Rate The Last Movie You Saw

[spookiemoviemania]

The Old Dark House (1932)

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This was directed by James Whale, who has a pretty good resume, and it stars Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, and even the woman who would go on to play the old fossil in Titanic. It's a horror with awesome atmosphere and a comedic side. It's an entertaining movie that I probably would have loved if I had seen it when I were younger. A good little chiller cricket.

[MovieGal]

The Child
(1977)
for the B-HOF 2 nominated by pahaK

I wont rate until I have seen almost all of them.

https://stigmatophiliablog.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/the-child-1977-zombie-fight.png

[Mr. J]

Watched The Meg last night. It was fun but some characters were really silly, with lazy writing and some illogical scenes. An average movie. Jason Statham is awesome. Final Rating 6.5/10

[Iroquois]

The Birth of a Nation - 0.5

idk it's kinda racist

[Larry]

Joy Ride (2001) - John Dahl
https://wheresthejump.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Joy-Ride-1.jpg
- Awesome movie. Entertaining, well acted and thrilling. One of the few movie I'm never tired to watch.
4.5

Will need to check this out again. I remember it being a mix of duel and slasher type thrill ride. Saw it when I was maybe 14 - scared me.

[the samoan lawyer]

Look Who's Back (2015) - 3
Incredibles 2 (2018) - 3.5
Unsane (2018) - 3+
3096 Days (2013) - 3
Infernal Affairs (2002) - 3.5+
Infernal Affairs 2 (2003) - 3+
Infernal Affairs 3 (2003) - 3

[Mr Minio]

The Old Dark House (1932) Have a potato!
The Birth of a Nation - rating_0_5
idk it's kinda racist I dunno what's the big deal and people freaking out about it being racist. Then again, I rated Triumph of the Will 4.5

[SeeingisBelieving]

Watched The Meg last night. It was fun but some characters were really silly, with lazy writing and some illogical scenes. An average movie. Jason Statham is awesome. Final Rating 6.5/10

I feel like Statham can save anything :p.

[Iroquois]

I dunno what's the big deal and people freaking out about it being racist. Then again, I rated Triumph of the Will 4.5

probably has something to do with all the racism

[Velvet]

Seinfeld

[films246+1]

9/10 >>


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[Mr Minio]

probably has something to do with all the racism So what? Do you rate Polański's films 1/10, too, because he had sex with a minor?

[Iroquois]

did he ever make some long-ass movie where the KKK were the good guys

[WorldFilmGeek]

http://hkmdb.com/db/images/movies/5906/TheFiveVenoms+1978-74-b.jpg
The Five Venoms: Still holds up as one of the greats in classic kung fu!



5.0

[FromBeyond]

did he ever make some long-ass movie where the KKK were the good guys

Was this Jane Eyre, what are you talking bout?

[cricket]

Swing Time (1936)

3.5

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Unusual for me, an old comedy that made me laugh, and a musical with dance routines that got me excited. I still can't help but find it a little off-putting when characters randomly break into song, but at least with this movie it didn't totally turn me off. Of course, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are the draw and they deliver. They're just so damn likable and there were a couple of excellent supporting characters as well.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Joy Ride (2001) - John Dahl
https://wheresthejump.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Joy-Ride-1.jpg
- Awesome movie. Entertaining, well acted and thrilling. One of the few movie I'm never tired to watch.
4.5

Glad to see another fan of this film here. J.J. Abrams wrote it and it spawned two BAAAAAD sequels.

The original though is funny, tense and directed well. Perfect casting for Rusty Nail and one I have no trouble revisiting from time to time.

[WorldFilmGeek]

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When it comes to combining horror and war, one would usually expect World War II and the Nazi regime doing insane experiments. However, In a bold move from first-time director Leo Scherman, this film is set in World War I and involves an allied team of British and American forces along with a Canadian tunneler going to a German abandoned bunker and learn of a rage-induced parasite.

[Rey Skywalker]

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John Wick (2014)

4

[Nausicaä]

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3.5
Snooze factor rating = Zzz



[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it

[MovieGal]

The Burning
(1981)
For the B-Movie II HOF recommended by Cat_sidhe

I will rate after I finish them..

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[Iroquois]

Was this Jane Eyre, what are you talking bout?

The Birth of a Nation, obviously.

[Steve Freeling]

http://images2.static-bluray.com/movies/dvdcovers/5212_front.jpg
4.5

[doubledenim]

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Snooze factor rating = Zzz



[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it


Kudos to adding a "Z" factor to your ratings. The story my of my life. I had to watch half of "Upgrade" standing up. :lol:

[Chypmunk]

Swing Time (George Stevens, 1936) 3.5+
Stan Laurel goes it alone and proves quite the surprise!

[Mr Minio]

did he ever make some long-ass movie where the KKK were the good guys Hitlerjunge Quex shows Nazis as good. So what?

[Iroquois]

So what? So let's dance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8G-NHFELaw

(also I still thought Birth of a Nation was boring so I wouldn't have given it a much better rating anyway)

[Mr Minio]

Iroquois Watch Intolerance, then. A much superior film!

[Iroquois]

I plan to.

[Redwell]

Ghost in the Shell (1995) (Dir. Mamoru Oshii) 5
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Wow. Everything from The Matrix to Westworld does indeed trace its bloodline to this work, a transhumanist masterpiece about approaching the singularity. A rainy, moody cityscape drowned out by Kenji Kawai's all consuming score. An effortless coolness emphasizing the noir as much as the tech. Brilliant stuff.

As for if Ghost in the Shell quenches my thirst for a dignified female character, I can't say it checks the boxes. Major is introduced with a line about her period before she strips her clothes. She's the only character who needs to be nude to use the camouflage so it's clearly gratuitous. Her arch is about her humanity, not her femininity. She even reverts to the body of a child signifying that this is the beginning of her human development, conveniently fulfilling the anime prerogative of infantilizing anything female. Femininity is present in this work only in form and only to be fetishized. Sigh.

[the samoan lawyer]

https://hudsonvalleyone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/splendor-in-the-grass-2-700x467.jpg (https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiWy_qc86PdAhXBblAKHbC7C4YQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fhudsonvalleyone.com%2F2017%2F11%2F02%2Fseeking-reminiscences-of-splendor-in-the-grass-filming-in-high-falls%2F&psig=AOvVaw08W19aCQwZsXsHtAWquOG1&ust=1536238125900369)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)


What a great great film. I literally couldn't take my eyes off Natalie Wood the entire time, she was sensational. Will definitely be checking out more from Kazan, although I find it difficult to imagine he's made better than this. And yes, I've seen Waterfront, Streetcar, Eden, and A Face in the Crowd.


4.5

[Citizen Rules]

Splendor in the Grass (1961)

What a great great film. I literally couldn't take my eyes off Natalie Wood the entire time, she was sensational. Will definitely be checking out more from Kazan, although I find it difficult to imagine he's made better than this. And yes, I've seen Waterfront, Streetcar, Eden, and A Face in the Crowd.


rating_4_5Kazan is probably my favorite director. If you watch another of his films maybe consider:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038190/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_20)
Baby Doll (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048973/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_8)
Wild River (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054476/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_6)
But none of those have the lovely Natalie Wood:p

[Cobpyth]

https://hudsonvalleyone.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/splendor-in-the-grass-2-700x467.jpg (https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiWy_qc86PdAhXBblAKHbC7C4YQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fhudsonvalleyone.com%2F2017%2F11%2F02%2Fseeking-reminiscences-of-splendor-in-the-grass-filming-in-high-falls%2F&psig=AOvVaw08W19aCQwZsXsHtAWquOG1&ust=1536238125900369)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)


What a great great film. I literally couldn't take my eyes off Natalie Wood the entire time, she was sensational. Will definitely be checking out more from Kazan, although I find it difficult to imagine he's made better than this. And yes, I've seen Waterfront, Streetcar, Eden, and A Face in the Crowd.


4.5

Alright, I now what I'm watching tonight!

[the samoan lawyer]

Kazan is probably my favorite director. If you watch another of his films maybe consider:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038190/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_20)
Baby Doll (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048973/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_8)
Wild River (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054476/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_6)
But none of those have the lovely Natalie Wood:p


Cheers CR, also for the links, that's handy! I've added all those to my watchlist. I'd say Baby Doll is probably my most anticipated, imagine our Natalie was that sensuous nineteen-year-old virgin....... :D

[the samoan lawyer]

Alright, I now what I'm watching tonight!


Enjoy Cob, looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

[Ultraviolence]

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One of the worst films I've seen in awhile. It looks like a awful video clip. What about the acting? hahaha Terrible!


https://fanart.tv/fanart/movies/11527/movieposter/excalibur-537ba05cb8b2b.jpg
★★★
A good mass. Great vision, not so good executed! This poster is better than the movie itself!

[TheUsualSuspect]

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[SIZE=3]One of the worst films I've seen in awhile. It looks like a awful video clip. What about the acting? hahaha Terrible!

I didn't hate it, I knew what to expect from a Guy Ritchie film and it was ridiculous. But I was able to have some fun with it.

[Ultraviolence]

I didn't hate it, I knew what to expect from a Guy Ritchie film and it was ridiculous. But I was able to have some fun with it.

It wasn't fun for me. I was bored to hell. :(

[Stirchley]

I knew what to expect from a Guy Ritchie film

Wish he’d stop making his dumb movies.

[SeeingisBelieving]

★★★
A good mass. Great vision, not so good executed! This poster is better than the movie itself!

Excalibur 's the best King Arthur adaptation I think.

[Saunch]

Jude Law turning into Frank Frazetta‘s Death Dealer was cool.

Excalibur 's the best King Arthur adaptation I think.

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[Ultraviolence]

Jude Law is a bad actor, my girlfriend wants to watch Closer and Cold Mountain next weekend, oh hell, I can't ****ing wait... :bored:

"Excalibur is the best King Arthur adaptation" -- I agree, but the film could have been so much greater!

[SeeingisBelieving]

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Naturally I had this in my mind when I was typing :).

[SeeingisBelieving]

Jude Law is a bad actor, my girlfriend wants to watch Closer and Cold Mountain next weekend, oh hell, I can't ****ing wait... :bored:

"Excalibur is the best King Arthur adaptation" -- I agree, but the film could have been so much greater!

I'm not particularly a fan but I did like him in Side Effects.

[Saunch]

Eh. I like Law.

I also kind of enjoyed Legend of the Sword for the such unapollogetic s***. I’m pretty sure King Arthur says “brah” at one point.

[Ultraviolence]

Never watched this one (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061439/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)!
I'll check it out.

[Stirchley]

Jude Law is a bad actor, my girlfriend wants to watch Closer and Cold Mountain next weekend

Closer is a good movie. Saw Cold Mountain once, which was more than enough for me.

