Events
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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- When posting events please be sure to include the gaming platform (PS4, XB1, PC, etc..)
- Events should include date and time (UTC time is best since it doesn't change)
- Be through on the details, sometimes the small things can make the difference in someone wanting to attend our not.
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ps4 August 10th
by Dodge- 1 follower
- 3 replies
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Date of Event: August 10, 2018 Time of Event in UTC: PM Central Does Event Repeat: Maybe? If Event Repeats/How Often: Event Host: Whoever Amount of Players Allowed: How many can we get? Special Rules for Event: Description of Event: Since FNF has been cancelled, I'll be looking for something to do tonight. I'm up for anything, PL, Missions, Heists, Adversary Modes, Free Roam, Job Hopping, etc. If you're gonna be on and want to do something, post here.
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XDBX & VANS, Racing 1 2
by omarcomin71- 2 followers
- 30 replies
- 3.7k views
Event Title: XDBX & VANS, Racing Event Author: omarcomin71 Calendar: Crew Events Calender Date of Event: Wed 1st August Time of Event in UTC: European evening 19:30 UTC (i.e. 20:30 current UK time) Does Event Repeat: no If Event Repeats/How Often: Event Host: djw180 and / or Junior Chubb Amount of Players Allowed: probably 30 Special Rules for Event: clean racing (unless stated otherwise for specific races), no deliberate curb boosting on stunt tracks. This will be a joint playlist, not a H2H, so we do not have to have a specific number of players. XDBX & VANS, Racing
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Event Title: Thursday Summer Nights (Free-aim) Event Author: Lann Calendar: Public Events Calendar Weekly on Thursdays from July 12th to August 9th. 21:00 UTC Mixed playlist in Free-aim (Jobs will be both shooting and races.) Open for all, xdbx and other players. Players who have RSVD's below will be invited first, then we will try and fill up any remaining spots. (You need to have a acct on the site to rsvp) Feel free to suggest jobs! Any specific rules for the week will be mention in the event discussion thread, but please no helmets, calling Lester or using the off radar losing perk. …
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ps4 Double money on MC Businesses, air & land crates
by The_Lady_A- 1 follower
- 5 replies
- 1.1k views
Date of Event: Until next Tuesday Time of Event in UTC: ongoing Description of Event: Makin' the moniz' [sic] With a property update in the near future, I believe it would be good to help each other make money through the double money stuff that's happening. Creating this thread as a place for people to say if they're in need of help or the like, as sometimes it can get lost in the shoutbox. So... anyone wanna sell some drugs or some boxes?
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ps4 Practice Playlist for Clash of the Crews XDBX vs STNC
by pete_95973- 2 followers
- 4 replies
- 1.1k views
Date of Event: June 9th 2018 Time of Event in UTC: 3:00 PM (11am eastern time) Does Event Repeat: NO Event Host: pete_95973 Amount of Players Allowed: 8 Special Rules for Event: Normal playlist rules Description of Event: Help @Protocawl@DavidCore89@VALL_es1583070462 and my self get ready for our match with STNC on Sunday. @Protocawl and @Con have already shown interest. RSVP by posting here. If I get at least 4 or 5 interested I will host.
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ps4 Rally-X Racing Sunday Impromptu (DiRT Rally)
by Protocawl- 20 replies
- 1.6k views
Date of Event: June 3 Time of Event in UTC: 8:00pm (20:00) Does Event Repeat: No Event Host: @Protocawl Amount of Players Allowed: No limit Special Rules for Event: None Description of Event: A little rallycross get-together at 8pm UTC lasting for up to an hour. We'll be driving the Mini Cooper S Rally-X cars and might try the 1600s cars if so desired. The cars will be provided for you - no need to buy anything, Mini is the best car for Rally-X beginners as well and it'll be just some fun rallycross contact racing like last weekend. It's great fun!
