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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2016 19:10:28 GMT
Hi All, Watched 50 Dead Men Walking via (BBCi) last night a really good short low budget british Thriller/Drama based on true events that happened in Nth.Ireland well recommended.... Starring:-Ben Kingsley,Jim Sturgess,Kevin Zegers,Natalie Press, Rose McGowan,Tom Collins,William Houston,Michael McElhatton,Gerard Jordan,Kris Edlund and Paschal Friel.
Marty McGartland, aged 16-17 street hustler from Ireland, living in the 1980s. He gets noticed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army, but thinks their cruel justice is no good. The British want to use Marty as well, because of his connection to the community undetected. The British police want him to infiltrate and spy on the IRA. Marty decides to work for the police because of his IRA dislike. He soon forgets his political preferences when his powerful position takes over. Despite fearing that the IRA will find out about his spying, he builds up a new sense of self esteem. Afraid his family and friends will be murdered if they are informed, Marty starts to lead a double life. Even his new girlfriend Lara knows nothing of his work.
Things start to take their toll when the British sell them out. They explain their system could fall down and reveal Marty was their bait all along. The IRA capture and torture Marty, but he is able to escape. His best friend and former British police colleague finds Marty and decides to help him hide. Marty knows the IRA will turn to his family and is forced to make a decision, saving himself or his beloved ones. Courtesy of:- www.imdb.com/title/tt1097643/
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2016 19:20:11 GMT
Hi All, I watched the Ukrainian/Russian WWII biopic 'Battle For Savastopol' via (Sky Cinema) about female sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Although for the main it is in subtitles it does have English where it counts as the story is told via 'Mrs Roosevelt' point of view. I enjoyed the film and while CGI is present and fails at times (City night shots) the battle scenes are effective but otherwise I enjoyed the film.....
Starring:- Yulia Peresild,oan Blackham,Yevgeny Tsyganov and Vitaliy Linetskiy plus several other unnamed cast members.
After the German invasion of the USSR, university student Lyudmila Pavlichenko becomes a sniper in the 25th Rifle Division. She fights in the Battle of Odessa and, eventually, the defense of Sevastopol. After 309 confirmed kills, she is sent to the United States to campaign for American support, and meets Eleanor Roosevelt (Joan Blackham). The filmmakers have characterized the project as a psychological story about the issues facing women in combat. The film also has a prominent romance subplot.
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Post by rockonquo on Nov 28, 2016 5:28:05 GMT
A doco on Green Day making the American Idiot album.
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Post by rockonquo on Nov 28, 2016 5:29:23 GMT
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Post by rockonquo on Nov 28, 2016 5:32:18 GMT
A early crimbo present, watched 3 episodes so far, awesome.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2016 9:47:43 GMT
Hi All, Last night I sat through film 4's Horror called The Babadook and I wouldn't recommend it as it was a HORROR!!! This low budget film was an absolute flat boring story with the Babadook only making a slight appearance in the last 1/3 of the film a few times. Even when the Babadook is shown it's more of blink and you'll miss it appearance. The film looked like it had some promise at the beginning by setting up the appearance of the Babadook but that took most of the film and way to long IMPO, the kid by half through way through I just want to strangle him and get it over with very annoying to me. But hey that's just my view as always you decide but as Horror films go very tame and doesn't deliver IMHO.....
Starring:- Essie Davis,Noah Wiseman,Daniel Henshall,Hayley McElhinney,Barbara West,Benjamin Winspear,Cathy Adamek,Craig Behenna,Adam Morgan,Peta Shannon,Hachi and Tim Purcell.
