Sweet film about the growing respect between two Indian men as one (a former Doctor) diagnosed with dementia, hires the other (a tuk tuk driver) to take him across the country to places he lived, studied and worked during his life.
The Doctor is a Hindu and the driver a Muslim. They learn about each other’s past and each other’s cultures .
Sad at times but heartwarming in places. Worth watching 🎥

IMHO one of the best movies about the financial crisis, a bit set up like a thriller, but super realistic. Not really any action, but a great character study and top cast.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margin_Call

Have you watched anything from this list? Can you recommend something?
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210128-ten-films-to-watch-in-february

Now on Netflix this Spanish film with subtitles is a romantic comedy , sweet with a great message.

Grandma is her 70’s announces she is going to get married which sparks bewilderment and chaos amongst her family .

Recommended by my eldest daughter as she still recovers at home from her operation in 2020!

Unique and beguiling 🙂

Natalie, played by Rebel Wilson, is knocked unconscious during a mugging. She wakes up to find herself in an alternative ‘Rom Com Universe’. Her worst nightmare.
She is now the leading lady in a romantic, real life comedy. A parody of Romantic comedies.
The ideal film to brighten up a dreary stuck at home day.
It’s far fetched, ridiculous, over the top and corny and at times hilarious.
It appealed to my silly sense of humour and we laughed out loud. Look out for the karaoke scene . Give it a try. 10 out of 10 for fun.
On Netflix now

After long months I finally tired out "The Crown" (Season 3 and 4) on Netflix. Has anyone seen it? I bet many users did as it's after all a history about our/your beloved Queen.

It all got me thinking how this whole monarchy structure even works. As an outsider (to UK) I always thought of the queen as some kind of mascot to England (if I offended anyone here I can call her Latin Fidei Defensor). I read that weakening of British monarchy started with queen Victoria (yet, 18th most popular English person apparently to some poll I forgot).

She would show up on TV on some special occasion, like Ascot, sometimes dressed in a funny attire. That was pretty it. And yes, of course unhappy Diana with unhappy Charles - every little kid, even in far depths of Poland knew of this great, great tragedy... Somehow, no-one ever wondered why we even gave a hoot to all this joke.

And don't get me wrong, I'm not some revolutionary freak that wants to kill all the aristocracy back in 18th century. It's just that to me the woman does literally nothing, except for owning some land and showing up here and there. I admit, this is a very valuable brand for UK (Elisabethness, Diananess, etc) and I wouldn't get rid of the goose that lays the golden egg. But at least it's given this is all a well-planned theatrical show, isn't?

And now back to Netflix - the show on the other hand seems to say that Queen's role in the political landscape really matters. And that's what's struck me the most when watching it. Even as a "consultant" of sorts to the PM she is after all British sovereign - I know - but what does it even mean? It's just a word, because it is OBVIOUS the real sovereign are British people - they can cancel this show in a referendum, any time. So my main question is: is the whole story just super exaggerated or is that 1:1 real? Based on your memories and knowledge.

Netflix 2020
Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso. Directed by Ron Howard.
A touching American drama based on the memoirs of the same name.

Thought provoking, poignant, at times tough and violent, with scenes of drug abuse. Full of flashbacks and at times even difficult to watch .
Glenn Close as you have never seen before. There’s no glamour involved. She is the star that makes the film and saves the day.

What I loved was the end where they showed the real people and updated what happened next .

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSvgQmuk/

Then watch Death to 2020 on Netflix, ironic, witty, often true.

A mockumentary

Based on the Enola Holmes mysteries by Nancy Springer, Enola, younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft uses her own sleuthing skills to help the young Viscount Tewsbury when setting out to look for her missing mother (played by Helena Bonham Carter).

Enola played by Millie Bobby Brown, outsmarts her brothers in a tale of intrigue and mystery. Beautiful settings, lovely cinematography, filled with fun, foolishness but with some violence. We really enjoyed it. Quite charming.

One of my favourite movie's on channel five tonight

A surprisingly atmospheric and ethereal Oscar winning film set in the 1960’s. A mute cleaning lady makes a life changing discovery while working at a high security government lab.
At times cruel and almost crude it is also poignant with an unusual love story within it. Powerfully acted it is a fantasy not to be missed. On Channel 4 last night . Did any other members see it? If you did what were your thoughts?

On Netflix a 2016 French film. Subtitled and brilliant. Clever. Interesting. Thought provoking , ironic and funny

https://youtu.be/gXtvFqPQwR0

The subject antisemitism - a man obsessed with Jews . Doesn’t seem a funny subject. Watch it and see, I would be interested to hear others opinions of it.

Anyone finished watching that one?

I'm at 4th episode, super curious how the whole story ends. I think Anya Taylor-Joy is a lot of joy in fact, simply brilliant, but it's only my opinion. The actress who plays Harmon in episode 1 (circa 10 yo) - not so much, I can't even be bothered to check her actual name. Too stiff, acts like a robot.

