February 12, 20232 yr Finally watched The Gentlemen, the Guy Ritchie movie with Matthew McConaughey as the lead. Didn't know much about it but it was alright and Colin Farrell was pretty funny. Don't want to spoil it, but he had a scene with Charlie Hunnam that was memorable.
February 12, 20232 yr Babylon - All over the fuckin' place like a drunk behind the wheel of a Duesenberg. A confusing, but entertaining ride. Great soundtrack.
February 14, 20232 yr On 2/12/2023 at 8:12 AM, Mrs Whiggins said: Finally watched The Gentlemen, the Guy Ritchie movie with Matthew McConaughey as the lead. Didn't know much about it but it was alright and Colin Farrell was pretty funny. Don't want to spoil it, but he had a scene with Charlie Hunnam that was memorable. I watched that one not long ago and enjoyed the hell out of it. I wish Ritchie would turn out more of those. In back to back nights, watched: Amsterdam: This movie was kind of strange. Didn't recognize Robbie at first. The Menu: This was absurd. Couldn't look away, but just absurd.
February 14, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, Augustus said: I watched that one not long ago and enjoyed the hell out of it. I wish Ritchie would turn out more of those. In back to back nights, watched: Amsterdam: This movie was kind of strange. Didn't recognize Robbie at first. The Menu: This was absurd. Couldn't look away, but just absurd. Ritchie has one coming out this year: Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre with Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Hugh Grant, and Josh Hartnett. Here is a trailer: Upcoming is the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare which is still in production. It also casts Cary Elwes, along with Henry Cavill, Henry Golding, among others. The cast of The Gentlemen was pretty good, we'll see if these next two pieces that have some of the same cast members can hang with it.
February 14, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said: Ritchie has one coming out this year: Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre with Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Hugh Grant, and Josh Hartnett. Here is a trailer: Upcoming is the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare which is still in production. It also casts Cary Elwes, along with Henry Cavill, Henry Golding, among others. The cast of The Gentlemen was pretty good, we'll see if these next two pieces that have some of the same cast members can hang with it. Well that's just wonderful fucking news. I think I'm gonna have to watch Snatch again tonight. It's time.
February 15, 20232 yr Ice Castles from 1978. Robbie Benson helps his blind girlfriend become a champion ice skater. Wife’s choice for the evening. Pretty big hit when I was in HS.
February 15, 20232 yr 40 minutes ago, GoPokes83 said: Ice Castles from 1978. Robbie Benson helps his blind girlfriend become a champion ice skater. Wife’s choice for the evening. Pretty big hit when I was in HS. When it was over how was the pegging, NowThis?
February 15, 20232 yr Finally watched The Gentlemen, the Guy Ritchie movie with Matthew McConaughey as the lead. Didn't know much about it but it was alright and Colin Farrell was pretty funny. Don't want to spoil it, but he had a scene with Charlie Hunnam that was memorable. I enjoyed this and Wrath of Man (which i rewatched about a month ago)
February 15, 20232 yr I'm one minute into Nocturnal Animals (never seen it) and WHAT THE FUCKDon’t worry. In 30 minutes that opening shot will be over.
February 15, 20232 yr Just watched Thirteen Days again. I've seen it a few times. Thoroughly enjoy it every time, though from the first viewing I figured that Kenny O'Donnell's role in the film was being greatly exaggerated compared to what really happened. Which is true. History Buffs just released a video about this a few days ago. That channel is fantastic, by the way. He's got a huge library of historical films he examines for historical accuracy. If you want to laugh, watch his video about Apocalypto. He blasts Mel Gibson's historical films, in general, but he sodomized that one. Edited February 15, 20232 yr by Augustus
February 15, 20232 yr Sorcerer (1977) Nothing like a country drive with a buddy. A worthy remake of Wages of Fear.
February 15, 20232 yr Well my review of Nocturnal Animals is pretty simple. This thing got an absolute ton of praise for a story that's basically a Taylor Swift revenge song, only across a ridiculously longer duration. Spoiler If you're still acting out a revenge fantasy over a panful breakup nearly 20 years later, the problem isn't the chick who broke your heart, however cruel she might've been. "Here's a novel where you and our child get raped and murdered and I get blinded before accidentally killing myself" doesn't strike me as an important moment in American literature, either.
