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Post by stabcaesar on Mar 6, 2021 10:07:17 GMT
The Conversation - 9/10.
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Post by cheesecake on Mar 6, 2021 15:42:25 GMT
Rewatched Promising Young Woman last night. Shit, it's so good.
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Post by stabcaesar on Mar 6, 2021 17:24:22 GMT
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - I thought it was hilarious. Would be very happy if it manages to score a BP nom, and Bakalova was sensational. The Kevin Spacey and Tom Hanks jokes were just . And Rudy Giuliani .
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Post by MsMovieStar on Mar 6, 2021 17:51:04 GMT
My Salinger Year 6/10. Oh honeys, this movie felt slight, which is a shame because Sigourney's character was very enigmatic as the (Devil wears Prada-like) boss of a literary agency. Sadly there wasn't much for her to do apart from bark orders and look imperious. Loved the Susan Sontag streaked hair. I would have loved to have seen more character and plot development. Qualley plays the assistant in this coming of age tale and it's really her movie. Sadly I lost interest towards then end as there wasn't enough to hold it. This probably worked better as a novel. I'd love to see Sigourney playing Diana Vreeland, the outlandish and eccentric fashion editor.
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 6, 2021 18:52:27 GMT
My Salinger Year 6/10. Oh honeys, this movie felt slight, which is a shame because Sigourney's character was very enigmatic as the (Devil wears Prada-like) boss of a literary agency. You know La Legend I haven't seen this ^ but an interesting true story is Salinger had a secret sexual relationship with pacinoyes crush Elaine Joyce in the early 80s. He just wrote her a letter and the next thing you know she was IN HIS BED AND LYING ABOUT IT.........what actress would do such a thing? Elaine Joyce was a widow at this time and this was before she met and married and became a widow again (to Neil Simon - imagine what she's worth now ). Anyway, my point is, I also wanted very much to have sex with Elaine Joyce ...............and while my letters were likely less well written than Salinger's I could write words and stuff (um) - and width thee pore speling - and I would have used graphic drawings as well. The widow of singer Bobby Van, Joyce was 36 at the time. The letter was from J. D. Salinger. “I was doing a series,” says Joyce, “and he wrote me a letter. I get fan mail all the time, but I was shocked. I really didn’t believe it. It was a letter of introduction to me about my work.” Joyce responded, just as Maynard had; and in this case, as well, a sustained correspondence followed.But to conceal their affair, Joyce denied knowing him. “We were involved for a few years all the way through the middle eighties,” Joyce says. “You could say there was a romance.”nymag.com/nymetro/arts/features/2162/
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Post by Pavan on Mar 7, 2021 13:36:48 GMT
Greenland (2020)-
A decent Gerard Butler film in years. Like 2012 but on a low scale, less bombastic and actually quite effective at times. Would've been even well received if Chris Evans had done this. Still a watchable disaster film- 7/10
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Post by jakesully on Mar 8, 2021 0:57:35 GMT
The Marksman Caught this in theaters today all by myself (seriously, no one else was in my theater room). Overall, I dug this (kinda cliche in terms of the plot but screw it, I dig Liam Neeson films and he kicked all kinds of ass in this). 7/10
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Post by MsMovieStar on Mar 8, 2021 8:56:20 GMT
My Salinger Year 6/10. Oh honeys, this movie felt slight, which is a shame because Sigourney's character was very enigmatic as the (Devil wears Prada-like) boss of a literary agency. You know La Legend I haven't seen this ^ but an interesting true story is Salinger had a secret sexual relationship with pacinoyes crush Elaine Joyce in the early 80s. He just wrote her a letter and the next thing you know she was IN HIS BED AND LYING ABOUT IT.........what actress would do such a thing? Elaine Joyce was a widow at this time and this was before she met and married and became a widow again (to Neil Simon - imagine what she's worth now ). Anyway, my point is, I also wanted very much to have sex with Elaine Joyce ...............and while my letters were likely less well written than Salinger's I could write words and stuff (um) - and width thee pore speling - and I would have used graphic drawings as well. The widow of singer Bobby Van, Joyce was 36 at the time. The letter was from J. D. Salinger. “I was doing a series,” says Joyce, “and he wrote me a letter. I get fan mail all the time, but I was shocked. I really didn’t believe it. It was a letter of introduction to me about my work.” Joyce responded, just as Maynard had; and in this case, as well, a sustained correspondence followed.But to conceal their affair, Joyce denied knowing him. “We were involved for a few years all the way through the middle eighties,” Joyce says. “You could say there was a romance.”nymag.com/nymetro/arts/features/2162/Oh honey, 'she was doing a series'... Did she ever say what other writers she bedded? What can I say? Didn't you think of putting money in the envelope?... Did I really need to know that Jerry only preferred bjs? I can just visualise how Sigourney's character in this movie would have dealt with that information. BTW 'Jerry' doesn't feature in the movie aside from a few phone calls, in case you were thinking it was about one of his affairs. The movie is really about a young girl starting at a literary agency. I think you'd like Sigourney's urban sophisticate character - if only she'd had a bigger role and more to do.
