Films you've watched recently.

[Tangled up in Blue]

Thoroughly enjoyed the repeat of Nic Roeg's Don't look Now (!972) on BBC 2 in the early hours.An absolute masterpiece.Remember when it was first shown ion the box they cut the infamous sex scene.Fortunately the philistines no longer seeem to be in control.

 

[Napster]

VHS 85 and VHS 2. Both hit and miss but when they hit they hit hard.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw Woody Alen's 50th film earller Coup de Chance.Doubt if there'll be many or any more (and I'veseen most-if not all of the other 49).Thought this was silly and contrived.Though my wife (who's French) really liked it.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw the Little Richard documentary "I am Everything"on C4 last night.Only problem is I have tickets for it at Barna's In-edit music documentary festival in November.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Withnail and I.

A classic.

 

[The Big Dady]

The Great Escaper.
National treasures Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson stunningly good in this true storey on a D-day vets last Journey to Normandy bloody loved it, RIP Glenda.

Saw it last night, what a wonderful film of a true story with two great actors.

Highly Recommended.

 

[pottster]

Cocaine bear, the film I've been waiting all my life for. The bear actually managed to out act the other actors.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw Ken Loach's superb The Old Oak at the Moncine cinema in Bezeirs earlier.Scripted by his usual collaborator Paul Laverty.If KL is going to quit this is a great film to go out on and much better than the latest Woody Allen,If The Old Oak doen't pick up a gong at the Baftas I'll be suprised.

 

[GrumpyBlue]

Saw Ken Loach's superb The Old Oak at the Moncine cinema in Bezeirs earlier.Scripted by his usual collaborator Paul Laverty.If KL is going to quit this is a great film to go out on and much better than the latest Woody Allen,If The Old Oak doen't pick up a gong at the Baftas I'll be suprised.

Got a ticket to see it next month

 

[Mad Cyril]

The Mercy.

Story about a round the world yacht race that ended up on disaster for a dreamer who set the bar a little too high.

The only downside is that once again Colin Firth is playing a couple of divisions higher than he should be.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

It's IN-EDit (music documentary) week in Barna so I took myself of to the we Aribau* cinema to see Blues Under the Skin a 1971 French documenary featuring a lot of Blues players in New Orleans ,including BB King.Buddy guy & Junior Wells,Roosevelt Sykes,Sonny Terry & Brownie Mcghee etc. NO looked just like I reememberer it back in 1973!REally quite good!.

* Just round th ecorner from the UBC (ie,the Central University of Barcelona).Perhaps the organisers might want to remember that not all their punters are of student age anymore.

 

[BALDY]

The fantastic Diana Dors from 1957...https://www.facebook.com/groups/1647318818840008

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Ms Baldy and I went to see "The Old Oak" (Ken loach's last film?) and it was grim.
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"Grim" in what sense?

 

[BALDY]

"Grim" in what sense?

The area and the poor old pub had seen better days.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

The area and the poor old pub had seen better days.

True enough but I rather doubt if the good residenta of SOS (or anywhere down south really) would be much more welcoming to a group of refugees from Syria.

 

[mattytheshrimper]

Man called Otto, the film didn't initially appeal to me but I'll watch anything with Tom Hanks in it. Pretty decent, nearly got a tear out of me too.

 

[Kenny]

Man called Otto, the film didn't initially appeal to me but I'll watch anything with Tom Hanks in it. Pretty decent, nearly got a tear out of me too.

I watched that on a flight about 6 months ago, it reminded me a lot of Gran Torino, except Tom Hanks was never going to start shooting people like Clint Eastwood did. Definitely a bit of a tear jerker though.

 

[Swiss Tony]

Watched the golden oldie, The Lavender hill mob the other day blooming marvellous.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw Hang on To a Deam:The Zombies Documrntary last night.At !18 Mins this is an excellent feature length look at the only band I can think of apart from perhaps the Stones,from the Beatles era, who are still perforimg (ocasionally ) and producing new music.Glad to say I Saw Rod Argent,Colin Blunstone et al perform her at the small Sala 2 in the Apolo back in 2010 and at the (rather larger) Palladium (on a visit back to the UK ) in 2017.Still going strong are High Wycomb's finest..

 

[Floval Flyer]

Against my better judgement me and the wife watched A haunting in Venice.

One word… Appalling

Can’t even give it 1/10

Big fat zero

Kenneth Brannagh must be ashamed of that.

Avoid