Battle of Britain was released in 1969 though so he must have seen Tora, Tora, Tora after that.Originally Posted by ChronoPantera
Romantic Road currently on Netflix.
Eccentric couple in their later years decide to take their 1936 Rolls Royce for a 5,000 mile trip through India and Bangladesh to attend a photographic exhibition.
A gentle, heart warming documentary/travelogue with a very convivial couple, which celebrates their endearing love for one another and India.
Cheers,
Gary
Tora, Tora, Tora definitely wasn't released in 1941, it's about 1941...
M
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you're absolutely correct it was 1970 and starred Jason Robards
Also Another fantastic film starring Jason Robards + Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Cladia Cardinale....
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
possibly the best western ever made ??
Pale Blue Eye, superb who done it. Some great cameos & a showcase of Christian Bale outstanding acting.
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Thoroughly agree, watched it last night and thought it was very good, some nice visual nods to Poe too.
Totally agree great cast. I thought Poe was great (Dudley from Harry Potter who’d have thought) worth a watch.
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Glass onion was absolutely dreadful.
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Aces High (1976)
Good cast, Malcolm Mcdowell and Christopher Plummer and cameo from Trevor Howard and John Gielgud
Considering it was made in 1976 the dog fights were quite watchable, it had a good plot, and really showed how many young lives were tragically cut short in WW1.
Correct. Tora,Tora,Tora was a new film then too, it was in colour. I can't see it being made in 1949. Dad died in 1981 but I was at sea from 1975, so those are the only two times I have been to the cinema. They closed, or it changed ownership, The Drake Cinema sometime in the mid 80s.
Tora Tora Tora was released in 1970, so well before you went to sea in 1975
And it was when I went with my Dad to watch it, so that must have been 1970.
We watched The Women in the Window last night - not bad, probably 6/10(?)
HELP! (Netflix). 8/10 from me.
Not really a film to 'enjoy', as it is quite harrowing but I thought it was well done. Quite upsetting though, so not really a Saturday night with popcorn and the kids movie.... It is about a care home during the Covid outbreak, so not the lightest of subject matter.
All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix). 8/10 from me.
Very well done, as others have already said.
The first was average at best.
GO was tragic and cannot believe I watched it.
Well mainly on my iPad tbh it was that poor.
Amazed both sit in the Top10 Netflix films
The Toll
on amazon
Good
dark, violent, but with some comedy. quite good plot
The Menu.
No Oscars up for grabs on this one but I enjoyed the concept.
Everything Everywhere All at Once - it's as good as everyone says.
Don't watch a trailer or read anything about it, just watch. On the biggest screen available!
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Having just read the book, I rewatched A Bridge Too Far recently.
Incredible cast and some brilliant set pieces from the book, but it's too big a story to do justice even in quite a long film.
It would make a brilliant Band of Brothers style mini series, though.
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If you have interest in this subject can I suggest the podcast 'We have ways of making you talk' with the historian James Holland and the comedian (& Arhnem nut) Al Murray. It's very good and has
quite a lot of episodes about the conflict
Alternatively another podcast 'Fighting on film' has a couple of episodes on the film, including one where they interview extras fro the film some great stories
John
Watched this yesterday, I found the husband hard to warm to. Still an enjoyable watch, thanks for the recommendation.
Agreed, watched it on Amazon
really original plot, never seen anything like that before
Thouroughly enjoyed it.
Defo worth a watch and agree with jon8oy, just watch it, don't mess about with trailers as they don't do it justice.
Well that was absolutely bat sht crazy, loved it, still laughing about the fight with the two guys with things in them
Glad to see some more EEAAO fans! It's definitely different.
Last night I watched The Menu (on Disney+) which was not too long, had an ensemble cast, an interesting concept, and was well done. I almost always enjoy watching Ralph Fiennes do his thing and Anya Taylor-Joy is top class.
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Soft & Quiet blew me away, probably best going in to it not knowing too much about it except that it is a horror/ thriller and a wild ride 😳 all filmed as one shot too.
I watched Anya Tailor-Joy in Anna, which was a very violent role as a russian agent, as was impressed with her acting in that physically difficult role.