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Post by Pavan on Mar 8, 2021 11:22:45 GMT
The Dig (2021)-
A slow burn, understated film about an excavation in the British country side. Handsomely filmed and neatly performed by Mulligan and Fiennes but it kind of derails with a romance subplot involving Lily James after three quarters of the film has passed. I can watch Lily James for a couple hours and call it a film and give it ten out of ten but this film didn't needed that. It was going pretty well till then. Didn't know this was real story and so it was all surprising that makers added an unnecessary romance subplot. Guess they did it to go along with the men going to war theme- 7/10
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Post by mhynson27 on Mar 9, 2021 4:36:00 GMT
Nomadland (re-watch)
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 9, 2021 7:26:48 GMT
I Was At Home, But.....(2019) 7.5 .........but hard to rate /10Very severe and democratic form of Art in the sense that it doesn't tell you what to think but is not random either and involves you, almost too much since you are not given dramatic subtext to "solve". This is not just mysterious it is rather unsolvable or unknowable in exactly what is conveyed and how you should interpret it. The kind of movie you could call a masterpiece one week and another find elusive to a maddening extent that you turn it off right at the start. Some astoundingly still shots, very carefully orchestrated and designed - haven't seen anything quite like this for good and bad.....
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Mar 9, 2021 7:47:06 GMT
I've watched a bunch more this week, but since I finished this all of 10 seconds ago, I needed to vent this shit out.
Tragedy Girls - In a world where social media reigns supreme but there are literally no security cameras or actual police work! This movie is fucking ass. It has an 83% on RT, though! Because I'm convinced that when reviewers see a horror movie that is somewhat self aware and "clever" (it's not) that it's an automatic thumbs up. Every tertiary character is a fucking moron and I don't even mean that in a horror movie sense where most people are dumb. I mean these people had actual IQs of a dung beetle, combined. There is no redeeming quality to this movie except for the fact that they kept the boom mic out of the camera's lens. Congrats critics... you still suck at your jobs. Eighty-three percent. Bah. I once vomited blood and had a more enjoyable experience.
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Post by Pavan on Mar 9, 2021 11:49:17 GMT
Call (2020)-
A cat and mouse thriller with two women from two time periods connecting via a phone call. Interesting premise and it was pretty solid for two thirds of its runtime but then it gets muddled in its own theatrics and from then its hard to digest the proceedings on the screen and i had to suspend by disbelief to enjoy it. Sloppy affair but engaging and offers some good thrills. Jong-seo Jun is a star in making. Loved her in The Burning and she delivers it in here too- 7/10
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Post by MsMovieStar on Mar 9, 2021 12:47:08 GMT
Oh honey, Villa Amalia (2009) 6/10I agree that Isabelle Huppert is one of those actresses that would still be watchable if she was just reading a phone directory out loud, and this movie came close to that. No one is as enigmatic as La Huppert. In this movie, after spying her partner kissing another woman, she dismantles her life and escapes to another country where she finds the Villa Amalia: That's it. Shame most of the movie is set in France watching Huppert liaising with the realtor to sell her apartment, packing stuff, throwing stuff in a dumpster, etc. Next time I need to move apartment, I'll just hire Huppert to do it for me under the pretext of making a movie.
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Post by jakesully on Mar 9, 2021 14:45:01 GMT
Honest ThiefSome intense moments but overall this was a forgettable Neeson joint. 6/10 Next up Liam joint that I will be viewing is Silence (haven't seen it yet)
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Post by Pavan on Mar 9, 2021 19:46:34 GMT
Rebecca (2020)-
Great sets and costumes aside this is a vapid adaptation. Didn't like it's perfume commercial look. No atmosphere and there's hardly any tension. Lily James was adequate as the dewy-eyed ingenue but she is getting type caste and it is getting boring to watch her like this. Armie Hammer was bland. Kristin Scott Thomas was good but she was under utilized- 5.5/10
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Mar 9, 2021 19:48:15 GMT
Something Wild. First watch. Great stuff and outstanding early turn for Liotta.
