Movie recommendations

Started by corn02, October 23, 2007, 10:13:39 AM

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BennyCake

Roxanne was awful. The Jerk was even worse.

I can have Steve Martin in Planes Trains and DRS but he's annoying in most other films.

The same with Robin Williams. Can't stand any film he's in, except Mrs Doubtfire. Because you can pretend it's not really him.

Main Street

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Judas and the Black Messiah  an excellent  new film about the FBI's  final solution to the Black Panther Party in Chicago. It centers on young charismatic Chairman Fred  who rose to leadership in no time and who had a knack for the fiery speech.


An aside,   I was looking at some You Tube  archives of  US Network TV  1960's interviews taken with BP leader  Huey Newton. One was even conducted in jail through prison bars where he was being held awaiting his show trial. The news interviews were remarkably neutral allowing Huey to intelligently  express his opinion about the burning issues of the day that affected African Americans, about white supremacy, institutional racism and there was none of today's moral high ground hectoring  on behalf of the interviewer,   about do you condemn all panther violence, street violence, street riots, violence against police. Those were different times when media were allowed free access to zones of conflict with no monitoring or censorship.

trileacman

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RedHand88

Greenland.

Its on prime video. Great film. Think Deep Impact but with Ger Butler and the wife from Homeland. Very watchable show.

Tony Baloney

Quote from: RedHand88 on February 17, 2021, 08:18:24 PM
Greenland.

Its on prime video. Great film. Think Deep Impact but with Ger Butler and the wife from Homeland. Very watchable show.
Yss I'd agree with that. He makes a lot of pish but I enjoyed it.

SHEEDY

The nightingale. Great movie, very tough watch in places though, definitely wouldn't be for everyone.
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bennydorano

Just watched Arkansas on Netflix, what a class movie. Wondering why i've never heard a peep about it before, very very good.  An indie, Coen brothers type movie.

JimStynes

Quote from: bennydorano on February 20, 2021, 09:54:09 PM
Just watched Arkansas on Netflix, what a class movie. Wondering why i've never heard a peep about it before, very very good.  An indie, Coen brothers type movie.

Never heard of it but looks good from the trailer I just watched. I must stick it on the list.

nrico2006

Quote from: JimStynes on February 20, 2021, 10:14:53 PM
Quote from: bennydorano on February 20, 2021, 09:54:09 PM
Just watched Arkansas on Netflix, what a class movie. Wondering why i've never heard a peep about it before, very very good.  An indie, Coen brothers type movie.

Never heard of it but looks good from the trailer I just watched. I must stick it on the list.

Vince Vaughan has been firing out some crackers the past few years. Arkansas is very good while Brawl in Cell Block 99 and Dragged Across Concrete were even better.
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themac_23

Got about 30 mins through Tom Hardy in Capone last night, literally the worst thing ive watched in my life, im actually proud that I made it as far as I did, brutal

charlieTully

Watched into the wild again this evening. Brilliant movie Brilliant soundtrack.

Silver hill

Quote from: charlieTully on April 23, 2021, 10:00:50 PM
Watched into the wild again this evening. Brilliant movie Brilliant soundtrack.
Class film and a great book as well.
Reese Witherspoon is a great actress and has been in some superb films and tv shows since. A clever woman.

BennyCake

Think you're confusing 'Wild' and 'Into the Wild'.

Both very good movies.

BennyCake

Quote from: themac_23 on March 05, 2021, 08:54:44 AM
Got about 30 mins through Tom Hardy in Capone last night, literally the worst thing ive watched in my life, im actually proud that I made it as far as I did, brutal

You haven't seen Anchorman then? Think I made it to about 30 minutes there. Absolutely brutal.

Silver hill

Quote from: BennyCake on April 23, 2021, 10:21:05 PM
Think you're confusing 'Wild' and 'Into the Wild'.

Both very good movies.
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