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the autist formerly known as flinch Started conversation Apr 7, 2005
Following an argument about the inherent evil of News Corporation International and whether there's anything worth watching on Terrestrial / Digital / Satellite telly i drew up a list of what is worth watching over the bank holiday, so i thought i'd post it into an entry below on the off chance that anyone here might fancy watching something other than the Matrix! Anyone wanting to use the summer to catch up on some quality films should start this weekend, there's some reall classics on this week, try watching a few of these pictures listed below.
Saturday 6th
Thelma and Louise 1.45 Film Four
Meet John Doe 7.00 Sky Cinema 2
Meet John Doe 3.00 Sky Cinema 2
This Sporting Life 8.00 Sky Cinema 1
Panic Room 8.00 Sky Movies 2
Bowling for Columbine 9.00 Channel 4 **
Bowling for Columbine 10.00 S4C **
In the Mood for Love 11.25 Channel 4 **
Sunday 7th
Read My Lips 0.00 Film Four
Thelma and Louise 0.20 S4C
Smiles on a Summer Night 4.00 Film Four
Some Like it Hot 6.00 Film Four **
Hear My Song 8.00 Film Four
This Sporting Life 9.00 Sky Cinema 2
Betty Blue 10.15 Sky Cinema 1
The Big Sleep 11.25 TCM
Monday 8th
Come and See 12.20 Film Four **
Stalker 2.30 Film Four **
Burnt By the Sun 5.30 S4C **
The Gay Divorcee 10.45 Sky Cinema 1
The Gay Divorcee 4.00 Sky Cinema 1
Life is Beautiful 6.00 Film Four
Holy Smoke 10.00 Film Four
Betty Blue 11.15 Sky Cinema 2
A great weekend of moves: Some of the Best films ever made are in that list, and all of those listed are well worth watching. The argument - well over the week about a quarter of the best movies are on terrestrial tv, over half are on Film Four and TCM, and about a quarter are on the Murdoch channels, of whose output about 1% is worth watching. My argument that sky is the enemy of all cinema is not exactly proven by this, but it's a pretty damning set of statistics.
Anyone who wants to post a review of any of these films and discuss it here, or argue for the presence / absence of a film from this list feel free.
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