Last Movie You Watched

[Iota]

I enjoyed this very much the first time I watched it, and enjoyed it very much the second time too. Bradley Cooper as an actor is just so believable, and he's very decent with an editing knife too. Lady Gaga is none too shabby either, living with Cooper all the way, and the intensity with which she invests a song with heart and soul is something to behold. I was scooped up and whisked away more than once by proceedings. : )

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I enjoyed this very much the first time I watched it, and enjoyed it very much the second time too. Bradley Cooper as an actor is just so believable, and he's very decent with an editing knife too. Lady Gaga is none too shabby either, living with Cooper all the way, and the intensity with which she invests a song with heart and soul is something to behold. I was scooped up and whisked away more than once by proceedings. : )

If I'm remembering correctly, he wrote some of the music in the movie--as well as Lady G.?

PD

[Karl Henning]

Network (1976) - synopsis and cast below; saw this film on release and enjoyed; this time around as 'oldsters' not as enthralled w/ the 'screaming and yelling' but still has a punch and worth seeing for the final performance of Finch and the excellent ensemble acting.

They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) - for me, an unprecedented documentary on WW I (Great War) w/ unbelievable colorization, widescreen format, and historic voice recordings - see description below and check the link for more - we saw this on release in the theater (and now a $6 HD buy on Amazon) - a MUST see IMHO - Dave

   

Just watched They Shall Not Grow Old, Dave. Stunning! 🎵 inky-dinky parlez-vous

[Iota]

If I'm remembering correctly, he wrote some of the music in the movie--as well as Lady G.?

PD

Yes that's right, though as you can see in the link below he was generally co-writing with others, including Lady G, Lukas Nelson (son of Willie) and Mark Ronson e.g.
The songs certainly pack a punch both with their stellar performance, and with their appearance in the narrative like arias, magnifying and expanding the dramatic moment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(2018_soundtrack)
(scroll down to where it says 'Track listing')

[Roasted Swan]

I enjoyed this very much the first time I watched it, and enjoyed it very much the second time too. Bradley Cooper as an actor is just so believable, and he's very decent with an editing knife too. Lady Gaga is none too shabby either, living with Cooper all the way, and the intensity with which she invests a song with heart and soul is something to behold. I was scooped up and whisked away more than once by proceedings. : )

Agree completely - I found this far more compelling and involving than I expected.  Both leads are excellent and the musical elements are genuinely impressive.

[Karl Henning]

Poltergeist. Starting with "The Star-Spangled Banner" threw me off, I wondered if the disc had gone to the preview of another title. Can't believe she was going to flush the bird down the loo. The Star Wars stuff in the children's room was cute. Great fun! When Diane was in the tub, there was definitely a Ripley in the shuttle vibe.

[relm1]

Poltergeist. Starting with "The Star-Spangled Banner" threw me off, I wondered if the disc had gone to the preview of another title. Can't believe she was going to flush the bird down the loo. The Star Wars stuff in the children's room was cute. Great fun! When Diane was in the tub, there was definitely a Ripley in the shuttle vibe.

Love that movie and score.  Very creepy clown in the kids room.  I read once that they used real corpses at the end without telling the cast but don't know if that was just marketing ("a film so realistic, we actually killed people in the making.  Enjoy this film...if you dare!")

[SonicMan46]

Love that movie and score.  Very creepy clown in the kids room.  I read once that they used real corpses at the end without telling the cast but don't know if that was just marketing ("a film so realistic, we actually killed people in the making.  Enjoy this film...if you dare!")

Well, real skeletons (not corpses) were used - story HERE - also the adorable younger daughter played by Heather O'Rourke tragically died at 12 years of age (full story at link).  Dave

BTW - I posted on my new 4K version of this film a number of pages back - worth a purchase if you have the hardware.

[SonicMan46]

Any William Holden (1918-1981) fans?  Last few nights, I've watched the two films below - at the bottom, a list of his 15 Best Movies (link there) - watched the first two also recently; own the top 10 and several more (some not on that list that I enjoy):

Sunset Boulevard (1950) - summary and cast below; 11 Oscar nominations; ratings: 4*/4*, Maltin and 4*/4*, Roger Ebert (his REVIEW) - don't watch often but a MUST if never seen.

