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I'm enjoying Shōgun so far. Can see the effort gone into the costuming and the show always grabs your attention in quiet and loud moments which is usually a very good sign

All The Presidents Men. What can you say about this that hundreds haven't already? Masterfully directed by Pakula, brilliant performances by Hoffman and Redford and excellent supporting performances by so many name actors like Robards and Balsam and Warden.... truly brilliant

You could say the same about Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones though. You can't bring everything from the books to the screen as there's always so much nuance and world-building you do in literature that you can write into a book and first person opinions from the thoughts of POV characters you can't display as well on screen without clunky exposition and there's a lot of questions even Villeneuves films that the book answers.... but I think there's enough context in the films to get the central premise across. In my opinion. Others may not share it or feel its been given shorter shrift than possible. Some might argue it could have been 3 films to allow for more buildup to the final part from the middle of the story.

All of the major players in this film are portrayed incredibly and I've seen plenty of people saying this is a star-making role for Austin Butler (can't disagree) but Chalamet's performance is absolutely incredible in this and has stuck with me. You buy his first half performance and reluctance to be a messiah and then the shift he undertakes makes sense

The film was absolutely brilliant. Full of absolutely fantastic performances and some stunning direction by Villeneuve

I thought England couldn't get worse. I was wrong. This is a real nadir

Really, really poor. A below-par quality India side missing Ashwin and England gifted their wickets away with mind-numbingly poor shots and decisions. Just like the Lords test against Australia, an open goal and they've turned around and booted it back into their own. **** pathetic

Carl Weathers apparently dead at 76

I didn't think I'd watch Falcons Niners in 2012 happen again against the Lions

Maybe. Before my time though so never experienced it first hand. The Stokes Headingley Miracle maybe... In this England were effectively -27 for 5 with India yet to bat on a surface they comfortably scored 436 on a day earlier.....in India itself with a rookie bowling attack. Outstanding character both by Pope and the bowlers batting and fielding

Extraordinary test, don't think I've seen a team dead and buried like that come back and win. Pope has to be MOTM. Hartley can only take some good 4th innings wickets if England put a good score up and without Pope India don't even have to bat again there

India in touching distance of a win but with 3 wickets left.

Remember when teams used to actually tour countries for test series rather than play like a warmup game then a 5-test series? Why is that not a thing any more? England should have been out there for ages playing Presidents XIs all over India

I had Glynis Johns too. Did well to reach that old

Let's try again with some of mine. - Bob Newhart - Tippi Hedren - Glynis Johns - John Rhys-Davies - Al Pacino