FOTV – Saturday 1606 to Friday 2206
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Just a few films you may find of interest (rated * to ****)
Saturday 1606
*** THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (US 1960) C31, 1435-1715; Yul Brynner,
Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, James Coburn, Horst Buchholz, Charles
Bronson, Robert Vaughn.
**½ P'TANG YANG KIPPERBANG / First Love / 1st Love / Kipperbang (UK
1982) C15, 1730-1905; John Albasiny, Abigail Cruttenden, Maurice Dee,
Alison Steadman; In 1948, 14-year-old JA is obsessed by two things:
the England cricket team and his love for attractive classmate AC.
** MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE (UK 1983) C24, 2200-0015; John
Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry
Gilliam; Probably the least of the boys' films.Just sketches 'on
life' (including the famous overeating restaurant patron).
Sunday 1706
**½ LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (US 2005) C4, 2310-0105 (C13, 0010-0205);
Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Alan
Arkin.
*** THE BLACK DAHLIA (US 2006) C15, 2315-0135; Aaron Eckhart, Josh
Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner; Directed by
Brian De Palma.
Monday 1806
**½ THE LONELY GUY (US 1984) C1ES, 2350-0120; C1W, 0020-0150; Steve
Martin, Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, Robyn Douglass; When writer SM is
thrown out by his girlfriend, a fellow 'lonely guy'(CG) introduces him
to a network of similar unfortunate men.
*** YES (UK/US 2005) C15, 0150-0355; Joan Allen, Sam Neill, Shirley
Henderson, Simon Abkarian, Stephanie Leonidas, Samantha Bond, Sheila
Hancock; Perhaps the best so far from director Sally Potter,an
attractive, lilting film telling of JA's married American beginning an
affair with SA's Lebanese chef in London. The actors speak in rhyming
couplets.
**½ LOST IN TRANSLATION (US/Japanese 2003) C4, 0155-0330 (C13,
0255-0430); Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Anna Faris, Giovanni
Ribisi.
Thursday 2106
** MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE (UK 1983) C24, 2400-0210; John
Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry
Gilliam; see above.
*** IF.... (UK 1968) C15, 0135-0345; Malcolm McDowell, David Wood,
Richard Warwick, Arthur Lowe, Peter Jeffrey, Graham Crowden, Mona
Washbourne; Famous (infamous?), surrealistic treatment of revolution
within the public school system,
Friday 2206
*** THE GODFATHER PART II (US 1974) C15, 2100-0050; Robert De Niro, Al
Pacino, Robert Duvall. Diane Keaton.
Saturday 1606
*** THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (US 1960) C31, 1435-1715; Yul Brynner,
Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, James Coburn, Horst Buchholz, Charles
Bronson, Robert Vaughn.
**½ P'TANG YANG KIPPERBANG / First Love / 1st Love / Kipperbang (UK
1982) C15, 1730-1905; John Albasiny, Abigail Cruttenden, Maurice Dee,
Alison Steadman; In 1948, 14-year-old JA is obsessed by two things:
the England cricket team and his love for attractive classmate AC.
** MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE (UK 1983) C24, 2200-0015; John
Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry
Gilliam; Probably the least of the boys' films.Just sketches 'on
life' (including the famous overeating restaurant patron).
Sunday 1706
**½ LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (US 2005) C4, 2310-0105 (C13, 0010-0205);
Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Alan
Arkin.
*** THE BLACK DAHLIA (US 2006) C15, 2315-0135; Aaron Eckhart, Josh
Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner; Directed by
Brian De Palma.
Monday 1806
**½ THE LONELY GUY (US 1984) C1ES, 2350-0120; C1W, 0020-0150; Steve
Martin, Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, Robyn Douglass; When writer SM is
thrown out by his girlfriend, a fellow 'lonely guy'(CG) introduces him
to a network of similar unfortunate men.
*** YES (UK/US 2005) C15, 0150-0355; Joan Allen, Sam Neill, Shirley
Henderson, Simon Abkarian, Stephanie Leonidas, Samantha Bond, Sheila
Hancock; Perhaps the best so far from director Sally Potter,an
attractive, lilting film telling of JA's married American beginning an
affair with SA's Lebanese chef in London. The actors speak in rhyming
couplets.
**½ LOST IN TRANSLATION (US/Japanese 2003) C4, 0155-0330 (C13,
0255-0430); Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Anna Faris, Giovanni
Ribisi.
Thursday 2106
** MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE (UK 1983) C24, 2400-0210; John
Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry
Gilliam; see above.
*** IF.... (UK 1968) C15, 0135-0345; Malcolm McDowell, David Wood,
Richard Warwick, Arthur Lowe, Peter Jeffrey, Graham Crowden, Mona
Washbourne; Famous (infamous?), surrealistic treatment of revolution
within the public school system,
Friday 2206
*** THE GODFATHER PART II (US 1974) C15, 2100-0050; Robert De Niro, Al
Pacino, Robert Duvall. Diane Keaton.
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