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@slimfern posted:

Anything worth giving a watch this weekend El?
With it being Halloween there's bound to be a lot of horror....not for me

It's not a great weekend for good films.
Of moderate interest is "Young Sherlock Holmes" (1985) tomorrow morning on Film4 with Holmes and Watson meeting for the first time when they were teenagers, I really enjoyed it. It's a film to keep on watching right to the very very end. It's been shown quite often.
Then on Sunday there's "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" (1956) on Talking Pictures. Gregory Peck as an ex-soldier facing ethical problems as he tries to support his family. I haven't seen it and am not sure that I will watch it. Clearly a serious film but it's very long. Reviews are mixed - some think it's too melodramatic, some think it's outstanding.

Obviously lots and lots of horror films. The one I would mention is The Invisible Man" (1933) on the Horror channel on Sunday afternoon. Directed by James Whale based on H G Wells' novel and stars Claude Rains in almost his first film. Good film, not often shown nowadays, and a PG for mild violence/horror.

El Loro
@El Loro posted:

It's not a great weekend for good films.
Of moderate interest is "Young Sherlock Holmes" (1985) tomorrow morning on Film4 with Holmes and Watson meeting for the first time when they were teenagers, I really enjoyed it. It's a film to keep on watching right to the very very end. It's been shown quite often.
Then on Sunday there's "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" (1956) on Talking Pictures. Gregory Peck as an ex-soldier facing ethical problems as he tries to support his family. I haven't seen it and am not sure that I will watch it. Clearly a serious film but it's very long. Reviews are mixed - some think it's too melodramatic, some think it's outstanding.

Obviously lots and lots of horror films. The one I would mention is The Invisible Man" (1933) on the Horror channel on Sunday afternoon. Directed by James Whale based on H G Wells' novel and stars Claude Rains in almost his first film. Good film, not often shown nowadays, and a PG for mild violence/horror.

I'll probably trawl through the you tube catalogue and pick something at random El
Fancy something with a bit of humour

slimfern
@slimfern posted:

I'll probably trawl through the you tube catalogue and pick something at random El
Fancy something with a bit of humour

I hope you find something good

That "Young Sherlock Holmes" does have a very good post credits scene . Another bit of trivia is that the actor Nicholas Rowe who played Sherlock Holmes would, 30 years later, play him again on screen in the matinee film scene in "Mr Holmes" (Ian McKellen).

El Loro
@slimfern posted:

I'll probably trawl through the you tube catalogue and pick something at random El
Fancy something with a bit of humour

Looking at Talking Pictures schedule for Monday 1st to Sunday 7th, two films to watch out for are:
Friday 22.40 "Angel on My Shoulder" (1949) fantasy comedy where the Devil (Claude Rains) sends a deceased gangster (Paul Muni) back to Earth as a judge to make up for his life,
Paul Muni was best known for his biopics of the 1930s. He came to fame for the original Scarface (1932),which I've never seen but is regarded as the most potent gangster film of the 1930s, made pre Hays code and still carries a 15 certificate for its content violence and "strong" language (not joking about that) . I doubt if you would want to watch "Scarface".

Sunday 7th 15.55 "I Married a War Bride" Howard Hawks comedy starring Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan.
By coincidence Hawks was the director of that "Scarface"  film but there is zero comparison between the two films.

El Loro
@El Loro posted:

Looking at Talking Pictures schedule for Monday 1st to Sunday 7th, two films to watch out for are:
Friday 22.40 "Angel on My Shoulder" (1949) fantasy comedy where the Devil (Claude Rains) sends a deceased gangster (Paul Muni) back to Earth as a judge to make up for his life,
Paul Muni was best known for his biopics of the 1930s. He came to fame for the original Scarface (1932),which I've never seen but is regarded as the most potent gangster film of the 1930s, made pre Hays code and still carries a 15 certificate for its content violence and "strong" language (not joking about that) . I doubt if you would want to watch "Scarface".

Sunday 7th 15.55 "I Married a War Bride" Howard Hawks comedy starring Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan.
By coincidence Hawks was the director of that "Scarface"  film but there is zero comparison between the two films.

Thank you El

Have you seen 'Aunt Clara' with Margaret Rutherford?

slimfern
@slimfern posted:

Thank you El

Have you seen 'Aunt Clara' with Margaret Rutherford?

No, I haven't, I can't recall it having been shown on television.
I note that Stringer Davis is in the cast in an uncredited role. I think he was in more films featuring Margaret Rutherford than any other actor including her Miss Marple films as Mr Stringer in those. If you didn't know, they were married for 27 years until her death.

El Loro
@El Loro posted:

The rain has been heavy here as well, local weather station shows 99.6 mm for the month so quite possibly another month with the 100 mm total

That’s a lot of rain El

It seems the rain is moving from the south west to the north east. The weather radar shows it’s starting to clear my area but showers are following

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