up playing the title role in that abomination called "Caligula" he was ripe and ready for something different, and this was definitely it...he does such a great job of playing sweet and highly principled that I kept having to remind myself it was McDowell. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3145 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Baader Meinhof Complex. What a film. There have been some amazing German films in recent years. Can one of our German regulars tell us a bit about this. Has there been a big increase in German government film funding or is it just coincidence that some many good films have come out in quick succession (The Baader Meinhof Complex, The Counterfeiters, Downfall, Stasiland). | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1625 Registered: 01-2005 |
Padraig, I would add two other films, The Lives Of Others and Sophie Scholl - The Finals Days to your list of great German films that have come out in the last four years. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 313 Registered: 10-2006 |
Also Four Minutes, with a rip-roaring young female lead. Could have done maybe without dragging the war in yet again. Fantastic finale. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1626 Registered: 01-2005 |
A Great Day in Harlem. Documentary behind the famous 1958 photo of almost 60 jazz musicians, 1/2 of them hall of famers. The photo also played a key part in the movie The Terminal. http://www.amazon.com/Great-Day-Harlem-D izzy-Gillespie/dp/B000BVNS7U/ref=sr_1_1? ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1254764511&sr=1-1 | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3148 Registered: 05-2005 |
Michael, I meant to write The Lives Of Others rather than Stasiland! I just forgot the title and came up with the wrong one on a Google search. I haven't seen Sophie Scholl - The Finals Days though. I must check it out. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 140 Registered: 05-2005 |
Baader Meinhof Complex is really well made and acted but sags badly towards the end, for me it was unable to sustain it's narrative motion largely becauses the RAF's aims are/were so vague - they want to end the war in Vietnam, occupation of Palestine, poverty? lots of twaddle is spouted,too many prison and courtroom scenes, they fall out with Ulrike Meinhof for reasons which appear to be as vague as their manifesto and they all die - just before i did, of boredom. I blame the RAF not the film makers, T-shirt politics do not great films make | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3353 Registered: 05-2005 |
There are that many films in the last 10 years that sag towards the end it almost a prerequisite of the Director nowadays! "let's make the lsat 5 scenes sag like a granny's arse!" | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3152 Registered: 05-2005 |
Spence! Very politically incorrect there! But I LOL. Cosmo, the film showed them up for the inane imbeciles they were. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 315 Registered: 10-2006 |
Dexter season 3 The further this moves away from its original premise of good psycho versus bad psychos, the better it is, with D himself, solitary obsessive that he is, finding the possibilities of friendship & fatherhood profoundly worrying, to poignantly comic effect. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1633 Registered: 01-2005 |
Stuart, I've been watching Dexter this season as well. Sometimes it takes a series three years before they hit their absolute zenith, like the X-Files did in season three. I thought that the X-Files was 90 great in the first season (there are a handful of clunker episodes) and 95% in season number two (only a couple of clunkers). For most trekkie fans, both The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine got great in season number four. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3160 Registered: 05-2005 |
The X-Files had the same dénouementin every episode - the bad guys were in a warehouse and the lights weren't working so Scully and Mulder had to use flashlights. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1673 Registered: 09-2006 |
And no matter where they were in the world or how far apart they were they always had perfect cellphone reception...except when the plot called for them to not to. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3167 Registered: 05-2005 |
Just saw Up. What a wonderful film. Very funny and very moving. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1635 Registered: 01-2005 |
The videos for all seven songs on Serge Gainsbourg - histoire de melody nelson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fGXkT485 ic&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVeXAYK5E FU&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YZyzx5Xr ZI&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmJjAncN1 pg&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj1ki0uIF wo&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWPNetpT4 Bs&feature=fvw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcvL1chUl iM&feature=related |