The aesthetics of the series reminds me the French movie Amelia, but without the humoristic part. Does anyone remember it?

Also a little Polish accent, the Russian chess master is played by famous Polish actor Dorocinski.

I barely have any time for myself. However I somehow managed to watch this movie lately with my wife. Not sure who recommended it - if it was someone on this groups I apologise for not remembering.

It's a pretty good movie I must admit, though at first I wouldn't say it was my cup of tea.
Good plot, very good acting, great pictures - it's got everything.

And Chris Evans - yes, he can play even without tights and a shield - if you know what I mean. And he's pretty good at it too. It should suffice to say my wife sobbed half the movie, probably because of the plot, but my guess it was more due to Evans being too sexy for her as a handyman caring for his little niece.

BTW, I watched on YouTube (pay-for option), it was couple of quid if anyone interested.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4481414/

The Fall - has anyone else watched it. It used to be on BBC 2 a few years ago. I don't think I'll ever be able to look at Jamie Dornan the same way again. Its 3 series, 6 episodes, an intense thriller that you want to keep watching. Highly recommend!

Has anyone else seen this ?

Based on a true story (ish) and adapted from a book.
The first black African American Detective of the Colorado police department teams up with a Jewish Colleague to infiltrate a group of white supremacists

Starring John David Washington (yes, Denzil's son)
And Adam Driver

Set in the 1970's and pitched against the realities of the present.

I found it intense, thought provoking, suspenseful, moving at times and surprisingly witty.

Many critics sighted the last few minutes as unnecessarily political - after main film ended!

Two and a quarter hours long, flew by - Give it a try!

Olivia de Havilland, known for her roles in "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (yes, that was in 1938) and "Gone with the Wind" has died yesterday aged 104(!).

The 2017 Australian drama set in the 1920’s called Sweet Country about an Aboriginal farmhand who shoots a white man in self defence . Film4 9pm
Or the 1980 classic The Blues Brothers about two criminal brothers reforming their blues band. ITV 4, also 9pm

Tonight on ITV4 at 10pm

With some violent scenes this is said to be a crime caper. Saw it a few nights ago ....what did others think of it

A strange title, until you see the content of the film, inspired , very loosely by a murder, almost 30 years ago in Texas, that remains unsolved.

Have any members seen this?

Watched it last night on Channel 4. It's certainly no run of the mill film and I can see why it took the writer so long to get right for production, and why it won so many awards.

Moving, heartbreaking, poignant, dramatic, AND a black comedy. It has everything, THAT you don't necessarily expect, going off in directions unlike any other. Wonderful cast, superbly acted.

A grieving woman in a small Midwestern town comes up with an unusual way to pressurise the local police into continuing their investigation into her daughter's horrific murder.

One reviewer wrote: Funny, brutal and breathtakingly beautiful. Two exceptionally raw lead performances, hypercharged by a a bold script.

I can only AGREE with every single word of it.

Catch it if you can . I could barely move from my seat!

Anything funny films people have watched recently? Not seen a laugh out loud film in the long time

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Recorded this the other day as its one of my favourites. Hadn't watched it in years and forgot how funny it is! Usually sequels are never as good as the first but I'm putting it out there and saying that I think Meet the Fockers is better than Meet the Parents.

I watched this last night on Channel 4. What a good film it was with Kate Winslet and Idris Elba. Stranded on top of snow covered peak in Utah after their plane crashed. Brilliant film I thought, anyone else seen it?

The trailer seemed funny so thought i'd give it a watch. It was actually quite good, Will Ferrell has a tendency to really annoy me and he did have his moments in this film but overall it was good. Their Icelandic accents weren't great, particularly from Piers Brosnan - was terrible! Rachel McAdams was great in it. Overall, an easy watch and good humour

I watched the latest Maleficent film last night and thought it was great! I was never a fan of sleeping beauty the animation but Maleficent puts a good spin on it. Also Angelina Jolie puts on an impressive english accent. Its a good watch if you like your Disney...

A baby found in a box grows up to be a would be author, with compulsive tendencies, working in a 📚 library.
Her life changes when she is told she will be evicted if she does not tidy up her garden.
Billed as a contemporary fairytale, fantasy, romance and drama. It’s a feel good, charming and at times poignant- easy to watch, enchanting film with memorable characters.
Available on the BBC Iplayer

Action Comedy 2017 - suitable for all, although there is some violence - after all Grandpa’s gang ‘the scum scum’ are involved 😆
Another feel good but very corny movie, and similar in parts to several others with Grandpa ‘getting the old team back together’ to rescue his Grandsons girl friend , after she mysteriously disappears.
Good versus Evil, heartwarming and fun. I thought the ending was a little poor but with James Caan in the title role it was also quite endearing .
Give it a try!

