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Forum: Television Discussion 10-05-2012, 09:49
Replies: 84
Views: 5,908
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
The 'crap mark' should be 0/10. Frankly, I...

The 'crap mark' should be 0/10. Frankly, I thought 2/10 was being generous - and that's without tasting the dish. Wareing was absolutely spot-on and a rather refreshing break from the usual cheffie...
Forum: Television Discussion 16-03-2012, 10:32
Replies: 659
Views: 43,253
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Actually, I think that was her strength and was...

Actually, I think that was her strength and was the reason she won. No matter which fancy restaurant she went to in the series she always went back to her roots and cooked what she might called...
Forum: Television Discussion 13-03-2012, 15:18
Replies: 259
Views: 19,787
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
An excellent end to a rather good series in which...

An excellent end to a rather good series in which the team has seemingly taken on board recent widespread criticism (including this Forum) and made it more a programme about cars. James and Jeremy's...
Forum: Television Discussion 23-02-2012, 09:22
Replies: 659
Views: 43,253
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
I'm delighted Aki has gone. She was so...

I'm delighted Aki has gone. She was so grinningly, gurningly upbeat about everything she threw me into a deep depression and, anyway, after that appalling chocolate mess last week I knew she was...
Forum: Television Discussion 22-02-2012, 07:10
Replies: 700
Views: 33,333
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Simon Schama is so weird - his arms are like twin...

Simon Schama is so weird - his arms are like twin snakes that coil and writhe around when he talks, usually in such a supercilious way. A real pain. A pity it's such a low-key panel. You need...
Forum: Television Discussion 20-02-2012, 18:23
Replies: 1,012
Views: 88,491
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
That Ferrari was so ugly . . . for the first time...

That Ferrari was so ugly . . . for the first time in my life I fancied a Bentley, as long as Rooney doesn't buy this latest model then I'll go off it in a rush.
Forum: Television Discussion 13-02-2012, 11:47
Replies: 1,012
Views: 88,491
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
I do love those XFRs and as for this episode,...

I do love those XFRs and as for this episode, well, it wasn't brilliant but I did like the moment when they paused for 10 seconds while the traction control was disabled.
Forum: Television Discussion 06-02-2012, 15:34
Replies: 1,012
Views: 88,491
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Another decent episode, I thought. Hammond's...

Another decent episode, I thought. Hammond's segment really conveyed the speed and the sheer terror of NASCAR racing and I also loved JC in the SLS convertible which is far prettier than the...
Forum: Television Discussion 30-01-2012, 07:30
Replies: 1,012
Views: 88,491
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
A decent episode, I thought, apart from that...

A decent episode, I thought, apart from that wally SIARPC. The cars they chose to run around Italy were a rather strange group - and the fact that they were all red to begin with didn't help. It...
Forum: Television Discussion 22-01-2012, 10:43
Replies: 1,012
Views: 88,491
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
I've seen the trailer a few times . . . and it...

I've seen the trailer a few times . . . and it looks like a trailer for a series of repeats.
Forum: Film Discussion 21-11-2011, 14:26
Replies: 4
Views: 532
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Rich Hall's Continental Drifters

Just a heads-up for this 90 minute documentary, repeated TONIGHT on BBC4 at 11pm.

This was first shown last week and I caught it by accident. It's a clever, acerbic, off-the-wall look at the...
Forum: Television Discussion 21-11-2011, 14:23
Replies: 12
Views: 1,481
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Rich Hall's Continental Drifters

Just a heads-up for this 90 minute documentary, repeated TONIGHT on BBC4 at 11pm.

This was first shown last week and I caught it by accident. It's a clever, acerbic, off-the-wall look at the...
Forum: Television Discussion 16-11-2011, 10:00
Replies: 83
Views: 6,143
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Yes, me too, but maybe the cinema itself has gone...

Yes, me too, but maybe the cinema itself has gone off a bit. I did notice one thing from the last episode, when the Egyptian director Chahine spoke about demigods such as Gaddafi . . . and then...
Forum: Television Discussion 15-11-2011, 16:27
Replies: 83
Views: 6,143
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
A DVD release is, in my view, extremely unlikely...

A DVD release is, in my view, extremely unlikely owing to the complexities of copyright permissions for the clips. This is why so many fine TV documentaries about the cinema are seldom repeated -...
Forum: Television Discussion 08-11-2011, 15:21
Replies: 83
Views: 6,143
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
:lol:

:lol:
Forum: Television Discussion 04-11-2011, 19:22
Replies: 29
Views: 2,448
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Absolutely spot-on, AJR90.

Absolutely spot-on, AJR90.
Forum: Television Discussion 01-11-2011, 15:25
Replies: 29
Views: 2,448
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
I watched this show. I do write hotel reviews...