[Nestorio_Miklos]

Irrational Man (2015)
4/5
This movie is great and I can truly relate to the main character, of course considering the murder is only a metaphor of a middle age man being depressed and finally finding his niche. And Joaquin Phoenix was just amazing and Woody Allen knows exactly whom to cast.
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[Nestorio_Miklos]

Blue Jasmine (2013)
i forgot how to do that popcorn rating however this is 4.5/5 for me.
This movie is so true about a lady having so many plans in life after unfortunate divorce, but not able to move forward with any. Cate Blanchett is just great

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[Nestorio_Miklos]

To Rome with Love (2012)

3.5/5 -- it wasn't great but I still loved it because I studied in Rome six years and lived like 50 meters from Fontana delle Tartarughe, so i know all the places that were shown in this movie. Otherwise it was typical Woody's script however a bit weaker than usual. Otherwise it was nice and refreshing,

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[Nestorio_Miklos]

The Imitation Game (2014)
5/5
great great movie not only about a genius that cracked an important WWII code but also about very cruel law that in my country was valid till 1989 and caused many many personal tragedies.
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[Nausicaä]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Beast_%282017_film%29.png

4
Snooze factor rating = Zz

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud2EJ6JyGPk

[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it

[TheUsualSuspect]

Blue Jasmine (2013)
i forgot how to do that popcorn rating....

[ rating ] 4.5 [ / rating ]

no spaces

[Nestorio_Miklos]

A Quiet Place (2018)

very hard to gain some significant rating in horror business, however i still can rate this feature 4/5 because it was unique and original. are those the synonyms hahahah . never mind, it was a decent horror flick and lots of virtues were shown.

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[Nestorio_Miklos]

[ rating ] 4.5 [ / rating ]

no spaces

thanks a lot indeed

[Nestorio_Miklos]

Nocturnal Animals (2016)

4

I kind of neglected Jake Gyllenhaal's movies lately, but going through his filmography i discovered this flick that really and truly creeped me out of course I love Amy Adams

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[Nestorio_Miklos]

Into the Wild (2007)

4
Honestly when I saw it first time, it kind of creep me out however then I realized huge huge basic thought ___ we are not only Homo Sapiens but also Homo Socialis and we need another human being to share our lives with however necessary ... even Robinson Crusoe had his Friday ... and the guy realized that as well even thou it was very late for him

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[Nestorio_Miklos]

As Good as It Gets (1997)

4.5

i have completely skipped this movie and than a friend of mine recommended it to me and I was really impressed. I mean Jack was awesome in that role of OCD suffering guy and Helen Hunt was just amazing and ... and .. his neighbors were awesome too. And I didn't realize that Greg Kinnear is the same guy that plays in Stuck in Love, which I love too very much

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[Joel]

As Good as It Gets (1997)

4.5



One of my faves of all time! It keeps growing on me every time I watch it.

[cricket]

Sisters of the Gion (1936)

3.5+

https://dustyflix.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/sisters.jpg

This took me a short time to get into it but I thought it was excellent. It's about geisha sisters and just how they look at their clients and their work. It was very interesting and the ending powerful. For such an old movie it felt like a fresh take.

[Citizen Rules]

https://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=47766&stc=1&d=1536191743

Annihilation (Alex Garland, 2018)



Annihilation, truly impressed me as a perfect example of how unimaginative and downright stupid Hollywood blockbuster movies have gotten lately....No, that's not Sigourney Weaver from Alien, that's Natalie Portman stuck in one of the worst of the new big budget sci fi films, that I've seen.

It's pretty evident from the lackluster acting that the actors didn't have much faith in the script or maybe they just plain didn't care...There's one main rule to action-thriller-horror movie making, you need to have the characters reacting like the stuff on the green screen is real! That way they convince us to suspend our disbelief, so we can buy into what we're seeing. They didn't believe their roles, so either did I!

Annihilation brings nothing new to the table. It's the same old rehashing of past sci fi ideas. Even worse, is that so many camera shots/scenes were stolen from other movies, that I can't even name them all. Though I had to laugh at the scene in the above photo, I hope Ridley Scott got a credit for that one...Then there's the scene of three of the team specialist tied to chairs as a deranged team member holds them hostage...then in comes the Thing, I mean the bear, ha! That was very reminiscent of one of The Things most powerful scenes. How embarrassing for the director of Ex Machina to turn out this junk.

rating_1_5

[rauldc14]

Ouch. Usually we see eye to eye but not here. I loved Annihilation and it will be a hard film to top for me in 2018.

[Citizen Rules]

Ouch. Usually we see eye to eye but not here. I loved Annihilation and it will be a hard film to top for me in 2018. Did you like it more that Arrival and Interstellar? I know you liked Arrival fairly well. How would you rate those:

I'd rate:
Interstellar
Arrival
Annihilation

[rauldc14]

Did you like it more that Arrival and Interstellar? I know you liked Arrival fairly well. How would you rate those:

I'd rate:
Interstellar
Arrival
Annihilation

Tough call as I've only seen Annihilation and Interstellar one time.

I'd go Arrival first, then Annihilation. I like Interstellar but it's lengthy and you can feel that. It's easily number 3 here.

[Citizen Rules]

Tough call as I've only seen Annihilation and Interstellar one time.

I'd go Arrival first, then Annihilation. I like Interstellar but it's lengthy and you can feel that. It's easily number 3 here.Yeah Interstellar is lengthy all right...I wish they would have trimmed out the fight sequence on the ice planet with Matt Damon. That was my least favorite part.

[Larry]

https://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=47766&stc=1&d=1536191743

Annihilation (Alex Garland, 2018)



Annihilation, truly impressed me as a perfect example of how unimaginative and downright stupid Hollywood blockbuster movies have gotten lately....No, that's not Sigourney Weaver from Alien, that's Natalie Portman stuck in one of the worst of the new big budget sci fi films, that I've seen.

It's pretty evident from the lackluster acting that the actors didn't have much faith in the script or maybe they just plain didn't care...There's one main rule to action-thriller-horror movie making, you need to have the characters reacting like the stuff on the green screen is real! That way they convince us to suspend our disbelief, so we can buy into what we're seeing. They didn't believe their roles, so either did I!

Annihilation brings nothing new to the table. It's the same old rehashing of past sci fi ideas. Even worse, is that so many camera shots/scenes were stolen from other movies, that I can't even name them all. Though I had to laugh at the scene in the above photo, I hope Ridley Scott got a credit for that one...Then there's the scene of three of the team specialist tied to chairs as a deranged team member holds them hostage...then in comes the Thing, I mean the bear, ha! That was very reminiscent of one of The Things most powerful scenes. How embarrassing for the director of Ex Machina to turn out this junk.

rating_1_5

At first I thought it was average at best, then after discussions as it was movie of the week, I turned on it completely, couldn’t agree more, it’s a turd.

[Iroquois]

Did you like it more that Arrival and Interstellar? I know you liked Arrival fairly well. How would you rate those:

I'd rate:
Interstellar
Arrival
Annihilation

Imagine trashing Annihilation for being an unimaginative mishmash of references to other movies and then praising Inter-god-damn-Stellar in comparison.

Also, I wish that a film like Annihilation was indicative of how unimaginative/stupid Hollywood blockbusters are nowadays but I've seen enough to know that it is more the exception than the norm. Go watch something like Rampage or Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom then get back to me.

[Steve Freeling]

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4

[doubledenim]

I wasn't overly impressed by Annihilation or Arrival, but they were good. It reminds me of Upgrade, where I feel like the "twist" is suppose to absolve the rest of the movie. They were all good, but nowhere near the level of that movie with the polite red light.

[Tugg]

Arrival5
Annihilation3.5
Interstellar2

[Larry]

i guess it all depends on how you rate a film. Do you favour attempts at originality over entertainment value. Annihilation had bland characters, an ambiguous storyline with half baked concepts but it was still introducing unique concepts whereas Interstellar has emotionally engaging content and characters, beautiful cinematography and score and...wait a minute it also has a unique concept that is explored and explained....ok its just perfect then.

[pahaK]

Did you like it more that Arrival and Interstellar? I know you liked Arrival fairly well. How would you rate those:

I'd rate:
Interstellar
Arrival
Annihilation

I'd rank them in same order as you. I think Interstellar is Nolan's best film and probably only good one in my opinion. Arrival was good too but with smaller margin (it got worse in the end but not outrageously enough for it to ruin the film). Arrival is clearly weaker than the two others but I don't **** on it as much as you do.

Interstellar 4/5
Arrival 3.5/5
Annihilation 2/5

[SeeingisBelieving]

Cate Blanchett is just great

This is true :blush:. I haven't seen Blue Jasmine but I should – I'd be interested to see Sally Hawkins as well.

[Innovation]

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I really love psychological thrillers and this one has got to be right up there with some of the very best of them.

4.5

[SeeingisBelieving]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0d/6a/13/0d6a134caa608fef2f1b56c4cebfa44e.png

I really love psychological thrillers and this one has got to be right up there with some of the very best of them.

rating_4_5
They've made Ralph (you can't hear me but I'm saying it as RALF ;)) look like the Alien there haven't they?

I preferred Manhunter I must say. There are good bits about Red Dragon, and Ralph Fiennes is top of that list.

[Saunch]

On some level I do enjoy Philip Seymour Hoffman’s spaced out “oh you’re gonna kill me? Cool.” performance.

[Beatle]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/Kind_Hearts_and_Coronets.jpg

13th viewing in a month.

One of the best and underrated comedies. The best is Alec who play 9 roles onw of which a woman, which was insane in 1949.

So let's see how he cut down a family tree.

1. An arrogant prick whom he released down a waterfall.
2. Adrunk
3. The family fool who of course became a priest
4. An admiral

He went overboards miles away even for my wickwdness. But fate is even more wicked.

The idiot crushed into another ship and admirally refused to leave a sinking ship

5. A general who tells the same war story over again and gets blown up in a restaurant.

Not an atom was left of him.

6. A women rights fighter who every now and then gets caught by police and she is in prison even further from his reach. But one sunday there was a parade and off she goes in a baloon. But not for long. We see him shot from a profile caricaturaly as he arches an arrow

Finally, Lord Ascoyne D'Ascoyne dies from the shock of learning that he has become the ninth duke

Hell, we even have a marriage at a trial.

In the ebd he gets convicted for the only one he didn't kill.

5/5

[Citizen Rules]

i guess it all depends on how you rate a film. Do you favour attempts at originality over entertainment value.

That's true...for me I value both. A movie could be great just for it's originality or just for it's entertainment value, or have both qualities.

Annihilation had bland characters, an ambiguous storyline with half baked concepts but it was still introducing unique concepts Agreed with all that....You know what? I really liked the concept of the shimmer and was disappointed the film didn't take it more seriously. I think if another film maker had done a script rewrite and directed the actors to really act like their lives were in intimate danger, then the film could have been pretty great.

I really laughed at the ending When we see Lena (Natalie Portman) and her husband's eyes glow, how unoriginal:rolleyes: I would have ended slightly different.
Original end scene dialogue when Lena and Kane are reunited:
You aren't Kane... are you?

I don't think so. Are you Lena?

I'd change the dialogue slightly which would give the ending a whole different meaning, like this:

You aren't Kane...are you?

I don't think so...but I know one thing, I sill love you.

Lena then pauses for a brief second and stares at the new Kane.
Then with a look of acceptances on her face Lena embraces her husband. (no glowing eyes in my version)

That would be a goose bump moment and reflect the idea that whatever happened in the shimmer could be about a new beginning.

