'stone hammer wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 9:37 pm
What I did watch last night however, is 12 Angry Men. Been meaning to watch it for ages and I'm very glad I did.
There’s a few films I’ve watched more than once and two films I’ve watched over & over again, 12 Angry Men is one of those two films.
If you enjoyed it, maybe try out The Pawnbroker, another Sidney Lumet film worth a try.
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Series 2 on BBC2. I really enjoyed the first series of this Investment banking drama set against a back drop of booze, sex and cocaine fuelled deals being brokered in the back of London cabs and high rise executive apartments.
So far the second series has stuck to the same formula of Machiavellian shenanigans and I’m enjoying it just as much. I didn’t even know there was a second series coming and it was only because I had the first one on series record that Sky Q picked it up automatically. It feels like this is a drama flying under the radar a little but its well worth tuning into and features a really great synth soundtrack.
Very pleased I took a rare trip into this thread and found this.
Missus works for Goldman Sachs so it carries an extra thing about watching it. Loved the first 2 episodes of s1 and will watch the third episode later
A Comedy of Terrors - 1963 Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff.
A fabulous 1960's comedy Horror film with an all star cast. It is a slapstick comedy in a horror setting, with plenty of stereotyping - in a good way. All actors put in a good shift but for me Basil Rathbone steals the show. I've been watching quite a bit of him in the old Sherlock Holmes movies and his acting range is incredible. I didn't even recognise him as an Indian Sailor in one film and in the next he performs a cheeky cockney song and dance man - and he can both sing and dance really well.
In this film he deliberately overacts the part to perfection. The running gag re his death throws are pure old school comedy at it's best.
This film is not a classic, but it's a great watch for a boring rainey night - it will have you gigling in no time and LOL'ing at certain segments.
Jennings wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:52 am
There’s a few films I’ve watched more than once and two films I’ve watched over & over again, 12 Angry Men is one of those two films.
If you enjoyed it, maybe try out The Pawnbroker, another Sidney Lumet film worth a try.
haven't watched it in ages and ages..more likely eons..
In 2008, The Pawnbroker was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"
Rod Steiger called The Pawnbroker his favorite film, "by a long shot," in his last television interview on a 2002
iirc it was a VERY powerful performance by Steiger.
Everything Everywhere All at Once - Weird. Still trying to work out whether it was really good or utter crap. Looking it up on imdb afterwards, I was amazed to see the male lead was actually shortround from temple of doom.
Dahmer (netflix) - Really good and insightful. I'm not entirely sure they set the tone quite right as I ended up feeling a bit sorry for him at the end. These emotionless or emotionally dysfunctional characters always end up reminding me of me a little. I felt the same with the first season of Dexter. Difference is I don't act out my fantasies of killing people. When's that KUMB meetup again?
No Exit - It was ok, nothing special. I was expecting a bit more of a whodunnit type mystery. It was all revealed a bit early.
The Walk-In on ITV hub. I didn't fancy more beige level content on Amazon or Netflix so took a rare gander at ITV and this stood out immediately. Highly watchable with some great actors. Stephen Graham is always a mark of quality.
