Movie Tab II

The Great Toe Mystery (Charles Avery, 1914)

The Magnetic Monster (Curt Siodmak, 1953)

I Love a Mystery (Henry Levin, 1945)

The Age of Shadows (Kim Jee-woon, 2016)

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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)

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Sure Cures (David Barclay, 1946)

The Unknown (Henry Levin, 1946)

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The LEGO Batman Movie (Chris McKay, 2017)

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)

Trail of Blood (Guerrieri Bros., 2011)

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20 Million Miles to Earth (Nathan Juran, 1957)

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Sitting Pretty (Walter Lang, 1948)

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)

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Speed Week (Howard Winner, 1957)

Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map (Robb Dipple, 2014)

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Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity (Michael Simon, 2007)

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)

Things to Come (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2016)

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We Are What We Are (Jim Mickle, 2013)

Becoming Bond (Josh Greenbaum, 2017)

This “documentary” of one-off James Bond George Lazenby’s life proves he’s an amusing storyteller, or maybe just a good liar.

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Look, I'm not judging you - after all, I'm posting here myself, but maybe, just maybe, if you spent less time here and more time watching films, maybe, and I stress, maybe your taste would be of some value. Just a thought, ya know.

Forrest Gump



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



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



#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



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



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.

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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 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)

Recent Watches:
Swingers (Liman, 1996)-

A Fistful of Dollars (Leone, 1967)-

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.

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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.

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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.

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We are both the source of the problem and the solution, yet we do not see ourselves in this light...

I'm expecting that from Netflix in the mail today.

Resident Evil: Retribution +
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.

Triumph of the Will
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
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 -
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.

Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983) -
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Peter Weir, 2003) -
Enemies Closer (Peter Hyams, 2013) -
Dragon Eyes (John Hyams, 2012) -
Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944) -
The Roaring Twenties (Raoul Walsh, 1939) -
John Wick (Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, 2014) -
John Wick: Chapter Two (Chad Stahelski, 2017) -
The Trouble with Harry (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955) -
Whisky Galore! (Alexander Mackendrick, 1949) -

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Iro's Top 100 Movies v3.0

Deadly Prey (1987) -



Kvlt Rambocore! Much better than Rambo! End of story!!!

Gli specialisti [Specialists] (1969) -



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) -



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)

At Home with Joan Crawford (No Director Listed, 1953)

The Last Word (Mark Pellington, 2017)

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Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap: Every Song Tells a Story (John Barnard, 2014)

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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)

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Avé (Konstantin Bojanov, 2012)

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Scoop (Woody Allen, 2006)

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The Fate of the Furious (F. Gary Gray, 2017)

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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)

Hello, Dolly! (Gene Kelly, 1969)

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Esa sensación aka That Feeling (Pablo Hernando, Juan Cavestany & Julián Génisson, 2016)

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John Wick Chapter 2 (Chad Stahelski, 2017)

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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)

The Verdict (Don Siegel, 1946)

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The Birth of Love (Philippe Garrel, 1993)

Raw aka Grave (Julia Ducournau, 2017)

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)

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Fill the Void (Rama Burshtein, 2012)

War Room (Alex Kendrick, 2015)

Ocean Waves (Tomomi Mochizuki, 1993)

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).

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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) -



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) -



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) -



"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) -



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.

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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 film!

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) 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) 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) 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) 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) - +
Hail, Caesar! (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2016) -
Mýrin Jar City (Baltasar Kormákur, 2006) -
Suicide Squad (David Ayer, 2016) - +

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No Cow on the Ice (Eloy Domínguez Serén, 2015)

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On the Trail of the Iguana (Ross Lowell, 1964)

Agata’s Friends (Laia Alabart, Alba Cros, Laura Ruis & Marta Verheyen, 2016)

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Irreversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002)

Beauteous Monica Bellucci goes down the corridor to Hell.
The Wasp Woman (Roger Corman, 1959)

Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave (Ellory Elkayem, 2005)

The Strange World of Planet X aka Cosmic Monsters (Gilbert Gunn, 1958)

T2 Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 2017)

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)

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Washington Melodrama (S. Sylvan Simon, 1941)

Bridal Suite (William Thiele, 1939)

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The Alamo (John Wayne, 1960)

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General Santa Anna’s Mexican Army storms the Alamo in 1836.
Over the Years (Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 2015)

Flying Leathernecks (Nicholas Ray, 1951)

The Genie in a Tin of Ravioli (Claude Barras, 2006)

My Life as a Zucchini (Claude Barras, 2016)

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)

Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965)

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Father Sergius (Yakov Protazanov & Alexandre Volkoff, 1918)

Under the Bombs (Philippe Aractingi, 2008)

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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.

Clever how some of you insert an animated clip into your posts. Wish I knew how to do that.