Thai Spice Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Watched "The Killing Fields" and "First they killed my father", I have the book of the latter. Visited the killing fields "museum" in Cambodia mid 90's. Makes you think twice about "soft, gentle Asians" ... I visited Auchwitz also, but much younger, maybe because I was younger (early 30's), and not yet an hardcore expat, maybe also because it was closer to home and the Germans are people of the same culture / religion, it did impact me much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 A very good documentary. Fascinating real WW2 story. And Jeremy Clarkson is IMO absolutely excellent as narrator for this kind of historic documentaries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Thai Spice said: A very good documentary. Fascinating real WW2 story. And Jeremy Clarkson is IMO absolutely excellent as narrator for this kind of historic documentaries. Watch the one he did about the Victoria Cross, that is excellent. Interesting surprise at the end. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaksey Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 On 9/4/2020 at 8:54 AM, Thai Spice said: Watched "The Killing Fields" and "First they killed my father", I have the book of the latter. Visited the killing fields "museum" in Cambodia mid 90's. Makes you think twice about "soft, gentle Asians" ... I visited Auchwitz also, but much younger, maybe because I was younger (early 30's), and not yet an hardcore expat, maybe also because it was closer to home and the Germans are people of the same culture / religion, it did impact me much more. Kaing Kek Lev, aka "Duch", died a few days ago. May he burn perpetually in hell 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 An absolute jewel find. Under a light comedy / satire approach, this movie concerns 2 subjects that are at the center of the political scene right now, racism and migrants. It's Italian, but just switch on the English subtitles. Don't look for a English version, it would lose most of it's charm. Again, this is the kind of movie that I am not sure will please this forum's audience, but it is well worth a watch. And hat off to the people that made it, because the subject is really touchy. Available on Showboxmovies : https://www.showboxmovies.net/watch-movie/tolo-tolo-63363.3139339 And some comments / reviews : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10413566/reviews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Just watched 3 flicks in less than a day, 2 at home and one on the plane Bohemian Rhapsody Bad Boys for Life Richard Jewell Bad Boys was less than impressive, but other 2 were awesome. Damn I felt bad for Jewell......was a nice guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Not a movie , but some vlogs about biking across Colorado @thumper63 is this your neck of the woods , fantastic scenery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 ^ The last one , the scenery is outstanding 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) Just watched 'The Doorman' with Ruby Rose. Seen this lady in a few movies where she was prominent but not top billing, think she was in one of the John Wick movies. Good story, good action and worth a watch. Ruby was excellent and for a lady (Australian) who was a former model she played the part well. Maybe one of the first lead action characters who is both a woman and a lesbian but no doubt somebody will put me right there. Loved her in the movie, thoroughly entertaining and hopefully there will be another from her in a follow up. Edited October 4, 2020 by Horizondave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 For all fans of political thrillers Of course, as it is a Roman Polanski movie, a lot of controversy about him... but it doesn't take away his skills and the filming is great. I also read somewhere that the film received some negative critique in the UK, concerning this being a direct hint at Tony Blair ..... (who was indeed a bit of a lackey of the US IMO ...) The Ghost Writer (released as The Ghost in the United Kingdom and Ireland)[2] is a 2010 Franco-German-British political thriller film directed by Roman Polanski. The film is an adaptation of a 2007 Robert Harris novel, The Ghost, with the screenplay written by Polanski and Harris. It stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, and Olivia Williams.[3] The film was a critical and commercial success and won numerous cinematic awards including Best Director for Polanski at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival and also at the 23rd European Film Awards in 2010.[4] A ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) is hired by publishing firm Rhinehart, Inc. to complete the autobiography of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan). The writer's predecessor and Lang's aide, Mike McAra, has recently died in an apparent drowning accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Woaw, a nice find : Just Google the title of this 2 episode serie, and you'll know what we are speaking about. Trumps election, firing of about everybody, his mad (deranged) behaviour, etc ..... Seeing the Trump impersonation the guys who made this movie are not great fans of him, they make him look even more ugly than he is IRL .... and that's not a small job ! More seriously, this movie approaches a few delicate issues like : - when you're a government employee you're supposed to work for the government, whatever party is leading, whatever you love or hate the leader (same goes for military). And clearly sometimes this must not be an easy thing. - I am surprised how some top senior officials, lick ass and accept to be f***d in the ass... Grow some balls and throw your resignation on the table And now, US BM, don't start with throwing shit like "it's paid by the lefties, its crooky Hillary etc...." that's not the point Enjoy. I sure did, but honestly US politics doesn't come out of this looking good...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Boy Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 I watched "Dead Fred" a few nights ago and quite enjoyed it. It's been panned by almost everybody but I think they're missing that - intentionally or unintentionally - it seems to be a tribute to the old Ealing comedies. If you look at it in that light, it's pretty good, even the cheesy music effects are so 1960's. The storyline and acting are all as they would have been in an old comedy, even down to the no-nonsense ending. I might just be getting simpler to please, but if you're a pensioner and can remember these old films from your yoof, then you may enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 I watched an old one last night. The mechanic resurrection. Still enjoyed it but I do like Jason S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lirchenfeld Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 The Mole Undercover in North Korea. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13243898/?ref_=tt_urv Quite interesting documentary film, uncovering illegal arms and drug trade from NK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunder367 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 not a movie but a 5 part doc on the wwe wrestler undertaker the last ride very interesting indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Finally saw Parasite, on the plane ride back home Tuesday.......wow. Can see why it won all those awards, really different kind of film 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemondropkid Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, Golfingboy said: Finally saw Parasite, on the plane ride back home Tuesday.......wow. Can see why it won all those awards, really different kind of film Saw it as the cinema and felt exactly the same. Would love to watch it again, sure there was a few things I missed on first viewing. About a week after I saw Snowpiercer by the same director, that's worth a watch too. Very different to Parasite, shot with a Western cast but a great movie and gives a little insight into where he's coming from. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayray Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 another Guy Ritchie gangstar movie not bad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) Watched this on Amazon Prime recently -- quite good. Edited October 16, 2020 by lazarus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 7 hours ago, grayray said: another Guy Ritchie gangstar movie not bad Just watched and I rate it pretty good. Good find Gray ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karon steve Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 I was about to recommend The Gentlemen as well but beaten to it. Well worth a watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 A documentary / movie on a real event that no many people know about. The movie is a bit slow, but interesting. Kevin Costner makes an appearance, as guest / host not actor. The real event : https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24280831 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Available now on Showboxmovies. A bit slow and long but some interesting points. What a bloody mess.... How anybody can vote for the idiot in chief is something I can not understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Watched this on Amazon Prime - beautiful film , great actors and really enjoyable 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Just finished watching this. Thought it was well done. A tragedy that could have been avoided if upper management had listened to the warnings of the engineers. I couldn't believe how arrogant and unrepentant the two managers most responsible for the tragedy, Lucas (Director of Marshall Space Flight Center) and Mulloy (manager of the solid rocket booster program) came across during interviews with them for this series. I hope there is a special place in hell for them as they are directly responsible for the unnecessary deaths of seven brilliant, and skilled people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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