The MOVIE thread

[john70t]

Old aviation documentaries:
'Ways of a Warrior- the Jimmy Doolittle story'. Fascinating.
'Whittle- the jet pioneer'. Equally so.

[Baz]

"A Man and his Dog" - good one TW....I remember when it was reviewed by Siskel and Ebert. A young Don Johnson.

Also one of my favs. with Don Johnson...."Dead Bang"

[yellowperil]

A lot of the movies listed here have them, like "may the force be with you"..
"I coulda been a contenda" ..."You can't handle the truth" ...."What are yootes?"
(from My cousin Vinny)

This year I liked ..."Look at me, look at me!..I am dee Captain now!"

[Baz]

TV alert.........."Jaws" is on AMC right now - it's a marathon - they are running all the sequels as well.....

Da dum.....da dum.....da dum.....

[porsche930dude]

I just saw "Another Earth" . It wasnt bad

[porsche930dude]

Originally Posted by techweenie

Ellen Page is very watchable, (even though she bats for the other team) in Hard Candy and Whip It.

Yeah Dont watch Hard Candy or you wont like her anymore. Just trust me . Whip it was good

[Baz]

Rhona Mitra in "Doomsday" (2009) Sci-Fi flick I watched on FXM last night....



What a movie!!!!!

Cross between "Mad Max 2 Road Warriors", "Max Max 3 Beyond the Thunderdome", and "The Omega Man".

And Rhona reminded a LOT of Kate Beckinsale in "Underworld" and "Van Helsing".

GREAT movie - watch if it you can!

[techweenie]

You know I prefer offbeat movies. Like this one:

[Baz]

Head's up!

Flipped through the channels to get away from all the Fort Hood stuff and found that "Doomsday" is on again right now - on FXM. An encore viewing at 10:30pm EDT!!!

[Joe Bob]

Doomsday (2008) - IMDb

Doomsday.....2008, not on Netflix....damn

[Baz]

Worth buying the DVD, Z.

Right now watching "3:10 to Yuma" on Cloo....

3:10 to Yuma is a 2007 western film directed by James Mangold and produced by Cathy Konrad, and stars Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in the lead roles, with supporting performances by Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Ben Foster, Dallas Roberts, Alan Tudyk, Vinessa Shaw, and Logan Lerman. It is a remake of the 1957 film of the same name, making it the second adaptation of Elmore Leonard's short story Three-Ten to Yuma. Filming took place in various locations in New Mexico. 3:10 to Yuma opened September 7, 2007, in the United States.

3:10 to Yuma (2007 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Almost hard to recognize Peter Fonda as the hardened Pinkerton agent:

[Baz]

"We Were Soldiers" is on right now.

AMC - started about a half hour ago.

[flipper35]

Second Hand Lions is a pretty good story. Robert Duvall and Micheal Caine.

[techweenie]

Often overlooked film based on a Kipling story:

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

[Baz]

Originally Posted by flipper35

Second Hand Lions is a pretty good story. Robert Duvall and Micheal Caine.

Originally Posted by techweenie

Often overlooked film based on a Kipling story:

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Yes.....both of those movies with actors who are legends...Caine, Connery, and Duvall. Just think of all the incredible films they have starred in over the years....a few notables for me are "The Great Santini", "The Ciderhouse Rules", and "Highlander".

Trvia question (no fair googling) - which famous actor actually played Kipling in TMWWBK?

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"We were Soldiers" is a hell of a movie- I've seen it several times and love it. Mel Gibson and Madeleine Stowe are really great as well as Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliot, and Barry Pepper.

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Remember this one? Here's the music score by John Williams and some highlights from the 1979 classic by Steven Spielberg.

[techweenie]

Baz: Pretty sure it was Christopher Plummer

[Baz]

Originally Posted by techweenie

Baz: Pretty sure it was Christopher Plummer

BINGO!

Good call TW.

I thought his role was performed wonderfully in the movie, and deserved some recognition in the thread.

[techweenie]

It's been a while. i remember being surprised at the big name/small part.

[techweenie]

If you like VERY dark films like I do, American Psycho is a hoot.

[Baz]

Thoroughly enjoyed that clip TW - thank you. Saw the movie several years ago I think on HBO. Remember thinking "WTF"....ha ha. I think it was the first movie I saw with Christian Bale.

I'm a big SciFi fan - Reign of Fire was pretty good with CB and MM (and especially IS)....