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Post by dsbeadle on Jan 28, 2024 15:37:21 GMT
Broken Flowers - 7/10 Silver Linings Playbook - 8.5/10 Red Rock West - 7/10 First Time Viewings:White Noise (2022, Noah Baumbach) - 7/10The Gray Man (2022, Russo Brothers) - 7/10RRR (2022, S.S. Rajamouli) - 8/10The Pope's Exorcist (2023, Julius Avery) - 6/10The Out-Laws (2023, Tyler Spindle) - 5.5/10Nimona (2023, Nick Bruno & Troy Quane) - 7/10Seven Years in Tibet (1997, Jean-Jacques Annaud) - 7/10The Summit of the Gods (2021, Patrick Imbert) - 7/10The Divorcee (1930, Robert Z. Leonard) - 7/10Repeat Viewings:The Nice Guys (2016, Shane Black) - 8.5/10Phantom Thread (2017, Paul Thomas Anderson) - 9/10Training Day (2001, Antoine Fuqua) - 8.5/10Beasts of No Nation (2015, Cary Joji Fukunaga) - 8/10Marriage Story (2019, Noah Baumbach) - 8/10I Lost My Body (2019, Jérémy Clapin) - 7.5/10The Devil All the Time (2020, Antonio Campos) - 8.5/10Movie Awards:BEST FILM: Phantom ThreadBEST ACTOR: Denzel Washington - Training DayBEST ACTRESS: Vicky Krieps - Phantom ThreadBEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Idris Elba - Beasts of No NationBEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Angourie Rice - The Nice GuysBEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Phantom ThreadBEST SCORE: Jonny Greenwood - Phantom ThreadBEST SCRIPT: Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom ThreadBEST DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom ThreadBEST FILM: the nice guys BEST ACTOR: Denzel - training day BEST ACTRESS: Vicky Krieps - Phantom Thread BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ray Liotta - marriage story BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Angourie Rice - The Nice Guys BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Phantom Thread BEST SCORE: Jonny Greenwood - Phantom Thread BEST SCRIPT: Shane black - the nice guys BEST DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread
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Post by sog on Jan 28, 2024 15:41:27 GMT
Silver Linings Playbook - 8/10 First Time Viewings:French Connection II (1975, John Frankenheimer) – 6.5/10May December (2023, Todd Haynes) - 8/10Repeat Viewings:Catch Me If You Can (2002, Steven Spielberg) - 8/10The French Connection (1971, William Friedkin) – 7.5/10The French Connection (1971, William Friedkin) – I really like Friedkin as a director, but I'm in the minority in that I just don't overly care for this one. It's not bad, but I prefer both of this other cop films I've seen to this one (To Live and Die in LA and Cruising) and overall just think it's okay. 6/10
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Post by theravenking on Jan 28, 2024 16:42:14 GMT
Silver Linings Playbook - 8/10 First Time Viewings:French Connection II (1975, John Frankenheimer) – 6.5/10May December (2023, Todd Haynes) - 8/10Repeat Viewings:Catch Me If You Can (2002, Steven Spielberg) - 8/10The French Connection (1971, William Friedkin) – 7.5/10Catch Me If You Can (2002, Steven Spielberg) - One of my favourite Spielbergs. - 8.5/10 The French Connection (1971, William Friedkin) – Good, solid thriller although I'm not really a Friedkin fan. I've been meaning to watch the sequel too. I heard it has a great car chase. - 7.5/10
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Post by moviemouth on Jan 28, 2024 17:42:03 GMT
MINEMigration (2023 Benjamin Renner) - 5.5/10Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022 Joel Crawford) - 5.5/10The Underdoggs (2024 Charles Stone III) - 4.5/10That Hamilton Woman (1941 Alexander Korda) - 7/10Wagons East (1994 Peter Markle) - 3.5/10 Seven Days from Now (1957 Richard Sale) - 7.5/10Armed and Dangerous (1986 Mark L. Lester) - 4.5/10 Nimona (2023 Nick Bruno & Troy Quane) - 6.5/10Hallam Foe (2007 David Mackenzie) - 7/10Mother Night (1996 Keith Gordon) - 7/10 Rawhide (1951 Henry Hathaway) - 7/10Summer Rental (1985 Carl Reiner) - 5/10 Next Goal Wins (2023 Taika Waititi) - 6/10Re-watchesShame (2011 Steve McQueen) - 9/10Flawless (1999 Joel Schumacher) - 6.5/10Punch-Drunk Love (2002 Paul Thomas Anderson) - 7.5/10The Great Outdoors (1988 Howard Deutch) - 6/10Film AwardsBEST PICTURE - Shame BEST ACTOR - Michael Fassbender (Shame) BEST ACTRESS - Vivien Leigh (That Hamilton Woman) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Philip Seymour Hoffman (Flawless) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Sheryl Lee (Mother Night) BEST DIRECTOR - Steve McQueen (Shame) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - That Hamilton Woman BEST SCORE - That Hamilton Woman I've seen one of yours this week!
