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Hosting an event in any type game? Perhaps a GTAO car meet or RDRO mission run? If you post it perhaps others will join in.
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Car No. 4 Air Herler Tropos Rallye driven by @mulder The Inaugural Rallye De Paleto will be held this Wednesday 6th January. Where is it? Paleto Bay is a quaint little town in the North of Blaine County, San Andreas. It's Northwest of Paleto Forest and at the foot of Mount Chiliad. It's mixture of great shops and amusements as well as the Procopio Beach making it a great place to visit for the whole family. What is it? Set over 3 gruelling stages totalling more than 35miles the Rallye De Paleto promises to break cars as well as spirits as it winds through the Paleto Forest, Chiliad Mountain State Wilderness, Raton Canyon, Cass…
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MMSC - Multi MotorSport Championship 6 weeks championship starting on 22nd of November at 21:00 UTC, hosted by @zmurko Part of Sunday Racing League, but with a separate thread just for this championship Find your inner Jamie Whincup, Dale Earnhardt (Jr.), Timo/Tommy Makinen or Giancarlo Fisichella if you need to and join us for a 6 week Multi Motorsport Championship, consisting of 5 different categories with various race settings. Whatever your preffered race settings, you'll find something to enjoy in 5 different racing categories, but you'll have to endure it all in 30 races held over 6 weeks. 15 contact and 15 non-contact. 5 racing categ…
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XDBX vs VANS Car Football (Jan 1st) 1 2
by Protocawl- 3 followers
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XDBX vs VANS Issi Classic Rocket League/Car Football Match (up to) 8 v 8 21:00 UTC Friday, January 1st 2021 Hosted by: @Protocawl Job used: Rocket League - Weeny Time limit: 1 hour Winning condition: First team to score 6 goals / The team with the most goals scored when the time limit is reached (in the case of a tie, first team to score a goal after the time limit is reached wins) Rules: No getting out of your car or moving around on foot on the pitch, UNLESS your car dies on you and you need to get a new one. (reserved for rules regarding possible substitutions)* * - Depending on the number of players signin…
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XDBX & VANS Rolling Around In Snow 1 2 3
by Protocawl- 6 followers
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We're looking at having a fun night of silly contact racing in the snow together with VANS on Wednesday, December 30th (fingers crossed for there to actually be snow in LS that day). Time: 20:30 UTC Host: me Races: 10 jobs that have either the actual in-game snow present or modded snow/ice surface, each crew picks 5 races for the event (any classes, any vehicles) Rules: It's going to be more-or-less M5-dirty, but no deliberate ploughing (unless we agree otherwise during the event) Is it OK with you if the Wednesday evening of the 30th is used for this, @djw180? (Anyone interested in joining can start thinking whether they want t…
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Weekend Ride by Ghostavelli
by Ghostavelli_- 1 follower
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Weekend Ride by Ghostavelli In association with r/GTAOnlineBikers subreddit. Note: I am aware the majority of this website aren’t involved with the GTA MC Community, but you are all welcome to attend as long as you respect the rules below and join the community for the night. Read on to learn more. Welcome to Weekend Ride, a brand new series of events held intermittently by Ghostavelli, a member of the r/GTAOnlineBikers moderator and staff team. ABOUT: Are you looking for like-minded people to play with on a day off? Are you looking for fellow bikers to recruit to your MC or MCs to align with? Do you want to make GTA biker rela…
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Survive The Hunt - 18th November 1 2 3
by AlexHat29- 2 followers
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Come and join for a night of Survive the Hunt, where the aim is for the hunted to survive for a whole in-game day (~48 mins) without being shot to death and killed by the Hunters. Starts Wednesday 18th November at 20:00. Meet at the docks. For those that don't know, Survive The Hunt is a free roam game mode created by Youtuber Failrace, where one player is "hunted" by 10-15 other players. There is no radar, HUD or name-tags for any players. If you want to see what I mean, follow the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuGz5gTA_tU Rules Radar, player names & the HUD must be turned off. This is to avoid cheating and to…
