Reply With QuoteRemember the Titans
Four Lions, Chris Morris is a dark comedy genius, peanut and crow segments are comedy gems.
Last edited by Martin123; 24th February 2014 at 13:41.
Remember the Titans
I'm with you on that one.Originally Posted by Dazzler
-Eric-
Took the kids to see Tinkerbell and the Pirate Fairy yesterday - pretty good. Explained the whole captain hook & ticking crocodile from Peter Pan too!
HAYWIRE
Not very cerebral, but a couple hours of fun with a big cast - an assassin going round kicking ass to clear their name, the catch being she's rather fit!
One of my ex-students is in this. (Riz Ahmed) :)
Best wishes,
Bob
HAYWIRE
Not very cerebral, but a couple hours of fun with a big cast - an assassin going round kicking ass to clear their name, the catch being she's rather fit!
Its Gina Carrano, I think. An ex cage fighting gal.Although I've never seen the film.
Yup just checked. It is Gina....phwoar. I'll have to watch it soon.
Just watched White House Down, which in my opinion might be the best Die Hard style film since Die Hard. Really good action with a bit of heart and a nice line in humour and cynicism. A million times better than the dull, overblown and really racist Olympus Has Fallen
Just watched NEBRASKA what a brilliant film And quite different, highly recommended.
TROLL HUNTER
Really dry humour, good viewing
Saw Non Stop tonight, Liam Neeson outdoes his Taken role, great 'guess who the bad guy is' right till the end, highly recommended
Agreed.TROLL HUNTER
Really dry humour, good viewing
Saw Captain Phillips last night, which was not quite what I expected (difficult to explain w/o spoiling) but still very good. As ever, super performance from Tom Hanks.
Andy
Wanted - Damasko DC57
Fairly old now, but watched Harry Brown last night, the boss thought it was abut brutal but quite a decent film.
I watched The Guard, which is exactly as I thought it would be due to the reviews etc. And really very good.
Try Fortress of War.
True story of the Germans invading Russia in 1941, and attempting to take a Russian fort.
Subtitled, as languages are Russian, Belarusian and German.
Not family viewing.
I got the Blu Ray off play.com for £3. Sound is stunning.
Not to mention Mr. Abdi!
Apologies if it's been mentioned in this long thread before.........but 'Nebraska' is a must see. I wouldn't normally do anything that Jeremy Clarkson recommends.........but he was right on this one!
Agreed. And I don't think that it's looked down upon if you happen to watch the same film as somebody else :p
Watched a couple of DVD's over the weekend that i've had ages but hadn't got round to.
'Hanna' - Was looking forward to this, started well but then just 'meh'
'Inglorious Basterds' - Really enjoyed this, not as action packed as i thought it would be but very entertaining, found the ending quite surprising.
Brighty
Inglorious Basterds is a great watch :) Not one of my films by any margin, but still rather enjoyable.
Watched Cop Land again last night.
Can't go wrong with Keitel, Liotta, De Niro etc and Stallone wasn't too wooden either.
Good flick.
Cheers,
Neil.
Watched A Bronx Tale last night. Good to see De Niro on subdued form and dirrcting. Great music.
The Wolf of Wall Street
My God, haven't laughed so much in ages, absolutely terrific stuff
Both leads were robbed at the Oscars!
Watched Rush and thought that it was excellent.
Also loved the Lego Movie and cheered along with my 7 year old son! Brilliant marketing as well!
Went to see the single showing last night.
Disturbing. A VERY disturbing 3 hours. More so because it paints a picture just more extreme, but basically the same as our society. Just not covert and on a different scale.
Impressively clever made too.
A must see. I am 'glad' I put it on the calender and took the trouble to go down to Malaga for it.
Watched dead mans shoes last night.
A low budget ch4 film.
Very very good although a bit depressing.
I watched Untouchable (aka "Intouchables") in French with english subtitles - fantastic film, well worth watching
And a superb performance by Paddy Considine.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
Stumbled across an 80's film on some obscure channel the other night, i remember watching it as a kid and really enjoying it so ended up watching the whole thing into the wee hours.