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022 Joel Crawford) - Watched it with my daughter and was pleasantly surprised. I'm in the minority apparently, in that I was not absolutely enthralled with the Shrek films. This one though I found quite charming. I loved the wolf's design and was overall pretty pleased with it. 7/10
I am very hit and miss with animated movies and I was mostly just bored. I like the first 2 Shrek movies, but not the following 2.
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Post by jcush on Jan 28, 2024 20:56:53 GMT
First Time Viewing: The Entity (1982; Sydney J. Furie) – I expected something like Basic Instinct with a malicious demon in the male part which this movie is certainly not. The horror scenes rely too much on loud noise and get repetitive very soon with Barbara Hershey’s protagonist getting knocked around by some evil spirit. Despite being based on a true story I found the whole thing rather poor. 4/10 Gretel & Hansel – (2020; Oz Perkins) – This feminist take on the Grimm fairy tale is high on atmosphere and low on plot. Sophia Lillis might be a fine actress, but she has too little to work with here, the more impressing performance coming from Alice Krige as the witch. 6.5/10 Repeat Viewing: Infernal Affairs (2002; Andrew Lau, Alan Mak) – I didn’t think too highly of The Departed, prefering the original movie. I find second one even better though. 7/10 The Entity - I thought it was pretty good overall. Hershey is really good and it has a memorable score. 7/10 Gretel & Hansel - I've been meaning to give this another shot, because I loved both the cinematography and the score. The film itself didn't fully work for me, but I'm hoping I might get more out of it the second time. 6/10 Infernal Affairs - Pretty good, but I much prefer The Departed. 7/10
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Post by jcush on Jan 28, 2024 21:00:26 GMT
Silver Linings Playbook - 8/10 First Time Viewings:French Connection II (1975, John Frankenheimer) – 6.5/10May December (2023, Todd Haynes) - 8/10Repeat Viewings:Catch Me If You Can (2002, Steven Spielberg) - 8/10The French Connection (1971, William Friedkin) – 7.5/10French Connection II - I actually think Hackman is even better here, but the film itself doesn't fully come together for me. 6/10 May December - One of my favorites of 2023. A very interesting story and strong performances. Glad you liked it. 8.5/10 Catch Me If You Can - A favorite of mine. Well made, well acted, and very entertaining throughout. 9/10 The French Connection - It has one of the greatest car chases ever in my opinion and is a very good movie overall. 8/10
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Post by Teleadm on Jan 29, 2024 6:33:44 GMT
Hello again!
Broken Flowers (2005, Jim Jarmusch) - Never been a fan of this one. I usually like Jarmusch but it just doesn't work for me. 4/10
funny, I just ordered a copy of Red Rock West so I'll likely watch it next week or the week after depending on when it arrives.