When Sandra , played by Imelda Staunton, discovers her husband of 40 years , played by John Sessions, has been having an affair, she leaves to live with her elder estranged sister Bif, played by Celia Imrie.
With a superb cast this film is simple but charming. Easy going, undemanding and quite sentimental.
Sandra joins Bif at a dance group and then ‘finds her feet’ again after being a dancer when she was a child. She makes new friends too and experiences a life much different to what she has lived in her big house - which must now be sold.
This film may not be for everyone but we found it a relaxing way to spend a couple of hours and enjoyed seeing favourites like Timothy Spall, David Haymen and Joanna Lumley.

Wow. I just don’t know how I didn’t know this film existed!
With Dustin Hoffman
Queen Latifah
Emma Thompson
Will Farrell
and Maggie Gyllenhaal
I would highly recommend this as the film NOT TO MISS
Clever, witty, funny, romantic, thought provoking, whimsical , a modern day fable . I was hooked from the start and the end was magnificently sad/ touching and poignant.

A man with obsessive tendencies and a very repetitive life suddenly hears his life being narrated!

There was no bad language, violence or even toilet humour that can sometimes ruin Will Farrell films.
Has anyone else seen this - and not told me 😂😂

A 2013 film, on Filmfour last night (so it’s bound to be repeated soon) Enough Said is about a female divorced masseuse with a teenage daughter preparing to go away to college. She meets two people at a party. Not realising they used to be married to each other. She begins a relationship with the man and starts to work as a masseuse for the woman! It’s a sweet film, funny, ironic, charming and romantic. Give it a try - very easy going . The last film starring James Gandolfini before his untimely death. Also stars Julie Louis Dreyfus and Toni Collette

I lately remembered about this movie and it was great to watch it again after like 20 years!
A great production from Nick Park and Peter Lord. The best part is, my kids now keep asking me to put it on tv again.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120630/

Released last month and already in their top 20 films (no 7 today)

Silly, ridiculous , far fetched and sometimes stupidly funny it’s a murder comedy caper involving a couple whose relationship isn’t going too well.

Easy to watch, took our minds off of current events . Give it a try .

A 2020 Netflix film

A real thriller , murder, mystery, suspenseful, clever and fast moving. With twists and turns all the way along.

Highly recommended

Looking on Netflix I came across this 2016 film starring Jodie Whittaker

Has won awards and I can see why !

Unique, funny, poignant.

Having lost a brother who was very close in age to myself I was very moved by the back story of what first appeared just to be a story of a girl approaching her 30th birthday and living in her mum’s shed.

This is an interesting direction for the future of Star Wars..

https://deadline.com/2020/05/taika-waititi-new-star-wars-movie-directing-1202925208/

Has anyone watched the TV Series yet? I really liked the old movie from 1986, while it leaves out big parts of the (awesome) book it is IMHO one of the best movies about medieval times.

I think this is a very interesting angle for watching movies, and I only saw like half of them. Check out the list below.

https://en.247mirror.com/60-incredible-photos-of-actors-vs-the-historical-figures-the

I watched it in 2 days, its amazing. Based on the novel by Sally Rooney (apparently its kept very close to the book) Highly recommend!

Tomorrow evening
Saturday 2nd May 2020
BBC2 8.30pm

Having read the book I am looking forward to seeing the film.

I watched the whole of season 2 in one night, it was so good. I highly recommend if you like Ricky Gervais, its sad, laugh out loud funny and slightly odd - give it a watch!

Netflix 2016

Based on an earlier film but rewritten,Directed and starred in by Ricky Gervais

Two radio journalists concoct a scheme to fake their kidnappings in South America.

Never stopped smiling throughout this film

Brilliant

A 2018 Australian film adapted from the book Women in Black.

A gentle story following the ladies in black who work in a department store. In particular the youngest temporary member of staff Lisa and the mature debonair Magda (played by Julia Ormond).

Heartwarming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBXMjXD4VGc

He is by far my favourite actor of all time and definitely deserving of a few more oscars if you ask me..

Heres a clue as to my favourite film with him in (yes it might not be his most exciting role but it's one of my all time favourite films!).

OK, I have to admit that the lockdown starts to take a toll on me, now I even started to re-watch all Harry Potter movies.

Wow, acting was really bad in the first two, but everything got a lot better from number three onwards. As someone who never read the books ( apart from some short parts) there are so many things about the story .. but probably I shouldn't take it too serious.

Do kids nowadays still like the movies?

Honor Blackman, known by many for her role in Goldfinger ("Pussy Galore" will probably remain the most blatantly sexist name of a movie character in history) died yesterday aged 94.

She was also known for her role in "The Avengers" (no, not Marvel..)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(TV_series)

Anyone have any good films to recommend whilst on lockdown? Preferably nothing scary and no thrillers - I scare easily!

On Film4 tonight at 10.50pm.
Based on the true story of the last Nazi to be assassinated by two Czech spies.
Stars Cillian Murphy of Peaky Blinders fame.I missed seeing this at the cinema as it was on limited release and none of the local cinemas showed it.

What are some of your favourite books that have been adapted into a film? (Can be good or bad adaptations!)