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Borat (Larry Charles, 2006) - 3
The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957) - 4.5
The Phantom Carriage ( Victor Sjöström, 1921) - 4.5
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (Danny Leiner, 2004) - 3
Summer with Monika (Ingmar Bergman, 1953) - 3
Smiles of a Summer Night (Ingmar Bergman, 1955) - 4
Logan (James Mangold, 2017) - 4
The Magician (Ingmar Bergman, 1958) - 3.5
Scenes From A Marriage (Ingmar Bergman, 1973) - 4
Chicago (Rob Marshall, 2002) - 1.5
You just starting to dig into Bergman or have you seen these before? Summer With Monika was my least favorite of those you watched. I loved Scenes From A Marriage, thtee hours of dialogue driven conflict, right in my wheel house. Really loved Smiles as well. Seventh is great of course, really iconic.
Iroquois
03-07-17, 07:36 AM
Mostly new watches. I use blue for new watches and red for re-watches.
Mostly new watches. I use blue for new watches and red for re-watches.
You would think even my pea brain could have figured that one out.
Iroquois
03-07-17, 07:44 AM
I've been using the same code in my review threads for the past couple of years, so I figured I'd transfer it over to my Movie Tab posts as well.
Sweethearts (W.S. Van Dyke II, 1938) 2.5
Urge (Aaron Kaufman, 2016) 1.5+
Chasing Secrets aka The Secret Path (Bruce Pittman, 1999) 2.5+
Deathtrap (Sidney Lumet, 1982) 3.5-
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Student Christopher Reeve visits the home of wealthy Dyan Cannon and her playwright husband Michael Caine to discuss his new thriller play.
Horns (Alexandre Aja, 2014) 2.5
This Time for Keeps (Charles Riesner, 1942) 2
Romántico (Mark Becker, 2006) 2.5
A Simple Plan (Sam Raimi, 1998) 3+
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Loser Billy Bob Thornton is one of three men who find a crashed plane with millions of dollars in it in a remote snowy part of Minnesota. The other two are his town lush friend (Brent Briscoe) and his seemingly-upstanding brother (Bill Paxton).
Killing Me Softly (Chen Kaige, 2002) 2
Bobby (Emilio Estevez, 2006) 2.5+
Sunday Punch (David Miller, 1942) 2
Phase IV (Saul Bass, 1974) 2.5
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Two scientists (Nigel Davenport and Michael Moriarty) conduct experiments in Arizona on a desert ant colony to try to understand their recent deadly activity.
Wrong Move (Wim Wenders, 1975) 2.5
Kiss the Bride (Vanessa Parise, 2002) 2
Runaway Bride (Gary Marshall, 1999) 2.5
Soapdish (Michael Hoffman, 1991) 3-
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Horny producer Robert Downey Jr. tries to help his up-and-coming soap opera actress (Cathy Moriarity) eliminate the longtime star (Sally Field) from the cast.
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart (Rupert Hitzig, 1994) 2
UFO in Her Eyes (Xiaolu Guo, 2012) 2.5+
Locked-in Syndrome (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1997) 3+
Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson, 2016) 2.5+
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A collage of scenes from previous documentaries that director Kirsten Johnson had shot is used to connect humanity all over the world.
Mississippi Burning (Alan Parker, 1988) - 4+
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete (George Tillman Jr., 2013) - 3
Profondo rosso Deep Red (Dario Argento, 1975) - 2+
Bitter Victory (Nicholas Ray, 1957) 2.5
Tomorrow We Move (Chantal Akerman, 2004) 2
Look Back in Anger (Tony Richardson, 1959) 2.5
Anne of the Thousand Days (Charles Jarrot, 1969) 3
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Henry VIII (Richard Burton) will divorce his wife, break from the Catholic Church and kill many of his lifelong friends to marry Anne Boleyn (Genevieve Bujold), but she must give him a son.
Bug (Jeannot Szwarc, 1975) 2-
Tanna (Bentley Dean & Martin Butler, 2016) 2.5
Speak (Jessica Sharzer, 2004) 2
Out of Time (Carl Franklin, 2003) 3
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Miami detective Eva Mendes helps her estranged husband (Denzel Washington), a small town police chief, extricate himself from a crime he got involved in with his lover (Sanaa Lathan).
Doctor Faustus (Richard Burton & Nevill Coghill, 1967) 2
Party Girl (Nicholas Ray, 1958) 2.5
Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green, 2008) 3
The Unforgiven (John Huston, 1960) 2.5
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In post-Civil War Texas, the Kiowa attack a frontier home to try to recover a young woman (Audrey Hepburn) they believe to be a full-blood member who was taken by the whites as a baby. Her brother (Burt Lancaster) helps defend the house.
A Private Collection (Walerian Borowczyk, 1973) 2.5
The Substitute 2: School’s Out (Steven Pearl, 1998) 2
Ixcanul aka Volcano (Jayro Bustamante, 2015) 2.5
I Went Down (Paddy Breathnach, 1997) 3-
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After getting out of jail, crook Peter McDonald gets in trouble with crime boss Tony Doyle who sends him with another crook (Brendan Gleeson) on another job.
Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks (Robert Oliver [Dick Randall], 1974) 1.5
Serving Sara (Reginald Hudlin, 2002) 2
The Desert Rats (Robert Wise, 1953) 3-
The Flim-Flam Man (Irvin Kershner, 1967) 4-
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Army deserter Michael Sarrazin works a scam on greedy tobacco farmer Slim Pickens with the expert guidance of the infamous Flim-Flam Man (George C. Scott) himself.
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4
This showed up on Netflix and I threw it on just on a whim. I have heard about it but never had a huge interest obviously. I was never really a Metallica fan. Like everyone my age I listened to the Black album quite a bit, and there is some stuff I like on it. Anyway, the point is you don't have to be a huge Metallica fan to respond to this doc. It really is quite a surprising and honest look inside the machinations of this super popular band. Highly recommended, really surprised this didn't make our 100 doc list.
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3.5
This one was about half a surprise. The way critics were talking about it I thought it could be my kind of horror. Then when my boy Swan told me this was endorsed by the satanic temple I got a little worried, doesn't seem like that would be my cup of tea. I gave it a go anyway as I am making a conscious effort to try and see the couple most popular horror films every year. I wouldn't say I was delighted by the film, but I will say it is the best horror I have seen it quite some time. Great atmosphere and characters are the reason why. I love how faithful the writing is to the time period and the time period is also perfect to create the creepy atmosphere. Grey skies and candle lighting mixed with the rustic farm and woods. Really this is the closets I have come to being scared watching a movie in a very long time. Very creepy film. So, the ending I think is where a lot of the hoopla surrounding this film is. Definitely a classic horror ending. I would be interested to know how people feel about the fact that this appears to be viewed as an feminist empowering ending. Certainly reads as the exact opposite of that to me. Thoughts?
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3.5
Another pleasant surprise this week. I went with a buddy not really expecting much. I have grown tired of the Wolverine character and the last stand alone film was a nightmare for me. This is definitely the R rated Wolverine flick fans have been waiting for. Not perfect by any means but very engaging. Plenty of twists and turns but each one pretty satisfying. Very solid comic film. I have only seen 3 2017 releases so far and 2 of them have been very entertaining. Maybe we will be in for a good tent pole year.
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3.5
This one was about half a surprise. The way critics were talking about it I thought it could be my kind of horror. Then when my boy Swan told me this was endorsed by the satanic temple I got a little worried, doesn't seem like that would be my cup of tea. I gave it a go anyway as I am making a conscious effort to try and see the couple most popular horror films every year. I wouldn't say I was delighted by the film, but I will say it is the best horror I have seen it quite some time. Great atmosphere and characters are the reason why. I love how faithful the writing is to the time period and the time period is also perfect to create the creepy atmosphere. Grey skies and candle lighting mixed with the rustic farm and woods. Really this is the closets I have come to being scared watching a movie in a very long time. Very creepy film. So, the ending I think is where a lot of the hoopla surrounding this film is. Definitely a classic horror ending. I would be interested to know how people feel about the fact that this appears to be viewed as an feminist empowering ending. Certainly reads as the exact opposite of that to me. Thoughts?
Dude!
The Green Mile (Frank Darabont, 1999) - 4.5
Oh Boy A Coffee in Berlin (Jan Ole Gerster, 2012) - 3.5
State of Play (Kevin Macdonald, 2009) - 3+
11:14 (Greg Marcks, 2003) - 2.5
Lady and the Tramp (Clyde Geronimi/Wilfred Jackson/Hamilton Luske, 1955) - 2.5
Mingusings
03-12-17, 01:02 PM
The Pit (Lew Lehman, 1981): 2_5
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The Pit is easily one of the most ridiculous movies ever made. Basically this kid is just crazy and his teddy bear talks to him and there's this pit that he throws people in. It's so bizarre and comical, I had to give it a decent rating.
Death Wish (Michael Winner, 1974): 2_5
Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969): 3
Serpico (Sidney Lumet, 1973): 3_5
Doctor Strange (Scott Derrickson, 2016): 1_5
George Washington (David Gordon Green, 2000): 2
Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967): 3_5
L'Eclisse (Michalangelo Antonioni, 1962): 2
Le Cercle Rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970): 3_5
Tales from the Crypt (Freddie Francis, 1972): 2_5
Eyewitness (Peter Yates, 1981) 2.5+
Hard Ticket to Hawaii (Andy Sidaris, 1987) 1.5-
Haze (Shin'ya Tsukamoto, 2005) 2.5
The Gazebo (George Marshall, 1959) 3.5-
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TV writer/director Glenn Ford just shot a blackmailer in his home – or did he?
Riot (Buzz Kulik, 1969) 2.5
Staircase (Stanley Donen, 1969) 2
Villain (Michael Tuchner, 1971) 2.5
The Enemy Below (Dick Powell, 1957) 3
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During WWII, the new captain (Robert Mitchum) of an American destroyer gives his Executive Officer Al (David) Hedison some pointers about “playing chess” with German U-Boat commanders (in thi instance, Curt Jurgens).
Brooklyn’s Finest (Antoine Fuqua, 2009) 2.5
Force of Arms (Michael Curtiz, 1951) 2+
The Last Sunset (Robert Aldrich, 1961) 2.5
Shenandoah (Andrew V. McLaglen, 1965) 3.5-
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During the Civil War, Virginia family patriarch James Stewart, who owns no slaves and is determined to stay out of the war, has to search for his youngest son when he’s captured by the Union Army.
The Bounty (No Director Listed, 1962) 2.5
The Quick and the Dead (Robert Totten, 1963) 2
Nine Months (Chris Columbus, 1995) 2.5
Moebius (Kim Ki-duk, 2013) 2.5
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The lover (Lee Eun-woo) of his father (Cho Jae-hyun) is attracted to a boy (Seo Young-Joo) who’s already been castrated by his own mother (also Lee Eun-woo). That’s just the first 15 minutes or so!
Touring Northern England (James A. FitzPatrick, 1950) 2.5
Thrashin’ (David Winters, 1986) 2+
Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford, 2016) 2.5+
Great Directors (Angela Ismailos, 2010) 3-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-ic8Eto0yA
Nothing spectacular but an OK overview of 10 interesting directors.
cricket
03-12-17, 10:51 PM
I was wondering what you'd think of Moebius. You forgot to mention that she eats it!
Thanks for posting Great Directors Mark. I want to see that now for Lynch, Loach, Linklater and Haynes. I'm sure the others are interesting too but i'm not familiar with them.
Mr Minio
03-13-17, 05:16 PM
I know what you've been thinking... "Why is this bastard slacker Mr Minio not posting in this thread anymore?! The bloody layabout! He probably stopped watching movies, the stupid f*ck.". Well, even though the times of watching four movies a day are irreversibly gone, I haven't forgotten the beauty and grandeur of cinema! I can't even remember the last time I posted here, neither can I remember what was the last film I wrote about, so let me just post about some of my recent watches. I'm going to leave out a lot (following the rule that only the best movies are worth mentioning), but the general outcome should be satisfactory for all of you!
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Mein liebster Feind [My Best Fiend] (1999) - 4 - one helluva documentary from Werner Herzog on his friendship with the totally mad Klaus Kinski! I've seen some individual pieces of footage from this years ago (mainly Kinski's tantrums), but the whole movie gives a lot of backstory and meaning to this fascinating relationship between two geniuses. At times it looks like Herzog isn't too sane either, i.e. his calmness when Kinski was freaking out made the native tribe more disturbed than Kinski's behaviour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xxm5O3cuZk
д'Артаньян и три мушкетёра [d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers] (1978) - 4 - Russians were the masters of TV series in the 70's and 80's! After the sea of Stirlitz jokes soaked USSR (Seventeen Moments of Spring), but before the Russian Sherlock Holmes and Doctor "Vatson" solved the case of a soot-smeared gnome, the world had to behold this gem. The adaptation of Dumas' book in a form of musical! I'm not too crazy about the genre, but here the songs are amazing and are a very strong part of the film. I loved all the actors and I thought that they were perfectly cast. Also, as long as I'm not familiar with the original book, I thought the screenplay was wonderful!!! The theme of brotherhood was as strong as in John Woo films and although the movie was never meant the be taken too seriously and the overall atmosphere is rather light, some moments of sadness, grief, or seriousness were executed splendidly. I would catch myself humming the title tune days after having seen the TV series.
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Chasing Amy (1997) - 4 - just when I thought Clerks is the best Kevin Smith can get, I watched this movie. It's amazing how Smith succeeds in making fun of practically EVERYTHING. He makes fun of homosexuals as well as homophobes AT THE SAME TIME and totally slanders both. I liked how some scenes were purposefully over-dramatic, or melancholic. I also found it funnier than Clerks, even though it didn't have as many jokes. It still has some vulgarity to it, but in this case it doesn't matter, since the movies worked for me!
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Near Death (1989) - 4 - after having seen about 20 minutes of it, I was literally scared to continue. Not because what I saw was terrifying or hugely depressing, but because I feared the next five and a half hours will be. Well, they are not as bad as I imagined, but this without a doubt is not a gleeful film! It talks about death. Death in its purest form. Just dying. Is there anything after you've died? Yes, there is! There is your family that will get the news and doctors that have to pass the news to the family. There is also a problem when your brain has died, but a machine still keeps your body seemingly alive. How do doctors go about telling this to the family? Direct cinema style was very effective in this particular case, because the viewer is always close to the events, but at the same time is never, for even a second, convinced that anything shown on the screen is fictitious (after all, it's a documentary). The very ending is depressing, too, because the fact you didn't die today doesn't mean you will live forever. Doctor Taylor had some wonderful rhetorics and was full of compassion and grace. The scene when he touches the hands of the woman is particularly touching.
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毒女 [Kiss of Death] (1973) - 4 - straight from Shaw Brothers Studio comes this ravishing gem of rape and revenge genre! What a wonderful plot, amazing groovy 70's cinematography full of colours, nice babes, bandit faces of criminals, superb killing scenes and ends like (almost) all Shaw Brothers movies!!! A must-see!!!
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Kutya éji dala [The Dog's Night Song] (1983) - 4 - an exercise before watching Gábor Bódy's mangum opus Nárcisz és Psyché! I didn't expect this kind of film! Very new wavish, even though made years after New Waves. It's been on a RYM list entitled "Nuovo Cinema Inferno" and for some reason this description fits this film perfectly, even though I don't even know what it means (if anything). This has a lot of things overlayered on each other. The basic premise is simple. The film seems more complicated than it really is. It's quite experimental. Avant-garde. Some underground punk bands from Hungary for a good measure. Why not?!
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白日夢 [Daydream] (1964) - 4 - so kinky! so surreal! True pink film art! Everything starts at the dentist's, but it quickly gets way more twisted! Love the use of sound! F*ck cohesive narration! I'm surreal b*tch!
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狂熱の季節 [The Warped Ones] (1960) - 4.5 - so fierce! So edgy! The Japanese Breathless! The protagonist is one of the biggest ******** in the history of cinema, but also looks badass and cool in every scene! The ending is nothing short of genius.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvw_502reZY
Glocken aus der Tiefe: Glaube und Aberglaube in Rußland [Bells From the Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia] (1993) 4 - throat singing, fake Jesus, Herzog's narration. Can a man want more from a documentary movie?
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冬冬的假期 [A Summer at Grandpa's] (1984) - 4 - a great film about childhood! I never expected I would have so much fun watching a Hou Hsiao-Hsien film!
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Panna a netvor [Beauty and the Beast] (1978) - 4 - Cocteau's surreal vision of 1946 meets De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise!!! I loved beast's psychology in this film. It's the first adaptation that made me really sympathize with the beast. I could feel his suffering. The main theme is absolutely astounding and the "beauty" is a real beauty.
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Diva (1981) - 4 - better than Betty! The wacky plot doesn't really matter when you have such a dense atmosphere! I could almost feel orgone oozing off the screen, but the wasn't enough of it to give the movie an even higher rating! Oh, the cinematography freakin' slays!
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Das weiße Stadion (1928) - 4 - thought to be partially lost till 2011. Now rediscovered and restored to its former glory! It shows The 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. Some of the sports were quite different from what we know them now. Also, some of these are no longer practiced! Like horse-race in snow!!! The landscapes look beautiful and the film uses slow motion! Without a doubt a great inspiration for Berg film as well as Leni Riefenstahl's documentaries.
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菊次郎の夏 [Kikujiro] (1999) - 4.5 - I'm curious how I would rate Hana-bi and Sonatine today. This film is quite reminiscent to these two, but gets crazier in its second half (naked bald guy octopuss FTW) and balances the funny and melancholic quite well. Sure, it's very sentimental, but it's meant to be. Also it's not a tear-jerker. It's genuinely moving!
Der müde Tod Destiny (Fritz Lang, 1921) - 3.5
Banlieue 13: Ultimatum District 13: Ultimatum (Patrick Allessandrin, 2009) - 3
Kong: Skull Island (Jordan Vogt-Roberts, 2017) - 1.5+
Iroquois
03-13-17, 11:36 PM
JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December (Jean-Luc Godard, 1995) - 2
Kong: Skull Island (Jordan Vogt-Roberts, 2017) - 3
Super (James Gunn, 2010) - 1.5
Through a Glass Darkly (Ingmar Bergman, 1961) - 4
Winter Light (Ingmar Bergman, 1963) - 4
Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013) - 3.5
The Silence (Ingmar Bergman, 1963) - 3
The Best Intentions (Bille August, 1992) - 2.5
Miami Vice (Michael Mann, 2006) - 3
Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, 2016) - 4
re93animator
03-14-17, 03:39 AM
Mad Love (1935) – 3_5
I reviewed this yrs ago, but hardly remembered it. It lands right around the time the Hays’ code started guzzling protein shakes. I’m too lazy to check and see if it was made strictly under code or not, but it certainly doesn’t seem that way. Very sinister for the time.
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) – 2_5
I think this is Karloff’s best performance (and maybe one of the best ever). It also has a great screenplay (with an interesting shifting dichotomy between protagonists and ‘villain’), but… it’s just not very entertaining. :( It picks up steam towards the end though. The horror label is a tad deceptive too.
Destination Moon (1950) - 1
Maybe some can find some charm in this, but it’s So. God*amn. Boring. I kinda liked the animated bit near the beginning though, so it’s got that going for it.
The Sorcerers (1967) – 3
This is about two elders that create a mind control apparatus to vicariously experience the sensations of an apathetic young man. Karloff seemed to morph into Obi Wan with age. I think the apparatus was really a red herring to camouflage his Jedi Mind Tricks.
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) – 3
This might be the only version that concentrates all the makeup effects on Jekyll. It also might be the prettiest Hammer production I've seen, though it’s short on actual horror.
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Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) – 4
After being smitten with the Price version, I was disappointed when I saw this years ago. I loved it following Dr. X this time. The two-tone color thing is so awesome. I wish more movies did it. I also really liked the snappy female reporter, despite being somewhat of a ‘relief’ character. The sporadic comic bits in this work pretty well.
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re93animator
03-14-17, 05:04 AM
Panna a netvor [Beauty and the Beast] (1978) - 4 - Cocteau's surreal vision of 1946 meets De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise!!! I loved beast's psychology in this film. It's the first adaptation that made me really sympathize with the beast. I could feel his suffering. The main theme is absolutely astounding and the "beauty" is a real beauty.
:up: I reviewed it a while back. One of the coolest looking movies I've seen. I love glowy stuffs.
Diva (1981) - 4 - better than Betty! The wacky plot doesn't really matter when you have such a dense atmosphere! I could almost feel orgone oozing off the screen, but the wasn't enough of it to give the movie an even higher rating! Oh, the cinematography freakin' slays!
You should check out Mortel transfert next. Made in similar style, funny, and much raunchier.;)
The People vs. Fritz Bauer (Lars Kraume, 2015) 2.5
Holy Joe (Larry Peerce, 1999) 2+
The Prince and the Pauper (Don Chaffey, 1962) 2.5
In Order of Disappearance (Hans Petter Moland, 2014) 3-
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When a Norwegian snowplow driver (Stellan Skarsgård) learns that his son was murdered by local drug dealers, he decides to kill them all the way up to the mob boss.
Arrival (Denis Villeneuve, 2016) 3
Take a Giant Step (Philip Leacock, 1959) 2.5+
The Sea of Grass (Elia Kazan, 1947) 2
Equus (Sidney Lumet, 1977) 2.5
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Stable boy Peter Firth develops an unhealthy fixation on horses, blinds some and is treated by burnt-out psychiatrist Richard Burton.
Immoral Tales (Walerian Borowczyk, 1973) 2
Reach for Glory (Philip Leacock, 1962) 3
Jaws 3 (Joe Alves, 1983) 2-
The Creatures (Agnès Varda, 1966) 2.5
https://thedullwoodexperiment.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/les-creatures.jpg?w=529&h=353
Married couple, writer Michele Piccoli & recently-mute, pregnant Catherine Deneuve, relax in a remote village where some strange happenings seem to create another world surrounding them.
Bloodsport (Newt Arnold, 1988) 2+
13 West Street (Philip Leacock, 1962) 2.5-
Shaft’s Big Score! (Gordon Parks, 1972) 2+
Elle (Paul Verhoeven, 2016) 3+
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Businesswoman Isabelle Huppert, whose family has a dark past, is raped but doesn’t tell anyone. She also seems to have strong misanthropic feelings and a need for physical stimulation with no concept of love.
This Park Is Mine (Steven Hilliard Stern, 1985) 2.5+
Mark of the Devil (Val Guest, 1984) 2+
Funny Face (Stanley Donen, 1957) 3
Traitor (Jeffrey Nachmanoff, 2008) 2.5+
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American Muslim Don Cheadle works as an arms dealer before Islamic terrorists approach him to bomb the U.S. Consulate in Paris. Meanwhile, both F.B.I. agent Guy Pearce and U.S. Intelligence contractor Jeff Daniels keep tabs on his whereabouts.
Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927) 3.5 Classic Rating: 5
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I finally got around to watching this again, this time with Sarah. I'm glad I did. If you have the time and just let it wash over you (preferably the restored version with clean, clear subritles), it moves along very quickly. On the other hand, it does seem to cram in a whole lotta plot into one film, but somehow it mostly resolves itself at the end.
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First off, the main reasons for watching Metropolis are the super sets, special effects and all the elements of the production design. Sometimes the camerawork appears hand-held, especially in closeups of some of the "action scenes". Then again, much as his fellow countryman F.W. Murnau did in his American film Sunrise (also 1927), Lang uses all kinds of photo and editing trickery to incorporate paranoia and disorientation; one of my fave of these is the shot of all the eyes superimposed together when the rich young men of the upper world are seduced by the "robotic" Maria and begin to fight and kill each other over her and her charms. That eye shot certainly reminded me of some of Dali's later work in films. There are so many spectacular shots, sets and effects that one could write a book detailing the creation and subliminal effect of each one, but this is not the place for that, although it would be interesting to hear some of other viewer's favorite visual flourishes.
As far as plot points go, maybe I can list a few and see what people think of each one and how they may help/hinder the overall film and what it's trying to accomplish.
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1. Metropolis is a huge city where the rich and powerful have a wonderful life consisting mostly of modern technology and entertainment while the workers live underground as almost slaves and never even see the light of day. What I would like to know is whether Metropolis is supposed to be representative of an entire futuristic world, an anomoly or something parents tell their children as a bedtime story beginning with "Once upon a time... ".
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2. There is a saintly woman named Maria (Brigitte Helm) who tries to pick up the spirits of the workers by telling them that a Mediator will come one day to reconcile the Hands (the workers) with the Head [the founder of Metropolis, Joh Frederson (Alfred Abel)]. Maria speaks to people in front of a group of crosses and attracts Joh's son Freder (Gustav Fröhlich) who decides that he could be the Mediator. I'm not especially up on my German, but Joh sure seems like John, so we could have the characters of John and Mary somehow coming together to "create" a Mediator named Freder, which sounds a lot like "Freedom".
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3. Joh has a rival in the character of a "mad scientist" named Rotwang (Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Dr. Mabuse himself). The scientist seems similar to both Dr. Frankenstein and Dr. Strangelove. The reason Rotwang and Joh are rivals dates back to the fact that they both loved the same woman, Hel, who married Joh but died giving birth to Freder. Rotwang invents a robot which can appear human and kidnaps Maria to turn this robot into a Maria who will incite the masses.
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4. The world of the workers and the way in which Joh interracts with it seems to have also inspired Charles Chaplin's use of technology and class struggle in Modern Times. I even see a strong resemblance between the appearance of the leader of Chaplin's factory and Joh Frederson. This also brings me to the concept of how the technology works in the utopian upper part of the city. Near the end, after the workers have destroyed the heart machine and power is shut off above ground, we see all the ground transportation piled up in what appears to be a freeway. We also see none of the planes and other flying vehicles in the air. This implies that all modes of transportation above ground run due to the Heart Machine and not due to something resembling gasoline.
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5. The final third of the film turns into something resembling a disaster flick when the bottom levels flood and all the workers' children have to be saved by Freder, Maria and Josaphat (Theodor Loos), a man in the employ of Joh who is also Freder's good friend. Ultimately, it turns the entire film into a story about Family and how all the characters seem to believe that it's the most important thing in their lives, even if they'd occasionally rather wreak destruction, burn "witches" and have wild dancing revels while doing so.
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6. I've left out many other points which almost seem superfluous but are included in the film. These include the relationship of 11811 [Georgy] (Erwin Biswanger), a worker, with Freder, and the way the Thin Man (Fritz Rasp) spies on Freder and intercepts Georgy. Both the characters of Georgy and the Thin Man were previously only discussed in intertitles because they were part of the lost footage, but now with the restoration, what they have to do with the film is much clearer. They may be incidental characters but they help to flesh out themes of friendship and mistrust.
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Metropolis and Blade Runner
I realize that this is a superficial summary of some of the content of Metropolis, but I'm going to leave it at this for now since I'm still waiting for others to discuss it in more detailed or specific terms.
Lucky Number Slevin (Paul McGuigan, 2006) - 3.5
Ocean's Eleven (Steven Soderbergh, 2001) - 2.5+
Ida (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2013) - 2+
The Sword in the Stone (Wolfgang Reitherman, 1963) - 1.5
The Road Warrior aka Mad Max 2 (George Miller, 1981) 3.5
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The second Mad Max film qualifies as the best to me. The interesting thing about the trilogy is that the three films are all entirely self-contained. It's true that in the prologue of this film, there are scenes which show why Max (Mel Gibson) went mad, based on what happened in the first film, but they basically have nothing to do with what happens in this film. We are still in a post-apocalyptic world. There are remnants of civilization who are refining oil and turning it into gasoline. And then, there are the violent crazies who need the gas to perpetuate their concept of a dog-eat-dog world.
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One of the reasons I like this movie the best is that it definitely has the greatest collection of oddball characters. I mean, the "good guys" even have such wackos as the Gyro Captain (Bruce Spence) and the Feral Kid (Emil Minty), and the bigtime bad guys have the Lord Humongous (Kjell Nilsson) and his truly insane, subhuman lieutenant Wez (Vernon Wells) who goes bonkers when his boyfriend bites it. This film also has the best car chases and stunts, and they're well-paced throughout the film. This is also probably the funniest Mad Max film.
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Of course, the unifying factor which brings the entire film together is Max, and Gibson plays him as both world-weary and looking for a way to survive and thrive in a wasteland. Max fits comfortably between the "Good" and "Bad" sides because he knows that he has both of those characteristics within him. I'm not trying to say that people enjoy the Mad Max flix because they are deep, but, along with being a cool, entertaining popcorn flick, this one also has an intelligence about it which makes it clear that if you're looking for some meaning here, then you will probably find it.
Iroquois
03-19-17, 08:46 AM
The Astronauts (Walerian Borowczyk and Chris Marker, 1959) - 2
National Lampoon's Animal House (John Landis, 1978) - 2.5
1941 (Steven Spielberg, 1979) - 2
BASEketball (David Zucker, 1998) - 3.5
Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman, 1972) - 4
King Kong (Peter Jackson, 2005) - 2.5
Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman, 1978) - 3.5
Saraband (Ingmar Bergman, 2003) - 2.5
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Jim Mallon, 1996) - 4
Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982) - 4.5
Mr Minio
03-19-17, 09:49 AM
Dayum, mark f, now I have to rewatch Metropolis.
I think that Metropolis is a typical dystopian futuristic city. The action takes place in the future, but obviously it's not meant to represent any time period in particular. It was relevant when it was released and it is still relevant now. Maybe now even more than ever.
"The mediator between head and hands must be the heart."
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (Lasse Hallström, 1994) 3
Dear Brigitte (Henry Koster, 1965) 2.5
Winter Storage (Jack Hannah, 1949) 3-
Teacher’s Pet (Timothy Björklund, 2004) 2.5+
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Talking dog Spot (Voice of Nathan Lane) dreams of becoming a real boy like Pinocchio, but his boy Leonard (Voice of Shaun Fleming) thinks he’s crazy.
The Greener Hills (Sammy Lee, 1939) 2.5
Ryan’s Daughter (David Lean, 1970) 3+
Girl with Green Eyes (Desmond Davis, 1964) 2.5-
Escape from Alcatraz (Don Siegel, 1979) 3
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Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) has been sent to Alcatraz after escaping from 20 other prisons, and eventually he and two brothers (Jack Thibeau & Fred Ward) attempt to escape from the inescapable Rock in San Francisco Bay.
Between Fences (Avi Mograbi, 2017) 2.5
Beverly Hills Vamp (Fred Olen Rey, 1989) 1.5
976-Evil II (Jim Wynorski, 1991) 2
The Quiet Man (John Ford, 1952) 4.5
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”Quiet, peace-loving” John Wayne returns from America to his Irish hometown and immediately falls in love with fiery Maureen O’Hara.
Wake Up and Die (Carlo Lizzani, 1966) 2.5
Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (Laz Diaz, 2012) 2
Shattered (Wolfgang Petersen, 1991) 2.5+
Chicago (Rob Marshall, 2002) 3.5-
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Murderess Catherine Zeta-Jones and others in her cell block sing about what caused them to get to prison.
