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Thriller with a clever premise. Scripted by Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential), the story concerns a bank teller (Elliot Gould) who discovers a thief (Christopher Plummer) plans to rob the bank he works in, he sets aside most of the money for himself, and blames the thief. When the thief finds out, he starts a cat and mouse game with the teller. Its a great idea, and Gould and Plummer are great foils, but it has a couple of gratuitously violent scenes that almost ruins it. I saw it on TV a number of years ago, and it turned up the other night on the Talking pictures channel.
This 100 years old film is fantastic, and has a distinct style. I used to have a big Bauhaus poster on the wall, and now I know where the motive came from.
Phenomenal film. My absolute favourite of the silent era.
Edit: I forgot Elias Koteas. Very cool actor.
The plot may be silly, or at least how it is played, but it looks great and Karloff is amazing. I think some later Dracula films were inspired by this. Not what I expected.
As for me, I just had a blast with this giallo:
Featuring Barbara Bouchet (CR67) and Sybil Danning in a very atmospherical mix of typical giallo tropes and gothic settings.
Great theme tune by Bruno Nicolai as well:
Really enjoyed this. Wonderful cast, a smart script and a great location.
Took me a little while to get used to Daniel Craig's southern gentleman drawl, but once i did i loved his performance. Wish he made more films!
It took a while to get used, but I found his performance very amusing indeed.
Also loved the inclusion of Don Johnson.
Agreed. One of the most enjoyable films i've watched in many a year Such a smart script. Full of wit. The whole cast were superb. Craig, Plummer, De Anis, Curtis, Johnson, Shannon and Evans were on top form.
Kenneth Branagh take note. That's how you make an intelligent whodunnit.
As for favourite silent era film, perhaps Murnau s TABU. A STORY OF THE SOUTH SEAS.
Lots of good gags, and the end sequence is truly inspired.
The house front falling on the hero at 2:12 could have been a good match for the Spectre pre-title sequence.
Of all the various versions of this, this is so far the only one I have seen. I quite enjoyed it. Great talent all around.
The first half is hilarious, the second an intense drama.
Excellent movie. I'm still processing it.
I found it painfully dull and trying to tackle way too many storylines, character connections and themes at once. I was pretty excited for it but past a nice performance or two, it really didn't have much to say.
I also didn't buy Tom Holland in that role whatsoever, nothing about his performance screamed 'West Virginia' to me. I'm just not a fan of his work in general, though, so perhaps there's some bias in that.
Brilliant film based on an amazing real life story. Fantastic cast.
I wonder how they filmed shark eating Stromberg’s Secretary scene? The live shark scenes look extremely dangerous and done with a real stunt woman alongside a live Tiger shark!!
The Passion of Christ It has been a few years since I watched this film, none of its intensity has diminished. there are very few films that evoke such raw emotion, works well on so many levels.
Paul Naschy reprises his Alaric de Marnac character, last seen in Horror Rises From The Tomb (1973). It isn't a sequel in the typical sense, just that it features the same character from the earlier film.
Naschy stars as Paul Marnac, decendant of the infamous Alaric de Marnic, a medievel knight to murdered his adulterous wife, and three of their 5 children (leaving only the two that he knew where his). The legend has it that Alaric returns every 100 years to sort out any unfaithful wife of his decendant. Paul's wife has a heart condition, and at the suggestion of her doctor, Paul takes her to his ancestral home out in the country. It soon becomes clear, that Paul intends to 'off her' with a little help from his ancestor and both pf Pauls mistresses. I don't know if it makes me a sociopath, but I found the ending to be most satisfying.
every time I come to this film I always think how much better the film would be with Dalton... he did reserved anger better then anyone and man he would of been perfect in this film seeing him spare off against Dame Judi Dench would of been well amazing. but it's far from a bad film my wife enjoyed it and I did too though it is my second favorite of the Brosnan era (The World is not enough is number 1 for me.)
Films in 2020
1. Batman Begins
2. Jaws 2
3. When Harry meet sally
4. Woodstock the movie
5. Sherlock Holmes a game of shadows
6. Ronin
7. Goldeneye
8. The breakfast club
9. Rolling stone Gimmie Shelter
10. Octopussy
11. The temptations
12. Stand by me
13. The Art of war
14. The Prophecy
15. No direction Home
16. Rise of skywalker
17. Casino Royale 1954
18. Pearl Harbor
19. Little women
20. Journey greatest hits live
21. The Grateful Dead movie
Bond films
1. Goldeneye
2. Octopussy
3. Casino Royale 1954
They love putting sharks in bond films,and helicopters.... ;))
This is how I’m going to pass the time between now and April. Watching all the Bond actors non Bond stuff , since I haven’t seen much of what any of them have done outside Bond
Some Sean and Roger recommendations for you...
Sean Connery:
The Offence
The Wind and the Lion
The Man Who Would Be King
Robin and Marian
Time Bandits
Wrong Is Right
Zardoz
Marnie
Woman of Straw
Roger Moore:
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Gold
Shout at the Devil
Street People
ffolkes (aka North Sea Hijack)
The Wild Geese
The Sea Wolves
The Rock, seen in character as Bond.
The Untouchables, Academy Award winner.
The Hunt for Red October
The Russia House
Furthermore, this one is superb as well:
The Name of the Rose
@Revelator's list of Rog films is very accurate, can't think of anything to add.
Not much to be found for George I'm afraid, though this excellent giallo is certainly worth your time:
Who Saw Her Die?
As for Tim I'd recommend:
The Lion in Winter
Permission to Kill
The Rocketeer
The first one was his screen debut alongside the likes of O'Toole, Hopkins and Hepburn, the second one is a spy film, though it's almost nowhere to be found, and in the third one he has some great fun playing the villain.
I also like The Tourist, in which he's some sort of M, but I'm fairly alone on that one.
Pierce has done some great work too, namely:
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Matador
The Ghost Writer
Of Dan I would say these are excellent:
Road to Perdition
Munich
Knives Out
The first one is a Sam Mendes film, the second a Spielberg spy film and in the third he's the lead in an amusing whodunit.