Christophe Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, Paul Kersey said: Sounds like One Summer, although the kids were scousers, not Northern irish... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Summer Doesn't look like the one, but cheers anyway. Good shout 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BigDoddyKane Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 A French movie shown on channel 4 in the 90's sometime , it was about a group of people who were writing a comic that was about a group of people who were writing a comic and then the story started to happen to them in real life or something like that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Just watched 'Rules of Engagement"... a USA military/courtroom drama from 2001, surprisingly a film ive never got round to watching before despite it being one of the genre of films that appeals to me and includes a stellar cast, Samuel L Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones are fantastic as always and Guy Pearce is excellent as the intensely dislikeable prosecution lawyer. A very enjoyable watch, not too sure it has enough of a 'wow' factor that it would make my list of films I can watch several times over, possibly because it does feel a bit like you are watching essentially a remake of A Few Good Men, just with a different cast and a few storyline tweaks... SLJ comes close to Jack Nicholson's 'You can't handle the truth' courtroom explosion when pushed to the limit by Guy Pearce, much in the way Tom Cruise does, this is clearly deliberately scripted and feels a bit cliched and obvious, although the two actors execute the scene brilliantly though truth be told. 8/10 a very enjoyable, riveting watch but just falls a wee bit short of all time classic for me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Dan Otherthing Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 12 hours ago, Flybhoy said: Just watched 'Rules of Engagement"... a USA military/courtroom drama from 2001, surprisingly a film ive never got round to watching before despite it being one of the genre of films that appeals to me and includes a stellar cast, Samuel L Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones are fantastic as always and Guy Pearce is excellent as the intensely dislikeable prosecution lawyer. A very enjoyable watch, not too sure it has enough of a 'wow' factor that it would make my list of films I can watch several times over, possibly because it does feel a bit like you are watching essentially a remake of A Few Good Men, just with a different cast and a few storyline tweaks... SLJ comes close to Jack Nicholson's 'You can't handle the truth' courtroom explosion when pushed to the limit by Guy Pearce, much in the way Tom Cruise does, this is clearly deliberately scripted and feels a bit cliched and obvious, although the two actors execute the scene brilliantly though truth be told. 8/10 a very enjoyable, riveting watch but just falls a wee bit short of all time classic for me Wrong thread? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 10 hours ago, Ann Dan Otherthing said: Wrong thread? Aye, meant for the last movie you watched thread 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Sounds to me like 'Rules of Engagement', a 2001 courtroom military drama starring Samuel L Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones and Guy Pearce 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 IIRC, Rules of Engagement is the film that starts with soldiers being sent in to rescue people from a besieged American embassy somewhere in Arabland and, just as they've got everyone to safety, someone remember that they forgot to rescue the American fleg flying on the roof, so the soldiers have to go back in and rescue it, and one of them gets killed as a result, and am I the only person who finds that to be more than a little strange? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 10 hours ago, BFTD said: IIRC, Rules of Engagement is the film that starts with soldiers being sent in to rescue people from a besieged American embassy somewhere in Arabland and, just as they've got everyone to safety, someone remember that they forgot to rescue the American fleg flying on the roof, so the soldiers have to go back in and rescue it, and one of them gets killed as a result, and am I the only person who finds that to be more than a little strange? No, it's a well established fact that Americans are jingoistic and thick, so that sounds about right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 Saw a trailer for a film a while back about a serial killer whose latest victim turns out to be an even bigger nutter and turns the tables. Didn't look like the greatest film of all time or anything, but I quite liked the idea. Sound familiar to anyone? Also, I vaguely remember hearing about a recent film where a dementia sufferer tries to investigate somebody's disappearance. Again, sounded interesting, but I didn't pick up on a name. Any suggestions? