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Post by claudius on Feb 4, 2024 8:56:35 GMT
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE: DUGGAR FAMILY SECRETS (2023) “Growing Up Gothard” A documentary series on the Duggars, this episode focuses on the repressive background of their teachings. Amazon Prime.
25TH ANNIVERSARY HIS AND HER CIRCUMSTANCES (1999) “Progress” English Dubbed YouTube
40TH ANNIVERSARY THE FAR PAVILION (1984) “Wally and Anjuli” The conclusion of the MiniSeries. YouTube
THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN (1984) “Regimental Silver” The story starts to merge THE DAY OF THE SCORPION and THE TOWERS OF SILENCE. Amazon Prime
50TH ANNIVERSARY THE WORLD AT WAR (1974) “Tough Old Gut: Italy” YouTube
THE MUPPETS VALENTINE SHOW (1974) Jim Henson’s first attempt at a Pilot for his muppets, guest starring a Mia Farrow (pregnant with Fletcher Previn). Featured are Kermit, the frogs from THE FROG PRINCE, Rufus the dog from HEY CINDERELLA!, a prototype for Crazy Harry (here called Crazy Donald) and other Muppets who didn’t quite make it. First saw this on Nickelodeon when the channel broadcast Muppet specials c. 1992. Got a fuller look from its inclusion as an extra in THE MUPPET SHOW SECOND SEASON DVD in 2008. YouTube
THE PALISIERS (1974) “Part Three” YouTube
Radio Programs: LIGHTS OUT (1942) “Poltergeist” Zoomer AM 740
FIBBER MCGEE AND MOLLY (1947) “Picnic at Duncan’s Lake” Zoomer AM 740
LIFE WITH LUIGI (1948) “Luigi Joins the Hospital Plan” Zoomer AM 740
Saw Parts of: SCARECROW AND MRS KING (1983- 1984) “The First Time” & “There Goes the Neighborhood” Amazon Prime.
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Post by Rufus-T on Feb 6, 2024 19:59:24 GMT
{Spoiler} Nyad (2023) An aging famous woman swimmer (Annette Benning) took up a swimming challege. Annette Benning was okay. Jodie Foster played to friend and the trainer, and I thought she was excellent. The movie itself was not. Lots of splashing and torturing moment in the water. Rather than wanting to root for her, the film make me want to yell out just please stop already. ![https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/37df37e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7200x5400+0+0/resize/1200x900!/format/webp/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F88%2F6c%2F89f22e334c588fdfcaf6bc305667%2Fet-nyad-netflix-012.JPG](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/37df37e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7200x5400+0+0/resize/1200x900!/format/webp/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F88%2F6c%2F89f22e334c588fdfcaf6bc305667%2Fet-nyad-netflix-012.JPG) {Spoiler} Old Dads (2023) Bill Burr, one of my favorite comedians nowadays, wrote and direct this comedy that turn the table on the politically correct world, playing an aging man becoming a father. Unfortunately, the movie got so overdoing it that it is the flip side and as bad as the cringy politically correct movies. The jokes did not come out right, and came of mean at times. Yes, the situation that happened to him was ridiculous, but his reaction was not justified either. Think of it as a weak comedy sketch. ![https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.rogerebert.com/uploads/review/primary_image/reviews/old-dads-movie-review-2023/old-dads-movie-review-2023.jpg](https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.rogerebert.com/uploads/review/primary_image/reviews/old-dads-movie-review-2023/old-dads-movie-review-2023.jpg) {Spoiler} MH370: The Plane That Disappeared (2023) This is a three parts documentary exploring that missing plane that took off from Malaysia. Each part took on a theory. Interesting to hear, but no need to be 3 parts. Unfortunately, the whole movie was just on some unresolved speculation. It was still captivating about the thought process, but a bit of exercise in futility. ![https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2023/04/09111530/Mh370-alt.jpg](https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2023/04/09111530/Mh370-alt.jpg) {Spoiler} The Devil on Trial (2023) A incident that the movie The Conjuring is based, at least according to what the movie claimed. A crime occurred and the defense was on hocus pocus stuff, that may or may not be real. Difficult to be convincing, and it is not doing a good job at that either. Just not a well made documentary. ![https://www.dexerto.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://editors.dexerto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/19/what-is-sominex.jpg](https://www.dexerto.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://editors.dexerto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/19/what-is-sominex.jpg) {Spoiler} The Iron Claw (2023) A very touching movie of a wrestling family that fell on bad lucks. The pace of the 2nd half slowed down a bit, but there is a sense of strong exhibited of brotherly love. Zac Efron playing the eldest brother was terrific. Same goes for Holt McCallany playing the strict father. Tragic real life story. ![https://hips.hearstapps.com/vidthumb/images/the-iron-claw-official-trailer-65269f2e7c563.jpg?crop=0.946xw:1.00xh;0.0277xw,0](https://hips.hearstapps.com/vidthumb/images/the-iron-claw-official-trailer-65269f2e7c563.jpg?crop=0.946xw:1.00xh;0.0277xw,0) {Spoiler} The Holdovers (2023) I was expecting a poor man's Scent of a Woman. Turned out this was quite good, and stayed with me afterward. Funny too. The performances were top notched. The story was excellent in slowly revealing the background of the characters. Alexander Payne redeemed from the disaster of his last movie, Downsizing. ![https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/654530d9104eba27bc0ffd35/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/vf1123-the-holdovers-002.jpg](https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/654530d9104eba27bc0ffd35/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/vf1123-the-holdovers-002.jpg)
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Post by mikef6 on Feb 6, 2024 20:29:29 GMT
@rufus-T
Hope to see The Holdovers soon. Have it on reserve from the public library. The trailer made it look awful, like a bundle of predictible cliches and tropes, but the awards attention makes it look pretty good.
