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Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 2 days ago
Replies: 32
Robin Williams
Posted By crumbsroom
It's the movie where it seemed he might actually...

It's the movie where it seemed he might actually be an actor worth something. I'm impressed by how he had a role like this which basically allowed him to do what he was great at (comedic riffing into...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 32
My Robert Altman Review Thread
Posted By crumbsroom
I should probably give that movie another chance....

I should probably give that movie another chance.


It's maybe one of two Altman films I actively dont like. Not sure yet. I only just started OC and Stiggs
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 10
My Week With Truffaut
Posted By crumbsroom
I have never even heard of his version of...

I have never even heard of his version of Confidentially Yours


I clearly need to try harder at being an expert.
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 2 days ago
Replies: 32
Robin Williams
Posted By crumbsroom
Good Williams performances Good Morning...

Good Williams performances


Good Morning Vietnam
Good Will Hunting
Dead Poets Society
Awakenings (not a good movie though)
Fisher King
Popeye
Insomnia
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 2 days ago
Replies: 32
Robin Williams
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: Robin Williams

Dead Poet's gets a lot of flack from films snobs for being a hack story about 'a teacher who makes a difference', riddled with all of the usual cliche's. Which is mostly true, if all one cares to do...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 15
Get Out
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: Get out... review

When Jordan Peele says such a thing as "I don't see myself casting a white lead", he is speaking about his obligation to the black community which he believes (correctly) has not had equal...
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
Replies: 15
Get Out
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: Get out... review

Jordan Peele is not race obsessed. He is a black man who makes films from a black perspective. His life experiences inform what movies he wants to make. Like anyone else, in any art form, since the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 52
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By crumbsroom
Warhol's films are pretty reluctant to reveal...

Warhol's films are pretty reluctant to reveal themselves. And in some ways they are a bit of a prank that is being pulled on audiences. But the more you know about Warhol.the man, and the more one...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 52
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By crumbsroom
Nina Menkes Maya Deren Hollis Frampton

Nina Menkes
Maya Deren
Hollis Frampton
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 52
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By crumbsroom
It's a movie by Michael Snow Flaming...

It's a movie by Michael Snow

Flaming Creatures - Jack Smith

Andy Warhol' Factory era films (not the Paul Morrisey films, even though they are also great in their own right)

Maya Deren
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 43
Stop Worshiping False Idols
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: Stop Worshiping False Idols

Just the idea that there might be more to life than movies sounds horrible.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 76,437
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By crumbsroom
At what point does a film need to adhere to...

At what point does a film need to adhere to realism, or need to be believed, to retain meaning? Sometimes it's more about the techniques a director uses where we find the core value in a film. Not in...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 week ago
Replies: 44
John Ford
Posted By crumbsroom
Top 5 Liberty Valance The Informer ...

Top 5


Liberty Valance
The Informer
The Searchers
Stagecoach

3 Bad Men
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 76,437
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

I didn't love mother. But I think of it all of the time. I think it's important for some movies to descend into total madness. It makes me sad sometimes that more don't dare to.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 6,419
A scary thing happened on the way to the Movie Forums - Horrorcrammers
Posted By crumbsroom
The thing I found remarkable about Martyrs was...

The thing I found remarkable about Martyrs was that it positions itself as being the inverse of everything humane, peddling cruelty after cruelty, that it infected me to the point that I found...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 76,437
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By crumbsroom
I'll keep my eyes open for it

I'll keep my eyes open for it
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 week ago
Replies: 59
95th Oscars: Some Deserved Better
Posted By crumbsroom
And did they provide any evidence that this was...

And did they provide any evidence that this was anything more than the delusions of some conservative victimhood? If not, why are we even entertaining this? Isn't it more likely the omission has to...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 week ago
Replies: 59
95th Oscars: Some Deserved Better
Posted By crumbsroom
I have little doubt that if I saw Everything...

I have little doubt that if I saw Everything Everywhere I'd almost certainly hate it. But it winning or losing an Oscar means absolutely nothing about its value as a film. Absolutely nothing.

...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 week ago
Replies: 59
95th Oscars: Some Deserved Better
Posted By crumbsroom
Yeah, let's get back to the days where everyone...

Yeah, let's get back to the days where everyone who won anything was white and we didn't have to suspect that there were any color based biases at play.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 52
Great Movies That Were Followed Up By The Absolute Worst Sequels
Posted By crumbsroom
Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. ...

Yeah, I was going to say the same thing.



If you ask me what I'd prefer to watch, 6 or the original, I'm always going to go with the original. Or even the second one. Always. Because that is...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 weeks ago
Replies: 99
What's your favorite John Carpenter Flick?
Posted By crumbsroom
Black Christmas might be as good. Possibly. It's...

Black Christmas might be as good. Possibly. It's at least in the discussion


Halloween II to me seemed like a competent retread of what Carpenter had already done. Not bad, but nothing that...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 weeks ago
Replies: 99
What's your favorite John Carpenter Flick?
Posted By crumbsroom
And it's important to note, it's still...

And it's important to note, it's still considerably better than most (all?) of the films it birthed.


There is still something to be said about how stripped down this film is in getting to the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 weeks ago
Replies: 147
Spam my WAR Countdown ballot!...movie recommendations needed
Posted By crumbsroom
Combat Shock (deals with the after effects of...

Combat Shock (deals with the after effects of war...so Tromas equivalent of The Deer Hunter)
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 weeks ago
Replies: 147
Spam my WAR Countdown ballot!...movie recommendations needed
Posted By crumbsroom
Steel Helmet The Big Red One Fixed Bayonets

Steel Helmet
The Big Red One
Fixed Bayonets
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 weeks ago
Replies: 99
What's your favorite John Carpenter Flick?
Posted By crumbsroom
No. This isn't what I said. Or have ever said. As...

No. This isn't what I said. Or have ever said. As I stated in my last post, my entire posting history for two decades has been about championing amateur and low budget and genre films for having an...

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