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Ida [2014]

 

A strikingly powerful film shot entirely black and white to create the feel of 1960s Poland follows the growth of a young orphaned soon to be nun who meets her wayward Aunt from whom she learns her true background. Won the best foreign language film of 2015.

Raw [2016]

 

Now out on HD torrent, a visually graphic and memorable French/Belgian made horror drama of coming of age cannibalism!

Free Fire [2016]

 

Out on HD rip now, an action comedy set in the 70s with a feel of the Tarantinos about it that starts well and turns into an hour plus long non-stop shoot out in a warehouse that if you are not in the mood for hour long shoot outs could become tiresome. Perhaps the only time I will enjoy listening to John Denver.

Mr Turner [2014]

 

Masterful take of the painters latter years that keeps the attention over two and a half hours with a great lead performance.

The game show “Hollywood Squares†was famous for spontaneous unrehearsed responses. Here are some of the most memorable. Host Peter Marshall was asking the questions.

 

Q: If you’re going to make a parachute jump, you should be at least how high?

A: Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.

 

Q: You’ve been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman?

A: Don Knotts: That’s what’s been keeping me awake.

 

Q: According to Cosmo, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think he’s really attractive, is it OK to come out directly and ask him if he’s married?

A: Rose Marie: No, wait until morning.

 

Q: Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?

A: Charley Weaver: My sense of decency.

 

Q: In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say “I love you?â€

A: Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty.

 

Q: What are “Do Itâ€, “I Can Help†and “Can’t Get Enoughâ€?

A: George Goebel: I don’t know but it’s coming from the next apartment.

 

Q: Paul, why do Hell’s Angels wear leather?

A: Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.

 

Q: Charley, you’ve just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during your first year?

A: Charley Weaver: Of course not, Peter. I’m too busy growing strawberries!

 

Q: It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps. One is politics. What is the other?

A: Paul Lynde: Tape measures.

 

Q: Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?

A: Marty Allen: Only after lights out.

 

Q: True or false: a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.

A: George Goebel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.

Q: When you pat a dog on its head he will usually wag his tail. What will a goose do?

A: Paul Lynde: Make him bark.

 

Q: If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?

A: Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark.

 

Q: While visiting China, your tour guide starts shouting “Poo! Poo! Poo!†What does that mean?

A: George Goebel: Cattle crossing.

 

Q: Charley, what do you call a pig that weighs more than 150 pounds?

A: Charley Weaver: A divorcee.

 

Q: Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do?

A: George Goebel: Get it in his mouth.

 

Q: According to Ann Landers, is their anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?

A: Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army!

Q: Dennis Weaver, Debbie Reynolds, and Shelley Winters star in the movie “What’s The Matter With Helen?†Who plays Helen?

A: Charley Weaver: Dennis Weaver; that’s why they asked the question.

 

Q: Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?

A: Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?

 

Q: When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?

A: Charley Weaver: I’ll lend him the car. The rest is up to him.

 

Q: James Stewart did it over twenty years ago when he was forty-one years old. Now he says it was “one of the best things I ever did.†What was it?

A: Marty Allen: Rhonda Fleming.

 

Q: Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?

A: Charley Weaver: His feet.

 

Q: Do female frogs croak?

A: Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.

The Water Diviner [2014]

 

A hit and miss cliched story based on true events of an Australian farmer searching for his sons in Gallipoli. Moves between gory war flashbacks, mushy love scenes, Disney style swashbuckling and a bloke who knows how to find water.

Trainspotting [1996]

T2 Trainspotting [2017]

 

T2 available online in HD now. I watched the original again for first time in 20 years, which will never be beat. The followup worth watching and not bad for a sequel but more style than raw emotion of the original.

Queen Of The Desert [2017]

 

The true story of Getrude Bell made by Werner Herzog sounded so promising but is just a snore fest. Watched it on Kodi Exodus.

The Levelling [2017]

 

Out on torrent. A brilliant drama set on a Somerset farm after the 2014 floods when an estranged daughter returns for her younger brother’s death and meets the father once more.

Macbeth [2015]

 

Shakespeare’s tale gets a new visually exciting reworking again in the Scottish highlands with the bards prose not too difficult to fathom. Worth watching.

Mindhorn [2017]

 

Wacky B movie out on torrent Netflix rip made in the Isle Of Man that has moments of hilarity in a non stop run of gags.

 

Breaking News: There's been an increase in the number of people getting injured from preparing avocados.

.. and that's just for starters.

Ethel & Ernest [2016]

 

Hand drawn animated movie available on torrent covering two ordinary Londoners lives throughout the twentieth century. Older Brits will warm to it and its attention to detail.

Prometheus [2012]

 

Never watched it when it came out as I don't like sequel/prequels much, but as there's another new one out now (Alien: Covenant) thought I would see what all the fuss was about. Stylish if dull Alien follow up with Charlize "why l would fly myself half a billion miles from every man on Earth if l wanted to get laid" Theron.

Time Out Of Mind [2014]

 

Realistically made story of a homeless Manhattan man played by a big movie star and his efforts to reengage with his estranged daughter.

Looking for The Forest, all I find is a Japanese horror flick.

 

It's on Kodi Exodus as well with Thai poster image, but if you click on the movie it just plays the Japanese flick.

Carol [2015]

 

A slick NY city 1950's era book adaptation of a lesbian affair with a married woman. Nice tits.

The Walk [2015]

 

Designed for best viewing in a large 3D IMAX immersive screen, which I couldn't do, left me preferring the original documentary of same story Man On Wire [2008] which is more real without the fake accents and CGI. Not bad tho!

Inherent Vice [2014]

 

Same director as for “There Will Be Bloodâ€, another book adaptation set in 1970 USA with some interesting drug filled scenes in an overly long private investigator kidnap comedy plot that is hard to follow at times.