MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
We started on it yesterday, thanks to your enthusiasm for it
Netflix recommendations
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Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
It's very good. Keeps you watching all the way - and some genuinely surprising twists pop up here and there. Would definitely recommend.
The film with Matthew McConaughey is on YouTube, if you want your Mickey Haller darker.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Found Cujo on Netflix. Wondering how much of it is wise to watch before bedtime, as it used to quite disturb me as a kid. 
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Finished all available episodes of S4 of Stranger Things. Bloody brilliant, arguably the best yet.
And whereas all performances are brilliant, one actor’s in particular is superlative in episode 7: Christian Ganiere, playing ’10’. Fantastic stuff, and if I worked in DC Comics’ casting department I’d suggest him as a shoe-in for the next Joker.
And whereas all performances are brilliant, one actor’s in particular is superlative in episode 7: Christian Ganiere, playing ’10’. Fantastic stuff, and if I worked in DC Comics’ casting department I’d suggest him as a shoe-in for the next Joker.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
The Soul available on Netflix
Chinese Film based on Sci fi novel.
Not sci fi as in rockets and action. Cross between crime / Sci fi
Interesting and ultimately touching film about the lengths people will go to for their loved ones. Whether moral in a sense of abiding by social codes or not. Says that love has its own moral code. Which is sometimes at a difference to those of society.
Very complex plot ( not a criticism). I think this probably worked very well as a novel. Not so easy to make it a film. It's a cerebral pyscholigical type of Sci fi. Rather than lots of action.
Id say the film has some great moments. Helped by the excellent cast.
I also found it interesting as its trying to cross popular genre ( crime / Sci fi) with more of an art film.
I'd class it as a glorious failure in that regard. Which ironically makes it a riveting film to watch. It almost collapses into well worn clichés of these genres. Then pulls itself back from them. To make in hindsight a very moving film.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
You are not my mother.
Irish psychological drama. I really enjoyed this. It's flawed but good nonetheless
Irish psychological drama. I really enjoyed this. It's flawed but good nonetheless
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
Awakenings, Robin William and Robert de Niro. Seen it a couple of times over the years and it stands the test of time (released in 1990). Timeless and based on true story about experimental drug treatment.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
"I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament."
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Would def pay to see that performance
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I seem to remember finding it late one night many many years ago without any fanfare or knowledge of what it was about and being blown away about how powerful it was (maybe because its a true story).Awakenings, Robin William and Robert de Niro. Seen it a couple of times over the years and it stands the test of time (released in 1990). Timeless and based on true story about experimental drug treatment.
Good shout.
I'll put it on the list. I might even make my family watch it (It can count towards education for my daughter).
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Defiance.
Jewish civilians prefer to hide out in the woods of Belarus rather than be murdered by the Germans. It's based on a true story.
A worthy tale but too long. If the war had ended earlier, this film could have been packed nicely into 90 minutes.
Jewish civilians prefer to hide out in the woods of Belarus rather than be murdered by the Germans. It's based on a true story.
A worthy tale but too long. If the war had ended earlier, this film could have been packed nicely into 90 minutes.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
Sorry for the late reply spanglechick, which character does former-urb Madzone play ? I'd like to see what she's up to nowadays as I retain quite a fondness for her
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Knuckle
Documentary about feuding traveller clans setting up bare knuckle fights.
Fucking brutal at times and the fights just prolong the feuds rather than settling them
Documentary about feuding traveller clans setting up bare knuckle fights.
Fucking brutal at times and the fights just prolong the feuds rather than settling them
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
What drew me in was how, despite the terrible (TERRIBLE!) camera work, the director's interest in his subjects, and his sheer, dogged, persistent, chewing-gum-on-a-shoe omnipresence, really paid off over many years, in terms of peeling back layers of secrecy. But never to the point of a big reveal, just incrementally drawing the viewer in closer to the lives of those whom the director filmed, with periodic reminders that no, we aren't being told everything.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
But there isn't a big secret. The feud is the feud and that's why they feud. What happened in London and at the wedding isn't really enough. 1
All the supporters after the fights saying somewhat derogatory things about the other clan is what keeps it going
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
I wasn't thinking about secrets, but secretiveness, how first James, and in time, others, open up to Ian, often in really banal ways.
By the end of the film James is very open with Ian about how pointless it all is and has been, whereas to the start of filming he presents it in more righteous terms. And the way some of the women are much more prepared to talk to Ian in the aftermath of the marathon fight at the farm, having previously run away from him.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Those who are having the fights don't have the perspective
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
They’ve all got silly names so I don’t remember. She’s got a really strong Cornish accent.Sorry for the late reply spanglechick, which character does former-urb Madzone play ? I'd like to see what she's up to nowadays as I retain quite a fondness for her
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
Gladbeck - The Hostage Crisis. One of the most disturbing documentaries I've seen in a long time. West Germany 1988. Two bank robbers take hostages and drive off in their getaway car. The police, in their infinite wisdom, decide to let them get away. Then they get to Bremen and hijack a bus and things start to get seriously fucked up. The whole thing is just mind-boggling. First thing I've watched in ages that has actually given me nightmares.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
And then some!
That it's entirely stitched together from footage shot at the time, in sequence - no voiceover, no inserts, just contemporary footage - seems to make it even more intense and ratchets up the tension.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
The Adam Project
Ryan Reynolds time travel vehicle. Ok.
Ryan Reynolds time travel vehicle. Ok.
Supine
Newt Member
Thanks for the recommendation. Bonkers!!!
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It seems to have mixed reviews so far, but I have rather enjoyed the first 1.5 episodes of Melissa McCarthy’s new apocalyptic light comedy series God’s Favourite Idiot I have watched as I type.
The theme and feel is somewhat similar to The Good Place. Not nearly as good, but certainly perfectly watchable thus far. McCarthy makes all the difference and I suspect if she weren’t in it this would be far worse. But she’s great as always, even within the constraints of a part in a goofy supernatural/ sci-fi comedy, so an early series recommendation from me in the light entertainment department.
The theme and feel is somewhat similar to The Good Place. Not nearly as good, but certainly perfectly watchable thus far. McCarthy makes all the difference and I suspect if she weren’t in it this would be far worse. But she’s great as always, even within the constraints of a part in a goofy supernatural/ sci-fi comedy, so an early series recommendation from me in the light entertainment department.
Sweet FA
✪ Three rounds Lord, in my .44 ✪
Well that was fucked up.
The police made a absolute total arse of it from the get go; unbelievable. I know what you mean about nightmares - the scenes of Silke Bischoff in the back of the BMW; the look in her eyes as the gun is at her throat; her ultimate end not long later.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
The 11 year-old liked it, and I think that's the target market.
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