A surprisingly atmospheric and ethereal Oscar winning film set in the 1960’s. A mute cleaning lady makes a life changing discovery while working at a high security government lab.
At times cruel and almost crude it is also poignant with an unusual love story within it. Powerfully acted it is a fantasy not to be missed. On Channel 4 last night . Did any other members see it? If you did what were your thoughts?

On Netflix a 2016 French film. Subtitled and brilliant. Clever. Interesting. Thought provoking , ironic and funny

https://youtu.be/gXtvFqPQwR0

The subject antisemitism - a man obsessed with Jews . Doesn’t seem a funny subject. Watch it and see, I would be interested to hear others opinions of it.

Anyone finished watching that one?

I'm at 4th episode, super curious how the whole story ends. I think Anya Taylor-Joy is a lot of joy in fact, simply brilliant, but it's only my opinion. The actress who plays Harmon in episode 1 (circa 10 yo) - not so much, I can't even be bothered to check her actual name. Too stiff, acts like a robot.

The aesthetics of the series reminds me the French movie Amelia, but without the humoristic part. Does anyone remember it?

Also a little Polish accent, the Russian chess master is played by famous Polish actor Dorocinski.

I barely have any time for myself. However I somehow managed to watch this movie lately with my wife. Not sure who recommended it - if it was someone on this groups I apologise for not remembering.

It's a pretty good movie I must admit, though at first I wouldn't say it was my cup of tea.
Good plot, very good acting, great pictures - it's got everything.

And Chris Evans - yes, he can play even without tights and a shield - if you know what I mean. And he's pretty good at it too. It should suffice to say my wife sobbed half the movie, probably because of the plot, but my guess it was more due to Evans being too sexy for her as a handyman caring for his little niece.

BTW, I watched on YouTube (pay-for option), it was couple of quid if anyone interested.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4481414/

The Fall - has anyone else watched it. It used to be on BBC 2 a few years ago. I don't think I'll ever be able to look at Jamie Dornan the same way again. Its 3 series, 6 episodes, an intense thriller that you want to keep watching. Highly recommend!

Has anyone else seen this ?

Based on a true story (ish) and adapted from a book.
The first black African American Detective of the Colorado police department teams up with a Jewish Colleague to infiltrate a group of white supremacists

Starring John David Washington (yes, Denzil's son)
And Adam Driver

Set in the 1970's and pitched against the realities of the present.

I found it intense, thought provoking, suspenseful, moving at times and surprisingly witty.

Many critics sighted the last few minutes as unnecessarily political - after main film ended!

Two and a quarter hours long, flew by - Give it a try!

Olivia de Havilland, known for her roles in "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (yes, that was in 1938) and "Gone with the Wind" has died yesterday aged 104(!).

The 2017 Australian drama set in the 1920’s called Sweet Country about an Aboriginal farmhand who shoots a white man in self defence . Film4 9pm
Or the 1980 classic The Blues Brothers about two criminal brothers reforming their blues band. ITV 4, also 9pm

Tonight on ITV4 at 10pm

With some violent scenes this is said to be a crime caper. Saw it a few nights ago ....what did others think of it

A strange title, until you see the content of the film, inspired , very loosely by a murder, almost 30 years ago in Texas, that remains unsolved.

Have any members seen this?

Watched it last night on Channel 4. It's certainly no run of the mill film and I can see why it took the writer so long to get right for production, and why it won so many awards.

Moving, heartbreaking, poignant, dramatic, AND a black comedy. It has everything, THAT you don't necessarily expect, going off in directions unlike any other. Wonderful cast, superbly acted.

A grieving woman in a small Midwestern town comes up with an unusual way to pressurise the local police into continuing their investigation into her daughter's horrific murder.

One reviewer wrote: Funny, brutal and breathtakingly beautiful. Two exceptionally raw lead performances, hypercharged by a a bold script.

I can only AGREE with every single word of it.

Catch it if you can . I could barely move from my seat!

Anything funny films people have watched recently? Not seen a laugh out loud film in the long time

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Recorded this the other day as its one of my favourites. Hadn't watched it in years and forgot how funny it is! Usually sequels are never as good as the first but I'm putting it out there and saying that I think Meet the Fockers is better than Meet the Parents.

I watched this last night on Channel 4. What a good film it was with Kate Winslet and Idris Elba. Stranded on top of snow covered peak in Utah after their plane crashed. Brilliant film I thought, anyone else seen it?

