Watched last night - Page 58 - Britmovie - British Film Forum

Britmovie - British Film Forum Britmovie - British Film Forum Britmovie - British Film Forum
Home Page Register FAQ Members List Calendar Mark Forums Read

 »» Watched last night
 »   Britmovie - British Film Forum » Lobby » British Films and Chat

Notices

British Films and Chat For movie polls, thoughts, and discussion.on British films and stars.


Reply
Page 58 of 92 « First 8485657 58 596068 Last »
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 09-10-2008, 09:45 AM
  post #856
dremble wedge is sitting in your kitchen eating meagre meals with the curtains closed
Senior Member
 
dremble wedge's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 3,233
Country:
iTrader: (1)
Default
Fire Over England

Great fun as Larry Olivier foils the Spanish Armada with such luminaries as Leslie Banks, Raymond Massey, Robert Newton, Vivien Leigh and James Mason looking on.

Flora Robson immediately becomes runner up in my list of favourite Elizabeth Is (no-one will ever displace Miranda Richardson) and all in all it's much better than Elizabeth: The Golden Age .

dremble wedge is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-10-2008, 11:00 AM
  post #857
wadsy has no status.
Senior Member
 
wadsy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: sydney australia
Posts: 1,160
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (0)
Default
The Sqeeze1977

I obtained the DVD courtesy of a fellow Brimovie member. Thanks lenny!

Terrific film. Great cast. Stacey Keach, David Hemmings, Carol white, Edward Fox,

& Freddie Starr. Good support from Roy Marsden & Alan Ford but best of all, for

me, Stephen Boyd giving a great menacing performance as an Irish gangster in

one of his last appearances. He looks very thin & drawn( He died not long after)

but this seems to add to his realism. Also a great music score by David Hentschel.
wadsy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-10-2008, 09:10 PM
  post #858
Harbottle is potty
Senior Member
 
Harbottle's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 1,171
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (20)
Default
Daybreak (1948) DVD-R. Despite the sensors scissors removing some key scenes this is still an absorbing film, Eric Portman (excellent yet again!) falls for what is hinted at anyway ‘fallen woman’ Ann Todd (as good a performance as I have seen her give). This tale of a lonely older gent falling for a bad girl is sensitively and warmly handled, all seems smooth sailing, however Portman is hiding a secret which takes him away from home. This leaves brooding Olav (Maxwell Reed) on hand to fill Todd’s empty evenings. With of course disastrous results, a very bleak film but a corker.
Harbottle is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-10-2008, 10:45 PM
  post #859
film reviews has no status.
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: lincs
Gender: Male
Posts: 2
Country:
iTrader: (0)
Default american gangster
In my job I get to watch a lot of films good and bad but one of the best films that I watched a long time ago was on sky last night, the American Gangster, what a great film that was.
Film News Reviews and Celebrity Interviews in2town.co.uk
film reviews is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-10-2008, 06:33 AM
  post #860
dpgmel is thinking The Plague in 2009 will be good !
Senior Member
 
dpgmel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: essex
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,430
Country:
iTrader: (19)
Default
Watched an old friend last night : Cocteau's sublime " Belle Et La Bete ", beyond comparison and film making of the highest order.
dpgmel is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 10-10-2008, 07:11 AM
  post #861
smudge is ready to face 2009...
Moderator
 
smudge's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Wolverhampton
Posts: 3,557
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (11)
Default
In our self scheduled BASKERVILLES season we watched the Basil Rathbone version and went on to watch part one of the BBC TV Peter Cushing/Nigel Stock version. Great stuff all round- some wonderfully sharp photography in the latter, if a little bit over lit...

Smudge
Welcome to my house. Enter freely, and of your own will...
smudge is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-10-2008, 07:18 AM
  post #862
Gazza is looking forward to Entertaining Mr Sloane
Senior Member
 
Gazza's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: London
Gender: Male
Posts: 465
Country:
iTrader: (3)
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by dpgmel View Post
Watched an old friend last night : Cocteau's sublime " Belle Et La Bete ", beyond comparison and film making of the highest order.
Isn't it fabulous? Have you ever tried it with the Philip Glass opera sound track?
Gazza is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-10-2008, 07:27 AM
  post #863
dpgmel is thinking The Plague in 2009 will be good !
Senior Member
 
dpgmel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: essex
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,430
Country:
iTrader: (19)
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazza View Post
Isn't it fabulous? Have you ever tried it with the Philip Glass opera sound track?

