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Finished Rogue Heroes series 2...as good as series 1, and they've excelled on the soundtrack this time round. Tracks by The Fall, The Clash, Sham 69, AC/DC, MC5, New York Dolls, The Damned, Stiff Little Fingers and many more fit really well with the story.

Obviously not a fully representive view of the history of the early years of the regiment, but it isn't a million miles off and it's great fun. Seeing some of these heroes portrayed on the screen is quite exhilarating - names that have become legends and have their own folklore about them.

Roll on Season 3 and the invasion of France - sorry if that's a spoiler for anyone <laugh>

If you want a more accurate version, the 2 part documentary by Ben McIntyre, on which Rogue Heroes is based, is well worth a watch...can only find part 2 on YouTube..

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Watched the first 2 episodes of Lockerbie: A Search For Truth, harrowing stuff but Colin Firth is superb yet again. 3 episodes left, but there's a good chance this might just be the best acted thing on TV in 2025 !
 
Hammersmith bookie said:
Watched the first 2 episodes of Lockerbie: A Search For Truth, harrowing stuff but Colin Firth is superb yet again. 3 episodes left, but there's a good chance this might just be the best acted thing on TV in 2025 !
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One of my pals and his unit were sent down from Edinburgh after the crash to help clear up and gather the bodies/body parts. Needless to say, it's not something he talks about very often, saw some horrific scenes
 
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One of my pals and his unit were sent down from Edinburgh after the crash to help clear up and gather the bodies/body parts. Needless to say, it's not something he talks about very often, saw some horrific scenes
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Grim that pal, still the deadliest terrorist attack on British soil/skies. Fair to say that the powers that be here and in the States, will make sure none of us ever know the full truth who was involved . I'm inclined to believe in Jim's theory/evidence. There's a reason certain classified documents have remained locked up deep underground !
 
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Nosferatu, I knew in five minutes it wasn’t going to be good but where do I start.
Script was awful, trying to be cleverly Shakespearean, also the fake Latin/ Transylvanian language was akin to Harry Potter casting a spell, almost laughable.
Acting was so corny and over portrayed, obvious characterisation and predictable. Although perhaps not always the actors fault dealing with the stodgy script and the director needs to take some responsibility.
Characters were too obvious, the rich were aloof, their children spoilt, gypsy men, aggressive or playing a fiddle, the old gypsy women witches the young ones nubile and wanted to dance.
I liked the incidental music and shadowy cinematography but overall too over played with what I’ve mentioned.
I think I know what it was trying to achieve to stay true to the original ‘30’s movie with a little hammer horror thrown in but rather than nostalgic and quaint it just seemed pretentious and annoying.
4 out of 10
 
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Wherever said:
Nosferatu, I knew in five minutes it wasn’t going to be good but where do I start.
Script was awful, trying to be cleverly Shakespearean, also the fake Latin/ Transylvanian language was akin to Harry Potter casting a spell, almost laughable.
Acting was so corny and over portrayed, obvious characterisation and predictable. Although perhaps not always the actors fault dealing with the stodgy script and the director needs to take some responsibility.
Characters were too obvious, the rich were aloof, their children spoilt, gypsy men, aggressive or playing a fiddle, the old gypsy women witches the young ones nubile and wanted to dance.
I liked the incidental music and shadowy cinematography but overall too over played with what I’ve mentioned.
I think I know what it was trying to achieve to stay true to the original ‘30’s movie with a little hammer horror thrown in but rather than nostalgic and quaint it just seemed pretentious and annoying.
4 out of 10
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Saved me a trip to the cinema

We're going to see a theatre production of Dracula next month, hopefully better than your experience!
 
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Wherever said:
Nosferatu, I knew in five minutes it wasn’t going to be good but where do I start.
Script was awful, trying to be cleverly Shakespearean, also the fake Latin/ Transylvanian language was akin to Harry Potter casting a spell, almost laughable.
Acting was so corny and over portrayed, obvious characterisation and predictable. Although perhaps not always the actors fault dealing with the stodgy script and the director needs to take some responsibility.
Characters were too obvious, the rich were aloof, their children spoilt, gypsy men, aggressive or playing a fiddle, the old gypsy women witches the young ones nubile and wanted to dance.
I liked the incidental music and shadowy cinematography but overall too over played with what I’ve mentioned.
I think I know what it was trying to achieve to stay true to the original ‘30’s movie with a little hammer horror thrown in but rather than nostalgic and quaint it just seemed pretentious and annoying.
4 out of 10
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Here on the other side of the pond, our local movie reviewer loved this movie and said she would watch it multiple times. Here is some background.

https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/robert-eg...aunted-by-nosferatu-since-childhood-1.7415143
 
Watching Fantabulosa! again, Michael Sheen's superb portrayal of Kenneth Williams. What a magnificent actor Sheen is.
 
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Watching Fantabulosa! again, Michael Sheen's superb portrayal of Kenneth Williams. What a magnificent actor Sheen is.
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He is great and a good bloke too, a ‘not for profit actor’. However I found this a very sad and depressing biopic when I first saw it. Williams was a very unfortunate character.
 
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Banbury.
Here overnight for a meet up with old friends.
What an odd place. Very shabby and run down for a town in rich and trendy Oxfordshire.
The local brew, Hook Norton, is very good though none of the pubs we visited were that impressive. Did find an excellent South Indian restaurant, the Salkaara, where we all had the tasting menu, a first for me in an Indian place, initially to avoid the usual chaotic ordering process. £50 a head including beers and more food than we could finish. Lovely.
 
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He is great and a good bloke too, a ‘not for profit actor’. However I found this a very sad and depressing biopic when I first saw it. Williams was a very unfortunate character.
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Yeah, Williams was a sad and tortured man. Not very likeable either.

Sheen is excellent in pretty much everything he does. We saw him in Nye at the National Theatre. Superb.
 
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Patience on C4 is very watchable. I've watched the first three episodes of six and is a great series to go along with. It's about an autistic young lady who works in the police records department of York police and has a grab on picking up on crime patterns. The police officer picks up on this and takes her on board to her crime team and picks up on stuff that the regular police don't see.
 
Randomly watched a really excellent 1957 Western earlier. Having been a bit under the weather, I was in bed flicking through channels and came across a film called The Tall T. I'd missed the first few minutes, but I was sufficiently intrigued to stick with it and I was really pleased I did. I'm pretty sure I'd never heard of it before, but, having checked it out afterwards, it turns out to have been based on an Elmore Leonard short story, 'The Captives'. It's a sparse and stark hostage thriller starring Randolph Scott towards the end of his career. Scott is very good as the taciturn hero, but the real star for me was Richard Boone as the conflicted leader of the outlaw gang - just superb. Originally released as a 'B' movie, this is a wonderful film and well worth checking out.
 
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Watched the first two episodes of American Primeval on Netflix. A very brutal western, lots of violence, and no real heroes in it, everyone is just out for themselves, but very well done, and some fantastic landscapes. Highly recommend.
 
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