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”A surreal stagnant oasis in the desert. The water might look clean but it can burn through a man's lower intestine in seconds. The Alamo Sea, according to its official website, was created as the result of an accident. According to a Weazel News radio report, hipsters have begun moving to the Alamo Sea area. They were bored and did not follow the local lifestyle, so the hipsters decided to start using drugs.” Creativity and addiction, the jewel of San Andreas has everything that makes one feel at home. So now its time for us to explore the area even further. We will create jobs near or on the Alamo Sea. The theme will be "duel", or dual if you prefer.. …
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RESULTS ARE UP! If the text colour annoys you or is unreadable hit the dark mode button in the top left corner. I'm having problems with the text colour not being automatic switching between day and night mode so Xero Gas Blue is the middle ground alternative. Xero Gas Motorsport presents…… The Manufacturers Super Cup 2020. This October 21st sees the Manufacturers Super Cup return to San Andreas for nine races over three classes. To qualify to compete a manufacturer must produce a car in all of the three classes, Supers, Sports and Sports Classics. The 6 main manufacturers entering this year will be Benefactor, Grotti, Ocelo…
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Xero Gas Presents the 90s Sports Car Cup. October 7th 1 2
by SkyeDave- 2 followers
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This Wednesday October 7th Xero Gas Motorsport invites you to relive the heady days of the decade we all remember so fondly with the 90s Sports Car Cup here in Los Santos. We'll be putting the Jester Classic, the Sentinel Classic and the Comet Retro Custom through their paces over a playlist of 9 contact races on PS4. Competitors must race each car three times but can do so in whichever order they choose. This should make for a varied grid of naturally aspirated, boxer and turbocharged rear wheel drive a*se out action that makes us question why we ever thought contact racing was a good idea. Its beneficial if you own all three cars but not completely necess…
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Wreckfest Weekend Wrapup 1 2
by Dodge- 6 followers
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I'd like to change Weekend Wrapup to a Wreckfest dedicated event. 16 players allowed Sundays 3PM Central Recurring event - weekly How about a Weekend Wrapup Event on Wreckfest! What could be better than beating the sh*t out of @Dodge to finish out your weekend? Seriously!? The weekend is gone? I have to work tomorrow?! Well that's tomorrow! Today... we party like its 1999! Everyone is welcome to play. RSVP and join in the Party Chat to get an invite to the lobby.
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Every second Friday at 20:00 UTC @Potato hosts Spud's sh*tshow! A mixed playlist consisting of races, LTSs, adversary modes and the odd deathmatch. This will alternate with TTF, and should last approx. 1.5 - 2 hours. Any questions feel free to ask.
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FDU & Endurance Extravaganza
by Skorpion- 3 followers
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GTA - PS4 Hosted by @Skorpion Fun Down Under Weekly Endurance Extravaganza Every 4 Weeks (Next on 23rd of May UTC) Friday 7:30pm PDT / 10:30pm EDT / Saturday 2:30am UTC / 12:30pm AEST No BPH, No Phone Services, No Proxies, and Clean racing. Fun Down Under will be a mixture of events including mixed PL, Freeroam activites, and possibly other games as well. ENDURANCE EXTRAVAGANZA description: RACING Either 1x 30-40 minute race, or 2x 15-20 minute races. Contact will always be on, but slipstream and catch-up will depend on the track. Tracks with a pit lane may include a mandatory pit stop, but wil…
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Bathurst 1000 Endurance Race
by JuniorChubb- 0 replies
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@Bishtournaments.com is hosting a 50 lap endurance race on my Mt Panorama Circuit, the race takes place on Sunday 19th April at 22:00 UTC (06:00 AWST) on PS4 (GTA). The race will be in the Supers class with the following available to race with: Zorusso Autarch RE7B XA21 Visione Deveste8 Tyrus ETR1 Thrax This will be a Contact Race with Slipstream ON but Catch up OFF. You can bookmark the job here: socialclub.rockstargames.com/job/gtav/exsKEKumpkmWDe2V2dbuLA To ensure good quality racers there will be two qualifying sessions for the main race on Sunday. See below for details... Post below…
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Testing Tuesday with DAMN
by Lann- 1 follower
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When: Every Tuesday starting around 8-9pm UTC / 9-10pm UK Host: @ajbns87 of DAMN (or someone else) PSN; ajbns87 What: A mix of new jobs (in freeaim). We are welcome to join!
