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Oppenheimer

Last post by CelticRambler « Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:22 pm
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by isha » Sun Aug 06, 2023 8:30 pm

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What did ye think of it?

Some reviews rave about it. Some really slate it.

I wasn't going to go see it as a friend had said it was terrible but at...

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Well ... I tried watching it last night. Managed 40 minutes and gave up. Too much jumping around different timelines for no good reason, and some...

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Last post by CelticRambler
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:22 pm
What did you watch last night?

Last post by Del.Monte « Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:22 pm
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by 8760976543 » Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:38 pm
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Last film I watched was 'Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse'. Great behind the scenes documentary on the making of Apocalypse Now.

For...

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I tried to watch The Irish Connection (2022) on Amazon Prime but only lasted 20 minutes. A poorly directed mess with no plot, dire dialogue and worse...
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Last post by Del.Monte
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:22 pm
The Old Oak

Last post by 6234567 « Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:42 pm
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by Cobham » Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:28 pm

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I recommend this as a fine piece of work by director Ken Loach .... he of fame for Kes and Cathy Come Home . It is now on Netflix

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A film about racial tension?
Yes please, can't wait.

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Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:42 pm
Bob Marley: One Love

Last post by Norman Breaks « Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:21 pm
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by Norman Breaks » Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:39 pm

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Watched it the other night at the cinema. A well put together movie. Glad they included Lee Scratch Perry, albeit a very small part. It was a bit...

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Cool.
Might check it out.
Is it true he was a decent soccer player?

It is true that he loved soccer. I can't confirm his skill level but I have...

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Last post by Norman Breaks
Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:21 pm
Dune 2 ... wow ... like a religious experience ...

Last post by Adso_of_Melk « Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:51 am
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by Adso_of_Melk » Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:30 am

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Absolutely stunning , I am still reeling.

Everything about it, just incredible, Hans Zimmer did a fine job on the score too ..

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Weirdos running around a desert killing each other.

That's a bit too on-the-nose for me at the moment.

:lol: difference in taste is amazing...

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Last post by Adso_of_Melk
Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:51 am
Amazon Prime

Last post by Del.Monte « Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:56 pm
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by Cobham » Sat Sep 04, 2021 12:28 pm
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Any recommendations for here? just have the 30 day trial, seems to be offered every year.

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I watched a feel-good movie tonight featuring a cast of pensioners many of whom I had assumed were long dead.
Renegades (2022) starring Lee Majors...
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Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:56 pm
They Cloned Tyrone (2023)

Last post by Norman Breaks « Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:08 pm

by Norman Breaks » Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:08 pm

Watched this movie on a whim. Didn't know a thing about it.
It was very entertaining.
Worth the watch.
#nospoilers

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Last post by Norman Breaks
Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:08 pm
Irish Movies

Last post by 678904673 « Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:48 am
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by Del.Monte » Thu Aug 12, 2021 7:56 pm

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Trial of the Century (2016 ) TV3 three part mini-series.

Not having had any television service since Saorview I missed this alternate...

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Surprised it hasn't been mentioned but Blackbird staring Michael Flatley. Its genuinely hilarious for all wrong reasons

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Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:48 am
Irish Movie News

Last post by DeletedUser « Fri Oct 06, 2023 1:40 pm
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by Del.Monte » Thu Oct 05, 2023 9:33 am

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Just watched the trailer for Flora and Son by John Carney and it looks right up my street but I'll wait for the DVD as I haven't been in a cinema...

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I saw some controversy on X yesterday with people whining about Eve Hewson playing an inner city mother. I saw the trailer - it looks brilliant and I...

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Fri Oct 06, 2023 1:40 pm
The Hurler: A Campion's Tale (2023)

Last post by PogMoThoin22 « Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:19 am
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by Del.Monte » Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:41 am

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Just watched the trailer for this - due in cinemas on the 6th October - and it looks like my type of humour. It's a GAA movie and Marty Morrissey...

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I was expecting to see this

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Last post by PogMoThoin22
Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:19 am
Favourite Films with Jack Nicholson

Last post by Dec A Wash « Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:24 am
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by Dec A Wash » Sun Sep 03, 2023 8:26 pm

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Jack Nicholson has a large body of work. List the feature films where you particularly liked his performances.

Here are the ones that come to mind...

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BATMAN with Michael Keaton

THE SHINING: Here's Johnny!!!!!

WOLFEN with Michelle Pfeiffer

I forgot about The Shining. He is great in that.

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Last post by Dec A Wash
Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:24 am
RIP William Friedkin director bof the French connection, the excorcist

Last post by HarveyHD « Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:03 am
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by 95438756 » Mon Aug 07, 2023 7:09 pm

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He was 87.
French Connection was a landmark movie for me, with gene Hackman as Popeye Doyle
BBC News - William Friedkin: Director of The Exorcist...

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He was 87.
French Connection was a landmark movie for me, with gene Hackman as Popeye Doyle
BBC News - William Friedkin: Director of The Exorcist...

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Last post by HarveyHD
Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:03 am
HOLLYWOOD Fall From Grace

Last post by marhay70 « Mon May 01, 2023 10:35 am
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by 95438756 » Mon May 01, 2023 9:34 am

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This YouTube video although presented in bit to snarky fashion for my taste, essentially hits the nail on the head:

No Doubt this thread would be...