'The Beast' it was called, though i remember it being called 'Beast of war' when it came out.
Set during the Russian invasion of Afganistan and is about a lone Russian tank lost in the desert being persued by some Afghan Mujahideen types.
Wasn't sure how well this would have aged given the current climate (think Rambo 3, American helps the downtrodden local peaple fight the evil invading Russian forces), but i actually thought this was still very enjoyable
Brighty
I went to see The Grand Budapest Hotel at the weekend and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It's typical Wes Anderson, very snappy and stylish with a great cast and a fantastic score. Perhaps it was just a littlestyle over substance, but it was a very enjoyable experience overall.
Good film indeed, very strong performances from the cast in rather non-USA-yay roles
Control.
The story of Ian Curtis and Joy division.
Beautifully made monochrome film. Sam Riley and the rest of the cast were excellent and really bought the period to life.
Obviously quite sad but well worth watching if you have even a passing interest in the music and band.
Cheers,
Neil.
[QUOTE=Neil.C;3073551]Control.
The story of Ian Curtis and Joy division.
Beautifully made monochrome film. Sam Riley and the rest of the cast were excellent and really bought the period to life.
Obviously quite sad but well worth watching if you have even a passing interest in the music and band.
^^
+1 (their manager is also played by Toby Kebbel who was Paddy Considines brother in dead man's shoes(recently recommended in this thread)- Now he's really good
And a superb performance by Paddy Considine.
yup Paddy Considine is on fire in this film. I enjoyed/appreciated it but probably wouldn't own it as it's heavy stuff.
Here's a couple of 'mad as a box of frogs' genre bending crazed kung-fu 'epics' that are pretty damn good :@)
'The Wrath of Vajra' Before the West entered World War II, a Japanese death cult called the Temple of Hades is ordered to aid in the spiritual destruction of China by having lot's of -to the- death match bundles!
'Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons' It's a martial arts V the supernatural mini masterpiece by Stephen 'Shaolin soccer and Kung-Fu Hustle' fame so you know it's going to be good!
Cheers
Joe
I am presently enjoying Inkheart on Film 4.
Paddy Considine is amazing here. Great film!
Speaking of film4, 'dog soldiers' is on later, very good for a laugh
Brighty
BULLHEAD
(aka Rundskop)
Belgian crime drama about circumstance, fate and revenge - disturbing and very sad, but utterly brilliant viewing
The Book Thief, watched it today, it was a tad slow but I enjoyed it, good performances all round.
Read the book last year - which was excellent.
Reviews of the movie put me off, but I may give it a go.
z
Control.
The story of Ian Curtis and Joy division.
Beautifully made monochrome film. Sam Riley and the rest of the cast were excellent and really bought the period to life.
Obviously quite sad but well worth watching if you have even a passing interest in the music and band.
I've had this on Sky Plus for months now. I need to find a couple of hours to sit down and watch this!
In a similar vein, I watched 24 Hour Party People again recently. Now that is a cracker!
I liked Non-Stop and as previously mentioned The Book Thief
JAMP0T1
It should be pointed out that it's not Schindler's list or the Pianist.
Just watching Wolf on Wall street, it's bloody brilliant!
Cheers..
Jase
Just watched the book thief which was better then thought it would be 7.5 / 10
zero dark thirty was ok but i don't believe some of the plot line . 6 / 10
Watched it last night; I agree.
Second, I watched In Bruges as well (for the first time in years). Still a very good film! Watching the end scene, it reminded me of scenes from Don't look now from Nicolas Roeg.
Menno
Need for Speed on Friday, only went as my young son wanted to go but actually was surprised, not just F&F style racing and CGI, actually not a bad back story and entertaining/comedic acting too, well worth a watch .
Philomena - Watched this on Itunes and enjoyed it a kit more than expected.
Watched Sunshine again last night
Outstanding - including the music
Even the wife liked it and she hates Sc-Fi
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