Daisy Kenyon (Otto Preminger, 1947) 2.5
Roxanne (Fred Schepisi, 1987) 3
Enchanted (Kevin Lima, 2007) 2.5+
Tomorrowland (Brad Bird, 2015) 3+
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High school student Britt Robinson uses a futuristic pin to be transported to a future that may or may not exist.
meatwadsprite
03-19-17, 05:24 PM
Sing Street
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Reminded me of another musical from last year about chasing your dreams, but goes about that message in a very different way.
3.5
Birdman
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A very flashy, energetic flick with about 13 too many monologues.
3
An American in Paris
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A mess of a movie with a few spectacular scenes.
2.5
Get Out
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Does a great job building towards some inevitable, horrible reveal, but once you get there it's kind of a let down.
3
Moonlight
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I've seen a lot of gangster movies, but I aint never seen a gay gangster love story. As theatrical as that may sound, Moonlight actually offers up some of the most restrained and authentic acting performances I've ever seen.
3.5
MovieMeditation
03-19-17, 06:00 PM
The Astronauts (Walerian Borowczyk and Chris Marker, 1959) - 2
National Lampoon's Animal House (John Landis, 1978) - 2.5
1941 (Steven Spielberg, 1979) - 2
BASEketball (David Zucker, 1998) - 3.5
Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman, 1972) - 4
King Kong (Peter Jackson, 2005) - 2.5
Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman, 1978) - 3.5
Saraband (Ingmar Bergman, 2003) - 2.5
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Jim Mallon, 1996) - 4
Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982) - 4.5
Did you watch the theatrical or tv cut of F&A?
And if you have seen both, what's your thoughts on the two cuts?
Iroquois
03-19-17, 09:45 PM
Did you watch the theatrical or tv cut of F&A?
And if you have seen both, what's your thoughts on the two cuts?
Theatrical. I'm not even sure how I'd go about getting the TV cut.
Forushande The Salesman (Asghar Farhadi, 2016) - 4+
Laurence Anyways (Xavier Dolan, 2012) - 4
Kramer vs. Kramer (Robert Benton, 1979) - 3.5+
Mingusings
03-22-17, 09:35 PM
My Night at Maud's (Eric Rohmer, 1969): 4
Claire's Knee (Eric Rohmer, 1970): 4
Chloe in the Afternoon (Eric Rohmer, 1972): 4_5
Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952): 3_5
The Terrorizers (Edward Yang, 1986): 1_5
Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, 1997): 2_5
Knocked Up (Judd Apatow, 2007): 3_5
The Four Days of Naples (Nanni Loy, 1962): 2_5
Patton (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1970): 2_5
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Steven Soderbergh, 1989): 4
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (William Shatner, 1989) 2.5
Saddle Tramp (Hugo Fregonese, 1950) 2.5
The Take (James Watkins, 2016) 2.5+
The Fifth Element (Luc Besson, 1997) 2.5
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Leeloo (Milla Jovovich), a “perfect being” created from DNA of the Fifth Element, jumps out a window and lands in a flying taxi of former military commander Bruce Willis.
Jarhead (Sam Mendes, 2005) 2.5
The Gunfight at Dodge City (Joseph M. Newman, 1959) 2
Wake Up and Die (Carlo Lizzani, 1966) 2.5
The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998) 3.5
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Truman (Jim Carrey) contemplates the limits of his world.
The Desperate Hours (William Wyler, 1955) 3
Mutant Species (David A. Prior, 1995) 1.5+
The Roots of Heaven (John Huston, 1958) 2.5
The Dark Valley (Andreas Prochaska, 2014) 3
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Stranger Sam Riley comes to a town in the Austrian Alps to learn about what happened there in the past which somehow had an effect on his life.
Kill and Pray aka Requiescant (Carlo Lizzani, 1967) 2.5
The Cameraman’s Revenge (Wladyslaw Starewicz, 1912) 3-
The Jayne Mansfield Story (Dick Lowry, 1980) 2
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (Joseph Sargent, 1974) 3.5
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"Gesundheit," says NYC Transit Authority police officer Water Matthau… Dum Dum Da Da Dum.
Bojangles (Joseph Sargent, 2001) 2.5+
The Beast (Walerian Borowczyk, 1975) 2
Taiga Story (Vladimir Fetin, 1979) 2.5
True Lies (James Cameron, 1994) 3.5
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The head (Charlton Heston) of America’s secret defense group, the Omega Sector, isn’t impressed with the recent work of two agents (Arnold Schwarzenegger & Tom Arnold).
Heat (Michael Mann, 1995) - 3.5
Mad Max (George Miller, 1979) - 3.5
The Flying Deuces (A. Edward Sutherland, 1939) - 1.5+
Iroquois
03-25-17, 02:18 AM
Loving (Jeff Nichols, 2016) - 3
Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, 1991) - 3.5
Wittgenstein (Derek Jarman, 1993) - 3
Mulan (Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft, 1998) - 3.5
Salt (Phillip Noyce, 2010) - 1.5
Meeting People Is Easy (Grant Gee, 1998) - 2.5
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Michel Gondry, 2006) - 3.5
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey (Terrence Malick, 2016) - 3.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Werner Herzog, 2010) - 3
Red Sun (Terence Young, 1971) - 3.5
The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998) - 4+
Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale/Kirk Wise, 1991) - 3
Pinocchio (Ben Sharpsteen/Hamilton Luske, 1940) - 2.5+
American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973) - 2+
donniedarko
03-25-17, 07:54 PM
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Recent Watches (Ranked):
Gentleman's Agreement (Kazan, 1947)- 3
Tickled (Farrier/Reeve, 2016)- 3
Sausage Party (Tiernan/Vernon, 2016)- 2.5
Daddy's Home (Anders,2015)- 2.5
Trumped: Inside The Greatest Political Upset of All Time (Bourne/Robertson, 2017)-2-
Wandering Through Wales (James A. FitzPatrick, 1948) 2.5
The Substitute 4: Failure Is Not an Option (Robert Radler, 2001) 2-
Predator (John McTiernan, 1987) 2.5
The Court Jester (Norman Panama & Melvin Frank, 1955) 3.5
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Crazy mistaken-identity plot involves minstrel Danny Kaye having secret plans with both witch Mildred Natwick and evil nobleman Basil Rathbone.
Possums (J. Max Burnett, 1998) 2.5
Something Beneath (David Winning, 2007) 1.5
Dracula aka Horror of Dracula (Terence Fisher, 1958) 2.5+
Shoeshine (Vittorio De Sica, 1946) 3-
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Trying to save money to buy a horse, two friends (Rinaldo Smordoni & Franco Interlenghi) get involved with the black market and sent to a reformatory where they are separated.
One Sings, the Other Doesn't (Agnès Varda, 1977) 2.5
Gunmen (Deran Sarafian, 1993) 2+
Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life (Claudia Buthenhoff-Duffy, 2010) 3-
Fists of Fury aka The Big Boss (Lo Wei, 1971) 2.5
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Peaceful Bruce Lee must use his martial arts skills when his family members and friends disappear suspiciously after meeting with their boss.
Fifty Shades Darker (Iames Foley, 2017) 2
Mean Dreams (Nathan Morlando, 2016) 2.5
The Other Half (Joey Klein, 2017) 2
Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979) 3.5+
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Young Mariel Hemingway is intuitively a far-wiser character than her lover (Woody Allen) and almost everyone else in Manhattan.
United Kingdom (Amma Asante, 2016) 2.5
Split (M. Night Shyamalan, 2017) 3
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Peter Hyams, 2009) 2
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Gareth Edwards, 2016) 3.5
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Rogue One does have dueling villainous capes.
Life (David Espinosa, 2017) - 3.5+
Ocean's Twelve (Steven Soderbergh, 2004) - 2.5
Das deutsche Kettensägen Massaker German Chainsaw Massacre (Christoph Schlingensief, 1990) - 1.5
donniedarko
03-28-17, 12:42 AM
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Burn After Reading
(Coen Brothers, 2008)
I've always found it difficult to write a review for a comedy, but I just wanted to shout out my praise for this film. I mainly heard of this as a lesser Coen Brothers film, but I'd put it in the lower part of their top tier. Mainly thanks to an exceptional cast this offbeat comedy shines. I was cracking up through the entirety of the last act. Extremely Coen-esque throughout. The end does feel a bit short, yet fitting. I'd love to watch this crazy group of characters, do whatever the f*ck they do, for another hour- but despite being only 96 minutes nothing feels left out. And for a narrative this bizarre, that's an achievement in itself.
3.5
Coen Borthers Ranked:
1. True Grit
2. Barton Fink
3. Millers Crossing
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Burn After Reading
6.Fargo
7.Inside Llewyn Davis
8.O Brother, Where Art Thou?
9. No Country for Old Men
10. Raising Arizona
I will be watching A Serious Man soon for a course, and intend on giving No Country another try since I was pretty young and not that into film when I first saw it.
Dexter007
03-28-17, 12:44 AM
Above Fargo, and Raising Arizona? Huh buh Wahaaaa?
donniedarko
03-28-17, 12:45 AM
Fargo is about even to it in my book, could switch another day of the week. Outside of Cage I never saw much in Raising Arizona
Julieta (Pedro Almodóvar, 2016) 2.5+
3:10 to Yuma (James Mangold, 2007) 3
Victory Quiz (Will Jason, 1942) 2.5
The Crucified Lovers (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954) 3
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In 17th-century Kyoto, adultery is punishable by crucifixion and the film begins with one and follows with the story of another possible affair.
Rachel, Rachel (Paul Newman, 1968) 3
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Paul Newman, 1972) 2.5
How to Figure Income Tax (Felix E. Feist, 1938) 3
The Outlaw and His Wife (Victor Sjöström, 1918) 2.5
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Itinerant worker Victor Sjöström is a man wanted for stealing a sheep, but since he’s an expert in living in the harsh Icelandic wilderness, when he’s found out, he decides to hide out there along with a wealthy female landowner (Edith Erastoff).
Burning Blue (D.M.W. Greer, 2014) 2
Torment (Alf Sjöberg, 1944) 2.5
The Idle Class (Charles Chaplin, 1921) 3
Hour of the Wolf (Ingmar Bergman, 1968) 2.5
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Writer Max von Sydow is attacked by the Maltese Falcon… well, it isn’t really a black bird.
Grandmother aka Lola (Brillante Ma. Mendoza, 2009) 2.5
The Hard Man (George Sherman, 1957) 2
The Appaloosa (Sidney J. Furie, 1966) 2.5
Gentleman Jim (Raoul Walsh, 1942) 3.5
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Flanked by his sister (Marilyn Phillips) and a wealthy socialite (Alexis Smith), fleet-footed boxer Jim Corbett (Errol Flynn) receives a hat big enough for his swelled head.
Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977) 3.5
Of Human Hearts (Clarence Brown, 1938) 2.5+
The Hot Chick (Tom Brady, 2002) 2
Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy (Tony Buba, 1989) 3
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Tony Buba tells the story of his dying town - Braddock, Pennsylvania - and his life as a documentary filmmaker whose films Werner Herzog loves.
re93animator
03-28-17, 03:24 PM
You’ll Like My Mother (1972) – 3_5
A pregnant woman gets confined in a crazy old bat’s house during an isolating snowstorm. This seems to have been a heavy influence on Stephen King for Misery, and it’s arguably as suspenseful. Great little thriller.
Before I Hang (1940) – 2
Not to be confused with Karloff’s The Man They Could Not Hang made only a year earlier. It lacks the strong screenplay of that one though. This is basically a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde plot with more murderin’ and less Gothic atmo.
Ex Machina (2015) – 3_5
A psychological drama with smart (if not slightly pompous) dialogue. The photography is beautiful too. It makes me wish it was given the Tarkovsky treatment; every shot drawn out for a ludicrously long time.
Town Zero (1988) – 4
A straight-man meanders through an absurdly idiosyncratic town. This is one of the most dryly hilarious movies I’ve seen. I feel like the lead’s introversion and awkward faux-nonchalance parallels myself in uncomfortable social surroundings.
honeykid
03-30-17, 09:45 AM
A few thoughts on Rogue One, mark? That's quite a high score for you and one about twice what I'd have given it. :D
King of the Mountain (Noel Nosseck, 1991) 2
Birdemic 2: The Resurrection (James Nguyen, 2013) 0.5
The Red Stallion (Lesley Selander, 1947) 2
The Professionals (Richard Brooks, 1966) 4-
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Four Americans take on a deadly mission in Mexico – archer supreme Woody Strode, leader Lee Marvin, horse wrangler Robert Ryan and explosives expert Burt Lancaster.
A Day in the Country (Jean Renoir, 1938) 3
Dead Man’s Bounty aka Summer Love (Piotr Uklanski, 2006) 1+
Lizzie (Hugo Haas, 1957) 2+
Hollow Man (Paul Verhoeven, 2000) 2.5
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Mad scientist Kevin Bacon isn’t as amusing as Claude Rains’ Invisible Man, but he’s working on it.
Solace (Afonso Proyart, 2015) 2.5
Venus on the Half-Shell (Walerian Borowczyk, 1975) 2
Prevenge (Alice Lowe, 2017) 2.5
Don't Answer the Phone! (Robert Hammer, 1980) 1.5
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Part-time photographer/full-time rapist and strangler Nicholas Worth offs another Los Angeles victim (Pamela Bryant – remember her from Playboy?) in this repugnant, misleadingly-titled sleazefest.
Trespass Against Us (Adam Smith, 2016) 2.5+
The Rookie (George O’Hanlon, 1959) 1.5
Rambo (Sylvester Stallone, 2008) 2.5
Butterflies Are Free (Milton Katselas, 1972) 3.5
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Quirky free spirit Goldie Hawn moves next door to blind Edward Albert who has taken a San Francisco apartment to get away from his overprotective mother (Eileen Heckart).
Jane B. for Agnes V. (Agnès Varda, 1988) 2.5
Rio Diablo (Rod Hardy, 1993) 2
Mackinac Island (James A. FitzPatrick, 1944) 2.5
Command and Control (Robert Kenner, 2016) 3.5
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September 18, 1980, Damascas, Arkansas. At a Titan missile silo two airmen accidentally drop a tool which causes the first stage fuel tank to tear, releasing a cloud and leading to a possible catastrophic disaster.
Chypmunk
03-31-17, 04:06 PM
March achievements:
Malibu Express (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089539/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_11) (Andy Sidaris, 1985) 1
First of the Girls, Guns and G-Strings collection but more like Boobs, Buffoonery and Boredom as it features far too much attempted titilation that verges on soft porn and poor production values alongside mostly bad acting and script
Hard Ticket To Hawaii (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093146/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_10) (Andy Sidaris, 1987) 1.5
Second of Sidaris' triple-G collection that is at least more structured than the first and with being used as a vehicle for several Playmates thankfully eases away somewhat from sleazy toward cheesy but is still rife with both stiff acting and dreadful script - but even after adding in the most ridiculous of subplots with some mediocre animatronics it's still an improvement
Picasso Trigger (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095867/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_9) (Andy Sidaris, 1988) 1+
Third in the wannabe hybrid Charlie's Angels/Magnum/Doritos franchise now delves into Bond territory with some less than stellar gadgets accompanying the bad script and all too often bad acting whilst the attempted titillation reverts back to being less well integrated
Savage Beach (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098257/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_8) (Andy Sidaris, 1989) 1.5+
Fourth instalment in the underwhelming series and aided by a plot that doesn't sidetrack too much this time and generally better acting than in previous offerings it's the best yet though it's still nothing more than an amateurish piece of cheesy fluff
Guns (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099720/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_7) (Andy Sidaris, 1990) 2
Fifth (but sadly nowhere near final) instalment in the Babes, Boobies and Baloney series that whilst still unremarkably sub-standard is another step up in terms of acting, script and dare I say it entertainment (albeit that's still not saying a huge amount) - alternatively it could also be that I'm becoming somewhat inured to their many deficiencies now
Do Or Die (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101744/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_6) (Andy Sidaris, 1991) 1+
Sixth in the Sleaze, Silicone and 'Splosions series resorts back to an overabundance of attempted tittilation, perhaps because it is self-aware enough to understand the 'action' is getting rather repetitive, but the overall effect is just to make proceedings even more yawnsome and pointless
Hard Hunted (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104391/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_5) (Andy Sidaris, 1993) 1
Seventh in the somewhat seedy (and seemingly endless) franchise and even most of those involved appear to be getting bored of the whole thing judging by this predominantly lacklustre effort
Fit To Kill (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106922/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_4) (Andy Sidaris, 1993) 1+
Eighth in the Pin-ups, Pecs and Pathetic Puns series that as usual provides for plenty of wood, though not from the many gratuitous attempts at titillation but from the direction, acting and script in an instalment that seems a little short in terms of budget, even resorting to archive footage brielfy
Enemy Gold (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106819/?ref_=nv_sr_1) (Christian Drew Sidaris, 1993) 1+
Ninth in the seedy series and son Christian officially takes over the directing reins but aside from the script being even worse than usual (who'dathunk it possible), a slight change in predilection from boobs to buns and the action scenes being even less well realised it's pretty much business as usual
The Dallas Connection (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112782/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1) (Christian Drew Sidaris, 1994) 1
Tenth in the franchise and sadly the only freely available version I could find is obviously a 'second-hand' copy and has a few key minutes missing after around an hour and a quarter (let's face it, I'm not gonna pay to watch this crap so it'll have to do) but there's enough to safely rate it as being equally as bad an effort as the one that kicked the whole sorry thing off
Day Of The Warrior (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116039/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2) (Andy Sidaris, 1996) 1
Pops takes the reins back for the Eleventh in the Chests, Cannons and Corn franchise and it begins almost like an attempted parody of itself as the acting, script, action and 'comedy' hit all time lows for the series at times (no mean feat) but sadly not consistently enough to qualify as so bad it's good - just bad
Return To Savage Beach (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127759/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1) (Andy Sidaris, 1998) 1.5
Final entry in the Floozies, Fake Funbags and Firearms franchise involving the ridiculously named Legion to Enforce Total Harmony And Law agency and the series at least goes out on an improving note though the exposition heavy ending is rather yawnsome and whilst it's virtually guaranteed the twists won't be guessed in advance it's also almost certainly guaranteed no-one will really give a toss either
Never to be repeated - ain't that the troof :)
You were really brave. I've only seen the first four, but after one, it felt like I'd seen all of them.
Chypmunk
03-31-17, 04:55 PM
You were really brave. I've only seen the first four, but after one, it felt like I'd seen all of them.
In fairness it does take two to have actually seen them all mark but yeah, know that feeling lol .... I especially loved the use of flashbacks in the last one .... as if the franchise hadn't effectively been remaking the same movie for years anyway :D
MovieMeditation
03-31-17, 05:26 PM
Coen Borthers Ranked:
1. True Grit
2. Barton Fink
3. Millers Crossing
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Burn After Reading
6.Fargo
7.Inside Llewyn Davis
8.O Brother, Where Art Thou?
9. No Country for Old Men
10. Raising Arizona
You could almost reverse that and it would be better already. :D
donniedarko
03-31-17, 07:02 PM
MovieMeditation you'll be happy to hear upon my second viewing of No Country- I would bump it up one spot ;)
Really Like the Post layout Chypmunk
Iroquois
03-31-17, 09:55 PM
Birdemic 2: The Resurrection (James Nguyen, 2013) 0.5
So...does that make it better or worse than the first?
Tomboy (Céline Sciamma, 2011) - rating_3
Moebiuseu Moebius (Kim Ki-duk, 2013) - rating_2_5
A Night in Casablanca (Archie Mayo, 1946) - rating_1_5+
Astérix et le coup du menhir Asterix and the Big Fight (Philippe Grimond, 1989) - 1.5
cricket
04-01-17, 09:06 AM
March, 2017 movies watched-
Schramm (1993) 2.5 A psycho looks back at his life as he lays dying, and it's pretty ugly.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) 3.5+ Elia Kazan's first movie is a sad and touching look at a family.
Moonlight (2016) 3.5- A good movie, but like most recent winners, not best picture quality.
Torso (1973) 3 Above average giallo/slasher.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Repeat viewing 4+ A well rounded movie combining adventure and inner conflict.
Red Angel (1966) 4.5- This would seem to be a hidden gem out of Japan.
Equus (1977) 3+ Kind of weird and nonsensical for a Sidney Lumet movie, but I got hooked.
Fort Apache (1948) 3.5 It's hard to go wrong with John Ford, Henry Fonda, and John Wayne.
The Girl on the Train (2016) 3.5+ The kind of movie that used to be common back in the 90's, and I miss those movies.
He Walked By Night (1948) 3+ From the noirs list, very tight with a strong villain and good tension.
Madame Curie (1943) 3- So beautiful and graceful, yet I was never interested.
Bonnie's Kids (1972) 3+ The perfect drive-in movie, and something that looks like an inspiration for Tarantino.
There Was a Father (1942) 3.5 I want to say this is a great Ozu movie, but the restoration isn't very good.
Jigoku (1960) 3.5- The best look at hell I've ever seen.
Passengers (2016) 3.5 I was stunned by how much I enjoyed this.
Murder By Natural Causes (1979) 3 Entertaining made for TV movie with a few twists.
Don't Go In the House (1979) 3- Nice under the radar slasher.
Luther the Geek (1990) 2.5+ More disturbing and less campy than I expected.
Afflicted (2013) 2.5+ Found footage horror that had it's fair share of excitement.
Nocturnal Animals (2016) 4- Strong tension and performances, and very adept at going from reality to fiction, and from past to present.
Key Largo (1948) Repeat viewing 4+ Bogie battling a gangster played by Edward G. Robinson is epic!
Nightmare (1981) 2 Below average slasher besides some strong gore.
Cat People (1942) 3.5- A lot of great moments.
Total March viewings-23
Total 2017 viewings-87
Jeff Costello
04-01-17, 05:41 PM
My march viewings...
E.T the Extra Terrestrial (1982) - Steven Spielberg 4.5
Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) - Stanley Kramer 4.5 +
Leon Morin, pretre (1961) - Jean-Pierre Melville 4
Pickup on South Street (1953) - Samuel Fuller 4
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) - Werner Herzog 4 +
12 Angry Men (1957) - Sydney Lumet 4.5
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955) - Luis Bunuel 3 +
Rear Window (1954) - Alfred Hitchcock 3 +
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) - Werner Herzog 4 +
The Lost Weekend (1945) - Billy Wilder 4.5+
Through a Glass Darkly (1961) - Ingmar Berman 4 +
Winter Light (1963) - Ingmar Bergman 4
Silence (1963) - Ingmar Bergman 3.5
Persona (1966) - Ingmar Bergman 3 +
El (1953) - Luis Bunuel 4
My extended thoughts on the films I watch are placed in Jeff Costello's film diary thread ---
https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=48322
Iroquois
04-02-17, 04:13 AM
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (John Sturges, 1957) - 3
Beauty and the Beast (Bill Condon, 2017) - 2.5
In the Line of Fire (Wolfgang Petersen, 1993) - 2
Frozen River (Courtney Hunt, 2008) - 3
Spies Like Us (John Landis, 1985) - 2.5
A Cure for Wellness (Gore Verbinski, 2017) - 3.5
Crossroads (Walter Hill, 1986) - 3
Zabriskie Point (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970) - 2
Cross of Iron (Sam Peckinpah, 1977) - 3.5
Fast Five (Justin Lin, 2011) - 3.5
March 2017
Naked (1993) rating_4_5
Quills (2000) rating_3_5 +
All About Eve (1950) rating_3_5 +
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) rating_4 -
Duck Soup (1933) rating_3
Dances with Wolves (1990) rating_3_5 -
Pleasantville (1998) rating_3_5
Kill Bill vol. 1 (2003) (rewatch) rating_4_5 +
Kill Bill vol.2 (2004) (rewatch) rating_4_5
Shorts
Tsumiki no ie (2008) (rewatch) rating_5
It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2011) (rewatch) rating_4 +
Month Count: 9/2
Year Count: 29/2
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Was I bored? No, I wasn't ****in' bored. I'm never bored. That's the trouble with everybody - you're all so bored. You've had nature explained to you and you're bored with it, you've had the living body explained to you and you're bored with it, you've had the universe explained to you and you're bored with it, so now you want cheap thrills and, like, plenty of them, and it doesn't matter how tawdry or vacuous they are as long as it's new as long as it's new as long as it flashes and ****in' bleeps in forty ****in' different colors. So whatever else you can say about me, I'm not ****in' bored.
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (George Miller, 1981) - 3.5+
Midnight Express (Alan Parker, 1978) - 3.5+
Händler der vier Jahreszeiten The Merchant of Four Seasons (Rainer W. Fassbinder, 1972) - 3
Vitaphone Pictorial Revue #4 (Ira Genet, 1938) 2
Calm at Sea (Volker Schlöndorff, 2012) 2.5
Glee: The Concert Movie (Kevin Tancharoen & Jennifer Arnold, 2011) 2
New York, New York (Martin Scorsese, 1977) 2.5
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Popular singer Liza Minnelli tries to do the countdown to a song during a rehearsal, but her argumentative husband Robert De Niro, the bandleader, takes it as a personal affront.
12 Rounds 3: Lockdown (Stephen Reynolds, 2015) 2-
Fire at Sea (Gianfranco Rosi, 2016) 2.5
Dangerous Curves (David Lewis, 1988) 1.5
Nickelodeon (Peter Bogdanovich, 1976) 3
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Silent-era filmmakers Jane Hitchcock, Ryan O’Neal, Burt Reynolds, John Ritter & Tatum O’Neal have just witnessed the greatest film ever made – The Birth of a Nation.
Godzilla 2000 (Takao Okawara, 1999) 2
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (Masaaki Tezuka, 2000) 2+
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (Shûsuke Kaneko, 2001) 2.5
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (Masaaki Tezuka, 2002) 2.5-
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MechaGodzilla smashes Godzilla with a left hook.
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S (Masaaki Tezuka, 2003) 2.5
Godzilla: Final Wars (Ryûhei Kitamura, 2004) 2.5
Eddie Murphy: Raw (Robert Townsend, 1987) 2.5
Silver Bullet (Daniel Attias, 1985) 3
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A werewolf terrorizes a small town and takes a special interest in a wheelchair-bound teenager (Corey Haim) who injures the beast.
Son of Rambow (Garth Jennings, 2008) 3-
Spanglish (James L. Brooks, 2004) 2+
Ulzhan (Volker Schlöndorff, 2012) 2.5+
Winnie Pooh (F. Khitruk, 1969) 3
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The Soviet Winnie Pooh uses a balloon that Piglet got from Rabbit to float up to get some honey up a tree, but instead he finds some suspicious bees.
donniedarko
04-02-17, 10:23 PM
Winnie Pooh (F. Khitruk, 1969) 3
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The Soviet Winnie Pooh uses a balloon that Piglet got from Rabbit to float up to get some honey up a tree, but instead he finds some suspicious bees.
:up:
1 Scarecrows (1988) (01/01/17) **
2 Curse of Chucky (2013) (07/01/17) ***1/2
3 Amsterdamned (1988) (12/01/17) **1/2 (NEW TO ME)
4 Rabid (1977) (14/01/17) *** (NEW TO ME)
5 Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) (15/01/17) ***1/2
6 Airplane! (1980) (15/01/17) ***1/2
7 Eyes of Crystal (2004) (19/01/17) ** (NEW TO ME)
8 Kingsman: The Secret Service (22/01/17) (2015) ***1/2
9 Time After Time (1979) (23/01/17) ***1/4
10 In A Valley of Violence (2016) (31/01/17) ***1/4 (NEW)
11 Spooks: The Greater Good (2015) (01/02/17) (NEW TO ME) ***1/4
12 Split (2017) (06/02/17) **1/2 (CINEMA NEW)
13 A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014) (11/02/17) ***1/4
14 Groundhog Day (1993) (16/02/17) ***1/4
15 Hopscotch (1980) (21/02/17) *** (NEW TO ME)
16 Batman (1989) (25/02/17) ***1/4
17 The Mask (1995) (26/02/17) ***
18 In Bruges (2007) (05/02/17) ****
19 Better Off Dead (1985) (12/03/17) ***1/2
20 Appointment with Death (1988) (18/03/17) *** (NEWISH TO ME)
21 Train to Busan (2016) (21/03/17) ***1/4 (NEW)
22 Before I Wake (2016) (21/03/17) *** (NEW)
23 Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) (26/03/17) ****
24 Beauty and the Beast (2017) (27/03/17) ***1/2 (CINEMA NEW)
25 Life (2017) (29/03/17) ***1/2 (CINEMA NEW)
26 Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) (02/04/17) ***1/4
re93animator
04-03-17, 12:12 PM
Doomsday (2008) – 2
The violence is tacky and Rhona Mitra’s lips need to lay off the kettle bells. I should like it, being a shameless rip of Escape from New York and MM2. I was hyped when it came out. I was disappointed. With adjusted expectations, I’m still disappointed.
Backcountry (2014) – 3
Pretty dull characters, but nice woodland scenery and some genuinely unsettling content. Holy sh*t, that scene was intense. Especially the aftermath.
These are the Damned (1963) – 3
Some characters in the middle of a dispute stumble upon a hidden experiment involving quarantined children. The characters are unique, and it has a very dry atmosphere (a little boring though).
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) – 3_5
One of the most enjoyable flicks in the series. Story driven, good characters, cool hippie setting, and a villain that got the Brazil facelift.:)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) – 2
Next Gen meets early 2000’s shiny leather edginess. One of the less interesting stories from the ST film universe, and I thought the action was sort of akin to Star Wars Ep 1 (pew pew pew).
cristinajosaf
04-04-17, 04:24 AM
I like movie mysterious island these movie is good and characters give their best in this movie.
Snowpiercer (Bong Joon-ho, 2013) - 3.5
Prince of Egypt (Brenda Chapman/Steve Hickner/Simon Wells, 1998) - 3
xXx (Rob Cohen, 2002) - 1.5+
Shrek the Third (Chris Miller/Raman Hui, 2007) - 1.5
The Mind Benders (Basil Dearden, 1963) 2
Road Trip (Todd Phillips, 2000) 2.5
ATL (Chris Robinson, 2006) 2
The Devil’s Tomb (Jason Connery, 2008) 1.5
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Priest Henry Rollins knows a lot about what’s buried beneath the Middle Eastern desert, and it’s not that different than what’s going on under a Los Angeles church below.
The White Dawn (Philip Kaufman, 1974) 2.5-
Getting Played (David Silberg, 2006) 2
The Grocer’s Son (Eric Guirado, 2007) 2.5+
Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter, 1987) 2
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Beneath an L,A. church is found a cylinder of green liquid containing Satan who’s planning a reunion with mankind.
Steal This Movie (Robert Greenwald, 2000) 2
Yellowstone Cubs (Charles L. Draper, 1963) 2.5
The Arrangement (Elia Kazan, 1969) 2
Beautiful Darling: The Life and Times of Candy Darling (James Rasin, 2011) 2.5+
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Candy Darling’s short, sad life is detailed through archival footage and interviews with her Factory contemporaries and most of all, her roommate and best friend Jeremiah Newton.
Call Me (Sollace Mitchell, 1988) 2+
The Miracle Worker (Nadia Tass, 2000) 2.5+
Behind Convent Walls (Walerian Borowczyk, 1978) 2
Night and the City (Jules Dassin, 1950) 3
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Crooked American “Greco-Roman” wrestling promoter (Richard Widmark) operating in London tries to scam a nightclub owner’s wife (Googie Withers).
