Timbsa

Timbsa

Favorite films

  • Stand by Me
  • The Wicker Man
  • Grave of the Fireflies
  • Parasite

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  • Goldfinger

    ★★★½

  • From Russia with Love

    ★★★★

  • Anvil! The Story of Anvil

    ★★★★

  • The Weekend Away

    ★★½

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Goldfinger

Goldfinger

1964
★★★½ Watched

“Goldfinger” directed by Guy Hamilton is the third outing for Sean Connery as the sophisticated 007 secret agent James Bond. Tasked with investigating the suspicious activities of wealthy gold dealer Auric Goldfinger ( Gert Frobe ) Bond observes Goldfinger cheating during a card game. When Bond discovers Goldfinger’s female accomplice, Jill Masterson, ( Shirley Eaton ) is only being paid to do a job he baits Goldfinger before seducing her. What transpires is one of the most iconic scenes from…

From Russia with Love

From Russia with Love

1963
★★★★ Liked Watched

“From Russia with love” the second James Bond Movie is the direct sequel to “Dr No” and notably much higher in production value than its predecessor. Sean Connery returns as James Bond 007, the secret agent with a license to kill, being hunted down by SPECTRE after killing Dr. No in the first movie. With the introduction of Q ( Desmond Llewelyn ) and an ensemble of villains including Rosa Klebb ,( Lotte Lena ) Blofeld and Morzeny ( Walter…

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Pearl

Pearl

2022
★★★★ Liked Watched

“Pearl” The prequel to the box office hit “X” is set some 60 years prior in 1918. As the U.S.A is in the final stages of the Spanish Flu pandemic and also still involved in the war in Europe, Pearl is somewhat isolated from her friends and husband as she lives and works on the remote family farm. Her paranoid, overbearing mother becomes more dependant on Pearl to look after her disabled father and pressures her daughter not to mix…

Babylon

Babylon

2022
★★★★½ Liked Watched

“Babylon” is a unique, alarming, crazy look into the birth of Hollywood in the 1920’s and 1930’s. “Babylon” follows three central characters as they experience the highs and lows of fame. Silent film star Jack Conrad ( Brad Pitt ), up and coming star Nellie LaRoy (Margot Robbie ) and Mexican fixer / production assistant Manny ( Diego Calva ) all find their lives drastically changed by the new revolutionary technological development of talking pictures.

With amazing performances from Brad…