[Iroquois]

^oof

Last movie watched...

Camera Buff - 4

can't tell if this movie making me want to pick up a camera and film stuff is missing the point or not

[matt72582]

Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember rating_5
Best documentary I've ever seen about an actor.. Was one of my very favorites, anyway.
http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/dvdboxart/19423/p19423_d_v8_aa.jpg

[matt72582]

There Was a Father - rating_3_5
Another Ozu picture with the same actor, role, situations. Still pretty good.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTFhYTJhY2ItYjc1Yi00N2NjLWJlZGItN2E3ZTI5YWFhYjNmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjUwMTQ4NjE@._V1_UY268_CR4,0,182 ,268_AL_.jpg

[Rey Skywalker]

https://78.media.tumblr.com/e7ce1ca94ad019b0509e2dbfbfbc1179/tumblr_p681negK9I1say5iqo1_r13_640.jpg

The Artist (2011)

3

[Ms. M]

https://sovietmoviesonline.com/covers/380.jpg
3
The collection of short stories about women in different age, which names start with "O". The movie is inspired with folk beliefs and magic.
When I started to watch I thought it would be too surrealistic for me, but it turned out ok.

[SeeingisBelieving]

Sounds interesting – I haven't heard of the Mari before.

[Ms. M]

Sounds interesting – I haven't heard of the Mari before.
You know, I thought you might find it interesting:)

[SeeingisBelieving]

You know, I thought you might find it interesting:)

Yes, there's a pattern emerging ;):p.

[Nausicaä]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Tully_%282018_film%29.png

3.5
Snooze factor rating = Z



[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it

[FromBeyond]

The Mortal Storm

4

[GulfportDoc]

https://78.media.tumblr.com/e7ce1ca94ad019b0509e2dbfbfbc1179/tumblr_p681negK9I1say5iqo1_r13_640.jpg

The Artist (2011)

rating_3


To my taste, this was one of the best films of the new millennia. It was so well done, and so well acted, that I thought for sure it would promote the making of additional new silent films. An unforgettable film.

[WorldFilmGeek]

https://worldfilmgeek.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/mara.jpg?w=372&h=551


Mara (Clive Tonge, 2018): 3.0


A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Ring inspired director Tonge, who makes his feature film directorial debut, to craft this story of a police psychologist whose investigation of a simple murder leads to her discovering a demonic presence (the titular Mara) who attacks people slowly in their sleep. Former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko is against type. Most are used to her Bond girl/sexy femme fatale looks, but this elevated her status as an actress IMO, going for a more normal look that goes more downward as the film progresses.

[SeeingisBelieving]

Mara (Clive Tonge, 2018): rating_3

Oh, that's one for me :up:.

[Marco]

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a3/Inn_Of_Sixth_Happiness_02%281958%29.jpeg/220px-Inn_Of_Sixth_Happiness_02%281958%29.jpeg

Have memories of this bizzarely when I was off as a kid for Easter...and "The Robe" :) Good story and quite inspirational. The kids are cute and Ingrid Bergman is lovely, staunch and irascible in different measures. Jeez, this sure took me back to my childhood.

4

p.s also broke my popcorn rating virginity ha ha ha!!!

[Stirchley]

I thought for sure it would promote the making of additional new silent films.

So glad it didn’t.

[Ms. M]

I started to watch The Hustler, but I felt asleep, so I won't rate it. It wasn't bad, I just was very tired. I liked picture of relationship between main character and his alcohol adicted lover. It was full of sadness and lack of future.
Paul Newman remaind me a bit Marlon Brando in this movie and I started wondering why Newman wasn't as famous/legendary as Brando. And one more thing Newman was insanely handsome4781847819

[Stirchley]

Paul Newman remaind me a bit Marlon Brando in this movie and I started wondering why Newman he wasn't as famous/legendary as Brando.

Newman couldn’t have been more famous if he tried. No clue where you got this idea from.

[SeeingisBelieving]

I've started to watch The Hustler, but I felt asleep, so I won't rate it. It wasn't bad, I just was very tired. I liked picture of relationship between main character and his alcohol adicted lover. It was full of sadness and lack of future.
Paul Newman remaind me a bit Marlon Brando in this movie and I started wondering why Newman he wasn't as famous/legendary as Brando. And one more thing Newman was insanely handsome.

Newman couldn’t have been more famous if he tried. No clue where you got this idea from.

I get the impression they were equally famous but Brando's acting is usually classed as legendary. Paul Newman was rated very highly though – I'd like to see more of his films myself, as well as that other "blue-eyed boy" Steve McQueen :).

[Saunch]

Yeah, apples and oranges. Newman was more classically a movie star, whereas Brando, even then, was considered a capital-A actor first and foremost. Brando’s highs and lows were also more serious than Newman, who never really lost stability.

Of course, Newman had his fair share acting showcases. The Verdict, tough somewhat late in the game, is a real testament to his talent.

[Tramuzgan]

A Scanner Darkly (2006) - 79/100

Myandering, but in a good way. It looks great and the ending is a definite high point, though it takes a while to get going.

Keanu Reeves' performance was killer.

[chawhee]

A Scanner Darkly (2006) - 79/100

Myandering, but in a good way. It looks great and the ending is a definite high point, though it takes a while to get going.

Keanu Reeves' performance was killer.

I really want to see this movie. How did you watch it (Netflix, Hulu, etc)?

[GulfportDoc]

I started to watch The Hustler, but I felt asleep, so I won't rate it. It wasn't bad, I just was very tired. I liked picture of relationship between main character and his alcohol adicted lover. It was full of sadness and lack of future.
Paul Newman remaind me a bit Marlon Brando in this movie and I started wondering why Newman wasn't as famous/legendary as Brando. And one more thing Newman was insanely handsome
Ms. M, I enjoyed your comments about The Hustler. In my case it was a life changing film. And of course audiences in 1961 were more impressed with this wonderful film than they would be today in 2018. I've put my review in "spoilers" so that folks would not have to read it if they weren't interested. I couldn't find it in the "Movie Reviews" forum: ~Doc

The Hustler (1961)
It's delightful to see this unique movie singled out for review. The Hustler was a life changing film for me. As an impressionable 17-year-old who fancied himself a budding pool hustler, I first saw the film upon its release in 1961. The effect that the experience had on me was monumental, and it's still possible to recall a shadow feel of it's emotional impact.

It's subject matter was unusual for its day, and was a seminal film in many ways. There had been movies about golfers, baseball players, tennis players, etc.; but never a film about a seedy pool hustler. The public was not even aware that this type of activity existed. It was based on the 1959 book of the same name by Walter Tevis, himself a pool devotee. The excellent screenplay by Sidney Carroll was fairly faithful to the novel, with a major exception regarding the denouement of Fast Eddie's girlfriend, Sarah. There was fine direction by Robert Rosen who was also a frequent customer of the New York pool rooms, and was aware of Gleason's above average abilities with the pool cue. Rosen was able to guide the production into a sense of authenticity.
The acting couldn't have been any better. It's as if everyone was born to play their respective parts. George C. Scott carried on his cut-throat, abrasive, dominant character acting that was introduced two years earlier in Anatomy of a Murder. Piper Laurie was perfect as the crippled alcoholic intellectual who was trying to find herself. Jackie Gleason fit his role perfectly with class and style. Paul Newman stated that he had over-acted his part, and in hindsight would have liked to tone it down a little. But that type of performance is always appreciated and remembered by the public. Newman established himself as an expert at playing handsome, devilish rogues, which he was to hone in many more pictures, most notably Hud, Harper, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and The Sting.
The film score by Kenyon Hopkins written in the jazz idiom was tasteful, but exciting. Few scores --another similarity to Anatomy of a Murder-- had used jazz exclusively up to that time, and here it was a perfect match. I can still hear the strummed major 9th chord underlying the ending of the film.
The movie seemed so real and so familiar. I fell in love with Sarah, and to this day am a fan of Piper Laurie's. I spent several years looking for a girl like Sarah, but to be honest, when I finally found one, it didn't play out too well. I even traveled to Ames' Pool Room in NYC on 46th St. west of Broadway. I got into a game of rotation with the off duty cook for $2 a pop, and he almost busted me. Had enough jack left for one more trip to Geenwich Village, then onto a Trailways outta town.
A word about the subject matter. Its pool/hustling portions were very authentic because several involved in the production had real life experience with gambling and pool. However the character "Minnesota Fats", along with all the other characters, was pure fiction, as attested by Walter Tevis. Shortly after the movie came out, Rudolph Wanderone, aka New York Fats, was given a suggestion by Paulie Jansco (of the Johnston City World's Pocket Billiards tournaments) to go down to the local theater, set up a card table, and represent yourself as the "real" Minnesota Fats. Wanderone was a tremendous self promoter, excellent pool player, story teller, and B.S. artist. He parlayed the hoax into a fortune.
The Hustler was one of a small group of films from the late '50s and early '60s that ushered in a new type of realism-- both in action and in personal relationships. The love interest was complicated but alluring. Eddie didn't realize what he had in him, both emotionally and in his pool playing fortitude. In the end he found out just what those facets were, and became a better man because of it. The book develops those characteristics very well, but Carroll's screenplay pushed the story further, and arguably made a better tale because of it.
Doc's rating: 9/10

[Stirchley]

The Hustler is a terrific movie.

[MovieGal]

The Nun
(2018)
3.5/5

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de/t/5b74dc4f0ebbe8cb934435cc/1534385237983/the-nun-may-more-connections-to-the-conjuring-films-than-originally-thought-social.jpg?format=2500w

[Camo]

Newman couldn’t have been more famous if he tried. No clue where you got this idea from.

That was clearly a very specific statement and not a wrong one. More people now have heard of Brando than Newman and to her that's surprising, i agree.

[Ms. M]

I started to watch The Hustler, but I felt asleep, so I won't rate it. It wasn't bad, I just was very tired. I liked picture of relationship between main character and his alcohol adicted lover. It was full of sadness and lack of future.
Paul Newman remaind me a bit Marlon Brando in this movie and I started wondering why Newman wasn't as famous/legendary as Brando. And one more thing Newman was insanely handsome
Ms. M, I enjoyed your comments about The Hustler. In my case it was a life changing film. And of course audiences in 1961 were more impressed with this wonderful film than they would be today in 2018. I've put my review in "spoilers" so that folks would not have to read it if they weren't interested. I couldn't find it in the "Movie Reviews" forum: ~Doc

The Hustler (1961)
It's delightful to see this unique movie singled out for review. The Hustler was a life changing film for me. As an impressionable 17-year-old who fancied himself a budding pool hustler, I first saw the film upon its release in 1961. The effect that the experience had on me was monumental, and it's still possible to recall a shadow feel of it's emotional impact.

