Everything these days is hyped to the nth degree. I suggest we try to tone down this love of excess by coming up with books, films, plays and songs that are a bit more restrained.
And so it begins...
Simons Mith - How about, Audrey Hepburn starring in
Breakfast at Starbucks
Raak -
All Quiet on the Home Front
Simons Mith - Before I forget it –
Above-Average Balls of Fire
irach -
The Mediocre Escape
Chalky -
Ladder to Heaven - Led Balloon
Raak -
The Nearly-New Testament
Rosie -
The Undergraduate
Rosie -
You came a long way from St Albans
Rosie -
The stallholder of Venice
irach -
The Deer Mouse Hunter
irach -
The Court Jester and I
irach -
Crouching Pussycat, Hidden Dragonfly
Raak -
On a Clear Day You Can See My House From Here
Phil -
The Speedy and the Miffed
Uncle Korky -
It's A Mildly-Eccentric, Mildly-Eccentric, Mildly-Eccentric, Mildly-Eccentric World
irach -
Dances With Pomeranians
irach -
The Appeasement of the Shrew
Kim -
Possibly One Of The Greatest Stories Of The Last Two Millennia, Or Thereabouts
Rosie -
Influence, Britannia
irach -
Those Fair-to-Middlin' Men in Their Flying Machines
irach -
Gone With the Zephyr
irach -
To Mildly Maim a Mockingbird
Sierra Mike -
The Texas Chainsaw Owner's Manual and Safety Guide
Raak -
The Mouse That Squeaked
Kim -
Set Up A Meeting With Alfredo Garcia
irach -
The Man Who Knew Just a Little
irach -
For Whom the Bell Tinkles
irach -
Two Brides for Two Brothers
Raak -
The Masque Of The Red Feathers
Sierra Mike -
Those Adequate Chaps In Their Flying Machines
irach -
The Credible Hulk
irach -
Brokeback Hillock
irach -
The Brook Runs Through It
irach -
A Tale of Two Hamlets
irach -
So-so Expectations
irach -
The Englishman who Climbed Up A Mound and Came Down a Hill
irach -
Silent Protest on the Bounty
Kim -
The Hitchhikers Guide to Wales
Kim -
The Restaurant at the End of the M5
Raak -
So Long, And Can I Just Say That the Fish Wasn't Very Fresh?
irach -
The Cub in Winter
irach -
Annie Get your Slingshot
irach -
Skirmishes and Peace
irach -
The Viscount of Tides
irach -
The Sorcerer's Apprentice of Oz
nights -
Sois gentil avec moi Bit obscure, this one.
Raak -
Bunfight at the OK Corral
irach -
Like Water for Bouillon
irach -
One Hopped Over the Sandgrouse's Nest
irach -
The Jungle Pamphlet
Uncle Korky -
Not Exactly The Longest Day, But It Felt Like Aaaaaages!
I Say, Porter! -
Quite A Big Boat With Leonardo diCaprio and Kate Alsoranslet.
irach -
Not So Rowdy on the Western Front
irach -
The House of the Six Gables
Raak -
Investigation of a Dodgy-Looking Citizen
irach -
The Day the Earth Slowed Down
irach -
Sisterhood of the Travelling Shorts
irach -
The Slightly Soiled Half-Dozen
irach -
The Phantom of the Operetta
Kim -
Jesus Christ, Quite Well-known on the Messiah Circuit
Kim -
The Very Good Seven
Kim -
Priscilla of the Desert
Kim -
Joseph and his Nice Grey Parka
irach -
The Maltese Finch
Simons Mith -
Raw Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Cafe
Sierra Mike -
Perhaps Not The Greatest Story Ever Told, But It's Certainly Up There With The Best. Call It Third. Or Fourth If You Count "Avatar".
irach -
The Utilitarian Objects of the Sierra Madre
irach -
The Seamstress Bride
Software -
The Boat That Bobbed About A Bit
irach -
The Sword in the Scabbard
irach -
A Man for Some Seasons
Raak -
Buns in the Afternoon
irach -
You Only Live Once
irach -
Pearls are Forever
Kim -
Just Before the Valley of the Dolls
Sierra Mike - [irach] You missed
The Man With The Nickel-Plated Steel Gun
Sierra Mike - And I'd offer
Cubic Zirconias are Forever.
Raak - "She Loves You (Not, Not, Not)"
Phil -
One of the Greatest Shows on Earth
Simons Mith - [UK] 'How Green is my Dip'? Like it! The cookery theme is an unexpected bonus.
Uncle Korky - [SM] Ta! :-)
Daleks: Vacation Earth 2150AD
Simons Mith -
The Valley That Time Mislaid or
The Valley That Tim Forgot
Rosie -
When the Vicars Go Marching In.