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Post by MsMovieStar on Mar 9, 2021 21:23:50 GMT
Oh honeys, Rifkin's Festival 8/10. This felt like a return to form for Woody Allen, I loved Rifkin's dreams which were black & white pastiches of famous movies (Jules et Jim, The Exterminating Angel, Persona & The Seventh Seal with Christoph Waltz as Death). San Sebastien in Spain looks absolutely gorgeous and I'd love to go there. I was saddened that Sergi Lopez has got so old and fat as he used to be so sexy, but he has a very small cameo. Much like Woody's work these days, it does feel like variations from his other movies, with Spanish actress, Elena Anaya doing what felt like Judy Davis' telephone scene from Husbands & Wives but in Spanish. There's also a big glance to Stardust Memories here. Wallace Shawn plays Rifkin, but at least he doesn't fall into the obvious Woody Allen imitation that so many actors have done previously. Loved Gina Gershon & Louis Garrel (especially the bongo scene) in this.
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Post by jakesully on Mar 9, 2021 21:43:38 GMT
Leave No Trace ( re watch)
This has got to be one of the best films of 2018 imo. I hope Debra Grank gets more chances to direct . The chemistry between Ben Foster & the young actress (Thomasin McKenzie) who played his daughter was so believable
Highly recommend this one if you haven't seen it yet.
9/10
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 10, 2021 3:51:48 GMT
Luz (2018) On Tubi - 7+/10A lot of this is conceptually brilliant - a German language (mostly) debut by Tilman Singer - remember that name! A total critics movie - in that it references a lot of stuff only in an academic way: Sort of a cross between Lynch, Herzog, Argento all writing a complex play - and a lot is like a play - with elements of psychological mystery, European Art film, horror and a crushingly sad love story - you may need to have it explained by reading on line analysis. The lead male here resembles Kinski and acts like him too - across roles and gender - he assumes the guise of others to startling effect. It is like watching a trainwreck unfold in slow motion - you are in awe much of the time. Only 70 minutes! ( Mattsby)
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Post by mhynson27 on Mar 10, 2021 4:39:31 GMT
Coming 2 America
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Post by Mattsby on Mar 10, 2021 17:25:22 GMT
The Tall T (1957) 7/10. Not much wrong with it. Completely solid little Western set around a coffee pot... with a standout Richard Boone and a lot of perfectly dialed dialogue, especially in the curt replies. One of the outlaws is asked his age and he says "I dunno. Young, mostly." It's interesting how this suggests an Old West of accepted indignity. I do wish Boone wasn't killed....so that when he comes along in Hombre, another Elmore a decade later, it'd be as if he never stopped, and got crookeder too. Edit: Wow I gotta step up my game. Scorsese's great breakdown of The Tall T, video in spoilers, makes me appreciate the movie even more.
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Post by MsMovieStar on Mar 10, 2021 20:21:42 GMT
Oh honeys, Mères et filles (2009) 7/10 This was a bit of a slow burn at first, a tensioned filled drama about a mother and daughter relationship. Deneuve as the cold, busy mother, is excellent as always. However, when a hidden diary (the release title in the US) is found, which tells the story of the Grandmother (Deneuve's mother) it becomes much more about mystery and intrigue. The payoff at the end is worth it.
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Post by cheesecake on Mar 10, 2021 22:02:09 GMT
Luz (2018) On Tubi - 7+/10A lot of this is conceptually brilliant - a German language (mostly) debut by Tilman Singer - remember that name! A total critics movie - in that it references a lot of stuff only in an academic way: Sort of a cross between Lynch, Herzog, Argento all writing a complex play - and a lot is like a play - with elements of psychological mystery, European Art film, horror and a crushingly sad love story - you may need to have it explained by reading on line analysis. The lead male here resembles Kinski and acts like him too - across roles and gender - he assumes the guise of others to startling effect. It is like watching a trainwreck unfold in slow motion - you are in awe much of the time. Only 70 minutes! ( Mattsby ) LOVE THIS MOVIE. Probably appearing in a future 31 Days.
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Post by mhynson27 on Mar 11, 2021 3:10:07 GMT
His House
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