What are you watching right now???

I was utterly charmed by the first season (Sting cameo, ya’ll!!), and the second season premiere dropped today.

This takes the investigation in a whole new direction! :wink:

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Very tall Tamara Dobson’s cool as hell and Bernie Casey, 'nuff said. On the other hand, Shelley Winters could strip paint with that voice, and it’s probably got too many characters popping up here and there, otherwise it’s one of the better blaxploitation flicks I’ve seen… directed by the guy who parodied Gabby Hayes in Blazing Saddles.

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The Million Eyes of Su-Muru

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Anne Andy Murray taking on big John Isner at Wimbledon. The American took the first set but Andy’s got the break in the second so hopefully he can see it out. Woops, I wasn’t paying attention as I was listing something on eBay. The crowd were cheering a big hold from Murray not a break

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Big John won in the end, 3 sets to 1. Must be bad enough facing down his massive serve at the best of times never mind when you have a metal hip (I suppose Andy might have that in common with Anne lol). Classy comments from John in the post-match interview too. Good luck to him for the rest of the tournament.

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Considered the lesser of the two, but in some ways, I enjoyed this more. “Casino of Gold” was a co-production with Shaw Brothers, and because of that you get improved action sequences. And I like the pairing of Cleopatra with Mi Ling, played by Tanny Tien-Ni (Black Magic, The Magic Blade).

Stella Stevens is the white, lesbian drug lord in this one, she’s not comedic and shrill like Shelley, Stella’s a lot cooler and more dangerous.

Exciting finish, too bad they never made a third.

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“We made a pact to push each other’s minds to the limit. And beyond. Naturally, we both became fascinated with the occult. One night, Larry suggested we try and open the gates of hell right here in the canteen. I pleaded with him. I said, ‘No. Don’t.’ But he insisted.”

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The Front (1976). It’s about the communist black list of the 1950s. I thought that this was my first time watching it, but I checked my IMDb and it turns out I’ve already seen it.

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A pox on the phony king of England!

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Snatch was good, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was better, but Revolver was on a whole other level. Most Guy Ritchie films are dang good IMHO. “Too late too late will be the cry when the man with the bargains has passed you by.” The dialogue in his earlier films was just brilliant. :+1:

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Saw the first two episodes of season 2 with my son. Looking forward to seeing how this season plays out. So far so good.

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By the bye, have you seen that before, @Serein?

Such a fantastic movie. Definitely unlike the majority of David Lynch’s surrealistic filmography, but something really impressive all the same. Richard Farnsworth came through with an unshakable, heartfelt performance.

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Yeah, it’s a wonderful film and it’s my £3.99 buy on iTunes this week. It’s funny, charming, heartfelt and can really tug at the heartstrings without being mawkish. Farnsworth’s performance is just superb, especially as he gets closer to the end of his journey and you can really feel Alvin’s anxiety and trepidation about what was - or worse, was not - waiting for him at the end of it. The end itself probably makes me cry more than any other film. It’s so perfect.

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The Seventh Curse (1986). My 88-films special edition arrived today. I haven’t seen this before but I know of it as it’s featured in In Search of Darkness part II.

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I saw the Straight Story in the theater and just loved it - it was so different from the usual Lynch. And I agree, Farnsworth was pretty special, I even named him my best actor for that year (Joining my best actress, Reese Witherspoon in “Election”)

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Well, Seventh Curse is pretty out there. A Golden Harvest action-horror but with the full-on craziness of the Shaw Brothers horror films of the early-to-mid 80s complete with gratuitous nudity and gore. An entertaining 83 minutes of sensory overload anyway.

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My god, I never realized Straight Story was David Lynch. It is not even remotely in the line of what I would think about with him.

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Santo. but not the good one. That really narrows it down now, don’t it? :laughing:

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