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Hi David, yeah a good idea actually...the great little films that I've picked up at charity shops...I haunt the places!!

Take care matey,

Pam.x

Went to see The Lovely Bones yesterday............ absolutely loved it....not for the squeamish as a bit graphic in places, and theres a bit of hide behind the sofa moments in certain places.. you can really feel the fear and tension .......had a 12a certificate, but I wouldn`t let an under 12 watch it personally.

Its directed by Peter Jackson who did lord of the Rings, think it would appeal more to women than men with a good cast of Mark Whalberg, Susan Sarandon and Rachel Weisz.

Adapted from a best selling book by Alice Sebold which i now want to read.



Anyone else been to the cinema lately...?


Nicky

Haven't been for quite some time. If memory serves the last film I saw at a cinema was Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Ages ago.

I recall when I first bought a video player, must be more than 25 years ago, I used to rent a lot of films, often the horror kind. Can't watch them now. Been a while since I recorded a film too.

Think my 1st video player was over 25 years ago David.........and cost about £300.00, renting videos was big business then, no Sky movie channels to see all your films on, just trotting down to th local Video shop an renting your tape, do you remember at first there was a choice of Betamax or VHS?........and your player would only play one or the other....VHS took off, so wonder what happened to all the Betamax players and tapes?

I can remember renting Blue Lagoon starring Brook Shields and everyone loved Big trouble in Little China, all the friends would pile round to watch that one............ooohhh the 80`s it was all so different then...


Nicky

Bought The Da Vinci Code DVD at a market on Thursday for 50 pence, haven't seen it yet.

50p! thats a bargain David.....I havn`t seen it either but meant to be very good...


Nicky

Went to see Kick Ass last night...........not for those who don`t like strong language, as there was an awful lot of swearing in it, but quite funny despite that.

Great little actress Chloe Grace Moretz who plays Hit Girl..shes only about 12, but would think she has a good acting future ahead of her.

Anyone else seen it?

Nicky

Bought the entire series 1 of that 20 year BBC joy Rab C Nesbitt for the princely sum of £1 still makes me laugh

We have been going through a James Bond season here -
Every Saturday night on the TV we have a bond movie - I had forgotten how much of a sendup they were. We have both thoroughly enjoyed them.

Timothy Dalton tobogganing on a cello - and not one bullet hits him amazing.

And the technology - the most up-to-date computers with big huge tapes rolling and little tapes that go into the tape deck. Not a CD, DVD, cellphone, ipod or ipad in sight. Amazing really.

Persey

Hi Everyone :)

Was browsing through the DVD section at the charity shop. Came across 'Nanny' - BBC series in 80's - and really enjoyed it. I love period dramas and found Nanny, very entertaining. Does anyone recall seeing it when originally shown? The main role was played by Wendy Craig.

Catie x

Hi Catie

Haven't talked to you for awhile.

I really liked Nanny when it came out - our two girls used to watch it with us.
Richard Vernon who was the first one to play the Duke was a great actor. The usage in our household of a "chap" increased tenfold.
Wendy Craig was the creator of the series - I also liked her in Butterflies - I think that was the first time I saw Nicholas Lyndhurst who played Adam. I still think of them when we have to swap cars around in the driveway.

Both good British programmes - now days tv has dumbed down over here and just about all we get on the main free channel is American.

Cheers

Persey

Watched The Da Vinci Code and thought it over rated.
The last 20 minutes or so really stretches the viewers credibility.
However I will watch out for Angles and Demons

Hi, although i said some time ago that my all time fav is 'Its a Wonderful Life' more recently .....

Avatar - didn't think I would like it but it had everything and was really well done.

Have to persuade myself to 'Lovely Bones'. I read Lucky which was harrowing but the most brilliantly written book, I can imagine Lovely Bones being the same.

Went to see Cemetery Junction last week.......

its the new film written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Marchant...wasn`t as funny as i thought it would be, more of a Drama with laughs, but still quite watchable....and with a great soundtrack as its set in 1973....


Nicky

One of the best movies that I saw of the seventies was set during Thanksgiving 1973 - "Ice Storm" directed by Ang Lee
Starred Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Christina Ricci and Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings) - the clothes and the kitchens and even the wife swapping party was all so seventies. I can thoroughly recommend it.

Kline and Weaver are very good together - they also made that movie where he was a dead ringer for the president... it was a movie made for TV and quite enjoyable.

I had to laugh when they did a similar wife swapping scene in the British Television production of "Life on Mars" another good seventies imagery.

Persey

Never heard of Ice Storm Perse...but will keep an eye out for it,.........

Cemetrey Junction portrayed the 70s very well also......the clothes and furniture, not to mention the dialogue and attitudes that were so 70s.


I know Life on Mars is meant to be absolutely brilliant, but I`ve actually never seen an episode!



Nicky

You would have to get the DVD of Ice Storm - Nicky, I think it was made in 1995.

The Americans of course had to do their version of Life on Mars - I really wish they would not try and emulate the British. There have been very few times that they have pulled it off.

Another James Bond movie tomorrow night Live and Let Die (1973) - they are just hilarious. Problem is they have not done them in order of being made. Next week we will get the George Lazenby one which was made in 1969.

Persey

George Lazenby is/was something of a martial artist as was James Coburn

I liked Coburn's Flint movies.

We didn't get Television in this country till the sixties and the first time I saw James Coburn was in a TV series called Klondike - set in Alaska. In those days we had one channel and we got a Western every night.

We had Laramie, Maverick, The Virginian, Trackdown, Tombstone Territory, and Rawhide, when one finished another one would start up in it's place. like Bat Masterton, Wagon Train, Gunsmoke and Stoney Burke.

We might have had televsion for only a few hours each night but at least they were a good few hours... did not have all this reality drivel.

Persey

High Chapperal

All these westerns would be wecomed (by me) as repeats