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Post by Charles Bronson on Nov 26, 2019 0:10:19 GMT
I think the last film or two I saw at the cinema several years ago, before my recent visit was to see a Sherlock Holmes film. The Robert Downey version. I Actually saw two Downey Holmes films. I enjoyed the first one, but not the sequel, even though it was obvious if memory serves correctly that more money had been spent on the sequel.
Someone told me earlier this evening that it's possible to buy a monthly pass to a local Showcase cinema for seventeen or eighteen quid a month and go as often as you like. If they made enough decent films these days, I would probably get one of those, as I did enjoy that recent visit. One of the big pluses was the greatly improved comfort factor.
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Post by Sparky on Nov 26, 2019 7:21:13 GMT
I think the last film or two I saw at the cinema several years ago, before my recent visit was to see a Sherlock Holmes film. The Robert Downey version. I Actually saw two Downey Holmes films. I enjoyed the first one, but not the sequel, even though it was obvious if memory serves correctly that more money had been spent on the sequel. Someone told me earlier this evening that it's possible to buy a monthly pass to a local Showcase cinema for seventeen or eighteen quid a month and go as often as you like. If they made enough decent films these days, I would probably get one of those, as I did enjoy that recent visit. One of the big pluses was the greatly improved comfort factor. The £17-18 a month for the Pass is a pretty good deal - will look into that myself, be handy for the kids.
As you say Charles - there is nothing worth going to see.
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Post by Charles Bronson on Nov 26, 2019 11:25:06 GMT
I've just been looking on my local cinema website to see if a film called 'The Irishman' is on there, but apparently it's a Netflix film and comes out tomorrow on the streaming site. I found out before that the film is about the American union leader Jimmy Hoffa who was involved with gangsters.
It looks like a film that I might like, and Hoffa was an interesting character. My daughter is a netflix subscriber so I will give this one a go sometime this week.
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Post by Kenny Dalglish 1979 on Nov 27, 2019 13:43:19 GMT
Watched The Corrupted recently. Fine crime thriller, very nasty and brutal in places, but it moved at a fast pace, there was some action, especially in the climax, and a good cast, particularly Timothy Spall as a psychotic gangster. Some elements of Line Of Duty too (bent coppers).
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Post by Sparky on Nov 27, 2019 14:28:47 GMT
Watched The Corrupted recently. Fine crime thriller, very nasty and brutal in places, but it moved at a fast pace, there was some action, especially in the climax, and a good cast, particularly Timothy Spall as a psychotic gangster. Some elements of Line Of Duty too (bent coppers). This in the Cinema or on DVD? Will have to look out for this!
Thanks for the heads up
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Post by Kenny Dalglish 1979 on Nov 28, 2019 22:01:18 GMT
Watched it on DVD. It had a very limited release in the UK cinemas earlier this year.
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Post by Batgirl on Nov 29, 2019 5:02:41 GMT
I would say I average 2 a year usually. I'll probably go see the new Star Wars film and I'm contemplating seeing the Ford vs Ferrari film with Matt Damon. He's usually pretty good to be fair. Think i'll swerve bond 25 when that comes out. The last few have had far too much crap CGI for my liking. Oh my Its had a reboot since then Arthur. Reboot is Hollywood for run out of ideas so lets remake stuff It's years since I've been but I'm tempted to go and see 'Le Mans 66'. By all accounts it's a good film with Matt Damon and Christian Bale both giving excellent performances, the downside being the large number of inaccuracies with some of the cars used and the timeline, missing out important stuff (such as the early development of the GT40 with Lola and Lotus involvement) to keep the running time down to less than two and a half hours. Enzo Ferrari is portrayed as being at the race in '66 but he never went there. There's lots of footage of the drivers miraculously finding another gear when already going flat out down the Mulsanne straight at 200mph, but that's typical of many Hollywood racing films. Still looking forward to seeing it though, the story itself is fascinating and the stills I've seen taken behind the scenes look particularly good. Villain I saw the film 'Ford V Ferrari' on the weekend and loved it ! Sure there may be inaccuracies but how great that this story becomes known to a new generation of film goers. I don't know how accurate Christian Bale's portrayal of Ken Miles was but it certainly was a fascinating watch.
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Post by Del Boy on Dec 9, 2019 23:27:45 GMT
Glad to hear its good Batgirl. I liked the trailer so will try to see this one soon.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 10, 2019 7:08:20 GMT
I've just been looking on my local cinema website to see if a film called 'The Irishman' is on there, but apparently it's a Netflix film and comes out tomorrow on the streaming site. I found out before that the film is about the American union leader Jimmy Hoffa who was involved with gangsters. It looks like a film that I might like, and Hoffa was an interesting character. My daughter is a netflix subscriber so I will give this one a go sometime this week. I've watched The Irishman Charles
Absolutely superb. I was very glad to have read the book first though - there's a lot more information in the book, and it's interesting to see how it was adapted. De Niro is wonderful in terms of his character but physically bears little resemblence to the real life Frank Sheeran. Anyway, if you like reading/watching things about the mafia and/or you like Scorsese then I heartily recommend both book and film - but read the book before you watch the film if you can
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 10, 2019 7:09:51 GMT
Lady Emsworth and I went to see Knives Out on Friday
A fun whodunnit - with Daniel Craig absolutely chewing up the scenery
A rock solid 8/10
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