The trailer seemed funny so thought i'd give it a watch. It was actually quite good, Will Ferrell has a tendency to really annoy me and he did have his moments in this film but overall it was good. Their Icelandic accents weren't great, particularly from Piers Brosnan - was terrible! Rachel McAdams was great in it. Overall, an easy watch and good humour

I watched the latest Maleficent film last night and thought it was great! I was never a fan of sleeping beauty the animation but Maleficent puts a good spin on it. Also Angelina Jolie puts on an impressive english accent. Its a good watch if you like your Disney...

A baby found in a box grows up to be a would be author, with compulsive tendencies, working in a 📚 library.
Her life changes when she is told she will be evicted if she does not tidy up her garden.
Billed as a contemporary fairytale, fantasy, romance and drama. It’s a feel good, charming and at times poignant- easy to watch, enchanting film with memorable characters.
Available on the BBC Iplayer

Action Comedy 2017 - suitable for all, although there is some violence - after all Grandpa’s gang ‘the scum scum’ are involved 😆
Another feel good but very corny movie, and similar in parts to several others with Grandpa ‘getting the old team back together’ to rescue his Grandsons girl friend , after she mysteriously disappears.
Good versus Evil, heartwarming and fun. I thought the ending was a little poor but with James Caan in the title role it was also quite endearing .
Give it a try!

When Sandra , played by Imelda Staunton, discovers her husband of 40 years , played by John Sessions, has been having an affair, she leaves to live with her elder estranged sister Bif, played by Celia Imrie.
With a superb cast this film is simple but charming. Easy going, undemanding and quite sentimental.
Sandra joins Bif at a dance group and then ‘finds her feet’ again after being a dancer when she was a child. She makes new friends too and experiences a life much different to what she has lived in her big house - which must now be sold.
This film may not be for everyone but we found it a relaxing way to spend a couple of hours and enjoyed seeing favourites like Timothy Spall, David Haymen and Joanna Lumley.

Wow. I just don’t know how I didn’t know this film existed!
With Dustin Hoffman
Queen Latifah
Emma Thompson
Will Farrell
and Maggie Gyllenhaal
I would highly recommend this as the film NOT TO MISS
Clever, witty, funny, romantic, thought provoking, whimsical , a modern day fable . I was hooked from the start and the end was magnificently sad/ touching and poignant.

A man with obsessive tendencies and a very repetitive life suddenly hears his life being narrated!

There was no bad language, violence or even toilet humour that can sometimes ruin Will Farrell films.
Has anyone else seen this - and not told me 😂😂

A 2013 film, on Filmfour last night (so it’s bound to be repeated soon) Enough Said is about a female divorced masseuse with a teenage daughter preparing to go away to college. She meets two people at a party. Not realising they used to be married to each other. She begins a relationship with the man and starts to work as a masseuse for the woman! It’s a sweet film, funny, ironic, charming and romantic. Give it a try - very easy going . The last film starring James Gandolfini before his untimely death. Also stars Julie Louis Dreyfus and Toni Collette

I lately remembered about this movie and it was great to watch it again after like 20 years!
A great production from Nick Park and Peter Lord. The best part is, my kids now keep asking me to put it on tv again.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120630/

Released last month and already in their top 20 films (no 7 today)

Silly, ridiculous , far fetched and sometimes stupidly funny it’s a murder comedy caper involving a couple whose relationship isn’t going too well.

Easy to watch, took our minds off of current events . Give it a try .

A 2020 Netflix film

A real thriller , murder, mystery, suspenseful, clever and fast moving. With twists and turns all the way along.

Highly recommended

Looking on Netflix I came across this 2016 film starring Jodie Whittaker

Has won awards and I can see why !

Unique, funny, poignant.

Having lost a brother who was very close in age to myself I was very moved by the back story of what first appeared just to be a story of a girl approaching her 30th birthday and living in her mum’s shed.

This is an interesting direction for the future of Star Wars..

https://deadline.com/2020/05/taika-waititi-new-star-wars-movie-directing-1202925208/

Has anyone watched the TV Series yet? I really liked the old movie from 1986, while it leaves out big parts of the (awesome) book it is IMHO one of the best movies about medieval times.

I think this is a very interesting angle for watching movies, and I only saw like half of them. Check out the list below.

https://en.247mirror.com/60-incredible-photos-of-actors-vs-the-historical-figures-the

I watched it in 2 days, its amazing. Based on the novel by Sally Rooney (apparently its kept very close to the book) Highly recommend!