February 16, 20232 yr When it was over how was the pegging, NowThis?Solid Chick movie, I like watching movies from back in the day just to check out the cars, clothes and backgrounds. Little reminiscing…
February 16, 20232 yr 13 hours ago, Augustus said: Just watched Thirteen Days again. I've seen it a few times. Thoroughly enjoy it every time, Great flick. Damn sparrows.
February 16, 20232 yr Watched this on Noir Alley this past Saturday and I had never seen it. Solid Noir film.
February 16, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said: Watched this on Noir Alley this past Saturday and I had never seen it. Solid Noir film. Cool title if nothing else. What is Noir Alley?
February 16, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, HamsterHookah said: Cool title if nothing else. What is Noir Alley? Noir Alley is a TCM show hosted by Eddie Muller. It is on Saturday nights at 11PM Central and replayed the following Sunday at 9AM. You can read the details at this site. https://noiralley.tcm.com/ I highly recommend it.
February 17, 20232 yr Infinity Pool. If you like dark, fucked up, twisted movies with psychedelic sex scenes, this movie is for you.
February 17, 20232 yr Infinity Pool. If you like dark, fucked up, twisted movies with psychedelic sex scenes, this movie is for you. Wanted to go see this in the theater....guess i will have to just fap at home now
February 17, 20232 yr On 10/9/2021 at 11:34 AM, Neonmoon said: The Guilty with Jake Gyllenhall on Netflix no bueno Yep. Just saw it. He pretty much shattered every rule of 911 calltaking. It's piss.
February 17, 20232 yr The Good House (2021) Not a complete waste of time -- Sigourney and Kevin Kline carry it along and there are some very pretty scenes. I still have some loyalty to Sigourney because she is a Stanford girl but also because:
February 17, 20232 yr Athena. About a riot in a French housing project and a group of brothers living/fighting through it. It's pretty much straight action from the jump. 99 minutes. Cinematography is absolutely astounding and the action is breathtaking. Because it's French, the subtitles are easy. I don't know how this movie didn't end up on everyone's top ten lists. 5 out of 5 stars. Maybe the only movie this year that can hang with Maverick on the action/entertainment front.
February 17, 20232 yr 22 hours ago, tx 3 putt said: Cinema perfection ….. I haven’t seen this film but there’s a couple things in this short sequence that seem questionable. First, Death comes for the Knight. The Knight challenges Death to a chess match with the stakes that Death can take the Knight if Death wins. Why would Death accept these stakes? Death has everything to lose and nothing additional to gain. Death should laugh at the offer and counter for additional winnings (like the Knight’s king or family or something). Point being: Death always wins, and we’re all just negotiating for more time. Also, the Knight just happens to have a chess board set up on the beach. He’s alone; was he playing with himself? I’m curious about the film now. I’ll probably watch it. Thanks for posting.
February 17, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, GenXer said: I haven’t seen this film but there’s a couple things in this short sequence that seem questionable. First, Death comes for the Knight. The Knight challenges Death to a chess match with the stakes that Death can take the Knight if Death wins. Why would Death accept these stakes? Death has everything to lose and nothing additional to gain. Death should laugh at the offer and counter for additional winnings (like the Knight’s king or family or something). Point being: Death always wins, and we’re all just negotiating for more time. Also, the Knight just happens to have a chess board set up on the beach. He’s alone; was he playing with himself? I’m curious about the film now. I’ll probably watch it. Thanks for posting. The movie explains it all. It's worth the watch. Quote Point being: Death always wins, and we’re all just negotiating for more time. It's an important theme in the movie.
February 17, 20232 yr If being alone and playing with yourself on the beach is wrong, then I don't ever want to be right. Saw it one late night years ago and enjoy just about all of Von Sydow's work, but being old, tired and dumb had me overwhelmed with trying to keep up with it.
February 17, 20232 yr Ice Castles from 1978. Robbie Benson helps his blind girlfriend become a champion ice skater. Wife’s choice for the evening. Pretty big hit when I was in HS. Starred genuine ice skater Lynn-Holly Johnson. Who was super hot in For Hour Eyes Only, but she’s not considered a Bond girl.
February 18, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Texzilla58 said: Starred genuine ice skater Lynn-Holly Johnson. Who was super hot in For Hour Eyes Only, but she’s not considered a Bond girl. Four Hours Eyes Only. Wasn’t that original name of Lenscrafters?