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Post by Rufus-T on Feb 6, 2024 20:54:57 GMT
@rufus-T Hope to see The Holdovers soon. Have it on reserve from the public library. The trailer made it look awful, like a bundle of predictible cliches and tropes, but the awards attention makes it look pretty good. There are cliches and tropes, and I had my doubt at the beginning. The story slowly got to me. The more I think about it, the more I like it.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Feb 7, 2024 7:34:18 GMT
@rufus-T Hope to see The Holdovers soon. Have it on reserve from the public library. The trailer made it look awful, like a bundle of predictible cliches and tropes, but the awards attention makes it look pretty good. The Holdovers is easily one of the very best films of 2023, I loved every second of it. It is as hilarious as it is moving and if Paul Giamatti doesn't win the Oscar for Best Actor there is no justice. Another one of the years finest films is the brilliant Danish historical drama THE PROMISED LAND (aka Bastarden) starring an unforgettable Mads Mikelson. There is so much utter garbage and woke shit coming out of Hollywood, and 2023 was a year full of dreadful films, that both THE HOLDOVERS - which is set in 1970, and THE PROMISED LAND, feel like a breath of fresh air. Rufus-T ,
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Post by mikef6 on Feb 7, 2024 17:21:13 GMT
@rufus-T Hope to see The Holdovers soon. Have it on reserve from the public library. The trailer made it look awful, like a bundle of predictible cliches and tropes, but the awards attention makes it look pretty good. The Holdovers is easily one of the very best films of 2023, I loved every second of it. It is as hilarious as it is moving and if Paul Giamatti doesn't win the Oscar for Best Actor there is no justice. Another one of the years finest films is the brilliant Danish historical drama THE PROMISED LAND (aka Bastarden) starring an unforgettable Mads Mikelson. There is so much utter garbage and woke shit coming out of Hollywood, and 2023 was a year full of dreadful films, that both THE HOLDOVERS - which is set in 1970, and THE PROMISED LAND, feel like a breath of fresh air. Rufus-T , It looks like Cillian Murphy is the frontrunner for Best Actor but I will be watching that category carefully looking for an upset. As soon as I can see The Holdovers, I will announce my own choice - which, if I am not accurate, I will throw a tantrum, stomp my little foot and rage on about "snubs."
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Post by Rufus-T on Feb 7, 2024 20:45:22 GMT
The Holdovers is easily one of the very best films of 2023, I loved every second of it. It is as hilarious as it is moving and if Paul Giamatti doesn't win the Oscar for Best Actor there is no justice. Another one of the years finest films is the brilliant Danish historical drama THE PROMISED LAND (aka Bastarden) starring an unforgettable Mads Mikelson. There is so much utter garbage and woke shit coming out of Hollywood, and 2023 was a year full of dreadful films, that both THE HOLDOVERS - which is set in 1970, and THE PROMISED LAND, feel like a breath of fresh air. Rufus-T , It looks like Cillian Murphy is the frontrunner for Best Actor but I will be watching that category carefully looking for an upset. As soon as I can see The Holdovers, I will announce my own choice - which, if I am not accurate, I will throw a tantrum, stomp my little foot and rage on about "snubs." The Barbie snubbed hoopla about nominating Ryan Gosling but not the women is ridiculous. It is not like Margot Robbie/Greta Gerwing and Ryan Gosling are in the same category. Their respective categories are already packed.
As for Paul Giamatti & Cillian Murphy, love to hear your opinion. I am seeing the trend going for Paul Giamatti as more people seeing The Holdovers, and he would be my choice. Talking about snub, the student in The Holdovers played by Dominic Sessa got a big time snub.
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Post by mikef6 on Feb 7, 2024 21:41:58 GMT
It looks like Cillian Murphy is the frontrunner for Best Actor but I will be watching that category carefully looking for an upset. As soon as I can see The Holdovers, I will announce my own choice - which, if I am not accurate, I will throw a tantrum, stomp my little foot and rage on about "snubs." The Barbie snubbed hoopla about nominating Ryan Gosling but not the women is ridiculous. It is not like Margot Robbie/Greta Gerwing and Ryan Gosling are in the same category. Their respective categories are already packed.