Amelia, who lost her husband in a car crash on the way to give birth to Samuel, their only child, struggles to cope with her fate as a single mom. Samuel's constant fear of monsters and violent reaction to overcome the fear doesn't help her cause either, which makes her friends become distant. When things can not get any worse, they read a strange book in their house about the 'Babadook' monster that hides in the dark areas of their house. Even Amelia seems to feel the effect of Babadook and desperately tries in vain to destroy the book. The nightmarish experiences the two encounter form the rest of the story. Written by PipingHotViews (Courtesy of www.imdb.com/title/tt2321549/)
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Post by rockonquo on Dec 2, 2016 4:08:10 GMT
A bit far fetched movie, but ok.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2016 9:28:44 GMT
Hi All, I watched the low budget short Sci-Fi film 'Love' via (BBCi), another good film with just one main character marooned on the ISS who goes through the emotions of thinking it's a blip, to the realisation he is marooned and they forget about him despite his trying to contact them. Then slowly drifting into madness with a good twist towards the end that takes you back to the opening scenes I enjoyed it for what it was just a good acted and well told story from the astronauts point of view....
This is worth reading how and where they made the film:- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(2011_film
Starring:- Gunner Wright,Corey Richardson,Bradley Horne,Nancy Stelle,Roger E. Fanter (The Storyteller),Jesse Hotchkiss,Troy Mittleider,Brid Caveney,Ambyr Childers,B. Anthony Cohen,James C. Burns,Lee Bettencourt,Mark Eaton,Brian Vanik and Dan Figur. After losing contact with Earth, Astronaut Lee Miller becomes stranded in orbit alone aboard the International Space Station. As time passes and life support systems dwindle, Lee battles to maintain his sanity - and simply stay alive. His world is a claustrophobic and lonely existence, until he makes a strange discovery aboard the ship. Written by William Eubank
(Courtesy of :- Courtesy of :- www.imdb.com/title/tt1541874/ )
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Post by Tʰᵉ Wᵃˡˡ Oᶠ Dᵉᵃᵗʰ on Dec 3, 2016 11:21:17 GMT
Hi All, I watched the low budget short Sci-Fi film 'Love' via (BBCi), another good film with just one main character marooned on the ISS who goes through the emotions of thinking it's a blip, to the realisation he is marooned and they forget about him despite his trying to contact them. Then slowly drifting into madness with a good twist towards the end that takes you back to the opening scenes I enjoyed it for what it was just a good acted and well told story from the astronauts point of view....
This is worth reading how and where they made the film:- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(2011_film
Starring:- Gunner Wright,Corey Richardson,Bradley Horne,Nancy Stelle,Roger E. Fanter (The Storyteller),Jesse Hotchkiss,Troy Mittleider,Brid Caveney,Ambyr Childers,B. Anthony Cohen,James C. Burns,Lee Bettencourt,Mark Eaton,Brian Vanik and Dan Figur. After losing contact with Earth, Astronaut Lee Miller becomes stranded in orbit alone aboard the International Space Station. As time passes and life support systems dwindle, Lee battles to maintain his sanity - and simply stay alive. His world is a claustrophobic and lonely existence, until he makes a strange discovery aboard the ship. Written by William Eubank
(Courtesy of :- Courtesy of :- www.imdb.com/title/tt1541874/ )
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I watched that one. It wasn't what I was expecting! A very strange movie that had me captivated until the end just so I could find out what the soldier had seen over the bloody ridge! Did you think "Borg cube" at all?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2016 19:41:43 GMT
Hi All, I watched the low budget short Sci-Fi film 'Love' via (BBCi), another good film with just one main character marooned on the ISS who goes through the emotions of thinking it's a blip, to the realisation he is marooned and they forget about him despite his trying to contact them. Then slowly drifting into madness with a good twist towards the end that takes you back to the opening scenes I enjoyed it for what it was just a good acted and well told story from the astronauts point of view....