The Circle (Frank Borzage, 1925) 2+
Kill Me Again (John Dahl, 1989) 2.5
Fifteen and Pregnant (Sam Pillsbury, 1998) 2
Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation (Gary Rydstrom, 2011) 3
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During winter, all the regular toys (and their regular voices) decide to throw a Hawaiian vacation for Barbie and Ken in new owner Bonnie’s bedroom.
Mingusings
04-06-17, 08:54 PM
Raw (Julia Ducournau, 2016): 3
The Silence (Ingmar Bergman, 1963): 2
Bob le Flambeur (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1956): 1
Being There (Hal Ashby, 1979): 4
The Housemaid (Ki-young Kim, 1963): 2
Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977): 3_5
A Summer's Tale (Eric Rohmer, 1996): 2_5
Chopping Mall (Jim Wynorski, 1986): 0_5
The Vampire Lovers (Roy Ward Baker, 1970): 1
Munich (Steven Spielberg, 2005): 2_5
Antz (Eric Darnell/Tim Johnson, 1998) - 3.5
Ghost in the Shell (Rupert Sanders, 2017) - 2.5+
Interno di un convento Behind Convent Walls (Walerian Borowczyk, 1978) - 2
The Road to El Dorado (Bibi Bergeron/Don Paul, 2000) - 2
Mr Minio
04-09-17, 08:10 AM
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - 3.5
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This had a huge potential and I can't even say it didn't use it. It just didn't use it the way I wanted it to. It starts wonderfully with a soldierly threesome and the scenes of soldiers coming home (especially the sailor part is moving), but then it somehow loses its impetus and turns into your usual melodrama fare. I like how this melodramatic plot still manages to sneak in some social observations and some scenes ring out quite heavily, but the overall experience is only good.
Visages d'enfants [Faces of Children] (1925) - 4
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Maybe it's been awhile since I saw some truly great silent movie, but this one felt quite modern to me. I thought it's from 1928, or 1929, not 1925. Even though I had this feeling of modernity to this film, I couldn't put my finger on what makes me feel this way, especially when I recalled Abel Gance and his technical masterpiece La roue made two years earlier. All of this aside, this is a very good film.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) - 4.5
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Yet another proof that while I dislike Ford's colour movies, I absolutely love his black'n'white flicks! Mr. Smith Goes to the Wild West!!!
Un Amleto di meno [One Hamlet Less] (1973) - 4
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Not a masterpiece Our Lady of the Turks is, but Bene's style is still prevalent and implodes Shakespeare! The costumes and sets are absolutely astounding. I wish Bene would whisper to my ear every night.
Tokyo Strangler (2006) - 3
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I already forgot half of the movie, but it's a decent take on thriller pinku and man, Japanese are really stepping up their censorship game!
Vampyres [Blood Hunger] (1974) - 3
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Rollin does it better.
Charlie's Angels (2000) - 1
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) - 0.5
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Why, honeykid, WHY?!
Beauty and the Beast (2017) - 2.5 - CINEMA
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Uninspired. Pales in comparison to, say, Cocteau.
Фауст [Faust] (2011) - 4
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Sokurov made some changes to the tale, but the overall spirit is still there. He of course makes it his own and I've always loved his visuals and use of dispersing lens.
The Sound of Insects (2009) - 4
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So depressing! Love the choice of footage to go with narrator.
Anna Karenina (1935) - 3
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I just don't get Greta Garbo!
Iron Sky (2012) - 3.5
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So funny in the first part! The second part was worse, but still a worthy nazisploitation. Not enough Udo Kier!
La chiesa [The Church] (1989) - 3
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I love Soavi, but this is his worst so far! He takes the Argento/Fulci route here and provides a lot of ideas, great cinematography and... zero sense.
Vigilante (1983) - 4
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Gritty, brutal, uncompromising! Lustig in his element.
Mil gritos tiene la noche [Pieces] (1982) - 4
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The perfect bridge between giallo and slasher! So many scenes surprised me. Great atmosphere and style! THAT ENDING CRUSHED MY BALLS!
Ultimo mondo cannibale [Jungle Holocaust] (1977) - 3.5
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Survival horror adventure for the whole family! Not as gory as Cannibal Holocaust and focused more on the survival aspect. Massimo Foschi was so good!
曖昧 [Ambiguous] (2003) - 3.5
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Second best modern pinku I've seen! Very nihilistic!
Iroquois
04-09-17, 09:12 AM
Underworld (Josef von Sternberg, 1927) - 3.5
Lost in Paris (Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon, 2016) - 1
Life (Daniel Espinosa, 2017) - 2.5
Logan (James Mangold, 2017) - 4
Fast & Furious 6 (Justin Lin, 2013) - 3
Straight Down Low (Zach Wechter, 2013) - 1.5
Fresh (Boaz Yakin, 1994) - 3
Port of Shadows (Marcel Carné, 1938) - 3.5
The Scent of Green Papaya (Trần Anh Hùng, 1993) - 3
Street Fighter (Steven E. de Souza, 1994) - 2.5
re93animator
04-09-17, 01:40 PM
Iron Sky (2012) - 3.5
So funny in the first part! The second part was worse, but still a worthy nazisploitation. Not enough Udo Kier!
I really liked this too. The 'USB' and Downfall bits got audible laughter from me, and I'll always have a nostalgic soft spot for Laibach.
Mr Minio
04-09-17, 02:12 PM
When they landed on Earth and Washington decided to go talk to other black men not aware what they did to him. xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Wasn't around to post my March watches so thought i should now to keep track.
March Watches:
Out of the Past - 3+
The Son - 2.5+
Day of Wrath - 4
Meet Me In St. Louis - 4
Safe - 3
The Orphanage - 3
Letter From An Unknown Woman - 5
Memories of Murder - 3.5
Paisan - 4
The Brood - 1.5
The Grapes of Wrath - 3+
Pulse - 3.5-
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein - 3
Like Someone In Love - 4
The Best Years of Our Lives - 3.5
What Time Is It There? - 4
Dead Ringers - 3.5+
Repulsion - 0
To Be Or Not To Be - 3
Pixote - 3.5
The Ox-Bow Incident - 3.5
Best In Show - 3.5-
Brief Encounter - 4.5
The Man With Two Brains - 3.5
George Washington - 4-
Buffalo '66 - 4.5
Ghost Dog: The Way of The Samurai - 4+
Suspiria - 3
Margaret - 3
Oculus - 3.5
Tickled - 4
Watched this year - 64 (watched some in April as well i'm only counting til the end of March)
rauldc14
04-09-17, 03:52 PM
Out of the Past and Ox Bow are high on my watchlist.
Out of the Past and Ox Bow are high on my watchlist.
Both are good. Out of the Past had a few things in the first half hour or so that bothered me but for the most part it was good stuff. Ox-Bow is very short and pretty simple and i felt a tad heavy handed, it's thoroughly enjoyable though and brings up a few important points.
The Amazing Mr. Williams (Alexander Hall, 1939) 2+
Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (Mikkel Nørgaard, 2013) 2.5
Good Girls Go to Paris (Alexander Hall, 1939) 2+
The Brand New Testament (Jaco Van Dormael, 2015) 3
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God (Benoît Poelvoorde), who lives in Brussels with his daughter (Pili Groyne), isn’t happy when she emails everyone their date of death. She accumulates a new set of apostles to help her spread the brand new testament.
Alien Hunter (Ron Krauss, 2003) 2
Queen of Outer Space (Edward Bernds, 1958) 1.5+
È pericoloso sporgersi aka It Is Dangerous to Lean Out (Jaco Van Dormael, 1985) 2.5
Lili (Charles Walters, 1953) 3.5-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLIUzUnoomY
Homeless and heartbroken country girl Lili (Leslie Caron) gets work at a carnival where she honestly believes the puppets are real people.
Xingu (Cao Hamburger, 2012) 2.5+
Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero (Kaare Andrews, 2014) 1.5
Family Sins (Graeme Clifford, 2004) 2.5
Hedgehog in the Fog (Yu. Norshteyn, 1975) 3
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On his way to his friend Bear’s to count stars in the sky, Hedgehog is followed by a sneaky Owl.
Sarah Winchester, Phantom Opera (Bertrand Bonello, 2016) 2.5
5 Flights Up (Richard Loncraine, 2015) 2.5
Chisum (Andrew V. McLaglen, 1970) 2.5
The Void (Steven Kostanski & Jeremy Gillespie, 2017) 2.5
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All Hell breaks loose in and around a desolate hospital surrounded by hooded cultists.
Turn Me On, Dammit! (Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, 2011) 2.5
The Last Song (Julie Ann Robinson, 2010) 2
Happily N'Ever After 2 (Steve Gordon & Boyd Kirkland, 2009) 1.5+
Mindscape (Jacques Drouin, 1976) 3.5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydiaPnag0YE
An artist completes his landscape painting and then climbs into it and explores.
Top Secret! (Jim Abrahams/David Zucker/Jerry Zucker, 1984) - 4
Tiger Girl (Jakob Lass, 2017) - 3.5+
Simon Killer (Antonio Campos, 2012) - 3.5
donniedarko
04-11-17, 07:17 PM
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Recent Watches:
A History of Violence (Cronenberg, 2005)-3
[REWATCH] No Country For Old Men (Coen Brothers, 2007)- 2.5
The Lobster (Lanthimos, 2015)- 1.5
[SHORT] Meet King Joe (1951)- 3-
[SHORT] Destination Earth (1956)- 2
Been way too long since my last Tab post, so here we go.
Silence: 4.5
Every bit as poignant and beautiful as I expected. I am searching for more words, but have yet to find them.
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The Fantastic Mr.Fox 4.5
Finally got my kids to watch this with me. Gets better every time. My 8 year old has watched it twice since. Yay me, dad of the year.
Jackie: 3
Technically excellent but I have to use the B word: Bit Boring.
Chunking Express: 4.5
I have the Kar-Wai bug. My second film of his, my second 4.5. His movies are an absolute experience. Cinematography, music, and mood are perfect. Sign of a great film, you want to see it again almost immediately.
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Elle: 3
This film put me in mind of Haneke so much. Not what I was expecting from a Verhoven film. Really well written and well shot with some great moments. I had a very hard time nailing down motivations and themes, so that lessened the experience for me quite a bit.
Ghost In The Shell: 2
What is this movie even trying to be? Looks good.
Patterson: 3
Kind of the opposite of Elle. This hit all my pleasure points thematically but lacked a bit in the entertainment department. Good film, but I was expecting greatness from word of mouth.
Toni Erdmann: 3.5
For a film with an in your face main character and some outrageous scenes this film is surprisingly subtle. A slow burn that is never laugh out loud funny but always humorous. Before you know it it has strung two or three very engaging scenes together and you're thinking I like this film. Not in a hurry to revisit but I enjoyed it and will probably reference it quite a bit.
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Iroquois
04-13-17, 02:10 AM
Kingsman: The Secret Service (Matthew Vaughn, 2014) - 3
Key Largo (John Huston, 1948) - 3
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Guy Ritchie, 1998) - 2.5
Spectre (Sam Mendes, 2015) - 2
Twins (Ivan Reitman, 1988) - 2
Boy (Taika Waititi, 2010) - 3.5
The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953) - 3
Dark Passage (Delmer Daves, 1947) - 2.5
Born to Kill (Robert Wise, 1947) - 2.5
Blackfish (Gabriela Cowperthwaite, 2013) - 3
Mingusings
04-14-17, 01:34 PM
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014): 2
Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola, 2006): 3_5
Altered States (Ken Russell, 1980): 3_5
Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001): 4_5
Boyfriends and Girlfriends (Eric Rohmer, 1987): 3_5
Pauline at the Beach (Eric Rohmer, 1983): 4
When a Stranger Calls (Fred Walton, 1979): 2_5
Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978): 2
Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990): 2
The Imposter (Bart Layton, 2012): 3_5
rauldc14
04-14-17, 01:36 PM
That's too low for Days of Heaven.
Sex and the City (Michael Patrick King, 2008) 2
Haunted High (Jeffery Scott Lando, 2012) 1.5
Ghost Rider (Mark Steven Johnson, 2007) 2
Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978) 3+
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T-Birds leader John Travolta gives Australian hottie but goody-goody Olivia Newton-John his class ring but then things get really awkward.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (Walerian Borowczyk, 1981) 2+
Viva Algeria (Nadir Moknèche, 2004) 2.5+
Torque (Joseph Kahn, 2004) 2-
For My Father (Dror Zahavi, 2008) 3
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Jewish teenage outsider Yalon Hill meets Muslim suicide bomber Shredi Jibarin, who’s wearing a defective bomb, and they fnd they have much in common.
Big Ass Spider! (Mike Mendez, 2013) 2
Storm Children: Book One (Lav Diaz, 2014) 2
Drums of Africa (James B. Clark, 1963) 2
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present (Tyler Hubby, 2016) 3
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Besides being one of the world’s most-unique violinists, purveyors of avant-garde music and experimental filmmakers, Tony Conrad was a painter – here doing his personal version of “Incontinent Underwear”.
Traitors (Sean Gullette, 2014) 2+
Chronic (Michel Franco, 2015) 2
Stranger on My Land (Larry Elikann, 1988) 2+
Kiss Me Kate (George Sidney, 1953) 3
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A Broadway musical version of The Taming of the Shrew includes a high-stepping Bianca (Ann Miller) and Lucentio (Tommy Rall).
Two Girls and a Guy (James Toback, 1997) 2+
Maestà, The Passion of the Christ (Andy Guérif, 2015) 1.5
Ninja Masters aka Coweb (Xiong Xin Xin, 2009) 2
Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016) 3
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Toni Erdmann, the alter ego of her prankster father (Peter Simonischek), shows up at the “naked party” of his hard-working daughter (Sandra Hüller) dressed as a Bulgarian kuker [scarer of evil spirits].
Mingusings
04-14-17, 06:20 PM
That's too low for Days of Heaven.
I think it's right on the money.
re93animator
04-15-17, 07:37 PM
Remote Control (1988) – 3_5
Really fun, unashamedly campy 80s sci fi. There are so many movies that I could apply that to, but this one is still pretty unique, and not as slapstick as it may initially seem. The action seems a little out of place, but the movie doesn’t dwell on it too long.
The Saddest Music in the World (2003) – 3
Guy Maddin’s style can be so charming and beautiful, but can get overbearing at feature length. The plot isn’t too interesting, but the movie can be gorgeous in spurts.
Brain Dead (1990) – 3
Cheesy Re-Animator inspired asylum horror. Entertaining, with a nice low-budget 90s atmo and fun OTT acting.
Buck Rogers (1979) – 2_5
This production is basically a cheesy Star Wars TV rip off. There’s a ton of dumb logic, and the lead is annoying and misogynistic, but the premise is fun.
The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (1965) – 3_5?
Some of the best cinematography I’ve ever seen. A convoluted plot that ventures through heavy doses of noir, political thriller, and campy science fiction. It seems every part of the crew knew exactly what they wanted, but forgot to have a meeting beforehand. It’s not bizarre at face value, but I can’t think of anything close to it.
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CinemaConvenience
04-15-17, 11:19 PM
Fate of the Furious in theater
Primal Fear at home
Fate of the Furious in theater
Primal Fear at home
What is this?
It's defo really funny but what is it?
CinemaConvenience
04-15-17, 11:25 PM
The Fantastic Mr.Fox 4.5
Finally got my kids to watch this with me. Gets better every time. My 8 year old has watched it twice since. Yay me, dad of the year.
This is the first time I've seen someone post about Fantastic Mr. Fox ever since I joined this forum. I absolutely love this movie. The dry humor never gets old, and I could watch anytime!:)
The Fantastic Mr.Fox 4.5
Finally got my kids to watch this with me. Gets better every time. My 8 year old has watched it twice since. Yay me, dad of the year.
This is the first time I've seen someone post about Fantastic Mr. Fox ever since I joined this forum. I absolutely love this movie. The dry humor never gets old, and I could watch anytime!:)
Fantastic Mr.Fox is pretty much the best film agreed,
CinemaConvenience
04-15-17, 11:30 PM
What is this?
It's defo really funny but what is it?
Sorry, did I not post correctly? I thought we were just naming the latest films we've seen.
None of us will hear this unless we have a dvd player
Blu Ray is just pretending it's better at sound, slightly better coloured cells or something is what it's better at :)
Miss Vicky
04-15-17, 11:51 PM
The Fantastic Mr.Fox 4.5
Finally got my kids to watch this with me. Gets better every time. My 8 year old has watched it twice since. Yay me, dad of the year.
This is the first time I've seen someone post about Fantastic Mr. Fox ever since I joined this forum. I absolutely love this movie. The dry humor never gets old, and I could watch anytime!:)
Fantastic Mr.Fox is pretty much the best film agreed,
:nope:
The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969) - 4
10.000 BC (Roland Emmerich, 2008) - 2.5+
The Fox and the Hound (Art Stevens/Ted Berman/Richard Rich, 1981) - 2.5
Ja-yugyeolhon The Love Marriage (Lee Byung-il, 1958) - 2
Phantom Ship a.k.a. The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (Denison Clift, 1935) - 1.5+
The Pink Panther (Shawn Levy, 2006) - 0.5+
Salt and Fire (Werner Herzog, 2016) 2
Classical Chicken [The Blue Danube] (Muppets [No Director Listed], 2009) 3-
Why Did I Get Married? (Tyler Perry, 2007) 2
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (Blake Edwards, 1976) 3
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Clouseau’s manservant Cato (Burt Kwouk) and Clouseau (Peter Sellers) prepare to battle each other in martial arts to stay in training.
The Hound and the Rabbit (Rudolf Ising, 1937) 2.5
Grandma’s House (Paul D. Hannah, 2016) 2
The Notorious Landlady (Richard Quine, 1962) 2.5
Kong: Skull Island (Jordan Vogt-Roberts, 2017) 3+
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The God of Skull Island is actually one of the kinder creatures there.
The Rabbit Trap (Philip Leacock, 1959) 2.5-
The Hungry Wolf (Hugh Harman, 1942) 3-
The Silver Chalice (Victor Saville, 1954) 2
Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas, 2016) 2.5+
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Staying in Paris to try to contact her recently-dead twin brother – a medium – a personal shopper (Kristen Stewart) for the rich and busy begins receiving mysterious and disturbing texts from an unknown person.
King David (Bruce Beresford, 1985) 2.5
Barabbas (Richard Fleischer, 1961) 3
Archipelago (Joanna Hogg, 2011) 2
Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995) 2.5+
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When his dad dies, dim bulb Chris Farley [right] and his dad’s assistant David Spade must go on the road to sell his dad’s brake pads and save the family auto parts business. They pass the time singing a Carpenters hit.
Out in the Dark (Michael Mayer, 2013) 2.5-
The Night of the Lepus (William F. Claxton, 1972) 1.5
Sodom and Gomorrah (Robert Aldrich, 1962) 2.5
Logan (James Mangold, 2017) 3.5
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With Professor X (Patrick Stewart) and Laura (Dafnee Keen) watching Shane, Logan (Hugh Jackman) tries to explain to her that X-Men comic books don’t tell the truth.
Her (Spike Jonze, 2013) - rating_4_5
The Untouchables (Brian De Palma, 1987) - rating_4+
The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946) - rating_3_5+
Die Einsamkeit des Killers vor dem Schuss A Hitman's Solitude Before the Shot (Florian Mischa Bröder, 2014) - rating_3
The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (Aleksandr Gitsburg, 1965) 2.5+
Sugar Hill (Leon Ichaso, 1994) 2
Meanwhile (Mike Leigh, 1984) 2.5
Hot Millions (Eric Till, 1968) 3+
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Con man Peter Ustinov tries to rook an insurance company by outsmarting its computer and comes to the aid of a likable but unskilled secretary (Maggie Smith).
Four Minute Fever (William Deeke, 1956) 2.5
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (Jerry Paris, 1986) 2+
Thick as Thieves (Scott Sanders, 1999) 2.5
Harvey (Henry Koster, 1950) 3.5
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”Harvey and I sit in the bars... have a drink or two... play the juke box. We've entered as strangers - soon we have friends.” – Elwood P. Dowd (James Stewart)
Baby the Rain Must Fall (Robert Mulligan, 1965) 2+
The Music Man (Jeff Bleckner, 2003) 3
Miracle at Lourdes (Henry K. Dunn, 1939) 2+
Araya (Margot Benacerraf, 1959) 3
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The cemetery where the salt farmers and fishermen of Venezuela’s Araya peninsula are laid to rest after a life of almost non-stop drudgery.
Cool World (Ralph Bakshi, 1992) 2+
My King (Maïwenn, 2015) 3-
Love Rites (Walerian Borowczyk, 1987) 2
Mickey’s Trailer (Ben Sharpsteen, 1938) 3.5
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Goofy is driving the car further up the road while Mickey and Donald are stuck in the unhitched, out-of-control trailer, rolling down the mountain.
Burn-E (Angus MacLane, 2008) 3.5
Rage (George C. Scott, 1972) 2
I'm an actrice (Maïwenn, 2004) 2.5+
Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000) 3+
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As witnessed by a teenaged Rolling Stone writer (Patrick Fugit), the guitarist (Billy Crudup) of an up-in-coming rock band shows how much acid he’s taken.
re93animator
04-21-17, 11:18 AM
Tomorrow I’ll Get Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) – 3
Some bitter old Nazis go back in time and try to give an H-Bomb to Hitler. One man tries to stop them while butterflies keep flapping their wings. It’s not as goofy as a lot of the older Czech comedies I’ve seen, but I love their typical zaniness. It’s still funny with an interesting story. I like that every old Czech movie cycles like the same 5 leading actors.
BTW, there's a really fine copy with English subtitles on youtube.
House II (1987) – 2_5
I think it gets a little too ridiculous, and comes across as kind of a kids’ movie at times, but it’s still more entertaining and well-made than you’d probably expect (sans annoying music).
Logan (2014) – 4
Not as formulaic as Marvel movies tend to be. I got some breathing room between one-liners, and a somewhat unpredictable screenplay. For such a ‘human’ superhero movie, it gets a little too histrionic at times, but it’s so much fun.
Nemesis (1992) – 2_5
I guess this is considered the best from Albert Pyun, which is like being considered the best athlete in a retirement home, but it’s not too bad. For a cheesefest it’s kinda boring though. The jungle setting is really pretty too, but unsurprisingly doesn’t quite go with cyberpunk.
There is this though, which is nice:
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The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (Aleksandr Gitsburg, 1965) 2.5+
Hey, you watched it! :D Any particular thoughts? Did you think the music was as dynamically cool/annoying as I did?
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989) 3.5
Fun little weirdo vampire flick with unique spin as these vampires aren't really bad people and want to be normal. I enjoyed it. Antony Hickox is an interesting director.
Fright Night (1985) 5
Perfect film. Creepy, funny, expertly shot and cut. Great performances and music score.
Future-Kill (1984) 1.5
Awful. Only redeeming quality is some of the atmosphere works out on the dark streets and the costuming is inspired. Worst use of slow motion signifying absolutely nothing.
Blind Fury (1989) 3.5
Fun, funny and effective action. Good premise, and Rutger is large and in charge.
Anguish (1987) 3
Gets points for weirdness. Film within a film, within a film. Brutal violence, high atmosphere.
Dick Tracy (William Berke, 1945) - 3+
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (Gordon Douglas, 1946) - 3+
Contagion (Steven Soderbergh, 2011) - 3+
Flushed Away (David Bowers/Sam Fell, 2006) - 1+
Iroquois
04-23-17, 02:10 AM
The Adventures of Sylvia Couski (Adolfo Arrieta, 1974) - 1.5
All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979) - 4
The Fate of the Furious (F. Gary Gray, 2017) - 2.5
The Gauntlet (Clint Eastwood, 1977) - 2
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (Marc Rothemund, 2005) - 3
Gaslight (George Cukor, 1944) - 3.5
The Guns of Navarone (J. Lee Thompson, 1961) - 3.5
Walkabout (Nicolas Roeg, 1971) - 4
D.O.A. (Rudolph Maté, 1950) - 3.5
Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich, 1955) - 4
Mr Minio
04-23-17, 08:53 AM
For Y'ur Height Only [For Your Height Only] (1981) - 3
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This is one of these so bad it's good kind of movies that although pretty entertaining, fall flat when compared to masterpieces like The Room, Starcrash, or Miami Connection. The typical Bond spoof isn't anything new and it's been practiced for years prior to the release of this Filipino gem of crappiness. The only novelty is that this version of Agent 007 (called Agent 00 in this, ekhm, version) stars a midget who, even though short in height, kicks everybody's ass, uses trademark gadgets and makes all ladies crazy about him just like his taller friend Bond. I still found it more entertaining than it had any right to be, but it's nowhere near the greats of the worst.
Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam [The Man Who Saves the World] (1982) - 4
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ALMOST a metaphysical experience. Turkish Star Wars has a plot more complicated than I would have ever imagined. Even though I'm an expert when it comes to mind-boggling, I don't think I understood everything properly! The montage makes Eisenstein look like a kid playing with stock photos! The Indiana Jones theme taken from John Williams' score for Spielberg's quadrilogy is used and overplayed to hell here, which probably is just a powerful statement on the way audience perceives mainstream movies and identifies them with catchy musical leitmotifs. The only two things this needed to be a total masterpiece were radioactive dildos and puking nuns.
চারুলতা [Charulata] (1964) - 4.5
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I decided to watch more movies from India and South America this year as these regions are still greatly unexplored by me. This is such a wonderful film. It's based on a book written by an Indian writer, but one cannot help but feel it's very European, probably courtesy of Satyajit Ray, whose films always seemed westernized despite the plots taking place in India. The story may not be the most original one, but it avoids cliches and easy ways out, providing a very interesting look at an unusual romance. Visually, as always with Ray, it is a top notch achievement of cinematography with the famous swing scene being the foremost example of director's genius. If that's not enough for you, watch it for an incredible ending composed of a few still photos that will without a doubt leave you speechless.
Aita [Father] (2010) - 3.5
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Very minimalist slow cinema from the country of Basque. Pretty neat, but needs more found footage screened on the walls of dilapidated villa. The attempts at comedy (?) were quite adorable given how slow and contemplative the movie was. Still not quite close to Goodbye, Dragon Inn, but if you're into slow cinema, it will be a very rewarding watch nevertheless.
Arrival (2016) - 4
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Best Villeneuve! It started so unimaginatively standard that I feared it will be yet another boring film of its kind, but it gets interesting and original very quickly! Sure, all the linguistics may be one big bull, but after all it's been used just to present an idea, or prove a point (just like the kangaroo parable from the movie). This is one of these sci-fi flicks that will try to make you question your way of thinking, that is, not ethically, or on any given subject, but the very way you think, or use your brain. The idea of language as well as thinking presented in this film is abstract and that's what makes it so appealing. After all "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world". On the Nature of Daylight never ceases to amaze me how well it goes with almost every scene.
Prisoners (2013) - 3.5
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Very solid! Villeneuve managed to suck off everything he could from this rather mediocre screenplay. I love Deakins. This film's cinematography reminded me some of his work in Skyfall, namely the use of nicely saturated blues and oranges (that highway sequence towards the end of the film!!!). I like how Gyllenhaal's character appears to be very calm at the beginning of the film, but the more he gets entangled in the case, the more jumpy he becomes. The moral side of the film is pretty simplistic, not to say trivial, but still satisfactory.
Ex Machina (2015) - 3
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This rehashes a lot of your usual do-androids-have-feelings fuss and spices it up with vulgarity almost unseen in this kind of films before. Also, it's very predictable. The disco scene rocks!
Девушка с коробкой [The Girl With the Hat Box] (1927) - 3.5
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Boris Barnet makes a comedy! Rather a standard Soviet comedy of its kind and times, but the scene, in which the camera loses and gains focus on the girl's and man's faces one after another is simply spellbinding for some reason. Obviously, not even close to his best efforts made later, but still a pleasurable watch.
Hell or High Water (2016) - 3.5
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Uncompromising post-Coens neo-western. I'm not too crazy about this kind of films, but this was pretty good. Don't know what more can I say.
Rear Window (1954) - 4 - REWATCH
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First watched in 2011!!! I like to watch people watching people while simultaneously watching these people as well. One of the greatest kisses in history of cinema! I wish the ending was more ambiguous, questioning viewer's voyeurism, though.
疱瘡譚 [A Tale of Smallpox] (1975) - 4
ローラ [Rolla] (1974) - 4
+
other Terayama shorts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8wIg2Nr76s
Terayama always nails it. A Tale of Smallpox is such a beautiful mess of a film. In Rolla he takes his ideas used in theater and incorporates them in cinema. The fourth wall is broken. The audience is ridiculed by the actors (and then an audience member (?) violated by three ladies!!!).
Tajemství hradu v Karpatech [The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians] (1981) - 3.5
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Batsh*t crazy! Zeman's take on Verne doesn't even come close to this as long as f*cked-upness goes! I wish this film had more heart just like Zeman's films have, though. Still, this has a mad scientist, opera maniac Count, opera singer main character, a bearded villain with a set of pistols underneath the beard and more.
Le diable au corps (1947) - 4
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Gérard Philipe is great in this doomed romance film based on a controversial autobiographical book. The dissolves are crazy, the cinematography sharp and the characters madly in love.
Topos (1985) - 4.5
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It's a masterpiece. I don't know what the hell is going on in this film, but it's a masterpiece. Believe me. The use of sound is the best I've heard in months. The characters seem to be but tableaux vivants in the vast spaces of time.
Nárcisz és Psyché [Narcissus and Psyche] (1980) - 4
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Udo Kier is my hero, but the movie is pretty long and not all of its duration time is outstanding. Gábor Bódy uses many (often experimental) techniques to get his point through, but I think I prefered The Dog's Night Song a little bit more.
Passion (1982) - 3
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One of my least favourite Godards! The cast is outstanding (Hanna Schygulla, Isabelle Huppert, Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Radziwiłowicz) and the reincarnations of paintings beautiful, but the idea that movies don't need story to be good is obvious (you shouldn't do it the way Godard does it here, though).
Седьмая пуля [The Seventh Bullet] (1972) - 3.5
http://www.3continents.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbs/large/t/the-seventh-bullet-560x315.jpg
Ostern right from the dusty mountains of Uzbekistan! Enjoyable as hell.
BONUS: The ABC of Sex Education for Trainables (1975) - 3.5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WxYvvcb0BE
Im glad you loved Charulata. Its an underexposed gem of Indian cinema. One of my all time fav. As you wrote the ending is absolutely stunning.
Here is my ranking of the Satayit Ray film i have seen so far:
1: The World of Apu (1959)
2. Charulata (1964)
3, Pather Panchali (1955)
4. The Music Room (1958)
5. Aparajito (1956)
6. Mahanagar (1963)
7. Sonar Kella (1974)
I have been so lucky to see them on 35 mm when they did a screening of his films here in Copenhagen. Ray is greatly underappreciated ór underexposed in this forum imo.
matt72582
04-23-17, 10:18 AM
I have "Charulata" -- I remember trying once, and the quality wasn't great, picked another movie, and forgot about this. Thanks! I will watch it soon.