Mine (Heads up, it’s mostly Asian movie week with only a break from them to watch some Westerns):
A Legend or Was It? (Keisuke Kinoshita, 1963)
If you check on IMDb it list this as a war film, which is pretty fitting to a degree. There is only one scene that shows a battlefield and it is a brief flashback at the start, but the film takes place during the closing days off WWII in Japan, it focuses on a family who decline a marriage proposal from the son of the village head after one of the sons comes home and reveals that the main in question committed war crimes. The villagers though take the side of the powerful family and make what they now consider the “outsiders” lives a living hell. It’s a slow drama that we can all see from the start is leading up to violence. One of the few movies I’ve seen recently that had moments that genuinely made me feel sick watching it. For that alone, it should get a higher rating as it accomplishes its goals. 8/10
Ride On (Larry Yang, 2023)
In many ways this feels like a farewell from Jackie Chan to his fans. In a kind of “what if” movie, Jackie Chan plays a stuntman who took one too many blows to the head and lost out on his career as he was never quite able to make it as an actor. After a video of him and his horse escaping some debt collectors goes viral, he’s given another chance at stardom. Realistically this movie should probably get a six out of ten because, while entertaining, it seems to lose track of the several plotlines running throughout it, but as someone who has loved Jackie Chan movies since I was a kid, I really enjoyed it. 7/10
Burst City (Gakuryû Ishii, 1982)
What the hell was this movie about? I honestly can’t tell you, but it’s the sort of madness in cinema that I love. It’s a Japanese cyberpunk punk rock musical. Plot makes little sense, looks like it was shot on a budget that consisted of “we use anything we can get our hands on” and it’s wacky as can be. Great fun, aesthetically pleasing, and I enjoy the spirit of the thing even if I feel like I missed what was actually going on to a degree. 6/10
Hangman's Knot (Roy Huggins, 1952)
Not bad but I’ve got a big issue with any movie that tries to portray those “poor” Confederate soldiers as the victims of the story. Lee Marvin is in it though and that’s worth something I guess. 4/10
Gate of Flesh (Seijun Suzuki, 1964)
Another film in which Seijun Suzuki takes a standard and formulaic studio plot and decides to be creative with it. Not his best endeavor but I love and respect the guy’s films for his love of giving the studios what they asked for on paper, but in a way no one would have ever predicted. 7/10
Tokyo Fist (Shinya Tsukamoto, 1995)
This is a weird film, as honestly most of Tsukamoto’s films are. It’s about a man who takes up boxing after an old schoolmate of his, who is a boxer, steals his girlfriend away. It’s a lot more complex than that, but that’s at least how he sees it. This is not your traditional underdog story. You know the violence is coming, and unlike other films where a man learns to fight because of an ex, you know here there’s not going to be a heartwarming resolution. It’s going to be bloody and it’s going to hurt. 8/10
Sweet Home (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1989)
This movie is just freaking awesome from start to finish. Cheesy 80s horror at its finest, with a fun little plot, great monster designs and some pretty good comedy. Solid J-Horror, though it feels nothing like the director’s other works (which tend to be more cerebral slow burn horrors). That said, it’s probably the most fun I’ve had with a movie this year. 9/10
Still Walking (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2008)
This is the second films I’ve seen by Kore-eda (first being After Life). I can see why so many consider him a master of humanist dramas. This is a film that one could argue not much happens in, but it’s a beautiful and quite touching drama looking at a family during one and about half of a day. It’s sweet, a touch melancholy and it’s very real. I wish I had more to say as I really loved this, but I feel my words will do it little justice. Highly recommended. 9/10
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (Shunya Itô, 1972)
Surprisingly good woman in prison movie that feels like a grindhouse film shot as an arthouse one. Some amazing creative choices that kept me fascinated the entire time. 8/10
The Stranger Wore a Gun (André De Toth, 1953)
Not a bad little western, though I swear it's one of those movies that the studio handed someone the title and said "write a script for that". Scott is playing the hero as per usual, but one filled with a lot of guilt which gives him a bit (though not TOO much) more depth. Again we have Lee Marvin playing a bad guy and frankly I'll watch pretty much anything with him as an antagonist. Interestingly it looks like it was originally filmed to be shown in 3D so expect lots of things thrown at the camera. 6/10
Only seen a few... Hangman's Knot (Roy Huggins, 1952) - Apparently seen this one once, don't remember much of it. 6,5/10. The Stranger Wore a Gun (André De Toth, 1953) - Apparently seen this one too. 6/10. I watched a lot of Randolph Scott westerns in the early 1990's, in memory now over 30 years later I can't remember which one was which, but these two I've rated once.
