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Post by htmb on Jan 1, 2024 13:54:22 GMT
I made it halfway through Maestro. It was not what I’d expected. Doubt I’ll finish watching.
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Post by lugg on Jan 1, 2024 20:09:14 GMT
Finally watched Barbie tonight and just loved it, which I did not expect. I can definitely see what the excitement was about and hope the movie gets all kinds of awards. bought the Barbie dvd based entirely on Bixa's review We watched it yesterday and thought it was very good, I think I am in the minority here - rented Barbie via Amazon Prime and watched it last night ... my review : crock of shite, hated it . My family also think I am so wrong too.
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Post by Kimby on Jan 1, 2024 20:54:27 GMT
I watched it again with Mr. Kimby and enjoyed it again. It’s a silly romp with a message. Mr. Kimby even appreciated it.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 2, 2024 15:17:20 GMT
The Duke - film about the true story of the theft of the Goya painting of The Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in1961 by a Newcastle taxi driver. Stars Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren. Highly recommended.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 2, 2024 16:47:11 GMT
Yes, I enjoyed it, especially the fact that I would have trouble imagining anything more British than this story.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 3, 2024 1:07:47 GMT
I think I am in the minority here - rented Barbie via Amazon Prime and watched it last night ... my review : crock of shite, hated it . My family also think I am so wrong too. Much as I liked Barbie, I can completely get someone not liking it. As you are fond of saying, it is Marmite.
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Post by lugg on Jan 3, 2024 20:20:22 GMT
As you are fond of saying, it is Marmite. That sums it up exactly
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 6, 2024 19:56:23 GMT
We have a lot of films (the majority being made in the USA) shown here....particularly on the satelite channels...that are what I would call 'made for tv' or 'B' movies?. You can tell as soon as the music starts that they may well be 3rd rate. 1. The plots are usually ridiculous 2. The dialogue is very fast, often involving explaining the plot repeatedly. 3. The female actors are generally young, pert, terribly intelligent (did they get their Doctorates in kindergarten?) and wear tight clothing (looks good even if ripped) 4. There is usually an evil politician/corrupt boss/mayor who refuses to close the beach/evacate the city/ halt the building of the damn/sky scraper or tunnel. 5. I don't recognise the actors, the ones I do are usually from old tv series. 7. The special effects aren't that special. There are lots of other 'tells'...so are they made for tv or are they released to cinemas? I'm sure that the British cinema produces just as many stinkers. The American ones all seem to be either Sci-Fi or Romances. Jeff's watching one atm from 2016 War of the Worlds and it is truly awful
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 6, 2024 20:25:59 GMT
Ha, I ranted about that long long ago! anyportinastorm.proboards.com/thread/269/cheap-ass-canadian-tv-moviesOne thing that I have found particularly horrifying in recent years is that there are about 5 channels here that show Christmas movies non stop every afternoon from November until the end of December. They have titles like Love at Christmas, A Christmas Miracle, Christmas in the Tropics, A Family for Santa, The Christmas Puppies, etc etc etc. Even ChatGPT could probably do a better job.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 6, 2024 20:34:59 GMT
Mrs Cactus loves them.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 6, 2024 21:49:18 GMT
I didn't realise that they were Canadian...I enjoyed reading your rants Kerouac
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 6, 2024 22:07:01 GMT
Many are just filmed in Canada (cheaper) but financed by American shysters.
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Post by Kimby on Jan 6, 2024 23:12:00 GMT
We have watched two films that have been “on our list” for a long time. Couldn’t get them from our Montana library system, but the little Captiva Island Memorial Library had both of them (along with Barbie and Oppenheimer). Professor Marston and the Wonder Woman is based on the true story of the Harvard psychology professor who created the Wonder Woman super hero in the 1930’s. He and his brilliant and sassy wife were involved in a threesome with a pretty research assistant, a union that lasted longer than their careers (they were canned for their immoral lifestyle), and the two women’s relationship lasted decades after his death in his 50’s. Well-acted and with surprisingly modern attitudes toward equality and feminism, despite the professor’s psychological (and erotic) interest in submission. www.imdb.com/title/tt6133130/The other film, equally obscure and interesting was Master Gardener, featuring mostly unknown (to me) actors plus Sigourney Weaver, very convincing as a dowager whose estate requires a master gardener and multiple assistants. The lead is living as a gardener in a witness protection program and has a sketchy past having been raised by white supremacist radical parents. The dowager’s niece who comes to apprentice as a gardener also has a past she’s escaping from. www.imdb.com/title/tt15342244/
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 7, 2024 0:15:23 GMT
Master Gardener -- filmed in my home town! Two seconds into the trailer & I recognized Rosedown, so looked up the filming locations. Sadly, the trailer did nothiing to make me want to watch the movie.
