Been trying to download 'RUSH' for weeks from all sorts of places with no success. Anybody done a successful download?The Recommended Movies Thread
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Been trying to download 'RUSH' for weeks from all sorts of places with no success. Anybody done a successful download?RICHARD OF LOXLEY
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
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can only see cams at the momentrichard wrote:
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I think you have to wait a little while before DVD or Blu-Ray rips of Rush gets available. The movie is supposed to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the US on January 28 according to Amazon.
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two that, at the mo, are doing the round in somewhat watchable quality CAMs, although in both cases Id recc waiting till proper DVDRIPS are out
THOR: THE DARK WORLD
After the climactic end of installment 1 (and the events of THE AVENGERS) the Asgardians repair Bifrost and begin trying to bring the warring 9 Realms under control. However, in a deep dark corner of the multiverse the old enemy awakes - Dark Elves - and set their eyes on regaining their ultimate weapon previously confiscated by the Asgardians.... the Aether. Unfortunately the hapless meddlings of earthling love interest Dr Jane Foster have resulted in the Aether infecting her and using her as a host, so now the Dark Elves are after her so they can destroy the whole 9 Realms and usher in a new age of darkness.....cue big things exploding.
Its a good fun romp and full of epic biffs, bangs and bashes, but it has none of the storyline heavy scripting of the first installment and is a little more like a special needs cousin to the first Ken Branagh directed outing. It also seems to have got a bad dose of GameOfThronesItis and gone all Lord Of The Rings mock medieval Ren Faire ish rather than the glowing art deco designs of the first flick.
Its still a stomping good cross between Conan and superhero flicks, and theres plenty of eye candy even if the cheesyness is whiffier and the IQ level lower. Well worth a watch when it comes out in proper DVDRIPs....also a good reason is there are no subs for the bits in Dark Elvish....which are significant.
Three hearty beer quaffing hammer swinging hoorahs and a keeper in cleaner DVDRIP format
then we move onto
HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE
After surviving the last round of gladitorial games it seems old Catniss and Peeta have started a bit of a rebellion across the slave districts of Panem, which causes old Bad Santa President Snow to have a shit fit, and so to stamp out the pesky plebs he needs to change the rules of the game and kill Catniss and her pasty patsy. Soooooooo, he changes the game entirely so the players are all past champions....and throws Catniss and Peeta into a killing match with all hardened killers of days gone by. Oh the humanity....
Sounds like ROLLERBALL eh? (ie - Champion of a deadly game becomes a hero for the oppressed who rise up, so elites change game to make it more deadly, only for the hero to still succeed). Deary me, first the author ripped off BATTLE ROYALE, then in book 2 ROLLERBALL. Whats up for round 3? RUNNING MAN perhaps? (Actually, having read a plot synopsis for the third book Mocking-jay its exactly a damn rip off of the third "act" of Running Man. Jeezus!)
what gets me is its not only ROLLERBALL for teens, its also sodding turgid. An hour and a half of the lass bleating about poor old me and how the world is so damn unfair, then a choppy, messy and downright dumb match where the supposedly triple hard killers drop like flies and are about as deadly as a mild dose of the trots.
Did I like it.... no. Somehow it manages to be more insipid and pointless than the first, and thats a proper achievement, and even duller and dumber. Will it make mega millions from the slavish adoring pre teen fans? Of coooooooourse!
Trash Twighlight cack for teen girls. Give me the real deal.... Jonathon E raising that bloody spike knuckled glove as he skates round a rink full of battered and bloody corpses before mashing the steel ball home for a final win.
dropped it, watched it, junked it. Game over
THOR: THE DARK WORLD
After the climactic end of installment 1 (and the events of THE AVENGERS) the Asgardians repair Bifrost and begin trying to bring the warring 9 Realms under control. However, in a deep dark corner of the multiverse the old enemy awakes - Dark Elves - and set their eyes on regaining their ultimate weapon previously confiscated by the Asgardians.... the Aether. Unfortunately the hapless meddlings of earthling love interest Dr Jane Foster have resulted in the Aether infecting her and using her as a host, so now the Dark Elves are after her so they can destroy the whole 9 Realms and usher in a new age of darkness.....cue big things exploding.
