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Post by TerryMontana on Nov 28, 2020 14:35:06 GMT
Who Framed Roger Rabbit. So great. Can you believe my wife thought this was too inappropriate for my son? Uhh... maybe it was. I dunno how old your son is but I remember when I was a kid (like, 8-9 yo), while I loved the movie, I couldn't stand Chris Lloyd's final transformation.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Nov 28, 2020 15:33:14 GMT
Who Framed Roger Rabbit. So great. Can you believe my wife thought this was too inappropriate for my son? Uhh... maybe it was. I dunno how old your son is but I remember when I was a kid (like, 8-9 yo), while I loved the movie, I couldn't stand Chris Lloyd's final transformation. 4 1/2 80’s pg is more like pg-13 today but most of the inappropriate stuff went over his head. Just need him not to repeat the curse words.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Nov 28, 2020 17:18:40 GMT
The Babysitter. This was a lot of fun. I need more Samara Weaving in my life.
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Post by stabcaesar on Nov 28, 2020 18:20:40 GMT
10 Rillington Place (1971) - Attenborough delivered one of the most haunting and creepy performances of all time, and John Hurt was no slouch either. The film itself wasn't exactly engrossing, though, imo. I guess Fleischer's style just isn't my cup of tea. 7/10.
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Post by Pavan on Nov 28, 2020 20:04:54 GMT
Killing Me Softly (2002)-
Competently shot but undercooked plot with a twist that you could see from a mile away. Steamy? yes, suspenseful? No- 5/10
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 29, 2020 9:16:47 GMT
Possessor (2020) - ~7.5/10This is what happens when a young punk makes a Chris Nolan movie and tbh beats him at his own game at it (I'll take this over Inception (maybe) and Tenet (clearly) - thanksforasking)......this movie will be written off by a lot of people because it is simultaneously slick and garishly amateurish but Brandon Cronenberg evokes his papa here and this is a cult film in the making. A ton of thematic ideas, on identity, the nature of memories on our own composition and who "controls" us, mixing with an evil world corporation and so much blood it's hilariously OTT and red! Also a ton of artistic devices in play including visual and in sound design......and even though it's more drama I guess than "horror" ...........a couple scenes here are genuinely and disturbingly horrific.
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Post by cheesecake on Nov 29, 2020 17:50:49 GMT
$alvation!: Have You Said Your Prayers Today? (1987, Beth B)Stephen McHattie plays a deliciously over-the-top televangelist in this disturbing dark comedy. Viggo Mortensen, on the other hand, is so OTT as Jerome I’m surprised he had a career after this. lol. Freaking kooky movie. It has one of my favourite Letterboxd reviews: A film that raises the question, “What if a human fedora tried to remake The King of Comedy?”
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Post by Mattsby on Nov 29, 2020 21:15:26 GMT
The Road to Sampo (1975) "You're as light as a scarecrow." Rounding up to 8/10, even though the ending scenes untrack the movie to maudlin territory. From the cinematographer of The Housemaid (B&W contrasts and claustrophobic angles), this Korean road comedy is all soft snowy vistas that look like paintings, about three jinxed strangers deciding to travel together. It opens just like Scarecrow and somewhat becomes Going Places - but in the wintertide of then modern South Korea, drifting, gapped. Lotta unique and funny dialogue and a very good buzzing perf from the female lead. Lee Man-hee the director died during post at only 43 - he was very influential for Korean cinema. There are crumbs here that Bong Joon-ho would take - like the shot above, an over-the-top funeral scene, even the uncommon name Okja pops up.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Nov 30, 2020 1:30:13 GMT
rewatched Prisoners for the first time in years. I was really liking it for the first 90 minutes but had totally forgotten how lame and stupid that twist was. Jackman is as hilariously shouty as I remembered. Gyllenhaal kills it. What draws me into this thing is the true crime aspect which feels relatively realistic. The gloomy suburban setting, mysterious disappearance, wrong suspect, suspense for days. Villenueve's filmmaking thrives in this genre. That's why I like Loki so much; he represents the procedural side of the story. Dover represents the overwrought spiritual side, and the film is ultimately about the state of Dover's soul and not the crime/investigation itself. That'd be fine if the narrative wasn't so damn hokey and the twist didn't involve a couple of bitter atheists whose only motivation is "waging a war on god" wtf that's what happens when you try to squeeze a square peg of genre filmmaking into a round hole of "being about something." 6.5 or 7
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Post by Mattsby on Nov 30, 2020 18:16:29 GMT
The Call (2020) 7/10 - Netflix. From a producer of Oldboy, the editor of Parasite, this is sort of I Saw the She-Devil, with a sci-fi inciting twist. Feels too rushed at the beginning, and at times feels like Nolan hooey but mostly very entertaining. Costarring Park Shin-hye (who's awesome in this year's #Alive) and an amazingly wicked Jong-seo Jun whose only other movie is Burning. Swallow (2020) 7.5/10 - Showtime. Moved my rating up since seeing it last night bc I'm still really thinking about it, I stayed thru the whole ending credits for one. Unique idea that feels like it's about to be a joke, but instead reels you into it, and takes what is kinda funny into seriouser, odder, affecting territory. Centered and considerably lifted by Haley Bennett's clever, fragile perf - many compare this to Safe and Rosemary's Baby, they're not wrong.
