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Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by John Wick, Apr 11, 2022.

  1. Wayne the Punk

    Wayne the Punk Well-Known Member

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    Cat Balou
    Die Hard
    Unforgiven
    Shawshank
    The Green Mile
    Grand Torino
    Dusk til Dawn
    Alien
    Star Wars (early stuff)
    John Wick (all of them)
    Man on Fire
    One Flew over The Cuckoos Nest
    Salems Lot (The TV series, had read the book when I was 16, bought it in Woolworths, never even knew what it was about, lost track of how many of his books I have read now)
    Independence day
    Loads more, could be here for ever
     
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    Watched The Hunt last night, excellent film. Danish film starring Mads Mikkelson, it's about a teacher who gets accused by a very young girl of sexual abuse, and how it affects his life and how everyone in his small community reacts.

    Fascinating character study and look at how rumours can snowball and get out of hand. Dark stuff but very well handled and it makes you think.
     
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  3. Wayne the Punk

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    Going to watch that in 5 minutes, after I have fed the 3 mutts
     
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    Films that i will start watching whilst channel hopping even though ive seen them dozens of times.....

    First 3 indiana jones
    Die Hard
    Kellys Heroes
    Under Siege
    Back to the Future 2
    Airplane!
     
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    Saw The Great Escaper this afternoon. Michael Caine as the old veteran who does a runner from his care home to attend the D-Day commemorations in Normandy.

    Film's decent if unspectacular, but Caine and Glenda Jackson might get an acting nod.
     
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  6. Wayne the Punk

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    How had I never seen The Thing before? Loved it, sort of Alien in the ice
     
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    Absolute classic horror, one of the very very best.
     
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    That spider thing with the upside down head must have been amazing in 1982
     
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    Just settling in with a bottle of red and Good Morning Veitnam. Robin Williams at his absolute best, Forrest Whittaker. Must be 10 years since I watched this. Happy Sunday folks.
     
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    John Carpenter mate, made some brilliant horror movies and I loved them all. Try The Fog if you havent already.
     
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    I like most of Robin Williams films, but that's one I just couldn't get away with.
    I've tried a few times to watch it, but never get past half way.
     
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    Seen that, just not sure how I missed The Thing :) My nightclubbing days??????
     
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    Class film. The tension over who is infected is great and the special effects are about as good as it gets. Bit of a dying art these days which is a shame as unlike CGI, when it's done well it's timeless.
     
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    They Live is fantastic.

    Well, for the first hour and a bit anyway.
     
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    I like the owld Basil Rathbone, Sherlock Holmes’s films. In fact most old black n white films I prefer, it’s the accents and atmosphere of them and not too over complicated acting.
    I might be a bit weird like.
     
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    No not at all, some great black and white films , watched The Maltese Falcon, Key Largo, The Big Sleep and Treasure of the Sierra Madre , a few times and still enjoy them , guess who I am a fan of. <laugh>
    I like Kurt Russell as well , under rated actor imo. As said above The Thing is a classic way ahead of its time.
     
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    Law Abiding Citizen.

    Decent stuff.
     
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    You don't get better than Big Trouble in Little China.
     
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    Name the movie...
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