A thoroughly enjoyable one hit wonder film about The Wonders (The One-Ders) with their catchy song, That Thing You Do!
Great to see a young Tom Hanks who also wrote and directed it, with a great supporting cast.
It's a real feel-good film!
Posts from Splinter in thread „Other films, TV shows and streamers“
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i have stopped caring about government and politics. the people who more affect your daily life are the ones leading your town, city, school boards. it's not worth the energy and emotional toll spent in this chaos about our national leaders on either side, all of them are worthless trash.
congress is incapable of taking any meaningful action anymore. any bill passed is so full of pork it's absurd. but meanwhile they happily trade stocks and options knowing what inside information they know and make millions for themselves and fuck the rest of us common folk.
Agreed.
I just watched bio documentaries of Ben Bradlee and John McCain - two men of principle. One to uncover the dirty truth and the other to challenge special interests, not least cast an eye on Vietnam POWs who never came home.
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I've seen it already but it's still worth another watch for the performances and that it's based on true facts.
Don't you just love your government?
The thrust of this remarkable film is that consecutive governments going back to the 40s, lied about Vietnam and knew it was a war that could never be won. Nevertheless, thousands of young men were sent to their deaths for nothing.
Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Bob Odenkirk and Bruce Greenwood as Robert McNamara put in superb performances with the Washington Post putting everything on the line to expose the truth.
Also recommended:
1971 - movie: where to watch streaming onlineIs Netflix, Amazon, Now TV, ITV, iTunes, etc. streaming 1971? Find out where to watch movies online now!www.justwatch.comAnd of course, All The President's Men.
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I've seen it already but it's still worth another watch for the performances and that it's based on true facts.
Don't you just love your government?
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Video games to films/series don't often work, but this one does, according to those who have played the game. I haven't yet.
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Haven’t watched it, aficionado . More info, please?
It's based on one of the most popular video games ever where survivors of a nuclear war come out of their underground shelters many years later.
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I was bored to tears throughout the entire torturous, overly long preachy sermon and I only watched it to see what all the fuss was about.
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Yes, I suspected as much.
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This film is four and a half hours long and I'm watching it over several days. As a history lesson, it's quite remarkable and detailed. One wonders what remnants of that terrible civil war still remain today.
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The other night we watched The Whale, a hard film to watch, but superbly acted on all fronts.
However, I was glad when it was all over.
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AMC have released the first episode of The Walking Dead spin off, Dead City on YouTube for free.
Only for zombie fans!
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If you're stuck...
11 of the best TV shows to watch this JulyCaryn James picks out the biggest offerings – from Taylor Sheridan's spy thriller Special Ops: Lioness, with Zoe Saldana, to the comebacks of classic series…www.bbc.com -
Two documentaries that I can recommend are, Escape From Kabul - a harrowing account of human misery leading up to the 31st August 2021 deadline for US troops to withdraw from Afghanistan. The power vacuum this created led to the Taliban triumphantly seizing control of Kabul while hundreds of thousands of Afghans moved en masse to the airport, creating a humanitarian tragedy. I couldn't help thinking that the withdrawal hadn't been thought through strategically, or taken into account the rush for the airport.
‘This is what it was like’: reliving the devastating US withdrawal from AfghanistanIn the harrowing documentary Escape from Kabul, first-hand accounts and archival footage bring us back to a terrifying time in 2021www.theguardian.comFour Hours At The Capitol - a painful reminder of the events of 6th January 2021 when thousands of insurrectionists stormed the Capitol in Washington DC, spurred on by an incumbent president who never once acknowledged the death and destruction of that shameful day.
Both documentaries were painful viewing for multiple reasons.
Four Hours at the Capitol review – a chilling look at the day the far right ‘fought like hell’With Trump’s words ringing in their ears, a violent mob descended on the US Capitol on 6 January. This powerful film details what happened – and their…www.theguardian.comBoth are on HBO.
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This series was riveting and followed a group of new recruits from signing on at the careers office to passing out.
Coincidentally, it was being filmed a couple of months before the Falklands war and by the time the boys had almost finished training, the war was in full swing. They all wanted to go but the queue for volunteers was too long.
Another was made in 2019 which is on YouTube.
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A very topical road-trip film with some romance between the two protagonists whilst on the run, not to mention the police racism to the backdrop of the George Floyd murder.
This will probably become a cult film in the years to come and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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The Last Of Us is a revelation!
The Last Of Us Breaks Video Game Taboo | Daves Computer TipsHBO's The Last Of Us series premiered to a rapturous welcome last Sunday, which must be a huge relief to the producers. Video games to film and TV are…davescomputertips.com -
Zombie fungus is real, up to a point...
Meet the real zombifying fungus behind the fictional Last of Us outbreakAnts are in trouble, but humans are safe... for now.arstechnica.com -
The other night we watched Top Gun: Maverick and the aerial stunts were stunning.
Tom Cruise was well, Tom Cruise and the rest of the film was typical gung-ho, macho Americano garbage, with most of the protagonists simply flexing muscles.
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I'm a big fan of the Hitman games, so I just had to watch this film and straight afterwards, Hitman: Agent 47 (2015).
Thoroughly enjoyed both of them!
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What's streaming and where? Confused about which countries are streaming which film/series? I know I am sometimes.
Number One Site Pick For Video Streamers | Daves Computer TipsThe number of streaming TV shows and movie services has increased to the point where viewers are now spoilt for choice. However, this rapid increase in numbers…davescomputertips.com
