Films

[JamesR]

That'll be the quickest jog you've ever had!

Re-watched The Departed over the weekend, Leo and Jack in top form...

Try to find Infernal Affairs, the Hong Kong film in which the departed is based. It’s a far superior film.

 

[PNWokingham]

Try to find Infernal Affairs, the Hong Kong film in which the departed is based. It’s a far superior film.

great film James - have you seen the sequal? I haven't yet but have it ready

 

[JamesR]

great film James - have you seen the sequal? I haven't yet but have it ready

Yes, I've seen all 3 - I had a bit of a Hong Kong period when I was a member of the old Love Film scheme.
The sequal and prequal are both good, but not a patch on the original.

For A Better Tomorrow is another good series.

 

[Piece]

We watched Greenland last night.
Good exciting film with a few twists along the way.

I watched this the other day. Mix of good, corny and intensity, leaving me with a sense of foreboding about our place in the universe.

Speaking of intense, A Vigilante on Amazon was a good, but hard, watch. Topic was domestic abuse and her road to revenge and redemption. Not the happiest of film, yet well done.

 

[Robster59]

Bad Boys for Life. I hadn't seen the previous incarnations of this and definitely won't do now. Awful.

 

[PNWokingham]

Bad Boys for Life. I hadn't seen the previous incarnations of this and definitely won't do now. Awful.

I liked it. Good film, as we're the previous two

 

[Piece]

Only The Brave. Really watchable film about wildfire firefighters. Film is based on true events from 2013.

 

[williamalex1]

Only The Brave. Really watchable film about wildfire firefighters. Film is based on true events from 2013.

Try the old Kirk Douglas black and white cowboy film, Only the Brave

 

[AmandaJR]

The Argument. Silly, but found myself constantly chuckling.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Sean Connery’s best film on beeb 2 now - The Hill

I'll beg to differ, not that impressed.

 

[JamesR]

I'll beg to differ, not that impressed.

I enjoy it, and think he’s great in it...but I accept your difference of opinion 👍

 

[spongebob59]

The Gentlemen on Prime, enjoyed it.
Did anyone else e who watched it thought Hugh Grant had modelled his character with a touch of Ricky Gervais ?

 

[williamalex1]

Silk Road 2021, true dark web story about buying drugs on line, worth a watch.

 

[AmandaJR]

Breathe. Recently on BBC2. Sad but uplifting too.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Richard Jewell, a Clint Eastwood directed film about a security guard accused of Atlanta bomb.
Excellent film as you would expect from Clint

Just watched it, excellent film albeit somewhat slow paced.

 

[AmandaJR]

Adopt A Highway - loved it.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Fantasy Island. Schlock horror loosely based on the old tv series. Not really a horror, I don't do horror, with some nice nods to the past. A particularly good closing scene for those who remember.

When we are scraping the barrel for film to watch right now this was not the worst

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I love Kubrick's Barry Lyndon but never been able to persuade my Mrs to watch it. However...given how much she enjoyed watching Bridgerton I think she might now be convinced it's worth watching. And as I recently recorded it...

It truly is a great and especially beautiful looking film. As some comment about it - there are so many scenes that you could pause, take a snapshot, and you'd have something like a Gainsborough painting.

 

[Hobbit]

Bad Boys for Life. I hadn't seen the previous incarnations of this and definitely won't do now. Awful.

I couldn't get into Bad Boys for Life but thoroughly enjoyed Bad Boy, and roared through Bad Boys II.

 

[Piece]

The Guvnors, an old v new street gang low budget film. Simple, sweary and a reasonable watch.

Sabotage. DEA thriller with Arnie Schwarzenegger.