Watched 'A Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji' which is superb. Not really an action film at all until the last 10 minutes when all hell breaks loose. This weekend I've got Yojimbo and Sanjuro lined up for my Toshiro Mifune fix. Tried to get the other half interested in jidageki films but after watching the first Lone Wolf and Cub, she decided against watching any more.

The Anelka documentary on Netflix is very interesting indeed.  

On Saturday I watched I'm Alright Jack. A classic comedy made in 1959 and tells of the clashes between workers, trade unions and bosses. A great cast including Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Margaret Rutherford, Ian Carmichael, Terry Thomas and Liz Fraser.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052911/

 

Had my first trip to the cinema since before lockdown. Glorious experience, only about 10 people in my showing of Tenet. All spread out as per social distancing guidelines. Anyway! Spoiler-free thoughts:

I’m a big fan of Nolan’s films, Inception being my favourite, Dark Knight Rises and Dunkirk ranking at the bottom of my list.

It was- “standard”, as in the standard Nolan fair. The tone and themes were familiar to me and the mood derivative of his other works, but I never connected with it in the way I have with Interstellar, The Prestige or even Memento. I think the “love” theme of his films are key for me to remain invested and Tenet didn’t have that theme running through it as much as the films just mentioned.

It’s a humourless affair, but clever and gripping at times and demands you to keep up all the way along. There is a moment about half way through where Nolan drops the little hand-holding he gives you and just runs away- this is where the film just explodes and your brain scrambles like egg in a pan. Some very impressive set-pieces, and the score by the Black Panther composer, can’t remember his name, excellent.

I thought John David Washington and Pattinson were great, and Brannagh too. But by the time it got to the final act I found I was just waiting for it to end, not emotionally gripped with my blood pumping in my ears and heart almost ripping out of its chest, overwhelmed with emotion and glee like it was during the last few moments of Inception.

I guess what I am saying is I think I may be all-Nolaned out? I feel like Tenet exposes the limits of his “powers”- his last two films in a row now leaving me a bit cold.

6/10

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead with Clive Owen and Malcolm McDowell. Pretty brutal film with an almost-unwatchable male rape scene. The ending is ambiguous but leaves you hoping for the best. Saw The Way of the Dragon again. The fight between Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris lifts this above the usual cliched martial-arts flick. Going to be on my own for a few days next week so I'll watch The Sleepy Eyes of Death films again with Raizo Ichikawa in his most famous role as the amoral ronin, Nemuri Kyoshiro.

Just watched Kes for the first time in 30+ years and it was that good i watched it again > here is 7 mins long 

football scene from the said film  Manchester United 1 Spurs 2 >

 

39 minutes ago, ddrblue said:

Just watched Kes for the first time in 30+ years and it was that good i watched it again > here is 7 mins long 

football scene from the said film  Manchester United 1 Spurs 2 >

 

A brilliant film. The football match is one of the funniest film scenes I've seen. Brian Glover was superb as the teacher.

1 hour ago, Boyne said:

A brilliant film. The football match is one of the funniest film scenes I've seen. Brian Glover was superb as the teacher.

‘’ we will be Spurs sir so there is no clash of colours ‘’ 

‘’ penalty who do you think you are bremner ‘’ 

‘’ you big fat Get ‘’  

 

'A Colt Is My Passport' and 'Cruel Gun Story.' Both vehicles for the great Jo Shishido. If you've never seen any Japanese noir flicks, these are two superb films to start you off. The Criterion Collection put out a compendium of films from Nikkatsu Studios who specialized in low budget yakuza films. 

@erskblue 633 Squadron is on BBC2 at 5pm today. A film I watched loads of times but will be watching it again. Great theme music and a chance to admire that wonderful aeroplane the Mosquito.

2 minutes ago, Boyne said:

@erskblue 633 Squadron is on BBC2 at 5pm today. A film I watched loads of times but will be watching it again. Great theme music and a chance to admire that wonderful aeroplane the Mosquito.

Cheers🍻

8 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Cheers🍻

And to get in the mood.

 

Gladiator - 9/10
Just rewatched tonight, think this would be in my top 10.

Quite by chance I caught this and it was interesting to say the least, I would watch again if it came on as I missed the first 15 mins:

Bacurau (imdb.com)

 

Zappa - 9/10

Documentary on the musical genius Frank Zappa by Alex Winter (Bill of Bill & Ted fame). Overall it's done with quite a reverential attitude (Alex is a huge Zappa fan) though it doesn't stray into fawning territory as it does portray his character flaws but doesn't particularly dwell on them.

Being a huge fan myself I thought it was an excellent documentary but YMMV dependent on your views of the subject matter of course!

Wonder Woman 1984 - nearly three hours of your life you can never get back.

The Christmas Chronicles 2

Anyone else getting hyped for Dune? Really hope this isn't a letdown but signs are good from this trailer!

 

They remaking Dune again?  jeez, I hope it's better than the last one.

For those who have never seen it or just, like me, want to watch it for the umpteenth time the 1949 and original version of Whisky Galore is on BBC4 at 10pm today. In my top ten films,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ml4yv

This is a good watch ,infact its a very very very good watch  SCUM .

think channel four showed it in the mid 1980s . Its about youth detention centres and pulls a good punch .

found it on flick vault which has no end of Free films 

 

 

16 minutes ago, donnyblue said:

This is a good watch ,infact its a very very very good watch  SCUM .

think channel four showed it in the mid 1980s . Its about youth detention centres and pulls a good punch .

found it on flick vault which has no end of Free films 

 

 

Good film and cast . It was originally a 'Play for Today' on the BBC ( when the Beeb made good drama) but got banned and released a couple of years later on the big screen.

20 minutes ago, charierre said:

Good film and cast . It was originally a 'Play for Today' on the BBC ( when the Beeb made good drama) but got banned and released a couple of years later on the big screen.

For some reason i thought that channel 4 showed the film ,i stand corrected Thanks . 

No Country for Old Men

https://vimeo.com/305272247
 

 

I have found a link to that film Threads (1984)  . 
 

Take my Word for this  after watching this film it will stay withyou for life . It goes into before,during and after nuclear strikes in the UK .

Its not for the weak minded .

 

i hope the link works  if not just type i  Vimeo.com ,then type in Threads 1984 into the Search engine .