Its a good fun romp and full of epic biffs, bangs and bashes, but it has none of the storyline heavy scripting of the first installment and is a little more like a special needs cousin to the first Ken Branagh directed outing. It also seems to have got a bad dose of GameOfThronesItis and gone all Lord Of The Rings mock medieval Ren Faire ish rather than the glowing art deco designs of the first flick.
Its still a stomping good cross between Conan and superhero flicks, and theres plenty of eye candy even if the cheesyness is whiffier and the IQ level lower. Well worth a watch when it comes out in proper DVDRIPs....also a good reason is there are no subs for the bits in Dark Elvish....which are significant.
Three hearty beer quaffing hammer swinging hoorahs and a keeper in cleaner DVDRIP format
then we move onto
HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE
After surviving the last round of gladitorial games it seems old Catniss and Peeta have started a bit of a rebellion across the slave districts of Panem, which causes old Bad Santa President Snow to have a shit fit, and so to stamp out the pesky plebs he needs to change the rules of the game and kill Catniss and her pasty patsy. Soooooooo, he changes the game entirely so the players are all past champions....and throws Catniss and Peeta into a killing match with all hardened killers of days gone by. Oh the humanity....
Sounds like ROLLERBALL eh? (ie - Champion of a deadly game becomes a hero for the oppressed who rise up, so elites change game to make it more deadly, only for the hero to still succeed). Deary me, first the author ripped off BATTLE ROYALE, then in book 2 ROLLERBALL. Whats up for round 3? RUNNING MAN perhaps? (Actually, having read a plot synopsis for the third book Mocking-jay its exactly a damn rip off of the third "act" of Running Man. Jeezus!)
what gets me is its not only ROLLERBALL for teens, its also sodding turgid. An hour and a half of the lass bleating about poor old me and how the world is so damn unfair, then a choppy, messy and downright dumb match where the supposedly triple hard killers drop like flies and are about as deadly as a mild dose of the trots.
Did I like it.... no. Somehow it manages to be more insipid and pointless than the first, and thats a proper achievement, and even duller and dumber. Will it make mega millions from the slavish adoring pre teen fans? Of coooooooourse!
Trash Twighlight cack for teen girls. Give me the real deal.... Jonathon E raising that bloody spike knuckled glove as he skates round a rink full of battered and bloody corpses before mashing the steel ball home for a final win.
dropped it, watched it, junked it. Game over
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"To sin by silence makes cowards of men."
"To sin by silence makes cowards of men."
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GRAVITY appears to be doing the rounds in DVDRIP format based on a pre-awards season screener.
Still may be worth waiting for the BRRIP tho
Still may be worth waiting for the BRRIP tho
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ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA
BBC Film have released this "Christmas Special" type film all about Steve Coogan's radio jock alter ego onto the big screen, which I think is a bit odd as really its more of a TV special. Still....
Alan and his fellow dead end local radio disk jockeys find their cosy twee world turned on its head when North Norfolk Digital FM is bought up by a hard nosed modern media company set on swinging the scythe ushering in a new era of trendy younger jocks. First to go is Alan's mate Pat who takes things badly and goes postal, hijacking the station's new launch party and holding the staff hostage in an armed standoff with the local plod. So ever opportunistic Alan uses the situation to play the big hero and save his own job at the station by acting as the worlds worst intermediary between Pat and the plod.
Comedy in that oddly comfy Coogan style, with if not a barrel of laughs then plenty of chortles and wry smiles. Really its a two man show between Coogan's desperate to be involved Alan Partridge and the ever excellent Colm Meaney's equally desperate and mad Pat Farrell. I think the combo worked wonderfully, and there are moments of real pathos from Meaney that add contrast to the laughs. Imagine the black comedy of BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF with less northern Thatcherite grimness.
