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Post by jakesully on Feb 28, 2021 15:26:26 GMT
The A - Team ( re watch) - Such a fun thrill ride! And it sucks this never got a sequel ugh. IMO Joe Carnahan films are all awesome and Cooper's performance in this film still remains my favorite of his (he was so charismatic & funny in The A - Team esp compared to his Oscar nominated films directed by DOR)
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Post by stephen on Feb 28, 2021 15:28:50 GMT
The A - Team ( re watch) - Such a fun thrill ride! And it sucks this never got a sequel ugh. IMO Joe Carnahan films are all awesome and Cooper's performance in this film still remains my favorite of his (he was so charismatic & funny in The A - Team esp compared to his Oscar nominated films directed by DOR) 8/10 Sharlto Copley steals the show, though.
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Post by jakesully on Feb 28, 2021 15:33:55 GMT
The A - Team ( re watch) - Such a fun thrill ride! And it sucks this never got a sequel ugh. IMO Joe Carnahan films are all awesome and Cooper's performance in this film still remains my favorite of his (he was so charismatic & funny in The A - Team esp compared to his Oscar nominated films directed by DOR) 8/10 Sharlto Copley steals the show, though. Good call! Oh man he was so damn funny and good (esp when you consider how inexperienced he was as an actor at the time)
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Post by Javi on Feb 28, 2021 23:35:23 GMT
The Decameron (1971) - Can't recommend this enough for the 70s poll . 9 stories of lust, love and guile plucked straight out of Boccaccio's Decameron, written shortly after the Black Death hit Italy. Pasolini's intention was to turn the text into an allegory of Fascism and the economic exploitation of southern Italy. Seen through Marxist lens the film is a complete failure. (Pasolini seems to have agreed as he disowned the film shortly before his death). In every way that counts, however, the movie is a triumph—an exultant, revivifying work that takes one to the midday of Italy. By removing all trace of psychology Pasolini has full access to Boccaccio. And it's a brand new world to us, cheerfully innocent in its corruption. In one story, a whole convent of nuns feast on the newly-arrived young gardener with abandon—and sin and heresy don't so much as cross the mind. Death hardly makes an entrance. The sexual, romantic, urban follies are recognizable to us: in opposition to Christian piety, to be ignorant is now to be a fool, a slave. There's a philosophy to the images. The movie takes place in 14th century Renaissance Italy, and in it the distinction between "low" picaresque and "high" art (religious art) is nonexistent. Young love, petty theft, adultery move at the same rhythm as the basilicas and the monasteries. Pasolini himself appears as a disciple of Giotto: he paints a fresco within the fresco that is the film. After seeing this, Medea, Oedipus Rex, The Gospel According to Matthew etc. Pasolini's singular gift as a filmmaker was imo his ability to fool the constrictions—the modes of expression—of his time. In this his art was uniquely generous. Marxist theory is just about the least fertile approach to his work. Unlike Salo, Decameron formulates no great theory of evil. It knows no evil; more crucially, it cares not. Despite its author's intentions, it's a vitalist's work—the first in his aptly called "Trilogy of Life". Btw, even non-Pasolini fans might find this really funny!
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Mar 1, 2021 0:17:00 GMT
Days of Heaven. It’s been ages since I’ve seen it and it’s leaving Criterion Channel after today so seemed like a good option.
The Straight Story. First watch. Wow, this was really lovely. Farnsworth indeed deserves all the accolades I’ve heard for him over the years.
Tom and Jerry. At least my kids really enjoyed it.
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Post by stabcaesar on Mar 1, 2021 4:21:26 GMT
A Woman Under the Influence - It was so irritating and emotionally draining to watch, which I guess was what the film intended. Rowlands was obviously iconic, but I thought the whole cast was strong. 8/10.
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints - I really liked it. The score and the cinematography both aced, it was just gorgeous to look at. And every member of the cast was excellent, esp. Ben Forster. 8/10.
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Post by Joaquim on Mar 1, 2021 7:10:46 GMT
Gonna go through all the video nasties, or at least the ones I can find
Inferno (1980): 7/10
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Post by stabcaesar on Mar 1, 2021 12:55:18 GMT
Mr Turner - Lovely all around. Sensational turns by Dorothy Atkinson, Timothy Spall, as well as grade A scene stealer Lesley Manville. The cinamatography is best of the decade level. Every frame is absolute marvel and the script is great as expected from the great Mike Leigh. 8/10.