It's subject matter was unusual for its day, and was a seminal film in many ways. There had been movies about golfers, baseball players, tennis players, etc.; but never a film about a seedy pool hustler. The public was not even aware that this type of activity existed. It was based on the 1959 book of the same name by Walter Tevis, himself a pool devotee. The excellent screenplay by Sidney Carroll was fairly faithful to the novel, with a major exception regarding the denouement of Fast Eddie's girlfriend, Sarah. There was fine direction by Robert Rosen who was also a frequent customer of the New York pool rooms, and was aware of Gleason's above average abilities with the pool cue. Rosen was able to guide the production into a sense of authenticity.
The acting couldn't have been any better. It's as if everyone was born to play their respective parts. George C. Scott carried on his cut-throat, abrasive, dominant character acting that was introduced two years earlier in Anatomy of a Murder. Piper Laurie was perfect as the crippled alcoholic intellectual who was trying to find herself. Jackie Gleason fit his role perfectly with class and style. Paul Newman stated that he had over-acted his part, and in hindsight would have liked to tone it down a little. But that type of performance is always appreciated and remembered by the public. Newman established himself as an expert at playing handsome, devilish rogues, which he was to hone in many more pictures, most notably Hud, Harper, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and The Sting.
The film score by Kenyon Hopkins written in the jazz idiom was tasteful, but exciting. Few scores --another similarity to Anatomy of a Murder-- had used jazz exclusively up to that time, and here it was a perfect match. I can still hear the strummed major 9th chord underlying the ending of the film.
The movie seemed so real and so familiar. I fell in love with Sarah, and to this day am a fan of Piper Laurie's. I spent several years looking for a girl like Sarah, but to be honest, when I finally found one, it didn't play out too well. I even traveled to Ames' Pool Room in NYC on 46th St. west of Broadway. I got into a game of rotation with the off duty cook for $2 a pop, and he almost busted me. Had enough jack left for one more trip to Geenwich Village, then onto a Trailways outta town.
A word about the subject matter. Its pool/hustling portions were very authentic because several involved in the production had real life experience with gambling and pool. However the character "Minnesota Fats", along with all the other characters, was pure fiction, as attested by Walter Tevis. Shortly after the movie came out, Rudolph Wanderone, aka New York Fats, was given a suggestion by Paulie Jansco (of the Johnston City World's Pocket Billiards tournaments) to go down to the local theater, set up a card table, and represent yourself as the "real" Minnesota Fats. Wanderone was a tremendous self promoter, excellent pool player, story teller, and B.S. artist. He parlayed the hoax into a fortune.
The Hustler was one of a small group of films from the late '50s and early '60s that ushered in a new type of realism-- both in action and in personal relationships. The love interest was complicated but alluring. Eddie didn't realize what he had in him, both emotionally and in his pool playing fortitude. In the end he found out just what those facets were, and became a better man because of it. The book develops those characteristics very well, but Carroll's screenplay pushed the story further, and arguably made a better tale because of it.
Doc's rating: 9/10
What a review, doc! I'm impressed. You should write for a magazines. It shows how big meaning has got this movie for you. Thank you also for showing me the historical background, as you wrote today viwers watch this movie with different attitiude than in 60ies. For me the stronges part of this movie was fill of sadness relationship between main characters, as it was clear there won't be happy ending, but despite I still had a hope I'm wrong. I don't know the end though, so there still is a hope:)
Speaking of realistic in movies those days, The Hustler remainded me the The man with the golden arm. I think it's the same type as the one you metioned.

[Ms. M]

Newman couldn’t have been more famous if he tried. No clue where you got this idea from.

That was clearly a very specific statement and not a wrong one. More people now have heard of Brando than Newman and to her that's surprising, i agree.
Thanks Camo, it's more or less what I meant.

[Camo]

Thanks Camo, it's more or less what I meant.

Sorry for talking for you that wasn't my intention.

[Ms. M]

Thanks Camo, it's more or less what I meant.

Sorry for talking for you that wasn't my intention.
Unnecessarily:) You've read my post according to what I was trying to say:up:

[Tramuzgan]

A Scanner Darkly (2006) - 79/100

Myandering, but in a good way. It looks great and the ending is a definite high point, though it takes a while to get going.

Keanu Reeves' performance was killer.

I really want to see this movie. How did you watch it (Netflix, Hulu, etc)?
A friend of mine had it on dvd

[Fabulous]

Too Late for Tears (1949)

3

https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2015/06/12/toolatefortears_1949_mbdtola_ec006_h_11145__wide-f74c19b39ec3d9d28d6de9055861051c5b708308-s800-c85.jpg

[FromBeyond]

Annihilation

Confusing.. but quite beautiful. I really liked it

4

[Rey Skywalker]

https://78.media.tumblr.com/e8a39e1fb3c8335dfb9bcebc794f0bdf/tumblr_o0323elbkc1ueu8oio1_1280.png

Blue is the Warmest Color (2013)

5

[Iroquois]

Getaway - 1

as if waiting for First Reformed to be released in this country couldn't get any worse

[Mr. J]

Watched The Nun today. Though the premises was great still it felt like the weakest chapter of the Universe. Some scenes are unnecessary. Performances are decent. If you like all previous The Conjuring Universe movies, then you will like it too. Final Rating : 6.5/10

[Rey Skywalker]

Jude Law is a bad actor, my girlfriend wants to watch Closer and Cold Mountain next weekend, oh hell, I can't ****ing wait... :bored:

Closer is a GREAT movie

[Nausicaä]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Panic_Room_poster.jpg

Second viewing - 3
Snooze factor rating = Zzzz



[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it

[doubledenim]

https://i.imgur.com/PzAFDIt.png (https://www.movieforums.com/community/https://i.imgur.com/oscZ5YN.png)
Searching (2018) (https://www.movieforums.com/community/https://i.imgur.com/oscZ5YN.png)




Same story with this guy. Won't quit till he gets what he's after.





rating_3

[Yo Adrian]

Joy Ride (2001) - John Dahl
https://wheresthejump.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Joy-Ride-1.jpg
- Awesome movie. Entertaining, well acted and thrilling. One of the few movie I'm never tired to watch.
4.5

Always wanted to see this. Looks great

[Yo Adrian]

The Nun - 6/10

Tales from the Crypt's Demon Knight (1995), the movie Nun totally ripped off - 8/10

[pahaK]

The Nun - 6/10

Tales from the Crypt's Demon Knight (1995), the movie Nun totally ripped off - 8/10

This doesn't sound promising. At least as a kid I didn't like Demon Knight.

[Steve Freeling]

http://images.static-bluray.com/movies/dvdcovers/143298_front.jpg
4.5

[cricket]

Isle of Dogs (2018)

3.5

https://scontent-ort2-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/78a94d75d334b937f851a568f636019d/5BB76C03/t51.2885-15/s480x480/e35/c138.0.716.716/30855903_413910142415089_3704769138044960768_n.jpg

I think this was the first animated movie I ever watched with my wife and I met her in 1996. She liked it and our dogs liked it a lot. I thought it was excellent for the most part, a little stale at times as it went along. I think Fantastic Mr. Fox is better.

[Iroquois]

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory - 2

hot take: this is about on par with the original as far as I'm concerned

[TheUsualSuspect]

This doesn't sound promising. At least as a kid I didn't like Demon Knight.

Really? I liked it a lot actually. I always remember Bordello of Blood more though.

[Fabulous]

The Goonies (1985)

3.5

https://static.rogerebert.com/uploads/blog_post/primary_image/rogers-journal/the-great-box-office-scam/primary_EB19850616COMMENTARY100709997AR.jpg

[pahaK]

Really? I liked it a lot actually. I always remember Bordello of Blood more though.

Yeah, but it's more than 20 years since I saw it (in movies when it was new) so that opinion should be taken with some heavy grains of salt. I don't really remember much of it except the fact I didn't particularly like it. Maybe I'll give it another look before seeing The Nun.

[dadgumblah]

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory - 2

hot take: this is about on par with the original as far as I'm concerned

I did enjoy the sequence where Seagal ate the whole train.

[Fabulous]

Twister (1996)

2

http://shatthemovies.com/wp-content/uploads/Twister-1996-Movie-Poster-720x340.jpg

[chawhee]

Searching (2018)
4
*Disclaimer: I am a father with a young daughter, so my thoughts may be a little biased because of this*
This movie finally came around to a theater close to me, and I'm very happy it did. I wasn't too impressed with the trailer only for the fact that it was going to be a web interface the whole time. However, the consensus from critics seemed to be that this movie finally executed that style well. I would have to agree here, as I was completely aware that everything was viewed through a computer screen, but it never felt really choppy or restrained.

The story itself was excellent. It definitely has the 'Gone Girl' feel part of the time, and there is a social media reference to that at one point. There were several times that I expected the movie to go the conventional route with a plot 'twist', but then it digs a little deeper for something more groundbreaking. These kinds of movies tend to do that anyway, and this one only felt a little cheap at the end to reveal the ultimate ending (as opposed to some movies where you are completely blindsided due to random facts the viewer never would have known). I teared up more than once from empathizing with the characters, and I may consider showing this movie to my daughter when shes' older to show her what being a parent is like haha

[matt72582]

The American Friend - 7.5/10
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/AmericanFriendPoster.jpg

[Memento Mori]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/BriefEncounterPoster.jpg

Brief Encounter
4

[films246+1]

https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.W5yHVukofeS2kkMTmucg7QHaLH&w=115&h=172&c=7&o=5&dpr=1.25&pid=1.7


3/10

[GulfportDoc]

What a review, doc! I'm impressed. You should write for a magazines. It shows how big meaning has got this movie for you. Thank you also for showing me the historical background, as you wrote today viwers watch this movie with different attitiude than in 60ies. For me the stronges part of this movie was fill of sadness relationship between main characters, as it was clear there won't be happy ending, but despite I still had a hope I'm wrong. I don't know the end though, so there still is a hope:)
Speaking of realistic in movies those days, The Hustler remainded me the The man with the golden arm. I think it's the same type as the one you metioned.
Walter Tevis' book was more true to life in that regard. Sarah (Piper Laurie in the movie) doesn't commit suicide. They simply part ways. So at least it's a happier ending.

You make an interesting comparison to Preminger's The Man With the Golden Arm, with a good film score by Elmer Bernstein. "Golden Arm" was more one dimensional, and not quite to the level of The Hustler 5-6 years later. In that era few knew any more about junkies than they did about pool hustlers..;)

~Doc

[MovieGal]

Peppermint
(2018)
4/5

One thing I can say... don't f*ck with Jennifer! She is one of the best female action actresses and they need to give her more like this!

https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/05_001c_peppermint_sg_0121r_rgb.jpg
https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journaltimes.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/6c/26cb568d-2b8e-5443-9f05-3c700c6f8c98/5b91369a850c9.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C800
https://i2.wp.com/hbpo.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1536375226_939_peppermint-review-jennifer-garner-cant-save-bland-action-romp.jpg?ssl=1

[SeeingisBelieving]

Impulse (1984) – 7.5/10

[Saunch]

I did enjoy the sequence where Seagal ate the whole train.

wut?

