Films I watched this week
Discussion
TCEvo said:
Couple for me this week:
Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
The main quirk with the soon to be discontinued LoveFilm by Post is the random distribution of disks, hence KUWTJ arrived yesterday.
Sat through it after an afternoon on the booze; not sure what was going on apart from Isla Fisher was present; which was good .
No Way Out (1987)
US Navy officer Kevin Costner is seconded to work at the Pentagon & manages to stumble into a murder cover up involving his governor, Defense Secretary (Gene Hackman) and his mistress (Sean Young). In the usual Cold War fashion the Russkies are blamed; with a frantic search for deep cover agent "Yuri" ensuing.
Entertaining period spy/chase/thriller with a twist; particularly amusing watching the ancient tech in the Pentagon's computer room being used to try & track someone down. Also good use of an Alfa Spider.
I haven't seen No Way Out for years; good film.Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
The main quirk with the soon to be discontinued LoveFilm by Post is the random distribution of disks, hence KUWTJ arrived yesterday.
Sat through it after an afternoon on the booze; not sure what was going on apart from Isla Fisher was present; which was good .
No Way Out (1987)
US Navy officer Kevin Costner is seconded to work at the Pentagon & manages to stumble into a murder cover up involving his governor, Defense Secretary (Gene Hackman) and his mistress (Sean Young). In the usual Cold War fashion the Russkies are blamed; with a frantic search for deep cover agent "Yuri" ensuing.
Entertaining period spy/chase/thriller with a twist; particularly amusing watching the ancient tech in the Pentagon's computer room being used to try & track someone down. Also good use of an Alfa Spider.
Europa1 said:
TCEvo said:
Couple for me this week:
Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
The main quirk with the soon to be discontinued LoveFilm by Post is the random distribution of disks, hence KUWTJ arrived yesterday.
Sat through it after an afternoon on the booze; not sure what was going on apart from Isla Fisher was present; which was good .
No Way Out (1987)
US Navy officer Kevin Costner is seconded to work at the Pentagon & manages to stumble into a murder cover up involving his governor, Defense Secretary (Gene Hackman) and his mistress (Sean Young). In the usual Cold War fashion the Russkies are blamed; with a frantic search for deep cover agent "Yuri" ensuing.
Entertaining period spy/chase/thriller with a twist; particularly amusing watching the ancient tech in the Pentagon's computer room being used to try & track someone down. Also good use of an Alfa Spider.
I haven't seen No Way Out for years; good film.Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
The main quirk with the soon to be discontinued LoveFilm by Post is the random distribution of disks, hence KUWTJ arrived yesterday.
Sat through it after an afternoon on the booze; not sure what was going on apart from Isla Fisher was present; which was good .
No Way Out (1987)
US Navy officer Kevin Costner is seconded to work at the Pentagon & manages to stumble into a murder cover up involving his governor, Defense Secretary (Gene Hackman) and his mistress (Sean Young). In the usual Cold War fashion the Russkies are blamed; with a frantic search for deep cover agent "Yuri" ensuing.
Entertaining period spy/chase/thriller with a twist; particularly amusing watching the ancient tech in the Pentagon's computer room being used to try & track someone down. Also good use of an Alfa Spider.
Screwed
British film about prison life, some familiar faces; Noel Clarke, James D'Arcy, Frank Harper.....
Enjoyed it, gritty and probably quite realistic (although what would I know- never been inside).
However - couldn't quite make out the twist at the end - so if you watch it, let me know!
British film about prison life, some familiar faces; Noel Clarke, James D'Arcy, Frank Harper.....
Enjoyed it, gritty and probably quite realistic (although what would I know- never been inside).
However - couldn't quite make out the twist at the end - so if you watch it, let me know!
TCEvo said:
Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
The main quirk with the soon to be discontinued LoveFilm by Post is the random distribution of disks, hence KUWTJ arrived yesterday.
Sat through it after an afternoon on the booze; not sure what was going on apart from Isla Fisher was present; which was good .
It's not massively different to Mr & Mrs Smith with Jolie and Pitt. I think Isla Fisher is a lot hotter though and the new Wonderwoman being the other main female character so not a bad line up. The husband to Isla being the chunky bloke from the Hangover. It's all the better for it.The main quirk with the soon to be discontinued LoveFilm by Post is the random distribution of disks, hence KUWTJ arrived yesterday.
Sat through it after an afternoon on the booze; not sure what was going on apart from Isla Fisher was present; which was good .
I think it's quite an underrated film.
poing said:
It's not massively different to Mr & Mrs Smith with Jolie and Pitt. I think Isla Fisher is a lot hotter though and the new Wonderwoman being the other main female character so not a bad line up. The husband to Isla being the chunky bloke from the Hangover. It's all the better for it.
