At the weekend saw
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
I give this a 4 out of 10
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
I give this a 4 out of 10
Last Movie You Watched? (Part 7)
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They Made Me a Fugitive [1947]. Director: [Alberto] Cavalcanti
8/10
Wonderful British film noir with Trevor Howard as a black marketeer wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter and escaping to prove his innocence. Griffith Jones makes a great baddie and Sally Gray a fine femme fatale. Sam Kydd appears unbilled and gets just one line.
*******
The Trials of Cate McCall [2013]. Director: Karen Moncrieff
6/10
A box office flop after being launched in Hungary, this went to Lifetime TV in the US and DVD in the UK. Kate Beckinsale does her best as an alcoholic lawyer juggling the break-up of her marriage and trying to put right a couple of cases where her skill produced the wrong verdicts.
*******
The Captive Heart [1945]. Director: Basil Dearden
8/10
Classy Ealing Studios POW tale with the Brits keeping their upper lips stiff reading letters from home. Michael Redgrave features as a Czech escapee using the ID of a dead British officer and winning the heart of the dead man's estranged wife via the letters she thinks are from her husband. Mrs Redgrave (Rachel Kempson) plays the wife. Amongst a great British cast is that man Sam Kydd again (a former POW himself for 5 years), unbilled and delivering his one line in his movie debut.
8/10
Wonderful British film noir with Trevor Howard as a black marketeer wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter and escaping to prove his innocence. Griffith Jones makes a great baddie and Sally Gray a fine femme fatale. Sam Kydd appears unbilled and gets just one line.
*******
The Trials of Cate McCall [2013]. Director: Karen Moncrieff
6/10
A box office flop after being launched in Hungary, this went to Lifetime TV in the US and DVD in the UK. Kate Beckinsale does her best as an alcoholic lawyer juggling the break-up of her marriage and trying to put right a couple of cases where her skill produced the wrong verdicts.
*******
The Captive Heart [1945]. Director: Basil Dearden
8/10
Classy Ealing Studios POW tale with the Brits keeping their upper lips stiff reading letters from home. Michael Redgrave features as a Czech escapee using the ID of a dead British officer and winning the heart of the dead man's estranged wife via the letters she thinks are from her husband. Mrs Redgrave (Rachel Kempson) plays the wife. Amongst a great British cast is that man Sam Kydd again (a former POW himself for 5 years), unbilled and delivering his one line in his movie debut.
Computer Chess (2013) 8/10
Surrealist comedy about a computer chess tournament in the early 1980s.
Filmed reality-style, a very quirky little film with subtle messages about the impact of technology on our lives - and a surprise ending!
Chess computer expert: 'we're talking real artificial intelligence here!'
Sceptic: 'So when do you get going on artificial real intelligence?'
Surrealist comedy about a computer chess tournament in the early 1980s.
Filmed reality-style, a very quirky little film with subtle messages about the impact of technology on our lives - and a surprise ending!
Chess computer expert: 'we're talking real artificial intelligence here!'
Sceptic: 'So when do you get going on artificial real intelligence?'
Originally Posted by Ted Cunterblast:
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Road Games - excellent Hitchcock-style thriller, set in the Australian outback with Stacy Keach as a truck driver who suspects a guy he encounters on the road is murdering and cutting up young girls. Jamie Lee Curtis also stars as a hitchhiker who befriends him and gets caught up in the mystery. Some great, suspenseful sequences on show, and the movie becomes a cat-and-mouse game between the killer and Keach, who begins to become a suspect in the murders himself. Brillant score by Brian May, and probably the most unusual car-chase ever (if you can call it that). Keach is excellent and very watchable as the erudite Pat Quid.”
“
Road Games - excellent Hitchcock-style thriller, set in the Australian outback with Stacy Keach as a truck driver who suspects a guy he encounters on the road is murdering and cutting up young girls. Jamie Lee Curtis also stars as a hitchhiker who befriends him and gets caught up in the mystery. Some great, suspenseful sequences on show, and the movie becomes a cat-and-mouse game between the killer and Keach, who begins to become a suspect in the murders himself. Brillant score by Brian May, and probably the most unusual car-chase ever (if you can call it that). Keach is excellent and very watchable as the erudite Pat Quid.”