I liked it and chortled along - made a pleasant nights watching and blessed relief from the usual Hollydud dross tits and arse joke slapshtike. If you are a Coogan fan its mothers milk.....if not I dont know if you will get the joke.
Out and about in DvDRIPs all over the shop. Two cheers and a smiley
also watched, thanks to Film4, the godawful remake of THE HITCHER. Imagine all the creeping terror and horror of the first landmark shocker totally taken away and given a pointless pre-teen moms apple pie spinwash. Sean Bean should hang his shagging head in shame. Avoid like the plague and find a copy of the original - infinitely better in every single way possible.
BBC Film have released this "Christmas Special" type film all about Steve Coogan's radio jock alter ego onto the big screen, which I think is a bit odd as really its more of a TV special. Still....
Alan and his fellow dead end local radio disk jockeys find their cosy twee world turned on its head when North Norfolk Digital FM is bought up by a hard nosed modern media company set on swinging the scythe ushering in a new era of trendy younger jocks. First to go is Alan's mate Pat who takes things badly and goes postal, hijacking the station's new launch party and holding the staff hostage in an armed standoff with the local plod. So ever opportunistic Alan uses the situation to play the big hero and save his own job at the station by acting as the worlds worst intermediary between Pat and the plod.
Comedy in that oddly comfy Coogan style, with if not a barrel of laughs then plenty of chortles and wry smiles. Really its a two man show between Coogan's desperate to be involved Alan Partridge and the ever excellent Colm Meaney's equally desperate and mad Pat Farrell. I think the combo worked wonderfully, and there are moments of real pathos from Meaney that add contrast to the laughs. Imagine the black comedy of BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF with less northern Thatcherite grimness.
I liked it and chortled along - made a pleasant nights watching and blessed relief from the usual Hollydud dross tits and arse joke slapshtike. If you are a Coogan fan its mothers milk.....if not I dont know if you will get the joke.
Out and about in DvDRIPs all over the shop. Two cheers and a smiley
also watched, thanks to Film4, the godawful remake of THE HITCHER. Imagine all the creeping terror and horror of the first landmark shocker totally taken away and given a pointless pre-teen moms apple pie spinwash. Sean Bean should hang his shagging head in shame. Avoid like the plague and find a copy of the original - infinitely better in every single way possible.
"Science flew men to the moon. Religion flew men into buildings."
"To sin by silence makes cowards of men."
"To sin by silence makes cowards of men."
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American Hustle
On the one hand, it got a boatload of Golden Globe nominations, including all the big ones (Picture, Director, Screenplay, both best actors and both supporting actors). Critics love it. On the other hand, some critics hated it. I agree with the latter.
Story is very loosely based on the Abscam FBI corruption sting in the late '70s - early '80s. Story is told from the inside view, that of the FBI and con men they're using to bring down politicians. Most caper films are crisply paced, this one wanders in and out of boredom so as to serve the director's trademark purpose, which is letting good actors go at it. Almost every scene is an argument, seemingly improvised. Critics saw masterful acting, I saw scenes where, once we got to know the characters, the sequence and outcome were usually known during the setup. Thus the scenes served the actors, not the plot or the audience.
There's not a likeable character in the film. Critics saw them as complex, I saw them as self-serving criminals or low level government workers who put advancing their own career first. All but one were varying degrees of incompetent. Critics saw them trying to reinvent themselves, one of the themes of American culture. I saw people had backed themselves into a corner trying to work free, with limited tools, and limited awareness of self and situation.
It's supposed to be a black comedy. The Sopranos had occasional bits of similar black comedy when the guys kinda knew something about something that didn't matter to them, but got it wrong. American Hustle lays such comedy on thick, to where one knows as soon as a character opens his mouth about something outside his immediate world, he's probably going to get it wrong. A little comedy at the expense of ignorant people goes a long way, apparently, unless you're an elitist who could laugh all day at the rubes living in flyover country. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyover_country
The marketing department knew they had a tough sell. The first trailer contains almost no dialog.
