Last Movie You Watched

[Karl Henning]

My favorite bit of vocal weirdness remains the Dungeon Song from The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T:

https://youtu.be/rqy4xcXgtxM

I would occasionally try to sneak it into the  impromptu recitals I'd give back when l was a church soloist.

Our Cato put me onto that. What a kick!

[Karl Henning]

Tip of the hat to Dave!

Christmas movie № 8: A Christmas Carol (1984)

[Maestro267]

Home Alone, on Channel 4 earlier.

Add one to the 2021 (John) Candywatch counter.

[SonicMan46]

Tip of the hat to Dave!

Christmas movie № 8: A Christmas Carol (1984)

👍 Hope you (or will) enjoyed!  Happy Holiday Season - Dave 

[Karl Henning]

👍 Hope you (or will) enjoyed!  Happy Holiday Season - Dave 

Very much, Dave. Merry Christmas!

TD:

Christmas movie № 9: Scrooged

[SonicMan46]

All below are BD upgrades from DVDs in my collection - purchased for half price from Amazon w/ recently received credit:

Ivanhoe (1952) w/ Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, et al - based on the 1819 historical novel Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott, so knights, castles, etc.  Filmed in gorgeous technicolor (5*/5* video rating HERE) - LINK

Unconquered (1947) w/ Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, and others (including Boris Karloff as an Indian chief!); Cecile B. DeMille, director - historical drama about Pontiac's rebellion in 1763 w/ DeMille's usual extravagant costumes and scenes - the canoe pursuit down rapids (filmed on the Snake River and another) and over falls is well done; LINK

Good News (1947) - an MGM musical film based on the 1927 stage production of the same name. It starred June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Mel Tormé, and Joan McCracken. The screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; made in Technicolor (also 5* video & 4.5* audio HERE). A corny film which I love - the BD restoration (see link) is spectacular w/ colorful costumes and great audio, especially the singing of the 22 y/o Mel Torme (a.k.a. the Velvet Fog); LINK

Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) - MGM film musical starring Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and George Murphy. It was directed by Norman Taurog and features music by Cole Porter, including "Begin the Beguine".  The attraction of this film is the dancing by the three stars, so only recommended if your interested, check LINK

National Velvet (1944) - Technicolor horse film directed by Clarence Brown and based on the 1935 novel of the same name by Enid Bagnold. It stars Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Angela Lansbury, Anne Revere, Reginald Owen, and an adolescent Elizabeth Taylor. LINK

   

 

[Madiel]

Soul again. Because I got it for Christmas. The Pixar collection keeps growing.

[Todd]

Obviously a better fit for Easter than Christmas, Mary Magdalene nonetheless made for Christmas viewing.  Made in the wake of the much-maligned Mary being elevated to apostle of the apostles status by Pope Francis, the film is a low budget but proper looking telling on the last days of Jesus.  It's very much a modernized, feminist take on the story, and it has all manner of nods to contemporary button-pushing inclusiveness - eg, Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Peter, though, of course Joaquin Phoenix plays Jesus, so, you know - but it still works well enough for what it is.  Everyone takes the material seriously.  Rooney is understated, and Phoenix, who could have played Jesus in any overwrought way he wanted instead goes for a more subdued, very human take.  Worth viewing if hardly essential. 

[aligreto]

The Good Liar:





A con artist and extortionist makes a play for the big score of his life and invests everything in this scam. I enjoyed it a lot.

[drogulus]

    A couple of nights ago I watched I Care A Lot, which restored my faith in human depravity, which wavers from time to time. It features Rosamund Pike, Dianne Wiest and Peter Dinklage. They are not entirely good people IMV.

[aligreto]

    A couple of nights ago I watched I Care A Lot, which restored my faith in human depravity, which wavers from time to time. It features Rosamund Pike, Dianne Wiest and Peter Dinklage. They are not entirely good people IMV.

That was a very good film if I remember correctly.

[Karl Henning]

Last night, it was high time I watched Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard

[SonicMan46]

Last night, it was high time I watched Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard

Karl - the BD below?  Plenty of  'specials' on that one as I recall - but has been a while for me.  Dave 

 

[Karl Henning]

Karl - the BD below?  Plenty of  'specials' on that one as I recall - but has been a while for me.  Dave 

 

Aye, Dave. Will wade into the extras soon. Poor Joe: he never made it back to Dayton....

[SimonNZ]

A few quibbles aside I thought this was very well done

[Madiel]

A few quibbles aside I thought this was very well done

As long as the typesetter had minimal involvement.

[Karl Henning]

A few quibbles aside I thought this was very well done

Good.

[Iota]

The odd okay/funny bit, but otherwise a disappointingly cliched, toothless take on the tale of a fifty-something female American chat show host coming face to face with the repercussions of her own personal/professional shortcomings.

[aligreto]

The Killing of a Sacred Deer:





This is one of the strangest films that I have ever seen. It is about the heavy influence that a boy has on a doctor's family [there is a backstory here] and the ultimate choice the doctor has to make as a result. The dialogue is very contrived, strained and unnatural to add to the surreal nature of the situation, I suppose.

[SonicMan46]

Another BD replacement for an old DVD:

National Velvet (1944) w/ an adolescent Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, and others - short synopsis below and excellent restoration review HERE - considered one of the best 'horse films'; Rooney reprised a similar role in the Black Stallion (1979), another excellent horse adventure.  Taylor did most of her own riding in the making of National Velvet and took a nasty fall - more 'facts' HERE - highly recommended.  Dave

National Velvet is an American Technicolor sports film directed by Clarence Brown and based on the 1935 novel of the same name by Enid Bagnold. It stars Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Angela Lansbury, Anne Revere, Reginald Owen, and an adolescent Elizabeth Taylor. In 2003, National Velvet was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." (Source)