Netflix bought the rights to his works in 2021.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Feb 23, 2023 11:13 am I still think it's a financial ploy by Ronald' Dahls estate to make money and to retain the longevity of his books and adaptations.
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- Thu Feb 23, 2023 11:50 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Censorship
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2753
Re: Censorship
- Sat Feb 18, 2023 11:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Have we got a thread for that?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3036
Re: Have we got a thread for that?
John Astin (Gomez Addams in the 1960s TV series The Addams Family)
- Fri Feb 17, 2023 6:37 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown In Manchester (COMAN) - Saturday 25th February 2023
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8773
Re: Countdown In Manchester (COMAN) - Saturday 25th February 2023
Does the venue have car parking facilities? Can we park on the street nearby?
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 3:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 774
- Views: 685185
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
"The Last Of Us" on Sky Atlantic has been good so far. I didn't have high expectations, especially when I heard it was based on a video game, but I'm enjoying it.
- Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
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- Views: 743088
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Why does feeling "below par" mean you're feeling bad, when below par in golf is better than normal?
- Wed Dec 28, 2022 5:15 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
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I thought it was because actors think that saying "Good luck" before a performance is bad form, and will surely bring bad luck.Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Wed Dec 28, 2022 3:50 pm The phrase "break a leg", meaning "I hope the acting audition goes well for you", came about because broken legs get out in casts.
- Sat Dec 10, 2022 2:32 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: World Cup 2022 Qatar
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Re: World Cup 2022 Qatar
Crapshoot implies that there is no skill involved, and there clearly is. One way of deciding if something is a "game of chance" is to ask if it is possible to lose deliberately. In games like craps you could put all your money on rolling two sixes, but you can't guarantee that you don't. T...
- Sun Dec 04, 2022 10:30 am
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- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
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Horseshoes and hand grenades is an actual saying in the USA, not just a random pairing of words. If Green Day had been British, the song might have been called Close, But No Cigar.
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5. Very complex area. Overall streaming is a net increaser of music revenues but the distribution model is currently broken in my opinion. However, streaming gives a platform to absolutely everyone to build an audience and then go and play live, flog merchandise etc. What about all the artists you ...
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I think paying for downloads is almost as mental as buying physical music. Four reasons to pay for downloads: 1. Not all music is available to stream 2. Once downloaded, no reliance on the internet 3. Making compilations for others 4. Less energy use 5. The artist gets paid for their talent and eff...
- Tue Nov 08, 2022 6:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies in general, NFTs etc.
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Re: Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies in general, NFTs etc.
Don't invest in something you don't know anything about. That includes gold and copper.
- Mon Oct 17, 2022 12:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
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- Views: 271620
Re: Deathwatch 2017
We just started watching National Treasure and it's pretty good.
- Sat Oct 08, 2022 2:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
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- Views: 743088
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Because you get more hands per hour, which means more profit for the casino.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:57 am You get people who count cards at casinos, which casinos don't like, and I've heard people talking about having multiple decks to make it harder - but why not just shuffle them?
- Fri Aug 26, 2022 12:45 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What computer games have you been playing lately?
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- Views: 37019
Re: What computer games have you been playing lately?
UBoat.... the best WWII Submarine Sim...very addictive
- Thu Jul 28, 2022 1:06 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The C4C Football Thread
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Re: The C4C Football Thread
No, because nobody refers to the England men's team as "The Lions".Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Jul 27, 2022 8:00 am Does anyone else think that calling the English women's football team the Lionesses makes them seem like an afterthought to the men's team?
- Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:37 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
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Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Watched S1.E1 of Das Boot on Sky Atlantic (where else?), and really enjoyed it. Went to watch the next episode and it skipped to E4! Seasons 2 and 3 are available, but only 4 episodes from Season 1.
- Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:56 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Things you were crap at as a kid
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1014
Re: Things you were crap at as a kid
Have you ever met anyone who wasn't crap at etch a sketch?
- Sun Jun 19, 2022 1:45 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
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Re: Politics in General
Do any other countries treat asylum seekers like that? Australia has processed illegal migrants trying to enter their country offshore since 2012. It has cross party support, and has been deemed a success. What's so special about the UK that deserves it to be exempted from its internationally-agree...
- Thu Jun 09, 2022 9:23 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Absolutely terrible claims to fame/celebrity spots
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Re: Absolutely terrible claims to fame/celebrity spots
I slide tackled Paul Reaney once. I thought this was a terrible claim to fame but he's a bit more famous than I realised, as he's come up in some recent articles as the first non-white bloke to play football for England. I certainly think of Paul Reaney as famous, and I didn't know that. Over 700 g...
- Tue May 24, 2022 6:01 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Absolutely terrible claims to fame/celebrity spots
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Re: Absolutely terrible claims to fame/celebrity spots
It was in Blackpool. He had options.