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Any interest in joining in a 30 player mixed event today EU evening? Mixed crews, mixed jobs, estern themed. Figured we start at 20:00 UTC/21:00 UK/22:00 Sweden (our normal EU evening time). @M.C.Lethal Dose @JuniorChubb @VALL_es @Crazykay19
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Saturday Night Madness 1 2
by omarcomin71- 3 followers
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Time of Event in UTC: 6:30am UTC / 12:30am EST / 10:30pm PST Does Event Repeat: Yes If Event Repeats/How Often: Every Week Event Host: @omarcomin71 Amount of Players Allowed: It will vary week to week Special Rules for Event: Standard crew ethics unless otherwise stated. Description of Event: A short and light weekly playlist consisting of mostly LTS’s and silly races with the occasional capture or advisory mode mixed in. Nothing will ever be too serious. The goal will always be to laugh, unwind, relax and have fun with fellow crew members. Saturday Night Madness
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Wreckfest Sunday 22/3
by LimeGreenLegend- 5 followers
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8pm UK time. Anyone interested? I know @omarcomin71 @Con and @Squirrel are. Anyone else? Also, what are the player limits and lobby options like these days?
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The next Survive the Hunt Night will be taking place on Saturday 23rd November 2019 at 21:00 GMT/UTC on PS4. We will be running a 70's Cop Show theme... Hunters Hunters to wear brown/tan suits and moustaches (for male characters) and the most 70s hairstyle for female characters. Hunters are to drive a fully modded 60s - 70s muscle car, here are the top 5 according to Broughy that are suitable for the night... 1. Sabre Turbo Custom - 01:06.866 lap time - 121.25 mph top speed - $505 000 2. Impaler - 1:08.436 lap time - 115.5 mph top speed - $331 835 3. Blade - 1:09.269 lap time - 109.75mph top speed - $160 000 4. Tulip - 1:09.572 lap …
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SEASON 2 ONGOING TURISMO LEAGUE
by LUYEYEP123- 0 replies
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HEY EVERYONE IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE LEAGUE JUST PRIVATE MESSAGE AND YOU CAN BE ENTERED AS A RESERVE DRIVER FOR ANY TEAM THAT ARE LOOKING FOR RESERVE TO COMPETE AND ACCUMULATE POINTS FOR THEIR TEAMS CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE BELOW HERE AND LOOK THROUGH SEE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AND PRIVATE MESSAGE ON PS4 @ LUYEYEP123. IL BE ON 24/7 ON PS4 MOBILE APP TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTION HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL. http://www.theyeyechampionshipleagues.com/home.html
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Funky Fridays (RDO Edition) 1 2
by Lann- 4 followers
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Time of Event in UTC: 9pm (9pm GMT) Event Host: Banketelli Special Rules for Event: Have fun! Description of Event: Will vary from (every other) week to (every other) week. It can be free roaming; helping each other make long distance deliveries, going on the hunt for hidden treasures, locking up everyone and their mum, being dicks to randoms, DEATH TRAIN, or try some of R* playlists. Both the showdowns and race PLs are a lot better now. Quite a few great modes have been added. Funky Fridays (RDO Edition)
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MotoGP Race Night 1 2 3 4
by VANS Official- 1 follower
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Come and join us on Wednesday 27th November at 20:00 GMT for our MotoGP Race Night. The Van Society are hosting another night of racing using the best GTA Real Life Tracks from FR_Player-One's Real Life Tracks thread and the best from elsewhere on Social Club, this time round we will be racing bikes. We will be running a team format, we will all be racing on the Bati 801 RR and there are 4 different liveries available for this bike. When you sign up you must select a team to race for. The available teams are Sprunk, Redwood, Stronzo and Cerveza Barracho, your livery on the night must match your team choice. Racers are also expected to look the part too, either r…
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Season Two racing coming soon GTA5
by LUYEYEP123- 0 replies
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Welcome all new drivers that are looking for a competitive league as you all know season 1 has ended not too long ago. It has been a successful season and now season 2 is upon us starting next year January if you looking for a league to compete their is prize that are established for top drivers and teamates out there. yes i said it. this is a prize league so comme private message me on PS4 AT MY USERNAME @LUYEYEP123 I AM VERY ACTIVE ON MOBILE AND PS4 AND IM THE ONE THAT HOST THE LEAGUE . IF INTERESTED FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME. P.S. PREVIOUS DRIVERS FROM SEASON1 HAS ALREADY HAVE THEIR SECURE SPOT SO NEW RECRUITERS WILL BE FIGHTING FOR AVAILABLE SPOT FOR S…
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rdr 9 21 19 posse
by JustHatched- 3 followers
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If I dont have to work would like to do some posse shit Saturday night at 930pm central. That would be 230am utc sunday.