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Post by jakesully on Mar 1, 2021 13:36:13 GMT
X- Men First class (re watch). This came out in 2011 and haven't seen it in forever . Really love it and imo it shits all over most MCU films. What Matthew Vaughn pulled off here was really cool . I mean come on, JanUary Jones and Rose Byrne looking hot as hell...what's not to like?? Fassy & McAvoy had great chemistry (and also there were interesting characters all around). Oh and having Kevin Bacon as the main villain ???! Umm yes please ! Solid 8/10
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Post by wilcinema on Mar 1, 2021 22:24:26 GMT
Apt Pupil: Not as good as the novella (which is not even among King's best works. There is some pretty good stuff (the Mr. Kramer scene is sensational) mixed with some pretty bad stuff, so it's a mixed bag for me. I'm not as impressed with Ian McKellen here as many others are, I thought he played the villain too straight and with too much gleeful sadism to be fully believable, the beauty of the novella was the close, exploitative relationship between the two while it appears too one-sided in the film, and it doesn't work. Watching this knowing what happened between Singer and Renfro made this movie incredibly creepy.
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Post by Pavan on Mar 2, 2021 13:48:41 GMT
Wolfwalkers (2020)-
A beautiful hand drawn animated film deep rooted in Irish folklore. It was like watching a medieval tapestry come to life. Came to know that this is the last film in the director's Irish folklore trilogy and a follow up to Song of the Sea, a film i loved. Even at 103 min it does feel a tad lengthy but i basked up in all its beauty and heart that i didn't mind the runtime- 8/10
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Post by Archie on Mar 2, 2021 18:38:27 GMT
The Silence of the Lambs (rewatch) - 10/10
I want to smack myself in the head for ever thinking this was overrated. Christ, what a perfect motion picture.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Mar 2, 2021 20:55:36 GMT
The Strangers This did nothing for me. A true in-one-ear-out-the-other type of movie. Trust me, there are FAR worse movies out there but this was just one of those that even though I just saw it the other night I couldn't tell you anything that stood out for me.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark I didn't know this was a kids movie when I put it on and I still don't know if it was one... the only people I could see getting frightened by this would be children, though. Outside of not being scary, it was just dumb. None of the stories have enough time to develop much of anything let alone a scare.
Sinister I was definitely looking forward to this one... however, outside of Hawke's convincing performance the film basically hands you the gameplan of what's to come in the first 10 minutes to the point you not only know a scare is coming but where the plot twist is ultimately coming from.
I Trapped the Devil A micro-budget horror where you have only 3 characters all of whom have the collective IQ of a gnat. Interesting premise, solid ending... I'll say it was okay.
Gretel and Hanzel Gretel has magical powers. SHE HAs MAGICAL POWERS?!? That's all I got to say about that.
Lights Out This one was definitely one of the better horror movies I've watched lately. It's not great by any stretch of the imagination but it's solid and effective.
Coherence Now this one I loved. A really good mind fuck movie that actually had me stopping midway through to make sure my door was locked. Plus that ending was incredible. Definitely the watch of the week.
October still lives through me.
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Post by mhynson27 on Mar 3, 2021 3:17:54 GMT
Birds of Prey
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Mar 3, 2021 9:34:37 GMT
The Tall Man - I was going to say this was the worst movie I'd seen in a while (and that's saying a lot) but then I immediately followed it up with...
Into the Dark: The Pilgrim - I used to firmly believe that National Lampoon's: Pledge This was the ultimate worst movie of all time. It was. That movie is an abomination that should be cast out of an air lock as you're passing the sun... Uh, this film is something that I would subject torture victims to. 80 minutes long and I swear to you I've been watching this for the past week. I know I speak in hyperbole a lot with films I don't like, but this is truly one of the worst pieces of shit I've ever seen. I hadn't seen a single one of the Into the Dark series and I just googled which were the best and this was near the top of those lists. Needless to say, I will not be checking out any of the others in this Hulu anthology. This movie made me appreciate The Tall Man, which was ATROCIOUS.