[TokeZa]

https://d1u4oo4rb13yy8.cloudfront.net/article/58344-giapghwhtr-1494957132.jpeg

Pure Heart (1972) by Kamal Amrohi

3+


https://www.blouinartinfo.com/sites/default/files/20150303ww_promo1.jpg

The State of Things (1982) by Wim Wenders

3.5+


https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4141/4775746619_ceeae3fae5_b.jpg

The Andromeda Strain (1971) by Robert Wise

2+


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Unrelated (2007) by Joanna Hogg

2.5+


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The Aviator's Wife (1981) by Eric Rohmer

4


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Manden der tænkte ting (1969) by Jens Ravn

4


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Pauline at the Beach (1983) by Eric Rohmer

4.5


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Querelle (1982) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

4+


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My American Uncle (1980) by Alain Resnais

3+


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Xala (1975) af Ousmane Sembene

4.5

[cricket]

Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)

3.5-

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/75/83/2b/75832b2ca9b5802ba6c02cfcbd5742de.jpg

A very nice movie from the top 100 British films list. It tells in flashback the story of many years in the career of a teacher and how he evolves and becomes beloved. I'd watch it again.

[Nausicaä]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/710I5ksraiL._SY445_.jpg

2
Snooze factor rating = Zzz

How did this win the Palme d'Or? what an absolutely dull film. Did I miss something with this?


[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it

[Ultraviolence]

Closer is a GREAT movie
Not for me!
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★
Jude Law and Natalie Portman, what a 'great' combination. They just can't act! :sick:
Fortunately, Julia Roberts and Clive Owen (not a great actor but he was good here) was there. The director is incompetent, there's just a single moment when this guy used the camera well; The edit in this one deserves the **** of the year. The plot had potential, but was wasted on inconsistent 'time skip'.
And yes, I'm aware Mike Nichols directed "The Graduate"!

[Ultraviolence]

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★★★★★
Great movie! Thanks the samoan lawyer!

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★★
It fails in represent love.

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★
Dear God, what a ****ing waste of time! I went to the movie theaters with two friends, my girlfriend and my dad. We all hated this piece of trash!

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★★★★
That ending :heart:
Can't wait for more Antonione!

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★★★★
Of course, if Bergman made a horror, he would not do "just a horror movie."

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★★★★
The best Liv Ullmann performance :eek:

Rewatch:
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★★★★★
A masterpiece! One of the best movies ever made!

[MovieGal]

Night of the Creeps
(1986)

watched for the B-Movie HOF recommended by TheUsualSuspect. I will rate all movies once Im done.

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[Fabulous]

Ship of Fools (1965)

3

https://thebestpictureproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/shipoffools1.jpg

[dadgumblah]

wut?

Oh, I was just making a joke because he has a healthy appetite:

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http://belarusfeed.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CqprNs-WcAA2Rcz.jpg

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[chawhee]

It Follows (2014)
3
I have heard enough people praise this movie, so I finally watched it with reasonable expectations going in. It is suspenseful from the very beginning, but the actual scares are a little too few and far between. In between, the movie does a lot of groundwork to develop character relationships and fortify the concept of the movie. I was engaged throughout, yet I knew the ending would kind of make or break it for me. And....
the final act didn't do enough to pull everything together or complete the experience. The persistence to shoot the 'Thing' was ridiculous since it didn't work the first time. The idea of sleeping with a local hooker is somewhat admirable, but my idea the whole time would be to just travel to another country and sleep with a hooker there. Seems much more sensible.

[Mr Minio]

Did I miss something Good taste.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRphTqIlD3w

[Innovation]

Nocturnal Animals (2016)
3

Saw this mentioned on here recently and being a Gyllenhaal fan I had to check it out. This movie took off quickly with suspenseful and gripping scenes that captured my attention perfectly...However this kinda died off after the halfway mark and I found the ending to be seriously underwhelming given the emphasis on previous events in the film.

I did like the structure of the movie though, and the well-known David Lynch style complexity of telling a story within a story gave my brain something to chew on. Overall, an enjoyable movie experience.

[SeeingisBelieving]

Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)

rating_3_5-

A very nice movie from the top 100 British films list. It tells in flashback the story of many years in the career of a teacher and how he evolves and becomes beloved. I'd watch it again.


It's good isn't it? I like Greer Garson a lot. I'd also recommend the 2002 TV adaptation with Martin Clunes.

[TheUsualSuspect]

It Follows (2014)
3
I have heard enough people praise this movie, so I finally watched it with reasonable expectations going in. It is suspenseful from the very beginning, but the actual scares are a little too few and far between. In between, the movie does a lot of groundwork to develop character relationships and fortify the concept of the movie. I was engaged throughout, yet I knew the ending would kind of make or break it for me. And....
the final act didn't do enough to pull everything together or complete the experience. The persistence to shoot the 'Thing' was ridiculous since it didn't work the first time. The idea of sleeping with a local hooker is somewhat admirable, but my idea the whole time would be to just travel to another country and sleep with a hooker there. Seems much more sensible.

It would if they had the means to travel to another country. They're in the poor part of Detroit. I don't think they leave the city much.

[the samoan lawyer]

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★★★★★
Great movie! Thanks the samoan lawyer!


Glad you enjoyed it UV!!

[the samoan lawyer]

Loving Vincent (2017) - 3.5
War of the Worlds (1953) - 3
Four Days in October (2010) - 3
Unsolved (2018) - 3.5

[GulfportDoc]

47878
Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)

Writer/Director Bill Morrison has constructed a documentary that is a must-see for documentary buffs; and especially people who love documentaries about film subjects.

Dawson City was a village that sprang into a city during the Klondike gold rush in the Canadian Yukon starting in the late 1890s. Gold fever caused a stampede of prospectors and associated businesses, which ballooned the town to a population of 30,000 citizens. When big companies came in to mine the gold, after several years most private prospectors left to try their luck in the Nome, AK gold fields, eventually dwindling the population to under 5000, then to 1400 today.

During its heyday several early movie theaters were built which showed popular silent films of the day. The large movie companies shipped films to the area, which oftentimes didn't arrive until 2 years after release. The studios realized that the films would be too expensive to have return shipped, so the theater owners were instructed simply to destroy them!

But amazingly, of the thousands of films discarded, 500 or so were found in a cache beneath a skating rink! Most of them had significant water damage, but some of most of them were able to be restored, and are sampled in the documentary.

This is an important find because 75% of all silent films produced in Hollywood were destroyed. And the ones discovered in Dawson City were unique because they are the only copies of those films in existence.

Another interesting tidbit for film buffs is that Sid Grauman and his father had produced various forms of entertainment in Dawson City, while hoping to build a theater there. Later Grauman went to Los Angeles where he opened up the Million Dollar Theater (1918), then the world famous Egyptian (1921), and Chinese (1926) theaters in Hollywood.

This is a fascinating 2 hour film, with loads of footage and vintage photography. It's available on YouTube and various streaming services. There's also a 40 minute documentary on YouTube about Bill Morrison's making of this wonderful film.

Doc's rating 8/10

[Iroquois]

La La Land - 3

Still pretty decent in spite of itself.

[Marco]

The Goonies (1985)

3.5

https://static.rogerebert.com/uploads/blog_post/primary_image/rogers-journal/the-great-box-office-scam/primary_EB19850616COMMENTARY100709997AR.jpg

I honestly couldn't stand this film! Sorrry Fabulous! Have not seen for 4 years but just could not get on with the brattishness.

[Marco]

wut?

This sounds an interesting film, care to expand???? :)

[Ms. M]

https://1.fwcdn.pl/po/65/80/476580/7239651.6.jpg
I watched Gran Torino once again yesterday. It remainded to myself, when I saw it for the first time I thought US are quite difficult country to live. What would you say about picture of US in this movie?

[Ultraviolence]

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★★★★
Wow, Paul Schrader's best film since Mishima (didn't watched Dog eat Dog though).


https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/first-reformed-movie-review.jpg?w=1000&h=562&crop=1

Lots of references to greater films: Winter Light (Bergman), Diary of a Country Priest (Bresson) and more!

It's been a long time since I watched characters actually having a conversation. Usually, american films uses: close-up person 1>cut>close-up person 2>cut>cut>cut>cut.... Nice to see some different way to use the ****ing camera.

Ethan Hawke was great and that ending was VERY GOOD!

[Citizen Rules]

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I watched Gran Torino once again yesterday. It remainded to myself, when I saw it for the first time I thought US are quite difficult country to live. What would you say about picture of US in this movie?I'd say we use to make really cool cars:up: I had a Torino once myself, though it wasn't Gran;) But it was cool.

I liked the movie, but you can't judge a country by a movie of course....except to say the U.S. has a very diversified mix of people from all over the world living here, like shown in the movie.

[Ms. M]

I'd say we use to make really cool cars:up: I had a Torino once myself, though it wasn't Gran;) But it was cool.

I liked the movie, but you can't judge a country by a movie of course....except to say the U.S. has a very diversified mix of people from all over the world living here, like shown in the movie.


We too;)
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I see your point CR. What I meant was that in Poland picture of U.S. was equal to American Dream. Especially in time of communism.

[TheUsualSuspect]

The Beast Must Die 2.5

The Burning 2

The Editor 1.5

[SpiralHeart]

I saw "Mr Jones".

I like how it starts sort of but it doesn't really go anyway. It's a found footage horror whose cinematography is so stylized it's hard to take it seriously because with found footage, every effect has to be contrived by the characters.

[Stirchley]

47894

Another very over-hyped movie. Only interesting because of the gay love, which was the case with Brokeback Mountain. Would have been excruciatingly boring if it was about heterosexual love. And there’s going to be a sequel. :rolleyes:



47890

Started out very comedic & then got very dark. Very allegorical, I guess, if I could be bothered to work out the allegories. Surprised at the end to find the director was Alexander Payne. Not bad though & Matt Damon was very good. Christoph Waitz over-acting as did one or two others.

[Nausicaä]

Good taste.

https://media.giphy.com/media/l0HlBA6G8M7IJeJvG/giphy.gif

[Rey Skywalker]

https://78.media.tumblr.com/9cd42f76684bba7226b1a286de1eb950/tumblr_p681negK9I1say5iqo1_r14_1280.jpg

Mommy (2013)

5

[cricket]

Hereditary (2018)

3-

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/05/cb/7a/05cb7a4e5fbb798abd5701b70d9c7bc1.jpg

My wife and I put this on Sunday night, and even though we were enjoying it, we couldn't stay awake past the first hour. It's good but not good enough to really overcome it's slow pace. We finished it the next day and she ended up not caring for it. I thought it was pretty good but nothing close to special. The performances are good and the near constant pulsating score adds to the tension. There are some startling scenes that I thought saved it, but then I thought the finale was subpar. It's a well made movie but not one I'd care to see again.

[SeeingisBelieving]

https://media.giphy.com/media/l0HlBA6G8M7IJeJvG/giphy.gif


Who is that? She reminds me of someone I like, clobbering people with an umbrella.

[matt72582]

Shoeshine - rating_4_5
Saw this before, just wanted to enjoy it again.
http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/39301/p39301_v_v8_aa.jpg

[Ultraviolence]

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★★★

[Chypmunk]

Friday The Thirteenth (Victor Saville, 1933) 3+
Far less scary than the 1980 film with only two deaths but still quite enjoyable

[Chypmunk]

Our Betters (George Cukor, 1933) 3.5
Nobody loses any parents but there is a handbag and an Ernest involved

[FromBeyond]

Superman Unbound

Not bad for a cartoon.. I'd love to see a live action Brainiac!