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 10 hours ago, BFTD said: Saw a trailer for a film a while back about a serial killer whose latest victim turns out to be an even bigger nutter and turns the tables. Didn't look like the greatest film of all time or anything, but I quite liked the idea. Sound familiar to anyone? Also, I vaguely remember hearing about a recent film where a dementia sufferer tries to investigate somebody's disappearance. Again, sounded interesting, but I didn't pick up on a name. Any suggestions? The second one is the last episode of the Ken Branagh Wallander but doubt that's what you're thinking of 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: The second one is the last episode of the Ken Branagh Wallander but doubt that's what you're thinking of It was Elizabeth is Missing. Knew it had a big-name actress in the lead role, who turned out to be Glenda Jackson - I didn't even know she was still acting. Is Wallander worth watching? Kenneth Branagh has always tended to put me off watching something, but the last Orient Express adaption has changed that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 18 minutes ago, BFTD said: It was Elizabeth is Missing. Knew it had a big-name actress in the lead role, who turned out to be Glenda Jackson - I didn't even know she was still acting. Is Wallander worth watching? Kenneth Branagh has always tended to put me off watching something, but the last Orient Express adaption has changed that. I really liked it. Pretty by the numbers detective drama a lot of time but he elevates it a lot. Gets the Wallander from the books - caring, distracted, slobby, understated - pretty well imo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 4, 2021 Author Share Posted July 4, 2021 Just saw a Tales of the Unexpected episode about a vicar whose mother/congregation all want to shag/eat him (Roald Dahl was weird), and it reminded me of a terrible Eighties sitcom about a vicar called Clifford whose congregation all wanted to shag him. I didn't dream this, did I? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 3 hours ago, BFTD said: Just saw a Tales of the Unexpected episode about a vicar whose mother/congregation all want to shag/eat him (Roald Dahl was weird), and it reminded me of a terrible Eighties sitcom about a vicar called Clifford whose congregation all wanted to shag him. I didn't dream this, did I? Are you thinking of Ballykissangel? Stephen Tompkinson's character was Fr Peter Clifford 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 4, 2021 Author Share Posted July 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Mark Connolly said: Are you thinking of Ballykissangel? Stephen Tompkinson's character was Fr Peter Clifford No, this was set in a wee English village, a bit like The Vicar of Dibley. Was on in the mid-to-late Eighties, and probably didn't get a very long run. The main reason I remember that the vicar's name was Clifford is that, in the theme song, the choir of women sang "Clifford, help us" for some reason. I can't remember much else about it, other than that the main premise was that all the female parishioners wanted into the vicar's pants. Not quite a Carry On style farce, but more of a mild slightly-awkward-situations kind of thing. Think it was probably an ITV. Once again, I've disappeared down a rabbit hole trying to find something I've no interest in actually seeing, just to prove to myself that it actually happened 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 4, 2021 Author Share Posted July 4, 2021 TROUBLES & STRIFE! That was it. Barely any references to it on the internet, and the only video I could find was a 52 second clip. A sure sign of quality. Wish I could find a clip of the opening credits to see if I'm remembering the theme song right, but at least I know it's real now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 On 14/06/2021 at 11:29, BFTD said: It was Elizabeth is Missing. Knew it had a big-name actress in the lead role, who turned out to be Glenda Jackson - I didn't even know she was still acting. Quite a few scenes were filmed in Paisley, Dixon St is still cobbled and Kilnside Rd looks down to the Abbey Mill. The shop at the end of Dixon St (actually on Kilnside Rd) was given an olde worlde makeover as was another at the foot of Church Hill on High St. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDoddyKane Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 On 13/05/2021 at 09:34, BigDoddyKane said: A French movie shown on channel 4 in the 90's sometime , it was about a group of people who were writing a comic that was about a group of people who were writing a comic and then the story started to happen to them in real life or something like that Netflix seems to have added a load of old movies and randomly I saw this suggested and realised its the above movie Jeu de massacre http://www.newwavefilm.com/french-new-wave-encyclopedia/killing-game.shtml 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Is Wallander worth watching? Kenneth Branagh has always tended to put me off watching something, but the last Orient Express adaption has changed that.Depends which series you watch. Branagh is the worst of the 3 Wallanders. The podium is :-Gold Medal:- Rolf Lassgard. The best by a mile. IMHO, this guy is a hugely underrated actor.Silver:- Krister Hendricksson. Very good, the characterisation was more developed in these series, as was his relationship with his daughter.Bronze:- Branagh. Thought this was very poor in comparison.I also enjoyed seeing the Swedish originals and the subtitled language thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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