The Wild Bunch (1969) - synopsis and cast below; often in the top 10 of 'Best Westerns' - another 4*/4* Ebert REVIEW - highly recommended.  Dave

Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American black comedy film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. The film stars William Holden as a struggling screenwriter, and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a former silent-film star who draws him into her deranged fantasy world, where she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen. Erich von Stroheim plays Max von Mayerling, her devoted butler, and Nancy Olson, Jack Webb, Lloyd Gough, and Fred Clark appear in supporting roles. Sunset Boulevard was nominated for 11 Academy Awards (including all four acting categories) and won three. It is often ranked among the greatest movies ever made. (Source)

The Wild Bunch is a 1969 American epic Revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates. The plot concerns an aging outlaw gang on the Mexico–United States border trying to adapt to the changing modern world of 1913. The film was controversial because of its graphic violence. The screenplay was co-written by Peckinpah and others. The Wild Bunch was filmed in Mexico. The film is noted for intricate, multi-angle, quick-cut editing using normal and slow motion images, a revolutionary cinema technique in 1969. (Source)

   

Top 15 William Holden Films Ranked HERE
01 - Stalag 17 (1953)
02 - Network (1976)
03 - Suset Blvd. (1950)
04 - Wild Bunch (1969)
05 - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1954)
06 - Sabrina (1954)
07 - Born Yesterday (1950)
08 - Executive Suite (1954)
09 - The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
10 - Picnic (1955)
11 - The Country Girl (1954)
12 - Our Town (1940)
13 - The Towering Inferno (1974)
14 - Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
15 - Golden Boy (1939)

[Karl Henning]

Any William Holden (1918-1981) fans?  Last few nights, I've watched the two films below - at the bottom, a list of his 15 Best Movies (link there) - watched the first two also recently; own the top 10 and several more (some not on that list that I enjoy):

Sunset Boulevard (1950) - summary and cast below; 11 Oscar nominations; ratings: 4*/4*, Maltin and 4*/4*, Roger Ebert (his REVIEW) - don't watch often but a MUST if never seen.

The Wild Bunch (1969) - synopsis and cast below; often in the top 10 of 'Best Westerns' - another 4*/4* Ebert REVIEW - highly recommended.  Dave

   

The only ones we own are Sabrina and Sunset Blvd.

[SonicMan46]

The only ones we own are Sabrina and Sunset Blvd.

Hi Karl, along w/ Sabrina, some of my other Holden favorites are shown below, the last three did not make the list given, and several are from his 'early' days (own all of those too, either as physical discs or Amazon HD streamers).  Dave

[Karl Henning]

Great movie with Patrick McGoohan and other classic actors (e.g. Sir Michael Hordern )from the British movie world of the 1950's and 1960's.

Originally released in theaters in Great Britain, it was shown in the U.S. on Walt Disney's Sunday television show c. 1964 over three weeks.

There is a claim that the theatrical release was a 90-minute version of the longer, three-part series.

I have the longer, television version: excellent musical score and performances all around!

Found it in the Minuteman Library Network. Superior Disney!

[LKB]

Great movie with Patrick McGoohan and other classic actors (e.g. Sir Michael Hordern )from the British movie world of the 1950's and 1960's.

Originally released in theaters in Great Britain, it was shown in the U.S. on Walt Disney's Sunday television show c. 1964 over three weeks.

There is a claim that the theatrical release was a 90-minute version of the longer, three-part series.

I have the longer, television version: excellent musical score and performances all around!

I watched the original Disney premiere broadcast as a lad, and that mask Mcgoohan wore was enough to generate my very first nightmare. 

[Karl Henning]

Any opinions on the 1951 Quo Vadis? Bosley Crowther wrote a blistering review in the New York Times, but that might be snobbery, of course.

[Daverz]

M3GAN, a fun little horror-comedy



Sisu, an over-the-top revenge fantasy with evil Nazis in Finland with plenty of cartoonish ultra-violence.

[JBS]

Any opinions on the 1951 Quo Vadis? Bosley Crowther wrote a blistering review in the New York Times, but that might be snobbery, of course.

It's been decades since I saw it (as a teen I think). I remember it being a toga and swords big screen thing like Ben-Hur. It impressed me enough that I read the novel afterwards.
But I now remember nothing of either film or book beyond having seen/read them.

[Karl Henning]

It's been decades since I saw it (as a teen I think). I remember it being a toga and swords big screen thing like Ben-Hur. It impressed me enough that I read the novel afterwards.
But I now remember nothing of either film or book beyond having seen/read them.

Thanks!

[Karl Henning]

Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Giannini in Man on Fire.

[Karl Henning]

Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Giannini in Man on Fire.

On one plane, it's like they wanted to do John Wick one  better.

[relm1]

I have tickets to see India Jones 5 this weekend.