- Tue May 24, 2022 10:18 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Absolutely terrible claims to fame/celebrity spots
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I sold John Altman a packet of Nurofen on the day of Princess Diana's funeral.
- Fri May 06, 2022 3:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
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But as I was asking above, how does this work? You have a very limited number of big companies selling oil. It's not like individual people buying and selling houses to each other where the price will be decided in a more "natural" way. So the discussion hasn't progressed. As I understand...
- Fri May 06, 2022 8:36 am
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- Topic: Politics in General
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That's not the case here. You have the big energy companies just setting the price and we have no choice. The oil companies don't set the price. The market does. Back in 2020, at the start of lockdown, oil companies were losing money and were expected to suck it up. BP and Shell have just taken mul...
- Fri Apr 22, 2022 8:02 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sanctioning individuals based on nationality
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Elina Svitolina says that Russian players should be allowed to play at Wimbledon if they condemn the war. This is the worst solution of all, as Russian players are being asked to put their safety at risk in order to play. Also, it's quite possible that someone would condemn the war, but wouldn't wa...
- Sat Apr 09, 2022 12:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Bucket list ideas and suggestions
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See the Northern Lights.
- Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sports you would like to see.
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Celebrity Drinking (Last Man Standing)
- Wed Mar 02, 2022 2:15 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Fact or Bullshit
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I heard a stat from different people that since the dawn of time, half the people on earth who had died, had died from malaria. It sounds ludicrously high now, but I went along with it, Recently it was debunked. The actual figure is around 5% of all deaths, which is still incredibly high when you th...
- Sun Aug 15, 2021 12:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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Or stop trying to find excuses and get the vaccine and encourage everyone who can get it to get it. I've had the vaccine, and would encourage others to do so. What I said, and stand by, is that if you are fit and young you can decide not to get vaccinated against something that is unlikely to make ...
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 11:13 pm
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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What was your reason for not getting a flu vaccine in 2019? I'll use that.Mark James wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:38 am Still waiting on the good reason not to get the vaccine.
- Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:48 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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The bit about it being true.Mark James wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:06 am What part of variants have a higher chance of mutating among unvaccinated populations are you not understanding?
- Sun Aug 01, 2021 11:21 pm
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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I was just trying to amplify the point that there's no good reason to refuse the vaccine. Really? Just because most people who refuse the vaccine give bad reasons as to why they do so, doesn't mean there aren't good reasons. If you are a healthy 20 something, you are at virtually zero risk of being...
- Sun Aug 01, 2021 5:04 pm
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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The point is vaccines are safe. I don't dispute it. My point is that some people are at so little risk that they should be free to decide whether they have the vaccination or not. i read a report that suggested that 91% of the population have antibodies to Covid, which is way past "herd immuni...
- Sun Aug 01, 2021 11:12 am
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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Unless your doctor advises you not to get it due to your current health situation, at which point I would say you no longer have the ability to get it so I have covered that, then the risk/benefit calculation you are doing is the conspiracy theory. If you have the ability to get the vaccine and, ha...
- Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:17 am
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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If you have the ability to be vaccinated but are choosing not to you are a selfish moron. Don't think I've seen any anti-vax sentiments here which is good but it's worth saying. I wouldn't be overly critical if someone under the age of 30 decided to refuse the vaccination, providing they were doing...
- Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:32 am
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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Went to get my second dose at a walk-in clinic in central Birmingham yesterday-Brum and Solihull NHS trust have cut the gap between doses to six weeks. I had dose one on 21st June, so five weeks and four days from yesterday. Was turned away because I was three days too early. One wonders what medic...
- Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:58 am
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- Topic: Why do ?.....
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....fools fall in love?
- Sun Jul 18, 2021 8:27 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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He's gained a reputation in this pandemic for resisting restrictions The fuck he has!! He has. For holding out just that bit longer than he should in blind hope that he won't need to introduce restrictions and then having to come down hard. Very reactive rather than proactive. Are you talking about...
- Sat Jul 17, 2021 11:29 pm
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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The fuck he has!!Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 5:40 pm He's gained a reputation in this pandemic for resisting restrictions
- Sat Jul 17, 2021 11:50 am
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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My daughter is currently on a train journey from Leeds to London, and she says a number of passengers (about 50%) are refusing to wear masks, even when asked to by train staff. (She isn't one of them).
- Thu Jul 15, 2021 4:42 pm
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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It's still worries me though. A bit like when I found out people actually enjoy "Mrs. Brown's Boys".Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 5:54 pm I'm sure you could find that level of support for all sorts of crazy things. I dare say the 19% who want a permanent 10pm curfew also wanted that before Covid.
- Thu Jul 15, 2021 9:50 am
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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Both countries are larger (in the case of Australia, much larger), and have smaller populations (in the case of NZ, much smaller), than the UK. They are also isolated from their nearest neighbours. The UK can't shut down as much as they have, mainly because we don't produce enough food to feed the p...
