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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by Annoyed Grunt » Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:47 pm

Worlds Scariest Plane Landings at them minute.

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by thebish » Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:59 pm

thebish wrote:did anyone watch Borgen? if so - was it any good?
ok - no takers!! (BBC4)

watched the first part last night (and will watch the second part tonight)

was pretty much immediately drawn in - might be a slow pot-boiler, but it is well paced..

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by Annoyed Grunt » Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:42 pm

Seeing as it's Friday the 13th, erm, Friday the 13th Part 2.

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by Lord Kangana » Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:43 pm

REM at the BBC on 3 or 4.
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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by bobo the clown » Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:18 pm

The TV series of Tinker, Tailor ... with Alec Guiness, on DVD.

Love it.

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by 2399 » Sat Jan 14, 2012 6:42 am

Annoyed Grunt wrote:Seeing as it's Friday the 13th, erm, Friday the 13th Part 2.
Last night I was at my parents looking through the movie channels to see what was on (We get basic plus sport, so nothing ; NO MOVIES, NO HISTORY DOCOs , NO TELETUBBIES and NO WORTHWHILE TV SHOWS)

There was all six of Nightmare on Elm Streets, starting at 8:30PM! followed by a new one I think.

That would of been awesome to try and watch, 'Gotta stay awake!' :o

I have never seen any Elm Streets :o

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by clapton is god » Sat Jan 14, 2012 7:55 am

bobo the clown wrote:The TV series of Tinker, Tailor ... with Alec Guiness, on DVD.

Love it.

Smiley's People to follow soon.
Watched this a few months back and thought it very dated but still very watchable. I recorded The Spy Who Came in from the Cold this week with Richard Burton. George Smiley makes an appearance in that too but played by Rupert Davies who went on to play Maigret.

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by Annoyed Grunt » Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:47 am

Started watching Abandoned this morning, looks like a made for tv movie. Stars Brittany Murphy in her penultimate role.

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by thebish » Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:32 am

bobo the clown wrote:The TV series of Tinker, Tailor ... with Alec Guiness, on DVD.

anyone on here been to see the recent film of that?

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by clapton is god » Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:34 am

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bobo the clown wrote:The TV series of Tinker, Tailor ... with Alec Guiness, on DVD.

anyone on here been to see the recent film of that?
Yes, we saw that. Very atmospheric film, but fell a bit short of the hype surrounding it for me. Still worth a watch though.

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by clapton is god » Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:29 pm

Popping down to th'Odeon at the Trafford Centre this evening to see War Horse. Been waiting for this film for about a year.

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by bobo the clown » Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:30 pm

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thebish wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:The TV series of Tinker, Tailor ... with Alec Guiness, on DVD.
anyone on here been to see the recent film of that?
Yes, we saw that. Very atmospheric film, but fell a bit short of the hype surrounding it for me. Still worth a watch though.
Yes, ditto.

Very well crafted film, but to squeeze it into 2 hrs required compression and corner cutting which didn't do it favours. Some elements were infeasible also (Control's flat being untouched for months after his death (spoiler ???) until Smiley got to go through it .... as if).

Worth a watch, but realise its limitations.

CiG ... agree that the TV one is dated, but that's just how it is I'm afraid. Well worth the watch though.

I'm a massive fan of the BBC Radio adaptations, the first ones ... with Bernard Hepton as Smiley. Unfortunately they haven't yet transferred it to CD. The recent Russell Beale ones were OK, but not quite up to scratch.
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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by Jakerbeef » Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:57 am

Watched an oldie the other week...The Second Coming with Christopher Eccleston.

Laughable ending aside it was entertaining enough. Russel t Davies is a preachy knob though and I don't know if I fancy giving "new" Doctor Who a go after that...

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by Bruce Rioja » Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:18 am

Watched The Believer last night on the recommendations of The General and Lofthouse Lower. Powerful and gripping stuff indeed.
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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by BWFC_Insane » Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:28 am

Watched limitless last night...not bad...till the last half hour, the ending part was weak IMO.

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by Bruce Rioja » Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:33 am

BWFC_Insane wrote:Watched limitless last night...not bad...till the last half hour, the ending part was weak IMO.
Like I've said, if he was that clever he'd have worked out how to make them himself ;)
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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by Verbal » Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:50 am

Sherlock last night. After a pretty messy second episode the final one was...fantastic, I felt.

Needs another viewing though to get my head around it...
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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by thebish » Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:52 am

Verbal wrote:Sherlock last night. After a pretty messy second episode the final one was...fantastic, I felt.

Needs another viewing though to get my head around it...

so - what did he ask Molly to do? guesses - anyone?

I'm going for... an overnight cloning procedure... :wink:

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by BWFC_Insane » Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:26 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:
BWFC_Insane wrote:Watched limitless last night...not bad...till the last half hour, the ending part was weak IMO.
Like I've said, if he was that clever he'd have worked out how to make them himself ;)
Maybe he did? But with the rather sudden ending you'd never know.......

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by 2399 » Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:04 pm

Just put on the replay of the 69th Golden Globes.


Winslet won one

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