EDF Cinema

[Michael Palaeologus]

Loved it. Wonderfully dark with hints of Alan Whicker and Father Ted - "Midgets!!"

I sit here in my "Brugges - Culturele Hoofdstad van Europa 2002" in homage.

[spadetownboy]

watched it last night,very,very good.

[Cassius]

Saw The Orphanage last week - thought it was good but not a patch on Pan's Labyrinth - agree with the comments about the ghoul with his eyes in his hands - truly memorable!

[mockney piers]

Watched Persepolis at the Ritzy on Saturday morning (only one other person in the cinema!!).

Will wholeheartedly recommend it, fantastic stuff.

Often funny, sometimes wrenching, but always sharp, witty and honest.

[citizenED]

Saw the trailer for it last time I was at the Picturehouse in Clapham. Looked fantastic. Mark Kermode gave it a big thumbs up on radio 5 last week too.

[spadetownboy]

watched "the singer" last night, french show with gerard depardieu and the beautiful cecile de france. its about a washed up club singer living on past glories, and slowly coming to realise that the provincal club scene is the height of his ambition, with his groupies being the blue rinse brigage and no longer the young floozies of his youth. quite a lot of catchy music with some of the worst lyrics i have ever come across eg " i want a flirt with you, just one little ride....." its a very watchable film played with tongue firmly in cheek by depardieu and the lead character is actually based on a real life french club singer, whose story is told in the special features section.worth seeing.

[Brendan]

I watched The Nines last weekend. Anyone seen it? Opinions?

I loved it by the way. One of those films that gets you asking questions about what reality really is.

[citizenED]

Saw the German film "The Lives of Others" the other night. Superb. Bleak, upsetting, poetic and cleverly subtle. About human strength - I love the way you slowly get the message that the Stasi officer is acually having a change of conscience.

[Ladygooner]

Ladies I implore you - go and see Sex and the City! It is absolutely brilliant! I am sure you will love it even if you missed the series - although how could you?!

[Izodia]

Off to see Sex and the City tonight with some friends. We all have to dress up and drink cocktails beforehand. Might be an overly girly night for my liking but I'm sure I'll survive.

I'd second Lives Of Others - great film. Can't say anything more without giving it away.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Half-term treat was Indiana Jones. What a load of tosh it was - which is amazing given the cast of very fine actors. It was as if half the plot had been left on the cutting room floor and the plot that remained was codswallop.

[SeanMacGabhann]

coming back from town on Tuesday night, girl behind me on the 176 spent the whole journey on her mobile "reviewing" the film but with a vocab of about 6 words, re-arranged in various patterns. Painful it was

I loved the Indy films but had no desire to see the 4th. The tone of the reviews seemed to back that up. Not that I always agree with reviews but even if you consistently disagree with a reviewer it gives a good indicaton of wether you will like it or not. Plus there seemed to be a rare consensus on this one

Plus, the whole whip-crackin', adventurin', jokin', thing has been done many times since the original films. And even better in the original Tomb Raider game

[Keef]

In the very first post of this thread, mockny said

Soo, thought I'd kick it off after having seen This Is England last night.

Gripping, powerful, understated and brilliantly acted, this is by Shane Meadows who gave us Dead Man's Shoes which isn't for the faint hearted but well well worth a watch.

Others, me included, have agreed with Piers' recommendation, so for any of you who haven't seen it, tune in to Film 4 at 9pm tonight.

I have watched a couple of films this week, the first of which was Thank you for smoking, which wasn't as funny as I'd hoped it would be having read reviews, but still quite enjoyable, and very funn at times.

I then borrowed Troy from a friend, and am not sure what to say really. I admit it looks pretty impressive, and some of the acting is good, but at the same time, it's such a famous, and wonderful story, and they could have done it so so well, but indtead it is another Hollywood blockbuster like Gladiator. If only the BBC and HBO had decided to do this story in the same style as Rome!

[david_carnell]

Saw This Is England last night and loved every minute of it. A great cast of minor English actors all deliver ster;ing performances and Meadows captures the early 80s superbly.

Thomas Turgoose is amazing for a kid and Stephen Graham (of Snatch fame) exudes real menace.

A brutal tale of friendship and family. Quite brilliant.

Oh, and Dead Man's Shoes is most definitely worth a watch. Proper scary, like.

