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Yorick wrote: Thu Sep 30, 2021 3:12 pm
gremlin wrote: Thu Sep 30, 2021 12:42 pm The Defiant Ones. Netflix.

Basically a documentary about Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine and their respective careers in the music industry. Bit of a glossy affair, but interesting four parter. Lots of famous talking heads chipping in.
I've never heard of them and Google didn't make it any clearer.
Give it a go. Quite watchable.
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Dr.Sleep. (sequel to The Shining)

I enjoyed the book,but as with a lot of Steven King stories,the flick is a let down. Not Ewan McGregor's finest hour.
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Skub wrote: Thu Sep 30, 2021 5:56 pm
Not Ewan McGregor's finest hour.
Wasn't that atonement?
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Haha I’m looking forward to the 427th one when it comes out
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Said it once, I'll say again. Arrival, on Netflix. A most rare movie in that it's Sci-fi, but intelligent.

One of my favourite films.
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gremlin wrote: Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:04 pm Said it once, I'll say again. Arrival, on Netflix. A most rare movie in that it's Sci-fi, but intelligent.

One of my favourite films.
Have you read the collection of short stories it's taken from? Unhelpfully I cannot remember a single detail about the author :D They're all "alternative science" type stores - mostly wondering about what would happen if various religious phenomena were objectively real.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 8:39 am
gremlin wrote: Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:04 pm Said it once, I'll say again. Arrival, on Netflix. A most rare movie in that it's Sci-fi, but intelligent.

One of my favourite films.
Have you read the collection of short stories it's taken from? Unhelpfully I cannot remember a single detail about the author :D They're all "alternative science" type stores - mostly wondering about what would happen if various religious phenomena were objectively real.
'The story of your life' or something like that?

Nope. Got a few books queued on my Kindle but might check that one out.
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Yeah that rings a bell.

I read it cause I liked the look of the film when it first came out, but CBA going to the cinema to see it. The book it is based on was a couple of quid on Kindle so I bought that instead.

I've seen the film now BTW, it is good but it feels like a short story stretched into a film. Once you know the ending of course its a bit less special.