Films you've watched recently.

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw Stephen Frears excellent The Lost King earlier with Sally Hawkins and Steve Coogan at Moncine in Beziers in a rather souless out of town mall.Must be getting old ,I pine for the days when you could see fims in Beziers at the long gone Rive Gauche ,slap bang in the town centre,Still France has always had the edge over Spain in getting indy films that bit earlier.Notice the film came out in Sept. in the UK (still hasn't made it to Barna).

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw Russian Dolls again on France's Arte TV channel last night,The sequel to L'Auberge Espanol ,which is a much better film set in Barna, dealing with a group of Erasmus students.The sequel takes us to Paris,London,St.Pete's and Moscow.,in what is little more than a faux romantic comedy with intellectual pretensions.

 

[RHB]

The Last Kingdom - Seven Kings must die. - Netflix. A finale film of Bernard Cornwall's hero Uthred. Absolutely loved every bloody minute of it.

 

[blues exile]

Saw William Wyler's 1953 Roman Holiday for the first time lat night on France's Arte TV channel.Enjoyable ,romantic film, if perhaps a little dated by today's standards.Must say I rather thought the ending referenced the ending of one of my all time favorite films,The Third Man.Quite posibly given that Dalton Trumbo was apparently the scriptwriter.Certainly the eternal city deserved a credit for the wonderful street scenes and the sight of Gregory Peck riding a Vespa.

Agreed. Wyler was a great director in many different genres. Ben-Hur, The Big Country, Carrie, Best Years of Our Lives etc etc

 

[BALDY]

Talking of the great William Wyler..........I saw this incredible World War Two docu. at the cinema "The Cold Blue" here is a taster...........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6zG4sQ2fpA

 

[* ORM *]

Thanks for the tips but I can't. The scars John Wayne left run too deep. The one thing I can never forgive my dad for. He thought Wayne was great, I couldn't stick him.

You cannot go through life without watching Once Upon a Time in the West. It is a truly amazing film.

 

[RHB]

Nobody - NetFlix. Clever script, violent but very enjoyable.

 

[united we stand]

Talking of the great William Wyler..........I saw this incredible World War Two docu. at the cinema "The Cold Blue" here is a taster...........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6zG4sQ2fpA

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Cheers, will try and watch that. I read the story of the making of the original Memphis belle film which was incredible. They were so brave as they didn’t have to be there the documentary should add significantly to the story for me.

 

[BALDY]

Cheers, will try and watch that. I read the story of the making of the original Memphis belle film which was incredible. They were so brave as they didn’t have to be there the documentary should add significantly to the story for me.

"The making of" only lasts for 20 odd minutes---Please let us know your opinion of it.

 

[Dave Smiths Love Child]

Watched for the first time Brief Encounter what a film

Think the black and white added to the superb filming

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Saw Russian Dolls again on France's Arte TV channel last night,The sequel to L'Auberge Espanol ,which is a much better film set in Barna, dealing with a group of Erasmus students.The sequel takes us to Paris,London,St.Pete's and Moscow.,in what is little more than a faux romantic comedy with intellectual pretensions.

I hate Russian Dolls....... So full of themselves.

 

[BALDY]

Watched for the first time Brief Encounter what a film

Think the black and white added to the superb filming

Just one of many of David Lean's wonderful films.
I totally agree with you about B and W.

 

[southendkid]

Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves: Expected this to be good because it was from the same people that did 'Game Night' and it didn't disappoint, 8/10. It's destined to flop though because it has "Dungeons and Dragons" in the title and that's going to turn off 90% of people that would be interested in a fantasy comedy movie but don't play D&D.

 

[Napster]

Mulholland Drive. It’s definitely unique

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

Silver screen this week was A Man Called Otto. Really enjoyed it. Tom Hanks very good. Not ashamed of shedding a few tears at the end. 8/10

 

[BALDY]

A French new release "One Fine Morning" a simply wonderful film.

 

[BALDY]

This very stretched docu lasted for 84 minutes!

 

[RHB]

Mr Harrigan's Phone - Netflix Well worth a watch.

When Mr. Harrigan dies, Craig, the teen who befriended and did odd jobs for him, puts his smart phone in his pocket before burial. When the lonely youth sends his dead friend a message, he is shocked to get a return text.

 

[Floval Flyer]

Watched Nobody on Netflix

Bob ‘Better call Saul’ Odenkirk plays one bad-*** dude in this gun toting romp!

Not much of a storyline, but a good craic. Well worth a watch, get the snacks and beers in for this one

 

[BALDY]

I went to the cinema yesterday and saw this....My partner Ms Baldy said "this is a typical arthouse film"