Last Movie You Watched

[DavidW]

Thanks for the clarification.

lol I forgot about their ultimate stinker! Morbius

[SonicMan46]

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) w/ short summary below - of course, the hit is Robin Williams 'on the air' with most of his banter being improvisations - this is a MUST if never seen.

Out of the Past (1947) - story also below with main actors - a 'film noir' feast w/ Mitchum great and two beautiful women (Jane Greer & Rhonda Fleming) - in this 'top 25' film noir ranking, this comes in 9th place (and MANY of these films were made in the era!) - rates a little lower elsewhere but another recommendation if you're into this genre.  Dave

Good Morning, Vietnam is an American war comedy film written by Mitch Markowitz and directed by Barry Levinson. Set in Saigon in 1965, during the Vietnam War, the film stars Robin Williams as an Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) DJ who proves hugely popular with the troops, but infuriates his superiors with what they call his "irreverent tendency". The story is loosely based on the experiences of AFRS DJ Adrian Cronauer. (Source)

Out of the Past is a 1947 American film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas. The film was adapted by Geoffrey Homes from his 1946 novel Build My Gallows High (also written as Homes), with uncredited revisions by Frank Fenton and James M. Cain. Its complex, fatalistic storyline, dark cinematography, and classic femme fatale garnered the film critical acclaim and cult status. (Source)

 

[Karl Henning]

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) w/ short summary below - of course, the hit is Robin Williams 'on the air' with most of his banter being improvisations - this is a MUST if never seen.

Out of the Past (1947) - story also below with main actors - a 'film noir' feast w/ Mitchum great and two beautiful women (Jane Greer & Rhonda Fleming) - in this 'top 25' film noir ranking, this comes in 9th place (and MANY of these films were made in the era!) - rates a little lower elsewhere but another recommendation if you're into this genre.  Dave

 

Both faves, Dave!

[brewski]

This month, thanks to the Philadelphia Film Society, revisiting two of my favorites on the big screen: The Leopard (1963) and Rocco and His Brothers (1960). Both have fabulous scores by Nino Rota.

A brief appreciation on The Leopard, about 6 minutes:

The trailer for the 4K restoration of Rocco:

[Karl Henning]

Red 2 starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich and others.  How to describe it:  spies trying to save the world with a lot of tongue in cheek humor?  Lots of fun and interesting twists.  Quite enjoyed it.  John Malkovich's character and delivery had me laughing.

K

Watching this now.

[Karl Henning]

Red 2 starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich and others.  How to describe it:  spies trying to save the world with a lot of tongue in cheek humor?  Lots of fun and interesting twists.  Quite enjoyed it.  John Malkovich's character and delivery had me laughing.

K

Great fun, indeed.

[Kalevala]

Great fun, indeed.

Glad that you enjoyed it!   

K

[Karl Henning]

Glad that you enjoyed it! 

K

I especially enjoyed Jn Malkovich in an upbeat comic character. I tend to remember the thoroughly bad experience his character in Burn After Reading suffers.

[T. D.]

I once saw this on video, but may watch an enhanced cinema restoration on half-price Wednesday 


I'm a qualified fan of the director: very much enjoy some of his films*, but there have been others I couldn't connect with or didn't want to see.

*The Dead Zone is particularly good and (while not exactly PG-rated) eschews the over-the-top creepiness that is sometimes found in Cronenberg's work.

[Karl Henning]

I once saw this on video, but may watch an enhanced cinema restoration on half-price Wednesday 


I'm a qualified fan of the director: very much enjoy some of his films*, but there have been others I couldn't connect with or didn't want to see.

*The Dead Zone is particularly good and (while not exactly PG-rated) eschews the over-the-top creepiness that is sometimes found in Cronenberg's work.

I'm still not sure I want to try Dead Ringers again.

[T. D.]

I'm still not sure I want to try Dead Ringers again.

I hear you...Enjoyed it once, when I didn't know what to expect. Not eager to revisit.

[Karl Henning]

Again:
Blade Runner 2049. As rich as the original. A great slowburn.

[Cato]

Last night, The Singing Detective, which reignited Robert Downey Jr.'s career after a year in a rehabilitation clinic.

An odd movie, which keeps you guessing (Is this a hallucination or not?) about things, and has some funny, satirical moments.


I did not know that the movie derives from a British television mini-series in the 1980's with Michael Gambon.




Also recently, The Accountant, which deals with an autistic genius who, despite his intelligence, ends up laundering money for the worst and deepest parts of the underworld.        

If you accept the premise that autism prevents or inhibits moral behavior, or even distinguishing right from wrong), then it is an entertaining ride!

[VonStupp]

This is not a Marvel movie. Sony hasn't produced that many Spider-verse movies. It is just that the ones they made are stinkers. There are the Venom movies, Madame Web, and Kraven, and I think that is it. The Tom Holland movies are not under the Sony umbrella, but the Disney one.

I thought Marvel Studios, Sony, and Disney all have their hands in the pot when it came to Spider-Man. Personally, I can't keep up with who owns what amid the back-room dealings, so I won't pretend to know. For me, the Marvel movies really fell off the cliff, with few exceptions.

At some point, supply is determined to exceed demand.

I think we are well beyond that point. Now, I serve the role of dutiful father and husband to those who like to watch such things. My superhero movie exhaustion reared its head long ago, but if I am going to watch them, I might as well keep an open mind and expectations low.
VS

[Karl Henning]

Again:
Blade Runner 2049. As rich as the original. A great slowburn.

And now: back to Ridley Scott's original!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

This month, thanks to the Philadelphia Film Society, revisiting two of my favorites on the big screen: The Leopard (1963) and Rocco and His Brothers (1960). Both have fabulous scores by Nino Rota.

A brief appreciation on The Leopard, about 6 minutes:

The trailer for the 4K restoration of Rocco:

Great movies!

[brewski]

Great movies!

Yes! At 3 hours each, they are long hauls, but worth it.

[Papy Oli]

Darkest Hour


A mesmerising performance by Gary Oldman as Churchill in an otherwise ok movie.

[DavidW]

I thought Marvel Studios, Sony, and Disney all have their hands in the pot when it came to Spider-Man.

Disney owns Marvel, which currently has rights to Spider-Man, but Sony still has rights to the other characters in the Spiderverse. That means that Sony can make movies with recurring Spider-Man characters, except the titular character himself. So they are oddly making movies about some of his villains, but then making them into the protagonists??

[DavidW]

I watched The Da Vinci Code, a terribly stupid movie. The worst part was that the clever insight to solve the last puzzle was associating Newton with apples, which a child could do. I didn't read or watch this when it was new, and I don't know why it was so popular.