I watched this show. I do write hotel reviews for Trip Advisor. I stay in mainly luxury hotels all year round. I was asked to go on the programme. I declined.

So now that's over with, consider...
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 27-09-2011, 05:40
Replies: 41
Views: 3,731
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
I got my copy a few days ago - the UK edition. I...

I got my copy a few days ago - the UK edition. I much prefer the artwork on the DVD and would have bought just the single-disc edition except for the new documentary about Charlton Heston and his...
Forum: Television Discussion 12-08-2011, 05:20
Replies: 22
Views: 1,984
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
For what it's worth, I think this series is...

For what it's worth, I think this series is absolutely terrific with four or five top-notch characters, acting to match and a period setting that isn't nudge-nudge all the time, though I did worry...
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 27-07-2011, 04:47
Replies: 70
Views: 5,594
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Only from Amazon.com for around $18.

Only from Amazon.com for around $18.
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 26-07-2011, 16:08
Replies: 70
Views: 5,594
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
I've just ordered the American release, mainly...

I've just ordered the American release, mainly because the artwork is so much better than the naff UK one.
Forum: Television Discussion 06-07-2011, 19:47
Replies: 1,012
Views: 88,491
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
For the first shots of Monaco they used the music...

For the first shots of Monaco they used the music from just after the credit title sequence in Goldfinger when you see the swimming pool etc at the Miami Hotel. I thought that was pretty neat, a...
Forum: Film Discussion 16-06-2011, 16:13
Replies: 1,053
Views: 77,427
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Secret Ceremony (Losey, 1968, still weird, maybe...

Secret Ceremony (Losey, 1968, still weird, maybe weirder)

The Graduate (Nichols, 1967, undated, fresh, fabulous)

Barry Lyndon (Kubrick, 1975, Blu-ray, jaw-droppingly beautiful)
Forum: Film Discussion 15-06-2011, 15:27
Replies: 50
Views: 2,327
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Empire of the Sun (a bit forgotten, maybe, but I...

Empire of the Sun (a bit forgotten, maybe, but I think it's up there with his best)
Schindler's List (masterly in all departments
Jaws (just a brilliant piece of movie-making)
Close Encounters...
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 12-06-2011, 07:16
Replies: 110
Views: 10,715
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Just watched Barry Lyndon - the single-disc R1...

Just watched Barry Lyndon - the single-disc R1 edition from Amazon.com - and the quality is utterly fabulous.
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 08-06-2011, 10:27
Replies: 41
Views: 3,731
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
At the moment I am unsure of exactly what the UK...

At the moment I am unsure of exactly what the UK edition has or hasn't got. I can live without the booklets etc in the US edition - and I don't like those outsized cases - but I do want all the...
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 17-05-2011, 15:54
Replies: 70
Views: 5,594
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
If memory serves me correctly, Milius was keen to...

If memory serves me correctly, Milius was keen to have a muddy, grainy image to heighten the, ahem, Hyborean hatmosphere. Thus the Blu-ray might not sparkle and shine like, say, Gladiator.

The...
Forum: Television Discussion 16-05-2011, 11:03
Replies: 94
Views: 8,119
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
I've decided to record the whole thing before...

I've decided to record the whole thing before watching it and then I'll watch the whole thing in one long session. But if I really like the first ep. then I might buy the Blu-ray. This delay is...
Forum: Film Discussion 11-05-2011, 18:44
Replies: 90
Views: 10,126
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Hooze Orson Wells? That's the level of this...

Hooze Orson Wells? That's the level of this Forum these days kidney thief.
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 10-04-2011, 16:40
Replies: 59
Views: 4,243
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Absolutely - HTWWW remains my 'demo disc' and I...

Absolutely - HTWWW remains my 'demo disc' and I can't wait for the others. I also think Apocalypse Now is of quite startling quality.
Forum: Film Discussion 10-04-2011, 15:57
Replies: 27
Views: 1,271
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
What an incredible era the late 1950s and 1960s...

What an incredible era the late 1950s and 1960s were for the American cinema - just as the traditional, deeply conservative studio system was dying, along came a group of directors from TV and the...
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 03-04-2011, 12:51
Replies: 110
Views: 10,715
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
The Blu of Spartacus has a very dubious...

The Blu of Spartacus has a very dubious reputation, I think. I'll just be getting the single disc of Barry Lyndon.
Forum: Television Discussion 28-02-2011, 11:14
Replies: 1,012
Views: 88,491
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Any road car with an oversized, boy-racer,...

Any road car with an oversized, boy-racer, B&Q-looking bolted-on spoiler on the back is ugly in my book, and that includes the F40.

Didn't TG itself make a rather touching film tribute to Senna...
Forum: Television Discussion 28-02-2011, 06:15
Replies: 1,012
Views: 88,491
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
The best episode of the series, I thought, mainly...

