Book of Eli - Denzel Washington - took two attempts to watch it all the way through - a bit of a duff Mad Max type film. Watchable. 4/10

 

Green Zone - Matt Damon - enjoyed it, always like films based out in Middle East, etc. 7/10

 

Planet 51 - was enjoying it til I nodded off, kids liked it - must be good. 6/10

 

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - see above - 6/10

 

Good Will Hunting - Matt Damon/Robin Williams - look, there was fook all else on this Saturday just gone, never seen it before - quite enjoyed - the scene were Robin Williams was going on about his late wife farting in bed had me in tears - half decent. Oh, and Minnie Driver looked far better than I can ever remember. 7/10

 

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - its Swedish so no famous actors/actresses - great thriller - didn't bother me that it was in subtitles great revenge scene on the pervy Probation Officer- looking forward to the 2nd in the trilogy in the next week or so - well worth the watch and highly recommended. 9/10

 

That's me, Jonathan Woss, over and out.

Managed to watch on Netflix last night - Made in America - Tom Cruise playing the part of Barry Seal. Decent enough film. 7/10.

Icarus. Documentary about Russian state sponsored doping. Very good. 

Not brand new films perhaps; but watched 'instrument of war' and '12 strong' recently: both good.

Phantom Of The Paradise, a kind of Glam Rock version of Phantom Of The Opera / Faust, 45 years old and a cult classic along the lines of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. 

Current favorite though is Tommy Wiseau's 2003 disaster piece, The Room, a so-bad-it's-good classic. 

On 19/07/2019 at 18:20, green genie said:

Witness was her finest hour.

How's about The Man With Two Brains "Into the mud, scum queen", :lol:!!! 

The Edge , cricket doc to get you up for th'ashes

On 19/08/2010 at 13:25, Crawley said:

Watched Crazy Heart other night - its really not that good and way too short.

I know he got an Oscar, but Jeff Bridges just plays a more serious 'The Dude'.

 

That Maggie Gyellnehall (or however you spell it) is a cracker though.

Check her out in the film Secretary, and set your face to 'Stunned'!!! 

16 hours ago, DavidLeesMullet said:

How's about The Man With Two Brains "Into the mud, scum queen", ::lol::!!! 

Or the other favorite quote of mine

"Look at those assholes" 

"They're not assholes, they're azaleas" 

"Into the mud scum queen",  is up there with "you're gonna need a bigger boat" for me. Classic.

On 29/07/2019 at 23:22, Boothy said:

The Edge , cricket doc to get you up for th'ashes

Don't know what would be worse, a documentary on cricket or U2, ::lol::!!! 

Edited July 31, 20196 yr by DavidLeesMullet

On a really bad run on Netflix:

Sully - shite, flitting all over the place. Not one of Tom hanks best.

the cobbler - so fucking bad it’s laughable. 

Hangover 3 - shite, one film too many.

57 minutes ago, Matt said:

On a really bad run on Netflix:

Sully - shite, flitting all over the place. Not one of Tom hanks best.

the cobbler - so fucking bad it’s laughable. 

Hangover 3 - shite, one film too many.

Watched Hangover 3 last night. Really wish I hadn't. Not Bradley Cooper’s finest performance.

Unbroken - Fantastic, best I’ve seen of it’s type since hacksaw ridge. 

 

Edit: made before HR 2014.

Edited August 14, 20196 yr by Matt

On 30/07/2019 at 06:19, DavidLeesMullet said:

How's about The Man With Two Brains "Into the mud, scum queen", :::lol:::!!! 

 

Classic. Wasn't the immortal line "Oh no, I couldn't fuck a gorilla" in that? Decades since I saw that movie but looking it up now you've reminded me.

Edited August 15, 20196 yr by bolty58

now then, De Niro, Pesci, Al pacino & Stephen Graham

 

Edited August 15, 20196 yr by L/H White

18 hours ago, Matt said:

On a really bad run on Netflix:

Sully - shite, flitting all over the place. Not one of Tom hanks best.

the cobbler - so fucking bad it’s laughable. 

Hangover 3 - shite, one film too many.

Throw the Haunting of Sharon Tate into that mix..... its kinda ok right up until the last 15 minutes - and then goes totally off-kilter. Bizarre.

Anyone watched 'Vice' about Dick Cheney?

 

3 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Anyone watched 'Vice' about Dick Cheney?

 

Bale plays him well, but it’s not great tbh. Just seems to bore its way through a couple of hours. 

22 hours ago, L/H White said:

now then, De Niro, Pesci, Al pacino & Stephen Graham

 

Looking forward to that 👍🏼

1 hour ago, Matt said:

Bale plays him well, but it’s not great tbh. Just seems to bore its way through a couple of hours. 

Was going to say virtually the same. Bake virtually unrecognisable and does it well but not a right lot happens unfortunately.

Watched it on a plane flying over Iraq, funnily enough.

Yes it was, along with the classic little girl hospital phone message ("It's an epidermal haematoma, ha!!!") , the over stringent drink drive test and the stunning looking prostitute with the annoying voice ("Duke of Oyal") to name but a few scenes. 

Also check out The Jerk, and Roxanne, probably Steve Martin's other two classic movies.

 Edit: Can't believe I forgot Pointy Birds by John Lillison, the famous one armed poet, :lol:!!! 

Edited August 16, 20196 yr by DavidLeesMullet

On 26/07/2019 at 23:24, Kane57 said:

The newest Godzilla film has leaked out. Plot isn't worth a sniff but visually it's very impressive

Not too fussed on the new Godzilla films, though surprisingly I quite liked the Matthew Broderick one. 

However love the original Toho "Men in badly fitting rubber suits trashing scale models of Tokyo" from the 50s, 60s and 70s, especially the original version of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters and Son Of Godzilla. 

15 hours ago, Matt said:

Bale plays him well, but it’s not great tbh. Just seems to bore its way through a couple of hours. 

Cheers mate - I won't bother then!

Had a hunch it might be some kind of Democratic whinge fest anyway.

6 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Had a hunch it might be some kind of Democratic whinge fest anyway.

Don’t watch Fahrenheit 11/9 then 😄

The impossible with obi-wan and that lass off kong, about the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. Decent.