Off Topic Film, TV and hell, even book recommendations!

Gotta go some to beat Genevieve or Passport to Pimlico.

 

Both beautiful, Fez. Hard to find an Ealing that wasn’t. ‘Hue and Cry’, ‘The Titfield Thunderbolt”, ‘The Lavender Hill Mob’, ‘Whisky Galore’… But ‘The Maggie’ holds up very well against any of them, and they are some of the finest additions to cinema from anywhere in the world, imho.

 

I've seen, and enjoyed, all of those except for the one in question! Will rectify as soon as!

 

Great films!

 

How did I miss out ‘Kind Hearts and Coronets’?

 

Just watched The Keeper which is a Bert Trautmann biopic. Absolutely superb, miles better than I thought it would be, having read two biographies of the (for my money) founder of modern goalkeeping (along with Lev Yashin). David Kross is convincing as are the footballing scenes (Escape to Victory hang your head in shame) and it's really well assembled. Okay, the CGI which makes up Wembley and the other stadia is not quite there but I've seen worse, much worse. And anything with Gary Lewis, Dave Johns and John Henshaw in is going to be worthy of attention.

 

My nephew has a bit part in that - listed as Commentator #2.

 

I also watched Let Him Go which starred Kevin Costner and Diane Lane, a fairly low-budget "western" set in the late 1950's and early 60's. A slow burner and downbeat, it follows the grandparents (retired sheriff and a horse whisperer) as they try to locate their late son's widow and boy who's new husband has relocated them with his family. Leslie Manville (Sherwood, Magpie Murders) plays the matriarch and absolutely steals every scene she's in: malevolence personified, an outstanding performance.

Not for the faint hearted or squemish, but it's well worth the watch. It's doing the rounds on Film 4.

 

Went to see Equalizer 3 last night. Denzel eradicating the bad guys as he does. Great stuff! Every bit as much fun as the first two.

 

The Lost Flowers of Alice Heart series on Amazon. Keep going it's worth it.
Not a bad film on tonight - Lion, film 4.

 

I remember the end was quite something. Lesley was excellent in World at War too.

 

Just finished watching The Women in the Wall on BBC. Displays vividly the evil religion can do in God's name. The acting superb especially Ruth Wilson . You might find the first episode a little "where is this going" but keep watching.

 

We watched it and found it excellent...and based on truth..............reccomended

 

Not a recommendation, just a bit of sad news - actor David McCallum had died in New York. He'd been a favourite actor of mine ever since I saw him in Robbery Under Arms. Will have to have a dig around for it to watch tonight...

 

https://www.not606.com/threads/some-fun-for-a-friday-afternoon.39949/page-225#post-17023225

In case anyone else has missed this masterpiece of a film. Right up there with Schindler's List for my money. Technically better I wouldn't like to say, but as a cinematic experience I prefer The Pianist.

 

Just seen A Little Life at the cinema last night 3 hours 40 minutes of a most gripping production about child abuse, catholic childrens homes, child prostitution, rape and male love.

I really had no idea what I was going to see... my wife took me along as James Norton is the son of a work colleague of mine so along i went

Blown away really by a most amazing production of a theatre play.

James plays the victim over 40 years of his life.

Really hard to watch, deeply moving.... and recommended..............

Edit
Worth noting that James is a type 1 diabetic and was on stage virtually the entire performance.

 

Ten months of persistence is now over - after watching one episode per day over that time, I've just enjoyed the final episode of Last of the Summer Wine. It got funnier and funnier over the last 6 or 7 series - hard to better...

Will now have to dig around for another long running classic that I missed whilst resident in Australia.

 

Saw a film on Amazon Prime last night called Devotion. Set during the Korean War, it tells the story of two pilots, Ensign Brown and Lt. Hudner. Remarkable story it is. Decent stab at telling it too. Not that many Korean war films about.

 

We have also nearly finished the Netflix documentary on David Beckham and his wife. We have found it very interesting and it appears very honest from all involved. Note that I say WE as it was my wife's idea to watch it originally and is the one that suggests we watch another episode and shi has no interest in football. Each episode is over an hour long and there are some good football clips.

 

She's obviously after something. Have you bought her Xmas present yet?