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Playlist: https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/playlists/playlist/d2g0Vk08fEimACEZvPmbNA Very close and open going into the final round. Round 3 playlist: https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/playlists/playlist/sGn8tmbQ5EquTp9krXA-lQ Standings: Details: A season is 5 weeks (5 rounds). We run this on Sundays 20:00 UTC. Each round is four races. Points for place (30,29,28,27...1), 1 point for fastest lap in each group of cars. Each round will take 60-75 minutes. Non-contact on all races. At the start we all park inside the host car a…
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Real Life Tracks Night Part IV 1 2
by VANS Official- 1 follower
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The Real Life Tracks night is back after a long break for part IV on Wednesday 18th September at 19:00 UTC (20:00 BST) on PS4! The Van Society are hosting another night of racing using the best GTA Real Life Tracks from FR_Player-One's Real Life Tracks thread and the best from elsewhere on Social Club. We will have a few new creations to add to the Playlist this time around due to the time since the last event. This event will be open to all RSCnet members so sign up and get involved. Meet up and Qualifying We will start with a quick meet up in Los Santos in our cars before the racing begins. The first race of the night will be 'qualifying' on the Top …
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249Rate the Last Film you Watched 2: Electric Boogaloo
Operation Mincemeat (2021) dir John Madden A WWII film focussing the efforts of British intelligence to trick Germany into thinking an upcoming major operation was going to happen somewhere else, so that they diverted defending forces away from the actual location. The basics are a true story. The characters are mainly the real people who were involved. It has a great ensemble cast. The main characters are two officers working for MI5, one from the navy and one from the air force, played by Colin Firth and Matthew McFadden, with Kelly MacDonald and Penelope Wilton playing their civilian assistants. It also features Johnny Flynn as the young Lt. Ian Fleming who narrates some scenes in a style that could well have been passages from his James Bond novels. You could, at a big stretch, almost class this as Bond film since it features characters referred to as M (head of MI5, Jason Issacs) and Q-branch (the gadget inventor, James Fleet). Simon Russel Beale also puts in a great performance as Winston Churchill. I have heard of Operation Mincemeat, knew the basics of it, that Ian Fleming was involved and what the outcome was. I don't think it's a spoiler to say the plan worked, as various characters in the film say that if it doesn't the allies won't win the war. The plan was to take the body of recently deceased man, a Welshman living rough in London called Glyndwr Michael, dress him in an officer's uniform, attach a brief case containing fake, but apparently top-secret documents, and then release it from a submarine such that it would wash up on a Spanish beach. Spain was neutral in WWII but under the regime of the Fascist, pro-n*zi, General Franco. So British intelligence knew that the contents of the brief case should find their way into the hands of German agents, before being returned to Britain, and thus the fake information would find it's way to Berlin. The operation they were planning for was the allied invasion of Italy, then Germany's ally. The fake information was one part of bigger plan to convince the Germans it was occupied Greece that was going to be invaded. The subsequent invasion of Italy is one of the lesser known parts of the war. Much is made, quite rightly, of the D-day landings, but that was not the first invasion of German controlled Europe, it was this invasion of Italy, nearly a year earlier. So it's nice to see a film about this aspect of the war, because there aren't very many of them. The film shows the meticulous level of detail the agents went to, creating a whole fake identity, Major William Martin, along with personal letters, a photo of a fiancé, etc. The plot does come across somewhat unbelievable at times and includes a completely unnecessary romantic sub-plot. Even if some of that is what actually happened, the way the films portrays this comes across as if the producers wanted to “s*x it up” and add these elements in because they thought the story of the planning and execution of the operation was not interesting enough. I was all set to give this a lower score than I did, but the last 30 mins or so redeemed it a little. What I found really interesting was, after the the plan had been put into action, the role British diplomats in Spain then had to play to make sure that the brief