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Post by wilcinema on Dec 1, 2020 10:13:54 GMT
I'm thinking of ending things: Neurosis: The Movie.
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Post by Mattsby on Dec 1, 2020 17:51:34 GMT
Run, Waiter, Run! (1981) 7/10 - Amazon Prime. Czech caper comedy about a bookseller who on the side pretends to be a waiter, moseys thru the Prague restaurants and makes off with the cash from patrons eager to pay their bill. Very funny concept I'm surprised wasn't remade immediately with Gene Wilder or Bill Murray or somebody. With a lot of gags and soundtracked sequences, I'd wager Wes Anderson is a fan of this one.
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 1, 2020 20:27:23 GMT
Cobra Verde (1987) - ~8/10 (just below) rewatch on TUBI Strange, oddly fascinating Werner Herzog film that is actually much too short to cover this story (about slave trade and colonization) but which gets aided by a bizarre, undisciplined and weirdly poetic Klaus Kinski performance .........and some of Herzog's best visuals........ especially in the last 30 minutes.
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Post by Mattsby on Dec 2, 2020 19:42:22 GMT
The Wild Goose Lake (2019): I know this got kind of mixed reception, but I really dug this. Sort of like a Refn movie that got lost in China, but very much its own thing. Sufficiently grimy and stylish, it’s got atmosphere for days, gorgeous cinematography, and a fully immersive setting that creates a disheartening dystopia out of its contemporary setting. Sort of wish it leaned into the campy violence more, but it manages a nice tonal balance overall, offering heightened genre fetishism along with its cynical realism with nothing feeling out of place. Strong contender for my top twenty of the year — even if it’s not terribly difficult to make that list. This was just added to TUBI for anyone interested - I know several people on here said they were looking forward to it. Not on the level of the director's previous Black Coal Thin Ice imo (that one, I felt drawn back to it and have seen it several times), this lost me and dulled around the midpoint, but it does have some sumptuous, amazing visuals (use of color, shadows, props), a callback to Bacall in the very first line, and one of the best fight scenes of the year that occurs towards the beginning, a truly great detail-packed sequence.
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Post by Mattsby on Dec 3, 2020 19:51:03 GMT
Scrooge (1970) - Youtube. Flirts with 8/10 bc it's probably now my fav Christmas Carol (also love George C Scott's) - I found it surprisingly hilarious and very joyous, with the occasional grisly dip (hello, Hell). Shares the exact Shepperton sets and at least a dozen crew members (including cinematographer) with the great Oliver! That one is a much better musical but doesn't have Finney, here in a Golden Globe winning perf, impressively physical in his face and stance and cawing vocals.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Dec 4, 2020 14:32:50 GMT
Freaky. Quite enjoyable. Vaughn and Newton were a lot of fun.
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Post by Mattsby on Dec 4, 2020 18:35:36 GMT
Freaky (2020) 6/10. Fun, especially Vince Vaughn and the kills and the Que Sera Sera needle drop, it clearly wants to be Wes Craven's The Hot Chick, for what it's worth, and it's almost interesting but while knowingly throwing down the lane of genre tropes, it doesn't twist or do much else but follow thru on the usual.
