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Angela W · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 7181 Location: North Yorkshire

Saw the film I have been asking about this week. Its called 'Everybodys Fine' and stars Robert DeNiro and Kate Beckinsdale. The story is about a man whose wife has recently died who decides to visit his four children when they all cry off from visiting him for the weekend. He finds that they have all exaggerated their success because they didn't want to disappoint him. An enjoyable film but very 'American'!
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aviddiva · Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:51 pm Post subject: Last film you saw and rating

I've seen 'Everybody's Fine' too. I'm sure the child actor meant to be Drew Barrymore's character when young also took the part of Veruca Salt in the Tim Burton 'Charlie & The Chocolate Factory'!

I'm surprised nobody's done a film about what happened to the characters in that later on - did Mike Teavee become a high-powered TV exec, say?
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SantaFefan · Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 8:10 am Post subject:

I watched "Nowhere Boy" on the flight back home and really enjoyed it.. I could watch it over again also.
The chap who played Lennon's part was quite believable although I do think they could have got a slightly more realistic Paul McCartney?
Not sure about the amount of swearing however.. certainly wasn't the case in my world back then.
As somebody mentioned.. they never once mentioned "Beatles"! Shocked

silver or otherwise..
Good film.
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aviddiva · Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 3:28 pm Post subject: Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Got this out on DVD as I missed it at the cinema. Andy Serkis was excellent as Ian Dury, and I think I'm going to have to read Will Birch's biography of Dury to get more information about his marriages and children.

The film concentrated on his relationship with his son, Baxter (played by Bill Milner who also portrayed the Christian cult member in 'Son Of Rambow'). The way they told it, Baxter's schooling was disorganised as Dury wouldn't speak to his teachers much. There were also flashbacks to Dury's early life and the school he was at.

It also told of how Dury dropped his band when he became successful, and how he went downhill after. The sequence that leads to him writing 'Spasticus Autisticus' was great - he wouldn't stand (no pun intended) for the patronising attitudes towards disabled people at the time.
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aviddiva · Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:51 am Post subject: Last film you saw and rating

'Australia' must be the first film I've seen where I actually longed for one of those silly Five idents to come onscreen! My sister lent us it as she's a fan of Hugh Jackman who portrayed the Drover.

Trouble is, there was too little of him and rather too much of Nicole Kidman, who besides being a poor actress, displays her rubbish singing talents to poor Nullah (the half-caste boy) when explaining The Wizard of Oz to him! She made Cheryl Cole seem like Christina Booth of Magenta.

It's basically Baz Luhrmann's attempt to do The African Queen in an Australian setting, though Nullah seems to be Short Round from Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom with added Aboriginal mysticism.

The scene where Nullah reunites with his grandfather as 'Nimrod' comes on the soundtrack is a bit wrong - it just made me think of The Enid doing that tune live! You wonder why Kate Bush's 'The Dreaming' or Judie Tzuke's 'City Of Swimming Pools' wasn't used.
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becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6787

Think I'll give Australia a swerve,aviddiva..... Very Happy

I liked Nicole Kidman's singing efforts in Moulin Rouge...adore that film....it's on 5 tonight

The last film I watched and enjoyed was Caramel, a film I recorded a while ago from BBC 4..it's about the everyday lives of five Lebanese women and to save me explanations.... Smile

Synopsis taken from Wiki

Caramel revolves around the intersecting lives of five Lebanese women. Layale (Nadine Labaki) works in a beauty salon in Beirut along with two other women, Nisrine (Yasmine Al Masri) and Rima (Joanna Moukarzel). Each one has a problem: Layale is stuck in a dead-end relationship with a married man; Nisrine is no longer a virgin but is set to be married and in her conservative family where pre-marital sex is not accepted; Rima is attracted to women; Jamale (Gisèle Aouad), a regular customer and wannabe actress, is worried about getting old; Rose (Sihame Haddad), a tailor with a shop next to the salon, is an old woman who had devoted her life to taking care of her mentally unbalanced older sister Lili (Aziza Semaan), but has found her first love. The film doesn't refer to any of the political problems or recent warfare that has troubled Lebanon. Rather, Labaki's tale paints everyday people with everyday problems.

In the film Nisrine has an operation to ensure her husband thinks she is still a virgin.... Shocked

and one of her friends says she will kill a bird to provide blood for the marital bed... Shocked

Number Six · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 438 Location: In the village

Just watched "The Men Who Stare at Goats"

After it was finished, I thought "I enjoyed that. I wonder what it was all about"
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aviddiva · Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:51 pm Post subject: Last film you saw and rating

I watched most of 'The Pursuit Of Happyness' on Five last night. As per usual it was interrupted by entertainment news.

