Lefty

One of the memorable experiences of trips to LOS were all the fine fellows from Ireland that I met. Not a bad one in the bunch.

Someone left a like on this old thread the other day, so I got a notification, and clicked on it. I had completely forgotten ever writing that. So, it rekindled a fond memory.

Reading this thread 14 years later, I do not even remember any sort of a bell at Corner Bar, and I'm usually pretty good at recalling useless trivia.

I just watched Raquel today in Hannie Caulder. She was sure a natural beauty back then. This movie and Bandolero were my favorites of hers.

I just found this docu-movie from 1944 on Youtube the other day. As a WW2 history buff, especially in the Pacific, I found it quite informative.

I've not seen it yet, but love McDonagh's other movies and find them all worth watching over and over. If this one is not of that ilk, that is okay. I can watch In Bruges several times a year and it always fondly reminds me of Kahuna, since he was who first told me about it and bought me a copy over at Tukcom on that upper floor with all the DVD stores. I went in one store and he into the next over at the same time, both of us looking for In Bruges. About 10 minutes later I looked up and there he was standing outside the entrance waving a copy of In Bruges over his head, like I found it, stop looking. I walked out and he just gave it to me. Said he'd seen and he wanted me to see it. Seven Psychopaths is very good too. I'd rank it 3rd, but it has Walken in it, in more than a short cameo, and you can't go wrong there. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is quite simply outstanding and well deserving over the two Oscar wins for best actress and best supporting actor. There was little chance McDonagh was going to top Three Billboards.

The movie Fred Williamson was in is not about Jewish-American soldiers. The Inglorious Bastards, 1978, concerns a group of prisoners who are drafted into a special war mission in 1944, is a loose (unauthorized) remake of the 1967 American film The Dirty Dozen. The film attracted critics' attention again after Quentin Tarantino used the title as the inspiration for the title of his 2009 film Inglourious Basterds. The Tarantino film is not a remake of The Inglorious Bastards, but contains a few references to it, including the appearances of Svenson as an American colonel and Castellari as a Nazi general (although credited as "himself").

Bad Times at the El Royale is a really good movie if you like Tarantino, Coen Bros, etc, but much different than anything they have done. Well worth watching once, twice, or three times. Synopsis: In the year 1959, a man named Felix (Nick Offerman) enters a hotel room and unrolls the carpet. He opens up the floorboards and stashes a bag full of money in there, and then puts everything back together like it was untouched. A while later, Felix is visited by a man. He invites the man into his room, only for him to shoot Felix in the back, killing him. Ten years later. Several individuals are arriving at the El Royale hotel in California. Father Daniel Flynn (Jeff Bridges) meets lounge singer Darlene Sweet (Cynthia Erivo), who is heading to perform in Reno. They meet vacuum salesman Laramie Seymour Sullivan (Jon Hamm), who is trying to fix himself a drink. He makes a few patronizing comments toward Darlene in regards to her race, though he claims to be joking. Moments later, the hotel's sole employee, Miles Miller (Lewis Pullman), emerges from the maintenance closet to tend to the patrons. A car then speeds up to the front, and in enters Emily Summerspring (Dakota Johnson), dressed like a hippie. The four sign their names (although Emily signs "fuck you") on the itinerary and then head to their rooms.

I'd love to see The Banshees of Inisherin win an Oscar. Every movie Martin McDonagh has done has been outstanding.

It's fun for me to scroll back through the comments from 10 or so years ago, and thinking to myself, "I wrote that?". LOL. I apparently didn't respond to your Lucky Number Slevin mention, but I did see it once when it was fairly recent, and really liked it a lot. The title made me think of a more recent movie from 2017 that I really enjoyed and highly recommend, Logan Lucky. I guess I'd describe it as a comedy and a heist caper combination. Channing Tatum and Adam Driver as brothers are the main characters. Daniel Craig is very good in a comedic role, which is sort of going against type for him, but he pulled it off. The Logan brothers need explosives expert Joe Bang (Craig) to pull off their heist. But he is incarcerated. So they hatch up a crazy scheme to sneak him out, pull off the heist, and sneak him back in. Anyway, I found the whole thing very entertaining and the time flew by as I watched.

Song for a Raggy Boy is an 2003 Irish historical drama film directed by Aisling Walsh. It is based on the book of the same name by Patrick Galvin and is based on true events. This excellent but disturbing story of young boys in a Reformatory school in 1930s Ireland. Iain Glen plays Brother John, the sadistic prefect who rules by fear and intimidation, eventually crossing swords with the new teacher played by Aidan Quinn. The whole cast are superb, with some great performances by many of the boys. The film is thought provoking and moving in the extreme and one of the best films I have seen for a long time. WARNING: If you are sensitive, WATCH IT ANYWAY. It's that important.

QT's Inglourious Basterds was not a remake of The Inglorious Bastards, 1974, with Bo Svenson and Fred Williamson. The latter was more like a remake of The Dirty Dozen.

Or be a really brave fellow and have the lbs fuck you. Or better yet, fist you.

Stella Stevens October 1, 1938 – February 17, 2023 She appeared in three Playboy Pictorials and was named Playmate of the Month for January 1960. I loved her role in The Ballad of Cable Hogue, opposite Jason Robards. One of my top 5 westerns.

Thought I'd bump this old thread and ask what is the current state of the union when it comes to the one and only Soi 6? It is/was completely unique compared to any other soi full of bars in Pattaya. Had to be my favorite for any social activity. Seems so many late afternoons, PDoggg and I would at least take a slow stroll down Soi 6 before going on to any other activities. I have such fond memories of him, me and Kahuna going around like Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Not Larry, Moe, and Curly. I still recall the first time going there in 2003. Sally's man, from Sally Bar, took me there on his motorbike. On that trip I first met an LB, PDoggg and I knew as May/Moo. She went by either name depending on the day or her mood. I'd say all things considered, she was the best Thai LB I ever knew. I have a CD somewhere full of her pics. I should look for it. The last we heard, May/Moo had moved to Phuket, gotten the chop, sad to say, and became a hair dresser someplace south of Patong. If I had married her she would have kept her otin. It was not a big Hi Boss type appendage, but about 5.5", worked great, she never took hormones, and I saw her shoot a big load a good 6 feet while riding me. Such a loss. Next time I was back to Pattaya, I became enamored with Aoy from Pat Bar, and also a more honest, jai dee LB you could never find. Noi from Pat Bar also caught my eye, but I never got intimate with her. The two were friends and it seemed like if ya became close with one, you didn't switch to the other. Or maybe I just didn't feel right by doing that. Anyway, Aoy and her massive thick otin was all any guy could ever dream of. So, anyone care to chime in and fill me on in the current state of Soi 6? I remember back ten years ago, some thought it would have been flattened and replaced by more high rise hotels by now.