Last Movie You Watched

[Karl Henning]

Dobbs especially, or Sam Spade. He's great in In A Lonely Place. But the oscars were always studio puffery.

Indeed.

[Ken B]

Dead Again
1991, Kenneth Branagh

Although we didn't actually watch all of it. Just a clunky misfire we gave up on.

[aligreto]

The Institute





This is a dark, gothic tale of female trafficking which happens to be based on true events. Very interesting and watchable.

[aligreto]

Vanilla Sky

[Karl Henning]

The Nightmare Before Christmas

[j winter]

My son and I indulged in a couple of the classics... Peter Cushing is so, so good in those Hammer flicks...

[Karl Henning]

Hallowe'en

[aligreto]

Open Your Eyes





This was the original Spanish version of Vanilla Sky posted above.

[George]

Vanilla Sky

I know I am mostly alone on this, but I thought this film was excellent! Great soundtrack too.

[Karl Henning]

Tim  Burton's Sweeney Todd, which somehow I persist in more or less enjoying.

[aligreto]

I know I am mostly alone on this, but I thought this film was excellent! Great soundtrack too.

Yes, not a bad effort if a bit "Hollywood" for me. Vanilla Sky draws heavily on the original Open Your Eyes even to the extent that the main character and his psychologist in Vanilla Sky both physically resemble their equivalents in Open Your Eyes.

[Ken B]

Tim  Burton's Sweeney Todd, which somehow I persist in more or less enjoying.

Me too.

[Ken B]

Christopher Robin
2017

This, to my surprise, is really good, and very funny.

[Karl Henning]

Christopher Robin
2017

This, to my surprise, is really good, and very funny.

Nice.

[SonicMan46]

Me too.

We enjoyed the film also - Dave

 

[mc ukrneal]

Tim  Burton's Sweeney Todd, which somehow I persist in more or less enjoying.

I think it's just bullet proof (at least to some degree). It's got great story ideas, great songs, great lyrics, etc.

[Ken B]

I think it's just bullet proof (at least to some degree). It's got great story ideas, great songs, great lyrics, etc.

Ah, but then you watch A Little Night Music from 1977 ...

[Todd]

The Laundromat.  Steven Soderbergh's latest, filled to the brim with stars past their box office peaks and plenty of lesser names in cameos, purports to tell the tale of Mossack Fonseca and the Panama Papers in a humorous, intellectually slapstick fashion.  Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas positively chew the scenery as the namesake lawyers-cum-narrators, with Oldman adopting such an over-the-top German accent that one fears for the territorial integrity of the character's adopted country.  Meryl Streep does good work in dual roles, adopting a plain spoken accent and affecting demeanor when she condescendingly - but not too much so - plays a Regular Jane whose husband bought the farm in a low rent cruise accident and then has to navigate the ensuing insurance payout chicanery.  (Ha!  If the writer thinks insuring cruises is an opaque and shady business, he ought to see what it takes to insure an investment resi property in post-Maria Puerto Rico.)  To the writer's and Soderbergh's credit, they take pains to point out that the biggest tax haven of all is the United States of America, with Delaware the biggest fish.  They could have probably made an even better movie had they more thoroughly covered the effect of post-9/11 financial rules targeted at them thar terrorists and Uncle Sam's bruising use of extraterritorial legal practices and outright extortion in squeezing former tax havens and effectively funneling money to the lower forty-eight.  Anyway, this is another good but not great, entertaining but kind of slight Netflix entertainment. 

[SonicMan46]

I think it's just bullet proof (at least to some degree). It's got great story ideas, great songs, great lyrics, etc.

Enjoyed Burton's Sweeny Todd but not enough to make a purchase (of course, these days 'streaming' is always an option, if we want a re-watch) - BUT, Susan and I still remember years ago seeing Len Cariou & Angela Lansbury on Broadway and loved the production and the actors; plus, we took her mother (now gone) for a special birthday lunch and show in the Big Apple.  Dave

[Karl Henning]

I think it's just bullet proof (at least to some degree). It's got great story ideas, great songs, great lyrics, etc.

A major plus for me is, although it's Burton, the music is not by Danny Elfman. The Sondheim score is superb, and the Dies Irae resonance is well conceived.