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Mothers' Instinct (2024) I enjoyed the performances from Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain. The story takes some interesting twists and turns and some of it stretches credibility, but I was entertained the whole time.

Spy Cat follows Marnie, a tabby cat that is often pampered by her owner Rosalinde. She spends most of her days eating special foods and watching detective TV shows, dreaming of an adventure some day. Her adventure comes in the form of Phil, the uncle of Rosalinde who pretends to be wheelchair-bound while moonlighting as a thief in the neighborhood. When Marnie catches him off guard, he tricks her into thinking he's a detective and recruits her to "help" him by sending her away. As she makes her way back, she makes friends with "a bunch of losers" that might help her catch Phil.

Obviously this was a watch mostly for the kids, but as usual, I sat down and watched it as well. Most of the fun comes from the odd pairing of this "bunch of losers". The gang is comprised of Elvis, a grumpy abused pitbull running from home; Eggbert, a neurotic rooster trying to escape from being cooked; and Anton, a donkey that dreams of joining a circus by pretending to be a zebra. As is expected, they are pretty one-dimensional, but they all have fairly distinctive qualities that make the kids root for them.

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My mistake, I guess. I must have got my wires crossed and missed some vital bits in the commentary track. I'm just sort of wondering why the movie wasn't given the 4K treatment...

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"Well, it's what people know about themselves inside that makes 'em afraid" - Clint Eastwood as The Stranger, High Plains Drifter (1973)

"I'll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours" - Bob Dylan, Talkin' World War III Blues (1963)

A movie shot in 16mm isn't going to look any better than it already does on blu-ray.

That's kind of what I thought. And neither I suppose is a film shot on digital. Which I'm guessing is why Desperado is the only film of the trilogy released on 4K.

Musicals are tough for me but this is the 1st one to make me think why are we doing this every time someone started to sing. It just seemed unnecessary, but I believe it's based on something and that would be my answer. Great cast and I enjoyed it, an extra half popcorn if there were no singing.

Stalin Biography of Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin

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Rear Window follows photographer L.B. Jefferies (James Stewart) who, after an accident at work, finds himself confined to a wheelchair and with nothing better to do than spy on his neighbors. When he sees and hears strange things, he starts suspecting that one of them (Raymond Burr) might've killed his wife. Jefferies tries to convince his girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly) and his nurse Stella about it, and although they dismiss his beliefs as pure paranoia, both of them find themselves quickly obsessed with finding out what really happened.

This was one of the first Hitchcock films I saw back in the 90s; probably the second. The film is yet another example of Hitchcock at his pure best. The casting of Stewart is perfect, and his chemistry with Kelly, despite the age difference is great. And speaking of Kelly, she is gorgeous, but more important, has that playful charm that is perfect for the role. Ritter is also perfect as the cynical and sarcastic nurse, while Burr rounds out the cast in a role that requires him to use his physique instead of his voice.

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6.5/10

I was browsing prime looking for something thought-provoking and profound, and when my eyes clocked Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005) I thought "that must be it. that's the one".
It didn't take me very long to realise that there wasn't going to be anything profound or genuine about it, but I was kinda intrigued to see a Japanese story with such a strong Christmassy and neo-Dickensian vibe.
The second and biggest act is actually quite entertaining and always stays on the right side of bitchy soap opera.
But the third and last act, when the war between Chiyo/Sayuri and Hatsumomo ends and a world war breaks out, becomes a nightmare of cringey and cliché melodrama with seriously bad dialogue.

4/10 (4 stars for Hatsumomo)

Darth, also a fan on The Conformist, I will have to search out The Great Silence, thankyou for the recommendation

How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989, Bruce Robinson) - Very, very bizarre gross out commentary satire film on marketing, advertising, consumerism, and capitalism. Think Fight Club meets Jon Waters.

Grade: B-

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The Newspaperman : The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee - (2017)

This is a good biographical documentary - it features not only a lot from Ben Bradlee himself, but gets right up close and personal with many of the famous figures he knew along with friends and family. Many stones are lifted and looked under. Apparently JFK followed Bradlee's second wife, Antoinette, to the bathroom during one function and when she told him "no" he forced himself on her regardless. It's kind of glossed over by way of saying "Oh, that Kennedy, he sure was a risk taker!" I was thinking of a different "r" word. Bradlee himself says he never knew the President was behaving in the manner we all now know he was, but others say you'd have to have been blind not to have known. Anyway Bradlee presided over the Washington Post during an era when the press were respected and revered - and his time was ending at the same time a Washington Post scandal erupted and signified that some of that trust was about to erode. That and the internet have changed the landscape significantly. Anyway, this didn't shy away from including blemishes to Bradlee's character, and I found it informative.

7/10


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Jeremiah Johnson - (1972)

Gripping account of real-life "liver-eating" Jeremiah Johnson's adaptation to the Rocky Mountains, with a pace that surprised me in it's nimble forward progression from start to finish. Whether it be difficulty or calamity, there's one event after the other or else the characters in this film are facing challenges that keep a viewer very much invested all the way through. Full review here, in my watchlist thread.

8/10

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Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)... a better "man of honor dueling a town during a 24-hrs period" western from the 50s than High Noon tbh... filled with tension and the cast is stacked. 8+/10...

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Top Gun (1986)


Hard to judge this movie accurately since it came out before I was born, but I can definitely understand the sentiment and coolness that this movie has earned and maintained after all these years.

Set in the 1870s, Organ Trail follows Abigale Archer (Zoé de Grand Maison) and her family, as they travel the Oregon Trail. When tragedy hits at the hands of a group of outlaws led by Logan (Sam Trammell), Abigale is determined to do whatever it takes to retrieve her family's horse. She is joined in her journey by Erik (Clé Bennett), a married rancher that might be getting in too deep in this situation.

I'm a sucker for a good western, and I think this one delivered pretty much what I was asking from it. The first act as we meet the Archer family is traagic and brutal. It then hits a bit of a lull as we get to know the four outlaws, but the performances and characters are interesting enough to keep me engaged. Perhaps the most notable is Rhys (Nicholas Logan), who is a bit of a psychopath that can't feel pain. There's also Cassidy (Olivia Grace Applegate), a woman that is rescued by the Archers and whose allegiances pretty much shape the course of the film.

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I’ve seen the title Organ Trail pop up before which made me think it’s a horror movie, and IMDB lists one of its genres as horror. But the synopsis and Thief’s review doesn’t make it seem like one. Would be this be a good October watch? Or is it not really horror?

Conspiracy gives us a chance to see that banality in the works as it dramatizes the events of the Wannsee Conference in 1942. The meeting, attended by a small group of Nazi officers, was supposed to be a moment to decide on the "Final Solution" for Germany's "Jewish problem". The meeting is organized by Adolf Eichmann (Stanley Tucci) and led by Reinhard Heydrich (Kenneth Branagh). Tucci and Branagh are surrounded by an ensemble of respected TV and stage actors.

This is a film I've easily seen about a dozen times and I've loved it since the first one. This is not a film of booms and bangs, but more a film of dialogue and subtle performances. The film is full of these little moments of great direction and non-verbal acting that help establish the personalities of every character. Be it in the way they arrive, how they are addressed, and how they mingle with each other, you know who each person is. Some characters establish their authority with their attitudes and demeanor, while others prance around pimping their credentials.

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I wouldn't call it full "horror", but it certainly has horrific elements to it, mostly in the way some characters are killed. There is also an element of "slasher/horror" towards the last act with a bad guy that just keeps coming back, but overall, this leans more towards thriller, with tinges of horror, action, and drama.