SaitoRyo Posted September 17, 2025 Posted September 17, 2025 I love how there used to be proper talk shows with big stars talking seriously about their work and other interesting subjects. The Dick Cavett Show was always a good one for that. Anyway, here's a real good, in-depth interview with Redford that aired on the BBC back in 1976. If this were to happen today, it would probably 'air' on TikTok and end with some streamer/host asking him to rank his top five favourite Labubus. It used to be better. Quote
Merzbow Posted September 25, 2025 Posted September 25, 2025 Los Angeles Festival of Movies have now just dropped MUBI as a sponsor, glad to see their piss poor explanation of taking IDF money and attempts to seem "ethical" while still having it isn't working. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted January 22 Members Posted January 22 @Devon Malcolm You seen this list? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/22/best-time-loop-movies-ranked-groundhog-day-terminator-looper I'm not mad at it. I love a time loop concept. Quote
Paid Members gmoney Posted January 22 Paid Members Posted January 22 Funnily enough, I watched a time loop film today, the Australian comedy One More Shot. It was decent enough, few funny bits, but ultimately not much to write home about and a bit half-baked. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted January 22 Members Posted January 22 10 minutes ago, gmoney said: Funnily enough, I watched a time loop film today, the Australian comedy One More Shot. It was decent enough, few funny bits, but ultimately not much to write home about and a bit half-baked. That sounds quite decent, plus Emily Browning. I'll give it a go. Quote
Paid Members gmoney Posted January 22 Paid Members Posted January 22 Keep expectations low. You have no way of getting that time back. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted January 22 Members Posted January 22 3 minutes ago, gmoney said: You have no way of getting that time back. That's not what these films have taught me! Quote
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted January 22 Paid Members Posted January 22 49 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: @Devon Malcolm You seen this list? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/22/best-time-loop-movies-ranked-groundhog-day-terminator-looper I'm not mad at it. I love a time loop concept. Disappointed that Timecrimes and Retroactive didn't get a mention. I've never heard of Stork Day though, I'll have to catch that. 39 minutes ago, gmoney said: Funnily enough, I watched a time loop film today, the Australian comedy One More Shot. It was decent enough, few funny bits, but ultimately not much to write home about and a bit half-baked. I watched it last night! Didn't really care for it, it was far more miserable than I was expecting. Emily Browning was really good though. Quote
Paid Members gmoney Posted January 22 Paid Members Posted January 22 25 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: That's not what these films have taught me! And it's fine to spell out my joke 😉 Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted January 22 Members Posted January 22 13 minutes ago, gmoney said: And it's fine to spell out my joke 😉 It's ok, the next time I loop around I'll now get the joke. Quote
Tim Healys Chutney Spoon Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Sorry if this has been posted before, but if this is all true then wow! Christopher Lee; At just 17 years old, he volunteered to fight for Finland against the Soviet Union in the Winter War of 1939, running away from home to join the fray before WWII fully kicked off. During WWII, he served in the RAF, then as an intelligence officer in the secretive Special Operations Executive (SOE), hunting Nazis across Europe. He was decorated for bravery by the British, Polish, Czech, and Yugoslav governments, and rarely talked about it because, as he once said, "When people ask me what I did in the war, I say 'I can't tell you, because then I'd have to kill you.'" He was a direct descendant of Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Emperor, and distantly related to Confederate general Robert E. Lee. His mother was an Italian countess, adding some serious royal flair to his bloodline. As a teen in 1939, he witnessed the last public execution by guillotine in France, watching serial killer Eugen Weidmann meet his end in Versailles. He met the actual assassins of Rasputin—Prince Yusupov and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich—when he was a child, thanks to family connections. He was cousins with Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, and served with him in WWII intelligence. Fleming even based some Bond elements on Lee and suggested him for the role, but Lee later played the villain Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun instead. He was the only member of the Lord of the Rings cast who actually met J.R.R. Tolkien in person—by chance in an Oxford pub. Lee