Syriana; excellent film well worth watching.

Beano

pink floyd live in venice.

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Syriana; excellent film well worth watching.

Beano

Yes, I think there is a lot of truth in that film and I'm very surprised it got made.

Chicago

...again! Must admit I liked it more this time around. Perhaps it's because I haven't watched it in some time. Very good indeed.

Good night,and, good luck

Lucky Number Slevin

Both very good films, well crafted and acted.

Last night watched Kill Bill 2 again: personally, I prefer this to the first, though opinions are divided about which is the better film.
Simon

Over the last month ...
1. Spellbound - enjoyable documentary
2. Firewall - excellent movie ... had me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end!
3. Syriana - excellent movie, even if it is hard to follow at times!
4. Eight Below - enjoyable Disney movie
5. The World's Fastest Indian - excellent performance by Anthony Hopkins. May be is most enduring performance. Highly Recommended!!!
6. Rumour Has It - a good laugh
7. The Matador - very good movie ... very different role for Pierce Bronson ... excellent performance!
8. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ... Amazing digital effects and sound. Widescreen Review called this movie "Reference Quality" superb sound, special effects, music score, cinematography. I am in total agreement. I recorded this on my HD PVR (DD5.1 sound and OAR) ... it is a keeper! The HD transfer was excellent. A must addition to your reference DVD library. This is one movie that should be released on HD DVD and Blu-Ray!
7. Glory Road - very good movie ... true story
8. The Long Kiss Goodnight - great action thriller!

Currently going through all the sopranos seasons.

over the last few weeks:

Band of Brothers. quality stuff. full of visual and intestinal impact.

Layer Cake. Saw on cable, missed a few scenes. a great performance (if not entirely a stretch) for Michael Gambon. jeez - are the bad guys driving RS4's now? impossibly cool.
made up for by the ending - outstanding. At least it's not another guy richie caper movie.

Munich. Instense. possibly Speilbergs best movie, visually - the way the light is captured, attention to detail in the props etc for the time. Bana is excellent, a performance to rival 'Chopper'.

and more recently with a bout of the flu...

Man on fire. Denzel Washington plays a bad boy again. This one with gratuitous violence, explosions, and novel ways of abducting, interrogating, and dispatching baddies. a nice supporting performance from Christopher Walken playing the middle-aged gringo enjoying lis later life in Mexico. I'm biased - the location shots in and around Mexico City were outstanding. I rated this one as quality entertainment, a little above the generally dire output from holywood these days. cautiously receommended.

Spooked - the film inspired by Ian Wishart's 'The Paradise Conspiracy', a tale of intrigue based around the story of a computer dealer who bought a job-lot of used equipment from a bank down here some years ago, attempted to broker information found back to the bank, and mysteriously died the evening of collecting his settlement from the bank. A reasonable adaptation, although likely of limited appeal outside of neuzilland. proceed with caution.

The Statement. Another quality portrayal from 'his name is Michael Caine'. Lightweight plot set to life by Jeremy Northam and Tilda whassername makes it all a little bit 'Da Vinci Code', painfully so. Still, doen't spoil the enjoyment. nice feel of france. avoid high expectations, may be a pleasant surprise.

and a couple of others I can't currently remember.

Ghost Dog:Way of the Samurai - very good, laughted lots at the sly digs, clever action and I particularly liked the idea of a person who disappears in the noise of every day life.

Jono

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Ghost Dog:Way of the Samurai - very good, laughted lots at the sly digs, clever action and I particularly liked the idea of a person who disappears in the noise of every day life.

Jono

I've watched it twice and loved it - a cult classic

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Originally posted by munch:
pink floyd live in venice.

Is that the one that was on BBC2 a while back?

floyds-pulse ( transports me back in time(great)
krakfwerks-min/max (dts surround excellent)
the proposition - (wierd)

just about to start on the 10 disc matrix collection. see you next week!- there is no spoon!!
scotty

Aeon Flux - ummm, hmmm, I liked her outfits! And the sets were great, err, ummm, not much else to say really...(worth seeing once? Possibly)

V for Vendetta - I really rather liked this. Thought it was pretty good. Well shot, good story.

watched underworld evolution i thought the first one was slightly better, also final destination 3 much the same as the other 2, will try the part on the disc where you can change the fate of the victims, seems quite a novel idea.

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Originally posted by munch:
pink floyd live in venice.

Is that the one that was on BBC2 a while back?

yes it was live on tv in 1987 or 1988 you can get it on a download torrent site quality not very good and its not the venice gig i put my copy on video onto dvd .regards munch

last night john martyn and david gilmour the apprentice in concert then david gilmour in concert 2002.regards munch

The Crow - Special Edition. What a wonderful piece of art.

Was it really 12 years ago??? Sheesh...

last night chris rea album twelve; dancing down the stony road dvd from the 12 disc book set blue guitars. this set just gets better and better regards munch

The Dish

Great little Australian film with a fine performance from Sam Neil.

G3 - Live in Tokyo
Smoke on the Water is better than the Purple original.

Solaris - the clooney version. Not bad, well shot too.

Frank - I watched Solaris (the clooney version) again, a little while ago. interesting the way it leaves you feeling - lots unresolved.

My most recent watch:

Lord of War - brilliant. classy, an engaging story that draws you in, starts off in post-ironic black comedy manner... ends up with strong statement on the arms trade. thankfully the pace is altered about 2/3's of the way through, one feels a little like movie-watching to a metronome. Cage is brilliant in this part. Ian Holm turns in a good cameo role. the contrasty colour is a nice touch, film noir processing without the loss of colour? Firmly recommended.

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Originally posted by Rico:
are the bad guys driving RS4's now?

It's an RS6. Geezzz..

I thought Mr Craig was awful. Let's hope he does a better James Bond.

Godfather last night on cable. Excellent.

Master and Commander, I'm sure there are chips out of our living room walls now!

Howard

wolf creek, based on true events, not sure about that, seems to me the person who commited the crimes is still out there, or am i missing something ? glad i did not pay full price for it.