Last Film You Watched

Rita_Poon said:
Watched 'The Ipcress file' last night, then followed a doc on the writer Len Deighton. Seen the film before, but didn't know a great deal about the author. Spy novels in his own right, cookery books, regular writing in the press (loved his cartoons apparently), drafted in to write hams for Broccoli and his James Bond universe, then a second or third chapter as an avid war histories writer. Rather strong opinioned, definitely not a kowtower to the british sensibility of class system and self flagellation to grub up to the 'ruperts'. I expect that's why he had no honours* and eventually pished off and lived abroad. Interesting man, would watch again.

'Funeral in Berlin' is on shortly.

['Ipcress file' (1965) 8 stock Caine pairs of glasses out of 10. For relevance, 'Dr No' was 1962]
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I watched The Ipcress File earlier in week. The amount of eye makep they used on Caine!!
 
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This has been knocking around the freeview channels for a couple of weeks, so gave it a go last night.

Better than average B movie, with a really good mixed British and American cast.

Set on an American sub during WW2. They pick up a handful of survivors from a torpedoed British hospital ship.

Seemingly sinister supernatural events start to happen, that leads to deaths and panic amongst the crew.

I saw the end coming about 30 mins in, but the use of the claustrophobia of the sub, to ramp up the suspense and terror of the crew really works.

Decent film:
 
Influencers. Disappointing sequel, was about 20 mins too long, too comedic and far fetched this time around and still too many unanswered questions or any kind of back story. 6 / 10.
 
Rita_Poon said:
Watched 'The Ipcress file' last night, then followed a doc on the writer Len Deighton. Seen the film before, but didn't know a great deal about the author. Spy novels in his own right, cookery books, regular writing in the press (loved his cartoons apparently), drafted in to write hams for Broccoli and his James Bond universe, then a second or third chapter as an avid war histories writer. Rather strong opinioned, definitely not a kowtower to the british sensibility of class system and self flagellation to grub up to the 'ruperts'. I expect that's why he had no honours* and eventually pished off and lived abroad. Interesting man, would watch again.

'Funeral in Berlin' is on shortly.

['Ipcress file' (1965) 8 stock Caine pairs of glasses out of 10. For relevance, 'Dr No' was 1962]
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About a month ago, I downloaded a bunch of Deighton books onto my Kindle. And I've been reading them! He helped define the spy thriller genre!
 
BluePaul86 said:
Influencers. Disappointing sequel, was about 20 mins too long, too comedic and far fetched this time around and still too many unanswered questions or any kind of back story. 6 / 10.
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