[SeanMacGabhann]

is anyone interested in going to any of these? Only time I've been before was for Shaun of the Dead which had a a few of the cast knocking around

################## FILM4 SUMMER SCREEN 31 JULY - 9 AUGUST 2008 #######################

Film4 Summer Screen line-up announced...

The full line-up for the Film4 Summer Screen is revealed below. Priority booking opens for Somerset House subscribers on Tuesday 3 June at 10.00.

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(booking with Ticketmaster)

Thursday 31 July: People's Premiere - Hellboy II: The Golden Army [12A TBC]

Friday 1 August: Double bill with short: Pan's Labyrinth / The Exorcist with Peter and the Wolf (short)[18]

Saturday 2 August: Brokeback Mountain [15]

Sunday 3 August: O Brother, Where Art Thou? [12]

Monday 4 August: L?on [18]

Tuesday 5 August: Fellini's 8? [15]

Wednesday 6 August: Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb [PG]

Thursday 7 August: Singin' in the Rain

Friday 8 August: Double bill: The Elephant Man / Wild at Heart [18]

Saturday 9 August: Scarface [18]

The magnificent Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court at Somerset House will once again be transformed into a full-scale open-air cinema with state of the art giant screen, 35mm projection and surround-sound, with an inspired programme of premieres, classics and recent favourites. Soak up the atmosphere beforehand with good food, drinks and DJ's.

Tickets: ?12.50

(except) Friday double bills: ?15.00

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General booking opens to the public Thursday 5 June at 10.00.

Doors open 18.30, DJs from 19.30, Film 21.15.

Rugs available to buy or bring your own.

[Keef]

"Oh brother where art thou" is about the only one that tempts me.

[SeanMacGabhann]

"I'm a 'dapper-dan" man myself Keef but seriously - not Leon? I still love that film

[Keef]

Yeah good film, but just thinking what I'd enjoy watching out in the open with a cold beer.

Anyway, not new by any means, but finally watched "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" last night, having borrowed it from Fear N' Boozin about 3 years ago! Thought it was absolutely great, and if you've never seen it, I'd recommend a viewing!

Funny thing is, I'd never really read what it was about, and thought it would be a bit of a depressing thing about Kate Winslett's decent in to alcoholic madness... Was very pleased to have been completely and utterly wrong!

[Ladygooner]

There is a season of free films from tonight at 9.30pm at the Scoop just by kens whoops I mean Boris' place. I think the website is www.morelondon.co.uk. From memory they are showing Chicago tonight

[SeanMacGabhann]

I liked that LadyG!

[SeanMacGabhann]

Having seen "Tell No One" at Keef's gaff a few months back, I STILL haven't got around to the book (sorry Keef - let me know if you need it back) but as it was on Sky at the weekend I recommended it to Lady MacGabhann and watched it last night... I really really enjoyed watching it again the second time.

[Keef]

No worries Sean, Mrs Keef bought me a bunch of his books as a pack from some website, and it included Tell no one, so that was a spare copy. Would still recommend it, a good thriller, and so different from it's French cousin ;-)

Watched the film Number 23 last night with Jim Carey, who I rate more and more as an actor the more I see him. He obviously made his money doing the likes of Mask, and Ace Ventura (guilty pleasure - first one not second!!!), and now feels he can do stuff he wants.

Number 23 looks great, and at times has a sense of Sin City about it. It is very very clever in a way, but I don't know, it seemed to get stuck between chilling thriller (it was a bit spooky), and feel good hollywood (it had it's tacky moments, and I couldn't be sure if they were taking the pee or not).

I'd recommend a watch though, if only to hear what others thought.

[spadetownboy]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> Having seen "Tell No One" at Keef's gaff a few

> months back, I STILL haven't got around to the

> book (sorry Keef - let me know if you need it

> back) but as it was on Sky at the weekend I

> recommended it to Lady MacGabhann and watched it

> last night... I really really enjoyed watching it

> again the second time.

its on all bloody week. im sick to death of sky premier now, same films every night for a week. on a different note i, ve changed my dvd provider to cinema paradiso from sofa cinema, got sick to death of them as well,waiting ages for films at the top of my list only for them to appear on sky first. i,ve a similar price and package with paradiso but it has the advantage of being able to list my films in the order i want them and more improtantly with a lot of packages if you dont use your monthly quota tough, with paradiso any unused quota carries over which imho is only fair.

[Ondine]

Anyone seen "In Bruges"?

[SeanMacGabhann]

oooh yes Ondine - loved it. A few of us saw it at the time an posted thoughts

here

The DVD is out next month I think