What DVD have you just watched?

- ordered.

'Night Moves' directed by Arthur Penn and starring Gene Hackman.
Highly recommended, absorbing 70's detective movie, in the Film Noir tradition.

It's only available region 1.

regards,
mat

Watched Scanners after Rotf's mention.
The knowledgeable assistant in HMV Oxford St, assured me even though it was £3 it was still the best version as a DVD transfer. I like it when you get help from a genuine film buff.

I last saw this back in the early 80's on VHS with some mates, and of course someone had to rewind and slow play the exploding head scene! (numerous times)

I have to say that Patrick McGoohan is the best thing about this film, and really the idea and story is better than the actual cinematic experience. I find this is typical of Cronenberg and I found A History of Violence hugely disappointing for the same reason. I know it's an unfair comparison but I started watching The Shining (Kubrick) immediately afterwards and the power of the camera work in its ability to create atmosphere and suspense and carry the storyline made Scanners look ordinary from this point of view.

Like many other films it is one I want to like more than I do.

regards,
mat

Genevieve.

Actually quite a hard piece of viewing, because the squabbling seemed more than realistic.

Certainly will be watched again, I bought this in HMV today with a Christmas gift token, along with Dr. Strangelove, and The Pianist.

Strangelove is a strange film, and for people old enough to remember enough Russian nukes pointing at important strategic place like the RRE at Malvern to blow us to smitherenes, just a bit too black to see the funny side of at the time, though no doubt it will be funny watching it now and looking back.


The Pianist is certainly my favourite of the three, but reserved for special occasions ...

ATB from George

The Wire - Season 4 ep. 1.

I like most films with Morgan Freeman in but this was rather average. I knew it wasn't that gripping as I watched it over two nights.

Mark

Great soundtrack

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'Forbidden Planet' - what a great film!

Watched 'Eden Lake' last night - quite a harrowing watch in the 'Deliverance' vein, but substitute the inbred country folk of Appalachia country with Northern English yobs.
I also think it's influenced by Haneke's film 'Funny Games' which also presents a relentless harrowing of a middle class couple holidaying on the lakeside. The violence is very realistic and therefore more disturbing than your average gore fest horror movie. But it still has plenty of quality to go with the violence.

regards,
mat

:-)

Forbidden Planet a great film, with a serious Leslie Nielson and (one of) the first soundtracks to use electronic sounds.

3 nights of Black Books. Liked the first and third discs best but a pleasure to catch up on this strangely unremembered favourite.

As an aside - I watched tonight, for reasons I am not prepared to share, through sunglasses and can't entirely recommend it.

It did, however, give me some passing insight into what life must be like for Mr Bono. Not all enviable I discovered.

Goodbye Mr Chips.

Nostalgic nonsense I am sure, but still has some value for someone like me ...

ATB from George

The quality of the work is impeccable.
Narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier.

Last night I watched The T Gillam version of the Brothers Grim - it was too!

Night before I watched Mystic river, great film but sad.

Tonight I'm going to watch Don't Mess with the Zohan. love the concept so I hope it works!

Tomorrow it's Tropic Thunder on BR (if it arrives from Amazon).

The Day After Tomorrow. Seem approprate for the weather we've been having of late.

the fountain. any one else seen it?

And now just finished this..........

sci-fi weekend :-)

In Of The Sixth Happiness.

Lovely old fashioned film with Ingrid Bergman and Curt Juergens.

Inn Of The Sixth Happiness.

Lovely old fashioned film with Ingrid Bergman and Curt Juergens.

Edited! ATB from George