The best episode of the series, I thought, mainly because it was about cars, less about the three guys trying to be funny. As noted above, the Porsche and Ferrari were ugly and I don't think they...
Forum: Television Discussion 24-02-2011, 08:18
Replies: 1,012
Views: 88,491
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
I don't remember seeing Michael Jackson on the...

I don't remember seeing Michael Jackson on the show. What was his lap time?
Forum: Television Discussion 20-02-2011, 20:39
Replies: 1,012
Views: 88,491
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
That was chronically, historically bad. The...

That was chronically, historically bad. The stupid combine snowplough went on for an eternity, the M3/RS5 was pointless and should have been done on a road (you know, those things that cost more...
Forum: Television Discussion 17-02-2011, 18:43
Replies: 659
Views: 43,253
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Bring back Loyd Grossman.

Bring back Loyd Grossman.
Forum: Television Discussion 15-02-2011, 14:48
Replies: 1,012
Views: 88,491
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
I had that a year or so ago, absolutely agony,...

I had that a year or so ago, absolutely agony, brought on I think by my car dealer who altered the seat setting which I thought was an improvement . . . until I got out and, bang, my back started...
Forum: Television Discussion 14-02-2011, 15:37
Replies: 1,012
Views: 88,491
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
This was the first episode I have seen this...

This was the first episode I have seen this series - a few years ago I would have made every effort to have recorded them while I was away but this time I just didn't bother. But if yesterday's...
Forum: Film Discussion 22-01-2011, 18:18
Replies: 1,053
Views: 77,427
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Good Neighbor Sam - Joel Cairo mentioned this a...

Good Neighbor Sam - Joel Cairo mentioned this a while back and I recently took delivery of a single DVD, not as part of the Jack Lemmon Collection. I saw it on its first release and never saw it...
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 10-12-2010, 13:26
Replies: 365
Views: 29,336
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
I've just watched the two substantial chats which...

I've just watched the two substantial chats which FFC conducted with John Milius and Martin Sheen. Both are excellent, with FFC playing a bit dumb so as to elicit answers that we know he knows but...
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 07-12-2010, 11:07
Replies: 365
Views: 29,336
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Simply stunning quality - apart from the very...

Simply stunning quality - apart from the very cheap packaging. Some sort of tin would have been nice, maybe shaped like a Zippo lighter?
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 03-11-2010, 15:24
Replies: 391
Views: 30,455
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Thanks for the Kwai thoughts haines . . . I think...

Thanks for the Kwai thoughts haines . . . I think I said on another thread that I've never seen a good print of the picture. Somehow, too many sequences look back-projected, even when I know they...
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 03-11-2010, 02:31
Replies: 391
Views: 30,455
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
I can't say I was overly happy with the Kwai...

I can't say I was overly happy with the Kwai shots on, I think, DVDBeaver - they didn't look that much better than the DVD, only a teeny-weeny bit wider. Look forward to your word, haines, and I...
Forum: Television Discussion 27-10-2010, 13:16
Replies: 659
Views: 43,253
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Oh & that chef from Whatley Manor also depended...

Oh & that chef from Whatley Manor also depended on water baths - sold as the great cooking technique, they are actually a convenience for chefs, enabling them to keep meat and fish warm for hours and...
Forum: Television Discussion 27-10-2010, 10:46
Replies: 659
Views: 43,253
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
I love the look of Tom Kitchin's food - that bone...

I love the look of Tom Kitchin's food - that bone marrow dish had me drooling - but I don't like the look of his restaurant. Whatley Manor's food is exactly the sort poncy, design-driven stuff I...
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 26-10-2010, 13:13
Replies: 257
Views: 16,141
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Amazingly, my R2 Disc 2 just does not work on...

Amazingly, my R2 Disc 2 just does not work on either of my DVD/Blu-ray machines, so I can't see the Kermode film or the original theatrical release. Has anyone else had this problem or is it just my...
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 25-10-2010, 14:46
Replies: 257
Views: 16,141
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
I watched the Blu-ray the other night - the first...

I watched the Blu-ray the other night - the first time I had seen the picture since its first run at the Warner Leics Sq., way back when. The quality of the disc is very impressive, especially the...
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 25-10-2010, 05:18
Replies: 391
Views: 30,455
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
Thanks haineshisway and Graham - Laserblazer . ....

Thanks haineshisway and Graham - Laserblazer . . . I'll check that out. On such a short visit I wasn't planning to rent a car and drive up to Hollywood.
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 24-10-2010, 18:47
Replies: 391
Views: 30,455
Posted By Wendell Armbruster
I want to return to a subject I raised on the...

I want to return to a subject I raised on the last page - namely, where to buy DVDs and Blu-rays in LA/Westwood. The ever dependable Haineshisway told us how Westwood has changed and that there's...
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