I am working my way through the Maigret novels, currently at no. 41 of 75.
I am a bit young to remember Rupert Davies but I did like Michael Gambon as Maigret. Rowen Atkinson looked like he was in for a good run of adaptations but unfortunately that came to an abrupt end.
Depardieu brings to the role a much harder edge and it will be interesting if he makes any more films as Maigret.
An alltime favourite. Marisa Tomei as my first screen crush and every line just hilarious. I think more quotes from this film have made it into my family’s daily lexicon than anything else.
I had to put on the subtitles watching this, as the 1950s Brooklyn lingo comes thick and fast.
Tall tale of sniffing out corruption. Chock full of stereotypes and tropes, yet feels lovingly assembled, with some great shots.
Perhaps one to watch with the guys and a few beers again.
A mild horror film for Halloween (my wife scares easily). Think Groundhog Day (it is even referenced at the end) but using it to find the killer. Neat twist at the end. 7/10.
I will join you on admiring both the film & the marvellous Marisa - definite crush for a wonderful actress. Such a good film with wonderful lines as you say.
It’s become like Pavlov’s Dogs for me. I just see that first shot of the pink dripping sink in the motel and before they have even said one line of the scene I’m starting to crack up.
My wife doesn’t speak much English but for twenty years, when she thinks I’m wrong, (which is a lot) she’ll do a Brooklyn accent and utter, “are you shure?”
The only comedy I’ve seen more often is L.A. Story.
Quite an unlikely story of a rogue IRA cell and a father intent on avenging the death of his daughter. Chan can still kick the bad guys, even at his age. 6/10.
Watched last night. The ultimate disaster movie l, great cast. Excellent picture quality and sound. It did make me think about the poor people trapped in the world trade centre on 9/11 yrying to escape the heat and smoke. Terrifying…
This is hard to believe, especially as there used to be a policy of not showing films on flights that would cause people unease, but on October 1st 2001 I boarded a long haul flight on BA out of Heathrow. Back then the inflight was just several movies played on repeat on several channels.
Just 20 days after 9/11. Their two available flicks were Towering Inferno and Passenger 57.
To say that was a WTF? moment was an understatement.
Lion, a rather nice film, I’d give it an 8 out 10.
It’s based on a true story. A 5 year old Indian boy gets lost after getting on a train. The Indian authorities are unable to find his mother so he is put into ‘care’. After some time he is adopted by an Australian couple and moves abroad.
I’m pretty sure you can see where the story is going.
Finally got round to Dune Part Two yesterday after it sat on my shelf for over half a year. Others have posted it many times so I won’t repeat the artwork but suffice to say superb.
I basically built my home cinema for the Dune films and they did not disappoint.
Neither this nor the 1984 interpretation from Lynch were totally faithful to the books but the changes for both helped them map to a visual format. I feel that set and costume design between the two generations of Dune were very similar which is good. Lynche’s was a total mess but it got the look and feel of the books spot on and Villeneuve’s seems to have recognised that and not drastically strayed from the two things Lynch’s got right.
A few said Part Two was overly long but I thought it was about right. I’d very much like to see Dune Messiah translated to film and Children of Dune but I accept it’s a tougher ask. Sometimes it’s better to quit while you are ahead. Someone finally filmed the book that was “unfilmable” after all - they only get harder and less commercially appealing.
Yes I had known that Messiah was in pre pro for a while now. Though a lot can change and even get cancelled at that stage.
If it was my decision (obviously it isn’t), I’d also do Children of Dune. While Messiah is arguably the best book in the series (the dark one Herbert wrote immediately after the death of his wife) and sets up Duncan is the real thread throughout it all, I feel that Children of Dune with a cinematic telling of young siblings shedding their humanity could be very powerful on screen.