Last Movie You Watched

[Brahmsian]

     Inglorious Basterds is considered one of QT's best by considerers, up there with Jackie Brown which probably ranks No. 1.

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Jackie Brown is probably still my favourite.

[SimonNZ]

a masterpiece - the best thing I've seen by Hirokazu Kore-eda, I rate it even higher than Shoplifters

[Todd]

The Wandering Earth.  I've not seen very many new movies this year, so I wanted to see one of the biggest blockbusters of the year.  So, you see, the sun, it's getting bigger.  Like so much bigger.  It's gonna destroy the earth.  That's bad.  So humanity pulls together to build some big ol' honkin' thrusters around the planet to move the earth into the orbit of another star.  Because, yeah, that'd work.  This here flick, available on Netflix, is dubbed, which is precisely the wrong way to present foreign language films, especially if at some point the viewer really doesn't want to know what type of stupid dialogue the actors utter.  The film looks slick, though there's no way to make some of this look non-cartoonish.  Hollywood producers and lawyers should be furious and should drag their Chinese counterparties to court in a jurisdiction with meaningful enforcement mechanisms, because Chinese filmmakers have caught up to their Cali brethren when it comes to making shitty blockbusters, and that's Hollywood's domain.

[Daverz]

The Endless

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Well done indie horror/sci-fi.

[drogulus]

The Endless

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Well done indie horror/sci-fi.

     Yes, it is. I got the ending wrong, something one of the brothers says went right by me.

[Karl Henning]

A Fish Called Wanda

[aligreto]

The Invisible Guest





This is a good thriller about what happens when events get out of control and also the lies told to cover up events. This one has a good story, good acting and a good twist at the end. Well worth a watch if you do not mind subtitles.

[aligreto]

Two really exquisite films I'd never seen before.

Excellent films indeed.

[aligreto]

A Fish Called Wanda

That one still makes me laugh every time I see it.

[Karl Henning]

That one still makes me laugh every time I see it.

No lie!

[Karl Henning]

Watched Funny Face last night. Diverting, but not destined to be a favorite.

[Ken B]

The Ox-Bow Incident
1943, directed by William Wellman

Had not seen this in decades.

[George]

Excellent documentary!

[Ken B]

The Sisters Brothers

Supposedly a comedy, and there are a few recognizable attempts at humor, but mostly just dull and aimless.
Watchable but nothing more.

[aligreto]

Kieslowski: Dekalog, Part 9





This is a very touching and even tender film about infidelity, its consequences and circumstances within and outside of your control.

[SonicMan46]

Hi All!  I've been absent the last few weeks mainly because of the 'bug issue' - was frustrating trying to post but hopefully corrected?

We've been mainly re-watching JAG - now on the 4th season (aired 1995-2005, 10 seasons, 227 episodes) - our 2nd time through a purchased DVD set - not sure that we will go all the way but enjoying again!.

Streamed a number of recent films from Amazon that were on my 'to see list', but turned all off and no need to even mention their names -

As to films that I own and liked recently:  Hud (1963) w/ Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, & Brandon deWilde; beautiful B&W photography and great ensemble acting - nominated for 7 Oscars, winner of 3 including Neal (Best Actress) & Douglas (Best Supporting Actor) - highly recommended despite Newman's unlikeable personality for those who are fans of the actor, as I am.

Reap the Wild Wind (1942) w/ John Wayne, Raymond Milland, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey, and many others; Ceclle B. DeMille, director - new blu-ray acquisition w/ glorious color restoration - short synopsis below; won an Oscar for 'Visual Effects', although Wayne wrestling a cephalopod is dated, but hey loved it as a kid (a giant squid - in Wake of the Red Witch, 1948, Wayne battles w/ an octopus - he dies in both films, a rarity for 'The Duke').  Dave

Along the seaboard of the American South during the 1840s, cut-throat salvagers who profit from the wrecks of transatlantic cargo ships move from exploiting shipwrecks to causing them. As the most dangerous of the salvagers, King Cutler (Raymond Massey), takes aim at the ships of the wealthy Devereaux Company, ambitious ship captain Jack Stuart (John Wayne) and company lawyer Stephen Tolliver (Ray Milland) vie for the hand of feisty Loxi Claiborne (Paulette Goddard).

   

[aligreto]

Hi All!  I've been absent the last few weeks mainly because of the 'bug issue' - was frustrating trying to post but hopefully corrected?

Likewise. It is indeed good to be back among friends and like minded thinkers.

[Cato]

Marvelous score by David Arnold: excellent movie, filmed in Banff, Alberta, Canada.

[vandermolen]

I'd forgotten just how great this film is. One of the classic films I think. I wish that Rumon Gamba would record the extraordinary score by Allan Gray for Chandos:

[aligreto]

Knight and Day





Mindless but entertaining.