Rough Riding (No Director Listed, 1954) 2.5
Imbabazi aka The Pardon (Joel Karekezi, 2013) 2
The Valley Below (Kyle Thomas, 2014) 2.5
Sing (Christophe Lourdelet & Garth Jennings, 2016) 3
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Koala Buster (Matthew McConaughey) needs help from his sheep friend Eddie (John C. Reilly) and Eddie’s family to earn some big money in a singing completion he’s trying to stage.
The Puffy Chair (Duplass Bros., 2006) 2
Gator (Burt Reynolds, 1976) 2.5
Lucky 7 (Harry Winer, 2003) 2+
Foreign Land (Walter Salles & Daniela Thomas, 1995) 2.5
http://images.amcnetworks.com/ifccenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/foreign-land_592x299-7.jpg
Two Brazilians play out a traditional film noir plot in Portugal involving actor Fernando Alves Pinto who’s grieving the loss of his mother and smuggler femme fatale Fernanda Torres.
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (Kevin Rodney Sullivan, 1998) 2+
The Long, Long Trailer (Vincente Minnelli, 1953) 2.5
Rouge, le portrait mensonger de Bertrand Bonello (Antoine Barraud, 2015) 2
Contact High (Michael Glawogger, 2009) 2.5
http://www.tasteofcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Contact-High.jpg
Self-described sausage savant Raymund Wallisch and his stoner friend Michael Ostrowski arrive to pick up a much-desired bag of who-knows-what, with hotel clerk Anna Frances Dioso looking on. Later, everybody ends up stoned out of their minds.
Bless the Child (Chuck Russell, 2000) 2
Fatima (Philippe Faucon, 2015) 2.5
The Beach of Nazaré (Van Campen Heilner, 1956) 2
The Fortune Cookie (Billy Wilder, 1966) 3
https://playitagaindan.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/the-fortune-cookie-02.jpg
When football TV cameraman Jack Lemmon gets run into on the sidelines by Cleveland Browns running back Ron Rich, his shyster lawyer (and brother-in-law) Walter Matthau has him feign whiplash and paralysis to win a big payout from the team’s insurance company.
All the Cities of the North (Dane Komljen, 2017) 2
Travels of an Ant aka An Ant’s Adventure (E. Nazarov, 1983) 3+
Dynamite Brothers (Al Adamson, 1974) 1
Get Out (Jordon Peete, 2017) 3+
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When black photographer Daniel Kaluuya travels with his white girlfriend (Allison Williams) to meet her family, things quickly turn rather strange, especially concerning other African Americans he encounters at their estate
I feel bad because I liked Get Out but I do feel like people really overrated it, and am not sure where the immense love is coming from.
The TVA friend is hilarious and weird and almost everything that happens is weird. It may be less outright scary than just WTF but I can see the main character being awfully unsettled throughout. The Being John Malkovich-type stuff was great.
Jour de fête (Jacques Tati, 1949) - 3
Spirit - Stallion of the Cimarron (Kelly Asbury/Lorna Cook) - 3
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (John Rawlins, 1947) - 2.5+
Lion: 3.5
Much better than I expected. The first half is really great. I love the emotion of the story. Loses a little once Patel enters the picture but still quite powerful. Great cinematography and score as well.
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The Case For Christ: 2.5
One of my obligatory 2 or 3 Christian films for the year. Gotta check in to see if they are learning anything. I think they are. This is probably my highest rated of the genre. The spirit of the era is captured really well and the story is better than normal. Still pretty terribly written. I want to think they will learn nuance but unfortunately the crowd they are going for may not allow it. Going to have to return to Scorsese films for my faith fix.
The Lady Vanishes 3
Going to try and watch a bunch of Hitch this year that I haven't seen yet. This was a good start. As usual the set-up is fantastic. Really puts you in the mind of the characters. A little too screwball at times and I didn't love the finale.
Manglehorn 2.5
Been on my watchlist for ages, I just knew it would come to Netflix. Three years later I was correct. :D Something about David Gordon Green films that I feel like I should love them, but I don't, not one of them. This one felt vapid, but maybe that is too easy a criticism when you aren't connecting to a little indie like this. I don't know, but I it's an easy watch and it has Pacino.
Wiener-Dog 3
My first Solondz. This guy isn't a pessimist. He would tell you the glass is completely empty if you were pouring a full glass on his head. That being said there is a lot of truth in his film even if I wish there was more nuance to his characters. I did enjoy this quite a bit though. Solondz is a good writer and I love his use of color. Definitely need to check out his other stuff. Mofos that know my taste, what would you recommend next?
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Tower 3.5
Not entirely sure how I feel about the concept but I can't deny the emotional punch, especially in the second half. I was wishing to learn more about the shooter but after watching I kind of like that they concentrated on the victims. I can look elsewhere to learn about the shooter I am sure. The constant gunfire was a good choice, there is a lot of tension throughout.
The Prestige 3.5
Haven't seen this since it's first DVD release. Better than I remember but still not among my few favorite Nolan films. I love the storytelling and like the Bale twist. Still not in love with the Jackman twist though, doesn't fit in with the rest of the story to me.
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Nostromo87
04-25-17, 03:13 AM
He's Raiden. God of lightning and Protector of the realm of Earth.
Oh, great.
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Mortal Kombat (1995)
Oh don't you dare do this to protect me, Johnny Cage.
Trust me, I got a plan.
Oh I can't believe this, you are the most egotistical, self-deluded person I have ever met!
Yea? Well, you forgot good-looking
Better than like every movie
Rating: rating_4 8.0 / 10
At last, one of them has understood (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JEL0cic2_dw)
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Cadillac Man (Roger Donaldson, 1990) 2.5
The Idea of a Lake (Milagros Mumenthaler, 2017) 2
House of D (David Duchovny, 2005) 2.5
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (Guy Hamilton, 1985) 3-
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NYPD cop Fred Ward fakes his death and is trained by a Master of Sinanju (Joel Grey) to become a pro-Constitution assassin.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Shekhar Kapur, 2007) 2.5+
From Liverpool to Stratford (James A. FitzPatrick, 1949) 2+
The Great Man (José Ferrer, 1956) 2.5+
Hannibal (Ridley Scott, 2001) 3+
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Dr. Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) is just as skilled with a sauté pan as he is with a scalpel.
Glimpses of Australia (James A. FitzPatrick, 1939) 2.5
Love Is Colder Than Death (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1969) 2
Grandma’s Boy (Fred Newmeyer, 1922) 2.5
Dr. Jack (Fred Newmeyer, 1922) 3
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Young Dr. Harold Lloyd imagines a fairy tale castle whenever he sees the pretty young patient (Mildred Davis) he’s been chosen to cure.
Yentl (Barbra Streisand, 1983) 3+
Doom (Andrzej Bartkowiak, 2005) 2
The One That Got Away (Roy Baker, 1957) 3-
Orange County (Jake Kasdan, 2002) 2.5
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Stoner Jack Black drives his brother Colin Hanks from Orange County to Palo Alto to try to solve the latter’s problems with getting accepted into Stanford.
Carmen Comes Home (Keisuke Kinoshito, 1951) 2.5
They Won’t Forget (Mervyn LeRoy, 1937) 3
In the Aleutians (Chuck Jones, 1945) 2.5
The People vs. George Lucas (Alexandre O. Philippe, 2011) 3
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Star Wars fans discuss their love/hate for George Lucas and show many of their fan-made movies which they say are better than his own non-stop tinkering wih the original trilogy.
[Definitely need to check out his other stuff. Mofos that know my taste, what would you recommend next?
This isn't a rec based on your taste or my knowledge of Solondz, it's a rec of the only Solondz i've seen haha but try Welcome To The Dollhouse maybe. Dunno you might hate it, apparently Dawn is in Wiener-Dog. Probably Happiness if not, that seems to be his most acclaimed, and probably his most polarizing too from what i've heard.
Stupid question of the day - what's the difference between movie tab and rate the last movie?
The former is just "I saw this," the latter always has ratings (and usually scattered thoughts). That's how they were created, at least: over time they've come to overlap more.
meatwadsprite
04-26-17, 02:37 AM
Fantasia
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Conceptually wonderous, albeit long-winded at times.
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
https://shechive.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/stuff-i-like-119-5.gif?w=500&h=200
These older entries are pretty rough around the edges but they're just way more inventive than the later ones.
3
Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery
http://i.imgur.com/NsNdfWZ.jpg?1
Interesting doc about some dude who forges paintings that no has ever seen before.
3
Chicago
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Has some genius moments like the puppet sequence, but it's too often rooted in Loony Tunes territory to make you care about the characters.
3
Beauty and the Beast
http://i.imgur.com/YhrdIhY.jpg?1
Way more enjoyable than Disney's remakes of Cinderella and Jungle Book, which could probably be attributed to the fact that the animated version is one of their best flicks.
3.5
The Founder
http://i.imgur.com/ITBZLzT.jpg?1
A clever little spin on the old Citizen Kane formula with a surprisingly strong cast.
3
The Handmaiden
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All the twisted stuff Park Chan-wook is known for transplanted into a different time period. If you like weirdo asian movies, you've probably already seen this.
3
Betting on Zero
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Documentary about the world's largest operating pyramid scheme Herbalife. It's an interesting subject, although tackled in a kind of clumsy way.
3
Fantasia 2000
http://i.imgur.com/XTyyC7f.jpg?1
A leaner, more diverse sequel arriving only 60 years after the original. The use of computer imagery dramatically opens up the scope of the animation, but can feel a little primitive in spots. Although the animation is much more consistent overall than it's predecessor.
The perfect Fantasia for me would be a mix of sequences from both films and maybe we could cut some of these cameos.
3.5
Iroquois
04-28-17, 10:14 AM
Hard Eight (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1996) - 3
The Last Laugh (F.W. Murnau, 1924) - 3.5
Dark Victory (Edmund Goulding, 1939) - 2.5
Marty (Delbert Mann, 1955) - 3.5
The Lego Batman Movie (Chris McKay, 2017) - 3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (James Gunn, 2017) - 3.5
Tenebrae (Dario Argento, 1982) - 3.5
Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012) - 2
Looper (Rian Johnson, 2012) - 3.5
Paint Your Wagon (Joshua Logan, 1969) - 3
The Ox-Bow Incident (William A. Wellman, 1943) - 4
Saboteur (Alfred Hitchcock, 1942) - 3
Dick Tracy's Dilemma (John Rawlins, 1947) - 2.5
Mr Minio
04-28-17, 07:22 PM
Au pan coupé [Wall Engravings] (1968) - 4
http://www.dvdclassik.com/upload/images/critique-au-pan-coupe-gilles2.JPEG
A forgotten French New Wave gem. A simple story, but the execution is exquisite. So is cinematography, both in black'n'white and colour.
Si j'avais quatre dromadaires [If I Had Four Dromedaries] (1966) - 4.5
http://p3.storage.canalblog.com/32/24/110219/57128696.jpg
Aside from dubious political allegory at the end, this is a top notch Marker. "The photo is the hunt. It’s the instinct of hunting without the desire to kill. It’s the hunt of angels… you track, you aim, you fire and--click! Instead of a dead man, you make him eternal."
Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga [Baron Blood] (1972) - 3.5
http://feoamante.com/Movies/B/Baron_Blood/BaronBlood01.jpg
Great sets, cinematography and sexy Elke Sommer.
La ragazza che sapeva troppo [The Girl Who Knew Too Much] (1963) - 4
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The opening 15 minutes could be the best thing Bava ever directed. Then the movie goes oniric grotesque mode and it's just as good! Quite Hitchcockian, but I can't remember any Hitchcock film that starts so strongly (contrary to what he's said).
Francesca (2015) - 3.5
https://magivanga.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/francesca_2015_kadr.jpg
Unlike Cattet & Forzani's cinematic giallo fever dreams, this one is a legit film of the genre, only made in 2015! Not everything works the way it should, but I don't care. It's still a pretty good film!
Edvard Munch (1974) - 4.5
http://www.cinemas-online.co.uk/images/edvard%20munch%20westby.png
Trademark Watkins docudrama style with insane editing and a complicated view not only on Munch and his art, but also his surroundings and times he'd lived in.
Gothic (1986) - 4.5
https://moviesfilmsandflix.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/gothic-600x337.jpg
Russell is such a beast! I've seen three of his films and I've rated all of them 4.5!!! This is the best horror film I've seen since The Witch. The atmosphere is incredible and it's pretty f*cked up, too. My kind of movie.
Mr. Whitney Had a Notion (Gerald Mayer, 1949) 2.5+
Dead Man’s Burden (Jared Moshé, 2013) 2
Moonlight Mile (Brad Silberling, 2002) 2.5-
Our Little Sister (Hirozaku Kore-eda, 2015) 3
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Four sisters (Haruka Ayase, Suzu Hirose, Koudo & Yoshino Kaho) celebrate the onset of summer and their shared love.
Bullet in the Head (Jaime Rosales, 2008) 1.5
Curious Contests (No Director Listed, 1950) 2.5
Flesh (John Ford, 1932) 2
All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950) 4
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While his wife Celeste Holm watches, Broadway star Margo Channing (Bette Davis) asks playwright Hugh Marlowe to write her a play she can relate to.
Tea for Two (David Butler, 1950) 2.5+
Solitary Fragments (Jaime Rosales, 2007) 2
Midnight Mary (William Wellman, 1933) 2.5
Songcatcher (Maggie Greenwald, 2001) 3-
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In the early 20th-century, musicologist Janet McTeer transports her recording device and manuals to backwoods Appalachia to record British folk songs which have been passed down through generations there.
The Dream and the Silence (Jaime Rosales, 2012) 2+
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (Jerry Paris, 1985) 2.5
Silver Streak (Arthur Hiller, 1976) 3.5
Why Him? (John Hamburg, 2016) 2.5+
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A rare quiet moment during Christmastime between uptight Michigan printer Bryan Cranston and the free-spirited Silicon Valley millionaire (James Franco) who’s his daughter’s boyfriend.
Just What I Needed (David Barclay, 1955) 2.5
The Trouble with Harry (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955) 4
The Day of the Jackal (Fred Zinnemann, 1973) 3.5+
Ulysses’ Gaze (Theodoros Angelopoulos, 1995) 2.5
https://amilcarmoretti.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/la-mirada-de-ulises-de-t-angelopoulos1.jpg
En route to wartorn Sarajevo, Greek filmmaker Harvey Keitel is mesmerized by a huge statue of Lenin which is taken apart and transported by a barge.
re93animator
04-29-17, 07:45 PM
Split (1989) – 4
This was f*cking awesome. A tasteless, paranoid schizophrenic movie that experiments with glitchy VHS effects. It’s almost like an American Tetsuo.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) – 3
The CGI is a major eyesore, but it’s a pretty good movie. Unashamedly full of clichés, because it knows that it’s pulling them off well enough.
Babylon A.D. (2008) – 3
The action bits and Vin Diesel make this a cringefest, but I thought it was cool otherwise. Great eye candy; the destitute world approaches Blade Runner levels of detail.
Days of Eclipse (1988) – 3_5
Uber tranquil & bleak. Also boring, but that’s expected. When the background ambiance ceases, it’s like an ASMR movie. Great immersive/meditative movie.
Cocoon (1985) - 3
Pretty fun 'light' sci-fi. Starts out really well, and sort of turns into Spielberg worship.
1 Scarecrows (1988) (01/01/17) **
2 Curse of Chucky (2013) (07/01/17) ***1/2
3 Amsterdamned (1988) (12/01/17) **1/2 (NEW TO ME)
4 Rabid (1977) (14/01/17) *** (NEW TO ME)
5 Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) (15/01/17) ***1/2
6 Airplane! (1980) (15/01/17) ***1/2
7 Eyes of Crystal (2004) (19/01/17) ** (NEW TO ME)
8 Kingsman: The Secret Service (22/01/17) (2015) ***1/2
9 Time After Time (1979) (23/01/17) ***1/4
10 In A Valley of Violence (2016) (31/01/17) ***1/4 (NEW)
11 Spooks: The Greater Good (2015) (01/02/17) (NEW TO ME) ***1/4
12 Split (2017) (06/02/17) **1/2 (CINEMA NEW)
13 A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014) (11/02/17) ***1/4
14 Groundhog Day (1993) (16/02/17) ***1/4
15 Hopscotch (1980) (21/02/17) *** (NEW TO ME)
16 Batman (1989) (25/02/17) ***1/4
17 The Mask (1995) (26/02/17) ***
18 In Bruges (2007) (05/02/17) ****
19 Better Off Dead (1985) (12/03/17) ***1/2
20 Appointment with Death (1988) (18/03/17) *** (NEWISH TO ME)
21 Train to Busan (2016) (21/03/17) ***1/4 (NEW)
22 Before I Wake (2016) (21/03/17) *** (NEW)
23 Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) (26/03/17) ****
24 Beauty and the Beast (2017) (27/03/17) ***1/2 (CINEMA NEW)
25 Life (2017) (29/03/17) ***1/2 (CINEMA NEW)
26 Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) (02/04/17) ***1/4
27 Show Me Love (1998) (09/04/17) ****
28 The Burning (1981) (16/04/17) ***
29 Twins (1988) (16/04/17) ***1/4
30 Hush (2016) (17/04/17) ***1/2 (NEW)
31 Addams Family Values (1993) (23/04/17) ***1/4
32 Damien Omen II (1978) (24/04/17) ***1/2
33 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) (25/04/17) ***1/4 (CINEMA NEW)
Chypmunk
04-30-17, 05:46 PM
April - The Full Monty
4.5
Bin-jip (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423866/?ref_=nv_sr_2) [3-Iron] (Ki-duk Kim, 2004)
Offbeat but oddly compelling and delightful romantic drama in which the two principal characters barely utter a sound and a story that for me is not so much about the plausibility of what transpires but the emotions invoked and how it makes you feel
Ivanovo detstvo (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056111/?ref_=nv_sr_3) (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962)
WW II drama that for the most part is quite sublime with it's cinematography in a tale that is both well acted and powerful yet also beautifully understated
Lat sau san taam (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104684/?ref_=nv_sr_1) [Hard Boiled] (John Woo, 1992)
Superb action thriller that may not be the best film ever made but is certainly one of the most fun to watch with some beautifully orchestrated action pieces and a final act that delivers in spades
Onibaba (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058430/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [Demon Woman] (Kaneto Shindô, 1964)
Dark drama that is beautifully shot and acted in a setting perfect for the tale and although the score feels a little odd at the very beginning that too soon becomes perfectly suited to the visuals
4+
Cidade de Deus (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248/?ref_=nv_sr_1) [City Of God] (Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund, 2002)
Excellent no-frills crime drama about juveniles set amidst the favelas and beaches of Rio where lives are even cheaper than bullets but dreams of escape still occasionally flourish
Dead Man's Shoes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419677/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Shane Meadows, 2004)
Excellent no frills revenge drama that is at times darkly comic but is inherently bleak and assisted perfectly by the choice of soundtrack and use of both b&w and flashback interspersed into a subject matter that unfolds nicely and naturally evokes a level of empathy which benefits from fine performances by both Paddy Considine and Toby Kebbell as the troubled brothers
Youth (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3312830/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Paolo Sorrentino, 2015)
Quirky drama that isn't immediately engaging but gradually grows more and more quaint, immersive and enjoyable as it progresses and even one or two of the peripheral characters being a tad contrived and a somewhat overly theatrical ending don't knock proceedings down too much
4
Die Mörder sind unter uns (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038769/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [The Murderers Are Among Us] (Wolfgang Staudte, 1946)
Effective post WW II drama that is set amidst the rubble of a war-torn Berlin and for the most part nicely made and beautifully lit, with even the odd moment of melodrama hardly marring a film and managing to avoid being overly preachy with it's message - a film that was both brave in the making and important in it's domestic viewing
Dip huet seung hung (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097202/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [The Killer] (John Woo, 1989)
Action-thriller that doesn't have the greatest score and gets a little overly schmaltzy in places but that's more than countered by the gloriously over-the-top and stylised action while both 'Shrimp Head' and 'Runt' appear to be having almost as much fun as the audience
Relatos salvajes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3011894/?ref_=nv_sr_1) [Wild Tales] (Damián Szifron, 2014)
Anthology of six tales, some naturally more satisfying than others but there are some very nice touches of dark humour throughout (and possibly the most thrilling in-car fight scene ever :D) making the whole an enjoyable watch
3.5+
Call Northside 777 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040202/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Henry Hathaway, 1948)
Nicely made crime drama based on actual events surrounding a prohibition-era Chicago murder and the subsequent journalistic investigation into it more than a decade later in which Stewart employs his stock character but it's perfectly suited to portraying the reporter driving proceedings along
Fasandræberne (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3140100/?ref_=nv_sr_1) [The Absent One] (Mikkel Nørgaard, 2014)
Second in the 'Department Q' crime thriller series could have been pared back a little in terms of duration but it does maintain interest and has decent production values
Ida (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2718492/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2013)
Absolutely beautifully filmed drama that utilises the power of b&w with a very good performances from Agata Kulesza as the aunt and a promising debut from Agata Trzebuchowska as Anna though the film could have flowed a little better in places and also could have benefitted from a little more meat on it's bones in terms of story imo
Kung Fu (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373074/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [Kung Fu Hustle] (Stephen Chow, 2004)
MA comedy that is completely daft and decidedly over the top and although a little patchy and slow to begin with doesn't take too long to build up a head of steam and is hugely fun to watch once it does
Rabbit-Proof Fence (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252444/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Phillip Noyce, 2002)
Bio-drama adventure that may not have the strongest beginning but soon draws the viewer into it's tale which is filmed quite beautifully with strong performances in the central roles
Shurayuki-hime (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158714/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [Lady Snowblood [I]aka Lady Snowblood: Blizzard From The Netherworld] (Toshiya Fujita, 1973)
Period revenge drama that suffers a little from editing and camerawork that is occasionally a little below standard whilst in the early stages mixes it's timelines just a little too often for my liking but the majority of the tale is well told and the moments of arterial spray or amputation deliciously over the top as befits a movie of this ilk
The Gift (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219699/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2) (Sam Raimi, 2000)
Mystery thriller with horror overtones that has a strong central performance from Cate Blanchett ably assisted by the supporting cast in a tale that evolves quite nicely even if, up until the final twist, also rather unsurprisingly
Yeogo goedam 4: Moksori (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470967/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_74) [Voice aka The Voice / Whispering Corridors 4: Voice] (Equan Choi, 2005)
Penultimate entry in the Korean 'ghost school' quintet is a multi-layered tale brought to life well with nice performances and use of sound though some of the visual effects are a little underwhelming and imo the runtime could have been slightly shortened in the middle third
3.5
Big Bad Wolves (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2309224/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_9) (Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado, 2013)
Israeli comedy thriller that is a bit light on the comedy elements at times but when they are there they are amusing enough and although there's no real breaking of new ground it's well enough done and the tale is generally well told with only the very ending being a little disappointing
Dark Passage (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039302/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Delmere Daves, 1947)
Noirish thriller that thankfully manages to avoid overusing the first person perspective in the first third of proceedings and is a decent enough watch but the story is just a little too pat for my taste
Guardians Of The Galaxy (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2015381/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (James Gunn, 2014)
Pretty entertaining sci-fi comic-book action adventure that has a few amusing lines sprinkled throughout, some acceptable action scenes and Karen Gillan's make-up is particularly well done but the story is hardly groundbreaking and as much as I wanted to care about the characters I never really did and as a result the whole affair seemed very slightly overly long
La femme infidèle (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064323/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_55) [The Unfaithful Wife] (Claude Chabrol, 1969)
Solid crime drama that may be extremely languid in terms of pace but is none the worse for it and Stéphane Audran is certainly easy on the eye though the score won't be to everyone's taste and is a tad over the top in places whilst the conclusion feels a little abrupt
The Hitcher (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091209/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2) (Robert Harmon, 1986)
Somewhat ridiculous thriller that is best not scrutinised but certainly has it's moments where it's a great ride and never fails to entertain
The Stranger (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038991/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Orson Welles, 1946)
Noirish crime thriller that is a little overly melodramatic at times in the first third but eventually settles down to be a nice, taut tale even if it does suffer from a wont to preach to the audience in the odd place
3+
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2326554/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Ana Lily Amirpour, 2014)
Quirky vampire tale that is visually appealing, generally well acted and uses sound nicely in places but one or two of the soundtrack choices felt rather strange to me and aside from the odd moment it's a rather slow and uneventful affair with little reason to connect to any of those involved
Flaskepost fra P (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4088268/?ref_=nv_sr_2) [A Conspiracy Of Faith aka Department Q: A Conspiracy Of Faith] (Hans Petter Moland, 2016)
Third in the crime thriller series takes a while to really get going and stretches credulity in places but remains watchable
God Bless America (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1912398/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Bobcat Goldthwait, 2011)
Satirical social commentary on aspects of American modern life (and elsewhere) that starts off quite amusing and engaging despite the occasional flat spot and contains a nice piece of irony but sadly gradually and inexorably begins to wane as it continues to beat the same drum before reaching an easily foreseeable and rather lame conclusion
The Gift (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4178092/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Joel Edgerton, 2015)
Mystery thriller that starts a little weakly with neither script nor acting hitting the mark at times but does gradually improve and although the tale hardly breaks new ground and is rather predictable it is managed well enough to maintain interest to a conclusion that would have been far better if just alluded to
3
Andrey Rublev (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060107/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [Andrei Rublev] (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966)
Period biographical drama that is beautifully shot with some good performances and whilst the animal cruelty is definitely an issue (thankfully the version on Film 4 omitted the worst parts) the second half is nonetheless very good and holds interest but the first half is just so tiresome and arduous to get through and perhaps telling that for me by far the most interesting segment is one in which he titular character remains predominantly peripheral to proceedings
Bitter Victory (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050126/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) aka Amère Victoire (Nicholas Ray, 1957)
WW II drama that for the most part is very nicely made but I'm not enamoured of the core story and the way it transpires whilst some of the drama veers way too far into melodrama for my taste
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270761/?ref_=nv_sr_1) (Troy Nixey, 2010)
Fantasy horror remake that manages to create some decent atmosphere in a couple of places but it's all far more childish than horrifying leaving it too childish for adults but too adult for kids imo
Monsters University (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1453405/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Dan Scanlon, 2013)
Moderately amusing animated comedy prequel but sadly employs a rather predictable story arc and is somewhat reliant on the likeability of it's central characters
Pionér (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2369205/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1) [Pioneer] (Erik Skjoldbjærg, 2013)
Thriller set in the oil & gas sector that has an interesting enough storyline and is reasonably well made but is also just a little predictable and ultimately underwhelming
Shurayuki-hime: Urami koiuta (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072157/?ref_=tt_rec_tt) [Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song Of Vengeance] (Toshiya Fujita, 1974)
Period sequel that doesn't have the same simplistic appeal of storyline and lacks the flair and passion of the original for much of it's runtime but has it's moments and is still a fun enough watch
When The Sky Falls (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166013/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2) (John Mackenzie, 2000)
Crime drama recounting events that led up to the murder of Irish crime journalist Veronica Guerin (though with names changed) and although reasonably well made and a subject of interest does drag and seem longer than it's runtime
Young Sherlock Holmes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090357/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Barry Levinson, 1985)
Patchy mystery adventure yarn that contains a few moments of fun but although obviously influenced by Indiana Jones (Spielberg is executive producer) it falls quite a way short of that standard albeit perfectly watchable
2.5+
State Of Emergency (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1705134/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Turner Clay, 2011)
Moderate zombie sci-horror that brings nothing new to the table and is a little short on excitement (with some of the action somewhat less than stellar) but does manage to generate a little atmosphere and even a soupçon of tension once or twice
The Rover (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2345737/?ref_=nv_sr_1) (David Michôd, 2014)
Post-apocalyptic crime drama that's perfectly watchable but doesn't really deliver for me as it perhaps should, partly due to the soundtrack - which grates at times - and partly because I really don't care for any of the characters during events that are sporadic with far too much uneventful 'road trip' inbetween
2.5
Cry Wolf (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384286/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Jeff Wadlow, 2005)
Mediocre horror-thriller that takes far too long to actually get going, has a lead who's delivery really grates imo and even in the 'uncut' version shies away from showing any real graphic detail but it does at least manage to retain a modicum of interest throughout
The Monuments Men (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2177771/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (George Clooney, 2014)
WW II drama based on reality that is competently made and certainly amusing in places but the whole affair feels derivative with a tone that not only chops and changes but also doesn't particularly work well plus a score and voiceover that are pretty irritating at times
The Tall Man (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1658837/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Pascal Laugier, 2012)
Mystery drama that deliberately obfuscates what is transpiring at first and has a nice performance from Jessica Biel in the lead but in doing so it initially fails to engage and an early action sequence that is rather poorly managed further detracts from interest in proceedings
2
The Windmill Massacre (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2923088/?ref_=nv_sr_1) aka The Windmill (Nick Jongerius, 2016)
A hackneyed storyline and poor script alongside some weak acting and overplayed tropes that sadly aren't even redeemed by a number of decent kills which means although watchable it's no more than a run of the (wind)mill 'slasher'
1.5+
Casshern (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405821/?ref_=nv_sr_1) (Kazuaki Kiriya, 2004)
Animé based sci-fi action adventure that has it's moments of lucidity where it is enjoyable but is overlong and not the easiest of watches with overlaid imagery at times, a colour palette that may well be stylised but isn't particularly appealing much of the time, a narrative that lacks flow at times and a score that is overblown, intrusive and downright irritating in places
Sanctum (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0881320/?ref_=nv_sr_1) (Alister Grierson, 2011)
Adventure thriller that for me just does far too much that irritates - an overpaced initial act that doesn't allow any rapport to be built, a score that doesn't always fit and actually grates at times, the spurning of generating any real claustrophobia in the action scenes despite many having no depth of field ... not to mention how irritating or twee the script, characterisations and/or events are at times
1.5
Black Rock (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1930294/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Katie Aselton, 2012)
Weak survival thriller that neither has anything new to offer nor reinvents the wheel with any particular aplomb as it runs through familiar tropes and albeit watchable it's pretty poor in parts and the soundtrack is quite irritating in places too
The Devil's Sleep (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043466/?ref_=nv_sr_4) (W Merle Connell, 1949)
Technically substandard crime drama with poor acting and a weak script that goes on to pontificate and moralise about the dangers of drugs and adolescents in the closing stages but remains watchable even if it is in a car-crash type of way
1+
New Guy (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353794/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_9) aka The New Guy (Bilge Ebiri, 2003)
Low-budget comedy/horror with not very high production values in which the dry humour is rarely funny and events far more ridiculous and contrived than horrifying that may have been better served as a short imo
Miss Vicky
05-01-17, 04:59 AM
Everything I watched In March and April
(Thoughts posted in my Movie Log (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=43738))
Sausage Party (Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon, 2016) 3.5-
Pinocchio (Norman Ferguson, .T. Hee, et al., 1940) (Rewatch) 3.5
Cameraman's Revenge (Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora) (Wladyslaw Starewicz, 1912) 4
Untamed Heart (Tony Bill, 1993) (Rewatch) 4+
Grosse Pointe Blank (George Armitage, 1997) (Rewatch) 4+
RocknRolla (Guy Ritchie, 2008) 4+
Leap Of Faith (Richard Pearce, 1992) (Rewatch) 3.5+
Cliffhanger (Renny Harlan, 1993) (Rewatch) 3-
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994) (Rewatch) 4-
Captain Fantastic (Matt Ross, 2016) 3+
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom) (Kim Ki-Duk, 2003) 1-
The Great Dictator (Charles Chaplin, 1940) 3.5-
Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) (Wim Wenders, 1987) 2
Buffalo '66 (Vincent Gallo, 1998) 3+
The Quiet Earth (Geoffrey Murphy, 1985) 3+
The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun) (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1978) 3.5-
The Three Musketeers (Richard Lester, 1973) 2.5-
Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits) (René Clément, 1952) 2.5
The Hunt (Jagten) (Thomas Vinterberg, 2012) 4+
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Felix van Groeningen, 2012) 4+
Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir, 1989) 3-
April Watches:
John Wick 4
The Loved Ones 4-
Spring 3
A Moment of Innocence 5
Orphan 2
Belle De Jour 3.5
I Saw The Devil 3.5-
25th Hour 3
The Marriage of Maria Braun 4-
Nightmare Alley 4
Forbidden Games 3.5
The Quiet Earth 2.5-
The Three Musketeers 3+
Inland Empire 4 (no idea what i rate this until i see it again really, think Laura Derns performance may be my favourite ever which is why i'm giving the film a high rating)
The Great Dictator 3.5+
Wings of Desire 4-
Something Wild 3.5-
The Hunt 3+
2017 Watches: 82
Nineteen Eighty-four (Michael Radford, 1984) - 3.5
Over the Hedge (Tim Johnson/Karey Kirkpatrick, 2006) - 3
Docteur Jekyll et les femmes The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Miss Osbourne (Walerian Borowczyk, 1981) - 2.5+
cricket
05-01-17, 11:25 AM
April, 2017 movies watched-
Mysterious Skin (2004) 3.5 Disturbing movie centered on sexual abuse with a great performance from Joseph Gordon Levitt.