was a massive fan, reading the books annually for decades, and originally wanted to play Gandalf but ended up as Saruman. In his 80s and 90s, he released heavy metal albums, including Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross at age 88 and a Christmas single called "Jingle Hell" that made him the oldest artist to hit the Billboard Hot 100 at 91. He held multiple Guinness World Records: most screen credits (over 280 films), tallest leading actor (6'5"), most films with sword fights (17), and oldest video game voice actor (at 91 for LEGO The Hobbit). He climbed Mount Vesuvius just three days before it erupted in 1944, was a world champion fencer, and spoke eight languages fluently (English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, Swedish, Russian, and Greek). Muhammad Ali once dedicated a boxing victory to him after they met and bonded—Ali called out Lee's name from the ring while Lee watched from the Playboy Mansion. He had a weird hobby: memorizing the names of every official executioner in England since the 15th century. His optic nerve failed during RAF pilot training, grounding him from flying, so he pivoted to ground ops and became a badass spy instead. He got the King of Sweden's personal blessing to marry his daughter, Countess Birgit Krönert, after asking for permission like a true gentleman. Quote
Paid Members gmoney Posted January 23 Paid Members Posted January 23 This is certainly fresh news. Quote
Paid Members TheBurningRed Posted January 23 Paid Members Posted January 23 I remember my first Wikipedia. Quote
WyattSheepMask Posted January 23 Posted January 23 (edited) Eric Roberts laughs at Christopher Lee’s number of credits. The stuff about Metal albums is true though. They’re shite but fair play to him for giving it a go Edited January 23 by WyattSheepMask Quote
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted January 23 Paid Members Posted January 23 44 minutes ago, Tim Healys Chutney Spoon said: Sorry if this has been posted before, but if this is all true then wow! Christopher Lee; At just 17 years old, he volunteered to fight for Finland against the Soviet Union in the Winter War of 1939, running away from home to join the fray before WWII fully kicked off. During WWII, he served in the RAF, then as an intelligence officer in the secretive Special Operations Executive (SOE), hunting Nazis across Europe. He was decorated for bravery by the British, Polish, Czech, and Yugoslav governments, and rarely talked about it because, as he once said, "When people ask me what I did in the war, I say 'I can't tell you, because then I'd have to kill you.'" He was a direct descendant of Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Emperor, and distantly related to Confederate general Robert E. Lee. His mother was an Italian countess, adding some serious royal flair to his bloodline. As a teen in 1939, he witnessed the last public execution by guillotine in France, watching serial killer Eugen Weidmann meet his end in Versailles. He met the actual assassins of Rasputin—Prince Yusupov and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich—when he was a child, thanks to family connections. He was cousins with Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, and served with him in WWII intelligence. Fleming even based some Bond elements on Lee and suggested him for the role, but Lee later played the villain Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun instead. He was the only member of the Lord of the Rings cast who actually met J.R.R. Tolkien in person—by chance in an Oxford pub. Lee was a massive fan, reading the books annually for decades, and originally wanted to play Gandalf but ended up as Saruman. In his 80s and 90s, he released heavy metal albums, including Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross at age 88 and a Christmas single called "Jingle Hell" that made him the oldest artist to hit the Billboard Hot 100 at 91. He held multiple Guinness World Records: most screen credits (over 280 films), tallest leading actor (6'5"), most films with sword fights (17), and oldest video game voice actor (at 91 for LEGO The Hobbit). He climbed Mount Vesuvius just three days before it erupted in 1944, was a world champion fencer, and spoke eight languages fluently (English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, Swedish, Russian, and Greek). Muhammad Ali once dedicated a boxing victory to him after they met and bonded—Ali called out Lee's name from the ring while Lee watched from the Playboy Mansion. He had a weird hobby: memorizing the names of every official executioner in England since the 15th century. His optic nerve failed during RAF pilot training, grounding him from flying, so he pivoted to ground ops and became a badass spy instead. He got the King of Sweden's personal blessing to marry his daughter, Countess Birgit Krönert, after asking for permission like a true gentleman. You're 10 years late with this one. Quote
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