What film did you watch last night?

[dicko]

Alien, just such a great story and filmed expertly

 

[stephec]

Triple Cross (1967)

The true story, allegedly, of Eddie Chapman, a safe breaker who ends up in jail in Jersey at the start of WWII.

He makes a deal to spy for the Germans, motivated purely by money, and parachutes back into Britain where he gets straight in touch with the authorities to offer his services to the allies, again for a fee.

I read about his story a few years ago and this seems to follow it closely, even if you don't know it beforehand it's still an entertaining film.

Christopher Plummer in the title role, and some big names supporting, Gert Frobe, Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, and the lovely Claudine Auger.

7/10.

 

[Drago]

How much did you pay him for it?

He gave it me. Turns out hes a big fan of mine.

 

[cyberknight]

Wrecking Crew
Momoa and Bautista as half brothers seeking the people responsible for the death of their father and of course they have to make sure they have a nice tea party , err no it was just an excuse for lots of stabbing , shooting and blowing stuff up

 

[Profpointy]

Copenhagen

A film version of a stage play concerning Heisenberg's visit to his former professor Neils Bohr in occupied Copenhagen. Very much of the unreliable narrator theme which echoes "complementary" from quantum mechanics where (simplistically) you can get different results depending on how an experiment is done. Three first class actors: Daniel Craig as Heisenberg, Steven Rea as Bohr, and very much an equal player Francesca Annis as Mrs B.

The meeting is a quite famous real event with lots of conflicting accounts, including from those involved. Was Heisenberg trying to recruit Bohr, perhaps even to help the war effort? Or was he asking for "permission" to deveop the a-bomb / or asking Bohr to help agree with the allies not to. Other themes included whether Heisenberg did a bit of a go-slow on the bomb for moral reasons, as he claimed post war, or, more likely, missed a key calculation? Could it have gone another way?

First class writing, acting and storytelling

9/10 at least

 

[Punkawallah]

"Marco Polo", a 2007 TV movie with Brian Dennehey. Easy watching, Mr Dennehey is convincing Khan (though not a patch on Mr Montelban).

 

[cisamcgu]

Copenhagen

A film version of a stage play concerning Heisenberg's visit to his former professor Neils Bohr in occupied Copenhagen. Very much of the unreliable narrator theme which echoes "complementary" from quantum mechanics where (simplistically) you can get different results depending on how an experiment is done. Three first class actors: Daniel Craig as Heisenberg, Steven Rea as Bohr, and very much an equal player Francesca Annis as Mrs B.

The meeting is quite famous with lots of conflicting accounts, including from those involved. Was Heisenberg trying to recruit Bohr, perhaps even to help the war effort? Or was he asking for "permission" to deveop the a-bomb / or asking Bohr to help agree with the allies not to. Other themes included whether Heisenberg did a bit of a go-slow on the bomb for moral reasons, as he claimed post war, or, more likely, missed a key calculation? Could it have gone another way?

First class writing, acting and storytelling

9/10 at least

Where did you see this ?

 

[Profpointy]

Where did you see this ?

We couldn't find it on Netflix nor BBC so bought a secondhand DVD for a couple of quid

 

[Profpointy]

"Marco Polo", a 2007 TV movie with Brian Dennehey. Easy watching, Mr Dennehey is convincing Khan (though not a patch on Mr Montelban).

Surely John Wayne's performance is definitive for this role ?

 

[potsy]

Shelter at the flicks tonight, fair to say if you're a fan of the Statham you'll enjoy it, a solid 7/10 from me.
The other half wasn't quite so generous with her praise 🤣

 

[Drago]

Shelter at the flicks tonight, fair to say if you're a fan of the Statham you'll enjoy it, a solid 7/10 from me.
The other half wasn't quite so generous with her praise 🤣

Is he by any chance playing a retired special forces operator/ special agent/government assassin who has retired and is laying low when his old life catches up and he has to kill his way to the top of the organisation thets out to get him?

 

[stephec]

Is he by any chance playing a retired special forces operator/ special agent/government assassin who has retired and is laying low when his old life catches up and he has to kill his way to the top of the organisation thets out to get him?

For a unique twist maybe this organisation could kill one of his family members, then he could go all out to seek revenge?

I can't see anything as outlandish as that being considered though.

 

[Drago]

To be fair, the Stafe killing bad dudes under any pretext suits me just fine.

 

[Punkawallah]

Surely John Wayne's performance is definitive for this role ?

Of course - but Dennehey plays a Khan of advanced years, care-worn and railing against his ultimate enemy.

 

[Drago]

railing against his ultimate enemy.

The inland revenue?