The second trailer has some good comebacks and the funniest lines of the film.
Both trailers show restrained acting and costumes relative to the rest of the movie.
In theaters now.
On the one hand, it got a boatload of Golden Globe nominations, including all the big ones (Picture, Director, Screenplay, both best actors and both supporting actors). Critics love it. On the other hand, some critics hated it. I agree with the latter.
Story is very loosely based on the Abscam FBI corruption sting in the late '70s - early '80s. Story is told from the inside view, that of the FBI and con men they're using to bring down politicians. Most caper films are crisply paced, this one wanders in and out of boredom so as to serve the director's trademark purpose, which is letting good actors go at it. Almost every scene is an argument, seemingly improvised. Critics saw masterful acting, I saw scenes where, once we got to know the characters, the sequence and outcome were usually known during the setup. Thus the scenes served the actors, not the plot or the audience.
There's not a likeable character in the film. Critics saw them as complex, I saw them as self-serving criminals or low level government workers who put advancing their own career first. All but one were varying degrees of incompetent. Critics saw them trying to reinvent themselves, one of the themes of American culture. I saw people had backed themselves into a corner trying to work free, with limited tools, and limited awareness of self and situation.
It's supposed to be a black comedy. The Sopranos had occasional bits of similar black comedy when the guys kinda knew something about something that didn't matter to them, but got it wrong. American Hustle lays such comedy on thick, to where one knows as soon as a character opens his mouth about something outside his immediate world, he's probably going to get it wrong. A little comedy at the expense of ignorant people goes a long way, apparently, unless you're an elitist who could laugh all day at the rubes living in flyover country. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyover_country
The marketing department knew they had a tough sell. The first trailer contains almost no dialog.
The second trailer has some good comebacks and the funniest lines of the film.
Both trailers show restrained acting and costumes relative to the rest of the movie.
In theaters now.
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Downloads I have enjoyed recently
Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom
Runner Runner
Saving Mr Banks
Just downloaded Rush and will be watching later- looking forward to it hope it lives up to the billing
Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom
Runner Runner
Saving Mr Banks
Just downloaded Rush and will be watching later- looking forward to it hope it lives up to the billing
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Early Warning System (for Richard) - RUSH, the 70s Formula 1 epic, is now out in DVDRIP formats. Not watched it yet but its supposed to be a corker.
anyways
DETECTIVE DEE: RISE OF THE SEA DRAGON
Proving that its not just Hollywood who do "origins" prequels the great Chinese director Tsui Hark jumps on board and does an origins story prequel to the top marks wu jia wire fu fantasy epic DETECTIVE DEE.
Here we see how a much younger Detective Dee, the Sherlock Holmes like Chinese Imperial Court Detective, cuts his teeth on his first case - the mysterious events surrounding the sinking of the imperial battle fleet and subsequent kidnapping of a courtesan and her mysterious paramour. As plots within plots come to light Dee must struggle to bring the culprits to book, or its a quick stroll for Dee down execution alley.
Top rank stuff from Hark as usual, full of eye popping detail and lush colours, mad ass wire fu fun and games, and a ripping plot that twists like a slippery eel.
Out and about in crispy and fully subbed DVDRIPS at the usual suspects. A full on three cheers keeper.
and for lovers of historical costume drama
THE AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE
Lush costume drama chock full of A list names in the same decadent mold as DANGEROUS LIAISONS takes us back to pre-Revolution France and the machinations of Jean De Valois, a disinherited aristo with only one aim - to regain her family's confiscated estate and her title. So she engineers a little con involving a corrupt cardinal, desperate jewelers trying to sell on a fortune breaking diamond necklace, and poor old Marie Antoinette.
Based on a true story events have obviously been dressed up, as are the cast and sets in lovely lush detail and all the finery of decadent era France. Its a great little tale, well acted and a treat to watch if like me you are a fan of the historical dramas.
