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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.


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.
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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



Bright light. Bright light. Uh oh.

Julieta (Pedro Almodóvar, 2016)
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3:10 to Yuma (James Mangold, 2007)

Victory Quiz (Will Jason, 1942)

The Crucified Lovers (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954)


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)

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Paul Newman, 1972)

How to Figure Income Tax (Felix E. Feist, 1938)

The Outlaw and His Wife (Victor Sjöström, 1918)


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)

Torment (Alf Sjöberg, 1944)

The Idle Class (Charles Chaplin, 1921)

Hour of the Wolf (Ingmar Bergman, 1968)


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)

The Hard Man (George Sherman, 1957)

The Appaloosa (Sidney J. Furie, 1966)

Gentleman Jim (Raoul Walsh, 1942)


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)

Of Human Hearts (Clarence Brown, 1938)
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The Hot Chick (Tom Brady, 2002)

Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy (Tony Buba, 1989)


Tony Buba tells the story of his dying town - Braddock, Pennsylvania - and his life as a documentary filmmaker whose films Werner Herzog loves.
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You’ll Like My Mother (1972)

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)

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)

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)

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.
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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.
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Bright light. Bright light. Uh oh.

King of the Mountain (Noel Nosseck, 1991)

Birdemic 2: The Resurrection (James Nguyen, 2013)

The Red Stallion (Lesley Selander, 1947)

The Professionals (Richard Brooks, 1966)
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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)

Dead Man’s Bounty aka Summer Love (Piotr Uklanski, 2006)
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Lizzie (Hugo Haas, 1957)
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Hollow Man (Paul Verhoeven, 2000)


Mad scientist Kevin Bacon isn’t as amusing as Claude Rains’ Invisible Man, but he’s working on it.
Solace (Afonso Proyart, 2015)

Venus on the Half-Shell (Walerian Borowczyk, 1975)

Prevenge (Alice Lowe, 2017)

Don't Answer the Phone! (Robert Hammer, 1980)


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)
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The Rookie (George O’Hanlon, 1959)

Rambo (Sylvester Stallone, 2008)

Butterflies Are Free (Milton Katselas, 1972)


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)

Rio Diablo (Rod Hardy, 1993)

Mackinac Island (James A. FitzPatrick, 1944)

Command and Control (Robert Kenner, 2016)


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.



March achievements:

Malibu Express (Andy Sidaris, 1985)

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 (Andy Sidaris, 1987)

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 (Andy Sidaris, 1988)
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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 (Andy Sidaris, 1989)
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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 (Andy Sidaris, 1990)

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 (Andy Sidaris, 1991)
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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 (Andy Sidaris, 1993)

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 (Andy Sidaris, 1993)
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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 (Christian Drew Sidaris, 1993)
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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 (Christian Drew Sidaris, 1994)

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 (Andy Sidaris, 1996)

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 (Andy Sidaris, 1998)

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.
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



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.



Welcome to the human race...
Birdemic 2: The Resurrection (James Nguyen, 2013)
So...does that make it better or worse than the first?
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Tomboy (Céline Sciamma, 2011) -

Moebiuseu Moebius (Kim Ki-duk, 2013) -

A Night in Casablanca (Archie Mayo, 1946) -
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Astérix et le coup du menhir Asterix and the Big Fight (Philippe Grimond, 1989) -
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March, 2017 movies watched-

Schramm (1993)
A psycho looks back at his life as he lays dying, and it's pretty ugly.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
+ Elia Kazan's first movie is a sad and touching look at a family.

Moonlight (2016)
- A good movie, but like most recent winners, not best picture quality.

Torso (1973)
Above average giallo/slasher.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Repeat viewing
+ A well rounded movie combining adventure and inner conflict.

Red Angel (1966)
- This would seem to be a hidden gem out of Japan.

Equus (1977)
+ Kind of weird and nonsensical for a Sidney Lumet movie, but I got hooked.

Fort Apache (1948)
It's hard to go wrong with John Ford, Henry Fonda, and John Wayne.

The Girl on the Train (2016)
+ The kind of movie that used to be common back in the 90's, and I miss those movies.

He Walked By Night (1948)
+ From the noirs list, very tight with a strong villain and good tension.

Madame Curie (1943)
- So beautiful and graceful, yet I was never interested.

Bonnie's Kids (1972)
+ The perfect drive-in movie, and something that looks like an inspiration for Tarantino.

There Was a Father (1942)
I want to say this is a great Ozu movie, but the restoration isn't very good.

Jigoku (1960)
- The best look at hell I've ever seen.

Passengers (2016)
I was stunned by how much I enjoyed this.

Murder By Natural Causes (1979)
Entertaining made for TV movie with a few twists.

Don't Go In the House (1979)
- Nice under the radar slasher.

Luther the Geek (1990)
+ More disturbing and less campy than I expected.

Afflicted (2013)
+ Found footage horror that had it's fair share of excitement.

Nocturnal Animals (2016)
- Strong tension and performances, and very adept at going from reality to fiction, and from past to present.

Key Largo (1948) Repeat viewing
+ Bogie battling a gangster played by Edward G. Robinson is epic!

Nightmare (1981)
Below average slasher besides some strong gore.

Cat People (1942)
- A lot of great moments.

Total March viewings-23
Total 2017 viewings-87



My march viewings...

E.T the Extra Terrestrial (1982) - Steven Spielberg


Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) - Stanley Kramer
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Leon Morin, pretre (1961) - Jean-Pierre Melville


Pickup on South Street (1953) - Samuel Fuller


The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) - Werner Herzog
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12 Angry Men (1957) - Sydney Lumet


The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955) - Luis Bunuel
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Rear Window (1954) - Alfred Hitchcock
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) - Werner Herzog
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The Lost Weekend (1945) - Billy Wilder
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Through a Glass Darkly (1961) - Ingmar Berman
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Winter Light (1963) - Ingmar Bergman


Silence (1963) - Ingmar Bergman


Persona (1966) - Ingmar Bergman
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El (1953) - Luis Bunuel


My extended thoughts on the films I watch are placed in Jeff Costello's film diary thread ---

https://www.movieforums.com/communit...ad.php?t=48322



Welcome to the human race...
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (John Sturges, 1957) -

Beauty and the Beast (Bill Condon, 2017) -

In the Line of Fire (Wolfgang Petersen, 1993) -

Frozen River (Courtney Hunt, 2008) -

Spies Like Us (John Landis, 1985) -

A Cure for Wellness (Gore Verbinski, 2017) -

Crossroads (Walter Hill, 1986) -

Zabriskie Point (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970) -

Cross of Iron (Sam Peckinpah, 1977) -

Fast Five (Justin Lin, 2011) -



The thing isolated becomes incomprehensible
March 2017

Naked (1993)

Quills (2000)
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All About Eve (1950)
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It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
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Duck Soup (1933)

Dances with Wolves (1990)
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Pleasantville (1998)

Kill Bill vol. 1 (2003)
(rewatch)
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Kill Bill vol.2 (2004)
(rewatch)


Shorts

Tsumiki no ie (2008)
(rewatch)

It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2011)
(rewatch)
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Month Count: 9/2
Year Count: 29/2



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.



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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (George Miller, 1981) -
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Midnight Express (Alan Parker, 1978) -
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Händler der vier Jahreszeiten The Merchant of Four Seasons (Rainer W. Fassbinder, 1972) -