Patriot's Day (2016) 4+ A story that hits close to home, and a movie that does it justice.
Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) 3- I enjoyed it as an animal lover and a sucker, but besides that I didn't think it was anything special.
National Velvet (1944) 3.5 An excellent family film that I probably would have loved if I had seen it at a different time.
Someone's Knocking at the Door (2009) 1.5 A couple of sick scenes and some humor, but not much else.
Ex Drummer (2007) 3+ Wild flick with outrageous and sick humor.
Call Northside 777 (1948) 3.5 From the noirs list, although I didn't think it was a noir. It's still a really good flick with a great performance from Jimmy Stewart.
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) 5 A lot of power packed into a short movie
My Darling Clementine (1946) 4.5 The oldest movie I've seen featuring the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, yet it's the one that seemed the freshest.
The Three Musketeers (1973) 3.5- Very entertaining even if it's not geared towards my usual taste.
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977) 2.5+ A more erotic cannibal film.
The Hunt (2012) 4.5+ So engrossing with great performances.
Woman of the Year (1942) 3 Very solid romance/comedy/drama combo with Tracy and Hepburn, but an average watch for me.
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) 2.5 I loved having a look at the lives of monks and the setting, but that was pretty much it.
Dead Poet's Society (1989) Repeat viewing 4 I think this is a movie that has a certain special quality that's hard to explain.
Captain Fantastic (2016) 3.5 Funny and different.
Now, Voyager (1942) 3- A pretty solid movie but I struggled to stay interested.
Forbidden Games (1952) Repeat viewing 3.5 Bolstered by a devastating beginning.
Dances With Wolves (1990) 4.5- Shame on me for going so long without seeing this.
Portrait of Jennie (1948) 3.5 Haunting love story with a fantastical element.
I Walked with a Zombie (1943) 3.5 I didn't quite love it like I had hoped, but it's well worth watching even for folks who don't generally like horror.
Detour (1945) 3+ Not a whole lot to this short noir, but it's a fun watch.
Intouchables (2011) 4 A Supreme feel good movie.
Total April viewings-23
Total 2017 viewings-110
A great month finding new favorites.
Mr Minio
05-01-17, 11:39 AM
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom) (Kim Ki-Duk, 2003) 1- Herp derp animal cruelty = instant 1 star herp derp
Miss Vicky
05-01-17, 12:37 PM
Herp derp animal cruelty = instant 1 star herp derp
You're neglecting the heavy handed execution of its concepts. Even without the animal cruelty it would've been a 3 at best.
Mr Minio
05-01-17, 04:29 PM
Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) (Wim Wenders, 1987) 2
Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits) (René Clément, 1952) 2.5 You rate all masterpieces low. :(
Me too.
Bats (Louis Morneau, 1999) 2
Shadow Man (Michael Keusch, 2006) 1.5
Stick (Burt Reynolds, 1985) 2
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964) 5
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Realistic, intense action scenes combined with sometimes subtle, sometimes evident humor inform the film.
Colossal (Nacho Vigolondo, 2017) 2.5
The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All (Robert Radler, 1999) 1.5+
The Dazzling Light of Sunset (Salomé Jashi, 2017) 2
Grindhouse (Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino & 3 Others, 2007) 3.5
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Rose McGowan’s dance over the opening credits is hot enough to set the film on fire.
Hercules (Louis Coates [Luigi Cozzi], 1983) 1.5
For the Love of Mike (George Sherman, 1960) 2
Landscape in the Mist (Theodoros Angelopoulos, 1988) 3
Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992) 3.5
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Steve Buscemi is afraid that his cohorts will think of him as Mr. Pussy.
Shoe Shine Boy (Walter Hart, 1943) 2.5+
Another Year (Shengze Zhu, 2017) 1.5
Wild Rovers (Blake Edwards, 1971) 2.5+
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969) 4.5
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Sundance (Robert Redford) thinks Butch (Paul Newman) used too much dynamite on that tough new safe.
Sparrows (William Beaudine, 1926) 2.5+
Le révélateur (Philippe Garrel, 1968) 2
A Hijacking (Tobias Lindholm, 2012) 2.5
Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976) 3.5
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The love of Rocky (Sly Stallone) and Adrian (Talia Shire) culminates at the same time as the championship bout.
April 2017 watches
Apr 3 - The Truman Show (Peter Weir; 1998) - 4.5
Apr 5 - Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle; 2008) - 4
Apr 7 - Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine; 2012) - 3.5
Apr 8 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes; 1986) - 4
Apr 9 - Burn After Reading (Coen brothers; 2008) - 4.5
Apr 10 - Moon (Duncan Jones; 2009) - 4.5 (rewatch)
Apr 10 - Ghostbusters (Paul Feig; 2016) - 2
Apr 11 - X-Men: First Class (Matthew Vaughn; 2011) - 4 (rewatch)
Apr 12 - Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson; 1997) - 5
Apr 13 - Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky; 2010) - 5
Apr 14 - Mulholland Drive (David Lynch; 2001) - 5
Apr 15 - The Big Lebowski (Coen brothers; 1998) - 5 (rewatch)
Apr 22 - The Ladykillers (Coen brothers; 2004) - 3
Apr 28 - Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant; 1997) - 5 (rewatch)
Apr 28 - Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme; 1991) - 5
Apr 28 - Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright; 2004) - 4.5 (rewatch)
Apr 30 - Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese; 1990) - 5
Total: 17
2017 total: 81
Iroquois
05-03-17, 10:07 PM
Free Fire (Ben Wheatley, 2016) - 2.5
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (Werner Herzog, 2016) - 3
Guardians of the Galaxy (James Gunn, 2014) - 3.5
Bloodsport (Newt Arnold, 1988) - 2
Life Itself (Steve James, 2014) - 4
Colossal (Nacho Vigalondo, 2016) - 4
The Pledge (Sean Penn, 2001) - 2.5
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Mike Hodges, 2003) - 1.5
Ghost in the Shell (Rupert Sanders, 2017) - 2
Election (Alexander Payne, 1999) - 3.5
A Night at the Roxbury (John Fortenberry, 1998) 2+
Obsessed (Steve Shill, 2009) 1.5+
Loss of Innocence aka The Greengage Summer (Lewis Gilbert, 1961) 3-
Penguins of Madagascar (Eric Darnell & Simon J. Smith, 2014) 2.5
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Three penguin brothers save an egg from seals on an iceberg and then become godfathers.
Chili and Chills (Harold Austin, 1932) 2
Never Fear aka Young Lovers (Ida Lupino, 1949) 2.5
The Perfect Guy (David M. Rosenthal, 2015) 2
Whirlpool of Fate (Jean Renoir, 1925) 2.5
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The daughter (Catherine Hessling) of a barge pole man is forced to live a harsh life due to her late father and his brother (Pierre Champagne).
Une chambre en ville aka A Room in Town (Jacques Demy, 1982) 2.5
Bigfoot Canyon (Stephon Stewart, 2012) 1+
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (Cody Cameron & Kris Pearn, 2013) 2.5
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (Keishi Ohtomo, 2014) 3
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His overheated archrival (Tatsuya Fujiwara) takes on some other men before he does battle with Kenshin (Takeru Satoh).
The Modern Jungle (Charles Fairbanks & Saul Kak, 2016) 2
The Rage of Paris (Henry Koster, 1938) 2.5
Polly of the Circus (Alfred Santell, 1932) 2
Days of Thunder (Tony Scott, 1990) 2.5+
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Hot dog NASCAR driver Tom Cruise gets searched by highway patrol officer Leilani Sarelle .
The Winds Know That I’m Coming Back Home (José Luis Torres Leiva, 2016) 2.5
The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (Russell Mulcahy, 2008) 1.5+
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (Roel Reiné, 2012) 1.5+
Fireworks Wednesday (Asgahr Farhadi, 2006) 3
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Tehran, during the Festival of Fire before Nowruz (Persian New Year). A couple’s new housekeeper (Taraneh Alidoosti) overhears their marital problems, and despite wanting to stay out of it, she does feel sympathy for the wife (Hediyeh Tehrani).
Mr Minio
05-05-17, 01:30 AM
WHAT IS LOVE mark f WHAT IS LOVE
Love is the Morning and the Evening Star.
Iroquois
05-05-17, 02:46 AM
Baby, don't Burt me.
Hey, I'll Burt or Bogart you whenever I please.
"Bogart"... nice Harry Potter reference there, Mark! ;)
Perhaps a boggart can bogart a joint.
The Dark Knight: 4 My son wanted to watch this the other night. Unfortunately it keeps going down in my estimation each time I watch it. Still the best comic movies have to offer though. I could probably watch that bank robbery and the 18 wheeler scene 100 times in a row.
The 39 Steps: 3 Going to continue to make my way through unwatched Hitch. Certainly not a horrible chase film but not a great one for me either. The scene on the cobble stone bridge is just ridiculously bad in my opinion. I really like the first 20 minutes of this.
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Hail, Caesar: 4 Not a Coen film that doesn't get smarter and funnier for me every time I watch it. Still pretty sure this one will sit in that second tier of their films for me but I laughed a lot this time and it really moved. Half a dozen fantastic scenes.
Le Silence De La Mer: 3.5 Melville continues to impress even if I do think I have already seen the best of him. Really good cinematography and dialogue. One of those films that you know you would have loved if you were alive in a certain time and place. Look at that first shot of the antagonist, beautiful.
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La La Land: 5 Just stunning. Definitely cements its place as a new favorite on my second viewing. I love the writing and the performances. Gosling became my favorite comedic actor last year. Almost all the songs are fantastic. Audition made me drop tear...again.
The Lost City Of Z: 3.5 A really solid film. I loved the last third. Some problems for me though. Didn't give a very good sense of scope. The cinematography was way too dark.
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Under Capricorn: 2.5 Very bland film. I think underneath these characters there is some interesting themes to explore but the film never has any bite. Very strange coming from Hitch. Maybe the first film of his I have seen that I would have had no clue was his outside of the opening credits.
The Ox-Bow Incident: 3.5 I love the story arc. Nothing is done poorly but nothing is really exceptional either. I really don't have much to say past that. I like it but it will probably fall short of my 40's list.
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The Squid And The Whale: 5 This is one of the best written movies of all time in my opinion. I couldn't love the sharpness of the script more. Such an interesting look at an upper class Manhattan family. Perfectly cast and shot, which becomes even more remarkable when you watch some of the extras on the Criterion release. A perfect storm of a film. I am becoming a Baumbach fan.
Guardian Of The Galaxy Volume 2: 2.5 This was a huge disappointment. Me and my buddy just simply arrived at they were trying way too hard. There is a joke every minute and I laughed once. The characters are still there so I want to see it again before I rate it lower but the writing was so bland this time. Baby Groot is a big swing and a miss. We also guessed how they would handle Groot's teen years before watching it. The action is inconsequential as per usual. Bummer a-holes.
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Mr Minio
05-07-17, 08:25 AM
I HAVE WATCHED MORE THAN 5,000 MOVIES
which is...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AgS_GDLfn8
but am I resting on my laurels?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if1CTnCZGX4
Of course not.
I'm continuing my cinema journey and slowly (but steadily) approaching
the groundbreaking 10,000!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WAOxKOmR90
Les misérables (1934) - 5
Altered States (1980) - 3.5
Астенический синдром [The Asthenic Syndrome] (1989) - 4
TRON (1982) - 3
Loin du Vietnam [Far From Vietnam] (1967) - 3
Amarcord (1973) - 4
The Love Witch (2016) - 3.5
The Blood Beast Terror [Blood Beast from Hell] (1968) - 2.5
Lettre d'un cinéaste à sa fille [Letter From a Filmmaker to His Daughter] (2000) - 5
Tutti i colori del buio [They're Coming to Get You] (1972) - 3.5
Opera [Terror at the Opera] (1987) - 3.5
エキサイティング・エロ 熱い肌 [Exciting Eros: Hot Skin] (1986) - 3.5
Chikan densha: Chinchin hassha [Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio] (1984) - 3
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) - 3.5
I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale [Torso] (1973) - 4
La peau douce [The Soft Skin] (1964) - 4
This Sporting Life (1963) - 4
Hélas pour moi [Oh Woe Is Me] (1993) - 4
Whity (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1971) 2.5
Preacher’s Kid (Stan Foster, 2010) 2
Driving Lessons (Jeremy Brock, 2006) 2.5
Viva Villa! (Jack Conway, 1934) 3
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Wife Catherine DeMille [one of many] keeps an eye on lusty Mexican hero Pancho Villa (Wallace Beery).
A Good Woman (Mike Barker, 2005) 2.5
Only the Strong (Sheldon Lettich, 1993) 2
Under the Same Moon (Patricia Riggen, 2008) 2.5
Scum (Alan Clarke, 1979) 3
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An indictment of the British borstal system begins with three offenders (Alrick Riley, Julian Firth & Ray Winstone) arriving at a hugely dysfunctional youth prison.
Revenge of the Pink Panther (Blake Edwards, 1978) 2.5
Ace the Case: Manhattan Mystery (Kevin Kaufman, 2016) 2
Gleaming the Cube (Graeme Clifford, 1989) 2.5
Brimstone (Martin Koolhoven, 2017) 2.5
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Mysterious Dakota Fanning goes through a lot in the Old West - this time at a whorehouse where violence can rear its ugly head instantaneously.
This Is My Life (Nora Ephron, 1992) 2.5
Face of Fire (Albert Band, 1959) 2.5
Cotton Comes to Harlem (Ossie Davis, 1970) 2.5
Watermelon Man (Melvin van Peebles, 1970) 2.5
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At the height of racial tensions, bigoted insurance agent Godfrey Cambridge has a standard suburban family [including wife Estelle Parsons], but one day his life goes to pot when he inexplicably turns black.
Aquamarine (Elizabeth Allen, 2006) 2+
711 Ocean Drive (Joseph M. Newman, 1950) 2.5
Cheyenne Takes Over (Ray Taylor, 1947) 2
The Kind Words (Shemi Zarhin, 2015) 3
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After their mother dies, three Israeli siblings (Rotem Zissman-Cohen, Roy Assaf & Magi Azazar) learn their mother had a secret and go to France to try to learn what it is.
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Tay Garnett, 1946) - 3
Thieves' Highway (Jules Dassin, 1949) - 3
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (Frank Capra, 1933) - 3
Stirchley
05-08-17, 08:24 PM
American Sniper (2015)
no clue how to rate the movie
Taggart (R.G. Springsteen, 1964) 2+
Stander (Bronwen Hughes, 2003) 3
Jaws the Revenge (Joseph Sargent, 1987) 1.5+
Gifted (Marc Webb, 2017) 3
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Guardian Chris Evans wants the best for his seven-year-old niece Mckenna Grace, who is a child math prodigy.
Heaven Is a Playground (Randall Fried, 1991) 2
The Garage (Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle, 1920) 3
Empire State (Dito Montiel, 2013) 2+
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (D.J. Caruso, 2017) 2.5
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Agent Vin Diesel, who has faked his death and is hiding in the Dominican Republic, is called back into service to locate "Pandora's Box" which causes satellites to crash at strategic places.
Best Laid Plans (Mike Barker, 1999) 2+
Pandorum (Christian Alpart, 2009) 2.5-
Lonesome Dove Church (Terry Miles, 2014) 2+
Department Q: The Absent One (Mikkel Nørgaard, 2014) 3
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Secretary Johanne Louise Schmidt, Muslim detective Fares Fares and chief detective of the Copenhagen cold case division Nikolaj Lie Kaas come across evidence that implicates an exclusive boarding school and the police department itself.
Between the Acts at the Opera (No Director Listed, 1926) 2
Children of the Corn: Genesis (Joel Soisson, 2011) 1.5+
The Cariboo Trail (Edwin L. Marin, 1950) 2
The Crying Game (Neil Jordan,1992) 3.5
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IRA member Stephen Rea vows to protect the lover (Jaye Davidson) of British soldier Forest Whitaker.
Breakin' All the Rules (Daniel Taplitz, 2004) 2+
Phantom of the Opera (Arthur Lubin, 1943) 3
Code Name: The Cleaner (Les Mayfield, 2007) 2+
The Trap (Srdan Golubovic, 2007) 3+
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In post-Milosovic Serbia, a modestly-paid construction engineer (Neboja Glogovac) and his wife (Nataa Ninkovi) learn their young son (Marko Djurovic) needs a quick heart operation, and dad considers taking a murder-for-hire job to pay for it.
American Sniper (2015)
no clue how to rate the movie
use this code:
[ rating ] 3 [ / rating ]
Do that, except don;t leave any spaces..and as for the number 3, as shown above, just use whatever number you rate it as, for example 1 or 2 or 2.5 or 3 or 3.5 etc..
you should get this
3.5
Iroquois
05-10-17, 12:41 AM
I thought they meant it like they didn't know what rating to give it.
Iroquois
05-10-17, 12:42 AM
Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017) - 4
The Devil, Probably (Robert Bresson, 1977) - 3.5
Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958) - 4
Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951) - 4
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (Lewis Milestone, 1946) - 3.5
Belle de jour (Luis Bunuel, 1967) - 3.5
Iron Man (Jon Favreau, 2008) - 3.5
Iron Man 2 (Jon Favreau, 2010) - 3
Enemy of the State (Tony Scott, 1998) - 3
Constantine (Francis Lawrence, 2005) - 3
matt72582
05-10-17, 10:58 AM
Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951) - rating_4]
One of my favorites ever!
Stirchley
05-10-17, 03:00 PM
American Sniper (2015)
no clue how to rate the movie
Where are the popcorn icons? I don't see them anywhere.
Chypmunk
05-10-17, 03:18 PM
Where are the popcorn icons? I don't see them anywhere.
Joel explained how to do them a few posts ago (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1700690#post1700690) or see Miss Vicky's sticky guide (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1524299#post1524299) for a comprehensive list
Stirchley
05-10-17, 03:56 PM
Joel explained how to do them a few posts ago (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1700690#post1700690) or see Miss Vicky's sticky guide (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1524299#post1524299) for a comprehensive list
Got it now. 1
Silence of the Lambs
Demme, 1991
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4_5
Still holds up as a gripping thriller with a couple of leads that are a blast to watch. A friend of mine hadn't seen this (!!!) so we had to get her up to speed!
Passengers
Tyldum, 2016
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3
This got slayed by most critics, as they lamented something about this film romanticizing stalkers or some such horse ****. I just don't see it that way. It's not as if they don't address the alleged stalker issues in the film, because they definitely do. Whatever. Not as bad as i had heard. Not a great film by any stretch, but far from the turd the critics would have us think this is. Works as a popcornn flick and Lawrence is always worth a watch.
Batman vs. Superman : Dawn of Justice
Snyder, 2015
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3_5
Second time seeing this, and once again it was the extended edition. I dunno man, at a couple points in the film, I was watching a sequence of cinematic creativity that the Marvel films can only dream of. This flick clearly has some issues, but I still like it quite a bit. I figured this time around, I would maybe see why everyone hates it so much, but this viewing only seemed to reinforce the notion that there is some bizarre mob-mentality conduct going on in the world at large, especially in the demographic of film critics. Suicide Squad is terrible, but this film is actually pretty damned good.
Clockers
(Lee, 1995)
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4
Aside from Lee's Do the Right Thing, which I tend to watch frequently, this is the film I have seen the most by the director. I have always liked this one, and this viewing was no different! Almost comes across as warm up for The Wire in some ways. That show definitely took a couple of beats from this film.
I am right there with you on BVS Sedai. I might habe to check out Passengers now. Maybe I will wait till Life hit VOD and double feature it.
Iroquois
05-11-17, 05:28 AM
Batman vs. Superman : Dawn of Justice
Snyder, 2015
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3_5
Second time seeing this, and once again it was the extended edition. I dunno man, at a couple points in the film, I was watching a sequence of cinematic creativity that the Marvel films can only dream of. This flick clearly has some issues, but I still like it quite a bit. I figured this time around, I would maybe see why everyone hates it so much, but this viewing only seemed to reinforce the notion that there is some bizarre mob-mentality conduct going on in the world at large, especially in the demographic of film critics. Suicide Squad is terrible, but this film is actually pretty damned good.
It seems like a lot of the negativity has to do with the greater context of Batman and Superman as established characters and how BvS effectively disregards or perverts many of their defining characteristics in order to create a supposedly mature and grounded deconstruction in line with works like Watchmen or The Dark Knight Returns. The problem being that there's hardly anything to deconstruct - Superman is barely a character whose arc effectively recycles that of Dr. Manhattan (why do I care about saving the world, the only person I care about is my girlfriend, etc.), whereas this version of Batman is introduced as a worn-down vigilante who no longer cares whether or not his enemies die in the name of justice. Since these characters are the core of the film, how they develop and interact with one another has a ripple effect across the film and muddles its attempts to say something meaningful about superheroes and what they mean for the culture at large (this is exemplified where Superman is supposed to appear before the Senate and any attempt he has to explain himself is thwarted by...a jar of piss and a bomb going off. What.).
As for "sequences of cinematic creativity", that only goes so far if they barely tie into the film at large, which is a common problem with Zack Snyder's movies. He's all about creating these visually striking and instantly iconic moments without showing that much regard for how well they fit the story proper. It works if the story is simple hack-and-slash pablum like 300, but it hurt Watchmen when he played the action for slow-motion thrills in a story that was explicitly designed to downplay the coolness of superheroes. Stuff like the Knightmare sequence looks more inventive than most Marvel movies, but it's tied to a flawed narrative that limits its impact (and I'm hard-pressed to name any other moments from BvS that match it). I could tell that Snyder was referencing the ending of Excalibur in the climax, but in doing so he sets up a dramatic contrivance of Fallout 3 proportions in the process and thus renders a supposedly emotional moment strangely flat in the process.
At the very least, there's more to the hate than just "mob mentality". Since you've only seen the extended edition, I think that papers over some of the narrative cracks in the theatrical version (especially re: framing Superman with one-of-a-kind bullets), but from what I gather it still leaves the thematic approach intact and, well, can you blame people for not liking it? It's one thing if you want to take superheroes seriously, but the way in which Snyder and co. specifically do that with BvS understandably left a lot to be desired. It also raises the question as to why people would like it - the most positive professional review I saw came from Armond White (http://www.nationalreview.com/article/433246/batman-v-superman-culture-war-gets-mythic?target=author&tid=1152026), and even then he talks about how awful Christopher Nolan's Batman films were. I get that there are aspects to like about it, but as a whole it's a mess that's coming from one very off-kilter cinematic sensibility (if Snyder saying that they killed off Jimmy Olsen for fun is any indication) and I'm not inclined to think that people are wrong for completely hating it. You want some mob mentality, remember that it was the DC fans that accused reviewers of being bribed by Marvel and who made a petition to shut down Rotten Tomatoes after the DCEU movies kept getting rotten scores.
Great post Iro, and it's one of the better explanations I have read / heard about the negative reaction to BvS. I think the main reason I am tend to not fall down on that side of the argument is that have always found the idea that there is a definitive or proper version of any given comic character or group to be sort of unappealing. I understand there is a mythology attached to a character like Superman, one that has existed for decades, but personally, I have always enjoyed the stories that sort of kick that stuff to the curb. This goes for really any comic, I think. I don't read comics these days, except for the occasional graphic novel lent by a friend or something along those lines, but back when I did read, I adored stuff like Alan Moore's What Ever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, or even stuff that sort of deconstructed the idea of Superman, but wasn't a bonafide Superman book, such as Kurt Busiak's Astro City. Expanding to other material, there was Miller's Dark Knight, which I think Snyder's Batman resembles quite a bit. I like Grant Morrison's take on the X-Men in the late 90's, as well.
That said, I understand that some folks would take Snyder's versions of these characters as a sort of trashing of the material, and I an unsure if Snyder's sort of polemical comments about the characters are his genuine feelings about the material or a knee-jerk reaction to bad critical press. I guess I don't take these things as seriously as some; I don't care about canon, I don't hold the material or the characters as sacred. I just ask myself if I was entertained instead of bored or nonplussed when I watch a film. If Snyder injects some politic about fascist superheroes, as has been mentioned by some critics in regards to this film, I may ponder that stuff for a few minutes, but I always remind myself that I am watching what amounts to a fantasy, and in the end, that stuff can only be explored so far in material like this. My point is - in the end, I am looking to be entertained, and I find BvS entertaining.
It also looks really good. ;)
Iroquois
05-11-17, 10:59 AM
True, but if a film is going to kick established canon to the curb then it means that the new stuff has to hold up on its own - a lot of the critiques of BvS touch on its issues when taken as "just a movie", such as the weirdly slow pacing, approach to narrative, or the many half-baked concepts it tries to cram in (including rushing the set-up for Wonder Woman and Justice League). Assessing a given movie as a fantasy is also an issue when you have to consider what kind of worldview/s either inform this particular fantasy or find it appealing - how often do you ever think about why you find entertainment in the movies that you watch?
At least it provokes interesting discussion. Too bad the same can't be said for Suicide Squad.
how often do you ever think about why you find entertainment in the movies that you watch?
At least it provokes interesting discussion. Too bad the same can't be said for Suicide Squad.
Quite a bit! It really depends on the film and to a greater extent, and also what sort of mind-set I am in when I sit down to watch something. If I want to get into something a bit philosophical or life-exploring, for instance, I don't think comic films are going to spring to mind before something else; in fact, I Might just read instead! In regards to films, though, I guess you can distill it down to the old popcorn movie argument. Sometimes I just want to sort of kick back and munch on some snacks, enjoy a film that looks great and doesn't require too much unpacking. BvS qualifies in that regard. I don't bother drilling down into something like that, or any of the Marvel films, even though I do find many of them a fun diversion.
donniedarko
05-11-17, 05:48 PM
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Recent Watches:
A Serious Man (Coen Brothers, 2009)- 3+
Casting Jon Benet (K. Green, 2017)- 2.5
Darkness Falls (Jonathan Liebesman, 2003) 2
Fish Tales (Carl Dudley, 1954) 2.5
The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer (Eduardo Schuldt, 2009) 2
The Virgin’s Bed (Philippe Garrel, 1969) 2.5
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Mary Magdalene or is it Mother Mary? (both Zouzou) and Jesus (Pierre Clémenti) are minimalistically depicted after the ’68 French riots, sans script and under the influence of LSD.
Reno (John Farrow, 1939) 2
Something Like Happiness (Bohdan Sláma, 2005) 2.5+
The Russell Girl (Jeff Bleckner, 2008) 2
The Red Turtle (Michael Dudok de Wit, 2016) 3+
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A shipwrecked man, who tries unsuccessfully to escape his tropical island, encounters a red turtle he initially considers his enemy but later finds that it dramatically changes his life.
Miranda (Ken Annakin, 1948) 2.5
The Players Club (Ice Cube, 1998) 2
Mad About Men (Ralph Thomas, 1954) 2.5-
Illégal (Olivier Masset-Depasse, 2010) 2.5
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An illegal alien mother (Anne Coesens) tries to protect her teenage son from Belgian officials who arrest her and plan to deport her.
Trouble in Store (John Paddy Carstairs, 1953) 2.5+
Operation: Endgame aka Rogues Gallery (Fouad Mikati, 2010) 2
The Fall Guy (David Barclay, 1955) 2.5
I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck, 2016) 3+
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An examination of race relations in the U.S. filtered through the eyes and words of late author James Baldwin and focusing on the assassinations of Medger Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
The Wacky World of Mother Goose (Jules Bass, 1967) 2.5
The Monster That Challenged the World (Arnold Laven, 1957) 2
Murder Ahoy (George Pollock, 1964) 2.5
The Deadly Mantis (Nathan Juran, 1957) 1.5+
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A giant prehistoric praying mantis breaks out of its frozen Arctic prison and goes on a noisy, albeit not particularly maneuverable, rampage.
Iroquois
05-14-17, 07:07 AM
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000) - 4
The Assassin (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2015) - 2.5
Aferim! (Radu Jude, 2015) - 3
Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002) - 3.5
Spawn (Mark A.Z. Dippé, 1997) - 1.5
Cape Fear (J. Lee Thompson, 1962) - 3.5
Gun Crazy (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950) - 3.5
Pickup On South Street (Samuel Fuller, 1953) - 3.5
Alien: Covenant (Ridley Scott, 2017) - 3
Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977) - 4.5
The Giant Claw (Fred F. Sears, 1957) 1.5
Attila (Dick Lowry, 2001) 2.5
The Return of Doctor X (Vincent Sherman, 1939) 2
John From (João Nicolau, 2016) 2.5
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Teenager Julia Palha becomes so obsessed with photographer Filipe Vargas that she loses her grip on reality.
Monkey Shines (George A. Romero, 1988) 2.5
Motives (Craig Ross Jr, 2004) 2
Motives 2 (Aaron Courseault, 2007) 2
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Weine, 1920) 2.5
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Somnambulist Cesare (Conrad Veidt) tries to strangle a young man’s fiancée (Lil Dagover).
First Shot (Armand Mastroianni, 2002) 2
Wolf Totem (Jean-Jacques Annaud, 2015) 2.5
Hardwired (Ernie Barbarash, 2009) 2
Once Upon a Time There Was a Singing Blackbird (Otar Iosseliani, 1970) 2.5
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The drummer (Gela Kandelaki) at a Soviet Georgian ballet spends most of his time with his mother and friends and as little as possible at his job.