Came out in 2001 so it is available in DVDRIPS and BDRIPS - make sure though that the copy you drop is not subbed in Israeli as those copies are low quality and have annoying hard subs.
Three cheers and again a keeper.
anyways
DETECTIVE DEE: RISE OF THE SEA DRAGON
Proving that its not just Hollywood who do "origins" prequels the great Chinese director Tsui Hark jumps on board and does an origins story prequel to the top marks wu jia wire fu fantasy epic DETECTIVE DEE.
Here we see how a much younger Detective Dee, the Sherlock Holmes like Chinese Imperial Court Detective, cuts his teeth on his first case - the mysterious events surrounding the sinking of the imperial battle fleet and subsequent kidnapping of a courtesan and her mysterious paramour. As plots within plots come to light Dee must struggle to bring the culprits to book, or its a quick stroll for Dee down execution alley.
Top rank stuff from Hark as usual, full of eye popping detail and lush colours, mad ass wire fu fun and games, and a ripping plot that twists like a slippery eel.
Out and about in crispy and fully subbed DVDRIPS at the usual suspects. A full on three cheers keeper.
and for lovers of historical costume drama
THE AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE
Lush costume drama chock full of A list names in the same decadent mold as DANGEROUS LIAISONS takes us back to pre-Revolution France and the machinations of Jean De Valois, a disinherited aristo with only one aim - to regain her family's confiscated estate and her title. So she engineers a little con involving a corrupt cardinal, desperate jewelers trying to sell on a fortune breaking diamond necklace, and poor old Marie Antoinette.
Based on a true story events have obviously been dressed up, as are the cast and sets in lovely lush detail and all the finery of decadent era France. Its a great little tale, well acted and a treat to watch if like me you are a fan of the historical dramas.
Came out in 2001 so it is available in DVDRIPS and BDRIPS - make sure though that the copy you drop is not subbed in Israeli as those copies are low quality and have annoying hard subs.
Three cheers and again a keeper.
"Science flew men to the moon. Religion flew men into buildings."
"To sin by silence makes cowards of men."
"To sin by silence makes cowards of men."
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Just watched Zatoichi, the blind swordsman and truly enjoyed it! Good old fashioned swordplay along with those zany Japanese moments!!
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Don't know if it's available yet for download but just saw 47 RONIN and was pleased.
A mix of story, action and some mysticism mixed in.
After an action scene with Keanu Reeves Mrs M turned to me and said scornfully, "He's not gay" then went back to the movie
A mix of story, action and some mysticism mixed in.
After an action scene with Keanu Reeves Mrs M turned to me and said scornfully, "He's not gay" then went back to the movie
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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Ah thank the lord for awards season and the resultant DVDSCR (screeners) that come out as a result
THE HOBBIT : THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
So it comes to part 2 of Peter Jackson's epic version of the otherwise shortest book JRR Tolkien wrote, and Pete goes really off plot here. In the first he blended in bits of The Silmarillion and other JRR books to flesh the story out, and does the same again here.....with extra added not in any books Elves thrown in along side a new apparently ninja trained Legolas.
Its the "middle" third of the book, picking up where the last left off with our short band of brothers being chased by the big bad orc band from hell. After a stop off visit with the bear-man they head into Mirkwood, run into big spiders and mad wood elves, then its off to the mountain via Laketown for a showdown with the gold crazy dwarf hating Smaug. Wake up the dragon, chasey chasey, fight.....then boom one hell of a cliff hanger. In between we have Gandalf doing his usual off on a side quest thing and running into the only thing worse than Smaug - old one eye himself....Sauron.
Wow....what a ride.