3.5


Ghost Stories

Underwhelming and so blatantly adapted from a stage play.. forces you to watch a very basic anthology of ghost stories so it can make a revelation about the personal ghosts which haunt our lives... the rest is filler... insulting and not as clever as it thinks

1

[WorldFilmGeek]

http://daisukitoku.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/themovie_01-768x418.jpg

Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High (Akira Nagai, 2017)
4.0

Laughed my butt off through this adaptation of a manga revolving around high school politics and in the case of the titular character, his intent to get his name out there as a potential candidate for Student Council President, a step towards his ultimate goal of becoming the Prime Minister of his own country! Masaki Suda, as Teiichi, is the reason to see this...hes absolutely hilarious!

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[Ultraviolence]

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★★★★
A very good movie.
You can watch the best part of the film below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukDs7wScLUI

[Derek Vinyard]

Hereditary (2018)

3-

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/05/cb/7a/05cb7a4e5fbb798abd5701b70d9c7bc1.jpg

My wife and I put this on Sunday night, and even though we were enjoying it, we couldn't stay awake past the first hour. It's good but not good enough to really overcome it's slow pace. We finished it the next day and she ended up not caring for it. I thought it was pretty good but nothing close to special. The performances are good and the near constant pulsating score adds to the tension. There are some startling scenes that I thought saved it, but then I thought the finale was subpar. It's a well made movie but not one I'd care to see again.

Agree with the review and the rating! it was a decent watch at best for me

[Nathaniel]

The Last Emperor (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987)

https://i0.wp.com/thejamreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Last.jpg?fit=829%2C380&ssl=1

3

Morocco (Josef von Sternberg, 1930)

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4.5

[Tugg]

Before I Fall (2017) 2.5
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Happy Death Day (2017) 3
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Hereditary (2018) 2.5
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) 1.5
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Ocean's Eight (2018) 3
https://stardima.video/uploads/thumbs/65ded9b20-social.jpg

[SeeingisBelieving]

Faces in the Crowd (2011) – 1/10

[SeeingisBelieving]

Superman Unbound

Not bad for a cartoon.. I'd love to see a live action Brainiac!

rating_3_5

Well there's one on Krypton.

[cricket]

L'Atalante (1934)

2.5

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rZM5Qy8cgV8/WUC5WZLhTnI/AAAAAAAAICk/Yi0JhUZQ9bYcCvil6jJ1kuJHuWkNbG-lgCLcBGAs/s1600/L%2527Atalante%2B3.jpg

From the Ebert list, a couple gets married, get on a boat, and then their marriage hits an early speedbump. I thought it was a decent watch, subtle and a tad whimsical. Not really for me.

[Camo]

L'Atalante (1934)

2.5

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rZM5Qy8cgV8/WUC5WZLhTnI/AAAAAAAAICk/Yi0JhUZQ9bYcCvil6jJ1kuJHuWkNbG-lgCLcBGAs/s1600/L%2527Atalante%2B3.jpg

From the Ebert list, a couple gets married, get on a boat, and then their marriage hits an early speedbump. I thought it was a decent watch, subtle and a tad whimsical. Not really for me.

Felt similar. I loved the Charlie Chaplin like scene in the bar though. And the underwater scene was beautiful. Also liked the big dude i can't even remember what he was in L'Atalante, he's Boudu in Boudu Saved From Drowning too.

[Stirchley]

Happy Death Day (2017) 3
https://orig00.deviantart.net/e684/f/2018/029/2/1/happy_death_day__2017__folder_icon_by_chaser1049-dc1iwzh.png


Sounds like a cheerful movie.

[cricket]

I was tempted to put that^^on my watchlist but a PG-13 horror movie turns me off.

[Siddon]

Most of us really liked Happy Death Day


https://static.highsnobiety.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/16125948/happy-death-day-trailer-one-00.jpg

Happy Death Day

rating_3_5

This is a tough one, I'm still trying to process what I saw. Happy Death Day is basically Groundhog Day re-imagined as a slasher film. The lead character "Tree" is a sorority sister who is murdered in an elaborate birthday themed murder only to have her wake up the next day.

Tree is an awful human being so you've got a number of possible murder suspects. As each death comes and goes she becomes a bit smarter and the suspects are eliminated one by one until we get to the final reveal.

As a horror film it was a bit lacking, knowing that she wakes up the next day takes a bit of the sting out of the murders which is unfortunate for a slasher. You also have a number of plot holes, contrivances, and the resolution leaves a bit to be desired.

Actually their are a number of maddening things that nitpickers are going to hate...like the romantic leads feel like they are ten years apart, you don't understand how that college exists and one of the sorority sister behaves and acts like she doesn't belong in the same sorority. But you can move past that because it's funny, it's actually really funny. There is a Ghostbusters/What About Bob style to the film including the best fart joke I've seen in years. You also find yourself engaged with the story, it's fast paced and Tree is a lot of fun if not somewhat inconsistent a character.[/quote]


Happy Death Day

(Christopher B. Landon)

https://i.imgur.com/imn8k38.jpg

rating_3

Go Shawty, it's yur birfday.

50 Cent's In Da Club was in this trailer, slowed down to comedic effect. Unfortunately they couldn't secure the rights for the movie and had to change her ringtone. How did they get it for the trailer? I have no idea. I had more fun with this Groundhog Day inspired slasher film than I expected to. With a charismatic lead performance from relative newcomer Jessica Rothe, Happy Death Day manages to have fun in a tiredness of the classic repeating day troupe.

Tree is a sorority girl who manages to be a bitch to everyone. She is rude to a guy whose dorm room she wakes up in, the people she meets in the morning, her roommate and constantly ignores her father trying to call her on her birthday. Karma catches up to her when a masked figure stabs her to death. But wait, there's more!!!! Tree wakes up again, back in that dorm room. Things are eerily similar and she decides to take a different route from where she died last time. Yet that darn masked killer finds her and once again slices and dices. Rinse repeat. Now Tree must find out who her killer is and hopefully break this repeating cycle before the constant dying somehow ends up permanent.

Happy Death Day takes the slasher genre and mixes it with Groundhog Day. So it knows what it wants to be and it has fun with the subject matter. The director, Christopher B. Landon, has fun with the investigative aspects of Tree trying to solve her own murder. Eliminating suspects each time she dies. Plenty of room for comedy here and they make use of it. I would have appreciated a little bit more on the bloody side of things. This film is rated PG-13 and the lack of on screen gore really shows. Much like The Final Girls, Happy Death Day wants to pay homage to the 80's and 90's slasher genre, but feels crippled by the rating.

The identity of the killer was no surprise to me, films like this like to throw curveballs here and there and I found this one to be a little obvious. Story wise it made sense to me and worked well within the comedic aspects previously presented. Motifs are usually hit or miss, but here it could have been anything and it would work.

In most of these films it usually takes the lead character to change their personality from bad to good in order to break the loop. Tree takes this route too, but it mostly has to deal with finding and stopping her killer. Rothe makes the transition from bad to good believable and isn't afraid of making herself seem less desirable for a laugh. She is an attractive person and I feel like a lesser person who worries about their image wouldn't do the fart joke she does in the film, but here she is game and has fun with the material.

Happy Death Day surprised me with how much fun I had. It's nowhere near perfect and I could pinpoint a lot of problems, but the overall package is a neatly tied up one that I appreciated. The onscreen chemistry between Rothe and dorm boy Israel Broussard is believable and I wouldn't mind visiting these people again in a sequel. I feel like horror films as of late have been on an upward trend. I'm liking this.


http://www.shaw.sg/Images/Film/DH476/m-happydeathday.jpg

I still regret that I missed Happy Death Day (2017) when it was in theaters. There is a small, ****ty, non-AMC theater about 20 minutes away from me that I always wanted to go watch a horror movie at - and I wish Happy Death Day could have been that movie. But, alas, I finally picked up a Redbox last night and popped it in.

Overall, I really enjoyed it. I feel the movie doesn't have enough fun with its concept, but since original slashers movies are a rarity these days, it's a horror movie that I went into less cynical than I usually am. Rating wise, I keep jumping back to back between a "3.0" or a "3.5" - so I'm just going to go with 3.0.

RATING: rating_3


I don't think anyones disliked it, it works the PG-13 horror well

[Ms. M]

247921
Nothing special IMO

[Nausicaä]

Who is that? She reminds me of someone I like, clobbering people with an umbrella.

No idea, just typed in something like slapping gif in google and liked that one. :D


Last watched:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/A_Bronx_Tale.jpg

3.5
Snooze factor rating = Z



[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it

[Stirchley]

Snooze factor ratings are amusing. I frequently have Zzzz & Zzzzz.

[Chypmunk]

Movie 43 (Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn, Brett Ratner, Jonathan van Tulleken & Bob Odenkirk, 2013) 0.5
Hilary Hairy-arse this most certainly ain't - damn near asked for my money back even though I watched it for free

[Innovation]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA3NjA0MzE1N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjAzNzQ0MzI@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg
Wheelman (2017) 3.5

[Saunch]

Interview with the Vampire (1994)

By far and away, the best part of this movie is the face Pitt makes when Cruise tells him to “look with [his] vampire eyes.”

1.5

[-KhaN-]

Roman Holiday
http://cdn3.volusion.com/bxqxk.xvupj/v/vspfiles/photos/THREESHEET155-2.jpg?1327064021
8/10

From Beyond
https://i.pinimg.com/236x/61/5c/d1/615cd1970134af67b437715913593429--horror-posters-horror-films.jpg
7/10

Evil Dead
https://imgc.allpostersimages.com/img/print/u-g-PH35CV0.jpg?w=338&h=450
8/10

The Hateful Eight
https://d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net/wp/wp-content/images/the-hateful-eight-poster-550x733.jpg
9/10

The Big Sleep
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/513miJjPshL.jpg
8.5/10

[Ultraviolence]

I was planning to watch the original Predator last night, but a friend of mine just bought the blu-ray of Citizen Kane, I couldn't resist.
https://fanart.tv/fanart/movies/15/movieposter/citizen-kane-58727e117c7dc.jpg
★★★★★
This was the first time I watched the restoration of C. Kane. It blowed my mind! It deserves the hype around it.

[cricket]

Little Caesar (1931)

3+

https://alexonfilm.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/littlecaesar2.jpg?w=625

I don't think it's a great movie but it is a great watch. The 80 minute runtime just flew by. It's the gangster story we're all familiar with by now. The up and comer takes over and then the eventual fall. This particular up and comer is played by Edward G. Robinson, and he's awesome as usual.

[Larry]

247921
Nothing special IMO
Ms. M
yes i also watched it a great movie

Lol

[the samoan lawyer]

https://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/styles/full/public/image/first-reformed-2017-005-ethan-hawke-window_0.jpg?itok=iXMm9uec (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjIk-Kp97fdAhUQzYUKHQJzAisQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bfi.org.uk%2Fnews-opinion%2Fsight-sound-magazine%2Ffeatures%2Fpaul-schrader-first-reformed-dominion-exorcist-priests-transcendental-style&psig=AOvVaw3Gcxt2UflQG8rBG-hTvxQi&ust=1536926264634312)
First Reformed (2017)


I'll echo recent thoughts by UV. Visually I thought it was great, along with the unusual screen ratio, some of the shots I thought were really striking. Speaking of the screen ratio, I read it was inspired by the film Ida, which is a film I have been desperate to see, so I might try that next. Much is said about Hawke's performance and rightly so, its quite phenomenal, I can see him really coming into his own now after this and wouldn't be surprised if he carries on his rich vein of form. Regards the ending, I thought it was great, a lot wont and I can see why.