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ps4 GTA Rally Expo
by Dodge- 1 follower
- 3 replies
- 1k views
Date of Event: May 28 Time of Event in UTC: 5PM Does Event Repeat: no If Event Repeats/How Often: Event Host: @Dodge Amount of Players Allowed: 28 Special Rules for Event: Use Rally cars from the sports and sports classics classes. Also Off Roads and Compacts will be run Description of Event: An all Rally style event. Rally, Rally X, Off Road. Bring your cars and have some laughs. 16 job PL taking place at the normal NA event time.
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ps4 Thursday Testing May 10th
by Lann- 1 follower
- 21 replies
- 2.5k views
Date of Event: Time of Event in UTC: 20 or 21 Does Event Repeat: If Event Repeats/How Often: Event Host: Lann or djw180 or anyone Amount of Players Allowed: depending Special Rules for Event: regular stuff Description of Event: Testing jobs, might be asked to (first) explore map before starting to fight. Please post jobs to be tested.
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ps4 Saturday Showcase
by omarcomin71- 2 followers
- 13 replies
- 1.5k views
Date of Event: Saturday May 5th Time of Event in UTC:Between 3:30 and 4:00 pm PST (10:30 - 11:00 pm UTC I think) Does Event Repeat: Not sure yet If Event Repeats/How Often: Event Host: omarcomin71 Amount of Players Allowed: 30 Special Rules for Event: Crew Rules Apply Description of Event: A showcase of mostly non-crew race tracks. My bookmarks are piling up and I'd like to test a bunch with the crew. 90% should be well designed creations. All are welcome. Start time will be two hours before Two Bros.
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Event Title: Pfister Supercup (Squirrel) Event Author: Skorpion Calendar: Public Events Calendar Event Host: Squirrel Game: GTA Online Event Start Date: 15th May 2017 Event Start Time: Monday, 9:00pm GMT/UTC (Monday, 5:00pm EDT / Monday, 10:00pm BDT / Tuesday, 7:00am AEST) Reoccurring: Fortnightly Special Rules: Contact Endurance Racing, No Shooting in GTA, Slipstream ON. What it is: A bi-weekly endurance race based on real world tracks mirroring the real life Porsche Supercup. http://www.porsche.com/international/motorsportandevents/motorsport/customerracing/porschecups/pmsc/ When it is: It will be held Mo…
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3 legs. 3 sets, double elimination Bracket Link - http://challonge.com/7i33wkhr
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ps4 Sunday Drive
by omarcomin71- 3 followers
- 18 replies
- 1.6k views
Date of Event: 3/11/2018 Time of Event in UTC: 6:00pm UTC I think (11:00 am PST/1:00 EST) Does Event Repeat: Maybe If Event Repeats/How Often: Possibly weekly, possibly monthly Event Host: omarcomin71 Amount of Players Allowed: 30 Special Rules for Event: Clean Racing when it applies (Crew Rules) Description of Event: A mix of new race creations from some of my favorite creators, both crew and non-crew. Don't expect tubes.