I dont care if, as some critics have pointed out, it looks in a lot of places like a scrolling level after level arcade game....that fault lies squarely at the feet of fecking 3D asshats who insist on the arcadey cack that is needed to justify wearing their stupid tossy spaz glasses. I dont care that, as some other similarly geek fan critics have whined about, that the extra added elves look just there to fill out another hour of film. I like them in there, they fit and forward the story, and its a good side plot arc. And again the jumpy ninja stuff is all just to justify those tosspot RayBans the dicks wear. You dont get to insist on every fecking thing being in 3D, then whine when stuff gets done to satisfy your need to look like a twat while watching a film.
This flick rocks, and there is an end to it.
Out and about in DVDSCR copies which are highly watchable, but not keeper quality. When it does come out in BRRIP like the first it will be a sodding mountain of gold keeper with a big nasty dragon on top.
THE HOBBIT : THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
So it comes to part 2 of Peter Jackson's epic version of the otherwise shortest book JRR Tolkien wrote, and Pete goes really off plot here. In the first he blended in bits of The Silmarillion and other JRR books to flesh the story out, and does the same again here.....with extra added not in any books Elves thrown in along side a new apparently ninja trained Legolas.
Its the "middle" third of the book, picking up where the last left off with our short band of brothers being chased by the big bad orc band from hell. After a stop off visit with the bear-man they head into Mirkwood, run into big spiders and mad wood elves, then its off to the mountain via Laketown for a showdown with the gold crazy dwarf hating Smaug. Wake up the dragon, chasey chasey, fight.....then boom one hell of a cliff hanger. In between we have Gandalf doing his usual off on a side quest thing and running into the only thing worse than Smaug - old one eye himself....Sauron.
Wow....what a ride.
I dont care if, as some critics have pointed out, it looks in a lot of places like a scrolling level after level arcade game....that fault lies squarely at the feet of fecking 3D asshats who insist on the arcadey cack that is needed to justify wearing their stupid tossy spaz glasses. I dont care that, as some other similarly geek fan critics have whined about, that the extra added elves look just there to fill out another hour of film. I like them in there, they fit and forward the story, and its a good side plot arc. And again the jumpy ninja stuff is all just to justify those tosspot RayBans the dicks wear. You dont get to insist on every fecking thing being in 3D, then whine when stuff gets done to satisfy your need to look like a twat while watching a film.
This flick rocks, and there is an end to it.
Out and about in DVDSCR copies which are highly watchable, but not keeper quality. When it does come out in BRRIP like the first it will be a sodding mountain of gold keeper with a big nasty dragon on top.
"Science flew men to the moon. Religion flew men into buildings."
"To sin by silence makes cowards of men."
"To sin by silence makes cowards of men."
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RUSH
Ron Howard brings the epic 1976 Formula 1 season and its battle between James Hunt and Niki Lauda to the big screen in truly exhilarating style, along the way giving us the inside track on the two opposite "fire and ice" characters, ably portrayed by Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl. The good bit is that Howard didnt add to the story, and news reports around the film from Lauda himself confirm this has not been given a Hollywood spin. Daniel Brühl's portrayal of Lauda is a masterpiece, adding pathos and depth to the character. Chris Hemsworth, although a bit physically too hunky for the real world rake thin Hunt, plays the playboy prince with all the sense and control of a bag of weasels to a tee.
The race sequences are hyper kinetic and brilliantly filmed, using multiple perspectives to literally put the viewer in the driving seat of an old fashioned F1 car.....complete with the pure terror of driving what Hunt at one stage correctly calls "a bomb on wheels".
I absolutely loved it....a real high octane thrill ride and heart breaking tragedy of Shakespearian proportions. From the first scene to the last its pure excellence, and the benchmark of how racing films should be made.
Out and about in DVDRIPs at all the usual suspects, and a solid three cheers keeper all the way to the chequered flag.
Ron Howard brings the epic 1976 Formula 1 season and its battle between James Hunt and Niki Lauda to the big screen in truly exhilarating style, along the way giving us the inside track on the two opposite "fire and ice" characters, ably portrayed by Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl. The good bit is that Howard didnt add to the story, and news reports around the film from Lauda himself confirm this has not been given a Hollywood spin. Daniel Brühl's portrayal of Lauda is a masterpiece, adding pathos and depth to the character. Chris Hemsworth, although a bit physically too hunky for the real world rake thin Hunt, plays the playboy prince with all the sense and control of a bag of weasels to a tee.