Anya Tailor-Joy (sic) wasn't in Anna - it was Sasha Luss.
So in my continuing quest to catch up on some of the best films of 2022 I watched The Woman King.
I'd say the plot is reasonably predictable, but it didn't matter as the acting performances all around are great, the battle sequences are really good, and the film had real heart to it. Viola Davis never ceases to amaze and the rest of the core cast really rose to her level.
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The Banshees of Inisherin. Very good.
Agree. Loved it. Quite thought provoking.
Encore...if you've never seen Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road, do yourself a BIG favor and watch it. Non-stop action.
Rotten Tomatoes: 97% Certified Fresh.
Saw “A man called Otto” earlier today.
Excellent film with Tom Hanks at his best.
Everything he’s in is good and this was a great story.
Hidden Figures on Disney+
Women of colour working within NASA providing the computational clout needed in the early days of the space program during the time of racial inequality.
Recommended.
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We watched that some time ago and I agree it's a very good film.
Could have been a heavy handed agenda film, but it gets you right on the main characters side and has you right behind them without any preachiness.
Highly enjoyable and uplifting.
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Good Will Hunting. Not seen it in many a year. I thought Robin Williams' performance was magnificent.
The Bank of Dave, pleasant easy watch.
Watched that new one on Disney app, The Menu with Ralph Fiennes.. quite enjoyed it, bit different. But love most things with Fiennes!
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We watched a couple of decent fillums last weekend; Unsane on film 4 was alright for a revenge flic and News of the World with Tom Hanks which we really enjoyed, as said he's always good value.
Oh, almost forgot we tried 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'. The only thing I can say is that it's not for sci fi fans. Chaotic turmoil with no meaning and a plot like a nest of writhing snakes. I also watched 'Ip Man 4, The Finale', much better Asian movie.
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Watched Army of Thieves on Netflix recently and enjoyed every second, central character is a hoot.
Also enjoyed Pale Blue Eyes and Glass Onion (much better than Knives out)
Had you already seen the first one, Army of the dead? Thieves is a prequel to that with some of the same characters
No I hadn’t. Have subsequently watched army of the dead and enjoyed it but not as much.
Night Train to Lisbon (2013).
Excellent tense and gripping philosophical thriller, main role played by Jeremy Irons, covers some of the recent political history of Portugal so quite interesting to the martynjc household (The butcher of Lisbon) and the dictatorship, very well written. Some famous actors do the parts justice. Now I need to track down the book.
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“ Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.” HHGTTG
Following the recommendations on here, we watched Everything Everywhere All At Once last night.
Loved it.
No idea why, just thought it was a proper hoot, in an utterly bonkers way.
Not sure what they were smoking when they wrote/filmed that one!
Larry Crowne on amazon.
Romcom which my misses liked.
Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts amongst others so well known cast.
I'm not a massive Romcom fan, but it was watcheable.
Netflix : Bank of Dave
Classic Brit flick feel good movie. Nice easy watch especially for Northerners.
The Guard is on Film4 tonight at 11pm
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
The Adam Project. loved the humour. nice action movie
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Youngest daughter decided to watch Borat. I had forgotten how funny it was
The Worlds Fastest Indian - on DVD
with Anthony Hopkins
Really great feel good film... enjoyable story based on a true story about a New Zealander that takes his home built Indian Motorcyle to the Bonneville salt flats to try and break a World speed record.
Le Mans 66 (aka Ford vs Ferrari)
Avoided this as I am not into cars, Dad's a huge petrol head, owned a Mustang in the US in the 60s and always telling me about cars of yesteryear. But gave it a go as he liked it.
Loved every minute of it, I knew most of the names being thrown about, but never heard of Ken Miles, so finding out his story was interesting. Also, I don't find the attraction in F1 at all, but watching the Le Mans scenes, I really do get the appeal in the raw, performance chasing aspects they were going for at the time. I noticed Jez Butterworth as a writer, and as he's a well respected playwriter, it makes sense that it makes for a good film.
Watched this last night.
A 30 min short, dark comedy by Jim Broadbent & Mike Leigh.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105355/
It’s available on YouTube
z
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