What are you watching tonight?

[Worthy4England]

You could've saved yourself the bother and just become really disappointed somewhere around S1E2...

[General Mannerheim]

watched 'London Road' this morning. have had it on my watchlist a while despite some very mixed reviews and a poor score on imdb. but Olivia Coleman is in it which is enough for me... based on the National Theatre musical about the Ipswich Ripper murders in 2006.

bit of a strange one, interesting that the entire dialogue (lyrics) are the actual words of London Road residents recorded in interviews during the manhunt and the aftermath. Its quite surreal, the schadenfreude in me wanted more gory details but the murders are not depicted, in fact you never see any of the victims, or the killer - only clips of news reels reporting another body, except the newscasters are singing their reports! it goes past the arrest and conviction and focuses on the residents trying to restore some pride into their community, i found this half of the film a bit boring. Definitely one to watch tho, certainly original!

[Harry Genshaw]

watched 'London Road' this morning. have had it on my watchlist a while despite some very mixed reviews and a poor score on imdb. but Olivia Coleman is in it which is enough for me... based on the National Theatre musical about the Ipswich Ripper murders in 2006.

bit of a strange one, interesting that the entire dialogue (lyrics) are the actual words of London Road residents recorded in interviews during the manhunt and the aftermath. Its quite surreal, the schadenfreude in me wanted more gory details but the murders are not depicted, in fact you never see any of the victims, or the killer - only clips of news reels reporting another body, except the newscasters are singing their reports! it goes past the arrest and conviction and focuses on the residents trying to restore some pride into their community, i found this half of the film a bit boring. Definitely one to watch tho, certainly original!

It's a brave move to do a musical on something so brutal and recent!

[General Mannerheim]

yeah i thinks thats what offended the more negative reviewers. critics seem to like it. and the stage show was a success.

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[thebish]

speaking of Homeland...

[jmjhb]

An Argentinian film this evening -The secret in their eyes - picked it up on a recommendation and really pleased I did. A clever and tense thriller based on a retired prosecutor writing a book on an unsolved case he'd worked on. 8/10

Great film. The scene at the football match is brilliant.

They are actually doing an English-language remake of it , think it's out next month.

[TANGODANCER]

The odd little tale of Mr Holmes as done by the B.B.C. film. Ever good at other era productions B.B.C have Ian McKellen playing a 93 year old Sherlock Holmes suffering from dementia as he tries to recollect an unsolved case from his past. Fifteen year old Milo Parker is brilliant as his housekeeper's son. Possibly not for everyone, but I enjoyed it.

[clapton is god]

^ I watched that only yesterday and thought it was a very gentle film, British to its core and very well done. As you say though, perhaps not for everyone.

[TANGODANCER]

^ I watched that only yesterday and thought it was a very gentle film, British to its core and very well done. As you say though, perhaps not for everyone.

Sums it up well Clapton. I love films where steam train eras figure, although I prefer to picture Holmes in deerstalker and pipe. Why try to dispel myths where the characters are fictional anyway? That said, I had to laugh when, on that topic Holmes says, ( loosely) "Deerstalkers, never wore one, as for pipes I always preferred a cigar"..Rotters..

[clapton is god]

I'm sure that some on here will be stalwart supporters of this very worthwhile petition I really do.

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[William the White]

I'm sure that some on here will be stalwart supporters of this very worthwhile petition I really do.

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Shudder...

[clapton is god]

I had an unexpected afternoon off today so myself and Mrs C went to the Trafford Centre Imax to see Guillermo Del Toro's Crimson Peak.

An American Gothic horror movie, the first horror I have been to seen for many years. Always visually stunning, ever so slightly silly and predictable, but a good old character romp though the blood flowing walls of a crumbling Cumberland mansion. Yep, it was okay, good, probably better than that.

This was the very first showing, I believe, and there was just four people inside the cinema. Don't expect a long run. And how loud is that Imax ad at the start of the film!

[Worthy4England]

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The BBC is showing professional gaming, live....

This appears to be two teams of Koreans playing professional video games, watched by around 32m people online. Bizarre.

[KeyserSoze]

It's bigger than the film industry isn't it? Or have i just made that up.

Just read that in 2013, League of Legends was worth US$624m. Not to be sniffed at.

Wasn't Stuart Holden a semi-professional gamer as well at some point? Sure he used to play Counterstrike competitively.

[Worthy4England]

It's bigger than the film industry isn't it? Or have i just made that up.

Just read that in 2013, League of Legends was worth US$624m. Not to be sniffed at.

Wasn't Stuart Holden a semi-professional gamer as well at some point? Sure he used to play Counterstrike competitively.

That's what's on at the moment - League of Legends... SKT are pwning AHQ. very, very strange...

[thebish]

It's bigger than the film industry isn't it? Or have i just made that up.

Just read that in 2013, League of Legends was worth US$624m. Not to be sniffed at.

Wasn't Stuart Holden a semi-professional gamer as well at some point? Sure he used to play Counterstrike competitively.

you've made it up the film industry is quite a bit bigger (2/3 as big again-ish) - but then the UK games industry doesn't get the massive govt support that the UK film industry gets...

holden was quite good until he knacked his cruciate controller cartilage...

[BWFC_Insane]

It's bigger than the film industry isn't it? Or have i just made that up.

Just read that in 2013, League of Legends was worth US$624m. Not to be sniffed at.

Wasn't Stuart Holden a semi-professional gamer as well at some point? Sure he used to play Counterstrike competitively.

you've made it up the film industry is quite a bit bigger (2/3 as big again-ish) - but then the UK games industry doesn't get the massive govt support that the UK film industry gets...

holden was quite good until he knacked his cruciate controller cartilage...

Pretty sure the gaming industry makes more money than films do globally now. Have done for a few years I think.

[thebish]

maybe - but not in the UK...

[General Mannerheim]

Watched Danny Collins this morning. bit of a familiar 'father tries to make amends to his estranged son' tale but its quite endearing and Pacino not doing Pacino was refreshing too. enjoyed it.

[General Mannerheim]

really liked The Martian. have not read the book to compare but the film is great.