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Anniversary Through The Years PL (Friday NA Hatch)
by JustHatched- 1 follower
- 12 replies
- 1.7k views
Event Title: Anniversary Through The Years PL (Friday NA Hatch) Event Author: JustHatched Calendar: Crew Events Calender Friday the 26th NA (Satrurday 27th EU) Lobby open at 9:00PM Central (3:00AM UTC) Playlist start at 9:30PM Central (3:30AM UTC) Hosted by Hatch 16 Jobs, 4 from each year we have been around (2 races and 2 combat jobs from each year), all from different creators These are not jobs in the usual classics playlists, those have been played enough 30 player limit, if you get kicked by R* do your best to join back in 2014 Race @Dodge Maze Bank Enduro HD 2014 Race @Pb76 Clowning Around HD…
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- 4 replies
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Event Title: We Are XDBX - 4th Anniversary Creator Special Event (Protocawl) Event Author: omarcomin71 Calendar: Crew Events Calender Date of Event: Final event/playlist dates: Jan 28th 03:30am UTC (Jan 27th 10:30pm EST) Time of Event in UTC: Job creation period starts Nov 18th and ends 11:59pm UTC Jan 26th. Event Organiser: Protocawl Amount of Players Allowed: Unlimited Special Rules for Event: All job creations should celebrate current crew members and only 1 job (max 2 if there are very different ideas) per chosen crew member is allowed. Creators are also allowed to create 2 jobs in total if they wish to do so and have a separate jo…
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ps4 Anniversary: A&A - Aniversary Awesomness (Ally & Lady A)
by omarcomin71- 1 follower
- 1 reply
- 1.1k views
Event Title: Anniversary: A&A - Aniversary Awesomness (Ally & Lady A) Event Author: omarcomin71 Calendar: Crew Events Calender Date of Event: 28th Jan 2018 Time of Event in UTC: 18:00 Does Event Repeat: No If Event Repeats/How Often: Event Host: Ally Amount of Players Allowed: 16 Special Rules for Event: BPH are not required but are allowed Description of Event: Lady A and Ally present our 4th Anniversary Playlist, featuring a range of jobs we’ve enjoyed in the past. Racing, Adversary Modes, combat and a few more silly ones also. Typical PL rules and driving etiquette apply unless otherwise stated. …
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Anniversary Freeroam Takeover
by JustHatched- 4 replies
- 1.1k views
Event Title: Anniversary Freeroam Takeover Event Author: JustHatched Calendar: Crew Events Calender Freeroam Takeover Sunday the 28th at 9:00PM Central (Monday 3:00AM UTC) Hook up in a crew lobby at 9:00, at 9:30 I will hunt for a lobby and send invites Would prefer to keep this limited to military ground vehicles with the hopes of using Chernobogs for air control. However if Avenger, Akula, Hunter, Savage, or Buzzard is your only option have at it, but if the Chernos bust you up at long range it is what it is. (NO JETS OR PLANES - except Avenger) (NO MOC'S, Deluxos, Oppresors, Runier 2000's, Batmobiles) Limit to 16 please …
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ps4 Anniversary WTF PL (Sinister)
by omarcomin71- 2 replies
- 1.1k views
Event Title: Anniversary WTF PL Event Author: omarcomin71 Calendar: Crew Events Calender Date of Event: Sunday 28 Jan Time of Event in UTC: 06:00/01:00 EST Does Event Repeat: Maybe If Event Repeats/How Often: Depends on if it proves fun Event Host: SINISTER120 Amount of Players Allowed: 2-16 Special Rules for Event: Try to have fun Description of Event: Anniversary Why The F*&k PL Playlist involving things that no one really cares about or wants to play. Versus missions, the adversary modes everyone hates, etc. I basically want to try something that isn’t done and see how…
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If interest i would like a short recording session in a crew lobby after Two Bros. Need a chernobog, oppressor, titan, bombplane, transport helicopter, and a shitload of similar vehicles, and alot of people dressed for combat. If interest i post details, execution will take msx 5 min, preparing about the same.