case of fake documents did indeed end up in German hands. Because after all the detailed and careful planning, it could have easily been undone by a Spanish official simply handing the brief case straight back to Britain, as was technically the correct thing for a neutral country to do, but not what they were supposed to do according to the pro-German Fascist regime in charge. There's almost none of the action you usually get in war films, until right at the end when we see an American infantry sergeant, a minor character introduced earlier, on board a landing craft, storming a Sicilian beach which was taken and held with relatively light causalities. All due to the success of Operation Mincemeat diverting German forces hundreds of miles away. 6 / 10- 2
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249Rate the Last Film you Watched 2: Electric Boogaloo
What I Watched This Week #179 (June 2-8) Escape from Alcatraz dir. Don Siegel/1979/1h53m Clint Eastwood stars in this prison break drama based on the true story of the only man to escape from the famous prison island off the San Francisco coast, Frank Morris. This film takes its time, much like Eastwood's performance style it's understated, deliberate and measured, with none of the melodrama of something like The Shawshank Redemption. The plot is simple, Eastwood arrives at the prison, spends some time scoping it out, then enacts his plan. It's the little things that give weight to this film, particularly the character of Doc (Roberts Blossom), who quietly represents the unshakeable human yearning for freedom with his portraits and the symbolic use of chrysanthemums. At times the pace of the film does undercut some of the urgency of the escape attempt, but I did like the ambiguous ending that doesn't tell you what happened to Frank after he got past the prison walls. 7.5/10 Rhinestone dir. Bob Clark/1984/1h51m I was scrolling through Sylvester Stallone's filmography and came across this, and knew that I had to watch it just to make sure that it's real. Rhinestone stars Dolly Parton as aspiring singer Jake who needs to get out of her crummy contract at the titular New York country music club. To do this she makes a bet with the manager, Freddie (Ron Leibman), that she can turn anyone into a country singer. The person chosen is tone deaf cab driver Nick, played by Stallone. To do this she takes him back home to Tennessee for some real country experience. Stallone also co-wrote this based on the song Rhinestone Cowboy. Really, it even says so in the opening credits. This whole thing is like a fever dream, especially the scenes where Stallone sings by howling like a demented gibbon. He plays his role like an overactive child with attention issues. Parton is just as sweet and charming as she always is, and the moments when she gets to sing are obviously excellent. I also liked Richard Farnsworth as Parton's father. This is not a good film, but it is a bizarre film, and it has its charms. 6/10 The Hustler dir. Robert Rossen/1961/2h14m Paul Newman stars in his iconic role of pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson who is on the fast track to self destruction as he becomes obsessed with beating the best pool player in the world, Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason). This is a film in three distinct acts. The first and third are Felson's showdowns with Fats which bookend a tragic romance between Felson and Sarah (Piper Laurie), a depressed alcoholic. This is a bleak film about addicts and losers, yet there is beauty in the direction that makes this world of smoky pool halls cool and alluring. It also helps that Newman is incredibly handsome. The two pool games between Eddie and Fats are the showpieces here and are given the attention they deserve, with Eddie losing even when he wins, that's just the kind of man he is. Gleason is great as Eddie's opposite, someone totally calm and in control of their emotions. Laurie is heart breaking as Sarah, with only one inevitable outcome for her. Rounding out the main cast is George C. Scott as Bert, the sleazy and manipulative pool hall owner. As a standalone film this is excellent, but wouldn't it be good if we caught up with Eddie let's say twenty five years later? 