I think it's quite an underrated film.
Boring and clichéd, hitman with a heart nonsense.I think it's quite an underrated film.
Tonight we watched Almost Christmas
This is a story of a black family who, once again, seem to have a huge house and unlimited funds, awkwardly made to be dysfunctional so they can unite into the usual clichéd morass of mawkish sentimentality to live happily ever after. Surprisingly rude for what you might think would be a family film... my 8 year old suddenly learnt some new words.
3/10 for the scene where the girl gets caught halfway through a window.
Brother D said:
Wife chose Baywatch to watch last night.
2/10 - I had high hopes but it was rotten. I don't think I laughed once - and I really have liked most of the films Johnson and Efron have been in but terrible story. I would give it 0/10, but it had old cast cameos, and an ultra hot new version of Pamela A, who despite being a model was actually not too bad.
After reading your post I thought "it can't be that bad" but wow!2/10 - I had high hopes but it was rotten. I don't think I laughed once - and I really have liked most of the films Johnson and Efron have been in but terrible story. I would give it 0/10, but it had old cast cameos, and an ultra hot new version of Pamela A, who despite being a model was actually not too bad.
I like the rock, but even I struggled to get through this one.
The Villan was quite possibly the worst I've seen, I genuinely can't think of a worse one right now.
TCEvo said:
Couple for me this week:
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No Way Out (1987)
US Navy officer Kevin Costner is seconded to work at the Pentagon & manages to stumble into a murder cover up involving his governor, Defense Secretary (Gene Hackman) and his mistress (Sean Young). In the usual Cold War fashion the Russkies are blamed; with a frantic search for deep cover agent "Yuri" ensuing.
Entertaining period spy/chase/thriller with a twist; particularly amusing watching the ancient tech in the Pentagon's computer room being used to try & track someone down. Also good use of an Alfa Spider.
No way out, three days of the condor, the falcon and the snowman, macentosh man there were some good soy thrillers made back then.[
No Way Out (1987)
US Navy officer Kevin Costner is seconded to work at the Pentagon & manages to stumble into a murder cover up involving his governor, Defense Secretary (Gene Hackman) and his mistress (Sean Young). In the usual Cold War fashion the Russkies are blamed; with a frantic search for deep cover agent "Yuri" ensuing.
Entertaining period spy/chase/thriller with a twist; particularly amusing watching the ancient tech in the Pentagon's computer room being used to try & track someone down. Also good use of an Alfa Spider.
ked up black comedies give it a watch else. Won;t explain it as you can;t without sounding like a weirdo.Shot Caller - Jamie Dude from GoT. Get's done for Drink Drive and the guy in the car he's driving dies. - Goes to Jail a 'normal' guy, becomes a hardman to survive. Bit crap really. They slowed down the crap stuff and sped up the cool stuff. Terrible edit. Acting ok. Lots of bit parts from other people you'll sit there and wonder where you saw them in. 5/10
Live by Night - Ben Affleck's 'sorry my Great Grandpa kept slaves' film. So this petty Chicago (I'm not a..)gangster guy gets set up and a very cuddly Don Italiano uses him to get at some Irish gangster guy in Florida. Ben goes uber PC as an Irish guy working for an Italian banging a cuban/black chick while taking the fight to the KKK - we turned it off. 0/10 - dunno how it ended.
Live by Night - Ben Affleck's 'sorry my Great Grandpa kept slaves' film. So this petty Chicago (I'm not a..)gangster guy gets set up and a very cuddly Don Italiano uses him to get at some Irish gangster guy in Florida. Ben goes uber PC as an Irish guy working for an Italian banging a cuban/black chick while taking the fight to the KKK - we turned it off. 0/10 - dunno how it ended.
Mothersruin said:
Live by Night - Ben Affleck's 'sorry my Great Grandpa kept slaves' film. So this petty Chicago (I'm not a..)gangster guy gets set up and a very cuddly Don Italiano uses him to get at some Irish gangster guy in Florida. Ben goes uber PC as an Irish guy working for an Italian banging a cuban/black chick while taking the fight to the KKK - we turned it off. 0/10 - dunno how it ended.
I very rarely turn films off, (sat through baywatch yesterday 
) but I started watching Live by Night and couldn't get past the first half hour, utter rubbish.Saw Life On The Limit, a documentary about F1 racing from the 1950's up until around 2012. Plenty of great action shots and a very good soundtrack. Lots of interviews with racing drivers and Bernie Ecclestone, Prof Sid Watkins, Max Mosley, Clive Chapman and others connected with the Motor racing circus. Well worth seeing if you are interested in that sport.
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