Simply beautiful Gazza ! and no haven't tried with the Philip Glass, I take it that adds to the pleasure ?
dpgmel is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 10-10-2008, 07:50 AM
  post #864
Gazza is looking forward to Entertaining Mr Sloane
Senior Member
 
Gazza's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: London
Gender: Male
Posts: 465
Country:
iTrader: (3)
Default
It certainly makes it different. He wrote it so that the film is screened at the back of the stage and the singers and musicians face the screen with their backs to the audience, thus following the film live. There is movement on stage though as the singers move to different microphone points.

I've set myself the task of putting the film and the sound track on one DVD rather than trying to line them up; an exacting task that I haven't got quite right yet.
Gazza is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-10-2008, 07:56 AM
  post #865
batman is soon to be 50
Chief Member
 
batman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Norwich
Gender: Male
Posts: 21,287
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (13)
Default
Messiah:The Rapture (courtesy of a fellow member) ... I enjoyed it but it wasn't as good as Messiah 1 and Messiah 4 both of which were top notch mysteries (2 and 3 were OK). Marc Warren was (surprisingly) a bit wooden in the lead and the soap opera elements of the plot didn't really serve any purpose within the story. Like The Vice, the series should really have been axed once Ken Stott had decided to call it a day.
Jingle bells Batman smells ... I heard that at school Daddy.

BAT QUIZ 16 HAS JUST BEEN POSTED IN THE COMPETITION THREAD - 06/01/09
batman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-10-2008, 10:23 AM
  post #866
dremble wedge is sitting in your kitchen eating meagre meals with the curtains closed
Senior Member
 
dremble wedge's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 3,233
Country:
iTrader: (1)
Default
I Am A Camera - an intriguing if ultimately unsuccessful adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's Berlin stories that later became the musical Cabaret.

Let down by a miscast Julie Harris as Sally Bowles and an overacting Laurence Harvey as Isherwood (who brandishes an alarming, anchronistic quiff throughout) but still worth a viewing thanks to the likes of Shelley Winters, Anton Diffring, Patrick McGoohan and Richard Wattis.
dremble wedge is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-10-2008, 02:57 PM
  post #867
ringsider has no status.
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: London
Posts: 148
Country:
iTrader: (0)
Default Chance Of A Lifetime
I have just watched Chance Of A Lifetime on Film 4. Simplistic storyline, but wonderful cinema, with Basil Redford, Bernard Miles and a Whos Who of British acting talent. Geoffrey Keen over-acted like mad and was especially entertaining.

Regards - Bernie


P.S. Can someone please advise me whether you should post in Watched Last Night or Watching Tonight when commenting on an afternnon film.
ringsider is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-10-2008, 03:08 PM
  post #868
Harleybloke is a potential lottery winner - honest!
Senior Member
 
Harleybloke's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 2,624
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (0)
Default Operation Amsterdam
B&W WW2 film. Great shots of Amsterdam before the traffic killed.

Oh! And not a single WW2 film cliche in sight!
.....You couldn't hear it, if they were shooting at me with howitzers!
Harleybloke is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-10-2008, 05:13 PM
  post #869
smudge is ready to face 2009...
Moderator
 
smudge's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Wolverhampton
Posts: 3,557
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (11)
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Harleybloke View Post
B&W WW2 film. Great shots of Amsterdam before the traffic killed.

Oh! And not a single WW2 film cliche in sight!
And not a Hollywood happy ending either. We've had this on disc for years, but just sat and watched it again as it came on Film Four. Ireally had forgotten how good it is...

Smudge
Welcome to my house. Enter freely, and of your own will...
smudge is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-10-2008, 08:25 PM
  post #870
A Pemberton has no status.
Senior Member
 
A Pemberton's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: at home
Posts: 710
Country:
iTrader: (4)
Default Goodbye Mr Chips 1939
Goodbye,Mr Chips 1939

Continuing my own season of the graceful,romantic and touching characters that came from the splendid actor that was Robert Donat..

Excellent
A Pemberton is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 58 of 92 « First 8485657 58 596068 Last »


« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

All times are GMT. The time now is 10:40 PM.
SEO by vBSEO 3.2.0 ©2008, Crawlability, Inc.
 Copyright © 1998-2009 BritMovie