Century of Birthing (Lav Diaz, 2012) 2
North to Alaska (Henry Hathaway, 1960) 3
J.D.’s Revenge (Arthur Marks, 1976) 2
My Little Chickadee (Edward F. Cline, 1940) 2.5
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Fallen woman Mae West marries con man W.C. Fields for his money (which turns out to be fake) and they end up in trouble in the town of Greasewood.
Witnesses (Vinko Bresan, 2005) 2.5
Empire of the Ants (Bert I. Gordon, 1977) 1.5
I Think I Love My Wife (Chris Rock, 2007) 2.5
Golden Antelope (Lev Atamanov, 1955) 3+
http://68.media.tumblr.com/5b77743b64911483b464dd0fd61847d8/tumblr_nc1maazhfw1qlhg9vo4_500.jpg
A kind Indian orphan befriends a magical Golden Antelope and they save each other from the greedy rajah who wants all the gold the antelope can make.
The Fall (Tarsem [Singh], 2008) 3.5
I rewatched The Fall and I'll address some of the comments and concerns of others, but what I really want to do is discuss specifically some of the mind-blowing visuals in the film and tell you where they occur in the movie so you can check them out if you wish. I've seen the film three times now, and if anything, I think it gets better with added viewings so I wouldn't be afraid of rewatching it, Godoggo. The story always made sense to me but this time I have to admit that it was more touching, never seemed to grow slow and turned into a lovely paean to silent filmmakers and stuntmen, especially a few of the greats who did their own stunts and who we see at the film's glorious finale. It goes without saying that it's also a Valentine to childhood imagination. I didn't realize that The Fall is actually a remake of a Bulgarian film called Yo Ho Ho which has a very similar plot but all I've seen of it is a trailer with no subtitles.
Right from the opening black-and-white credits depicting the aftermath of one of the many Falls in the film, set to Beethoven's 7th Symphony, An Arpeggio, the viewer is grabbed by the uniqueness of this movie. We don't really understand that it's a silent film stunt gone wrong, and we don't know that some of the characters which we see later in the fantasy stories are introduced in this impressionistic opening, but we do know that what we're seeing has been planned out with extreme care and a high level of artistry. Yes, when the stunt man (Lee Pace) tells his story to the girl (Catinca Untaru), he basically provides the plot and some of the faces of the characters, but she visualizes everything herself and adds the identities of others, and you have to remember that she has never seen a movie.
While this adds some possible anachronisms and anomolies, it also adds to the visual imagination apparent on screen at all times but especially during the fantasy stories. Some of the shots and transitions seem to be just too incredible to be reproduced so perfectly, so I will give that credit to director Tarsem and his skilled artists and technicians over and above the darling girl Alexandria (the Great). An early example of this is when one of the Bandit Heroes, Charles Darwin (yes, that guy), is given a beautiful butterfly by the Villain of the piece, Odious. Darwin is aghast to find the winged creature pinned inside a box on a blue-colored field of some material. We see a closeup of the butterfly and the camera circles around it as it turns into Butterfly Reef in the middle of the ocean, the place where the Bandits are exiled by Odious. In fact the pin seems to turn into the five bandits gradually. This scene begins at 22:17 on the DVD. As it continues, we soon learn that Darwin is being aided and actually taught by a monkey who is certainly smarter than him and almost seems to possess psychic powers. So whatever else you think of the flick, I hope you appreciate its humor.
http://ib1.keep4u.ru/b/2009/07/20/39/3929e3202b09ff0e57da3d2e074373c0.jpg
There is a brief image of a grey, cloudy sky which appears at 44:28 on the DVD. All three of us watching the movie took turns telling what images we saw in that sky (consisting of only clouds) and going up to the screen to point them out. We could all see them too, once referenced, and no, we weren't stoned. How intentional those "images" were I don't know, but based on everything else on display in this film, I'd say there was a definite reason that specific two seconds was put on screen. We saw, among other things, a werewolf's head, a lion, a donkey, a horse, the head of a bird (maybe an eagle), and in some form of magic, one particular area in the center seemed to resemble three things basically using up the same space. We decided those three were a horned demon's head, Oogie Boogie from The Nightmare Before Christmas and Aladdin's Lamp! I hope some people will pause that shot and look at it very closely because it's a lot of fun and I'll bet that you may see some things and interpret them differently. Sometimes a full-on shot would morph into a profile or a head would look more like a body, but there is something very hypnotic in that shot and I don't believe it's been doctored at all. Then again, I'm a cloud fetishist and have taken hundreds of pictures of them based on what I see there.
There are many types of repeated visual motifs in the film (some mentioned earlier) but I really see Tarsem seeing faces in buildings and landscapes (and vice versa) a lot. By far the most sophisticated of these shots occurs during the "wedding scene" at 1:12:19. We see the head of the "stony-faced priest" who betrayed the heroes. He's wearing a huge, elegant, raised, off-whitish collar with a lower black garment which appears similar to a priest's collar with a piece extending downward. His short black hair is shaved on top. The shot dissolves into a high desert landscape which has all the same shapes and colors in it. The top of his head turns into a snowcrested mountain in the background, the sides of his fancy collar turn into supporting mountains and shapes in the desert sand, just as his eyes, nose and sadistic smile do. Then the black collar at the bottom becomes a raised tee-shaped sacrificial platform. It's really incredible to see. I had to freeze it and then keep hitting the pause button so I could see how gradually and perfectly the transition was. Tarsem is obviously a visionary artist of the highest magnitude. Actually after the scene became desert and mountains, I was sure that the outlines in the sand resembled a lion's mane. Then a little weird thing came out of the eye and turned into... I'll leave it a secret. But I don't think there's much if any computer doctoring in there at all. It just looked like real photography and an old-school dissolve, but you tell me.
https://dab1nmslvvntp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/the-fall.png
Whether you care about these kinds of things or not I'm not sure. You may just want to watch the movie straight through and seek them out after it's over, but I can't help but think that everyone would at least want to check some of these out and draw their own conclusions about how they support and embellish the story because I don't consider them to be just show-offy flourishes.
I could go on here, but it's late and I'll wait for some (hopeful) responses before I get into more specifics about what things may or may not mean, but my bottom line is that I believe it's an excellent story told by someone who was totally devoted to what they were doing. I can see it fitting into the "blockbuster" category because the pure joy of filmmaking, especially of a fantastic nature, is apparent in every shot and scene.
Chypmunk
05-15-17, 08:59 AM
May halfway point (near enough):
4.5
Taxi Driver (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
4+
Zerkalo (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072443/?ref_=nv_sr_1) [The Mirror aka Mirror] (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975)
4
Oculus (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2388715/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Mike Flanagan, 2013)
3.5+
Quatermass 2 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050873/?ref_=tt_rec_tt) aka Enemy From Space (Val Guest, 1957)
The Piano Teacher (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254686/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Michael Haneke, 2001)
3.5
Dead Ringer (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057997/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Paul Henreid, 1964)
Drive (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780504/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011)
Furyô anego den: Inoshika Ochô (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070085/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [Sex And Fury] (Norifumi Suzuki, 1973)
Scanners (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081455/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (David Cronenberg, 1981)
Shivers (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073705/?ref_=nv_sr_2) (David Cronenberg, 1975)
3+
Betrayal From The East (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037538/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (William Berke, 1945)
My Favourite Brunette (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039645/?ref_=nv_sr_1) (Elliott Nugent, 1947)
The Quatermass Xperiment (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049646/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) aka The Quatermass Experiment (Val Guest, 1955)
3
Rabid (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076590/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (David Cronenberg, 1977)
Revenge Of The Creature (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048554/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1) (Jack Arnold, 1955)
2.5+
Carne trémula (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118819/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_10) [Live Flesh] (Pedro Almodóvar, 1997)
2.5
Extraterrestrial (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2960930/?ref_=nv_sr_2) (Colin Minihan, 2014)
Knock Knock (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3605418/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Eli Roth, 2015)
The Winds Of Autumn (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075431/?ref_=nv_sr_1) (Charles B. Pierce, 1976)
2+
Jigsaw (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041523/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2) (Fletcher Markle, 1949)
2
Coherence (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2866360/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (James Ward Byrkit, 2013)
1.5+
Boy, Did I Get A Wrong Number! (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060186/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (George Marshall, 1966)
Death Game (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075921/?ref_=nv_sr_1) aka The Seducers (Peter S. Traynor, 1977)
Thir13en Ghosts (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245674/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) aka Thirteen Ghosts (Steve Beck, 2001)
1.5
Vampires (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120877/?ref_=nv_sr_3) (John Carpenter, 1998)
Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000) - 3.5+
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Frank Capra, 1936) - 3.5+
You Can't Take It With You (Frank Capra, 1938) - 3.5+
Politiki kouzina A Touch of Spice (Tassos Boulmetis, 2003) - 3
matt72582
05-17-17, 04:01 PM
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Frank Capra, 1936) - rating_3_5+
You Can't Take It With You (Frank Capra, 1938) - rating_3_5
Two of my favorite movies!
With a Kodak (Mack Sennett, 1912) 2
The Manicure Lady (Mack Sennett, 1911) 2
A Grocery Clerk’s Romance (Mack Sennett, 1912) 2
Dark Horse (Louise Osmond, 2015) 3+
http://www.cinerama.es/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cine-031816.jpg
At the behest of barmaid Jan Voxes, Cefn Fforest, a small working-class community in Wales, invests in breeding a racehorse who becomes the miraculously-successful Dream Alliance.
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Kenny Ortega, 2008) 2
A Fishy Affair (Mack Sennett, 1913) 2.5
Hash House Mashers (Mack Sennett, 1912) 2+
The Fighting Kentuckian (George Waggner, 1949) 2.5+
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Kentucky militiaman John Wayne and his buddy Oliver Hardy get embroiled in romance and land theft in 1819 Alabama Territory.
Les hautes solitudes (Philippe Garrel, 1974) 1.5
Radio Hams (Felix E. Feist, 1939) 2.5
There's Something About a Soldier (Alfred E. Green, 1943) 2+
52 Tuesdays (Sophie Hyde, 2014) 2.5
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Australian teen Tilda Cobham-Hervey undergoes the usual growing pains exasperated by the fact that her mother (Del Herbert-Jane) is transitioning to a man and kicks her out of the house, only spending a partial Tuesday with her each week for a year.
The Hunt for Eagle One (Brian Clyde, 2006) 2
The Naughty Twenties (No Director Listed, 1951) 2.5+
Backstage (Chris Fiore, 2000) 2
What Maisie Knew (Scott McGehee & David Siegel, 2013) 2.5
http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/30800000/Alex-in-What-Maisie-Knew-alexander-skarsgard-30839603-425-239.gif
Seven-year-old Maisie (Onata Aprile) undergoes many changes during her parents’ custody battle for her, including having to learn to love her rock singer mother’s boyfriend (Alexander Skarsgård).
Blue (Silvio Narizzano, 1968) 2.5-
Brick Lane (Sarah Gavron, 2007) 2
A Low Down Dirty Shame (Keenen Ivory Wayans, 1994) 2.5
Dysfunktional Family (George Gallo, 2003) 3-
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Eddie Griffin’s profane stand-up movie is mostly hilarious even if he sometimes comes across as Richard Pryor Lite.
23 Paces to Baker Street (Henry Hathaway, 1956) 3-
Who’s Your Caddy? (Don Michael Paul, 2007) 1.5
Little Journeys to Great Masters (E.M. Newman, 1931) 2.5
Honey aka Miele (Valeria Golina, 2013) 3-
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Young Italian woman Jasmine Trinca helps people in pain with assisted suicide, but her world view is challenged by a healthy 70-year-old (Carlo Cecchi) who wants her services because he’s bored with living.
Pussy Galore
05-18-17, 12:05 AM
It's been a while since I posted here, I'll just write a little about movies I watched in the last couple of months that I find particularly interesting so that I can write about them.
The Sound of Music & Mary Poppins (60's) (8,3/10 and 6,5/10)
I never saw those film before, which is surprising. I loved The Sound of Music and found Mary Poppins to be average.
First of all, Julie Andrews is a delight, I didn't know her before those films, she's a fantastic movie star, she capts the attention, is possibly the most joyful person I've ever seen and she absolutely make both films. The reason why I loved The Sound of Music and didn't care for the other one is that #1 the songs are better #2 I found the long part in the middle in Mary Poppins where they mix animation and real life person to be overlong and boring (I can see that in the 60's it was groundbreaking, but I watch a film from my perspective) #3 Both have similar plot, ideas, but I found Mary Poppins to be more of a child movie, or at least The Sound of Music is a child movie that adults can enjoy more I find #4 I didn't really get the supernatural aspect of Mary Poppins, what is she? Why is she doing what she does, etc.?
The Fallen Idol (Carol Reed 1948) (8,5/10)
Carol Reed is 2 for 2 regarding masterpiece for me (the other one being The Third Men). That is the most Hitchcock film I've ever seen that wasn't directed by Hitchcock. I don't have much else to say the movie was tense, beautifully made, the direction served the film perfectly, the acting was great (particularly the child which was very surprising). It's an excellent film, one of the best of it's kind (it's kind being a thriller/suspense movie)
Stray Dog & Drunken Angel (Kurosawa late 40's) (Stray Dog 8,5/10, Drunken Angel 8/10)
Damn is that man fantastic, before I watched these 2 I had seen 14 Kurosawa films and I thought that I pretty much saw all his best, that the other ones were ''low tier'' or something like that. Damn was I wrong, these 2 films are absolutely fantastic. Stray Dog is one of the best film noir I've seen (at least in the top 10) because it has 3 things #1 The classic noir style #2 The top tier acting by Mifune and Shimura #3 Some philosophical themes regarding what ''evil'' is, it explores the reason why the ''criminal'' does what he does. He is not simply a bad person, he is a vulnerable kid (or young adult) that by desperation went on doing the things he did. Drunken Angel still has the Mifune Shimura combination which always work, it's not as good as Stray Dog imo, but I still loved it. The ending really hit me, yet again Mifune in this film is not just a vilain, he's a layered character, a flawed person, but not just this evil mastermind. 2 other great movies by the japanese master.
Portrait of Jennie (William Dieterle 1948) (8,5/10)
This film basically is a surealistic Bunuel style film made by in hollywood in the 1940's (I think). This film really surprised me, the story isn't linear, it's like a poem, a beautiful universe in which you plunge yourself, it's a arthouse film made in Hollywood. Joseph Cotton as always is terrific, the black and white cinematography is mesmerizing and the overall feel of the film is absolutely unique. I really suggest this one, it's a quite obscure film that deserves praise.
Other films I thought were worth mentioning, but I'm to lazy to do so haha.
The Grey Zone (Tim Blake Nelson 2001) (8,3/10) (surprisingly effective holocaust film, emotionally strong, not over the top)
Hacksaw Ridge (Mel Gibson 2016) (8,3/10) (The story was okay, nothing more, nothing less. The war scenes, though, are A.B.S.O.L.U.T.E.L.Y fantastic, Saving Private Ryan good imo.
Dangal (Dinesh Tiwari 2016) (8,5/10) (Great sport movie, one of the best I've ever seen, the wrestling scenes are out of this world)
A Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin 2008) (8,8/10) (One of the best family drama I've seen, the acting is excellent, but it's the writing that is perfect, it reminded me of Bergman's Autumn Sonata in a way)
Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk 1959) (easy 9/10) (A new favorite, it would deserve a proper review which I might do later)
Two of my favorite movies!
I saw those movies for the first time. I'm sure, they'll grow on me. :)
Mr Minio
05-18-17, 12:17 PM
The Fall (Tarsem [Singh], 2008) 3.5 I tried watching this a couple of years ago when I still had quite a narrow idea of cinema (Bergman, Tarkovsky, Tarr & Angelopoulos are the best evah!!!! American language films? Good for normies!!!!!1111* etc.) and gave up after some 30 (?) minutes. I enjoyed the visuals a bit (thought they're too polished, though), but weren't interested in the Disney-esque story. Now, this is how I remember the film. I might've really liked it had I watched it now**.
* Exaggeration intended.
** I bet I made a mistake here, bloody conditionals
re93animator
05-19-17, 07:49 AM
Teknolust (2002) – 3
Tilda Swinton’s clones need a steady intake of spermatozoa tea to stay alive. No man who’s attracted to Tilda Swinton is safe. So, a handful of men are unsafe. This is craptastic. It’s really weird, it has a unique look, I like the score, and the acting & plot can get hilariously bad. One of those ‘what the hell were they thinking’ deals.
http://i.imgur.com/6ut50ac.png?1
http://i.imgur.com/qGPPMYl.png?1
The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) – 2
Not terrible, but surprisingly bland and uninteresting for a high-tech action thriller. Love the score though. :)
It Came from Outer Space (1953) – 3
Entertaining body snatching stuff with a nice desert backdrop and some characteristic commentary of the time.
and this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kamTiJOEd-s
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) – 3.5
One of the better b-movies of the time. Fun adventure with a big clay dino smashing a city. Emblematic of classic monster movies.
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) – 2.5
Decent plastic-y sci-fi b-movie. Another that sort of encompasses its subgenre. The cheesy paraphernalia is nice; gets a little too hectic in the end though.
The Squall (Alexander Korda, 1929) 2
The Cuckoos (Paul Sloane, 1930) 2.5
Macho Callahan (Bernard Kowalski, 1970) 2
Gold (Stephen Gaghan, 2016) 2.5
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Matthew McConaughey undergoes a physical transformation as a sleazy career prospector who seeks his dream of discovering gold - this time in the Indonesian jungle.
Victoria and Vancouver: Gateways to Canada (Benjamin D. Sharpe, 1936) 2.5
Poultry-Yard (Lumière Bros., 1896) 2
New York: Broadway at Union Square (Lumière Bros. [Alexandre Promio], 1896) 2
Lumiere's First Picture Shows (Lumière Bros. [No Director Listed], 2013) 3-
http://i.cdn.turner.com/v5cache/TCM/Images/Dynamic/i225/filmsfromthelumierebrothers1895_2002663_470x265_08302013124318.jpg
A collection of some of Louis and Auguste Lumiere’s earliest films which show many intriguing “firsts” in film history.
New York, Brooklyn Bridge (Lumière Bros. [Alexandre Promio], 1896) 2
The Arrival of a Train (Lumière Bros., 1896) 2.5
Partie de cartes (Lumière Bros. [Leopoldo Fregoli], 1897) 2+
Demolition of a Wall (Lumière Bros., 1896) 2.5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p0HI9t5IB0
Whether or not the reverse cranking halfway through this was originally intended, the film’s themes are profound today.
Tables Turned on the Gardener (Lumière Bros., 1895) 2.5
Childish Quarrel (Lumière Bros., 1896) 2.5-
Chicago Police Parade (Lumière Bros. [Alexandre Promio], 1897) 2
Dracula Untold (Gary Shore, 2014) 2.5
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Well, what did you expect? It is a CGI-fest about Vlad the Impaler (Luke Evans).
Four Faces West (Alfred E. Green, 1948) 2.5
Colorado Serenade (Robert Emmett Tansey, 1946) 2
Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer (Ray McCarey, 1933) 2.5
The Giants (Bouli Landers, 2011) 3-
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A friend (Paul Bartel – not the director) and two brothers (Zacharie Chasseriaud & Martin Nissen) spend a coming-of-age summer in the wilds of Belgium, even recalling a twisted modern version of Mark Twain.
Night Descends on Treasure Island (James A. FitzPatrick, 1940) 3
The Maiden Heist (Peter Hewitt, 2009) 2
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (Dan Milner, 1955) 1.5- benefit of a doubt for some location filming
Beauty and the Beast (Bill Condon, 2017) 3.5
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Belle (Emma Watson) encounters the cursed Beast (Dan Stevens) in his magical castle.
Finishing School (George Nichols Jr. & Wanda Tuchock, 1934) 2.5
Hollywood Wonderland (Jack Scholl, 1947) 2.5
The Return of the Whistler (D. Ross Lederman, 1948) 2.5
Breathing (Karl Markovics, 2011) 2.5+
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Prior to his parole hearing, young Austrian Thomas Schubert goes to work at a Vienna mortuary where he finds a dead woman who could be his mother who gave him away when he was a baby.
Mindhorn (2017) 3 I may need to revisit this as I was zonking out during it. Didn't really do it for me. I kept wishing Coogan played the lead even though Barrat was adequate. Not as funny as it should have been but still better than expected.
Tropic Thunder (2008) 4 Stiller's master stroke of comedy goodness. Rarely falters and when it does it still remains on par with an Anchorman energy.
Beyond the Gates (2017) 2 Too stupid to be good. Too good to be stupid. It missed good/bad status with dopey writing and misfired delivery. Promising ideas better left alone if the script and cast isn't up to the task.
Copenhagen (2014) 3 It was good but not great. Things about it were great but as a whole, it was good. Great casting and locations. Plodding pace and some silly dialog.
Brubaker (1980) 3 Technically a good film but I wasn't really moved that much. Kind of goes through the motions of an an "award winning" story and hits all of the right notes, but feels muted and klunky. Decent enough performances.
Burying the Ex (2014) 1.5 Tedious and unfunny. Leads have zero chemistry. A surprisingly wooden and soulless performance by Anton. Dante strikes out big but not before "paying homage" once again to less than interesting results. Felt mean and I didn't like it. See "The Hole" instead.
The Interview (1998) 2 Unbearable to sit through. I understand this was a highly acclaimed film. Felt forced and over complicated to me. I was bored and frustrated. I didn't care for anyone in the film so I found being intrigued impossible.
It Follows (2014) 3 Style in spades, some atmosphere and a highly original premise just couldn't make me like this movie as much as I wanted to. It left me feeling hungry like Americanized chinese food. Flashes of inventiveness weighed down by a not quite capable script.
Ghost Team (2016) 3.5 I just had fun. I loved the location and the sparse moments of borderline scares. Funny moments and an innocent enough time passer. I'd watch it again. Had the "it" factor. Something I can't put my finger on.
Big Eyes (2014) 2.5 Just not very good. Intriguing story. I just couldn't get into the cast, and the ending seemed corny to me. Like, it was supposed to be something else. Eh.
Snake Eyes (1998) 2.5 Started off like the best Nic Cage movie you could ever imagine then turned into a routine thriller and we know how those go...
Barton Fink (1991) 4.5 Brilliant and funny.
Go for Sisters (2013) 4 Another John Sayles under the radar home run. Dry but still engaging and interesting. Great writing, some silly moments, but easily forgivable given the aptitude on display.
By the way, these are all still on Netflix.
Beauty and the Beast (Bill Condon, 2017) 3.5
Go Mark!
Go Mark!
:laugh:
Think he'd rate the Disney one even higher.
:laugh:
Think he'd rate the Disney one even higher.
No doubt he would, but that's still a good rating from Mark.
Jeff Costello
05-20-17, 05:28 AM
Le Notti Bianche aka White Nights (1957) - Luchino Visconti rating_4
La Grande Bouffee (1973) - Marco Ferreri rating_3 +
Double Indemnity (1944) - Billy Wilder rating_3
Sunset Boulevard (1950) - Billy Wilder rating_5
Witness for Prosecution (1957) - Billy Wilder rating_4 -
Diary of a Country Priest (1951) - Robert Bresson rating_4 -
Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles rating_3_5
I Walked with a Zombie (1943) - Jacques Tourneur rating_3_5
Skammen aka Shame (1968) - Ingmar Bergman rating_5
The Uninvited (1944) - Lewis Allen rating_3_5
And Then There Were None (1945) - Rene Clair rating_2_5
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) - Orson Welles rating_4 +
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) - William A. Wellman rating_4_5
A Letter To Three Wives (1949) - Joseph L. Mankiewicz rating_4 +
Miracle in Milan (1951) - Vittorio De Sica rating_4_5 -
The Children Are Watching Us (1944) - Vittorio De Sica rating_3_5
Shoeshine (1946) - Vittorio De Sica rating_4_5
Cat People (1942) - Jacques Tourneur rating_4 -
My film diary thread - https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=48322
Mr Minio
05-21-17, 01:55 PM
Casa privata per le SS [SS Girls] (1977) - 2.5
http://i.imgur.com/Bh4P7tE.jpg
Your typical Euro nazisploitation schlock. I expected more from this. First of all, it's quite tedious. Secondly, the ladies could be sexier and orgies even wilder!
Turbo Kid (2015) - 4
http://i.imgur.com/yLNMJsU.jpg
Finally! A western equivalent of J-splatter. Well, kind of. It's less crazy, less gory and more 80's nostalgia-inducing, but just as entertaining! Also, forget Rear Window - this is the best kiss in motion picture history!
The Wizard of Oz (1939) - 3.5
http://i.imgur.com/pdOTgtP.jpg
Talk about late to the party! A movie that shaped many people's childhood and I've just watched it! Well, it's pretty good. Minus the musical numbers. I'm not a fan of these. Could've been more psychedelic and less fairy tale-ish, but the stories of all these creatures Dorothy meets along her way are quite touching! Also, the scene of Lion jumping out of the window is the funniest moment of 1939.
Monkey Business (1931) - 4
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So bloody hilarious! May not be an all-time favourite, but I felt really good while watching it and laughed a couple of times.
Sullivan's Travels (1941) - 4
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Now this one is a peculiar movie, openly drawing influences from Ernst Lubitsch (phooy!) and casting Joel McCrea as a rich man who wants to know how it is to be poor. Obviously, it's very ironic, given how after one, or two days of tramping, he returns to his villa and how he can't get away from the sensation-hungry journalists, who seem to be interested in his case purely because he is rich. All that being said, the predictable "twist" feels a little bit sententious. So does the lackluster ending, but in hindsight it's quite beautiful, even if too naive.
Grand Hotel (1932) - 4
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Freakin' top notch! I absolutely loved the character of The Baron. Despite his profession, he turns out to be pretty romantic as well as good-hearted and ultimately an extremely likeable character. He is my second favourite character in the movie, with only the sick man outmatching him. Sick man's subplot is so sad!
Troll 2 (1990) - 3.5
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Fun! Apparently this is one of these films that people rate either 0.5 based on its overall crap quality, or 5 based on the 'best worst movie ever made' philosophy. I'm somewhere inbetween. Some scenes are iconic (no moar popcorn!!!), but it also has some dull parts that could be better (worse?).
Max et les ferrailleurs [Max and the Junkmen] (1971) - 3.5
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Alluring Romy Schneider seems to be the only warm piece of this otherwise cold Melvillian crime puzzle with Michel Piccoli. It's pretty solid, but Melville does it better. Anyway, Schneider is the redeeming quality.
Animal Crackers (1930) - 3.5
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Has hilarious moments, but it's my least favourite Marx brothers movie from what I've seen so far! Also, having seen a couple of their films now I'm pretty sure Harpo is a rapist.
Une fée pas comme les autres (1956) - 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H097qMmTZ4
2deep4me. This has a scene of a living fox washing the head of a living hen! The terrible devil villain turns out to be a monkey and the hero a duck. Lovely! It's quite an eye-candy, too.
誘惑 [Temptation] (1948) - 4
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It took me exactly 3 hours to stop thinking about Schneider and start thinking about Hara again. She looks outstanding in this film. The film itself is a pretty good Japanese melodrama with a few outstanding scenes! I made the GIF above!
Allemagne année 90 neuf zéro [Germany Year 90 Nine Zero] (1991) - 3.5
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Apparently a sequel to Alphaville. Just your usual incomprehensible Godard jargon. Some scenes were thought-provoking, though!
Imitation of Life (1959) - 2.5
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For the love of God, I can't understand Sirk's films. Soap operish, bland, heavy-handed, I understand its importance, given it tackles racism, but it's just so obvious! My guess is that America needed a movie like this that would straightforwardly show that *racism is bad* and doing this in a form like this provided a wide (mostly female) audience. But maybe I just don't get it. Why are children so annoying in this? :(
驟雨 [Sudden Rain] (1956) - 4
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Setsuko Hara is married in this Mikio Naruse film. Kyoko Kagawa is married, too. What a pity! The ending with that beach ball is cathartic!
晩菊 [Late Chrysanthemums] (1954) - 4
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When your beauty withers you have to find other ways of living, but is it possible to get back to the past? It is, but the past is gone and the relicts of the past are irreversibly changed. Nothing is the way you remember it anymore!
Targets (1968) - 4.5
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Old horror vs. new horror. Men are no longer scared by monsters, but what if men are monsters? Bogdanovich's ace direction made senseless killing incredibly effective! Karloff is a bitch slapping master!
御用金 [Goyokin] (1969) - 4
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Nakadai > Mifune! Great screenplay, sword fights in the snow and rain and super entertaining.
死闘の伝説 [A Legend or Was It?] (1963) - 4
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Japanese rural western melodrama by Keisuke Kinoshita. Heavy and great!
Lisice [Handcuffs] (1970) - 4
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Way more political than it seems.
ＸＸ 美しき獲物 [XX: Beautiful Prey] (1996) - 3
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Kinky BDSM thriller. But not kinky enough!
人斬り [Tenchu!] (1969) - 4
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Not enough Nakadai, but Shintaro "Zatoichi Hanzo the Razor" Katsu is a beast here!
Paper Moon (1973) - 4.5
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I fell in love with this film. So beautiful! I don't know which Bogdanovich film should I watch now (I don't want to be disappointed).
The Servant (1963) - 4
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Aaah, what a quaint, posh British film.
*80 minutes later*
Joseph Losey, you contemptible cur! I love you!
Future War (1997) - 2.5
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Dude kills T-Rex with a knife. 'Nuff said.
donniedarko
05-21-17, 02:16 PM
Got me in the mood to watch a Marx Brothers film Minio
The Great Toe Mystery (Charles Avery, 1914) 2.5
The Magnetic Monster (Curt Siodmak, 1953) 2
I Love a Mystery (Henry Levin, 1945) 2.5
The Age of Shadows (Kim Jee-woon, 2016) 3+
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Korea, the late 1920s. Visceral action scenes blend with moody cinematography in this story of occupying Japanese forces seeking Korean Resistance fighters, centering around Resistance leader Lee Byung-hun and potential double agent Song Kang-ho.
The Devil’s Mask (Henry Levin, 1946) 2+
Sure Cures (David Barclay, 1946) 2.5
The Unknown (Henry Levin, 1946) 2+
The LEGO Batman Movie (Chris McKay, 2017) 3.5
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Batman (Voice of Will Arnett) dances to his own version of his theme song while saying “No” to Alfred (Voice of Ralph Fiennes) about talking about his feelings.
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck (Richard Bare, 1946) 3
Trail of Blood (Guerrieri Bros., 2011) 1.5+
20 Million Miles to Earth (Nathan Juran, 1957) 2+
Sitting Pretty (Walter Lang, 1948) 3.5
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Mr. Belvedere (Clifton Webb) answers housewife/mother Maureen O’Hara’s advertisement for a live-in babysitter, and he responds to her question about what his profession is.
Say It Isn’t So (J.B. Rogers, 2001) 2+
Speed Week (Howard Winner, 1957) 2.5
Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map (Robb Dipple, 2014) 3+
Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity (Michael Simon, 2007) 3.5
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Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham’s laugh riot show has five characters including Achmed the Suicide Bomber Terrorist who doesn’t realize he’s already dead.