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Personally, I've seen some movies over the years which were shite whether or not they had black, gay, handicapped, or otherwise underrepresented...

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Last post by marhay70
Mon May 01, 2023 10:35 am
Netflix Police State Policy

Last post by 95438756 « Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:23 am
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by 95438756 » Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:27 am

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Netflix clamps down on user access. You must be in the same building. The YouTube video creator's swearing is apt for this

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They've pulled back

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Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:23 am
The Banshees of Inisherin

Last post by mmercedes84 « Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:09 pm
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by Del.Monte » Tue Jan 24, 2023 2:00 pm

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I'm a fan of Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Martin McDonagh but can the movie possibly live-up to the sickening, sycophantic hype that has...

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Thought this was excellent.
Farrell is brilliant in it in fairness to him.

It's a very simple story but the genius in films sometimes are the acting...

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Last post by mmercedes84
Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:09 pm
Disney +

Last post by Cobham « Sat Dec 24, 2022 9:28 pm

by Cobham » Sat Dec 24, 2022 9:28 pm

At first I did not see much there of interest.
But now would recommend
Banshees of Inisheerin
Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri
Under the...

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Last post by Cobham
Sat Dec 24, 2022 9:28 pm
Better Lines for Characters in Movies that YOU have

Last post by 95438756 « Tue Dec 06, 2022 10:52 am
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by 95438756 » Mon Dec 05, 2022 8:23 pm

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So.. I'll kick off with Jason And The Argonaughts 1963.
I believe Jason's Arch Enemy here could do with a better script like this:
The one among you...

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Garfield in Garfield the movie
I'll be really happy when I can eat Oddie as the piece of dogmeat along with Lasagne

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Last post by 95438756
Tue Dec 06, 2022 10:52 am
"Cocaine Bear" 2023 Black Comedy

Last post by PogMoThoin22 « Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:56 pm
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by Del.Monte » Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:49 pm

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Heard a lot on the radio today about this. Very, very loosely based on a true event that took place in Georgia, USA, but was primarily shot in County...

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Filmed in Ireland too I believe

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Last post by PogMoThoin22
Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:56 pm
Really, really boring movies!

Last post by Strangely Brown « Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:37 pm
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by Del.Monte » Mon Nov 21, 2022 8:01 pm
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I was talking to my youngest son this morning about buying the original version of E.T. for his mother and it brought back memories of just how...

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Lost in Translation with Bill Murray. Turned it off half way through
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Last post by Strangely Brown
Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:37 pm
Robbie Coltrane

Last post by DeletedUser « Mon Oct 17, 2022 1:27 pm
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by isha » Fri Oct 14, 2022 7:07 pm

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Ahhhh, Robbie Coltrane is dead. He will be loved forever as Hagrid.

The most recently made show I saw him in was National Treasure, and I thought he...

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Name me a better line of a character talking about themselves than I drink too much, I smoke too much, I AM too much...

Juimmy McGovern's words...

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Last post by DeletedUser
Mon Oct 17, 2022 1:27 pm
An Cailín Ciúin - What did you think?

Last post by weldoninhio « Wed Sep 28, 2022 1:43 pm
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by Séimhe » Tue May 24, 2022 12:55 pm

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I was surprised how good it was. I was absolutely glued to it the whole way through and there was a good crowd at it.

Won’t give away anything but...

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I was surprised how good it was. I was absolutely glued to it the whole way through and there was a good crowd at it.

Won’t give away anything but...

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Last post by weldoninhio
Wed Sep 28, 2022 1:43 pm
Movies - the Greatest Car Chase scene?

Last post by Hairy-Joe « Sat Sep 17, 2022 7:30 pm
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by Del.Monte » Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:42 pm

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Growing up the one to watch was in Bullitt (1968) featuring the famous Ford Mustang scene with Steve McQueen and while it is still a classic it was...

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I remember reading somewhere that for some of the scenes where DeNero is driving the 406, it was a dual control car and the stunt driver was in the...

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Last post by Hairy-Joe
Sat Sep 17, 2022 7:30 pm
What Good Guy is on your primary target to kill

Last post by 95438756 « Sat Aug 13, 2022 3:55 pm

by 95438756 » Sat Aug 13, 2022 3:55 pm

Answer the poll.
I vote Pete Mitchell. Responsible for the death of his officer Goose. A young FCK up merchant

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Sat Aug 13, 2022 3:55 pm
Forest Gump gets Bollywood Reboot

Last post by 95438756 « Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:34 am

by 95438756 » Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:34 am

Indian movie industry to make a localised movie based on the same movie where such memorable quotes came from like
Life is like a box of chocolates...

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Last post by 95438756
Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:34 am
The Worst Irish Movies ever made..

Last post by Dec A Wash « Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:44 pm
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by Del.Monte » Sun Jul 10, 2022 10:23 pm
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There are many that fall into this category but, for me, Fatal Deviation (1998) an Irish Martial Arts movie, is head and shoulders above the rest....

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Irish Movies with a bleak downbeat ending

Paul & Anto, 2003 about pair of Dublin druggies
Lamb, Liam neeson
Strumpet City, 1979, mini series about...
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Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:44 pm

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