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    #542
    Agent Coulson
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    David S Goyer rebooting Hellraiser he has signed on to write and produce.


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    #543
    Agent Coulson
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    This looks quite good and an interesting way to make a life story film/documentary/docufilm.

    And John DeLorean is one hell of an interesting man with one hell of an interesting life story.



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    #544
    Agent Coulson
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    Mel Gibson is remaking The Wild Bunch, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Foxx and Peter Dinklage are all in talks to join the cast.


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    #545
    Tony EH
    Registered Users Posts: 19,298 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    He really ought not to.


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    #546
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,527 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Looks like Rotten Tomatoes are re-jigging their score again: this time such that only scores from those who can prove they saw the film will count (in the final score); sounds convoluted but honestly, in principle that's a fair enough ask.

    https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/rotten-tomatoes-audience-scores-verified-fandango-ticket-buyers-1203224424/


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    #547
    Agent Coulson
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    The latest remake in the works is Scrooged with Kevin Hart producing and starring in.


    Please stop.


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    #548
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,527 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Man, is it just me or has the summer fare this year been particularly underwhelming compared to others?

    4 Marvel films (3 MCU + the X-Men; heck it's technically 5 if you could MiB), and the rest being pretty "meh"; no outright stinkers I suppose, but the whole stable so far has felt particularly disappointing. Endgame was the best of the lot so far, but for me that was more of a 'series finale' to a show I've been watching the last 10 years.


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    #549
    El Duda
    Registered Users Posts: 881 ✭✭✭El Duda


    pixelburp wrote: »
    Man, is it just me or has the summer fare this year been particularly underwhelming compared to others?




    Angry Birds 2 isn't even out yet


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    #550
    pixelburp
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    Haha, oh god.

    The third MCU film is out in a couple of weeks and I just couldn't be bothered; Endgame has kinda overstimulated my palette for the series, and that' speaking as someone broadly supportive of it until now.


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    #551
    sacamano
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    IFI Refurb

    I see the IFI are looking for a few quid to finish off the funding for a refurbishment of Screen 1 later this year.
    The refurbishment plan will incorporate brand-new premium seats, extended leg room, new carpets and acoustic panelling

    Haven't been to the IFI in over a year (hate Screen 1 and Screen 2 is falling apart) but shame that they're not fixing the entire seating plan instead of putting in some premium seats. And maybe it's just me but the air con (if there even is any) needed fixing. Any more than 50 people in that room and it gets a bit stuffy.


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    #552
    Drumpot
    Registered Users Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    Watching speed, enjoying the nostalgia.

    But less people would prob of died had Keanu just let the bus explode.

    It Ploughs through the city, we don’t know how many injuries or deaths come from that. When they get off the bus the leave it to drive wherever it wants in La Airport and it could of ended up killing hundreds had it not ploughed into a commercial jet. Like he jumped off a bus with a bomb and left it to go wherever! And then when he’s tying to get into the train station he shoots in a door that has innocent people fleeing away. How did he not shoot a few of them!!

    And then he’s just the unlukiest guy in the world. Finally gets the bus to a freeway that’s not being used and it’s not finished. Then he gets stuck on a train on a track that isn’t finished so he speeds the train up to derail it. With absolutely no idea if there are any innocent people in other carriages and the train ploughs through a building site onto the Main Street.

    I must add , none of this affected my enjoyment. Keanu saved the girl so it was all worth it.


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    #553
    FunLover18
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    Drumpot wrote: »
    I must add , none of this affected my enjoyment. Keanu saved the girl so it was all worth it.

    More importantly he had the sense not to come back for the sequel which I've never seen but have heard is truly awful. The podcast Film Stories just did an episode on Speed which is worth a listen


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    #554
    CastorTroy
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    The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down.

    I've said before that it's mad how often films and tv shows have loads of people dying just to save 1 person


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    #555
    pixelburp
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    The most recent Die Hard was a pretty 'good' example of this; our hero John McClane, crushing and smashing occupied cars on the Moscow highway, killing dozens.

    Arguably Avengers: Endgame was also an example, when you backed away from the character drama, Stark put his doe-eyed daughter ahead of the global catastrophe of billions of people blinking out of existence (and millions more presumably dying from the wars, famine and chaos caused by those people evaporating).


