I watched Training Day last night, hadn’t seen it in years. Denzel is on one in that - an incredible performance.
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yeah there are a fair few films he was in around that period of cinema where he was untouchable. Absolutely fantastic actor. Not sure what he’s been in more recently but Gladiator 2? Weak…
Those lame Equalizer sequels?
Equalizer 3 was so dreadful.
I thought he was great in the Coen’s Macbeth a few years back, and prior to that I thought Fences was excellent but I just checked and that was 2016…
I need to watch some more films. The last one I watched was ‘Women of the Hour’ … Anna Kendrick‘a directorial debut. As I’d seen a podcast about the case a while ago. It is a tight script and pacing, well acted, especially the harrowing parts but still felt like a made for TV film (I don’t mean a made for Netflix TV film, the old made for TV term).
It really does
Thoroughly yawned of zombies but 28 years later is looking pretty great:
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Ooofff.
Watched the first one on my own at the cinema, only really seeing the London scenes on the TV and knowing nothing about the end.
Same, and remember shitting myself walking back to the car in a deserted multi storey.
The arrogance of the McCallistair’s eating the pizza before anyone pays for it blows me away every year. Arseholes.
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Watched “Late Night With the Devil” last night, surprisingly good. David Dastmalchian is very convincing as a 70’s talk show host. Played out like an episode of Tales of the Unexpected with hints of Ghostwatch
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Might have made a Mistake by letting my boys watch Shaun of the Dead. They all found it hilarious and were loving all the references. Totally forgot how much bad language there was but we’ve paused and spoken about that. Few hairy bits but hopefully the comedy overides. My parents let me watch all sorts at my youngest’ age and I turned out responsible!
Oh the ironing!
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It feels like in the 80’s parents were more relaxed about that stuff. My dad had a newsagents with a video rental section and I remember getting sent to my ten year old mates birthday party with a Van Damme double bill of Bloodsport and Kickboxer for us to watch. His mum asked my Dad if the films were suitable (they really weren’t) and he was like “well, there’s some sex scenes but it’s just boobs really” and the mum was fine about it.
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We did the same when on holiday this summer just gone. Started it then within the first 10 mins I’m sure there’s a few Michael Fabricants dropped I’m like ‘Arrgh!’ 
Exactly the point where I thought it might not be a good idea. “Would any of you Michael Fabricants like a drink?” or whatever the line is.
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yep! Similar, cousin worked in a video shop and got us anything we liked. I had a fascination with horror and watched as many as I could. I wanted to be a special fx guy when I grew up. Tried to get copies of mags like Gorezone and Fangoria. My sister was a few years old and watched terminator by accident, she crept downstairs and after that she kept asking to watch “puckie eye out film”
You lot will like this, then…
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I remember my folks letting me watch Alien when it was first shown on TV. Which according to Google was 1982 so I was nine.
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Yeah, I remember it was on at the same time as the World Cup.
