Rev Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 4 hours ago, Mostyn6 said: they've ruined the thread so I stay away. Tyrone Mears/10 Alph, Mucker1884, Mostyn6 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 On 29/12/2023 at 10:07, DarkFruitsRam7 said: Leave the World Behind. Had heard very mixed reviews, so wasn't expecting to love it. To my surprise, I thought it was absolutely brilliant. Perfectly paced with a really satisfying ending. Craig Bryson / 10. You're welcome DarkFruitsRam7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Badger Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Men Up on iPlayer. Viagra clinical trials start in Wales in the 80s with a bunch of guys all getting the opportunity to deal with their diabetes caused impotence by taking part. It was an easy enough watch, but ultimately, I was a bit bored, and the jokes (It's not a comedy per se, but very lighthearted) were all a bit predictable. Mrs Badge enjoyed it a lot more than I did. Steve Cross/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 The Boy and the Heron Wonderful. Evocative and beautifully rendered. I could just watch the backgrounds for 2 hours. Dean Saunders / 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 11 minutes ago, Bob The Badger said: Oh wow, The Intouchables gets 8.5 on IMDb. Is it on Netflix? Hey Bob, I've moved this to the movie thread to keep things shipshape. I think it's on Apple and Prime, also YouTube all for around £2 to £3. It's from 2011 so there's gazillions of free torrents out there too if you're set up to download them. Obviously avoid anything dubbed like the proverbial plague. Hope you like it! Bob The Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 4 hours ago, Comrade 86 said: Hey Bob, I've moved this to the movie thread to keep things shipshape. I think it's on Apple and Prime, also YouTube all for around £2 to £3. It's from 2011 so there's gazillions of free torrents out there too if you're set up to download them. Obviously avoid anything dubbed like the proverbial plague. Hope you like it! I watch most films and series dubbed into Spanish (except when I'm watching on my own and the original is in English). The dubbing really is excellent over here. What's more the actors have voices that actually go with their bodies. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sly Stallone have great, deep voices but sound like Shakespeare's actors 😂 Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 16 minutes ago, richinspain said: I watch most films and series dubbed into Spanish (except when I'm watching on my own and the original is in English). The dubbing really is excellent over here. What's more the actors have voices that actually go with their bodies. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sly Stallone have great, deep voices but sound like Shakespeare's actors 😂 I'll take your word for it Rich, though a Spanish Arnie does sound like a riot! richinspain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admira Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 I’m now watching ‘The Football Fraudster’ on Netflix about ex Ram youngster Medi Abalimba. Really good and amazing what he tried to get away with. I remember seeing him play for us at a pre-season game at Southend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaLocks Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 On 02/01/2024 at 13:25, DarkFruitsRam7 said: Saltburn. Solid, watchable film. Ryan Nyambe / 10. Agree, much better than I expected - very easy to over egg that plot but the leads play well within themselves and keep it the right side of farce. Dave Swindlehurst / 10 DarkFruitsRam7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 One Life A great story (especially given the current state of politics) and Hopkins is brilliant. Matěj Vydra 8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Moonlight. Excellent, and may need to give it another watch. Also Matej Vydra / 10. Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Saltburn - a very watchable, dark and cautionary tale where no good deed goes unpunished. Barry Keoghan, whose star seems rapidly in the ascendence, is wonderfully creepy in the lead role as Oliver Quick, ably accompanied by a very talented cast and a young writer director who is also on a sharp upward arc. Disturbing, menacing, voyeuristic and extremely uncomfortable, yet hugely watchable, which I'm guessing is is precisely the balance writer / director Emerald Fennell sought to strike. 8/10 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17351924/ In theatres & streaming on Amazon Prime Wolfie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 02/01/2024 at 11:14, Comrade 86 said: Wouldn't put anyone off Pain Hustlers, starring the always excellent Emily Blunt as a down on her luck mum needing her next big win. Won't say too much more, other than it's a decent way to spend a couple of hours. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15257160/ 7/10 7.03pm and I am now going to watch this on Netflix 👍 Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 12 minutes ago, Ram-Alf said: 7.03pm and I am now going to watch this on Netflix 👍 Hope you like it mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 hour ago, Comrade 86 said: Hope you like it mate It was OK, Blunt kept the film going for me...she was also exec producer, Loosely based on a true event concerning the pharma industry. 7/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Reptile (Netflix) Detective/murder drama with Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake (yes, that one) and Alicia Silverstone. "Tom Nichols (Del Toro) is a hardened New England detective, unflinching in his pursuit of a case where nothing is as it seems and it begins to dismantle the illusions in his own life". Decent thriller. Hadn't seen JT act before but he was fine. Silverstone was very good and Del Toro always is. Too many un-answered questions for Mrs Wolfie but I enjoyed it - Solid 7/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 16 hours ago, Ram-Alf said: It was OK, Blunt kept the film going for me...she was also exec producer, Loosely based on a true event concerning the pharma industry. 7/10 Shame, I thought you'd like it. Not really loosely based though mate. Fentanyl exploded on the US exactly as depicted and now accounts for around 75% of all opioid overdoses. The characters may be made up, but they are merely a vehicle to illustrate how Big Pharma operates and how the system has been corrupted from end-to-end. In that regard, I'd say the film's portrayal is anything but loose, indeed over 20% of all scripts written in the US are now for 'off-label' use. For me it closes the loop; Dopesick showed us the effects on the lives of users and the law enforcement crisis that has resulted from it, whereas Pain Hustlers us shows us the methodology that allowed this tragedy to unfold in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Comrade 86 said: Shame, I thought you'd like it. Not really loosely based though mate. Fentanyl exploded on the US exactly as depicted and now accounts for around 75% of all opioid overdoses. The characters may be made up, but they are merely a vehicle to illustrate how Big Pharma operates and how the system has been corrupted from end-to-end. In that regard, I'd say the film's portrayal is anything but loose, indeed over 20% of all scripts written in the US are now for 'off-label' use. For me it closes the loop; Dopesick showed us the effects on the lives of users and the law enforcement crisis that has resulted from it, whereas Pain Hustlers us shows us the methodology that allowed this tragedy to unfold in the first place. I read the true story so going from there and the reviews, The characters as you say were loosely based, Fentanyl is the number one killer in some states in the USA, Money serious money is made by unscrupulous people so the point being made in the film is...there's a crisis in the states through Fentanyl a crisis fed by those who see $s over human life. Sicario where Blunt played a major role was 1st class, Hustlers was a more sedate version with a common theme...$s...imo Edited January 8 by Ram-Alf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Napoleon - For balance, I love Ridley Scott's movies, or lots of them at least. Alien, Blade Runner, Black Rain, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Kingdom of Heaven, I mean I could die happy having made any one of those films and there are others, but sadly, Napoleon is not one of them. It's epic, that I concede and as always with Scott, it is beautifully filmed, but for all its grandeur and sweep, it found it completely hollow and unrewarding. If you don't like money you can find it on Apple TV. Ravanelli / 10* *KEY: cost the club a shitload and did fook all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) Priscilla Mrs wanted to see it, (despite her having no time whatsoever for Elvis). She now has even less time for Elvis! Nial Horan 5 Edited January 11 by Grumpy Git Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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