Tomorrow evening
Saturday 2nd May 2020
BBC2 8.30pm

Having read the book I am looking forward to seeing the film.

I watched the whole of season 2 in one night, it was so good. I highly recommend if you like Ricky Gervais, its sad, laugh out loud funny and slightly odd - give it a watch!

Netflix 2016

Based on an earlier film but rewritten,Directed and starred in by Ricky Gervais

Two radio journalists concoct a scheme to fake their kidnappings in South America.

Never stopped smiling throughout this film

Brilliant

A 2018 Australian film adapted from the book Women in Black.

A gentle story following the ladies in black who work in a department store. In particular the youngest temporary member of staff Lisa and the mature debonair Magda (played by Julia Ormond).

Heartwarming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBXMjXD4VGc

He is by far my favourite actor of all time and definitely deserving of a few more oscars if you ask me..

Heres a clue as to my favourite film with him in (yes it might not be his most exciting role but it's one of my all time favourite films!).

OK, I have to admit that the lockdown starts to take a toll on me, now I even started to re-watch all Harry Potter movies.

Wow, acting was really bad in the first two, but everything got a lot better from number three onwards. As someone who never read the books ( apart from some short parts) there are so many things about the story .. but probably I shouldn't take it too serious.

Do kids nowadays still like the movies?

Honor Blackman, known by many for her role in Goldfinger ("Pussy Galore" will probably remain the most blatantly sexist name of a movie character in history) died yesterday aged 94.

She was also known for her role in "The Avengers" (no, not Marvel..)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(TV_series)

Anyone have any good films to recommend whilst on lockdown? Preferably nothing scary and no thrillers - I scare easily!

On Film4 tonight at 10.50pm.
Based on the true story of the last Nazi to be assassinated by two Czech spies.
Stars Cillian Murphy of Peaky Blinders fame.I missed seeing this at the cinema as it was on limited release and none of the local cinemas showed it.

What are some of your favourite books that have been adapted into a film? (Can be good or bad adaptations!)

SCNR. The coronavirus has now pushed back the new James Bond by six months.

Somehow I feel their marketing department thought people could misunderstand the bond movie title.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/04/james-bond-no-time-to-die-november

Movie night tonight for me... want to watch a really easy going, funny film. Any suggestions?

I just watched it yesterday. I'm not the biggest Tarantino's fan, but I really enjoyed the movie. I knew precisely all the details of what actually happened at Polanski's mansion in '69 beforehand so it was quite interesting to see what he turned that into! Classic Tarantino - one might say.
Does anyone know any details on how the screenplay was written? As in, where the idea came from, etc.

Arnie is certainly not one of worlds top character actors, but mostly he does a good job in the roles he plays.
But of all his movies, "Total Recall" ( the one from 1990, not the lame remake) is a fun to watch, with all it's late 80ies campiness, over-the-top action and irony.
Still worth watching.
"The pavement was his enemy"

One one hand I'm bit disappointed with so few awards for 1917, on the other hand there are a few movies I still need to watch.

Your thoughts?

https://bbc.in/2H9pEOT

"Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb", by the one and only Stanley Kubrick, lost the best Picture Oscar 1964 to "My Fair Lady". Yes, really..
With Peters Sellers in three different roles and (less well known) a young James Earl Jones in a supporting role. This one will remain one of my all time favourites.

"Gentlemen. You can't fight in here. This is the War Room!"

Kirk Douglas died yesterday age 103 (yes one-hundred-three), who was Spartacus long before it became cool to say "I am Spartacus").

Anyone else think they should've just stopped after the first one? Such a great movie, the second was pushing it but they just took it too far with the third.

Anyone else agree?

I have always thought Tom Hanks could not make a bad movie but today I found myself thinking that he now has! As we left the cinema a lady said “well I can see why that wasn’t nominated for any awards”.
It’s psychological, very deep and not what I had anticipated from the trailers. My friend said she found it creepy and was deeply disappointed.
I wouldn’t go that far but it was certainly ‘unique’ almost eerie and extremely slow to get to its finale. Tom Hanks is a marvellous actor and no one could have played the part better but as my friend said “I don’t think I could watch it twice”.
There were a few quite touching scenes but I feel it will soon be forgotten 😳

I love black & White films with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon.....cried through Random Harvest with Greer and Ronald Colman! In fact I cry through most of them, nothing like it on a wet Sunday afternoon. Mrs Miniver, Blossoms in the dust (a great favourite as I was adopted) and not forgetting Goodbye Mr. Chips. Any other fans out there?