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Post by Mattsby on Dec 6, 2020 0:08:35 GMT
Black Bear (2020) 6ish/10 - This is an interesting, slightly mistimed experimental satire - it isn't a movie that depends on not being spoiled but I'll put it in there anyway. It's a "companion piece" movie of two halves - 50min of a "creative retreat" gone love triangle, with heightened acting and dialogue so laughably blunt it could only have been intentional - and it already feels like a bite at the new rotation of low-budget pretentious projects of self-serious squaring offs before it chapter-cuts to the second half, a hilarious faux making-of and parallel deconstruction of what we've just seen. It's in the second half the satire and experiment become realized and Aubrey Plaza shines in an unsettling, complex perf. She named Gene Rowlands in Influence/Opening Night as her major inspiration, and mentioned Finney/Under the Volcano as a model for the drunk acting places she goes. From the endearing ice-cold sarcasm in Parks + Rec, to now....Plaza keeps going deeper as an actress, willing to throw down and dare. Or like Happiest Season she can light up a movie too with charm.
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 6, 2020 8:31:04 GMT
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971) - ~7/10 rewatch on TUBITwisty and kinky Sergio Martino over-celebrated/minor classic giallo that has 6 - count 'em SIX - separate T&A scenes (including a rape flashback) AND a full body panning shot of gorgeous scream queen Edwige Fenech coming down an escalator in the first 20 minutes ...........and all kinds of verging on porn/horror/sexist tropes within it. Surprisingly logical until it twists itself into a pretzel but Fenech is at her most come hitherish here and the "strange vice" is "what attracts and repels her" which could be blood......or money.....or someone to come to her rescue .......or stiff acting.
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Post by MsMovieStar on Dec 9, 2020 10:34:19 GMT
Oh honey, Cadaver (2020), Norwegian horror 6/10. Nice sets and at a cool 86 minutes it kept me amused...
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 9, 2020 22:47:06 GMT
Wander (2020) - ~ 5/10A wildly undisciplined and erratic performance from usually solid Aaron Eckhart sabotages this movie which has something to it at the start and then self destructs in a laughable series of scenes that are high camp heaven........ This is the weaker of Tommy Lee Jones two Christmas movies actually - the other being the at least competently made but relatively flat The Comeback Trail....he's better than both ......but yeah........tough year buddy or about what usually happens to actors in their 70s.
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Post by JangoB on Dec 10, 2020 0:34:47 GMT
The Incredible Melting Man - I don't quite share the revisionist belief some people apparently have that this is a decent movie. 'It's campy', they say, 'it's offbeat!' No, it's a shitty mess. BUT the makeup effects by the legendary Rick Baker are extraordinary so if there're makeup buffs among you, definitely check this out for King Baker's masterful work. It's weird to be recommending a piece of crap but hey, at least it's 80 minutes. Makeup fans will be pleased.
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Post by notacrook on Dec 10, 2020 1:13:18 GMT
Jesus, a re-watch of Marriage Story really did it for me. I feel broken, in the best way possible. Last year, I thought it was really good but felt at times too cold and meandering, and I didn't always feel as much for the main characters as I felt I should have. Returning to it now, it's truly incredible how intricate Baumbach's script is, how smooth and quietly inventive his direction is, and how fucking devastating Driver and Johansson are - I don't tend to cry at movies, but I was a downright mess at the end of this. Bravo, Baumbach.
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 10, 2020 10:32:53 GMT
Crystal Eyes (2017) - ~7/10 on TUBIVery tongue in cheek, very amateurish (and cheap) but great fun Argentinian giallo movie with a sort of awesome 80s vibe that never reveals itself as a comedy even though it's quite jokey played straight on purpose. Set in the world of fashion there are winks to Bava, Argento and Hitchcock and marvelous bitchy digs at mirrors and vanity. How "good" is it......well not that good but way better than it has any right to be..... Looks that kill:
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Post by jakesully on Dec 10, 2020 23:55:55 GMT
Marauders - forgettable bank heist film starring Bruce Willis . I'm usually a sucker for any bank heist films and always give them a shot but I don't recommend this one. It was pretty damn bad.
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