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Post by Teleadm on Jan 29, 2024 6:51:27 GMT
Broken Flowers - 7/10 Silver Linings Playbook - 8.5/10 Red Rock West - 7/10 First Time Viewings:White Noise (2022, Noah Baumbach) - 7/10The Gray Man (2022, Russo Brothers) - 7/10RRR (2022, S.S. Rajamouli) - 8/10The Pope's Exorcist (2023, Julius Avery) - 6/10The Out-Laws (2023, Tyler Spindle) - 5.5/10Nimona (2023, Nick Bruno & Troy Quane) - 7/10Seven Years in Tibet (1997, Jean-Jacques Annaud) - 7/10The Summit of the Gods (2021, Patrick Imbert) - 7/10The Divorcee (1930, Robert Z. Leonard) - 7/10Repeat Viewings:The Nice Guys (2016, Shane Black) - 8.5/10Phantom Thread (2017, Paul Thomas Anderson) - 9/10Training Day (2001, Antoine Fuqua) - 8.5/10Beasts of No Nation (2015, Cary Joji Fukunaga) - 8/10Marriage Story (2019, Noah Baumbach) - 8/10I Lost My Body (2019, Jérémy Clapin) - 7.5/10The Devil All the Time (2020, Antonio Campos) - 8.5/10Movie Awards:BEST FILM: Phantom ThreadBEST ACTOR: Denzel Washington - Training DayBEST ACTRESS: Vicky Krieps - Phantom ThreadBEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Idris Elba - Beasts of No NationBEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Angourie Rice - The Nice GuysBEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Phantom ThreadBEST SCORE: Jonny Greenwood - Phantom ThreadBEST SCRIPT: Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom ThreadBEST DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom ThreadSadly, not seen any of yours this week.
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Post by Teleadm on Jan 29, 2024 7:06:51 GMT
First Time Viewing: The Entity (1982; Sydney J. Furie) – I expected something like Basic Instinct with a malicious demon in the male part which this movie is certainly not. The horror scenes rely too much on loud noise and get repetitive very soon with Barbara Hershey’s protagonist getting knocked around by some evil spirit. Despite being based on a true story I found the whole thing rather poor. 4/10 Gretel & Hansel – (2020; Oz Perkins) – This feminist take on the Grimm fairy tale is high on atmosphere and low on plot. Sophia Lillis might be a fine actress, but she has too little to work with here, the more impressing performance coming from Alice Krige as the witch. 6.5/10 Repeat Viewing: Infernal Affairs (2002; Andrew Lau, Alan Mak) – I didn’t think too highly of The Departed, prefering the original movie. I find second one even better though. 7/10 Only seen one of yours... The Entity (1982; Sydney J. Furie) - Once again it's one of those movies I've apparently seen once and then totally forgotten all about. This is my old rating. 6/10.
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Post by sjg on Jan 29, 2024 8:35:48 GMT
Hey Dark,
Yours: Silver Linings Playbook (2012) 7/10
Red Rock West (1993, John Dahl) 7/10
Fool Me Once (2024, mini-series) My wife watched this and thought it was excellent.
