Once upon a time in Hollywood
Been mentioned before. A real Marmite film.
Impressed because the scenes with Pacino are in a Restaurant I had one of my best ever steaks.
Unimpressed because while wonderfully crafted it is just…
Mrs P_F agreed. It was like watching a moving painting.
No real connection but glad I watched it
The Meg.
Actually quite enjoyed it.
My daughter actually cried at the end
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Watching “and then there were none” on Talking Pictures. Hell of a cast list.
On a side note, the Taking of Pelham 123 is on tonight. Not the godawful Travolta remake they show so often, but the proper one with Walter Matthau.
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I have now seen Bill and Ted Face the Music.
A couple of my mates went to see it and decried it as shit. I do not agree. It’s a silly romp through time, space, the underworld and San Dimas.
Bill and Ted have both got daughters now. They’ve still yet to write the song so B&T keep going into the future to find a time where they’ve written the song. Their daughters zoom around time trying to put the best band in history together.
They’re still the same likeable dudes. There is absolutely no malice in it. I’d be quite on board with a film featuring their daughters, both carbon copies of their dads in terms of attitude.
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Any movie that uses/reboots Blue Monday by New Order rocks as far as I’m concerned even if it isnt out until next year.
Meanwhile, cannot wait for Borat
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Fascination,Jean Rollin, 1979
★★★★
Vampires and soft-core eroticism combine in this haunting Jean Rollin horror.
A criminal on the run hides out in a mansion in the French countryside: it’s inhabitants warn him of the owners coming at midnight. Erotic games play out between the vampire familiars before the vampires themselves arrive.
There is an ethereal quality throughout. The camera lingers, an otherworldly soundtrack drifts in and out, there are moments of gore but more prevalent is the atmosphere created - that gnawing feeling of dread and unease. There are some beautiful shots: one of the familiars, clad only in long cloak and brandishing a scythe, strides through the fog to the entrance of the mansion. It’s a powerful image. Beauty and shock and fear and awe. Striking enough to be used on the cover.
An otherworldly, ungodly fairytale.
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I think this is something that the cinemas in Southampton should get on for games. Ok it would not help me, but an interesting idea and something the cinemas might be able to make some money from and footy fans get their fix. Watching Saints at the cinema
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I watched the new Borat Subsequent Movie film last night. Some of it very funny, some of it jaw droppingly outrageous. It took a while to get going, and i was a bit tired so i will watch it again later in the weekend. Going to watch the new Springsteen movie, Letter To You this evening, really looking forward to that.
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Not a fan of Sasha Baron Cohen. I used to be, when he punched up. He seems to spend most of his time punching down these days. Or encouraging the people in his films to be racist or antisemitic.
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…and we’ll have none of that on here, we’ve already lost Fatty.
Post a review once you’ve seen it 
Having said elsewhere I struggle to watch anything with depth…
Netflix. Apocalypse Now Redux.
A 2001 remastering of the 1979 classic adds 49 minutes of unseen footage and rearranged some scenes to make better “sense”.
I decided to chop it into bits (hmm see what I did there) & watched the 3hrs 22m over 3 nights.
Without a doubt the film flowed so much better. The descent into madness made more sense, the locations I visited in The Philippines were more recognizable, and tbh Marlon Brando’s performance made sense.
This is a classic movie with so many epic moments. Robert Duvall I love the smell of Napalm in the morning.
Having got much closer to the War with a couple of visits to Vietnam it meant so much more.
Cannot recommend it enough.
And no, I’m not gonna argue about the original v Redux. Redux was more watchable. Simples. Original was more insanity.
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I went to see this at Harbour lights when it was released, I had numb bum by the end but totally worth it 
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Was tempted to have Ride of the Valkyries for our walking down the aisle music.
Settled on the Samuel Barber "Platoon’ track instead 
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Still have it as my No.1 film of all time.
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The 3rd option is most bloody.
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Baz’s post Wembley defeat rant at the pub left more casualties though
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Watched The Ipcress File for the first time. What an excellent movie that is, as well as an illustration of how busy film has become in the decades since. Takes its time, but I’m glad it does. The John Barry score underpinning it is excellent.
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That’s my favourite era for film. John Barry was a god of scoring, right the way through, Body Heat’s score was an absolute masterpiece.
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