Movies
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@Matt you ever see Honeysuckle Divine? First time I ever saw the ping pong ball trick (among many other tricks)…
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Never have I had the in-person experience. Video was suffice.
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I think you guys might like this story. There was a girl doing ping pong shows in NYC,right by a place that I was working at. I had gone on a few occasions. I get a call to audition for this band,I go to the audition,we hit it off, and they ask me to stick around and wait for the singer to show up. I agree and in walks the girl from the ping pong shows. We both recognize each other,after hearing her sing,I declined the offer. The singer was Wendy O. Williams,and the band would become The Plasmatics.
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Legendary
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Ha, that's a fantastic story @Jett129!
I looked at the YouTube comments, and there is no mention of her table tennis career.
Perhaps you should add your story - for the Plasmatics fans that don't realise that Wendy was a renaissance woman
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The Safdie's working conditions and their dull approach to women characters left me unconvinced of Marty. Glad One Battle and Sinners were recognised by the oscars. Also Matt I think it's fine to not be a chala-fan.
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Watched “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” yesterday and fell into the, what-did-I-just-watch category but in a good way. Reminded me of “Adventures in Babysitting” meets “Lawnmower Man” but again, in a good way.
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I’m did make it to the showing of Shigeru Yoshida’s doc Shades of Indigo this afternoon. I suspect it will be hard to find, but a great insight into Japanese indigo growing, harvesting, processing into sukumo, fermenting and dyeing. I hadn’t appreciated that natural indigo is a living being. The main contributor, Ryuta Sasaki, compares indigo to a woman seen from the perspective of a child, like a grandma or great-grandma in the case of his four year old indigo pot (we heard in the intro that this pot is sadly no more following a relocation). Apparently natural indigo has good days and bad days and if she’s not feeling well she won’t give a good colour but if she’s happy she’ll give you something beautiful.
There were some genuinely moving moments when an old indigo pot was returned to the earth and when a new pot came alive and started giving indigo.
The live intro from Dr Linda Brassington (also featured in the doc) was also good - I might post something more in the books thread.
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Just finished the remake of “The Running Man” with Glen Powell. I enjoyed it immensely.
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Spend four hours in cinema Saturday night with my son…
Yeah pretty bloody
God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson
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That was fun. It's always good to follow @ARNC 's cultural tips.
Made me think about which other good films about 'The Troubles' I know.
- Bloody Sunday (2002)
- '71 (2014)
- In the Name of the Father (1993)
- Cal (1984)
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006, historically predating the Troubles, but connected)
More suggestions?
si tacuisses
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The Long Good Friday (1980) - Classic Bob Hoskins & Helen Mirren
A Prayer For The Dying (1987) - Mickey Rourke is a bit cheesy but perfectly balanced by another incredible Bob Hoskins performance, great plot!
The Crying Game (1992) - Best plot twist of all time?
The Boxer (1997) - DDL shines but for me Emily Watson is the real star
The General (1998) - Troubles related but more the organised crime elements. True story and a fantastic performance by Brendan Gleeson -
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@endo in addition to others mentioned:
Michael Collins (1996) based on the life of a leading figure in Irish history at the time of the Easter Rising in 1916
Hunger (2008) about the 1981 hunger strikes with Michael Fassbender playing Bobby Sands
