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I've missed a few favourite films I'd like to have seen/recorded off the box this week and with Christmas coming there are usually a few good films shown.

If you see that a film you rate highly is on tv why not let us know? If you can name the channel and time, too, all the better! :D

For instance:
Amélie is on Film4 tonight at 9pm.
I've not seen it yet myself, but have had it highly recommended.

The Long Good Friday - Friday 15 December
10:00pm - 12:10am. More4.
May seem a bit dated now, but was quite powerful in the late '70s.

Oh, and if you ever - EVER - see a Laurel & Hardy movie is on, please, please post here!

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Amelie is v good. Audrey Tattou (sp?) is v fit in a cutesy, doe-eyed way.
Long Good Friday - that the one w Bob Hoskins as a gangland villain? Never seen it all the way through.

Laurel & Hardy: There are usually some B&W films on BBC over the xmas period, keep your eyes peeled. I was introduced to this (and far more) when I was a kid and my mum foolishly bought me a telly for my bedroom. This is responsible for my girlfriend not understanding half of the social and cultural references I drop in, although she's only a couple of years younger.

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LGF is a great film.

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I’ve been told to watch Secretary on Thursday night.

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cherylhoney wrote:I’ve been told to watch Secretary on Thursday night.
By your boss? :wink:

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murf wrote:
cherylhoney wrote:I’ve been told to watch Secretary on Thursday night.
By your boss? :wink:
No, but I call him Boss... sometimes. :wink:

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Is James Spader ever in a film that doesn't have some kinky content?

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cherylhoney wrote:
murf wrote:
cherylhoney wrote:I’ve been told to watch Secretary on Thursday night.
By your boss? :wink:
No, but I call him Boss... sometimes. :wink:
You'd best watch it if he has told you to :wink:

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cheshire cat wrote:Is James Spader ever in a film that doesn't have some kinky content?
the wife turns to putty when his sordid skull's on the box. :lol:

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Flyman wrote:Amélie is on Film4 tonight at 9pm.
I've not seen it yet myself, but have had it highly recommended.
i like 'delicatessan' and 'city of the lost children' by those blokes more than 'amelie' but the trademarks are there.

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To anyone who has never seen The Long Good Friday, for God's sake don't miss it. Without question one of the best gangster films ever. It's a cracking story with a host of memorable characters and an interesting twist. Look for Pierce Brosnan in a small role. Bob Hoskins is literally brilliant and Helen Mirren as his girlfriend it terrific as always. In the final scene Hoskins puts on an astonishing acting clinic without uttering a word.
I have seen this film three or four times and would stay up late or get up early to see it again. Makes Richie's films look groping and amateurish by comparison.

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Pouzar wrote:Makes Richie's films look groping and amateurish by comparison.
Yeah, but so does "Police Academy 6: City Under Siege".

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Bump!

'The Long Good Friday' is on More4 tonight at 10pm.

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cherylhoney wrote:I’ve been told to watch Secretary on Thursday night.
I watched it and thought it was fabby. Strangely erotic.

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Flyman wrote:I've missed a few favourite films I'd like to have seen/recorded off the box this week and with Christmas coming there are usually a few good films shown.

If you see that a film you rate highly is on tv why not let us know? If you can name the channel and time, too, all the better! :D

For instance:
Amélie is on Film4 tonight at 9pm.
I've not seen it yet myself, but have had it highly recommended.

The Long Good Friday - Friday 15 December
10:00pm - 12:10am. More4.
May seem a bit dated now, but was quite powerful in the late '70s.

Oh, and if you ever - EVER - see a Laurel & Hardy movie is on, please, please post here!

I have some Laurel & Hardy DVD's - real early stuff and a rare interview on one of them when they appeared together on This is Your Life in the States.

Still think Harold Lloyd was better mind....