It should really have been called 'The Pursuit Of An Oscar' as it saw Will Smith fall victim to Clown Plays Hamlet syndrome. Yes, it's sad that people in Philadelphia have trouble finding work, but I don't need the former Fresh Prince of Bel Air telling me so and putting his child in the act when employment in the North of England isn't exactly plentiful.
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littlepieces · Joined: 10 Jan 2010 Posts: 1098 Location: Lowestoft

I have just watched the taking of pelham 123(the remake not the original)
I think John Travolta is excellent as a baddie and he plays a good role here.If you want a film you dont have to think about but is still good this could be it
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undiscovered · Joined: 15 Sep 2010 Posts: 650 Location: Peterborough

I've seen a couple over the weekend that I thought were good

Finally got to see Blue Velvet after seeing bits and pieces over the years not sure how i'd missed it as I love Lynch's other films. Hopper was great as Frank, good film, not sure OH liked it though

Kick-Ass - no i'm not a teenager but have a soft spot for comicbook movies, this is my favorite film of the year so far. Really enjoyed

becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6787

The last film I watched was The Silence of Lorna ....wished I hadn't bothered

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1186369/

Sokol and Lorna, two Albanian emigrants in Belgium, dream of leaving their dreary jobs to set up a snack bar...

And dreary just about sums the film up....

Number Six · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 438 Location: In the village

becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6787

Two films I've watched recently..La Boucher an odd little French film which I quite enjoyed...I think Smile

and In Bruges which started off with great potential then trailed off into daftness.....very disappointing.

undiscovered · Joined: 15 Sep 2010 Posts: 650 Location: Peterborough

Saw the Pianist this week, loved it especially the music. Well worth the oscar.

I thought Australia was ok but preferred the first ending rather than the second.

I have a copy of Nine on dvd borrowed, I love Daniel day Lewis always worth watching a film with him in, as well as Sophia Loren and Judi Dench, but I dislike most films with Cruz or Hudson. Anyone seen it ?
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I daren't mention the last film I saw. That said - it was jolly good! Laughing

becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6787

becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6787

The Station Agent ......what a smashing little film this is....

When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340377/

the breakfast club · Joined: 19 Sep 2010 Posts: 52 Location: Liverpool

ferris buellers day off hope i spelt it right
i thought it was great
5 stars from the breakfast club

undiscovered · Joined: 15 Sep 2010 Posts: 650 Location: Peterborough

A Del Torro weekend on Film 4

Cronos and the Devils Backbone were on that I haven't seen and Pans Labrinth that I had.

Cronos is ok a bit odd more of DT special effects in this.

Devils Backbone, great film one of my favorites i've seen this year.

Pans Lanbrinth is just a great, sad little story of trying to get away from reality
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becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6787

'Anvil! The Story Of Anvil' (2008)

After watching this you have got to ask "Is this for real"...... Very Happy

good though.

http://blog.moviefone.com/2008/01/19/sundance-review-anvil-the-story-of-anvil/

undiscovered · Joined: 15 Sep 2010 Posts: 650 Location: Peterborough

This week I have been watching the Watchmen and it's still my favortie film from last year.

Cloverfield was on last night, it isn't bad saw at the pictures and didn't know much about it, so was pleasantly surprised how different it was, but similar to Blair Witch once you've seen it once that's as much as you need.

Saw a trailer for Tron this week, oooooh it loooks good Razz

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Number Six · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 438 Location: In the village

Just watched Robin Hood.

I was expecting to hear something like "My name is Robin Hood, loyal servant of King Richard the First and I will have my time, in this forest or the next"

A bit overlong perhaps but not a bad effort, I thought. At least we are spared the over the top acting and the girlie big hair and I didn't have to wonder where " Naddingum" was
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Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin". Now there's a ground-breaking film.

nod · Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 3558

The last film I went to see was the one about Ian Dury, I didn't realise he was so much like Kenneth Williams Rolling Eyes

SantaFefan · Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 8:10 pm Post subject:

Kenneth Williams?? Shocked

ooooo, hit me, hit me, hit me....
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Number Six · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 438 Location: In the village

Just seen The Ghost with Ewan MacGregor and Pierce Brosnan. Very much one of those dark paranoia thrillers, bit like The Parallex View from the 60s. She who must be obeyed was disappointed that Brozza didn't get more screen time though
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undiscovered · Joined: 15 Sep 2010 Posts: 650 Location: Peterborough

Toy Story 3, and I'm not to manly to admit it almost had me in tears, actually saw the extra' s last night and the bit where all the actors are back together and they find the original kid who played Andy (7 in the first film) and that nearly did the same.

Film of the Year
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Number Six · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 438 Location: In the village

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was on Film 4 so I recorded it. It's been decades since I saw it and Mrs Six never has. Thirty five years old and it's still a powerful piece of drama with Nicholson at his best. Well deserving of it's five major Oscars and the ending is still a kick in the guts
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"Cuckoos Nest" is one of the very few films (maybe the only film?) which has matched my mental image of the characters and settings when compared to the book upon which it is based. I remember reading Ken Kesey's book, which was a student "must-read" in the early/mid 70s and naturally I had in my mind's eye what the ward looked like. Milos Foreman's film was uncannily accurate!

The only thing that didn't really match was Jack Nicholson; in the book McMurphy was a crazy red-head Irishman which Nicholson wasn't! However, he did play the role perfectly.

One of my top 10 films. I must watch the DVD sometime again soon - I can't imagine it being broken up by TV commercials!

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SantaFefan · Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:11 pm Post subject:

I remember seeing Cuckoo's Nest in London when it first came out.. it was a good film, but the thing I won't forget was the London audience.. all through the film, they clapped and shouted out comment as though it were a stage play! very strange them London folk...
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