Mine: 1) A Chinese Ghost Story 1987 (6/10)
2) Killer of Sheep 1978 (4/10)
3) Ariel 1988 (5/10)
4) A Chinese Ghost Story II 1990 (5/10)
5) The Horse Thief 1986 (3/10)
6) India Song 1975 (2/10)
7) L'argent 1983 (6/10)
8) Hôtel Terminus 1988 (7/10)
9) The Last Wave 1977 (4/10)
10) Macario 1960 (6/10)
11) The Magic of Lassie 1978 (5/10)
TV Series
1) The Golden Girls Season 1 1986 (7/10)
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Post by dsbeadle on Jan 29, 2024 9:00:19 GMT
Hey Dark, Yours: Silver Linings Playbook (2012) 7/10 Red Rock West (1993, John Dahl) 7/10 Fool Me Once (2024, mini-series) My wife watched this and thought it was excellent. Mine: 1) A Chinese Ghost Story 1987 (6/10) 2) Killer of Sheep 1978 (4/10) 3) Ariel 1988 (5/10) 4) A Chinese Ghost Story II 1990 (5/10) 5) The Horse Thief 1986 (3/10) 6) India Song 1975 (2/10) 7) L'argent 1983 (6/10) 8) Hôtel Terminus 1988 (7/10) 9) The Last Wave 1977 (4/10) 10) Macario 1960 (6/10) 11) The Magic of Lassie 1978 (5/10) TV Series 1) The Golden Girls Season 1 1986 (7/10) hey SJG My mum liked Fool Me once too, but my dad didn’t bother finishing it. YOURS 9) The Last Wave 1977 (4/10) yeah it has a good rep but I didn’t care for it either
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Post by jcush on Jan 29, 2024 18:22:25 GMT
Hey Dark, Yours: Silver Linings Playbook (2012) 7/10 Red Rock West (1993, John Dahl) 7/10 Fool Me Once (2024, mini-series) My wife watched this and thought it was excellent. Mine: 1) A Chinese Ghost Story 1987 (6/10) 2) Killer of Sheep 1978 (4/10) 3) Ariel 1988 (5/10) 4) A Chinese Ghost Story II 1990 (5/10) 5) The Horse Thief 1986 (3/10) 6) India Song 1975 (2/10) 7) L'argent 1983 (6/10) 8) Hôtel Terminus 1988 (7/10) 9) The Last Wave 1977 (4/10) 10) Macario 1960 (6/10) 11) The Magic of Lassie 1978 (5/10) TV Series 1) The Golden Girls Season 1 1986 (7/10) Haven't seen any of yours this week.
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Post by sjg on Jan 29, 2024 18:25:45 GMT
First Time Viewings:White Noise (2022, Noah Baumbach) - 7/10The Gray Man (2022, Russo Brothers) - 7/10RRR (2022, S.S. Rajamouli) - 8/10The Pope's Exorcist (2023, Julius Avery) - 6/10The Out-Laws (2023, Tyler Spindle) - 5.5/10Nimona (2023, Nick Bruno & Troy Quane) - 7/10Seven Years in Tibet (1997, Jean-Jacques Annaud) - 7/10The Summit of the Gods (2021, Patrick Imbert) - 7/10The Divorcee (1930, Robert Z. Leonard) - 7/10Repeat Viewings:The Nice Guys (2016, Shane Black) - 8.5/10Phantom Thread (2017, Paul Thomas Anderson) - 9/10Training Day (2001, Antoine Fuqua) - 8.5/10Beasts of No Nation (2015, Cary Joji Fukunaga) - 8/10Marriage Story (2019, Noah Baumbach) - 8/10I Lost My Body (2019, Jérémy Clapin) - 7.5/10The Devil All the Time (2020, Antonio Campos) - 8.5/10Movie Awards:BEST FILM: Phantom ThreadBEST ACTOR: Denzel Washington - Training DayBEST ACTRESS: Vicky Krieps - Phantom ThreadBEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Idris Elba - Beasts of No NationBEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Angourie Rice - The Nice GuysBEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Phantom ThreadBEST SCORE: Jonny Greenwood - Phantom ThreadBEST SCRIPT: Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom ThreadBEST DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread Hi Cush, RRR (2022, S.S. Rajamouli) 5/10 Seven Years in Tibet (1997, Jean-Jacques Annaud) 6/10 The Divorcee (1930, Robert Z. Leonard) 4/10 The Nice Guys (2016, Shane Black) 7/10 Marriage Story (2019, Noah Baumbach) 6/10 I Lost My Body (2019, Jérémy Clapin) 5/10 The Devil All the Time (2020, Antonio Campos) 4/10