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"love actually" was on recently... i'm "comfortable enough" to admit... that i like that film :oops:

anyway, united and the hammers on sunday eh? {cough}

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Soda...soda...soda...what will you have Stanley? :)

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Hard boiled eggs and nuts. :? Hmmmph.

'A Clockwork Orange' is on Film4 at 11:05 pm, Sunday 17th.

Everyone should see this film at least once and make up their own mind about it.
I give it 5 stars.

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Clockwork Orange. Terrific film. Do not watch if you have a sentimental attachment to Singin' In The Rain! It will never sound the same again.

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Clockwork Orange. Terrific film. Do not watch if you have a sentimental attachment to Singin' In The Rain! It will never sound the same again.

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Pouzar wrote: Do not watch if you have a sentimental attachment to Singin' In The Rain! It will never sound the same again.
:lol: :lol:

It's a great film. First watched an illegal copy about 15 years ago when it was still banned.

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AKNel1 wrote:
Flyman wrote:I've missed a few favourite films I'd like to have seen/recorded off the box this week and with Christmas coming there are usually a few good films shown.

If you see that a film you rate highly is on tv why not let us know? If you can name the channel and time, too, all the better! :D

For instance:
Amélie is on Film4 tonight at 9pm.
I've not seen it yet myself, but have had it highly recommended.

The Long Good Friday - Friday 15 December
10:00pm - 12:10am. More4.
May seem a bit dated now, but was quite powerful in the late '70s.

Oh, and if you ever - EVER - see a Laurel & Hardy movie is on, please, please post here!

I have some Laurel & Hardy DVD's - real early stuff and a rare interview on one of them when they appeared together on This is Your Life in the States.

Still think Harold Lloyd was better mind....
re Laurel and Hardy - for a while earlier this year (and before), L&H shorts were shown on BBC2 during the day - no trailers, very little description in the listings, but I taped most of them and managed to get my 6-year-old daughter interested too - pure pleasure.

Harold Lloyd is great, but I see no reason to make comparisons - Lloyd was more about stunts while L&H is more about good writing, and genius performances (in fact, if you're going to compare, I'd tentatively suggest that Buster Keaton was better than both). One of my cinema highlights of this year was taking my daughter to see Safety Last in a special one-off showing at our local arts cinema - brilliant, and she loved it.

Anyone see Paul Merton's series on silent comedy on BBC4 earlier this year?

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Clockwork Orange had the same effect as THhe Deer Hunter to me:didnt make much sense ,but well made and acted. I thought it was more about Kubriks growing paranoia than any real statement on rampant violence. :?

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Actually Clockwork Orange is mainly about free will. It's a condemnation of using what amounts to torture and brainwashing to turn dirty old Alex into a good lad.
Parts of the Deerhunter are puzzling, but it has incredible power and it's portrait of industrial small time life in the USA and the impact on it of the Viet Namn war is terrific. Think of Deniro and the lads crooning the Four Seasons' hit Can't Take my Off of You, while they shoot pool in their local tavern. The Russian Roulette scenes in Viet Namn, while not literally true, are a fabulous tool to communicate the horror of combat there.

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And, of course, Kubrick 'only' directed the film. The novel on which the film was based was by Anthony Burgess.

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That's a book.

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Post by DixieDean »

There's a good film on TCM tonight (9pm - Sky Ch. 319).

Unforgiven
- Directed by Mr Eastwood himself, it won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor.

Enjoy. :wink:

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Just in time to clash with the above... :roll:

The Exorcist (Directors updated version) on the Sci Fi Channel at 10pm.

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The Marx Brothers in 'Monkey Business'

Christmas Day: 4:40pm - 6:05pm More4
and
Boxing Day: 1:55pm - 3:20pm More4

Also:
'Horse Feathers' -

Boxing Day 4:50pm - 6:05pm More4

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The '30s classic 'Frankenstein' is on tomorrow, 31st, Dec.
3:00pm - 4:30pm Film4

BBC give it 5 stars.

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