Last Movie You Watched

[aligreto]

Fire Down Below





Sometimes all one needs is the mindless entertainment of something like this.     

[Undersea]

Sometimes all one needs is the mindless entertainment of something like this.     

Lol, yes this tends to be my mindset these days when it comes to Movies.


Recently watched:

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Star Wars; The Last jedi


I must admit to have been a bit disappointed by this one when I caught it on the big screen but I enjoyed it a fair bit more this time around.
There's some great ideas in the Movie but I still have the feeling that it went on a bit too long.
I don't think it will be the last time I view the film as I'm a fairly keen Star Wars fan.

[aligreto]

Lol, yes this tends to be my mindset these days when it comes to Movies.

I am glad that I am not the only one who can have the occasional brain meltdown and can only digest mindless visual chewing gum 

[James]

Miles Ahead
2015 ‧ Drama/Romance ‧ 1h 40m

After disappearing for a period of five years in the 1970s, Miles and a music reporter set out to recover a stolen sessions tape.

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[Karl Henning]

Yesterday, From Russia With Love on blu ray.  Holy cats, but it looks good . . . Istanbul looks perhaps even more stunning in Terry Young's 1963 film, than in Skyfall.  This is still a lean, purposeful project, "franchise bloat" has not yet set in.  I've reported here that I was bowled over anew by Dr No (and I do not withdraw that).  From R. With L. tops that, with cool ease.

[aligreto]

The Clapper





Quirky and amusing for that.

[George]

The Clapper



Quirky and amusing for that.

I really liked that one.

[aligreto]

I really liked that one.

Yes, a very human story.

[Draško]

About destinies of two people during upheavals of Spanish history during late 18th and early 19th century, very late inquisition and napoleonic times, as witnessed by Francisco Goya as observer. Bit overwrought, definitely not among Forman's best, still watchable.

[Ken B]

Taking Sides
Directed by Istvan Szabo, about Furtwangler's denazification process.

I liked it. If anyone has seen it, the bit with the handkerchief is interesting. Wiping his hand unobtrusively?

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The Next Three Days

[Draško]

Transgender hooker gets out of jail, finds out her pimp boyfriend has been cheating on her and starts tracking him down... The film takes a bit to get going but when it gets it's really good, especially the final third (and quite funny). It's a previous film of Sean Baker, director of The Florida Project. It's shot on three iphones and yet it manages not to look amateur at any moment. Very well done.

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Stratton

[Karl Henning]

Last night, for perhaps the second time:  Grand Budapest Hotel

[Todd]

Passengers.  Ugh.

[Mirror Image]

Karl and Jeffrey (Vandermolen), have you guys watched the Samuel Barber documentary yet? Would be keen to hear your opinions of it. I'm probably going to watch it again tomorrow night, which is something I don't do much with composer documentaries.

[Karl Henning]

Karl and Jeffrey (Vandermolen), have you guys watched the Samuel Barber documentary yet? Would be keen to hear your opinions of it. I'm probably going to watch it again tomorrow night, which is something I don't do much with composer documentaries.

Not yet, though I have thought about it (i.e., I didn't simply forget ... between attending performances, and my own composing, the weekend was full. I'm looking at ... Friday evening for Barber.

[Mirror Image]

Not yet, though I have thought about it (i.e., I didn't simply forget ... between attending performances, and my own composing, the weekend was full. I'm looking at ... Friday evening for Barber.

Excellent, sir! Looking forward to your commentary.

[Draško]

Beautifully shot and designed film (the story takes place in 50s Japan, Osaka) but the plot is flimsy and already seen and the characters wholly unbelievable.



Bunch of bored high school teenagers in some French suburbia sleep around indiscriminately, organise some orgies, a bit of a scandal breaks out, round of STDs gets passed around. Scandal passes, stds get cured and everyone continues with their lives. I like the sentiment but there are better films dealing with similar matters.

[James]

Body Double
1984 ‧ Mystery/Crime film ‧ 1h 54m

After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully (Craig Wasson) finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous blonde (Deborah Shelton) dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers -- with porn actress Holly Body (Melanie Griffith) as his guide.

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