The Gang’s All Here (Busby Berkeley, 1943) 2.5
Things to Come (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2016) 3-
We Are What We Are (Jim Mickle, 2013) 2.5
Becoming Bond (Josh Greenbaum, 2017) 3
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This “documentary” of one-off James Bond George Lazenby’s life proves he’s an amusing storyteller, or maybe just a good liar.
Mr Minio
05-21-17, 03:21 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6shYuOtbX30
Forrest Gump
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5
Been years since I rewatched this but I remember every beat. This film has been so engrained in the zeitgeist that it is very hard not to let yourself be influenced by that when watching it now. The first twenty I really thought Hanks affectations and the accents were going to get to me and I would become among the Gump haters. No deal though, I quickly set in and I stand firm that this is one of the best melodramas ever made. Funny, poignant, and heart warming with a great score and cinematography. No more letting the millennials get in my head about this one, all time favorite.
Bone Tomahawk
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4
This is a sharp film on every front. Not surprisingly the script is amazing and what makes me love it. Down half a star on this second watch but that is just because it didn't cement as an all time favorite for me. Just a damn entertaining movie that was among the ten best of its year, and that I will gladly recommend.
Marnie
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3
#problematic This film could never be remade today as is. With the two leads it is pretty damn entertaining and I do think there is a great story here. Just not well thought out from a feminist point of view. Some seams in the cinematography that I am not used to in Hitch films as well.
The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie
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3
I think Cassavetes is too much of a naturalist for my taste. I don't need all my crime films to be Goodfellas, but I like my characters with more life than this. That being said there are some great sequences and overall I am glad I spent two hours with the film. Worth seeing for the lead performance alone.
Torn Curtain
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4
Feels like every movie buff has that Hitch hidden gem that people never mention anymore. Torn Curtain looks like it just may be that for me. I love everything about this film. Beautiful to look at and two great leads. I think the story flows very nicely, being tense but never getting silly like I feel some of his other political thrillers do. Probably the best kill in any Hitch film not called Psycho. Once again his table setting is second to none and this film is brimming with interesting characters. Many of whom only get a couple scenes but bring lasting impact. Great film.
matt72582
05-21-17, 08:57 PM
The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie
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rating_3
I think Cassavetes is too much of a naturalist for my taste. I don't need all my crime films to be Goodfellas, but I like my characters with more life than this. That being said there are some great sequences and overall I am glad I spent two hours with the film. Worth seeing for the lead performance alone.
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I've seen every one of his movies, and this is my least favorite movie of his.. I don't even like it. Have you seen them all?
"Too Late Blues" is probably the best movie on music (it's a Top 50 for me) and it's very accessible (as well as "The Child Is Waiting") - the only two movies he made in the studio system after all the producers saw "Shadows" - speaking of, I saw a Mike Leigh documentary, and he mentioned how much that movie influenced him.
I've seen every one of his movies, and this is my least favorite movie of his.. I don't even like it. Have you seen them all?
"Too Late Blues" is probably the best movie on music (it's a Top 50 for me) and it's very accessible (as well as "The Child Is Waiting") - the only two movies he made in the studio system after all the producers saw "Shadows" - speaking of, I saw a Mike Leigh documentary, and he mentioned how much that movie influenced him.
I have seen, in order of preference A Woman Under The Influence, Killing Of A Chinese Bookie, and Faces. Still a bunch to go. Really liked Woman but I think that is due to the two leads more than story. Hated Faces, but admittedly might not have been ready for it.
matt72582
05-21-17, 10:56 PM
I have seen, in order of preference A Woman Under The Influence, Killing Of A Chinese Bookie, and Faces. Still a bunch to go. Really liked Woman but I think that is due to the two leads more than story. Hated Faces, but admittedly might not have been ready for it.
Faces is my 2nd least -- it's too muddled for me, and I saw it twice. My order:
-A Woman Under The Influence
-A Child Is Waiting
-Too Late Blues
-Minnie and Moskowitz
-Love Streams
-Husbands
-Gloria
-Shadows
-Faces
-The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
-Big Trouble (only took it because he was dying, leave his family with money)
donniedarko
05-22-17, 12:53 AM
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Recent Watches:
Swingers (Liman, 1996)- 2
A Fistful of Dollars (Leone, 1967)- 2
Just because I won't watch anything for awhile I reckoned I'd tab my previous two viewing. Neither really did much for me, unfortunately, but they were decent films on their own accords.
Pussy Galore
05-22-17, 03:43 PM
Imitation of Life (1959) - 2.5
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For the love of God, I can't understand Sirk's films. Soap operish, bland, heavy-handed, I understand its importance, given it tackles racism, but it's just so obvious! My guess is that America needed a movie like this that would straightforwardly show that *racism is bad* and doing this in a form like this provided a wide (mostly female) audience. But maybe I just don't get it. Why are children so annoying in this? :(
I really didn't see it like that, I really connected with the characters and I surprisingly found it quite subtle. The plot point that was obvious and not very subtle was the one with the daughter of the black woman, her behaviour was a little weird and over the top, but the acting was good and the ending still hit me.
Powdered Water
05-23-17, 03:35 PM
Man. Been a long time since I was in here. Anyway... who cares?
I watched a cute little French flick last night called Ma vie de Courgette (2016). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2321405/ Loved this cute little flick. Claymation and France. Two of my favorite things.
I'm expecting that from Netflix in the mail today. :cool:
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Resident Evil: Retribution 3+
I guess my quest towards being a bonafide 'vulger auteurist' is nearly complete, cause this was an awesome action flick. Apart from a final act that feels feels woefully overextended, this film is very satisfying & entertaining throughout its entire runtime. Paul W.S. Anderson is a skilled craftsmen, and, unlike other action filmmakers, he actually possesses a great understanding of spatiality and movement. Between you and me, the better Paul Anderson. :p
Triumph of the Will 3
Besides being an expertly crafted film, Triumph of the Will is also very effective in capturing Hitler's charisma and skill with rhetoric. It's disturbing, yet understandable, to see how an entire country ended up rallying around the sinister Nazi party. Like Birth of a Nation, it's a very disturbing film, but definitely one that I'm glad to have seen.
The Dead 4
John Huston's final film is also one of his finest. Knowing this this was the last film before his death lends the final scene an extra layer of poignancy. A stunning film, and one that makes me eager to read the James Joyce story that inspired it.
American Honey 4-
i've taken into account the criticisms that this film has received, but they've unaffected my opinion of what, I believe, is a great film. Arnold shows the ennui of being a disillusioned youth, but her empathetic gaze ensures that the film never heads into condescension or mockery.
Iroquois
05-24-17, 10:17 AM
Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983) - 2.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Peter Weir, 2003) - 3
Enemies Closer (Peter Hyams, 2013) - 2.5
Dragon Eyes (John Hyams, 2012) - 1.5
Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944) - 3
The Roaring Twenties (Raoul Walsh, 1939) - 3
John Wick (Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, 2014) - 4
John Wick: Chapter Two (Chad Stahelski, 2017) - 4
The Trouble with Harry (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955) - 1.5
Whisky Galore! (Alexander Mackendrick, 1949) - 2
Mr Minio
05-24-17, 03:02 PM
Deadly Prey (1987) - 4
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Kvlt Rambocore! Much better than Rambo! End of story!!!
Gli specialisti [Specialists] (1969) - 3.5
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Yet another Corbucci spaghetti western from the 60's. Not quite on par with his best (Django, The Great Silence, The Mercenary), but still pretty good. Johnny Hallyday isn't amongst the spag gods, though. Pasoliniesque ending FTW!
Les demoiselles de Rochefort [The Young Girls of Rochefort] (1967) - 4
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Just your typical hedonistic style over substance musical. The reinvigoration of American Kelly-esque mindless dance film paired with lackadaisical Michel Legrand score that apart from the main theme (that could be something taken out from Françoise Hardy B-sides) offers practically nothing in terms of plot development, as even though it conveys some information, the story itself is just an excuse to show more explosions of colourful confetti-filled Honda ballyhoo ads. Sorry, guys, just working on my use of sophisticated English words. Just gathered some negative ones and had to use them somewhere. PS: I loved the film.
EDIT: Just realized what I wrote makes literally zero sense. xD
Henri (Yolande Moraeu, 2013) 2.5
At Home with Joan Crawford (No Director Listed, 1953) 2
The Last Word (Mark Pellington, 2017) 2.5+
Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap: Every Song Tells a Story (John Barnard, 2014) 3.5-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rqJ8pG0Ir0
Randy Bachman performs a full-band electric concert (sans Burton Cummings) with each song prefaced by personal stories about Winnipeg, the Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
Before I Fall (Ry Russo-Young, 2017) 2.5+
Avé (Konstantin Bojanov, 2012) 3-
Scoop (Woody Allen, 2006) 2.5+
The Fate of the Furious (F. Gary Gray, 2017) 3-
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The eighth film in the series has the “family” involved in action and terrorism in, among other places, Cuba, NYC and the Arctic.
Die! Die! My Darling! (Silvio Narizzano, 1965) 2.5
Hello, Dolly! (Gene Kelly, 1969) 3+
Esa sensación aka That Feeling (Pablo Hernando, Juan Cavestany & Julián Génisson, 2016) 2+
John Wick Chapter 2 (Chad Stahelski, 2017) 3+
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Former underworld assassin Keanu Reeves completes his revenge from the last movie, but then gets called back into a world of blood oaths and multiple assassinations, including a contract on his life.
The Raiders (Herschel Daugherty, 1963) 2
The Verdict (Don Siegel, 1946) 2.5+
The Birth of Love (Philippe Garrel, 1993) 2
Raw aka Grave (Julia Ducournau, 2017) 3
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A drop of blood falls on the shoulder of veterinarian school freshman Garance Marillier which ominously adds to her evolution of character.
Buster’s Mal Heart (Sarah Adina Smith, 2017) 2+
Fill the Void (Rama Burshtein, 2012) 2.5
War Room (Alex Kendrick, 2015) 2
Ocean Waves (Tomomi Mochizuki, 1993) 3
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A young man (Voice of Nobuo Tabita) recalls his complex relationship in high school with a pretty but seemingly-arrogant transfer student (Voice of Yoko Sakamoto).
Mr Minio
05-27-17, 10:27 PM
Nocturnal Animals (2016) - 4
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Gritty thriller revenge story playing out in two different areas: The "real" drama part with Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal intervened with the "fictional" part with Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, all magnificent in their respective parts. It's incredible how intense and gut-wrenching the book part is, considering the fact we are constantly reminded it's a story Adams' character is reading. However, her strong reaction to it brings back some memories shown in retrospections that enrich the movie and hint at one of its themes. Great ending.
耳をすませば [Whisper of the Heart] (1995) - 3.5
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One of the less fantastical Studio Ghibli films. A coming-of-age 14-years-old girl love & "OMG I dunno what to do in the future" angst kind of flick with some trite "you're an unpolished diamond" message and some cringe-worthy moments. Still, it's very enjoyable and some scenes were very beautiful. I'm probably overrating it as I only enjoyed the film (didn't love it) while watching it, but in hindsight it was pretty good. Cool music. Concrete road. LEL.
La La Land (2016) - 3.5
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20 minutes in and I was ready to hate it. Apart from the opening sequence the film seemed to go this awful, uninspired way with some dreadful show-off scenes. Take the one, in which the camera jumps into the pool, then spins like crazy with some modern-looking dancers around the pool and then stops to show some fireworks - kitsch at its worst. But then the movie gets a little bit better with your typical love story and when the songs kick in they are not that bad. After a while it got entertaining for more than one reason. Say, that's a nice The Young Girls of Rochefort reference there. Love for jazz, Chazelle? Oh no, you didn't! So we should be dreamers, or shouldn't we? Dunno, but I'm enjoying myself. Cool rendition of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg ending. My initial aversion evaporated and I ended up really liking it.
Prix de beauté [Beauty Prize] (1930) - 4
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"There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!". Well, the film is not THAT great. But Brooks is. And that frame up above must be one of the best frames ever. All these ample thighs during the beauty contest made my head spin!
Ensayo de un crimen [The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz] (1955) - 4
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This opens very strongly with two wonderful and brutal death scenes, but then kind of settles down. It's still 100% Buñuel and I love the perversity of it, but it was still very classy and understated that on second thought maybe made it even better.
Deliverance (1972) - 3.5
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The "banjos scene" from this flick is rooted in legends. Well, It's not dueling banjos. Firstly, the first guy indeed plays banjo, but Drew plays guitar with a capo on. Secondly, they do not seem to have a duel. At the beginning the hillbilly just repeats what Drew plays and then they both play together. Apart from that, a great film. Maybe not the Straw Dogs level of great, but damn, man, them hillbillies are fierce. May be a 4 film!
cricket
05-27-17, 11:33 PM
About right for Nocturnal Animals, Whisper of the Heart, and La La Land, but too low for Deliverance! That's probably the highest percentage of movies I've seen from one of your posts.
Straight Outta Compton (2015) 4 Super slick and authentic. Almost completely exists outside of the modern PC environment. Almost=major studio. Left a bit out, I'm sure. Very entertaining. White guilt to the hilt.
The Gate (1987) 3.5 Surprisingly moody pre-teen horror tackles some heavy satanic themes. Misses the mark with a limp resolve, but the major run time is ensconced with amazing special effects and some 1/2 way decent humor. I liked it a lot.
Making Contact (1986) 2 Roland Emmerich tries his hand at licensing and plagiarizing E.T., Poltergeist, Star Wars and Indiana Jones, and succeeds partially at the general look and hiring the right composer, but fails outright with eliciting believable performances from bad casting choices and an obvious language barrier, not to mention a severe misunderstanding of American culture. Wolfgang Petersen did his American film much better.
Assassination (1987) 3 Not nearly as bad as it should have been. Charles Bronson shows more personality than usual with his wife Jill Ireland co-starring as first lady marked for death. They share a few nice scenes together. It's not The African Queen but it could have been much worse. Time well spent with more charming and intelligent, less ruthless Bronson. I found myself feeling pleasantly underwhelmed by the end credits.
The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, 1981) - 3.5+
Hail, Caesar! (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2016) - 3
Mýrin Jar City (Baltasar Kormákur, 2006) - 3
Suicide Squad (David Ayer, 2016) - 1.5+
No Cow on the Ice (Eloy Domínguez Serén, 2015) 2+
On the Trail of the Iguana (Ross Lowell, 1964) 2.5
Agata’s Friends (Laia Alabart, Alba Cros, Laura Ruis & Marta Verheyen, 2016) 2-
Irreversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002) 2
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Beauteous Monica Bellucci goes down the corridor to Hell.
The Wasp Woman (Roger Corman, 1959) 2
Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave (Ellory Elkayem, 2005) 1.5
The Strange World of Planet X aka Cosmic Monsters (Gilbert Gunn, 1958) 2
T2 Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 2017) 3
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Would you think that the guys are still taking drugs after 20 years – at least if they’re still alive.
The Killer Shrews (Ray Kellogg, 1959) 2-
Washington Melodrama (S. Sylvan Simon, 1941) 2.5
Bridal Suite (William Thiele, 1939) 2+
The Alamo (John Wayne, 1960) 3-
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General Santa Anna’s Mexican Army storms the Alamo in 1836.
Over the Years (Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 2015) 2.5
Flying Leathernecks (Nicholas Ray, 1951) 2
The Genie in a Tin of Ravioli (Claude Barras, 2006) 3
My Life as a Zucchini (Claude Barras, 2016) 3
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After his mom dies, Zucchini (Voice of Gaspard Schlatter) comes to an orphanage and eventually makes friends with a problem child (Voice of Paulin Jaccoud).
Hidden in America (Martin Bell, 1996) 2.5
Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) 2+
Father Sergius (Yakov Protazanov & Alexandre Volkoff, 1918) 2.5
Under the Bombs (Philippe Aractingi, 2008) 3-
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Expatriate Muslim Nada Abou Farhat returns to Lebanon during the 2006 War and heavy bombing to search for her son with the help of Christian taxi driver Georges Kabbaz.
Stirchley
05-29-17, 02:01 PM
Clever how some of you insert an animated clip into your posts. Wish I knew how to do that.
Clever how some of you insert an animated clip into your posts. Wish I knew how to do that.
Same as any other image. Some quick instructions posted below, from The Rodent:
https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1689303#post1689303
Stirchley
05-29-17, 03:17 PM
Same as any other image. Some quick instructions posted below, from The Rodent:
https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1689303#post1689303
Don't get it at all. If I want a one-second clip from something on YouTube, how do I get that and not the entire clip?
Don't get it at all. If I want a one-second clip from something on YouTube, how do I get that and not the entire clip?
You need to edit it yourself. Wondershare video converter is what I use on the firefox browser exclusively. DL the video, then set trim points in and out. A bit complicated for the novice but a worthy investment of time to learn it for future succincity. Is that a word?
Ah, so you were asking how to create them, not how to add them to posts? In that case, what Joel said, with the addendum that there are lots of online tools that'll turn parts of YouTube clips into GIFs. A quick Google search should bring up several.
Stirchley
05-29-17, 03:24 PM
You need to edit it yourself. Wondershare video converter is what I use on the firefox browser exclusively. DL the video, then set trim points in and out. A bit complicated for the novice but a worthy investment of time to learn it for future succincity. Is that a word?
That's what I figured. I have edited my own videos so I understand what you're saying. Maybe one day when I have more patience, I will give it a shot. They are most impressive, IMO.
Succinctness is the noun you are looking for. :)
Almost none of the GIFs you're seeing in here are made by the people using them, though: you can find tons of them by searching Google and hitting "Images." Under Tools, there's an option to only display animated images.
Ah, so you were asking how to create them, not how to add them to posts? In that case, what Joel said, with the addendum that there are lots of online tools that'll turn parts of YouTube clips into GIFs. A quick Google search should bring up several.
AH, OK. I misunderstood. You want GIF's. That's also very doable. A few moments of patience will not be soon unlearned. I suggest bookmarking all of your sources. Start with these...https://www.wondershare.net/pro/video-converter-ultimate.html (simply the best on the market, period.)
https://giphy.com/create/gifmaker (snoop around, it's fairly intuitive. Be sure to grab the download feature so you have full control and not just embedding capabilities)
Stirchley
05-29-17, 03:28 PM
Almost none of the GIFs you're seeing in here are made by the people using them, though: you can find tons of them by searching Google and hitting "Images." Under Tools, there's an option to only display animated images.
Oh, I thought the posters here had made them. Will try later for "Images".
Oh, I thought the posters here had made them. Will try later for "Images".
There's something satisfying about making your own. You decide what 24 or so frames get represented. I guess you can really extend gifs, too. But those may as well be a video at that point.
Powdered Water
05-29-17, 06:45 PM
Beauty and The Beast (Bill Condon, 2017) rating_2_5
Not bad. I'm kinda in the bag for Emma at his point and she could carry a tune pretty well. Liked most of the songs. Mostly just a big cgi remake of a classic. What do you really expect? I'm sure younger Emma fans will like it for being shiny and such.
The Boss Baby (Tom McGrath, 2017) rating_2
Did not love this one. We had some greats last year with Sing and Moana and even Zootopia but this one fell way short of those. Looking forward to some of the other animated releases this year tho.... shall return!
Warrior (Gavin O'Connor, 2011) - 4.5
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Frank Capra, 1939) - 4
Bee Movie (Steve Hickner/Simon J. Smith, 2007) - 3.5
Meet the Robinsons (Stephen J. Anderson, 2007) - 1.5
Iroquois
05-30-17, 11:45 PM
To Die For (Gus Van Sant, 1995) - 3
Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk, 1956) - 3
Escape From New York (John Carpenter, 1981) - 5
Last Man Standing (Walter Hill, 1996) - 2
Popeye (Robert Altman, 1980) - 2.5
A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, 1956) - 4
A Streetcar Named Desire (Elia Kazan, 1951) - 3.5
How Green Was My Valley (John Ford, 1941) - 3
A Place in the Sun (George Stevens, 1951) - 3
Le révélateur (Philippe Garrel, 1968) - 3
Powdered Water
05-31-17, 01:55 AM
Wonder if Trump has ever seen Escape From New York.
Iroquois
05-31-17, 02:05 AM
Wonder if Trump has ever seen Escape From New York.
The man hasn't got the attention span to sit through Bloodsport so I doubt it. The real question is whether or not he'd want to see the British-sounding President's birth certificate - or maybe why anyone would ever want to escape from his tremendous hometown.
[i][b]Escape From New York (John Carpenter, 1981) -
Nice! What are your brief thoughts on Escape from L.A? I think it's a severely underrated film because Carpenter just says "eff it" and mocks every aspect of civilization. I even find the outdated CGI sequences really charming.
Monkeypunch
05-31-17, 04:30 PM
Bring it On - Okay this movie was way funnier than I expected. So many great one liners and a smart, satirical script. Loved it! 5
Outside Providence - As someone from the New England Area, this movie gets the attitude and humor of the Massachusetts/Rhode Island area just right. Sure, some of the accents are a bit hammy, but ignore that, it's hilarious. 4.5
Dirty Dancing - Made for TV remake...Okay, I'm not a big fan of the original, so I can't really compare them, but this one had it's issues. Why is it three hours long? Why did they inject modern attitudes into a film set in the 50's/60's? Why didn't the leads have any chemistry? And what was up with the BS ending? Yes, we get it, they wouldn't have ended up together, but why show that? Let the viewer enjoy their teenage fantasy, it's a frickin' movie. I liked Abigail Breslin, it was nice to see a girl who isn't thin and movie star glamorous as the lead, but the rest of this was pretty crap. 1
Chypmunk
05-31-17, 04:54 PM
May second half:
4+
The Descent (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435625/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Neil Marshall, 2005)
4
Scarlet Street (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038057/?ref_=nv_sr_1) (Fritz Lang, 1946)
The Filth And The Fury (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236216/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Julien Temple, 2000)
3.5+
De behandeling (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3089778/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [The Treatment] (Hans Herbots, 2014)
The Interrupted Journey (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041511/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Daniel Birt, 1949)
3.5
Portrait Of Jennie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040705/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (William Dieterle, 1947)
3+
13 Sins (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2059171/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Daniel Stamm, 2014)
3
GirlHouse (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2577172/?ref_=nv_sr_1) (Jon Knautz & Trevor Matthews, 2014)
Out Of The Blue (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039688/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_9) aka Vera Caspary's Out Of The Blue (Leigh Jason, 1947)
The Strange Woman (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038990/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1) (Edgar G. Ulmer & Douglas Sirk, 1946)
2.5+
I'll be Seeing You (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036940/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (William Dieterle & George Cukor, 1944)
The Pay Off (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036255/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Arthur Dreifuss, 1942)
Uchûjin Tôkyô ni arawaru (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049900/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [Warning From Space] (Kôji Shima, 1956)
2.5
Texas Killing Fields (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1389127/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Ami Canaan Mann, 2011)
The Gunman (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2515034/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Pierre Morel, 2015)
2+
Uneasy Terms (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040918/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Vernon Sewell, 1948)
2
The Watch (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1298649/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Akiva Schaffer, 2012)
The Woman In Black 2: Angel Of Death (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2339741/?ref_=nv_sr_2) (Tom Harper, 2014)
1.5+
Women In The Night (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040003/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (cut vsn) (William Rowland, 1948)
1.5
Gun Woman (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3141912/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Kurando Mitsutake, 2014)
The Contract (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445946/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Bruce Beresford, 2006)
0.5
Willow Creek (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2885364/?ref_=nv_sr_1) (Bobcat Goldthwaite, 2013)
Powdered Water
05-31-17, 07:31 PM
Bobcat Goldthwaite directed a movie? That might be interesting...
May 2017 watches
May 1 - Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn; 2011) - 5
May 5 - The Social Network (David Fincher; 2010) - 5
May 6 - Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy; 2014) - 5
May 7 - Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson; 1996) - 3.5
May 7 - Blood Simple (Coen brothers; 1984) - 4.5
May 13 - The Fly (David Cronenberg; 1986) - 5
May 14 - Videodrome (David Cronenberg; 1983) - 5
May 15 - Eraserhead (David Lynch; 1977) - [rating]4[rating]
May 17 - A Serious Man (Coen brothers; 2009) - 3.5
May 20 - Non-Stop (Jaume Collet-Serra; 2014) - 2.5
May 25 - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch; 1992) - 4.5
May 28 - T2 Trainspotting (Danny Boyle; 2017) - 4
May 29 - Rushmore (Wes Anderson; 1998) - 5
May 30 - The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson; 2001) - 5
May 30 - The Man Who Wasn't There (Coen brothers; 2001) - 4
May 31 - Enemy (Denis Villeneuve; 2013) - 4
Total - 16
2017 total - 96
Bobcat Goldthwaite directed a movie? That might be interesting...
It is - I've seen six or seven.
1 Scarecrows (1988) (01/01/17) **
2 Curse of Chucky (2013) (07/01/17) ***1/2
3 Amsterdamned (1988) (12/01/17) **1/2 (NEW TO ME)
4 Rabid (1977) (14/01/17) *** (NEW TO ME)
5 Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) (15/01/17) ***1/2
6 Airplane! (1980) (15/01/17) ***1/2
7 Eyes of Crystal (2004) (19/01/17) ** (NEW TO ME)
8 Kingsman: The Secret Service (22/01/17) (2015) ***1/2
9 Time After Time (1979) (23/01/17) ***1/4
10 In A Valley of Violence (2016) (31/01/17) ***1/4 (NEW)
11 Spooks: The Greater Good (2015) (01/02/17) (NEW TO ME) ***1/4
12 Split (2017) (06/02/17) **1/2 (CINEMA NEW)
13 A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014) (11/02/17) ***1/4
14 Groundhog Day (1993) (16/02/17) ***1/4
15 Hopscotch (1980) (21/02/17) *** (NEW TO ME)
16 Batman (1989) (25/02/17) ***1/4
17 The Mask (1995) (26/02/17) ***
18 In Bruges (2007) (05/02/17) ****
19 Better Off Dead (1985) (12/03/17) ***1/2
20 Appointment with Death (1988) (18/03/17) *** (NEWISH TO ME)
21 Train to Busan (2016) (21/03/17) ***1/4 (NEW)
22 Before I Wake (2016) (21/03/17) *** (NEW)
23 Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) (26/03/17) ****
24 Beauty and the Beast (2017) (27/03/17) ***1/2 (CINEMA NEW)
25 Life (2017) (29/03/17) ***1/2 (CINEMA NEW)
26 Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) (02/04/17) ***1/4
27 Show Me Love (1998) (09/04/17) ****
28 The Burning (1981) (16/04/17) ***
29 Twins (1988) (16/04/17) ***1/4
30 Hush (2016) (17/04/17) ***1/2 (NEW)
31 Addams Family Values (1993) (23/04/17) ***1/4
32 Damien Omen II (1978) (24/04/17) ***1/2
33 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) (25/04/17) ***1/4 (CINEMA NEW)
34 Source Code (2011) (13/05/17) ***
35 Bad Words (2014) (15/05/17) ***1/2
36 John Wick 2 (2017) (22/05/17) **1/2 (CINEMA NEW)
37 The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) (24/05/17) ***1/4
38 The Cabin in the Woods (2012) (31/05/17) ***1/2
Iroquois
05-31-17, 11:06 PM
Nice! What are your brief thoughts on Escape from L.A? I think it's a severely underrated film because Carpenter just says "eff it" and mocks every aspect of civilization. I even find the outdated CGI sequences really charming.
I did a proper review (https://www.movieforums.com/reviews/1494111-escape-from-l.a..html) last year, but to sum it up, yeah, I feel pretty much the same way about it as you do. Still think they do a poor job of handling Pam Grier's character, though.
May Watches: * = Rewatch
MacGruber 3
The Burning 3-
The Broken Circle Breakdown 3+
Flesh + Blood 3+
Dances With Wolves* 3.5+
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 4
Get Out 3
Don't Breathe 3-
Detention 3.5
Pontypool 2.5+
24 Hour Party People 3.5
The Lady From Shanghai 4-
Stranger Than Paradise 3-
Spellbound 3
The Man From Nowhere* 4
Jaws* 4.5
2017 Watches = 99
cricket
06-01-17, 07:58 PM
May, 2017 movies watched-
Wings of Desire (1987) 3.5- A little uneven for me, but it has plenty going for it.
Rome, Open City (1945) 2.5 Seemed like a pretty good movie but I couldn't get into it.
Buffalo 66 (1998) 4 I thought this movie was hilarious and I didn't expect that.
La La Land (2016) 4 I would call it a great musical even if I'm not totally in love with it.
Gilda (1946) 4- An excellent noir, but more than that, a fantastic showcase for Rita Hayworth.
Flesh and Blood (1985) 3 Not one of Verhoeven's best, but still entertaining.
The Palm Beach Story (1942) 3 Claudette Colbert is delightful in this classic rom-com.
Stray Dog (1949) 3.5+ Excellent Kurosawa crime film that was just missing any type of wow factor.
The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012) 5 Emotionally destroyed.
Heaven Can Wait (1943) 3.5 Charming and elegant, touching and humorous.
The Spiral Staircase (1946) 3 Great atmosphere, but I've seen it all so many times before.
The Chase (1946) 2 Completely falls apart after a promising start.
The Great Dictator (1940) 4 Consistently funny with great meaning behind it.
Whiskey Galore! (1949) 3 A quaint setting and an amusing story.
Body and Soul (1947) 4+ Massive surprise from the noirs list, but it's not like a regular noir.
Ramrod (1947) 2.5 Average western besides Veronica Lake and a little extra violence.
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) 3.5 I really enjoyed this even if I had a hard time getting into the fantasy aspect.
In a Glass Cage (1986) 3- Horrifying drama that is very effective at being uncomfortable to watch, but it is very slow at times.
Criss Cross (1949) 3.5 From the noirs list, this movie features a shady love triangle and a tragic finale.
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 4 Great classic Hollywood entertainment.
Lion (2016) 4 A very touching story.
The Woman in the Window (1944) 2 Mostly decent, but completely ruined by one of the worst cop-out endings I've seen.
Don't F**k in the Woods (2016) 1.5 Amateur film that I enjoyed more than some renowned classics.
Hanger (2009) 1.5- Sick stuff but poorly made and lacking personality.
They Live By Night (1948) 3.5- Very good mix of crime film and love story.
Hush (2008) 3 Average horror/thriller, and that's ok with me.
Cornered (1945) 2.5 From the noirs list, I thought this had a pretty decent story, but it was average.
The Chase (1966) 3.5+ Really good flick that was close to being an all time great.
A Most Violent Year (2014) 3.5 Authentic feeling crime drama made by the performances.
Road to Morocco (1942) 2.5 Amusing movie from the top 100 laughs list with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.
Split (2016) 2- After 20 minutes, I couldn't wait for it to end.
Journey Into Fear (1942) 3 Nothing special but Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles make it well worth watching.
White Girl (2016) 3 Pretty good if you like trashy characters in trashy movies.
The Crooked Way (1949) 3- Another from the noirs list, and I'd say it's visuals pump it up a little above average.
