good movies
Mar 19th 2013, 6:09 am
#151
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Re: good movies
Recently saw an entertaining, if a little lightweight. comedy called 'Gambit', with Colin Firth, Alan Rickman and Cameron Diaz. Doesn't seem to have been viewed by many people though - the cinema in Dubai Mall took it off after just one week............ 
Also - the recent adaptation of Great Expectations was pretty good. The bloke from War Horse was in it, and he was much better this time..........
Also - the recent adaptation of Great Expectations was pretty good. The bloke from War Horse was in it, and he was much better this time..........
I think the second series of The Newsroom is due soon. Really looking forward to it.
Last edited by Meow; Mar 19th 2013 at 6:12 am. Reason: Added
Mar 19th 2013, 6:10 am
#152
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Re: good movies
Agreed on jessica Chastain. I thought the head of the CIA in pakistan was better though. Fantastic acting
Mar 19th 2013, 6:11 am
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Re: good movies
Anything Vuagely decent or smartly written gets the axe in th us these days. If its not drawing huge numbers the networks dont want to know. So we end up with programming aimed at the lowest common denominator and xfactornotalent****nuggetry
Here's hoping that netfliks sees enough success to restart some independent productions
Here's hoping that netfliks sees enough success to restart some independent productions
Mar 25th 2013, 6:28 pm
#154
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Re: good movies
Just finished watching an astonishing Mel Gibson film on OSN Movies which I'd never heard of before - How I Spent My Summer Vacation. It also had the title Get The Gringo in some countries.
Missed the first few minutes but I gather he was some small time crook who gets put inside by Mexican police....... the prison is like a small walled town with guards on the walls (it even has a taxi 'service').
Incredibly violent but brilliantly filmed, with some real energy. It's on again a few more times in the next few days, I see. Recommended.
Missed the first few minutes but I gather he was some small time crook who gets put inside by Mexican police....... the prison is like a small walled town with guards on the walls (it even has a taxi 'service').
Incredibly violent but brilliantly filmed, with some real energy. It's on again a few more times in the next few days, I see. Recommended.
Mar 25th 2013, 6:37 pm
#155
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Re: good movies
And me, I'm watching Lovejoy. Hmmm
Mar 26th 2013, 3:12 am
#156
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Re: good movies
Argo, good film if you ignore any historical accuracy
Mar 26th 2013, 4:57 am
#157
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Re: good movies
Last night I watched Compliance which is basically the story of how staff at fast food restaurants in the US suffered horrible abuse from their own peers and managers, all brought about by a Psychopath on the phone. I thought it was well played out but it was pretty dark from the perspective that this stuff actually happened.
Its probably not for the too sensitive among us.
Its probably not for the too sensitive among us.
Mar 26th 2013, 5:03 am
#158
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Re: good movies
Last night I watched Compliance which is basically the story of how staff at fast food restaurants in the US suffered horrible abuse from their own peers and managers, all brought about by a Psychopath on the phone. I thought it was well played out but it was pretty dark from the perspective that this stuff actually happened.
Its probably not for the too sensitive among us.
Its probably not for the too sensitive among us.
Mar 26th 2013, 12:47 pm
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Re: good movies
We thoroughly enjoyed London Boulevard on OSN the other night. A Cockney gangster movie starring that famous Cockney actor...Colin Farrell.
Mar 27th 2013, 6:39 am
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Colin Farrell must have been acting!
