Driving home from a "delightful" morning in the supermarket , I was still trying to name the espionage movie with Hackman and Will Smith ..... Ha ! That's definitely a multi-watchable movie . Good performances from the supporting actors ... Jack Black , whoever played Will Smith's wife , and also the CIA goons..... .... and Lisa Bonet , while she was still reasonably sane .... not that it matters . And the person that edited that movie did a stunning job ... nobody ever notices their work. Hmm .... "Unforgiven (no Hackman) " .... you lost me with that .
I’m not much of a film buff these days, but I think it’s Clint Eastwood who is memorable in unforgiven from 1960, (Seen it several times but memory shot) and unless it’s had a remake, I couldn’t see Gene Hackman* in the credits, but could be me. *see? I nearly said Gene Roddenberry from Kiss.
It's Clint alright , with Morgan Freeman , and yer man Hackman ...... and it's excellent ! I never even knew that it was a remake until I read this just now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unforgiven
ah, I got there, but thought i was in a parallel universe for a mo when this came up:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unforgiven_(2013_film) I don't know why but neither above or 1992 propah remake came up when searched earlier.
Most of my faves have been mentioned already, but: “Rush” about the hunt and lauda f1 battle. Feels infinity watchable over and over again. Oh and ladies - you get to see Thor’s naked arse “Eddie the eagle” really surprising this one. I watched it on a plane and expected it to be shite - but it was great. Really good characterisation, had you rooting for Eddie and ramped the tension up. I actually ended up cheering at one point. Then I remembered I was on a plane, and everyone was looking at me.... Pretty much anything by Christopher Nolan - but I adore both inception and interstellar. Dunkirk is also an awesome film
Layer Cake Great performances from Michael Gambon and Kenneth Cranham as the "wise" ageing gangsters . And Daniel Craig plays Daniel Craig extremely well
One of the great crime films of the modern era. For sheer entertainment, it is hard to match it. Plus it clearly sealed Craig's future as a 007.
Bad Santa Billy Bob Thornton at his best ..... playing a total misery who's just had enough . But it's Bernie Mack and John Ritter who steal the show as store detective and manager . Definitely not suitable for kids ! there's a great scene on Youtube but I couldn't decide if I should link it .... .... the language is a little strong ! Searching this will find it ( if anyone is that interested ) Bad Santa (5/12) Movie CLIP - Bob Chipeska (2003) HD
John Malkovich what a fine actor he is in Dangerous Liaisons & Ripley's Game and maybe one or two more movies.
He knocked it out of the park in "Being John Malkovich". I couldn't imagine anyone else in that role.
Winner , winner ..... Malkovitch calmly telling the stooge that he's done a good thing by murdering some Russian gangsters .... " It's one less car on the roads , a bit less noise " and then there is " Being John Malkovitch " It's a head-twister ..... and Cameron Diaz and John Cusack are ace .
Ha ! You must have heard me typing . I've read that the Russians actually did that in the low-tech cold war era .
Someone has already mentioned Raging Bull, Casino, Taxi - right? Scorcese & De Niro movies are all great.