Simons Mith - And now, ladies and gentlemen, please sit up straight for
The Regional Anthem
irach -
Ferris Buehler's Hour Off
irach -
A Couple of Dalmations
Software -
Snow White and the Three Dwarfs
Software -
I'll Tell You Who's Coming to Dinner
Kinrah -
Angles And Denominators
Kinrah -
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The M4
Phil -
The Dallaglio Code
Kinrah -
The World According To James May
irach -
The Flip-flops of the Fisherman
irach -
Little Shop of Scares
irach -
T. the Terrestrial
irach -
Somewhat Distant Encounters of the Second Kind
irach -
Lord of the Fleas
Raak -
Batman For a While
irach -
Armadillos in the Mist
Dujon -
Where Eagles Convene a Committee
irach -
All the Vice-President's Men
irach -
A Passage to Indiana
Dujon -
The Sheilas dircted by Jock Strap
Phil -
The Man Who Worked in a Bank in Monte Carlo
irach -
Puppy Day Afternoon
irach -
The Stepping Stones of Madsison County
irach -
The Affable Wives of Windsor
irach -
Hold Back Tears, the Beloved Country
Rosie -
Midnight in Nižnij Novgorod
Rosie -
You Make Me Wanna Speak A Little More Assertively
Rosie -
Henry IV Part I, Subsection (b)
Rosie -
Maybe It's Because I'm A Resident Of SE25.
irach -
Blow Warm Blow Cool
irach -
And the Band Packed Up Their Instruments
irach -
The Absent-Minded Tutor
Simons Mith - James Cameron's
Avatar has been toned back to
The N'avi Lark
irach -
To Sir, With Nods of Acknowledgement
irach -
Ice Station Jackass
Phil -
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Phil -
10,000 Leaves Under the Sea
Rosie -
Jesus Christ Support Act (Phil) I tend to agree. Hope this one will do. :-)
Rosie -
The Man Who Won A Few Quid At Monte Carlo
Rosie -
Joseph and the Amazing Beige Cardigan. Thanks to the late Willie Rushton.
Software -
Jesus Christ Fairly Well Known
irach -
Plan 8 From Inner Space
Software -
My Fuller Figure Greek Wedding
Software -
Intellectually Challenged and More Intellectually Challenged
Kim -
Little Trouble in Little China
Uncle Korky -
Star Trek: The Colour Slide &
Champion The Wonder Slug I can remember from one of the ISIHAC books
Uncle Korky -
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Canoodling (But Were Wary Of Asking)
irach -
Star Wars V: The Kingdom Strikes Back
irach -
Indiana Jones and the Penultimate Crusade
irach -
Ordinary Measures
Juxtapose -
The Okay, the Morally Questionable, and the Not Particularly Attractive
irach -
A View To a Flesh Wound
Raak -
A Room With A View Over The East Cheam Gasworks
irach -
Mr. Smith Goes to Terre Haute
irach -
A Modicum of Trouble in Little China
Simons Mith - At the New London Theatre, and well worth seeing –
War Pony
Raak -
He-Man, Master of the Universal Joint
irach -
Crime and a Slap on the Wrist
ImNotJohn -
Those Business Men in their Airbus 320s
Raak -
Mad Max: Beyond Chunderdome
irach -
One of the Better Shows on Earth
irach -
A Nice Happening on 34th Street
irach -
One Hundred Minutes of Solitude
irach -
Love in the Time of a Common Cold
iracfh -
The Charge of the Featherweight Brigade<
irach -
King Solomon's Quarries
irach -
Romancing the Pebble
Simons Mith -
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Wolfenstein 3D
irach -
Gnat on a Hot Tin Roof
irach -
Thousand Dollar Baby
Juxtapose -
A Reasonable Amount of Information About Eve
irach -
The Land That Time Sort of Recalled
Sierra Mike -
The Lord Of The Rings: The CD Club Of The Ring
Sierra Mike -
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The Empties
irach -
The Raisins of Wrath
irach -
The Bevel in the Crown
Sierra Mike -
With The Bentfin Boomer Boys On Little Old New Chipping Sodbury
irach -
Thatch on a Hot Thin Roof
Kim -
Austin Powers: Local Man of Mystery
Sierra Mike - Then there's that new multimedia extravaganza in what used to be the Millennium Dome, a fictionalized account of the evolution of soap flakes -
OMO
Kim -
Mars Invites Itself For Tea!
irach -
A Man Called Pony
Rosie -
A Streetcar named Desirée
irach -
The Runaway Bridesmaid
irach -
Brideshead Visited
Dujon -
About a Girl - Sorry, ladies, it wasn't me - the devil forced me to do it. Honest, cross my heart and all that.