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Post by bill7 on Jan 31, 2024 3:12:33 GMT
Welcome to the weekly watch thread hosted by me, post your weeks viewing, rate other peoples viewing, have conversations but be respectful. HAD ALMOST FINISHED WRITING THIS UP WITH LONG REVIEWS BUT THEN IT CRASHED AND I LOST IT ALL! FIRST TIME VIEWINGCalcutta (1946, John Farrow) blu ray 5.5/10 Ferrari (2023, Michael Mann) 5.5/10 The Female Animal (1958, Harry Keller) blu ray 5/10 Street Smart (1987, Jerry Schatzberg) 5/19 Outside the Law (1956, Jack Arnold) blu ray 4.5-5/10 REPEAT VIEWINGBroken Flowers (2005, Jim Jarmusch) blu ray 8.5/10 Silver Linings Playbook (2012, David O. Russell) blu ray 7.5/10 Red Rock West (1993, John Dahl) blu ray 7/10 FIRST TIME TV VIEWING Wrestlers (2023, Docuseries) Netflix Good TV Fool Me Once (2024, mini-series) Netflix Junk TV WEEKLY FILM AWARDS BEST FILM: Broken Flowers BEST ACTOR: Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook BEST ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jeffrey Wright - Broken Flowers BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz - Ferrari BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Marc Reshovsky - Red Rock West BEST EDITING: Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers - Silver Linings Playbook BEST SCORE: Danny Elfman - Silver Linings Playbook BEST WRITING: David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook BEST DIRECTOR: Jim Jarmusch - Broken Flowers Hi, Dark. Here I am, very very, late. It sucks when that happens. A virus? Yours: Ferrari 8/10 I liked it, actually. The crash scenes were maybe a bit iffy, but still...Both Adam DXriver and Penelope Cruz were good. I liked Shailene Woodley too. Street Smart 8/10 Cool that you watched it. I liked it more than you. Broken Flowers 9/10 I haven't seen it in a while, bit I remember really loving it. Silver Linings Playbook 7.5/10 I enjoyed it, but I thought it was a bit overrated. Red Rock West 8/10 I haven't seen it in quite some time but I remember liking it. Mine: Anyone but You 7/10 It's the movie with Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell. It's O.K., I thought it was fun, Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell are good together, they make the movie. The Last Circus 6/10 It's an Alex De La Iglesia movie, it's about a clown working in a circus who falls in love with a beautiful trapeze artist, who's already married to another clown, who's a pretty brutal, violent guy. I thought it was so-so, I couldn't really get into it. I liked the lead actress though, Carolina Bang. Q - The Winged Serpent 8/10 It's a Larry Cohen movie, with Michael Moriarty and David Carradine. It's about the Quetzacoatl, the mythical giant bird, that shows up in New York eating people, after a serie of Aztec human sacrifices rituals happen in the city. I liked it, I like the gritty New York vibe. The creature is pretty good, it's made with the stop motion effects. Both Michael Moriarty and David Carradine are really good. The cast is cool in general, there's Richard Roundtree too in it. Poor Things 9/10 It's Yorgo Lanthimos movie, with Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe. It's pretty wild, surreal and insane, it blew me away. It's very kinky and sensual too. It's not for everybody, but, yeah, I though it was fantastic. Visually, it's out of this world. Emma Stone is really amazing. Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe are also great. I'm surprise Willem Dafoe wasn't nominated for an Oscar, actually. It's the kind of performance the Academy goes for, usually, IMO.