4.5

[Camo]

Really disheartened by all this "Hawke is getting good" talk, he's been one of the best actors in Hollywood for years. Especially in his work with Linklater, i wouldn't even call First Reformed his best performance as great as he was.

[the samoan lawyer]

Really disheartened by all this "Hawke is getting good" talk, he's been one of the best actors in Hollywood for years. Especially in his work with Linklater, i wouldn't even call First Reformed his best performance as great as he was.


I haven't read anywhere that said he's "getting good", I'd like to think that most people know how great he's always been. And I agree with you re Linklater. What I was getting at is that its great to see a serious actor at this stage of his career and getting the recognition that he's rightfully deserved. For the record though, I cant think of a better performance he's given although given First Reformed is my most recent viewing of his, I'm sure I can been forgiven.


No need to be disheartened.

[Camo]

I haven't read anywhere that said he's "getting good",

I have, which is why i guess i misread what you said. Apologies, still think it's weird that he's only getting this type of notice now by some, not you.

[the samoan lawyer]

I have, which is why i guess i misread what you said. Apologies, still think it's weird that he's only getting this type of notice now by some, not you.


None needed, I don't get much time to post so I just type without really thinking, so I certainly could have worded it much better. I do get what your saying though. :)

[TheUsualSuspect]

I haven't read anywhere that said he's "getting good", I'd like to think that most people know how great he's always been. And I agree with you re Linklater. What I was getting at is that its great to see a serious actor at this stage of his career and getting the recognition that he's rightfully deserved. For the record though, I cant think of a better performance he's given although given First Reformed is my most recent viewing of his, I'm sure I can been forgiven.


No need to be disheartened.

I think he is an underrated actor, but at the same time I also feel that he restricts himself in his acting roles. I feel like the "Hawkening" is real as his recent output has been on a higher level.

[MoreOrLess]

I haven't read anywhere that said he's "getting good", I'd like to think that most people know how great he's always been. And I agree with you re Linklater. What I was getting at is that its great to see a serious actor at this stage of his career and getting the recognition that he's rightfully deserved. For the record though, I cant think of a better performance he's given although given First Reformed is my most recent viewing of his, I'm sure I can been forgiven.

No need to be disheartened.

I think he's been in a situation rather like Matthew McConaughey or Brad Pitt in the past were it was easy to few him as just being a standard heart throb actor and/or action star. To be fair I think he's done an excellent job with somewhat pulpier work he's often had and has gone with films like Predestination that have far more substance than expected.

[Mr Minio]

Regards the ending, I thought it was great, a lot wont and I can see why. The ending was great. Like the final punch in the face!

[resopamenic]

4
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51zOj9sBSdL._SX940_.jpg
I think the time has come to me to wrap up sisyphus and the rebel :)

[Innovation]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTg2MDQ1NTEzNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTgxNTMyNA@@._V1_.jpg

3.5

Great chemistry between Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman, those two make this movie. But I always end up yelling "JUST BE TOGETHER DAMMIT!" at these types of "casual" hookup movies.

[Rey Skywalker]

https://78.media.tumblr.com/56397937bf9a8fe349a6a09d96e79e74/tumblr_p681negK9I1say5iqo2_r8_1280.jpg

Divergent (2014)

3.5

[Ms. M]

247921
Nothing special IMO
Ms. M
yes i also watched it a great movie

Lol
I've heard that 78% of people don't understand a text they read:p

[Thursday Next]

A Fantastic Woman (2017)

This film looks great, with warm, colourful tones. It sounds great, with a huge range of different types of music in it (Matthew Herbert!). It also has a winning performance from Daniela Vega as Marina.

The story is a little lacking; it is basically a showcase of Marina suffering a series of indignities whilst also suffering through her grief at her partner's death. The hostility she faces from his ex-wife and son are so over the top and it would have benefited from a little subtlety. She mostly just has to react to these and walk around a lot, rather than the film exploring her personality. There are some embarrassingly clunky visual metaphors involving mirrors as well that someone really should have talked the director out of.

3+

[Nausicaä]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91HFIbYWZyL._SY445_.jpg

2
Snooze factor rating = Zzz

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPIHpRUUaro


[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it

[WorldFilmGeek]

https://worldfilmgeek.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/mandy.jpg?w=386&h=553

Mandy (Panos Cosmatos, 2018)
:cage::cage::cage::cage::cage:

Probably one of the best homages to grindhouse horror and action I have seen. This is truly Nicolas Cage at his best as a lumberjack who seeks revenge against the cult that kidnapped his girlfriend. A visual trip into insanity in the best way possible. Awesome brief chainsaw duel to boot as well!

(That's right...I replaced the popcorn with Nic Cage himself for my rating!)

[doubledenim]

This movie may be the end of me. The fact that I know this is orbiting opposite the Predator, I won't be able to enjoy tP if I don' t see this first.

[cricket]

A Day at the Races (1937)

3.5-

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/1d/0c/c2/1d0cc23f79489fcd31e6dfd0a83839ae.jpg

My fifth Marx Brothers movie, and I still like the first one I saw (Horse Feathers) the best. This was long for one of their movies at almost 2 hours, but it was consistently entertaining. There were a couple of good musical numbers to go along with the humor.

[MovieGal]

Hunter's Blood
(1986)

recommend by Joel for the B-Movie HOF... will rate at end of HOF

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wD9OwtyJqPc/Te6vSx1EbqI/AAAAAAAAAOw/lPRbgCpGgm4/s1600/Hunter%2527s+Blood+5.jpg

[Nostromo87]

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

Spies, Murder Mysteries, Cigars, Smoking Jackets, Basil Rathbone, Scotland Yard, & tricky undertaking to bring the 1930s back set to view. Have some "cramming" to do.

Rating: rating_3_5 7.0 / 10

Moonlight Serenade (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_X8sz_wgrSc)


http://image.ibb.co/m2J7Kp/Basil_Rathbone.gif

[Innovation]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjI0MDMzNTQ0M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTM5NzM3NDM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg

Pretty disappointed with this one...I fell asleep in the first 40 minutes. Tried again today, got over the 1 hour mark and just had to end it. I felt like this movie was all about "wait for the really loud sound" as opposed to creating a real sense of fear like other films do so well with their desolate and neglected environment (28 Days Later, The Book of Eli...etc).

At the end of the day people getting taken/killed by rarely seen monsters just fails to thrill me...So its no surprise this tanked for me in the end.

1.5

[gbgoodies]

Movie 43 (Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn, Brett Ratner, Jonathan van Tulleken & Bob Odenkirk, 2013) 0.5
Hilary Hairy-arse this most certainly ain't - damn near asked for my money back even though I watched it for free


I haven't seen Movie 43, but I've read reviews that called it the worst movie ever made.

[gbgoodies]

A Day at the Races (1937)

3.5-

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/1d/0c/c2/1d0cc23f79489fcd31e6dfd0a83839ae.jpg

My fifth Marx Brothers movie, and I still like the first one I saw (Horse Feathers) the best. This was long for one of their movies at almost 2 hours, but it was consistently entertaining. There were a couple of good musical numbers to go along with the humor.


I think A Day at the Races was the first Marx Brothers movie that I ever saw, (many, many years ago), and it's still one of my favorite Marx Brothers movies.

[doubledenim]

I think he is an underrated actor, but at the same time I also feel that he restricts himself in his acting roles. I feel like the "Hawkening" is real as his recent output has been on a higher level.


I think he probably stopped getting roles. He wanted to keep working and was forced into the straight to Redbox market. He's always been a winner in my book. :)

[Redwell]

Kuro (2017) (Dir. Tujiko Noriko, Joji Koyama) 4
https://i.imgur.com/ANzrDc9.jpg

Malickesque in its poetic visuals and constant narration, Kuro doesn't use its monologue to set the tone but to drive a haunting allegory forward while the camera documents the literal happenings. From what I gather, Romi's story is about coping with her partner's vegetative state by admitting its totality and allowing herself to live with agency again. Kuro, shut up and forgotten like Kafka's bug, represents the dissonance she sustains herself with regarding his absence. Fittingly, the story concludes with Kuro being put into the earth followed by Romi capturing images of her former lover on the roof akin to the photography of the plants, finally at peace with his role as something to be tended to without want for reciprocation.

[Redwell]

https://1.fwcdn.pl/po/65/80/476580/7239651.6.jpg
I watched Gran Torino once again yesterday. It remainded to myself, when I saw it for the first time I thought US are quite difficult country to live. What would you say about picture of US in this movie?

It depends what difficulty you gathered from it. Eastwood fails to tackle any systematic causes of crime in minority neighborhoods, ya know like poverty and the war on drugs. He seems to think racism is fine because white people also do it to each other (ya pollack, ya mick). The scariest thing about it is the film portraying a racist old man as a hero for not gunning down his neighbors. It gets to play the pacifist by passing the violence off on the state, the police who will return to the neighborhood and arrest everyone.

I'd say the most applicable lesson from Gran Tarino about the US is that white people are extremely good at rationalizing and downplaying bigotry. Also, old, white conservative men all have power fantasies about inflicting vigilante "justice" on colored people.

[Redwell]

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory - 2

hot take: this is about on par with the original as far as I'm concerned

I like it more. It doesn't pretend be a real movie. Hilarious how OP Steven Seagal is in that final showdown.

[Iroquois]

I like it more. It doesn't pretend be a real movie. Hilarious how OP Steven Seagal is in that final showdown.

That's a good way of putting it. I think I never really liked the first one because enough people led me to believe it was good (we even held a Top Action Movies countdown on here a while back and it made the list over literally every single Jackie Chan movie) yet I didn't think there was anything particularly good about the action (the main highlights are Busey and Jones hamming it up) and Seagal himself is such a black hole when it comes to screen presence that it's hard to get invested in his struggle and success. That's why the sequel benefits from low expectations (and maybe a little ironic hate-watching) in addition to just not giving anywhere near as much of a damn.

Last movie watched...

Irma Vep - 4

Are these female-led remakes getting out of hand?

[Redwell]

That's a good way of putting it. I think I never really liked the first one because enough people led me to believe it was good (we even held a Top Action Movies countdown on here a while back and it made the list over literally every single Jackie Chan movie) yet I didn't think there was anything particularly good about the action (the main highlights are Busey and Jones hamming it up) and Seagal himself is such a black hole when it comes to screen presence that it's hard to get invested in his struggle and success. That's why the sequel benefits from low expectations (and maybe a little ironic hate-watching) in addition to just not giving anywhere near as much of a damn.


I definitely think irony is required to appreciate Seagal's work, but not necessarily hate. He's obviously a terrible person based on all kinds of things outside of his acting, but in film its just fascinating to watch somebody whose ego is so clearly all consuming and ever present in the most ridiculous way. He switches cultures picture to picture, he's increasingly unathletic, you can tell he demands his characters be up to certain standard of cool. He's so damn insecure. It's a huge exercise in over compensation that manifests in some absolutely hilarious material. It's beautiful.

