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    VIGIL- A masterpiece series from the U.K.

    Has anyone seen the new British series called VIGIL? It is another superb series that the British do so well .A flawless who-done-it crime series about a murder on a submarine. There are more twists and turns than a roller coaster has. There are only 6 episodes in the series. It...
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    RRR (2022)

    A very enjoyable and fast moving film. Very over the top but a very engaging story. Pity that they had to (as most Indian films do ) shove musical song and dance sequences in the film that had no relation to the story. A song sung during a brutal torture scene was very out of...
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    Titanic (1997)

    Totally agree with you. Watched it many times since it was first released and never tire of see it. Great book as well. Far superior to Cameron's soap opera which made a lot of money.if nothing else. I understand that Titanic was the third biggest sea tragety as far as the number of...
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    The Orville - Season 3

    I agree-great show.Just a pity that Seth McFarlane is a far better writer than he is an actor.
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    Elvis (2022)

    The film got panned in the New Zealand press to-day for being bloated among other things.
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    The Devils (1971)

    Is it the full uncut version that was never seen in cinemas? I have it on dvd. Most dvd releases were the same as the cinema release.
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    Man Vs Bee (2022)

    Watched the whole series-it only takes about 90min. Amusing in parts but Rowan Atkinson has made much better and funnier comedies. Bit silly having 10 min episodes -better to have just one long movie- actually it is a very short movie.
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    Elvis (2022)

    Both ROCKETMAN and BOHEMIAN RHAPOSDY were suburb movies?
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    Elvis (2022)

    The Australian made film has been getting the thumbs down from critics in Australia where it opened to-day. Will it be another Baz's flop?
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    The Golden Girls: Any Hope of a Blu-ray Release?

    GOLDEN GIRLS - is a true classic comedy series. It never dates. It was probably the only American comedy series that I thought was actually funny. Brilliantly written- the likes of which I have never seen before in American comedy tv series.
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    Favorite Old School 70mm Cinemas

    For screen size you could not beat the Embassy in Wellington.New Zealand which had the largest screen for 70mm projection in the Southern Hemisphere. Sadly they no longer have 70mm projection and the screen size is smaller than the days of 70mm projection in the late fifties/early sixties...
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    Favorite Old School 70mm Cinemas

    Wellington had 5 CBD cinemas (out of 12) that had double features. All suburban cinemas had double features also.
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    The 2022 Sight and Sound Poll Looms

    SIGHT AND SOUND my all time favourite film magazine and the only one that I subscribe to. My 25 favourite films of all time have been listed elsewhere on HTF so no need to list here again. Only one English speaking film appears on my 10 favourite films seen and that was LAWRENCE OF...
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    ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS

    It's my al time favourite film. I have watched in many times and I never fail to be moved. by the film.
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    Gay-Friendly Blu-rays

    I watched the first two episodes of the new QUEER AS FOLK series. I adored both the original British and later U.S.A. series but this new series (so far) is woeful. A huge disappointment after expecting it to be much better. One of the characters is in a wheelchair. Did they use a real...
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    Pre-Order The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    A superb movie. It was released in 1960 as THE MAN WITH THE GREEN CARNATION due to their being another 1960 film called OSCAR WILDE with Robert Morley and him giving his best ever performance.. I consider that film to be the best of the two films on the same subject.
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    Gay-Friendly Blu-rays

    I watched FIRE ISLAND last night and I was completely bored with it. It was the worst gay movie that I have seen in many years. Truly garbage. Who ever wrote the screenplay has a lot to learn about writing a script. The film was completely devoid of a story..One of the very worst films that...
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    The Northman (2022)

    Nothing bizarre about it. It seems to be common in some films film whereby snowflakes fall everywhere and on people but they are never seen actually falling on people. Probably the snowflakes are falling in front of the camera only to give the illusion that it is snowing.
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    The Northman (2022)

    Pity about the snowflakes falling on the cast but are never seen on them. Where did they go?
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    What's your go to comfort food TV show or movie?

    I never eat or drink when watching a movie and hate those who do.
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    The Horror Movie Appreciation Thread

    I only like horror films from the fifties and sixties. Can't ever being impressed with any from the seventies onwards.
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    PSYCHO UNCUT - exactly what is different?

    The film was never cut in Australia or New Zealand upon it's original cinema release. It was shown as Hitchcock intended..I understand (correct me if I am wrong) that Australia was the first country to show the film completely uncut on television. That was many decades ago.
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    You only get to watch the creations of 5 directors…. Deserted island

    I have to disagree with you that films from Visconti and Fellini etc having very little name recognition and that their films had limited distribution outside Europe. Maybe that is the case in the USA but certainly not where I was born ( New Zealand ) and where I now live ( in...
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    You only get to watch the creations of 5 directors…. Deserted island

    Forgot to include Ingmar Bergman as a favourite
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    You only get to watch the creations of 5 directors…. Deserted island

    My 5 favourite directors are all dead except for the first on my list. JANE CAMPION FEDERICO FELLINI LUCHINO VISCONTI BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI HENRI GEORGES CLOUZOT Most of other readers lists are all or mostly American. There are no American directors still living that impress me but I...
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    The Offer (2022)

    Stayed up until 2am this morning and watched the first 4 (out of 10) episodes. Up there with the very best series that I seen so far this year . If you love a story of Hollywood in the seventies then you will love this show. I couldn't fault anything in THE OFFER. Brilliant in every...
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    We Own This City - HBO - New Limited Series from David Simon

    Working in show business during the day and also most evenings, I never had the time to watch TV. Only watched dvds in my spare time.
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    Elvis (2022)

    Having Baz Luhrmann as the director is enough to put me off seeing it. I have never been a fan of Baz as a director. His woeful, tedious and overlong flop AUSTRALIA will be re - issued as a mini series with unseen material added to it. Heaven forbid.
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    We Own This City - HBO - New Limited Series from David Simon

    I have never heard of any of these shows other than THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA which I could only watch the first episode as I never liked it. I may watch the second episode and see if I like it better.
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    We Own This City - HBO - New Limited Series from David Simon

    I can't disagree with that. Truly a masterpiece.
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