As for Paul Giamatti & Cillian Murphy, love to hear your opinion. I am seeing the trend going for Paul Giamatti as more people seeing The Holdovers, and he would be my choice. Talking about snub, the student in The Holdovers played by Dominic Sessa got a big time snub.
I have a couple of objections to the "snub" complaint: 1) Each acting category has a limit of 5 names. That's all. If there are several nomination worthy performances in a year (and there usually are) then some have to be left out. There is no "snub." 5 is the limit; 2) many of the complaints say something like "The academy snubbed..." It used to be that the actors' branch nominated actors and the directors' branch nominated directors. The entire membership then votes on the winner. I think that is still the procedure. Therefore, "the academy" snubbed nobody. The non-nominees were not let in the top 5 by their own peers.
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Post by Rufus-T on Feb 8, 2024 16:52:20 GMT
The Barbie snubbed hoopla about nominating Ryan Gosling but not the women is ridiculous. It is not like Margot Robbie/Greta Gerwing and Ryan Gosling are in the same category. Their respective categories are already packed.
As for Paul Giamatti & Cillian Murphy, love to hear your opinion. I am seeing the trend going for Paul Giamatti as more people seeing The Holdovers, and he would be my choice. Talking about snub, the student in The Holdovers played by Dominic Sessa got a big time snub.
I have a couple of objections to the "snub" complaint: 1) Each acting category has a limit of 5 names. That's all. If there are several nomination worthy performances in a year (and there usually are) then some have to be left out. There is no "snub." 5 is the limit; 2) many of the complaints say something like "The academy snubbed..." It used to be that the actors' branch nominated actors and the directors' branch nominated directors. The entire membership then votes on the winner. I think that is still the procedure. Therefore, "the academy" snubbed nobody. The non-nominees were not let in the top 5 by their own peers. That is basically the process. It is up to the voters. When I hear the word "snub", I take that as just means someone the person likes very much but did not get nominated or win, rather than the system being "rigged". Makes good discussion though, which is good for the Oscar.
What do you think of campaigning? There were many complains last year when Andrea Riseborough getting nominated over Viola Davis because she and her friends ran an excellent campaign. Another one I remember the most was the 1999 Oscar in which Harvey Weinstein, as I heard, spent ten times in the campaigning for Shakespeare in Love for Best Picture over that for Saving Private Ryan. The result was successful.
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Post by mikef6 on Feb 8, 2024 18:57:34 GMT
I have a couple of objections to the "snub" complaint: 1) Each acting category has a limit of 5 names. That's all. If there are several nomination worthy performances in a year (and there usually are) then some have to be left out. There is no "snub." 5 is the limit; 2) many of the complaints say something like "The academy snubbed..." It used to be that the actors' branch nominated actors and the directors' branch nominated directors. The entire membership then votes on the winner. I think that is still the procedure. Therefore, "the academy" snubbed nobody. The non-nominees were not let in the top 5 by their own peers. That is basically the process. It is up to the voters. When I hear the word "snub", I take that as just means someone the person likes very much but did not get nominated or win, rather than the system being "rigged". Makes good discussion though, which is good for the Oscar.
What do you think of campaigning? There were many complains last year when Andrea Riseborough getting nominated over Viola Davis because she and her friends ran an excellent campaign. Another one I remember the most was the 1999 Oscar in which Harvey Weinstein, as I heard, spent ten times in the campaigning for Shakespeare in Love for Best Picture over that for Saving Private Ryan. The result was successful.
The Academy rules are pretty strict about some forms of promotion. One writer got a slap on the wrist some years ago because before the ceremony he told an interviewer who he had voted for. I thought it was William Goldman, but can’t find anything about it now. On the other hand, trade paper ads, billboards, and screeners are common among most, if not all, contending movies. Andrea Riseborough just expanded on what Weinstein had already pioneered - and what I believe to be the only true effective method - get as many Academy voters as possible to see your movie. That not only sounds fair to me, it sounds essential. Riseborough got a network of influential friends like Susan Sarandon and Cate Blanchette to throw screening parties and to talk up her performance in interviews and public events. It was the nominees for the useless Golden Globes who, for many years, blatantly bribed voters (fewer than 100) with expensive gifts. After a reform, they can now only give up to $125 worth of bribes. BTW, 1999 was the only year that I agree that the director and picture awards should have gone to different movies. As I expressed recently on another board, save for the masterful battles that open and close SPR, the rest of the movie, for me, is a cliché filled slog. But Spielberg deserved the award for those battle scenes. “Shakespeare In Love” is my pick, and Oscars’, for Best Picture, for many reasons. But, as you said, using “snub” or “rigged” and the like just means that they didn’t like the result. There are multitudes who think that “Pvt Ryan” should have won, so blame Harvey Weinstein for it.
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