Last Movie You Watched

[Madiel]

Another recent Chinese film I saw last year, around the same time I watched Ash, was Long Day's Journey into Night from filmmaker Bi Gan. I recommend it, it's mesmerizing.

Hmm. I'm not finding any information about availability of that one here right now.

To be honest every time I see a Chinese film I fight the urge to hunt down Raise the Red Lantern and watch it again. It's a long time since I saw it but I absolutely loved it.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

The Million Pound Note


https://www.youtube.com/v/gyePJXDB-uQ

[aligreto]

Disturbia This is a film that is something of a Hitchcockian parody and, as such, it is both successful and watchable.

[aligreto]

The Million Pound Note


https://www.youtube.com/v/gyePJXDB-uQ

I have seen that film and it is an interesting study on how the promise of money, even if it is not practically realisable, affects people and their attitudes. It is enjoyable.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

I have seen that film and it is an interesting study on how the promise of money, even if it is not practically realisable, affects people and their attitudes. It is enjoyable.

Quite enjoyable, if predictably over the top and straight forward. And of course Eddie Murphy would go on to copy parts of it in "Trading Places".

[André]

Quite enjoyable, if predictably over the top and straight forward. And of course Eddie Murphy would go on to copy parts of it in "Trading Places".

Music by William Alwyn !

[Sergeant Rock]

Yellowbeard.

"Dying's the easy way out. You won't catch me dying. They'll have to kill me before I die!"   


Sarge

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Music by William Alwyn !

Oh, how neat. Didn't take time to notice/read. But that enriches the experience in retrospect! Thanks.

[SonicMan46]

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) w/ Lily James, Michiel Huisman, Glen Powell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Katherine Parkinson, Matthew Goode, Tom Courtenay and Penelope Wilton.  A historical romantic drama - more HERE - Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands off the Normandy coast (see map), was occupied by the Germans in WW II - story of the occupation and post-war recovery; 81% on Rotten Tomatoes - we enjoyed - recommended.  Dave
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[aligreto]

Blackhat





A cyber crime thriller with an edge. Worth a watch.

[drogulus]

     I managed to acquire a DVD of The Bofors Gun, an old favorite. I scoured sites all over and found it in Canada.

     

     

[aligreto]

A Vigilante





This is a hard hitting film about a woman, with a particular history, who is driven to mainly avenge other women who are beaten by their husbands. The story unfolds well in both a general and specific way. It highlights an unfortunately very real problem very well and I agree very much with the dispensation of her type of justice to the perpetrators.

[SimonNZ]

Second viewing. Still a few criticisms, but liked it more this time around.

[SonicMan46]

Angel and the Badman (1947) w/ John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey and Bruce Cabot - short synopsis below - Russell's eyes were just beautiful - great story - Gail's early death in her mid-30s is tragic (LINK) - recommended.

Anchors Aweigh (1945) w/ Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, & Kathryn Grayson; also Dean Stockwell in his youth - second synopsis below - not the same as their later film On the Town (1949) - expect less of a story, more a musical revue, some great numbers, and Gene dancing w/ a mouse in an animated scene - Dave

One of John Wayne's most mystical films, Angel and the Badman is also the first production that Wayne personally produced. The star plays a wounded outlaw who is sheltered by a Quaker family. Attracted to the family's angelic daughter Gail Russell, the hard-bitten Wayne undergoes a slow and subtle character transformation; still, he is obsessed with killing the man (Bruce Cabot) who murdered his foster father. The storyline traces not only the regeneration of Wayne, but of the single-minded sheriff (Harry Carey) who'd previously been determined to bring Wayne to justice.

Anchors Aweigh is a 1945 American Technicolor musical comedy film directed by George Sidney and starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, and Gene Kelly, with songs by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn. In the film, two sailors go on a four-day shore leave in Hollywood, meet a young boy and his aunt, an aspiring young singer, and the sailors try to help her get an audition at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In addition to a live-action Kelly dancing with Jerry Mouse the cartoon mouse, the film also features José Iturbi, Pamela Britton, Dean Stockwell, and Sharon McManus

   

[Madiel]

Latter Days



Mostly, rather cheesy. Occasionally, quite emotional.

[Todd]

The Hustle.  A gender-swapped remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Bedtime Story, this flick remains watchable only because of Rebel Wilson's willingness to do anything for a laugh.  Most of the time it works, but every once in a while one misses what was done in the 80s.  Wilson's Princess Hortense character compared to Steve Martin's Ruprecht (Oklahoma!) highlights all the shortcomings of this remake.  It's paint by numbers filmmaking across the board.  I kept wanting more.  At least it killed ninety minutes.

[aligreto]

2012





Wonderful effects that still hold up very well today for me.

[Madiel]

Babel



Well, 13.5 years on, I like this film pretty much the same as I did the first time I saw it. Though the impact is inevitably a little different when you know how the stories are connected from the beginning, instead of finding out at various points.

But it's still a powerful take on the world's diversity.

[SonicMan46]

On the 4th of July, we usually alternate watching Yankee Doodle Dandy or 1776 but disagreed on the choice last night, so I selected a couple of different films - The Patriot w/ Gibson - this film is quite atmospheric for us, i.e. we travel the Carolinas and have been to many of the Revolutionary battle sites and National Treasure w/ Cage, what more appropriate than stealing the Declaration of Independence!    Dave

 

[Florestan]

The Patriot w/ Gibson

 

Hi, Dave! The movie stroke me as propaganda through and through but I greatly enjoyed what Gibson's character retorts at some time; I fear one tyrant 10,000 miles away much less than 100 of them at home (or something to that effect) --- with respect to whether the colonies should stay within UK or declare independence.