- Wed Jul 14, 2021 8:50 pm
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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Maybe it's too late now, but arguably if every country had taken the Australia / New Zealand approach, we could have got rid of it. They basically eliminated it and new cases I think generally came from other countries. But if these other countries had also taken their approach, it wouldn't have ha...
- Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:58 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The C4C Football Thread
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This idea that England fans are "entitled" is 50 years out of date. After the Spain Italy match Rio Ferdinand said there was nothing about either team for England to worry about in the final. They hadn't beaten Denmark yet. In 2016 there was a "what to watch" segment in a newspa...
- Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:09 pm
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- Topic: The C4C Football Thread
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I doubt you'll find a single England fan that thinks we're in "a great place to win the World Cup". Ha, for real? I think one knows otherwise without needing any proof, but just to be sure, I went and whacked "win world cup" into a Twitter search, and it was as I expected. I usu...
- Mon Jul 12, 2021 10:34 pm
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- Topic: The C4C Football Thread
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But already the hype machine is saying it puts them in a great place to win the World Cup. This is the always accusation levelled against the England fans and press by the ABEs. I doubt you'll find a single England fan that thinks we're in "a great place to win the World Cup". I think we'...
- Fri Jul 09, 2021 4:22 pm
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/ ... ot-forever
26%, not 22% want casinos and night clubs to be closed permenantly.
Also 19% want a permenant curfew against leaving home after 10pm without a good reason.
26%, not 22% want casinos and night clubs to be closed permenantly.
Also 19% want a permenant curfew against leaving home after 10pm without a good reason.
- Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:09 am
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Soft penalty, but clearly not a "blatent dive" as it was VAR reviewed.
- Wed Jul 07, 2021 5:22 pm
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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That doesn't seem like a particularly noteworthy statistic. Do you have a source so we can see what a regular baseline would be? https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/abuse-against-shopworkers/ Here's a report from USDAW from last December that claims that verbal and physical assaults on shop w...
- Wed Jul 07, 2021 3:55 pm
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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You wouldn't have to make it compulsory for workers. They would still be required to enforce it. Assaults on shop assistants are up 7% in the past 12 months That doesn't seem like a particularly noteworthy statistic. Do you have a source so we can see what a regular baseline would be? https://blogs...
- Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:39 pm
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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They would still be required to enforce it. Assaults on shop assistants are up 7% in the past 12 months
- Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:18 pm
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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That's because you don't work in a shop, bar, restaurant or on public transport.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:08 pm I don't think keeping compulsory face masks in some situations (e.g. shops and public transport) for a little while longer while everything is open would be a major imposition.
- Tue May 25, 2021 6:41 pm
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- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
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Is this the Keir Starmer biopic?Ian Volante wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 12:11 pmIs it possible to work out who's in the title role?Mark James wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 12:17 pm Watched the latest interpretation of the Invisible Man which I thought was excellent.
- Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:32 pm
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- Topic: Rachel Riley Post
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If you want to start a debate about ritual circumcision, fine, but equating it to deliberately chopping off a baby's penis is both offensive and anti-semetic, and should be called out as such. Also, implying a mother would casually harm their new born child is a horrible thing to say, and can't be e...
- Mon Oct 05, 2020 6:33 pm
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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Comparing the press treatment of Margaret Ferrier to that of Dominic Cummings is not like for like. The SNP have expelled Ferrier. If she chooses not to resign then there's not much anyone can do.
A better comparison would be the harrassment of Cummings, and the free pass given to Stephen Kinnock.
A better comparison would be the harrassment of Cummings, and the free pass given to Stephen Kinnock.
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:58 am
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- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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Sweden has a much lower population density than the UK and also the guy behind the policy admitted that too many people died . From the article although he emphasised that "does not disqualify our strategy as a whole". Also, "population density" doesn't really count like for lik...
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:26 pm
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The second implies that these additional deaths wouldn't have happened with no lockdown or a less strict lockdown, which I'd suggest is nonsense. https://www.hdruk.ac.uk/news/the-big-c-isnt-covid-19-its-cancer/ From the article. The show featured work by researchers from the University College Lond...
- Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:35 am
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- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
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Suddenly, the talking chimp doesn't seem such a bad idea.
- Tue Sep 01, 2020 9:21 pm
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- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
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Venom. On the recommendation of a friend. I think I need some new friends. Watch Upload instead similar premise but far more entertaining and on a fraction of the budget Thanks for the recommendation. I don't mind sci-fi, but this modern surge of superhero movies leaves me cold. I tried watching an...
- Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:10 am
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Venom. On the recommendation of a friend. I think I need some new friends.
- Tue Aug 25, 2020 5:40 pm
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- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
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Watching For Your Eyes Only, I was reminded of Barry Norman's comment that it "cost less to make than its predecessor, Moonraker, and, while still not coming within hailing distance of plausibility, was at least close enough to be contacted by phone". Now that's a review. I don't think it...