The race sequences are hyper kinetic and brilliantly filmed, using multiple perspectives to literally put the viewer in the driving seat of an old fashioned F1 car.....complete with the pure terror of driving what Hunt at one stage correctly calls "a bomb on wheels".
I absolutely loved it....a real high octane thrill ride and heart breaking tragedy of Shakespearian proportions. From the first scene to the last its pure excellence, and the benchmark of how racing films should be made.
Out and about in DVDRIPs at all the usual suspects, and a solid three cheers keeper all the way to the chequered flag.
"Science flew men to the moon. Religion flew men into buildings."
"To sin by silence makes cowards of men."
"To sin by silence makes cowards of men."
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The Autobiography of Oldboy
Forget the badly translated title, it's a 3 1/2 hour voyeur's look at the making of Chan-wook Park's Oldboy. It was included in an Oldboy 3 disk collector's edition set released in asia in 2003. Watch the film's production unfold in linear order without narration or explanation. Only dialog (subtitled in English) is the cast and crew talking with each other as they work. Interesting in bits, boring if watched too long, so download it then digest it slowly. Recommended only for fans of the original, one true Oldboy. Or film geeks who want to see how major motion picture were made in South Korea.
Full movie on youtube.
Forget the badly translated title, it's a 3 1/2 hour voyeur's look at the making of Chan-wook Park's Oldboy. It was included in an Oldboy 3 disk collector's edition set released in asia in 2003. Watch the film's production unfold in linear order without narration or explanation. Only dialog (subtitled in English) is the cast and crew talking with each other as they work. Interesting in bits, boring if watched too long, so download it then digest it slowly. Recommended only for fans of the original, one true Oldboy. Or film geeks who want to see how major motion picture were made in South Korea.
Full movie on youtube.
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Watched three really good films over the past couple of days. I'm not Sandman so I'l leave the trailers to do the talking on this one (Sandman has probably done the reviews already 
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The best of the bunch was one I watched last night. Open Grave. A good twist on an overused story.
http://yify-torrents.com/movie/Open_Grave_2013_1080p
Also excellent, but maybe not for everyone... Kick Ass 2
http://yify-torrents.com/movie/Kick_Ass_2_2013_1080p
... and last but not least...Carrie. You end up rooting for her to destroy everything in her sights!
http://yify-torrents.com/movie/Carrie_2013_1080p
Just thought... another excellent one I watched a few weeks back was Prisoners...
http://yify-torrents.com/movie/Prisoners_2013_1080p
Watched about 20 stinkers along with these which don't deserve a 'shout out' or a mention...
As I'm lost for anything decent (or that sounds decent) to watch tonight, I'm gonna start my 27th journey through 'The Green Mile'...
). Left a link to the download under each one if anyone's interested (larger file size, but smaller and lesser quality is available on the site. As always with 'Yify' just click download torrent and away you go. Also a little read about the movie on the link).The best of the bunch was one I watched last night. Open Grave. A good twist on an overused story.
http://yify-torrents.com/movie/Open_Grave_2013_1080p
Also excellent, but maybe not for everyone... Kick Ass 2
http://yify-torrents.com/movie/Kick_Ass_2_2013_1080p
... and last but not least...Carrie. You end up rooting for her to destroy everything in her sights!
http://yify-torrents.com/movie/Carrie_2013_1080p
Just thought... another excellent one I watched a few weeks back was Prisoners...
http://yify-torrents.com/movie/Prisoners_2013_1080p
Watched about 20 stinkers along with these which don't deserve a 'shout out' or a mention...
As I'm lost for anything decent (or that sounds decent) to watch tonight, I'm gonna start my 27th journey through 'The Green Mile'...