Total May viewings-34
Total 2017 viewings 144
Making the Grade (1984) 2.5 A total mess but has some ridiculous ego 80's moments, especially the opening credit sequence, to make it..well, still not quite endurable. Also has the distinction of being a Cannon/MGM release that got labeled as PG on the VHS box, but was actually rated R?
Secret Admirer (1985) 3 Silly but surprisingly thought out script brings some really attractive talent together with the always fun to watch Courtney Gains (Malachai from Children of the Corn). Fred Ward steals the show and Kelly Preston and Lori Laughlin are stunning. A well made 80's teen comedy that doesn't get enough love. Also has a lovely title them by Jan Hammer.
Strange Invaders (1983) 4 This boutique-like, highly stylized send up to 1950's sci fi works as a subtle comedy as well as a juicy piece of fiction thanks to beautiful matte paintings, solid effect work, tongue in cheek writing, and oxford commas, I mean a fun delivery. Characters aren't larger than life, but we get some nice side performances, even if they criminally underused Wallace Shawn.
Masterminds (2016) 2.5 Not a good movie. At all. It relies on the usual toilet humor mentality to get itself out of a pacing jam and joke quotient. However, it's impossible for me to not watch, and at least slightly enjoy and chuckle at, a film with Galifinakis and Wilson. Some of the jokes are funny. I'd say Masterminds is on par with any Farrelly Bros offering save the financial backing and pop appeal. Just a mindless time waster which is oddly based on an actual true story.
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses (Charles Grosvenor, 2005) 2
Operation Pacific (George Waggner, 1951) 2.5
Key to the City (George Sidney, 1950) 2+
Life (Daniel Espinosa, 2017) 2.5
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The International Space Station’s crew of scientists are about to discover a deadly life form which could probably destroy all life on Earth if it ever gets here.
Papirosen (Gastón Solnicki, 2012) 2
The Wind of the Night (Philippe Garrel, 1999) 2.5
The Young Runaways (Arthur Dreyfuss, 1968) 2
The Man Who Sleeps (Bernard Queysanne, 1974) 2.5
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Experimental film about a young man (Jacques Spiesser) who becomes sick of and even distrustful of life – going so far as to not even recognize himself and his fragilities.
Houseboat (Melville Shavelson, 1958) 2.5
Lovers and Lollipops (Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin, 1956) 2
Stargate: Continuum (Martin Wood, 2008) 2.5
Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996) 3
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Edinburgh druggie Ewan McGregor tries to quit his heroin addiction but is constantly being brought back to it.
Weddings and Babies (Morris Engel, 1958) 2
Rapid Fire (Dwight H. Little, 1992) 2.5
Collision (David Marconi, 2013) 2
The Bridge (Eric Sykes, 2006) 2.5+
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The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is a place where people commit suicide by jumping regularly (24 in 2004), and this film depicts several jumpers and their surviving loved ones.
The Island (Michael Ritchie, 1980) 2.5
Ingenious (Jeff Balsmeyer, 2009) 2
Holy Hell (Will Allen, 2016) 2.5+
Come What May (Christian Carion, 2015) 2.5+
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A German Nazi Resistance fighter (August Diehl), a Scottish military officer (Matthew Rhys) and a French farmer (Laurent Gerra) spend a moment bonding over local wine as the Nazis invade France in May 1940.
Mr Minio
06-04-17, 12:35 PM
Irma la Douce (1963) - 4
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Not quite the level of The Apartment, but a wonderful film all the same! The bartender character's kindness and bravado (Mr. been everywhere done everything) is adorable. Lemmon's rendition of the Baron is bloody hilarious, old chip, ugh, I mean chap. Old chap.
実録阿部定 [A Woman Called Sada Abe] (1975) - 3.5
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The story of the infamous Sada Abe in the form of roman poruno. Explicit and kinky (which is a must given the subject matter) and the harbinger of Oshima's version made one year later.
The Philadelphia Story (1940) - 3.5
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A pretty good film with a star cast including Grant, Stewart and Hepburn. I wish it had more screwball comedy than romantic comedy, though.
Miracolo a Milano [Miracle in Milan] (1951) - 4
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Some single scenes (especially at the beginning) are worth a five star rating. The fairy tale formula of the story is a cool concept, but I'm not sure if Italian neorealism and fairy tale go that well together. I'd like to see this concept taken to extreme with much more brutality and realism.
Quella sporca storia nel west [Johnny Hamlet] (1968) - 4
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Blasting spaghetti western! Shakespearean story combined with badassness, starking colours and beautiful music.
RoboCop (1987) - 3.5
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Didn't expect it to be so good. Apparently, this is one of the vanguard of the Mainstream Mafia and therefore it should be hated by every member of Arthouse Mafia. Still, Verhoeven is an auteur to some extent so I guess it's cool to like this film no matter the Mafia you are in. The retrospections and POV scenes were especially effective.
Tepepa [Long Live the Revolution] (1968) - 3.5
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Milan, Steiner and Welles. The Zapata Western's leftist themes kind of get on my nerves at times, but some scenes are undeniably beautiful and the ending is really harsh!
Starship Troopers (1997) - 3.5
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Young dumb boys and girls watch propaganda footage and then are taught to kill different species that obviously are greatly inferior to them. They wear fancy suits designed by Hugo Boss and move in grandiose locations built by Albert Speer. Oh, and they f*ck. The special effects in this were ground-breaking! Might be a four star film.
No quarto da Vanda [In Vanda's Room] (2000) - 3.5
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Portuguese cinema day - Part 1. In drug-filled hell phantoms of once people dwell in the ruins of Lisbon. Not amongst Costa's best, but hypnotic and depressing enough to be a good watch.
A comédia de Deus [God's Comedy] (1995) - 5
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Portuguese cinema day - Part 2. A dirty old man lusting after (very) young girls. The most beautiful portrayal of pedophile rape I've ever seen! Watched the first part of the trilogy some months ago and although it was good, I wasn't lovestruck. Now I am.
As bodas de Deus [The Spousals of God] (1999) - 4
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Portuguese cinema day - Part 3. The final installment in the trilogy. Superior to the first, but greatly inferior to the second. Starts on a very poetic and innocent note, but then gets nasty! Not the level of kinkiness God's Comedy has, but still Monteiro is one kinky bastard.
Point de chute (1970) - 4
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Robert Hossein is such an underrated director! Cemetery Without Crosses's poetry echoes in this thriller as well. A very sad story.
Le souvenir d'un avenir [Remembrance of Things to Come] (2001) - 3.5
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Not quite on par with Marker's best, but it's good to see he still got the thing going on as late as at the turn of the century. His later shorts are terrible.
The Hateful Eight (Quentin Tarantino, 2015) - rating_4
Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock, 1944) - rating_3
The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947) - rating_3
Carnal Knowledge (Mike Nichols, 1971) - rating_2_5
Iroquois
06-05-17, 10:47 AM
In Order of Disappearance (Hans Petter Morland, 2014) - 3
Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins, 2017) - 3.5
I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore (Macon Blair, 2017) - 3
Signs of Life (Werner Herzog, 1968) - 3.5
Even Dwarfs Started Small (Werner Herzog, 1970) - 3.5
The Fearless Vampire Killers (Roman Polanski, 1967) - 3.5
Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg, 1988) - 4
Altered States (Ken Russell, 1980) - 3.5
New World (Park Hoon-jung, 2013) - 3
Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (José Padilha, 2010) - 2.5
Steamboat Bill, jr. (Charles Reisner/Buster Keaton, 1928) - rating_4
Island of Lost Souls (Erle C. Kenton, 1932) - rating_3_5
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011) - rating_3
Picturesque Massachusetts (James A. FitzPatrick, 1942) 2+
All the Way Home (Alex Segal, 1963) 2.5
Song of India (Albert S. Rogell, 1949) 2
Blind (Eskil Vogt, 2014) 3-
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Oslo author Ellen Dorrit Petersen adjusts to her recent blindness by imagining the look of her new apartment and the reality of her friends and acquaintances, even including her husband (Henrik Rafaelsen).
Montana Territory (Ray Nazarro, 1952) 2
Haunter (Vincenzo Hatali, 2013) 2.5
Rain (Craig DiBona, 2006) 2
The Retrieval (Chris Eska, 2013) 2.5+
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During the Civil War, runaway slave Tishaun Scott is retrieved by black teen Ashton Sanders (Moonlight) who actually works for bounty hunter Bill Oberst Jr.
Bright Eyes (David Butler, 1934) 2.5+
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap (Fred F. Sears, 1953) 2
Down on the Farm (Ray Gray & Erle Kenton, 1920) 2.5
Love (Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, 1919) 3
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The family of Fatty’s true love (Winifred Westover) arranges for her to marry another, so with the help of friend Monty Banks, he poses as a new cook at the wedding.
Sunnyside (Charles Chaplin, 1919) 2.5+
Barrios altos aka Uptown (Jose L. Garcia-Berlanga, 1987) 2
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra (Jean Negulesco, 1942) 2.5
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Pedro Almodvar, 1989) 3-
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Druggie porn star Victoria Abril relaxes in the bathtub before getting kidnapped by just-released mental patient Antonio Banderas who's in love with her.
Wild Innocence (Philippe Carrel, 2001) 2
Billy the Kid (William A. Graham, 1989) 2.5
Billionaire Ransom aka Take Down (Jim Gillespie, 2016) 2
Howard the Duck (Willard Huyck, 1986) 3+
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Howard does prefer the female of his own species but he does take a liking to rock singer Lea Thompson.
re93animator
06-07-17, 05:32 AM
The Big Empty (2003) – 3.5
Another quirky crime mystery. I really like the sort, redundant as they may have seemed at this point. This is better than most. The mystery stays pretty fun and is more outlandish than most of its ilk.
Rock & Rule (1983) – 3
This is paced about as well as a Ferrari in a retirement community, but the dystopian setting and animations are so awesome. It had a lot of potential, but the pacing and (mostly) stupid screenplay impedes it a lot. I would hate to see the combined budget used on drugs.
Surveillance (2008) – 2.5
Jennifer Lynch seems to take a few cues from her pops, but overall, this is a somewhat straightforward crime thriller with really hammy dialogue. Passible if you’re looking for a twisty psych-thriller.
The Thing (2011) – 2.5
Before the events of the 80’s version, we discover that a bunch of eerily similar stuff happened to another group of folks. The decade-old CGI hate bandwagon might seem trite now, but the effects are a huge eyesore here, sometimes even silly. I really liked most of this though, it just poured on the action way too much in the last third.
Life (2017) – 2.5
This seems slightly more ambitious than most genre forays, but it’s just not terribly entertaining. The leaf monster is disappointing too. There are some effective moments though, predominantly in the first half.
I also watched 10 Cloverfield Lane (3) and Kong: Skull Island (3_5). I've taken about as much CGI-monster abuse as I can at the moment.
Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom (Sean Patrick O’Reilly, 2016) 2
Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally: Summer of 69: No Apostrophe (Jay Karas, 2017) 2.5
The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, 1934) 2
Stargate (Roland Emmerich, 1994) 2.5
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A Stargate test works so scientists and the military plan to use it to transport themselves to the far-off civilization that left it on Earth.
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends (Charles Grosvenor & Jamie Mitchell, 2007) 2
Reign of Fire (Rob Bowman, 2002) 2.5
Lovewrecked (Randal Kleiser, 2006) 2
Meet the Fokkens (Gabrielle Provaas & Rob Schroeder, 2011) 2.5
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Dutch twin sisters Louise and Martine Fokkens have worked as prostitutes in Amsterdam’s Red Light District for over four decades.
In Old California (William McGann, 1942) 2.5
The Eyes of Laura Mars (Irvin Kershner, 1978) 2+
Colorful Colorado (James A. FitzPatrick, 1944) 2.5
To Die For (Gus Van Sant, 1995) 3
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To enhance her TV career, sociopath Nicole Kidman seduces teenager Joaquin Phoenix to kill her husband (Matt Dillon).
B*A*P*S (Robert Townsend, 1997) 2
Jingle All the Way (Brian Levant, 1996) 2.5
Over the Seas to Belfast (James A. FitzPatrick, 1946) 2+
Land of Mine (Martin Zandvliet, 2015) 3
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At the end of WWII, teenage German POWs are forced to diffuse and clear all the Nazi land mines planted along the Danish coast, supervised by a sergeant (Roland Møller) who grudgingly comes to respect them.
First Aid (Will Jason, 1943) 2.5
Her Sister's Secret (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1946) 2
The Amazing Transparent Man (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1960) 1.5+
Detour (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945) 2.5+
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Femme fatale Ann Savage has the unluckiest chump (Tom Neal) in the world by the balls in this super-cheap cult noir.
Stirchley
06-07-17, 02:05 PM
mark f, interesting choices always. I am going to stream Blind and Meet the Fokkens on Amazon.com.
The Navigator (Donald Crisp/Buster Keaton, 1924) - 3.5+
Bronenosets Potyomkin Battleship Potemkin (Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1925) - 3.5
Shark Tale (Bibo Bergson/Vicky Jenson/Rob Letterman, 2004) - 1.5
The Big Empty (2003) – 3.5
Another quirky crime mystery. I really like the sort, redundant as they may have seemed at this point. This is better than most. The mystery stays pretty fun and is more outlandish than most of its ilk.
I really enjoy this movie. I own it and watch it every few years. It's just funny enough to get a mild chuckle and has a decent amount of atmosphere from the locations. Nice selection, BTW.
Smoky (George Sherman, 1966) 2
Black Cobra (Scott Donovan & Lilly Melgar, 2012) 1.5
Into the Badlands (Sam Pillsbury, 1991) 2
Five Easy Pieces (Bob Rafelson, 1970) 4
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Jack Nicholson stars as a restless man with few connections to anyone and even fewer commitments. Occasionally he’s confronted with the slightest bit of guilt he doesn’t want to feel.
The Desperados (Henry Levin, 1969) 2
What on Earth! (Les Drew & Kaj Pindal, 1967) 2.5
Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon (R.G. Springsteen, 1961) 2
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (Sam Liu, 2017) 3
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Starfire (Kari Wahlgren) and Nightwing (Sean Maher) discuss a training move, or was it one of a more personal nature?
Snakes on a Plane (David R. Ellis, 2006) 2+
Virtuosity (Brett Leonard, 1995) 2.5
Mindhorn (Sean Foley, 2017) 2+
Last of the Comanches (Andre De Toth, 1953) 2.5
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In this remake of Humphrey Bogart's WWII saga Sahara, Sergeant Broderick Crawford enlists the aid of Indian youth Johnny Stewart to help his small team of men find water and report back to a fort about a violent chief of another tribe.
Fire with Fire (David Barrett, 2012) 2
Air of Paris (Marcel Carné, 1954) 2.5
College Road Trip (Roger Kumble, 2008) 2
Words and Music (Norman Taurog, 1948) 2.5
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Lena Horne performs one of their many standards in this fictionalized biography of Richard Rodgers (Tom Drake) and Lorenz Hart (Mickey Rooney).
Le jour se lève aka Daybreak (Marcel Carné, 1939) 2.5+
The Last Frontier (Anthony Mann, 1955) 2+
Katharine Hepburn (Joseph R. Juliano, 1962) 2.5
Fog over Frisco (William Dieterle, 1934) 2
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Scandalous debutante Bette Davis smiles when she receives a radiogram from the man she hopes will take her away from her recent life of crime, but instead she disappears.
Iroquois
06-10-17, 08:59 AM
Point Blank (Fred Cavayé, 2010) - 2.5
Wait Until Dark (Terence Young, 1967) - 2.5
The Virgin's Bed (Philippe Garrel, 1969) - 2.5
Summer Wars (Mamoru Hosoda, 2009) - 3
The Boy and the Beast (Mamoru Hosoda, 2015) - 3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Steve Box and Nick Park, 2005) - 3.5
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (F.W. Murnau, 1922) - 3.5
She Killed in Ecstasy (Jesús Franco, 1971) - 1.5
Heart of Glass (Werner Herzog, 1976) - 4
Nosferatu the Vampyre (Werner Herzog, 1979) - 4.5
Chypmunk
06-13-17, 07:18 PM
June thus far:
4.5
Rosemary's Baby (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063522/?ref_=nv_sr_1) (Roman Polanski, 1968)
4+
Kanal (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050585/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [Sewer] (Andrzej Wajda, 1957)
3.5+
Dragonwyck (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038492/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1946)
How Green Was My Valley (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033729/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (John Ford, 1941)
The Dark Crystal (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083791/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Jim Henson & Frank Oz, 1982)
The Way To The Stars (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038238/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Anthony Asquith, 1945)
The Woman In The Window (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037469/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Fritz Lang, 1944)
3.5
American Sniper (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
Black Angel (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038360/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3) (Roy William Neill, 1946)
Candyman (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103919/?ref_=nv_sr_1) aka Clive Barker's Candyman (Bernard Rose, 1992)
One Million Years B.C. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060782/?ref_=tt_rec_tt) (Don Chaffey, 1966)
Quatermass And The Pit (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062168/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Ray Ward Baker, 1967)
The Brood (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078908/?ref_=nv_sr_1) aka David Cronenberg's The Brood (unrated vsn) (David Cronenberg, 1979)
3+
13 Rue Madelaine (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038279/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Henry Hathaway, 1946)
It Follows (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3235888/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1) (David Robert Mitchell, 2014)
The Upturned Glass (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039947/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Lawrence Huntington, 1947)
3
Hell Night (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082511/?ref_=nv_sr_1) (Tom DeSimone, 1981)
One Million B.C. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032871/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Hal Roach & Hal Roach Jr, 1940)
That Brennan Girl (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039020/?ref_=nv_sr_1) (Alfred Santell, 1946)
The Adventures Of Tartu (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035612/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Harold S. Bucquet, 1943)
2.5+
Escape (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040325/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_24) (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1948)
Sammy's avonturen: De geheime doorgang (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1230204/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures] (Ben Stassen, 2010)
Young Widow (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039114/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Edwin L. Marin, 1946)
2.5
Angel On My Shoulder (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038300/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Archie Mayo, 1946)
Counterblast (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040249/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) aka Devil's Plot (Paul L. Stein, 1948)
2+
Instinct (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128278/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2) (Jon Turteltaub, 1999)
2
I See A Dark Stranger (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038289/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Frank Launder, 1946)
1.5+
Proof Of Lies (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0811119/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Peter Svatek, 2006)
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Les Enfants Terribles: 3
Really thought I was hating this through the first half hour but it kind of grabs hold of you and slowly draws you into this strange little story. Very interesting thematically. I will definitely watch it again someday.
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Get Out 3.5
Through the first 2/3 this movie was great. Very tight and poignant script. Loses me towards the end.
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War Machine 2
Very uneven film. I don't think it was exactly what it was trying to be. Had a few moments but overall just kind of a mess.
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Topaz 2
Very dry watch. I have already forgotten most of it.
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Citizen Kane 5
My third time watching the greatest movie ever made. I don't feel that way about it but I think it is pretty damn perfect. Already ready to watch it again.
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Masterminds 0.5
Felt like something I wouldn't have to think about the other night. This is why you should always stick to sitcom reruns when you feel that way. Ugh.
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The Shack 2.5
The fist Christian film I have actually been looking forward to. Based off one of my favorite novels ever. The story is perfect for the cinema. Really good in parts but ultimately falls into the same old traps. Could have been a much deeper film.
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The Last Picture Show 3.5
Thought I had seen this before but I think I had only seen bits and pieces. Really great cinematography and characters. A little bland at times though.
6 month Collection Revisiting
City Slickers - 3.5 - light and cheery. Didn't make me cringe much. Extra points for that. Good casting.
Zoolander - 3 - hard to hate this movie even though it's empty and stupid. I still can stomach it but this may be the last time I do.
The Breakfast Club - 4.5 moments of silliness never outweigh the precedent set by Hughes with his writing and casting. Great location. Love the blue neon strip accenting the otherwise beige school library. Not quite an art film on par with Risky Business as far as the look, but definitely right up there with innovation for teen comedy reinvention.
Sideways - 5 - still makes me laugh and keeps me interested all of the way through. Love the performances and locations.
Big Trouble in Little China - 4.5 - has everything. Strange movie but funny and great effects. One of my faves still.
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane - 3 - suffers from stupid writing. Clay is capable of much more. He does a mean Jerry Lewis/Nutty Professor tick that thankfully gets a brief moment of screen time. Wish there was more physical comedy like this and not so much of his usual shtick.
The Amityville Horror - 3.5 - Scares me every time. James Brolin's eyes are enough to give me nightmares. That guy really threw down some chops for his role. Creepy atmosphere. I am a grown man and when I saw this again, I took a bathroom break. As I walked through the dark kitchen to get there, I became overwhelmed with the feeling something was in the room with me. I forcefully started talking out loud and jerking forward quickly. Very weird. I got legitimately goosed.
The Hard Way - 3.5 - kind of hard to dislike a John Badham movie starring James Woods and Michael J. Fox as crime fighters even if the movie is stupid.
The Return of the Living Dead - 4.5 - this one gets super high points fropm me because of the comedy. James Karen is a punch in the gut with his manic overacting. Love the effects and the comedy as well as the location/atmosphere. It's a true classic made by much missed Dan O' Bannon.
The burbs' - 4 - I like this movie more every time I watch it. Rick Duccomen, Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern..even Carrie Fisher and Courtney Gains..not to mention the Klopek's. Great late 80's comedy thriller and one of Joe Dante's best efforts, imo.
Iroquois
06-14-17, 12:26 AM
Land of Silence and Darkness (Werner Herzog, 1971) - 4
Fata Morgana (Werner Herzog, 1971) - 3.5
Oz the Great and Powerful (Sam Raimi, 2013) - 2.5
Hard Target (John Woo, 1993) - 2.5
Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973) - 4
Pumping Iron (George Butler, 1977) - 3
The Candidate (Michael Ritchie, 1972) - 3
Klute (Alan J. Pakula, 1971) - 3.5
Tower (Keith Maitland, 2016) - 3.5
La ronde (Max Ophüls, 1950) - 3.5
To Paris with Love (Robert Hamer, 1955) 2.5
Girl in Woods (Jeremy Benson, 2016) 1.5+
Master of the House (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1925) 2.5
Bend of the River (Anthony Mann, 1952) 3
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Gambler Rock Hudson and two men (James Stewart & Arthur Kennedy) with questionable pasts attempt to have their way in Portland in the 1840s.
Nick Cannon: F#ck Nick Cannon (Jay Chapman, 2013) 2.5
Evening Classes aka Cours du soir (Nicolas Rybowski, 1967) 2
Oregon Passage (Paul Landres, 1957) 2.5
Being 17 (André Téchiné, 2015) 2.5
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The doctor mother (Sandrine Kiberlain) of a teenager (Kacey Mottet Klein) examines him and the orphan (Corentin Fila) they’ve allowed to stay with them, and she learns from their multiple bruises that they’ve been fighting.
Paris (Cedric Klepisch, 2008) 2.5
Oleg and Strange Arts (Andrés Duque, 2016) 2
Boy (Nagisa Ôshima, 1969) 2.5
Cruel Story of Youth aka Naked Youth (Nagisa Ôshima, 1960) 2.5
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Two amoral people come together and find what they call love in a turbulent relationship. He (Yûsuke Kawazu) utilizes the ability she (Miyuki Kuwano) has to get men to pick her up in their cars to extort them.
The Scarlet Coat (John Sturges, 1955) 2.5
A Penny a Peep (Ralph Staub, 1934) 2
The Last of the Mohicans (George B. Seitz, 1936) 2.5+
Postcards from the Zoo (Edwin, 2012) 2.5
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Abandoned at a zoo as a very young girl, young adult Ladya Cheryl grows up in a fantasyland of animals and rides until her life is magically changed and she’s introduced to the corrupt real world.
The Sense of an Ending (Ritesh Batra, 2017) 2.5
Final Descent (Mike Robe, 1997) 2
Creature (Fred M. Andrews, 2011) 1.5+
The Boy from Geita (Vic Sarin, 2014) 3-
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In Tanzania, there is prejudice against albinos, often precipitated by village witch doctors, which results in their mutilation or death.
Castle of Sand (Yoshitaro Nimura, 1974) 2.5 ; Art House Rating: 4
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Let me slowly jump to the chase here and try to explain the difference between my two ratings. This film is considered worthy to be discussed along with Kurosawa's best. The reason for this, I imagine, is that it's something of an epic (143 minutes and covers about 35 years of time). It also is a film which starts out one way and then transforms itself into something resembling a completely-different kind of more-significant movie than you thought, and it utilizes extremely unique-and-personal music to tell its tale. I have to admit that although I vaguely remember the title, I really knew nothing at all about this film before I saw it. So I watched a Japanese police procedural/murder mystery, which I felt utilized an extremely-awkward storytelling style (hiding info, almost to a mystifying degree) and had two detectives who consisted of one who's a been-there/done-that-type of veteran and a youngster with tons of energy and lots of natural inquisitiveness. This accurately describes their personalities, and reading that, it makes them seem more interesting than they are. Anyway, the only reason we care (if we do) about these guys is because through some primitive CSI techniques, we learn something to do with a murder, and this somehow leads us to a pianist/composer and a leper. From here on, the film completely evolves into something resembling a commentary on a cultural social injustice, but equally important, it also seems to be this live concert given full of newly-composed orchestral music which comments on all the film's visuals (something along the lines of a score for a silent movie).
I'm apparently supposed to be overwhelmed emotionally, and I'll admit that the score is beautiful, but the film begins so awkwardly, and I also believe that it continues that same way while audaciously transitioning to a completely-different animal. Instead of feeling deep emotions about how the film turned out, I'm unfortunately wondering why it took so long (all the cop stuff is borderline amateurish to me, at least on a technical level) for me to feel like I didn't quite "get" the murder mystery part. I watched this because it was on the Noir List, and I may well rewatch this soon to decide if I have the problem, but at least I can understand how to rate movies in two different ways. Tell me which rating you agree with
Red River (Howard Hawks, 1948) 4
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Spectacular western epic about the first cattle drive along the Chisholm Trail is actually a thinly-veiled retelling of Mutiny on the Bounty. But years earlier, Thomas Dunson (John Wayne) breaks free from a wagon train with his longtime friend Groot (Walter Brennan), a wagon, a bull and some horses. Dunson tells his fiancee (Colleen Gray) to continue on with the train and that he'll send for her when he's ready. By the time the two men make it to the Red River in Texas, they realize that the wagons have been attacked by Indians. After the Indians attack them at night, young Matt arrives at their camp with a cow but he's half-crazy having witnessed the Indian attack on the wagon train before escaping. Years later, after the Civil War, Matt (played by Montgomery Clift as an adult) returns to help Dunson and Groot drive the herd of almost 10,000 cattle west to Missouri, although there are rumors that there's a railroad in Abilene, Kansas, which would eliminate the danger of Missouri raiders stealing the herd and killing the men. Dunson wants to take them to Missouri though and becomes despotic on the drive, causing many of the men to grumble and question his authority. Eventually, there is a mutiny and Dunson is left behind injured and embarrassed while Matt leads the herd to Abilene. Dunson vows to kill Matt once he recuperates and comes after him.
Red River is full of action, male bonding, Indian attacks, gunfights, fistfights and the recreation of a full-fledged cattle drive where all the principal actors actually are involved in transporting a huge herd. It's also a character study of a bitter man who hasn't reconciled himself to a new postwar world where he needs more help than he ever has before but is too proud to ask for it since it will make him seem weak. I'm not going to go into the details about the films ending which has been discussed here recently, except to say that it makes total sense to me and is the only ending I can think of which does in the light of the way the two main characters have been presented for over two hours of screen time. If you want to see a father kill his son in a western, go watch The Big Country where it makes sense, but don't ask an epic western about the founding of a great cattle empire to end with one of the founders dead over a stubborn old man's misplaced sense of pride.
The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961) 4
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I've discussed this film many places around the site, including its own thread twice, so maybe this is overkill to mention it again, but I just watched it with someone who has never seen it, so I'll try to post something new and thoughtful, if I can. The bottom line for me is that this is the creepiest, scariest, most-unsettling horror film I've ever seen. The Innocents is so frightening because it's open to so many interpretations, and no matter which way you interpret it, it's just as disturbing as possible. It's based on Henry James' The Turn of the Screw which tells the story of a new governess, Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr), and her effect on two angelic children who seem to be far more mature than their ages would allow. The boy Miles (Martin Stephens) is sent home from school for being "an injury" to the other boys, and the girl Flora (Pamela Franklin) seems to realize that Miles is coming home before anyone else does. This is only the beginning of many incidents which seem to possibly have more than one explanation, and as the film progresses, it becomes more-difficult to decide what the truth of the situation is.
The photography is spectacular and the sound design awesomely conveys what could either be Miss Giddens' deepening madness or a presence of unspeakable evil which threatens to possess and corrupt the children in the form of two dead servants who formally helped to raise the children while freely carrying on an open S&M sexual relationship in front of them. Since the film was made in 1961, you have to pay attention to pick up all the plot nuances and possibilities, but all you have to have are eyes and ears to be transfixed and lost in another world of a large house full of rooms of whispers and scary "games" of hide-and-seek. Make sure you watch this one after it gets dark.
Love in the Afternoon (Billy Wilder, 1957) 3.5+
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Love in the Afternoon is a classic Billy Wilder romantic comedy which isn't mentioned as often as many of his other classics. There could be many reasons, including the fact that Gary Cooper appears to be too old to limn the dashing playboy in the film, but most people love Bogie's casting against type in Wilder's earlier Sabrina. Perhaps younger audiences don't get all the jokes and references at the beginning and end of the film. Wilder, who always loved to use topical humor, has Audrey Hepburn's father, private detective Maurice Chevalier, narrate these scenes as if he were doing a Jack Webb/Joe Friday impression which is hilarious to Brenda and me but may mean nothing to others. There is also the fact that the film is all rather simple for a comedy which is over two hours long, but as usual with most very good films, it's all in the details.
The simplicity involves the fact that Hepburn's Ariane lives vicariously through her father's files which are all about other peoples' love affairs. One day, she tries to save the Cooper character from violence and becomes totally infatuated with him. The details here include that John McGiver (Breakfast at Tiffany's) has a sparkling cameo as a husband who hires Chevalier and then wants to put several bullets into Cooper. One of the funniest things about this movie is that Cooper has a Hungarian quartet known as the Gypsies who play appropriate mood music for him, not only in his hotel suite, but in boats on a lake and in the sauna too. But perhaps the greatest detail which this film has (and one which tops the ending to Sabrina) is that the actual ending is deeply-romantic and movingly-filmed by Wilder in what I would call one of his best-directed scenes ever.
Chypmunk
06-15-17, 02:56 PM
The Story Of Molly X (1949) - Crime/prison drama with a message
Whistle Stop (1946) - Unremarkable mix of crime/romance
Ein Atem One Breath (Christian Zübert, 2015) - 3
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (Peter Lord/Jeff Newitt, 2012) -3
Sommaren med Monika Summer with Monika (Ingmar Bergman, 1953) - 2+
Madagascar (Eric Darnell/Tom McGrath, 2005) - 2+
Land of Silence and Darkness (Werner Herzog, 1971) - 4
I'm tempted to watch this but my gf said it devastated her and the subject matter makes it sound like it will be tough to watch. I will at some point anyway.
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