I can figure it out from context, but never heard the phrase "three dome" before.
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Post by Kimby on Jan 7, 2024 1:40:39 GMT
Typo already corrected.
With your interest in plants, Bixa, I think you should give it a chance.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 7, 2024 2:18:46 GMT
Duh ~ should have figured that out as a typo instead of thinking that Kimby sure is sophisticated and knows about hitherto unnamed kinky stuff!
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 13, 2024 13:12:01 GMT
I was quite intrigues a couple of years ago when I saw that Daniel Radcliffe was starring in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. But then it was never released in cinemas. However, I came across it on television the other day, and "weird" is an understatement. It isn't a biopic but a total bio fantasy. For example, Al becomes a couple with Madonna, but then they break up in Colombia when Madonna kills Pablo Escobar and takes over his cartel. At the end of the movie, Madonna returns to assassinate Al Yankovic. Wasn't expecting that. At first I hated it all because it was far too much over the top, but when I finally relaxed my expectations I began to enjoy it. I have to admire Daniel Radcliffe for no longer being anything like Harry Potter.
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Post by Kimby on Jan 17, 2024 4:46:56 GMT
Dreamin’ Wild is the true story of some farm kids who wrote and played music, and made a self-produced recording that went nowhere till it was rediscovered by a record collector decades later and re-released. Good performances and a good story. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_and_Joe_Emerson
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 19, 2024 20:28:22 GMT
We watched White Noise on Netflix last night. A bit odd. The best thing about it was the final 7-8 minutes...a strange dance in a supermarket which we really enjoyed. I've posted the track (from the film) on the favourites thread.
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Post by lugg on Jan 27, 2024 20:05:36 GMT
I came here to find out if anyone had posted about " Saltburn" but it seems not ? or have I missed any comment? The gross aspects (which have been well reported) had put me off. So I really had no incentive to view it until today , when I listened to a radio interview with Rosamund Pike . So now ...my viwing tomorrow
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 27, 2024 20:23:37 GMT
Sorry, Lugg -- I don't think I ever heard of it. Looking forward to your report. I am dragging out my viewing of Station Eleven to make it last longer because it's so good. Be warned that the first episode with reanimate all your anxiety about the pandemic which has perhaps become dulled by time. I still have three episodes to go, so if anyone comments, please don't post any spoilers. www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/station_eleven
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 27, 2024 21:09:41 GMT
I came here to find out if anyone had posted about " Saltburn" but it seems not ? or have I missed any comment? The gross aspects (which have been well reported) had put me off. So I really had no incentive to view it until today , when I listened to a radio interview with Rosamund Pike . So now ...my viwing tomorrow I have seen most of Saltburn just from the reaction videos on YouTube -- some of the reactions are an hour long, so there are quite a few excerpts (which need to be blurred on occasion) and not always the same ones apart from the bathtub and graveyard scenes. The reactions make me cry with laughter. Sometimes there are 4 or 5 people watching and they are all shrieking in horror.
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Post by lugg on Jan 28, 2024 20:29:40 GMT
Well I am watching it slowly and exactly K2
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 29, 2024 5:37:34 GMT
Well I am watching it slowly and exactly K2 Still in a state of shock?
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Post by lugg on Jan 29, 2024 20:12:05 GMT
Not got to the shocking part yet - next 30mins tonight
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Post by lugg on Jan 30, 2024 20:09:27 GMT
Sat down with my dinner last night to watch the next 30 mins or so ...what a great appetite suppressant that was. Not sure if I will ever go back to watch the rest.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 30, 2024 21:28:32 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 31, 2024 4:03:01 GMT
He was going to let you be in his club of people who can watch anything on the screen, no matter how graphic, how grotesque. Guess you blew it, Lugg.
Your mother would be proud!
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 31, 2024 5:58:07 GMT
Actually, the film that Saltburn most closely resembles is Parasite which did after all win the Palme d'Or in Cannes as well as 4 Oscars including Best Film.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 31, 2024 10:15:19 GMT
I was thinking about watching Saltburn but I think that I'll give it a miss Jeff will probably watch it. I'm enjoying this season of The Great Pottery Throwdown on channel 4. I remember thinking that making stuff from clay looked easy until I tried it.
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