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Post by jcush on Jan 31, 2024 4:55:26 GMT
Welcome to the weekly watch thread hosted by me, post your weeks viewing, rate other peoples viewing, have conversations but be respectful. HAD ALMOST FINISHED WRITING THIS UP WITH LONG REVIEWS BUT THEN IT CRASHED AND I LOST IT ALL! FIRST TIME VIEWINGCalcutta (1946, John Farrow) blu ray 5.5/10 Ferrari (2023, Michael Mann) 5.5/10 The Female Animal (1958, Harry Keller) blu ray 5/10 Street Smart (1987, Jerry Schatzberg) 5/19 Outside the Law (1956, Jack Arnold) blu ray 4.5-5/10 REPEAT VIEWINGBroken Flowers (2005, Jim Jarmusch) blu ray 8.5/10 Silver Linings Playbook (2012, David O. Russell) blu ray 7.5/10 Red Rock West (1993, John Dahl) blu ray 7/10 FIRST TIME TV VIEWING Wrestlers (2023, Docuseries) Netflix Good TV Fool Me Once (2024, mini-series) Netflix Junk TV WEEKLY FILM AWARDS BEST FILM: Broken Flowers BEST ACTOR: Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook BEST ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jeffrey Wright - Broken Flowers BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz - Ferrari BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Marc Reshovsky - Red Rock West BEST EDITING: Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers - Silver Linings Playbook BEST SCORE: Danny Elfman - Silver Linings Playbook BEST WRITING: David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook BEST DIRECTOR: Jim Jarmusch - Broken Flowers Hi, Dark. Here I am, very very, late. It sucks when that happens. A virus? Yours: Ferrari 8/10 I liked it, actually. The crash scenes were maybe a bit iffy, but still...Both Adam DXriver and Penelope Cruz were good. I liked Shailene Woodley too. Street Smart 8/10 Cool that you watched it. I liked it more than you. Broken Flowers 9/10 I haven't seen it in a while, bit I remember really loving it. Silver Linings Playbook 7.5/10 I enjoyed it, but I thought it was a bit overrated. Red Rock West 8/10 I haven't seen it in quite some time but I remember liking it. Mine: Anyone but You 7/10 It's the movie with Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell. It's O.K., I thought it was fun, Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell are good together, they make the movie. The Last Circus 6/10 It's an Alex De La Iglesia movie, it's about a clown working in a circus who falls in love with a beautiful trapeze artist, who's already married to another clown, who's a pretty brutal, violent guy. I thought it was so-so, I couldn't really get into it. I liked the lead actress though, Carolina Bang. Q - The Winged Serpent 8/10 It's a Larry Cohen movie, with Michael Moriarty and David Carradine. It's about the Quetzacoatl, the mythical giant bird, that shows up in New York eating people, afyer a serie of Aztec human sacrifices rituals happen in the city. I liked it, I like the gritty New York vibe. The monster is pretty good, it's made with the stop motion effects. Noth Michael Moriarty and David Carradine are really good. The cast is cool in general, there's Richard Roundtree too, in it. Poor Things 9/10 It's Yorgo Lanthimos movie, with Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe. It's pretty wild, surreal and insane, it blew me away. It's very kinky and sensual too. It's not for everybody, but, yeah, I though it was fantastic. Visually, it's out of this world. Emma Stone is really amazing. Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe are also great. I'm surprise Willem Dafoe wasn't nominated for an Oscar, actually. It's the kind of performance the Academy goes for, usually, IMO. Q: The Winged Serpent - I thought this one was pretty good. 7/10 Haven't seen Poor Things yet, but I'm looking forward to it. I've heard great things and I like Lanthimos's last 3 films a lot.
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