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    #556
    The Black Oil
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    This American Life replayed an episode recently, 'Random Acts of History' - I'd not heard it before. Basically, a bunch of high school kids were taken to see Schindler's List, back in the day. They were asked to leave after an hour and this all blew up in the media, etc. They were a bit ignorant, but probably a little young for it. Thought the show covered it well. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/644/random-acts-of-history

    I mentioned this in TV, the Dick Cavett Show is an old US talk shot that started popping up on Youtube.

    This just appeared.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJFQQY2BJDs

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    #557
    Tony EH
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    ^

    I watch Dick Cavett all the time on YouTube. Never saw it when it was on tele of course. Too young and not American. But, he was a really fine interviewer and actually talked to guests. The people he had on are fascinating too. It's great to see the various personalities, a lot of whom are dead now.

    Unlike today, where US chat shows -and those this side of the pond too - are now merely vehicles for flogging shit.

    If there is one thing I despise about modern times, it's that everything is an empty marketing tool. Soulless and worthless. Even most movies are just long adverts now.


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    #558
    The Black Oil
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    THR do roundtables, usually around awards season. They can be pretty good, but it depends on who the host is. Stephen Galloway always gets stick in the comments for interrupting. They don't really go past the hour, I wish they'd just post the full thing without editing and the questions tend to be kinda fairly similar. But yes, old school chat shows are largely dead re the art of conversation.

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    #559
    The Black Oil
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    Nice, would have had no idea otherwise.

    https://twitter.com/vashikoo/status/1163981567980478465

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    #560
    Dades
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    ^^ That is the coolest thing I've seen in a while. :)


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    #561
    The Black Oil
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    Tony EH wrote: »
    ^

    I watch Dick Cavett all the time on YouTube. Never saw it when it was on tele of course. Too young and not American. But, he was a really fine interviewer and actually talked to guests. The people he had on are fascinating too. It's great to see the various personalities, a lot of whom are dead now.

    Unlike today, where US chat shows -and those this side of the pond too - are now merely vehicles for flogging shit.

    If there is one thing I despise about modern times, it's that everything is an empty marketing tool. Soulless and worthless. Even most movies are just long adverts now.

    Cavett's show is on Amazon in some form. Not sure if it's restricted to the UK, though.
    Included with Shout! Factory TV on Amazon for £2.99/month after trial

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    #562
    Agent Coulson
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    https://twitter.com/WishIllinois/status/1167084427773710336


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    #563
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,527 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Things I didn't know about Sergio Leone movies: apparently the score was played on set while the actors emoted. I knew temp. music is often used by directors in the editing room, but never thought they'd actually use it during shooting. I can see the thinking behind it...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiQLHL10BYo


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    #564
    Dades
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    I wonder was George Lucas playing John Williams during this scene... otherwise was this really what was happening...



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    #565
    silverharp
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    go home hollywood you are drunk


    https://twitter.com/Cary_Elwes/status/1174124906327330816

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    #566
    FunLover18
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    Rob Reiner directed it.

    William Goldman adapted the screenplay from his own book.

    'da f*ck is Norman Lear!?


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    #567
    mikhail
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    FunLover18 wrote: »
    Rob Reiner directed it.

    William Goldman adapted the screenplay from his own book.

    'da f*ck is Norman Lear!?
    He was a producer on it. Bizarre to attribute the movie to him. Sid Sheinberg's Jaws, anyone?


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    #568
    pixelburp
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    In all the myriad of Think Pieces, write-ups, retrospectives, praise, reviews - and even the occasional criticism - of The Princess Bride, I've never read the name Norman Lear. Bizarre attribution to use there.

    It's like writing about "John Peters' 1989 Batman film"


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    #569
    Sad Professor
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    Dades wrote: »
    I wonder was George Lucas playing John Williams during this scene... otherwise was this really what was happening...


    Star Wars was heavily temp tracked with Holst, Dvorak etc, which Williams based his score on. So it's quite likely Lucas shot that scene knowing more or less what the music would be like, though I doubt he actually played it on set.


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    #570
    Agent Coulson
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    Another reboot in the works WB look like they are rebooting New Jack City.


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    #571
    Sonics2k
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    Shamelessly stealing this one from Reddit, but not sure if this is quite worthy of it's own thread.

    Some movies just have fantastic opening scenes and 28 Weeks Later is up there with the best of them. Video below is obviously NSFW

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVnz6hlC3pQ


    While the movie itself wasn't nearly as good as 28 Days Later, I remember seeing this one in the cinema and the opening really got my heart racing.


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