Films you've watched recently.

[Whispering Bob]

Watched The Nice Guys (Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe) last night. Thought it was a scream.

 

[Napster]

Lake Mungo. Fascinating.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw As bestas (The Beasts) earlier.Interesting Spanish fim set in rural Galicia.Concerns a couple of brothers who refuse to accept a French couple as their neighbours and murder the husband.Seen it described as "rural terrorism":A hard watch but worth looking out for when it gets a UK release (presumably later this year).

 

[rigsby]

JFK for the first time in about 30 years.

For those of you who are fully awake or even half awake, its a must. If if you watched it, then watch again. The script is your journey as well as a great film.

 

[BALDY]

I saw this film @ the wonderful Garden Cinema, Covent Garden...The excellent>>>>

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw Peter Bogdonavich's Targets again last night on DVD for the first time since it came out in 1968.Starring Boris Karloff it was also PB 's first film.Glad to say it hasn't dated at all.It's still highly relevant,bearing in mind all the mass shootins in the US so far this year.Thought the parallel development of the Shooter's story and BK's was well done.Had forgotten that PB plays a small role in the movie (as himself) too.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw Diabolique on DVD earlier.Quite a clever twist at the end.No wonder Hitch was interested in filming the story.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Another vote for Suffragette which I saw again on DVD last night.Worthy film.

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

Silver screen this week was the Woman King with Viola Davis. Woman's army take on slavers (Portuguese) and other tribes supporting it in Africa around 1820s. I thought it was a good swashbuckling yarn where the goodies beat the buddies which is never wrong. My wife said it was supposed to have a message of empowerment for women and especially black women. I could see that it might wanted that but I personally liked the escapism. What do I know.

 

[tia]

We see MEGAN a little strange but watchable.A advanced childlike doll is designed for children and soon becomes a bit too real etc.The Ambulance is ok but just 2 and bit hours of total action no type to get to know any of characters at all really

 

[blues exile]

Saw Diabolique on DVD earlier.Quite a clever twist at the end.No wonder Hitch was interested in filming the story.

Interesting that Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' was adapted from a novel by the same writers as 'Diaboliques', Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.

 

[BALDY]

Saw Diabolique on DVD earlier.Quite a clever twist at the end.No wonder Hitch was interested in filming the story.

As recommended by me..........One of my favourite films.

 

[BALDY]

An excellent Jack Nicholson film that has been overlooked........

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

An excellent Jack Nicholson film that has been overlooked........View attachment 24436

One of his later films and not one of his best either.I remember it well.Memorable for the way he's toilet trained!

 

[BALDY]

I watched this on Netflix today...

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I watched this on Netflix today...View attachment 24457

Wonderful film,Trust you were rewatching it and not just particularly busy in 1978?

 

[BALDY]

Wonderful film,Trust you were rewatching it and not particularly busy in 1978?

Yes it was a rewatch.

 

[Mad Cyril]

I watched this on Netflix today...View attachment 24457

Not very true to the book.

Great soundtrack though.

 

[Napster]

Uncle Buck - great 80s film

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Not very true to the book.

Great soundtrack though.

There were some "minor" changes from the book -including towards the end, IIRC, his escape from a second "island" prison and his subsequent border crossing to safety.Presumably director Alan Parker made these changes to save a bit of location cash.Dunno about the soundtrack .Vangelis wasn't it?