Any good films over Xmas ?

on terestrial and freeview:

today: the other boleyn girl, the others, batman begins

23 dec: miracle on 34th st, shrek,lion the witch and the wardrobe, master and commander: the far side
of the world, 300, Juno

24 dec:  The Quen, ars, Brief Encounter, Scrooge, Prince Caspian, Hero

25 dec:  The Man who wuld be king, scrooged, shrek the third, stranger than fiction, edward scissorhands, spiderman2, young frankenstein, a fsh called wanda

26 dec:  spy kids, th railway children, great expectations, enchanted, over the hedge, from time to time, the red baron, the mummy: tomb of the dragon emperor, no country for old mn, slumdog millionaire, alien,

27 dec  march of the penguins, the incredibles, happy feet, there's something about mary, volver, aliens, dogtooth

Not much to get excited about imo.

Thanks UTI it's very kind of you to do that but i did say good films .There is some right old rubbish there

Groundhog Day

have you scene it?

is it the vietnam shoot me up movie?

I'm not sure, but can check with the kitchen

righto don't be long zzzzzzzzz

this is a good film on tonight

Into the Wild
Film
4   stars!

Wednesday 22 December
11:00pm - 1:50am
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The allure of the American wilderness is at the heart of this profoundly moving true story about amateur adventurer Christopher McCandless. In 1990, the 22-year-old college graduate abandoned his middle-class family and hitch-hiked across the country. His destination: a life of solitary contemplation in the snowy wastes of Alaska. Basing his screenplay on John Krakauer's bestselling biography, writer/director Sean Penn follows McCandless (played with tragic boyishness by Emile Hirsch) on his Thoreau-inspired quest to commune with nature. Penn's camera captures the grandeur of the American landscape magnificently, yet what really impresses is Hirsch's intuitive performance. His adventures on the road are offset by an intermittent voiceover from Carine McCandless (Jena Malone) detailing the impact of her brother's disappearance on their buttoned-down parents (the excellent William Hurt and Marcia Gay Harden). Celebrating McCandless's beatnik philosophy while refusing to ignore his inherent selfishness, Penn crafts an entrancing movie that is by turns uplifting and tragic.

edward scissor hands. aint seen that in a while. time and place

stretch: those are the films recommended by the guardian.  there are others, presumably they're even worse.

Into the Wild.  might watch that cheers Scrooge.

Sounds good, my guess is that it will not be as good as it should be.

Thanks UTI it's much appreciated 

I just called you scrooge.  I have no idea why, I meant to say Stretch.

It's a good film, Uti. Quite harrowing

OK magic, if I can stay awake I'll watch it.

Don't worry UTI my middle name is Eberneezer [;)]

Just watch Mama Mia! on 23rd. Every film after that will feel like a masterpiece.

Mamamia !

did yu watch it, UTI?

sorry.

what a pile of w@nk, if thats what the majority like to watch, its time for a cultural cull

GUBBED
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The allure of a betting forum is at the heart of this profoundly moving true story about a 22-year-old anxious to discover which films are on over the Christmas period. The central character receives no end of friendly and helpful replies but is shadowed by a menacing stalker who unable to start threads of his own targets the hapless hero.     
Writer/director Miles Claringbould at his best here, but look out for Martin Kemp's haunting performance as the sinister A1 Bionic.

Is The Great Escape on?

I QUIET ENJOYED SHREK AND THE NANIA FILM THIS AFTERNOON

LOL HH shame A1 Bionic received a life time ban

did he Stretch? I didnt know that.

OOH YOU ARE AWFUL (1972) - tonight at 12.30
with Dick Emery, Pat Coombs and Derren Nesbit.

LOL YEP DO A SEARCH ON HIM .THE MOTO OF THE STORY IS THOU SHALL NOT STALK

this thread deserves a bump for HH's 18.13 post.

is A1 Bionic really banned?  if so 

The Italian Job
The Great Escape
Escape to Victory
The Wizard of Oz
Superman
Ben Hur
For Your eyes only
Steptoe and Son ride yet again (BBC1 11.45pm no doubt)
Home Alone
The Towering Inferno


We've never had it so good!

Any James Bond films ?

Just watched Skyfall.

BREAKING NEWS
Idris Elba being considered to play James Bond.

Just found full episodes of Breaking Bad for the 1st time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxqAaGs9vYY

Lets hope the other 61 pop up.

I've just been channel flicking and have found a pearler - Patton - which is on '5USA' on Freeview: channel 31.

Unfortunately, there's only an hour of it left - but if any of you have that back-in-time contraption to watch it from the start, I can thoroughly recommend it.

If Tom Cruise can play Jack Reacher then I have no problem with Idris Elba playing Bond, I might even watch it if he got the part.

The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

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