Rosie -
The Tram Children
irach -
Children of An Even Lesser Demi-God
Phil -
The Witchfinder Brigadier
Kim -
Knitting Circles of New York
Uncle Korky -
The Land That Time Occasionally Overlooks
Juxtapose -
The Day The Earth Moved Rather Slowly
Kim -
Stop, Or My Mom Will Shout!
irach -
Finnegan's Hospital Bedside
ImNotJohn -
Keeping a Vague Look Out for Susan
irach -
2001: A Space Outing
irach -
Planet of the Prosimians
nights -
Bill and Ted's Perfectly Acceptable Adventure
nights -
Le Raisonnable Destin d'Amélie Poulin
irach -
The Day of the Kit Fox
irach -
I Have an Inkling of What You Did Last Summer
irach -
Altercation of the Titans
Raak -
The 3:10 to Yuma has been delayed and is expected to depart at 5:30
Kim -
The Day It Rained For Quite A Long Time
Sierra Mike -
Time Considered As A Helix Of Cubic Zirconia
Sierra Mike -
The Stars In My Pocket Like Balls Of White Hot Gas
irach -
The Agony and the Slight Pleasure
irach -
The Penultimate Emperor
irach -
Last Tango in Cynwyd
irach -
Homely Girl and the Beast
irach -
The Stroll of the Penguins
Simons Mith - Hot from this year's Oscars,
The Twinge Locker
irach -
Medical Student Zhivago
Sierra Mike -
There's A Couple Of Other Niggles Concerning Mary
JJ -
Rebel Without Much Of A Reason
irach -
Goodbye Mr. Crisps
Sierra Mike - [irach]
I saw the Spanish version of that one just the other day: Adios Senor Nachos
Sierra Mike -
Band of People Who Get On With Each Other, Mostly
Simons Mith - Robert Downey Jr. stars in Marvel's
Corby Trouser Press Man
irach -
Some Like It Lukewarm [SM]
Que bueno. Como saber nachos de sabor Senor?
irach -
The truth About Kittens and Pups
Raak -
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Sunderland
ircah -
Mr. Smith Goes To Washing Room
Raak -
The Penultimate Emperor and its prequels,
The Antepenultimate Emperor and
The Preantepenultimate Emperor.
Kim -
Canoodling, Fibs and 8mm Cine
Kim - On reflection, that sounds more salacious than the original...
ImNotJohn - Was that the follow up to:
Canoodling, Mild Stimulants and a Nice Bit of Mantovani?
Juxtapose -
There Aren't Many Temptations of The Christ Left
irach -
The Somewhat Wavering Gardener
Simons Mith - [irach] The Intermittent Gardener?
My contribution for today is
RoboPCSO
Sierra Mike -
The "Dangerous Cliff - No Climbing" Signs of Navarone
FGZstar -
The Day The Earth Slowed Down Slightly
Raak -
The War of the World Tiddlywinks Championship
Sierra Mike -
Village of the Decidedly Unpleasant / VT The Midwich Turkey Vultures
Rosie -
Das Provincialkapital
Raak -
GBH on the Orient Express
nfras -
The Da Vinci Code - by Gordon Brown
Raak -
I Am Rather Well-Known
Simons Mith - Russell Crowe stars in
Master or Commander
Rosie -
Principia Arithmetica
FGZstar - Carrying on from Simon's myth, I give you...
The Imaginarium of Nick Clegg
Rosie -
Murder on the 10.48 Par to Newquay all stations.
FGZstar - Now that the Tories are back, wouldn't it be Murder
of the 10.48 Par to Newquay all stations?
irach -
Flesh Wound on the Stoke-on-Trent Express
jim -
The Mirror Chipp'd A Bit On One Side
Rosie -
A Tale of Two Suburbs
Rosie -
Annie Get your Handbag
Rosie -
Just William Hague
irach -
Where Eagles Preen
jim -
The Middleclasscats
FGZstar -
Chihuahuas on a Plane? Just imagine Samuel L Jackson saying "I've had enough of these motherf***ing chihuahuasd on this motherf***ing plane"
irach -
The Flat of the Seven Gables
Simons Mith -
This lady came up with
The Girl with the Temporary Dragon Tattoo, which I think is wonderful.
FGZstar -
Worry and Minor Dislike in Kansas City
jim -
The Large Cat, the Batty Old Lady and the Corby Trouser Press
FGZstar -
Le Ladies (please tell me if someone gets this)
Simons Mith -
Wicket Keeper Wicket Keeper Begins Wicket Keeper Forever FGZ Nope, not me.
FGZstar - I intended it to be a play on Le Mans.
Rosie -
The American Series
Rosie -
The TopFour League
jim -
The Name of the Daisy
Raak -
He-Man, Master of the Unicycle
Raak -
The Street Theatre of Dr. Lao
- Audience - *shouts, screams, generally goes wild for Simons Mith*
KagomeShuko -
The Mediocre Mid-Sized Whorehouse in Texas
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