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Watching
Television
Despite the cost, I
have the minimum CableTV service. Armed with my remotes I spend
most of my life continually surfing the channels watching all and
nothing all at once . . . day after day, year after year. With
probably a thirty second attention span it is very rare for me to
actually watch an entire film or programme, but if I do, it could
well be one of the following.
Films
:
| Title : |
Children
Of The Marshland |
| Actors : |
Jaques Villeret, Jaques
Gamblin, Andre Dussolier, Michel Serraut, Issabelle
carre, Eric Cantona. |
| Subject : |
Nostalgic drama in which a
woman recalls her life as a young girl growing up in a
marshland community in France. (French with subtitles)
1999 |
| Comment : |
Atmospheric beautifully
filmed portrayal of an idylic sort of lifestyle . . made
me cry at the very end for the main 'star' of the film.
Excellent |
| Title : |
Prague
Duet |
| Actors : |
Gina Gershon, Rade
Serbedzija, Patricia Hodge, Otakar Brousek |
| Subject : |
Drama. A doctor decides to
travel to Prague to attempt to learn more about her
family history and what she finds out may put her budding
romance with a writer, and a former political dissident,
in jeopardy, as their famalies share a tragic secret.
1998 |
| Comment : |
Slushy end . . nice. |
| Title : |
Leaving
Normal |
| Actors
: |
Christine
Lahti, Meg Tilly, Patrika Darbo, Lenny Von Dohlen |
| Subject
: |
Road movie
about a tough bar waitress and a battered wife who set
off from Wyoming for a better life in Alaska. Their drive
across America becomes a journey of discovery as they
encounter a series of eccentric characters and overcome
several setbacks to reach their new home. |
| Comment
: |
More than
a hint of hocus pocus . . . and of course I think the
tough bar waitress is cute! |
| Title : |
It's
A Wonderful Life |
| Actors
: |
James Stewart |
| Subject
: |
Life. |
| Comment
: |
Typical sickly tear
jerking Christmas fare but such a classic. It's a
wonderful film. |
| Title : |
Same
Time Next Year |
| Actors
: |
Alan Alda |
| Subject
: |
A couple meet throughout the
course of their lives for one weekend a year for an
illicit romance. |
| Comment
: |
Nice. |
| Title : |
Terminator
1 & 2 |
| Actors
: |
Arnold Schwartzneger |
| Subject
: |
Pure fantasy action and
effects. |
| Comment
: |
All time favourite
action movies. |
| Title : |
Easyrider |
| Actors
: |
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| Subject
: |
The impossible dream. |
| Comment
: |
THE biker film . . .
sorry but I love it. It influenced a large part of my
life. |
| Title : |
Schindlers
List |
| Actors
: |
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| Subject
: |
Horror |
| Comment
: |
Absolute horror . . .
lest we forget. |
| Title : |
Alien
/ Aliens |
| Actors
: |
Sigourney Weaver, Carrie
Henn, Michael Biehn |
| Subject
: |
Blood and guts futuristic
alien fighting. |
| Comment
: |
I'm not normally into
blood and guts but these ARE classics |
| Title : |
12
Angry Men |
| Actors
: |
Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb,
Jack Clugman |
| Subject
: |
Sidney Lumet's jury room
drama |
| Comment
: |
Dated classic . . .
brilliant. |
| Title : |
The
Bridges Of Madison County |
| Actors
: |
Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep |
| Subject
: |
Romantic drama about a
passionate affair between an ageing photographer and a
lonely housewife in 1960s Iowa. 1995 |
| Comment
: |
Brilliant. Cry and cry
and cry. Just brilliant. |
| Title : |
City
Of Angels |
| Actors
: |
Meg Ryan, Nicolas Cage |
| Subject
: |
Haunting love story about
benign angels who wander through the unseen shadows of
lives in crisis. 1998 |
| Comment
: |
Thought provoking and
pretty captivating. Neat - but what an ending!!! |
| Title : |
As
Good As It Gets |
| Actors
: |
Jack Nicholson, Helen hunt,
Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr. |
| Subject
: |
Heart warming comedy drama
about a disgruntled, misanthropic novelist with O.C.D.
who falls for a feisty waitress and gradualy rediscovers
his emotions. 1997 |
| Comment
: |
Brilliant!!! |
| Title : |
El
Dorado |
| Actors : |
John Wayne, Robert Mitchum,
James Caan, Charlene Holt, Michele Carey |
| Subject : |
Classic Western. Gunfighter
Cole Thornton joins forces with sherrif JP Harrah to rid
the town of El Dorado of a cattle baron's hired guns. As
Thornton has a paralysed arm and Harrah has a drink
problem, they face a stern test. 1967 |
| Comment : |
Comfortable classic old
western. Excellent macho fantasy stuff as are most of
John Waynes cowboy films. |
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SitCom
:
| Title : |
Frasier |
| Actors : |
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| Subject : |
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| Comment : |
Watch them all, over and
over again, every night on the comedy channel . . . one
favourite episode is where Frasier supports an election
candidate who reveals he has been abducted by aliens. |
| Title : |
The
Good Life |
| Actors : |
Richard Briers, Felicety
Kendal |
| Subject : |
Pursueing the self
sufficiency dream in suburbia. |
| Comment : |
Very dated . . . but
there is something about Felicety Kendal! |
| Title : |
The
Young Ones |
| Actors : |
Rick Mayell, Aid Edmonson
etc. etc. |
| Subject : |
University students. |
| Comment : |
Ground breaking stuff in
its day and still makes me laugh . . . some good music
too. |
| Title : |
Dads
Army |
| Actors : |
Arthur Lowe etc. |
| Subject : |
WW2 home guard |
| Comment : |
So silly but there is
something noble about the Captain Mainwering character. |
| Title : |
Fawlty
Towers |
| Actors : |
John Cleese & Co |
| Subject : |
Bournemouth hotel |
| Comment : |
Classic madness . . .
too few. |
| Title : |
Black
Adder |
| Actors : |
Rowan Atkinson |
| Subject : |
|
| Comment : |
Not the first series . .
but the rest are just pure brilliance. How
extraordinarily tearful was the final series end. Can't
help but use some of their lines in conversation. Better
a plagiarist than . . . a git!? |
Comedy
:
| Title : |
Have
I Got News For You |
| Actors : |
Ian Hislop, Paul Merton etc. |
| Subject : |
Current affairs quiz show |
| Comment : |
Clever, clever people. I
can't keep up but love it nonetheless. |
| Title : |
The
Paul Merton Show |
| Actors : |
Paul Merton |
| Subject : |
Apparently whatever comes to
mind |
| Comment : |
Very crazy but very
clever and funny. |
| Title : |
Billy
Connoly |
| Actors : |
Billy Connoly |
| Subject : |
|
| Comment : |
A master craftsman with
strangely amusing swearing? Fucking brilliant. |
Science
Fiction :
| Title : |
Star
Trek |
| Actors : |
William Shatner |
| Subject : |
|
| Comment : |
It has its place
although absolutely NOT DS9 ... why don't they put more
lights on! |
Soaps : Not in my house!
Cant stand ANY of them. Bad scripts, bad acting . . . waste of
time.
Natural History
:
| Title : |
Anything
narrated by David Attenborough |
| Actors : |
Wildlife |
| Subject : |
Life |
| Comment : |
Somehow narration by
David Attenborough makes ANY wildlife program
authoritative and good to watch. |
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