[Memento Mori]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/Hardcore_1979_movie_poster.jpg
Hardcore
4

George C. Scott is great in this movie as usual.

[SeeingisBelieving]

Hardcore
rating_4

George C. Scott is great in this movie as usual.

That sounds good.

[the samoan lawyer]

https://cdn1.thr.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/landscape_928x523/2013/07/Ida.jpg (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi_w_T8s7rdAhUSmrQKHQuOB-4QjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodreporter.com%2Fnews%2Fpawel-pawlikowskis-ida-wins-bfi-649614&psig=AOvVaw0GGStUAtqibmS1IntaFSKu&ust=1537011429347600)
Ida (2013)


I cant recall seeing a movie like this, where almost every single shot is so stunning. I noted a critic described the ending as one of the most satisfying they had ever seen, I think I could describe the whole movie like this, just so satisfying.


I cant say this is one of my favourite films I've ever seen but I cant find a fault in it.


4.5+

[Iroquois]

I definitely think irony is required to appreciate Seagal's work, but not necessarily hate. He's obviously a terrible person based on all kinds of things outside of his acting, but in film its just fascinating to watch somebody whose ego is so clearly all consuming and ever present in the most ridiculous way. He switches cultures picture to picture, he's increasingly unathletic, you can tell he demands his characters be up to certain standard of cool. He's so damn insecure. It's a huge exercise in over compensation that manifests in some absolutely hilarious material. It's beautiful.

Yeah, it's just a shame that, even when I do keep that particular fascination in mind when watching one of his movies, it never truly feels like it's enough to make the experience worthwhile (which is definitely not the case with someone like, say, Van Damme). I did watch this one video recently that actually tried to analyse the appeal of Seagal as both actor and action star and...well, it's definitely worth a look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbioIx12k7s

Last movie watched...

Baron Munchausen (1961) - 3.5

it's a little far-fetched

[Ultraviolence]

Amazone and Netflix is the best for movies.

No, they aren't.

[pahaK]

I like it more. It doesn't pretend be a real movie. Hilarious how OP Steven Seagal is in that final showdown.

I actually like how OP Seagal is in majority of his films. It's really refreshing change to the norm. Also the fight scenes in old Seagal films are among the best in any martial arts movies (sadly he's an old fat man now and all the fights in newer films are crap with really fast cuts and body doubles).

[Iroquois]

It's weird how, like that video states, he's shown to be an "everyman" compared to the likes of musclebound stars like Schwarzenegger or Stallone yet he's still just as absurdly overpowered when you compare him to other everyman action performances like Bruce Willis in Die Hard (which is part of why Under Siege doesn't work for me because he never actually seems troubled by the situation). Also, I don't think his fighting is particularly impressive - maybe it's more realistic in that he's not doing kicks like Van Damme would but I just think "Seagal fighting" and just imagine him flailing his hands around like a marionette.

[GulfportDoc]

47977
The Bookshop (2017)
Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Patricia Clarkson. Written/directed by Isabel Coixet.

For those of you who enjoy first rate acting and human interaction, move to watch The Bookshop right away. This is one of those films that the English do so well. There's no shoot-em-ups, deviant sex, or razzmatazz. Just a strong story with excellent craftsmanship.

I'm not privy to the mechanics of acting, but I know superb performances when I see them. Emily Mortimer holds the screen much like Audrey Hepburn used to. And her scenes most especially with Bill Nighy will probably be studied in acting classes. One can see and feel every thought, every emotion from the characters.

Patricia Clarkson plays a cold Brit witchy type so well that I hadn't recalled that she is from New Orleans. Good work also by Honor Kneafsey, who played Mortimer's young assistant.

It's a simple story with an excellent narrative. I would have ended it differently, but the resolution to Mortimer's struggle to keep open the bookshop was satisfying enough.

Doc's rating: 8/10

[Stirchley]

“No deviant sex”? Bummer, gonna delete it from my Netflix Q ASAP.

[SeeingisBelieving]

https://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=47977

Emily Mortimer looks good there – I like her outfit.

The thing I'd find difficult is getting Black Books out of my head :p.

[SeeingisBelieving]

Last movie watched...

Baron Munchausen (1961) - rating_3_5

it's a little far-fetched

I watched that in what was probably about 1990. I don't remember it that well but I think I found it a bit disappointing.

You should have a look at my favourite film if you haven't seen it ;).

[Camo]

You should have a look at my favourite film if you haven't seen it ;).

I've always been curious about that. Are you really into the Baron Munchausen story or is it just a coincidence that those are your favourites?

Pretty dumb question since i figure the latter is almost impossible but...i want it to be haha.

[SeeingisBelieving]

I've always been curious about that. Are you really into the Baron Munchausen story or is it just a coincidence that those are your favourites?

Pretty dumb question since i figure the latter is almost impossible but...i want it to be haha.

I saw The Adventures of Baron Munchausen at the cinema in 1988 and it made a massive impression on me. Several years later – perhaps around 1996 – I saw Münchhausen on TV and I think it appealed to me even more. Oddly enough they both use a flashback style for the narrative but I preferred the older film's approach.

[GulfportDoc]

Emily Mortimer looks good there – I like her outfit.

The thing I'd find difficult is getting Black Books out of my head :p.
I do too. I forgot to mention that the film's time period was 1959.

~Doc

[SeeingisBelieving]

I do too. I forgot to mention that the film's time period was 1959.

~Doc

She threw me a curved ball there, I quite fancied her :bashful:.

[cricket]

The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

2.5

http://basementrejects.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/life-of-emile-zola-1937-movie-best-actor-picture-nominee-paul-muni-closing-arguments-court-review.jpg

This Oscar winner for best picture is a biopic, and like most biopics I believe some liberties were taken. I don't care about that. It's fine technically and has a good story and solid acting. I just thought it was a bit drab.

[Innovation]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjFhOWY0OTgtNDkzMC00YWJkLTk1NGEtYWUxNjhmMmQ5ZjYyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjMxOTE0ODA@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,64 8,1000_AL_.jpg

Such a goooood movie! I loved this, it hit me right in the feels. Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson didn't really have to do much in this film, nor did they need to. The story itself and the characters involved made this movie enjoyable on its own.

4.5

[Mr. J]

Finally watched Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom. Though it was visually great, entertaining and have decent performances still it doesn't match the level of Jurassic Park or Even Jurassic World (2015). But I enjoyed it. My Rating 7/10

[films246+1]

5/10


https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.QNk5-JLJFgiPGO_rKIkxNQHaLH&w=165&h=160&c=7&o=5&dpr=1.25&pid=1.7

[SeeingisBelieving]

Chimera (1991 TV Miniseries), rewatch – 5.5/10

At the time this was incredibly scary and disturbing. In some ways it still is (especially with regard to the scientists' total absence of ethics) but I was surprised to find myself thinking it was so poorly made. At times I felt I could have been watching a bad children's drama. It was all the more surprising to discover that the same director was responsible for the BBC's classic Ghost Stories for Christmas series, which were fantastic. However, the scenes of horror do compare favourably with those dramas.

None of this is any reflection on the actors although some of the humour is quite detrimental to the themes involved. I'd completely forgotten that John Lynch played the main character and he's really good. Sebastian Shaw's small role shows what a fantastic actor he was. Douglas Mann as the creature is also excellent and the prosthetics still look good today, but it was still interesting listening to writer Stephen Gallagher's comments about the potential look of the creature on the DVD extras, and that is a very welcome and informative interview.

I also noticed that my recollection of a key scene was very different. I thought that when the children approach the house at the end of episode 2 we had seen the lower part of the creature's face come past the door. Not so: he just stands there, only revealing his arm and upper body. So I'd amplified the horror in my adolescent mind, and re-edited the scene in my memory :). I wasn't sure actually whether the young boy's voice had been dubbed with that awful technique of an adult impersonating a child but it did sound that way.

[Marco]

It depends what difficulty you gathered from it. Eastwood fails to tackle any systematic causes of crime in minority neighborhoods, ya know like poverty and the war on drugs. He seems to think racism is fine because white people also do it to each other (ya pollack, ya mick). The scariest thing about it is the film portraying a racist old man as a hero for not gunning down his neighbors. It gets to play the pacifist by passing the violence off on the state, the police who will return to the neighborhood and arrest everyone.

I'd say the most applicable lesson from Gran Tarino about the US is that white people are extremely good at rationalizing and downplaying bigotry. Also, old, white conservative men all have power fantasies about inflicting vigilante "justice" on colored people.

Well, I liked it. Thin in parts but hey-ho. Its a view thing.

[Marco]

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Hardcore
4

George C. Scott is great in this movie as usual.

I got this from the video-store/garage because my dad loves George C. i was 11. Watching later this film is one of Schraders best moments.

[Chypmunk]

Miasto 44 [City 44 aka Warsaw 44] (Jan Komasa, 2014) 3.5
Not your routine WW II drama that's for sure

[doubledenim]

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White Boy Rick (2018)
(https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1949934#post1949934)




Best Dazed and Confused reunion movie I've seen.




rating_3_5

[Fabulous]

The Wings of Eagles (1957)

2

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[cricket]

Dodge City (1939)

3.5-

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Directed by Michael Curtiz, I watched this because it's on the top 100 westerns list. It's pretty standard; good guy vs bad guys, good guy tries to clean up town, good guy goes for the girl. It's also probably about average except for a great cast led by the very charismatic Errol Flynn and the breathtaking Olivia de Havilland. It's hard to go wrong with them.

[Marco]

Mean Streets (1973)

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The improvisation. Are you Charlie or Johnny? Sheer brilliance from Scorsese. His Catholic mind brings his ideas to the fore. This was faultless given the budget. 10/10

[Citizen Rules]

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Mystery of the Wax Mus (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024368/)eum (1933) - IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024368/)


One of only 3 surviving Two Strip Technicolor Process 3 films. It was thought lost for good, until a color negative print was found in Jack Warner's safe after he died in 1978. If that isn't enough reason to watch it, it's directed by Michael Curtiz. It features Lionel Atwill as the mad wax sculptor and Glenda Farrell as the brassy, fast talking news reporter who discovers corpses are going missing and wax figures are being made that look suspiciously life like. Fay Wray is her best friend, who's best known as the blonde that King Kong had a crush.

Because this is Two Strip Technicolor the colors are strangely pastel yet effective at making the world of the wax museum all the more creepy. But this isn't a straight horror film, it' also one part mystery with some fun one liners thrown in. Give it a watch for Halloween if you dare:cool:

[MoreOrLess]

Rumblefish

Been about 15 years since I saw this last but actually I found I connected with it better this time around, the last really strong film Coppola released for me. I'd say its rep for being overly serious is perhaps overstated as well, I mean yeah it has a lot of the trappings of an art film generally I think the atmosphere is more playful(helped by Copelands atypical score) within those bounds, very strong cast with Rourke at his 80's best and I don't think Matt DIllion has ever been as good as he is here.

9/10

[Fabulous]

Panic in the Streets (1950)

3

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