Moderators PowerButchi Posted February 6, 2016 Moderators Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) Wakefield boxer, criminal, "intellectual" and "philosopher" Paul Sykes. This was made in the 80s and its fucking hilarious. Â Â Man's a fucking psycho. Edited February 6, 2016 by PowerButchi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTXRussomark Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 The ESPN 30 for 30 documentaries are so good that I'm now watching (and enjoying) them about sports which I have no interest in. Â Coincidentally I've just spent the last two weeks watching a load of these documentaries after stumbling across them on US Netflix. They're great, aren't they? I haven't seen the Gretzky one yet but the Tyson/Hollyfield episode is the first one I watched and definitely recommend. The Foxcatcher episode is tremendous too, and the Two Escobars, OJ Simpson and Tonya Harding episodes are all great. I've been a bit reluctant to bother with the US sports episodes but I'll definitely give the Gretzky one a go since I at least know who he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted February 6, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) If you're looking for the more sadder ones, I'd suggest "Without (Len) Bias" and "Tim Richmond: To the Limit". I'm man enough to say that I shed a tear at these two. Â I'd stay away from the "Marion Jones" one directed by John Singleton. It's regarded as the worst one. Basically a fluff piece promoting the shit out of her, trying to make her into the second coming of Christ. It's amazing she wasn't parting the Red Sea and making water into wine in it. Horrible, cringe-worthy watch. Edited February 6, 2016 by bAzTNM#1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Watched dinosaur 13 on sky Atlantic through the week, and it's also up on Netflix  Basically making a murderer but about a dinosaur skeleton. Americas legal system is such a stich up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbacon85 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 re: the ESPN films, you should watch Catching Hell, about the lad who caught the baseball in (I think) the Championship game. I found it quite sinister, and compelling. Â The Dotted Line by Morgan Spurlock is great as well... Â Anyway, has anyone seen Salafistes? It's a French documentary about the Islamic State and their recruitment, and life in the group. Has proven massively controversial, and has just been given an 18 certificate in France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted February 6, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2016 If you're looking for the more sadder ones, I'd suggest "Without (Len) Bias" and "Tim Richmond: To the Limit". I'm man enough to say that I shed a tear at these two. Â I'd stay away from the "Marion Jones" one directed by John Singleton. It's regarded as the worst one. Basically a fluff piece promoting the shit out of her, trying to make her into the second coming of Christ. It's amazing she wasn't parting the Red Sea and making water into wine in it. Horrible, cringe-worthy watch. Ha! I was about to post the same thing about the Marion Jones one. Singleton's quite clearly in love with her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Really Big Shoe Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) Echo the praise for the ESPN 30 for 30 documentaries. I've seen the majority of them, I think one of the best one's I've seen is Brian & The Boz, which is about an American Footballer called Brian Bosworth who created an alter superego on the Gridiron. There are some sad episodes too like those mentioned and "Guru of Go" which covers the passing of Hank Gathers. I'm not sure what the most recent one ESPN/BT Sports have shown, I think it must be the "The Prince of Pennsylvania" as the other ones they show are repeats. Have they showed the Tyson/Holyfield one or the one about the Bills?. Kinda off-topic but Sky Sports ondemand have some good NFL documentaries/specials too like about Joe Namath et al in the similar vein to the 30 for 30 documentaries. Edited February 6, 2016 by Really Big Shoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted February 6, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2016 There's a series of 30 for 30 shorts that are worth watching too, interesting little stories. There's some on youtube but you can watch em all here: http://espn.go.com/30for30/shorts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted February 7, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 7, 2016 (edited) Every single one of the ESPN docs are on the "UK Turks Playlist" app on XBMC \ KODI too. Â If you have that. Select "documentaries", then "ESPN 30 for 30". Edited February 7, 2016 by bAzTNM#1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted February 9, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 9, 2016 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films is on Film4 this Friday night. Saw this the other week on Netflix. A real stroll down memory lane for me. Would have benefitted from being a lot longer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I enjoyed that Cannon documentary, crazy how much money they lost near the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted February 10, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 10, 2016 (edited) Is that the one that they say they couldn't stop Sylvia Kristel doing Coke during the filming of "Mati Hari"? Claim she was fucked up all the time and you can see Coke on her nose in the film? Pretty obvious she is being held up during certain scenes. Edited February 10, 2016 by bAzTNM#1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted April 6, 2016 Awards Moderator Share Posted April 6, 2016 Like everyone else in December, I watched Making a Murderer. Who pops up on Facebook to offer their POV? Orc-botherer Peter Jackson. He helped finance a film along with a similar story, so I thought I'd watch West of Memphis. Â It discusses the brutal murder of three young boys. Yet another harrowing and maddening tale of American justice writing it's own story when the truth is blatantly different. Â Mrs 2 and I sat open mouthed at the end, cheeks damp with tears. A baffling and frustrating story. Â It's on UK Netflix so it's easy to find. Don't go out and read about it first. Another warning: they're a little too keen on showing the police photos of the corpses (kids are about 9 years old) so be warned if that's a trigger for you. Â PS It's also the first film I've ever seen on IMDB with no trivia. Â PPS johnnyboy: lots of Dixie Chicks feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted April 6, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted April 6, 2016 (edited) Where did they get the corpse photos? That's what I want to know. Not right at all. Â I watched one on the U.S. version of MUBI a few days ago. It was directed by Werner Herzog and was all about his turbulent relationship with Klaus Kinski. It was called "My Best Fiend". Cracking stuff. Edited April 6, 2016 by bAzTNM#1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted April 6, 2016 Awards Moderator Share Posted April 6, 2016 You can ask for them under freedom of information requests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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