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Post by Pavan on Mar 3, 2021 12:11:41 GMT
Leap Year (2010)-
Cliched and totally predictable but Amy Love Adams made it watchable- 6/10
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Post by wilcinema on Mar 3, 2021 20:13:55 GMT
The secret world of Arrietty: Not as deep as the big Studio Ghibli epics, but this is such a pure, gentle, delicate story that it’s hard not to fall to its spell. The animation is gorgeous, the sound is incredible, and the overall result is unadulterated magic. Among the “minor” Ghiblis, this might be my favorite.
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Post by mhynson27 on Mar 4, 2021 2:54:35 GMT
I Care a Lot
Imagine playing Amy Dunne and having her be only the 2nd most evil character you've played.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Mar 5, 2021 0:42:40 GMT
Possessor (2020) - 8/10
Felt like a mix of The Matrix and the "Striking Vipers" episode of Black Mirror but with more on its mind. Spells things out a little too much towards the end, but still really damn good overall.
Is there another instance of the child of a director following this closely in their parent's footsteps in terms of artistic sensibility?
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Post by mhynson27 on Mar 5, 2021 3:24:49 GMT
The Gentlemen
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Post by TerryMontana on Mar 5, 2021 6:29:55 GMT
Papillon (2017)
5.5/10
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Post by MsMovieStar on Mar 5, 2021 9:22:20 GMT
Oh honeys, now that I finished the excellent Call My Agent and my life is completely empty without it, I thought I'd hunt this one down. Camille Cottin is severely underused here but pretty much is the same feisty and independent persona as in CMA. This is Fabrice Luchini's show and while I've always liked his goofiness, it didn't seem to hit the notes for me here... or maybe it's because this wasn't Call My Agent. It is enjoyable enough and is a kind of charming literary whodunnit or who wrote it. I loved the idea of a public library of rejected manuscripts! 6/10
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Post by stabcaesar on Mar 5, 2021 9:36:07 GMT
Oh honeys, now that I finished the excellent Call My Agent and my life is completely empty without it You should watch Le Bureau des legendes.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Mar 5, 2021 21:08:06 GMT
Radioflash - Starts out how I wanted it to a sci-fi horror with some interesting ideas and a great set piece with that bridge scene... but then it turns into redneck hostage movie and completely ignores all the sci-fi elements that the movie started on. I didn't like that.
Don't Let Go - Well the actors are certainly better than the script and story. Uh, this was a movie... that exists... instantly forgettable. Also Frequency called and wants its shitty plot back.
Into the Dark: School Spirit - I swore after Pilgrim I wouldn't watch another one in this series, but it played next from Hulu after watching the latest episode of Bob's Burgers... so is the entire purpose of the Into the Dark series to make movies that are purposely dumb and trite? Because that's what this is. Imagine The Breakfast Club was a slasher movie but take out all the humor and heart but don't add in any scares. Had a pretty sick ending though (the post-killer stuff since the killer stuff was dumb as fuck).
Come to Daddy - The title alone should have kept me away. I notice a big trend with horror movies in that if you can't make them scary, then try to be funny and/or quirky. Well this one starts off well enough with the whole father/son animosity dynamic and builds some nice tension between Wood and McHattie but that all falls apart... so then the film tries to be funny (spoiler: it's not) and when that fails it just goes into quirky (which isn't a compliment).
In case you guys are wondering why the hell I'm doing this to myself, it's because I tend to watch movies that are solely in my wheelhouse or movies that I've seen a dozen times before (or in Ocean's 11's case... hundreds) and this forces me to seek out movies I'd never seen before in a genre I don't particularly care for. BUT that also makes me finding a film I like all that more enjoyable. So for every 10 Into the Dark: I'm A Shitty Movie I sit through I manage to find a Coherence or a VFW that I fall head-over-heels for. I dunno. Maybe I'm going insane and my brain is forcing me to watch this as a sort of self-punishment. Maybe I'll start leaving some ECHOlogs laying around documenting my slow descension into insanity like Patrica Tannis (of whom I'd be more of a fit to play rather than 65 year old Jamie Lee Curtis)... but I digress.
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Post by sally on Mar 5, 2021 21:25:15 GMT
Nocturnal Animals (2016) - 7/10
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