This is worth reading how and where they made the film:- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(2011_film
Starring:- Gunner Wright,Corey Richardson,Bradley Horne,Nancy Stelle,Roger E. Fanter (The Storyteller),Jesse Hotchkiss,Troy Mittleider,Brid Caveney,Ambyr Childers,B. Anthony Cohen,James C. Burns,Lee Bettencourt,Mark Eaton,Brian Vanik and Dan Figur. After losing contact with Earth, Astronaut Lee Miller becomes stranded in orbit alone aboard the International Space Station. As time passes and life support systems dwindle, Lee battles to maintain his sanity - and simply stay alive. His world is a claustrophobic and lonely existence, until he makes a strange discovery aboard the ship. Written by William Eubank
(Courtesy of :- Courtesy of :- www.imdb.com/title/tt1541874/ )
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I watched that one. It wasn't what I was expecting! A very strange movie that had me captivated until the end just so I could find out what the soldier had seen over the bloody ridge! Did you think "Borg cube" at all? Hi All, TWOD, Yes! I did.. When the film began I thought great it's recorded the wrong film again.... But like I said I enjoyed if you haven't already read the wiki age it's not to long but you will not believe where it was made and the end result I think is a top film considering...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2016 15:21:48 GMT
Hi All, Last night I watched the awful remake of Dad's Army via (Sky Cinema) Sad to say that many of the jokes that made the original series a hit never really transferred to the big screen with this cast of fairly well known actors. There where a couple of laughs but aside from that I found it dragging to say the least, also with a little pc thrown in and it ruined the film IMO, but like always you watch you make your own mind up......
The only reason I suspect I found the film unfunny for the most would more than likely be the original series is so firmly imprinted in my conscious. Like the current crop of BBC comedy series remakes that are scheduled they will be ruined by not sticking to the original format with the new producers wanting to put their own tamp on it, overall if your a fan of the original series I don't think you'll really like the new take sadly.
Starring:- Toby Jones,Bill Nighy,Catherine Zeta-Jones,Tom Courtenay,Blake Harrison,Michael Gambon,Bill Paterson,Daniel Mays, Sarah Lancashire,Mark Gatiss,Mark Tandy,Andrew Havill,Emily Atack,Alison Steadman,Holli Dempsey,Annette Crosbie,Ian Lavender,Frank Williams,Felicity Montagu,Martin Savage,Oliver Tobias,Julia Foster and Jacqueline Tong.
Near the end of World War II, the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deals with a female journalist and a German spy.
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Post by rockonquo on Dec 8, 2016 5:23:22 GMT
Watched a couple of comedies
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Post by lozza on Dec 8, 2016 17:16:58 GMT
just watched a nice Christmas film on c5.(as I do every day at 3pm )
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2016 18:06:48 GMT
Hi All, I watched the Michael Caine classic 'Ipcress File' Thursday night (Via BBCi available until 22:45 14/12) a bit dated but still a good old fashioned British spy thriller still enjoyable all these years later........
Starring:- Michael Caine,Guy Doleman,Nigel Green,Sue Lloyd,Gordon Jackson,Aubrey Richards,Frank Gatliff,Thomas Baptiste, Oliver MacGreevy,Freda Bamford,Pauline Winter,Anthony Blackshaw,Barry Raymond,David Glover,Stanley Meadows, Peter Ashmore,Michael Murray,Anthony Baird,Tony Caunter,Douglas Blackwell and Glynn Edwards.
Tasked with investigating the kidnappings and brainwashed reappearances of top scientists, including Dr. Radcliffe (Aubrey Richards), the insubordinate British spy Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) navigates his way through criminals, secret agents, and his superiors (Nigel Green, Guy Doleman). While attempting to bring in the suspect Bluejay (Frank Gatliff), Palmer discovers a mysterious audiotape labelled "IPCRESS," an inconspicuous, but ominous, piece of evidence.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2016 19:14:19 GMT
Hi All, I watched (Via BBCi available until 23/12) the rather dated by todays film standards ' Underwater ' Just an enjoyable romp from 1955 but not for everybody's viewing, it is what it is....
Starring:-Jane Russell,Richard Egan,Gilbert Roland,Lori Nelson,Robert Keith,Joseph Calleia,Eugene Iglesias and Ric Roman.
Along with his partner, Dominic (Gilbert Roland), and his lovely wife, Theresa (Jane Russell), intrepid treasure hunter Johnny Gray (Richard Egan) embarks on a quest for sunken treasure in the Caribbean. Outfitted with advanced scuba gear, the team struggles to pinpoint the location of the rumored shipwreck of a centuries-old galleon loaded down with priceless antiques. When a group of money-hungry pirates takes a sudden interest in their expedition, the Grays find themselves in deep trouble.
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