Sage On Films 🎬 🍿

A film enthusiast. Celebrating cinema. A connoisseur of film noir, neo noir, heists, capers & villains. I also watch TV and buy books. Tsundoku 📚

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When discussing films, don't be that guy.

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@robTHmiller He was only on a handful of films so there's you next objective. 😉

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If it's conspiracy and paranoia you're looking for in a film, the 1970s never disappoints. It was that kind of decade. A few of my favourites would be The Conversation, Marathon Man and The Parallax View but the rest score highly for paranoia and conspiracy.

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@robTHmiller It's hard to believe Coppola managed to make it between the first two Godfather films. I think he was still editing The Conversation when he started part 2 of The Godfather.

The Godfather films were the commercial films for the studio. The Conversation was Coppola's pet project.

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Rejoice!

Apple’s neo-noir detective story “Sugar” set to return for season two on June 19 - Apple TV Press https://t.co/QFJc52Gwsf

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I'm working my way through my Apple TV watchlist. This documentary series on Martin Scorsese is very good. I'm familiar with a lot of the information but it provides surprises, including a conversation with the gent who inspired De Niro's character in Mean Streets. Good stuff.

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Things are changing at Mean Streets! We're moving our new releases to a bi-weekly basis for the foreseeable future - but don't worry, we've got some super fun episodes lined up!

Keep an eye out wherever you get your podcasts, and do like and subscribe!

#FilmNoir #FilmReview

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I'm working my way through my Apple TV watchlist.

Latest box ticked is Murderbot. This turned out to be quite entertaining. The private thoughts of Murderbot regarding the idiotic humans (his opinion) he was supposed to protect, being amongst the highlights.

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@MeanStreetsPC Agreed. Perhaps a slightly longer film could have developed that plot line. It could have been interesting.

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@MeanStreetsPC .."Go with God".

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@MeanStreetsPC Apart from that, perhaps the scene between Stamp and Bill Duke was meant to be a commentary about them being similar, willing to operate outside the rules to achieve a goal and the ends justify the means. Duke literally gives Stamp his blessing as he leaves - I think it was...

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@MeanStreetsPC A good excuse to watch this again.

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NEW EP! We dive into THE LIMEY (1999), Steven Soderbergh's tale of an ex-gangster investigating his daughter's death.

Starring the late, great Terence Stamp, of course! How could we resist?

Links below:

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They say that there's no such thing as bad publicity. I think they might be wrong.

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Timothy Busfield to Be Released While Awaiting Trial https://t.co/Rq3iDWO5Y3

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...have wider appeal, due to the private investigator element, but yet it's Pluribus that has been in the spotlight. The Breaking Bad / Better Call Saul connection may be a factor in that.

Anyway, it just goes to show that it's worthwhile giving something a chance.

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Sugar (Apple TV)

I've now watched all eight episodes and I can happily report it scores a 10. Apart from the fact it's a neo-noir, which is a significant plus, there's also another interesting layer that I won't go into (you'll have to watch it) but it's done very well. I was...

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...vaguely aware of the show and I saw a trailer months ago but it's surprising that it hasn't attracted more attention, or been pushed a little harder by Apple.

I watched Pluribus last week and enjoyed it but I wouldn't say it was better than Sugar. If anything Sugar should...

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Best TV Shows Of All Time: Empire's Fan-Voted Top 100 https://t.co/MHPVez09pe

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@ThatNoirGuy I think there's a second season in the pipeline.

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I've worked my way through Slow Horses (season 5), Pluribus and now I've started watching Sugar. First episode watched tonight and so far I'm liking it a lot. It's noir, so obviously I'm liking it.

I also like Colin Farrell. I even liked him in True Detective. Yes, really.