Last Movie You Watched

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Yes, a very good one that. I have seen it twice but I would like to see it again.

Libraries are helpful (if you don't want to make the investment).     Are your nearby ones open to some extent these days Fergus?

PD

[Todd]

Drunk Parents.  Salma Hayek looks good and Alec Baldwin cracks wise, and various other celebrities (eg, Will Ferrell) cash some small paychecks in this occasionally funny almost comedy.  I can't even remember the point of the flick.  A perfect example of a one star movie.

[aligreto]

Libraries are helpful (if you don't want to make the investment).     Are your nearby ones open to some extent these days Fergus?

PD

Cheers, PD. I actually have the DVD in my collection upstairs.

[SonicMan46]

Drunk Parents.  Salma Hayek looks good and Alec Baldwin cracks wise, and various other celebrities (eg, Will Ferrell) cash some small paychecks in this occasionally funny almost comedy.  I can't even remember the point of the flick.  A perfect example of a one star movie.

Hi Todd - I've not seen the film, but Salma deserves at least 2 stars -    Dave

[SonicMan46]

Sideways

 

Really enjoyed this film!  A bittersweet comedy about two old middle-aged friends who take a weeklong-trip through California wine country prior to one of the men's wedding day.  It was adapted from Rex Pickett's novel of the same name.  Very well done with great acting by all.

Also a favorite of mine - had the DVD which I replaced w/ the BD inserted above (not much difference) - the wine country visited was Southern California around Santa Barbara and environs and Giamatti was in search of great Pinot Noir (which is my favorite red wine grape) - wife and I spent a half week in Santa Barbara years ago and visited many of the places shown in the film, so always nostalgic to watch.  Dave

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Also a favorite of mine - had the DVD which I replaced w/ the BD inserted above (not much difference) - the wine country visited was Southern California around Santa Barbara and environs and Giamatti was in search of great Pinot Noir (which is my favorite red wine grape) - wife and I spent a half week in Santa Barbara years ago and visited many of the places shown in the film, so always nostalgic to watch.  Dave

Oh, nice!  That sounds like a lot of fun!  Did you bring home any favorite Pinots?     I love the scene where Miles and Mya were sitting on the back porch talking about what they loved about wine. 

PD

[SonicMan46]

Oh, nice!  That sounds like a lot of fun!  Did you bring home any favorite Pinots?     I love the scene where Miles and Mya were sitting on the back porch talking about what they loved about wine. 

PD

Well, we tried a LOT of Pinot Noirs and I had several half cases shipped back to North Carolina - we also did a 'wine trip' to Oregon a while back and again we had several cases shipped to us; also have been ordering from the Oregon Pinot Noir Club for years; actually, I have a case waiting to be shipped when the weather cools a bit.  Also purchase a lot of mainly USA Pinot Noirs locally (use to have a 700+ bottle wine cellar, another story, and aged some French red Burgundies but the prices have escalated SO MUCH that I rarely make a purchase) - New Zealand (of course put on the map for Sauvignon Blanc which I love) is shipping more of their Pinot Noirs but not too many make it to my state.  Dave

[aligreto]

My Life





This film traces the last few months of a guy with terminal cancer. It shows how he has to come to terms with, not alone his illness, but with certain family issues also. There is nothing glossed over here and it is totally unsentimental and also engaging.

[aligreto]

The Last Days of Chez Nous





This is an Australian film about a couple in a dysfunctional marriage as it comes to its inevitable end. A most enjoyable watch.

[Madiel]

The Last Days of Chez Nous





This is an Australian film about a couple in a dysfunctional marriage as it comes to its inevitable end. A most enjoyable watch.

Gillian Armstrong is a very good director.

[Karl Henning]

Robin Hood: Men in Tights.  Always good fun

[71 dB]

Running Man (1987) Blu-ray (German release)

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I thought this would be reasonably well done dystopia/scifi movie, but it turned out amazingly poorly directed and silly flick. One of the worst movies I have seen in a long time. How Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose acting career was peaking at the time, bothered to be involved in this mess beats me. This idiotic movie thinks people wear the same looking clothes and have same hair styles in 2017-19 than in the 80's. Even the cars look the same. What a lazy movie! But it has got 30 seconds of Jesse Ventura! 

[aligreto]

Hearts in Atlantis





A young, fatherless, eleven year old boy befriends a man who is different. The man teaches him many things but all does not necessarily end well. A very engaging film with a not unexpectedly great performance from Hopkins and wonderful performances from the boy and his young girl friend.

[steve ridgway]

Equus - well, I saw the play in the theatre in my teens but only recently discovered there was a film version with Jenny Agutter so just watched a 4.5 minute clip on the web.

[Karl Henning]

The Mel Brooks/Anne Bancroft To Be or Not to Be

[Karl Henning]

My Fair Lady

[aligreto]

The Mountain Between Us





A small plane crashes high in the snow covered mountain wilderness. The pilot is dead and one of the two passengers is injured. They are both two different personalities so their approach to things in general, and to their survival in particular, comes into conflict with each other. It was an interesting watch.

[ritter]

Serge de Polgigny's Le baron fantôme (1943):

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A convoluted gothic tale, made in occupied France, with dialogues by Jean Cocteau. Rather interesting in that it includes some comic touches, and has an ending which is not what you'd expect from a gothic tale like this. A bit of a mess as a film, actually, but amusing and worthwhile.

[André]

Serge de Polgigny's Le baron fantôme (1943):

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A convoluted gothic tale, made in occupied France, with dialogues by Jean Cocteau. Rather interesting in that it includes some comic touches, and has an ending which is not what you'd expect from a gothic tale like this. A bit of a mess as a film, actually, but amusing and worthwhile.

Thanks, Rafael ! I didn't know this film or its director. It has its own Wiki entry. Costumes were designed by Christian Dior, no less  . Coincidentally, it came out in 1942, the same year as Carné's Les Visiteurs du soir, also with Alain Cuny in the male lead role (one of the best french films pre-1950). Both films were set in the past, which allowed more scenaristic leeway - the Vichy government's censors were ultra vigilant).

I'll keep an eye on this (Le Baron fantôme). Muy interesante ! 

[ritter]

Thanks, Rafael ! I didn't know this film or its director. It has its own Wiki entry. Costumes were designed by Christian Dior, no less  . Coincidentally, it came out in 1942, the same year as Carné's Les Visiteurs du soir, also with Alain Cuny in the male lead role (one of the best french films pre-1950). Both films were set in the past, which allowed more scenaristic leeway - the Vichy government's censors were ultra vigilant).

I'll keep an eye on this (Le Baron fantôme). Muy interesante ! 

You're welcome, André! I stumbled on Le baron fantôme  when going through Cocteau's  filmography (films directed, written by,  or in any other way connected to him). I've now ordered L'éternel retour (1943, directed by Jean Delannoy), Ruy Blas (1948, Pierre Billon) and Thomas l'imposteur (1965–i.e. posthumously, but Cocteau had apparently worked on the screenplay before his death in 1963–, directed by Georges Franju). I'm having trouble locating L'aigle à deux têtes (Cocteau's 1948 filming of his own play). I have seen Michelangelo Antonioni's later version, Il mistero d'Oberwald (with Monica Vitti), which is kind of the odd man out in Antonioni's output.

With L'aigle... I think I'll have seen the complete JC filmography.

Interestingly, Pedro Almodóvar has just released—at the Venice Biennale—an English language adaptation of La voix humaine (with Tilda Swinton).

And BTW, I definitely need to watch Les visiteurs du soir. Thanks for the reminder!