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Stockcar86

Deceptive Practices. The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay.
 
A documentary about the best slight of hand magician I have ever seen.
 
If you want to see any Ricky, try this link for the first part of the film of his broadway show <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='

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Luigi

Finally got round to seeing Gravity on the big screen and have to say I thought it was ace.
 
Yes the science is hokey, but I can't remember the last time a film had me squirming in my seat like that. I'm now seeing if I can can catch it at an Imax just for the full effect.
 
Thought Bullock and Clooney were great. Surprised at Bullock in particular - didn't think Miss Congeniality could be that good. I had assiduously avoided all critiques and reviews and although I knew the basics I had no real idea what the outcome might be. Some people might say we still don't know ...
 
All in all, I thought it was breathtaking. Easily 5 stars for me. Maybe the joyless debunking from astro-nerds might lessen it a bit in time, but for now it's easily the best space movie I've seen.

mariner4life

Astro-nerds can go fuck themselves. 
While waiting for the Taipans game last night I flicked through the usual B-grade Friday night movie fare and ended up watching "Eight Legged Freaks". It's so awesomely bad I enjoyed it. at least they knew they were making a b movie and didn't take anything seriously. Spiders are gross. 
Noticed the main chick was pretty hot, but didn't really remember seeing her in anything else. Her IMDB page is littered with b movie badness (and more than a few spider movies) and a quick Google search showed she has no hang ups about getting her kit off. Good girl.

MN5

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Astro-nerds can go fuck themselves. 
While waiting for the Taipans game last night I flicked through the usual B-grade Friday night movie fare and ended up watching "Eight Legged Freaks". It's so awesomely bad I enjoyed it. at least they knew they were making a b movie and didn't take anything seriously. Spiders are gross. 
Noticed the main chick was pretty hot, but didn't really remember seeing her in anything else. Her IMDB page is littered with b movie badness (and more than a few spider movies) and a quick Google search showed she has no hang ups about getting her kit off. Good girl.
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Dude, how THE FUCK are you still married ? seriously ?

mariner4life

Not sure what you mean

jegga

That film had everything a good cheesy film needs with the bonus of Kari Wuhrer and Scarlett Johanson

MN5

Yeah Kari Wuhrer. Definite appeal. Hope my wife doesn't read the fern.

Tim

Not only was she hot, but she was in one of the great scenes in movie history.
 
Acid bitch!

mariner4life

If you can't talk to your wife about women who are paid to look good on screen then maybe that says more about your marriage than mine

jegga

You need to put more work in desensitising here to some of your more abhorrent personality traits I suspect. 
Kari Wurher was the highlight of the cheesefest that was anaconda

NTA

Jack The Giant Slayer. I enjoyed this a lot actually. The CGI wasn't top notch but Nick Hoult and Ewan MacGregor are talent

mariner4life

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="jegga" data-cid="409542" data-time="1388796085">
You need to put more work in desensitising here to some of your more abhorrent personality traits I suspect. 
Kari Wurher was the highlight of the cheesefest that was anaconda</blockquote>
 
I trust you are talking about something else, as I really don't know what is "abhorrent" about admiring a good looking woman in a movie or on TV.

jegga

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I trust you are talking about something else, as I really don't know what is "abhorrent" about admiring a good looking woman in a movie or on TV.
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I was directing that and MN5 and it depends how he's doing it I guess. Sitting on the couch in favorite onesie hugging a cushion and mouthing the words "help me" whenever Angelina Jolie comes on screen would probably be crossing a line with most women for example.

raznomore

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="mariner4life" data-cid="409522" data-time="1388789028">Astro-nerds can go fuck themselves. 
While waiting for the Taipans game last night I flicked through the usual B-grade Friday night movie fare and ended up watching "Eight Legged Freaks". It's so awesomely bad I enjoyed it. at least they knew they were making a b movie and didn't take anything seriously. Spiders are gross. 
Noticed the main chick was pretty hot, but didn't really remember seeing her in anything else. Her IMDB page is littered with b movie badness (and more than a few spider movies) and a quick Google search showed she has no hang ups about getting her kit off. Good girl.</blockquote>
 
She got her kit off heaps in the 90s. She was a VJ on MTV once upon a time and she was all kinds of ridiculously hot. Again as with Rachel Weisz get your favourite clean up receptical ready, dim the lights, put on some of that metal shit you like and have at it Hoss. Google is your friend.

raznomore

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Kari Wurher was the highlight of the cheesefest that was anaconda</blockquote>

^^ is the highlight of Anaconda

jegga

^^ is the highlight of Anaconda
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Thank you, how could I forget that?. There was a scene in U-turn that was early enough in her career to dispense with a see through top.

taniwharugby

my wife knows who the competition is...

Sneakdefreak

Sleeping Dogs - 1977 film starring Sam Neill. NZ becomes a police state and Sam Neill's character is a reluctant freedom fighter. I've probably seen it before but it was interesting to watch if only for the bizarre Kiwi accents back then and that the NZ military stars in it as the bad guys.

Nepia

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Sleeping Dogs - 1977 film starring Sam Neill. NZ becomes a police state and Sam Neill's character is a reluctant freedom fighter. I've probably seen it before but it was interesting to watch if only for the bizarre Kiwi accents back then and that the NZ military stars in it as the bad guys.
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I also like it for the fact that Ian Mune can't act. It's like he's some bloke they've pulled off the street and asked him to do the movie. You can see that Sam Neil is going somewhere though. Rawiri Paratene also has a role as a young soldier IIRC.
 
It would be good if someone made an update with actual production values.
 
I watched About Time last night, the latest rom com by Richard Curtis. Disclaimer - I only watched it because the extremely hot chick from Wolf of Wall Street was in it. Unfortunately she wasn't in it much. But, I quite enjoyed the movie TBH. The main character has the ability to time travel backwards within his life time ... but if he has children and travels back before their birth he'll mess with the timeline (another sperm may win the race and the kids may be different). Jegga - Rachel McAdams is in it and she is her usual loveable self but fortunately (for me) and unfortunately (for you) she doesn't reveal her pale breasts. M4L - zero breasts, sorry.

NTA

White House down. Mindless fun. Some of the inaccuracies in the military stuff gave me the shits. But whatever, I enjoyed it Though it was basically Die Hard.

The Silver Fern

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