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Event Title: We Are XDBX - 4th Anniversary Creator Special Event (Protocawl) Event Author: omarcomin71 Calendar: Crew Events Calender Date of Event: Final event/playlist dates: Jan 28th 12:00pm UTC (07:00am EST) Time of Event in UTC: Job creation period starts Nov 18th and ends 11:59pm UTC Jan 26th. Event Organiser: Protocawl Amount of Players Allowed: Unlimited Special Rules for Event: All job creations should celebrate current crew members and only 1 job (max 2 if there are very different ideas) per chosen crew member is allowed. Creators are also allowed to create 2 jobs in total if they wish to do so and have a separate job idea…
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ps4 Anniversary - Cops & Criminals (Free Roam Event) (Protocawl)
by omarcomin71- 2 followers
- 11 replies
- 1.5k views
Event Title: Anniversary - Cops & Criminals (Free Roam Event) (Protocawl) Event Author: omarcomin71 Calendar: Crew Events Calender Date of Event: Saturday, January 27th Time of Event in UTC: 15:00 (10:00 EST) Does Event Repeat: No Event Host: @Protocawl Amount of Players Allowed: 30 Special Rules for Event: Dress code: depending on role, any criminal outfit/gang outfit/law enforcement resembling outfit (undercover/agency/patrol/SWAT/etc.) Description of Event: General idea of the free roam minigame: 2-4 of us will be criminals and the rest will be cops, chasing the criminals down after they commit…
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ps4 Anniversary Air PL (Sinister)
by omarcomin71- 3 replies
- 1.3k views
Event Title: Anniversary Air PL (Sinister) Event Author: omarcomin71 Calendar: Crew Events Calender Date of Event: Sat Jan 27th Time of Event in UTC: 12:00/07:00 EST. Does Event Repeat: No If Event Repeats/How Often: Event Host: SINISTER120 Amount of Players Allowed: 16-30 depending on interest Special Rules for Event: Have fun Description of Event: Air race/combat PL for the 4th anniversary. Races, Captures, etc. Anniversary Air PL (Sinister)
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ps4 Custom Crew Blue Cheetah Anniversary Event (Dodge)
by omarcomin71- 0 replies
- 1.1k views
Event Title: Custom Crew Blue Cheetah Anniversary Event (Dodge) Event Author: omarcomin71 Calendar: Crew Events Calender Date of Event: Jan 28th Time of Event in UTC: 00:00 Does Event Repeat: No If Event Repeats/How Often: Event Host: Dodge Amount of Players Allowed: 16 - 30 depending on RSVP's Special Rules for Event: Custom Crew Blue Cheetahs ONLY Description of Event: XDBX Anniversary Cheetah Event 4 years ago, a Crew was born. It was formed with the intention of creating a small gaming community for some people to get together and game without the worry of griever…
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ps4 Anniversary Whacky Races (DJ)
by omarcomin71- 1 follower
- 1 reply
- 1.1k views
Event Title: Anniversary Whacky Races (DJ) Event Author: omarcomin71 Calendar: Crew Events Calender Date of Event: 28th Jan Time of Event in UTC: 15:00 Does Event Repeat: no If Event Repeats/How Often: Event Host: djw180 Amount of Players Allowed: 16 Special Rules for Event: Description of Event: 4th anniversary version of my monthly Whacky Races playlist. Racing playlist aiming to include all classes of vehicle at some point. A mixture of different races types, street circuits, stunt tracks, boats, aircraft, GTAs, ovals etc. All XDBX creations, some for customs some locked to specific vehicles. …
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Adverse Sundays (JustHatched) 1 2 3
by omarcomin71- 4 followers
- 60 replies
- 5.5k views
Event Title: Adverse Sundays (JustHatched) Event Author: omarcomin71 Calendar: Crew Events Calender Date of Event: Every NA Sunday Time of Event in UTC: 3:30AM Mondays UTC / 9:30PM Sundays CDT Does Event Repeat: Yes If Event Repeats/How Often: Weekly Event Host: JustHatched Amount of Players Allowed: 8 Special Rules for Event: None Description of Event: Just a playlist of adversary modes, limit 8 players max (if more than 8 want to play, sorry). We will play the good modes, we will play the shit modes, but we will play all the modes Team balancing will be left off, in each match the top 2 pla…
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Anniversary Freeroam Fuckery
by JustHatched- 0 replies
- 1k views
Event Title: Anniversary Freeroam Fuckery Event Author: JustHatched Calendar: Crew Events Calender Saturday the 27th Midnight Central (6:00AM UTC) Hosted by Hatch Gonna hop into a small public lobby (hopefully, takeover may be needed to remove players if they are in the way) Going to run CEO/MC jobs such as Executive Search, do the freeroam things that pop up like the Checkpoint Challenge Everyone is expected to be in an MC or CEO group Wear your BPH!!!!!! Anniversary Freeroam Fuckery
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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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