February 18, 20232 yr 13 hours ago, Bateshorn said: Athena. About a riot in a French housing project and a group of brothers living/fighting through it. It's pretty much straight action from the jump. 99 minutes. Cinematography is absolutely astounding and the action is breathtaking. Because it's French, the subtitles are easy. I don't know how this movie didn't end up on everyone's top ten lists. 5 out of 5 stars. Maybe the only movie this year that can hang with Maverick on the action/entertainment front. Thanks for the recommendation, but this didn’t really live up to that review. No good guys or good characters. Cool visuals though. French riots seam weak and lots of WTF tactical fighting decisions. Not worth reading subtitles in my opinion.
February 18, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, Elvis said: Thanks for the recommendation, but this didn’t really live up to that review. No good guys or good characters. Cool visuals though. French riots seam weak and lots of WTF tactical fighting decisions. Not worth reading subtitles in my opinion. I wasn’t aware there was a sliding scale for riot quality. You’ve obviously never tried to keep up with lightning fast German subtitles before. There were no good guys and lots of tactical wtf in Apocalypse Now, and yet it’s a classic. Literally nothing made sense in Maverick, which was basically a rewarming of the first movie, with the Star Wars trench scene tacked on and Miles Teller’s mustache. If you can find a quality sub 100 minute action movie with cool visuals and multiple long tracking shots, I’m all ears. Edited February 18, 20232 yr by Bateshorn
February 18, 20232 yr AO Scott captured my mixed sentiments on Athena better than I could express. Glad I watched it though. Quote Gavras’s filmmaking is technically impressive. He pulls the camera through complex, kinetic tableaus in long, breathless takes. Some of these sequences are thrilling, but after a while they become repetitive, and Athena feels more like a video game background than an actual place. There’s no modulation: Nearly every scene ends in either a screaming argument or a literal explosion. Karim and Moktar rarely utter a line without shouting. Quote You could argue that “Athena” uses the syntax of action cinema to make a point about the state of French society. And while it’s true that there are real issues at play here — police violence, racism, the disaffection of the immigrant underclass — the filmmakers don’t so much explore as exploit them, giving a loud and sloppy genre exercise a patina of relevance.
February 18, 20232 yr It’s just so damn hard to find anything good these days that goes bang and doesn’t take 2.5 hours and is a mediocre quality CGI fest. I felt like the movie wasn’t trying to explore a deeper meaning and instead just took the viewers for a ride, letting them find their own meaning.
February 18, 20232 yr True Spirit - Based on the true story of 16 year old Jessica Watson of Gold Coast, Australia who became the youngest person to solo circumnavigate the world by sail. There are rules Spoiler
February 18, 20232 yr The Blue Max. One of the best war films ever if you focus on the incredible WWI flight cinematography. It’s on Hulu these days. If you’ve never seen it give it a watch. Ignore the 60’s soap opera elements with Ursula Andreas.
February 18, 20232 yr On 2/11/2023 at 11:06 PM, CooterBrown said: My parents took me to see it when I was 10. I turned out alright. I do agree that Porky’s was a great movie, if that is what you were thinking. Edited February 18, 20232 yr by PittsburghTiger
February 18, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, RPM said: True Spirit - Based on the true story of 16 year old Jessica Watson of Gold Coast, Australia who became the youngest person to solo circumnavigate the world by sail. There are rules The actress is 19, no pedo warning necessary.
February 18, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, Bateshorn said: I wasn’t aware there was a sliding scale for riot quality. You’ve obviously never tried to keep up with lightning fast German subtitles before. There were no good guys and lots of tactical wtf in Apocalypse Now, and yet it’s a classic. Literally nothing made sense in Maverick, which was basically a rewarming of the first movie, with the Star Wars trench scene tacked on and Miles Teller’s mustache. If you can find a quality sub 100 minute action movie with cool visuals and multiple long tracking shots, I’m all ears. No need to bring Maverick into the conversation. Erroneous! Basically, I didn’t agree with the five stars. Glad you liked it.
February 18, 20232 yr 31 minutes ago, Elvis said: No need to bring Maverick into the conversation. Erroneous! Basically, I didn’t agree with the five stars. Glad you liked it. Fair enough. I loved it, but it’s always tricky recommending foreign language movies
February 20, 20232 yr I always liked the French film Nikita, kind of an unexpected action surprise good film, a la The Professional. Luc Besson oui oui. 2 for 2
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