Monday, 29 June 2009

Taking of Pelham 123

At Stratford Picture House

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

I saw this film on 28th June at Stratford Picture House

This was last in the short Bond series shown on Sunday afternoons in Stratford. I thought George Lazenby was actually a very good Bond but unlike all the other Bond films I left the cinema feeling rather down after the tragic ending. OK, truer to the book perhaps, but that has not bothered them before and as Lazenby said earlier in the film "This never happened to the other feller".

Thursday, 25 June 2009

Last Chance Harvey

I saw this film on 24th June at
Stratford Picture House

See it or get the DVD. An unsentimental, story of life, love and lack of ambition between a pair of middle agers. Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson are superb.