I've been trying to get hold of that film for a while, heard good reviews about it and sounds right up my street. Must go and get it now, thanks Ted
Originally Posted by CLL Dodge:
“Heavyweights [1995]. Director: Steven Brill
5/10
Disney film about a summer camp for fat kids run by Ben Stiller.
*******
Beauty and the Beast [1991]. Directors: Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
7/10
Fine Disney retelling of the classic fairytale.”
“Heavyweights [1995]. Director: Steven Brill
5/10
Disney film about a summer camp for fat kids run by Ben Stiller.
*******
Beauty and the Beast [1991]. Directors: Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
7/10
Fine Disney retelling of the classic fairytale.”
Heavyweights is one of my boys favourite films - we watch it quite often.
Sword of Sherwood Forest [1960]. Director: Terence Fisher
5/10
Hammer took TV's Robin Hood, Richard Greene, to Ireland to shoot this big screen tale in Megascope and Eastmancolor. Oliver Reed appears uncredited as a villainous Lord who actually slays the Sheriff of Nottingham (Peter Cushing). Unfortunately his lines were overdubbed by an actor with a weirdly camp manner of speaking.
5/10
Hammer took TV's Robin Hood, Richard Greene, to Ireland to shoot this big screen tale in Megascope and Eastmancolor. Oliver Reed appears uncredited as a villainous Lord who actually slays the Sheriff of Nottingham (Peter Cushing). Unfortunately his lines were overdubbed by an actor with a weirdly camp manner of speaking.
Originally Posted by RyJa:
“Heavyweights is one of my boys favourite films - we watch it quite often.”
“Heavyweights is one of my boys favourite films - we watch it quite often.”
I can imagine boys would love it. Ben Stiller I'm not a fan of.
Unfriended - 1/10
Just terrible. Only watched it to the end to see if it was all an elaborate prank.
Just terrible. Only watched it to the end to see if it was all an elaborate prank.
Frances Ha (2012) 8/10
The daily life of an aspiring young woman in New York.
Greta Gerwig is very much an acquired taste. As much as 'Mistress America' was a disaster imho, she is just magical in this comedy heavily influenced by French 60s 'New Wave' directors. Whether she is the 'queen of US indie' I don't know, but to understand where her cult following comes from, this is the movie to watch.
The daily life of an aspiring young woman in New York.
Greta Gerwig is very much an acquired taste. As much as 'Mistress America' was a disaster imho, she is just magical in this comedy heavily influenced by French 60s 'New Wave' directors. Whether she is the 'queen of US indie' I don't know, but to understand where her cult following comes from, this is the movie to watch.
The Last King of Scotland [2006]. Director: Kevin MacDonald
7/10
Oscar-winning performance from Forest Whitaker is the highlight of this slice of recent African history told through a (fictional) white man's eyes.
7/10
Oscar-winning performance from Forest Whitaker is the highlight of this slice of recent African history told through a (fictional) white man's eyes.
Midnight Special -gripping mixture of road movie/chase thriller with a heavy dose of x files sci-fi
Film of the year so far for me
9/10
Film of the year so far for me
9/10
The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2...My daughter likes them. It was alright, not as good as the previous films.
Another film that we all got excited about back in the 70s if we knew it was on telly
Play Misty for Me (1971)
I've seen it umpteen times but still enjoyed it today
Jessica Walter is fabulous as the love-crazed stalker of Clint Eastwood. What a wonderful actress
Play Misty for Me (1971)
I've seen it umpteen times but still enjoyed it today
Jessica Walter is fabulous as the love-crazed stalker of Clint Eastwood. What a wonderful actress
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn [2011]. Director: Steven Spielberg
5/10
Fabulous looking computer animation of a lame script adaptation.
5/10
Fabulous looking computer animation of a lame script adaptation.
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