9/10 Lime's Co-Film of the Week! The Color of Money dir. Martin Scorsese/1986/1h59m Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money catches up with Fast Eddie Felson (a returning Paul Newman) twenty five years after the events of The Hustler. He's now making a decent living off of whiskey, but when a hotshot young pool player, Vince (Tom Cruise), catches his eye he wants back in the hustling game. Without the context of The Hustler this is still a fantastic film full of Scorsese's trademark moves, but with the added history of the character a whole new tragic dimension is added. Eddie is a man full of regrets, so when he sees a chance to recapture his glory days he'll do anything he can to grab it, his old instincts kicking in almost instantly. He's there to use Vince, and he's open about it. But Vince is no d*mmy, even though he may act like it, and with his more emotionally mature girlfriend Carmen (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) he may end up teaching Eddie a thing or two. This has a much different vibe to the previous film, very fitting for the time it was made, and the pool scenes are edited violently by Scorsese's long time editor Thelma Schoonmaker, almost like they're fight scenes. This is a Scorsese film I've not seen before, and didn't really have any interest in before watching The Hustler, but I think this is one of his best works of the decade, only The King of Comedy is better in my opinion. Combined with The Hustler this is an epic, four hour rise and fall and rise and fall and maybe rise again story that spans decades. And it all ends on a high note with a brilliant one liner and a classic Scorsese freeze frame. 9/10 Lime's Co-Film of the Week! Bottom: Exposed dir. Adrian Edmondson/2024/1h30m This made for TV documentary covers the creation, production, reception and legacy of one of my all time favourite shows, Bottom. Written and performed by the late, great (he said so himself) Rik Mayall (seriously, his autobiography is called Bigger Than Hitler, Better Than Christ) and Adrian Edmondson (director of this documentary), Bottom was a BBC comedy that ran for three series in the 90's and was violently crude, obscene, anarchic, absurd and offensive, and one of the funniest things I've ever seen, with slapstick fight scenes that would make Chaplin blush and a sound effects guy straight out of the Looney Tunes. The documentary itself is fine if very standard, featuring interviews with cast, crew and fans, but the real gold is when Edmondson is talking about Mayall, the two being lifelong friends since university. It gets quite emotional at points, which Mayall would have f*cking hated. One of my favourite memories is going to see the Bottom live show with my dad in 2003, their last of five live tours, and even though it's the worst of the five (my favourite is split between 2 and 3), it was amazing being so close to such raw, unfiltered energy. If you've never seen Bottom before, watch it, because the main thing I took from this documentary and seeing all the clips from the show, is that it's been too long since I've seen it. 7/10 La Cage aux Folles dir. Edouard Molinaro/1978/1h32m This French comedy stars Ugo Tognazzi as Renato Baldi, owner of drag club La Cage aux Folles, with Michel Serrault playing Albin, aka Zaza, his partner and star performer. When Renato's son Laurent (Remi Laurent), who the couple have raised since he was a baby, comes home he has some big news. He's getting married. But unfortunately the parents of his girlfriend are in politics, on the conservative side. The very conservative side. So he asks his father and Albin to tone things down a bit while they are visiting. I think this film has aged pretty well considering it was made in the 70's, and while it does rely heavily on stereotypes it never comes across as mean spirited. Tognazzi is good in the lead role, being pulled between his partner, his son and his own identity, with Serrault stealing every scene he's in as a flighty drag queen. The highlight of the film is the climactic dinner party between the two sets of parents with Albin showing some real depth and character here. A little dated but still with a pure heart, I can't wait to compare it with the American remake (see next review). 8/10 The Birdcage dir. Mike Nichols/1996/1h59m Robin Williams and Nathan Lane star as drag club owner Armand Goldman and his partner and star performer Albert in this American remake of La Cage aux Folles. The plot remains basically unchanged from the French original, just with some extra time to let Williams and Lane shine. Considering he's playing a gay drag club owner Williams gives a fairly understated performance, with really only one instance of that classic over the top exuberance. All of that is left to Lane, who is hilarious here. My only real problem with this film, same as the original though I didn't mention it in my review, is that their son, Val (Dan Futterman), is an unappreciative *sshole. Thankfully that doesn't take too much away from this, and the presence of Gene Hackman as republican senator Kevin Keeley, his future father in law, really alleviates this, with him getting to exercise his comedy muscles (and he looks great in drag). This is a slice of fabulous fun and, thanks to the lead duo of Williams and Lane, is better than the original. 9/10- 2
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