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Post by Stuffed Salvador on Jul 4, 2016 23:32:00 GMT -5
Ice Cream Planet, rumour has it the new season of Ash vs. Evil Dead will lead to a crossover with the Evil dead remake film where Jane Levy might pop up, so there's that to look forward to if it happens (had no idea Levy was in the Twin Peaks sequel) @matt1, ummmm, go look for my Everybody Wants Some related posts. I LOVED the movie when it came out and did not shut up about it or how hot the dudes were in the movie. It's a rare movie about bros that doesn't feel fratty or anything and everyone looks like they're having such a good time it's genuinely contagious
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Post by SLOW on Jul 5, 2016 0:37:51 GMT -5
Just watched The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Helllooooo eye candy! It was a lot of fun.
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Post by Ice Cream Planet on Jul 5, 2016 12:12:14 GMT -5
Ice Cream Planet , rumour has it the new season of Ash vs. Evil Dead will lead to a crossover with the Evil dead remake film where Jane Levy might pop up, so there's that to look forward to if it happens (had no idea Levy was in the Twin Peaks sequel) That she is! Granted, I have no idea how big her role will be (particularly given there are so many A-listers on board), but I hope it's a big one. She's always been a talented comedienne and dramatic actress (and a great beauty to boot). I really hope she plays Mia again at some point. Her character is a lot of fun. |
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Post by Ice Cream Planet on Jul 6, 2016 16:55:47 GMT -5
StuckAn ambitiously grim, gruesome little morality play that is far more moving than I had anticipated. Loosely based on the death of Gregory Glen Biggs, it's not a film with a ton of depth, but that works here. It's a slice of life film, albeit an extreme case (a woman hits a man, who is still alive but stuck in windshield; hijinks ensue), that's played equally for humor and horror. This could very easily tip toward distasteful, and while some of the jokes are very funny, there is a relentless grimness to the material that I'm sure many will find off-putting. However, I think that relentless grimness is where the film truly triumphs. Director Stuart Gordon never met a grisly set piece he didn't like, but he's surprisingly good at capturing an atmosphere of poverty that gives the story a necessary melancholic air. What a peculiar, oddly moving film.
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Post by William T. Goat, Esq. on Jul 6, 2016 21:37:25 GMT -5
Fursonas
A locally-produced (Pittsburgh) documentary about furries; or more specifically, fursuiters. It starts out with a series of interviews of people both in and out of costume, each explaining their own reasons for enjoying this "lifestyle". The subject of sex doesn't even come up until about the halfway mark.
At which point, the movie becomes an unauthorized exposé of "Uncle Kage", the organizer and human face of Anthrocon. Understandably not wanting to lose his reputation at his day job, he tries to police all interaction between the furries and the media. He comes across as a control freak, giving seminars at the convention about what to say and what not to say to the press. He also holds a bitter grudge against one couple who admitted, on national TV, to having sex in suits. (Not that he sees anything wrong with that, but, first rule of furry sex club: don't talk about furry sex club.)
So, there's the non-pervy weirdos, the pervy weirdos, and the spin doctor. CHOOSE NOW
I imagine people who are completely unaware of furries seeing this movie, and coming away with the impression that "furry" is a fun idea that some people take way too seriously.
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Jul 6, 2016 23:38:25 GMT -5
The Music of Strangers, a very nice (though also surprisingly serious—it can be a bit heavy for a date movie) movie about the Silk Road Ensemble.
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Post by Murray the Demonic Skull on Jul 7, 2016 3:04:18 GMT -5
13 hours
Yes the Michael Bay movie about Benghazi.
It's bad. Cinematographically bad and ideologically bad. The ex special forces turned military contractors know what's up in Libya (because they did tours in Afghanistan) unlike those CIA NERDS who went to Harvard and the Farm. The favorite nutjobs conspiracy theories are also alluded to, despite having been proven wrong.
Bad, bad movie.
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Post by Return of the Thin Olive Duke on Jul 7, 2016 10:04:29 GMT -5
Apocalypse Now
Wow. I passed out for twelve hours after watching this.
Total movies: ≥ 761
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Post by Return of the Thin Olive Duke on Jul 7, 2016 10:07:21 GMT -5
13 hoursYes the Michael Bay movie about Benghazi. It's bad. Cinematographically bad and ideologically bad. The ex special forces turned military contractors know what's up in Libya (because they did tours in Afghanistan) unlike those CIA NERDS who went to Harvard and the Farm. The favorite nutjobs conspiracy theories are also alluded to, despite having been proven wrong. Bad, bad movie. I actually heard it was his least political film, and resultingly watchable. Also, Bay has always hated all government except the military and police, and hating nerds is hardly unusual. And he really hates the French. Once blew up Paris with a meteor for a cheap laugh in Armageddon. |
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Jul 7, 2016 16:13:28 GMT -5
The ex special forces turned military contractors know what's up in Libya (because they did tours in Afghanistan) unlike those CIA NERDS who went to Harvard and the Farm. Eggheads and intellectuals—what do they know about intelligence? From what I’ve heard (never actually seen it) Armageddon’s roughly the same—those astronomers and rocket scientists aren’t real men—they can’t deflect an asteroid with their MATH. Time to hire a bunch of guys who work on oil rigs! |
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Jul 7, 2016 18:33:30 GMT -5
I watched the beginning of Legion where the old lady all of a sudden starts crawling on the ceiling after mauling some guy. I said, what the fuck, man?! and not 10 seconds later one of the characters said, what the fuck, man?!
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Post by Mindymoo, Human Bradypus on Jul 7, 2016 21:06:49 GMT -5
Mulholland Drive. My brother is a huge Lynch fan and is in town, but he'd never seen that one so I pulled out the DVD and we watched it. He loved it, like I knew he would. Not my favorite Lynch, as that space is reserved for Blue Velvet, but it's definitely up there.
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Jul 7, 2016 21:18:44 GMT -5
I just finished What We Did On Our Holiday, starring David Tennant and Rosamund Pike. I liked it a lot. The kids were funny but in a realistic way. Evidently they were just told what to do, and they pretty much just made up their own lines. It was a cute movie - funny but also sad in parts.
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Post by Return of the Thin Olive Duke on Jul 7, 2016 23:27:01 GMT -5
Picnic at Hanging Rock
That was weird. I don't know what Weir was going for with some of it, and I definitely expected something a little more epic, or at least visually breathtaking.
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Jul 7, 2016 23:35:55 GMT -5
Swiss Army Man
10/10, A+, words fail me so here's some arbitrary values. Beautiful film. I need time to recover.
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Post by Stuffed Salvador on Jul 7, 2016 23:39:35 GMT -5
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Post by Return of the Thin Olive Duke on Jul 7, 2016 23:41:25 GMT -5
It's kinda required viewing, but I found it uninspiring. It's basically Peter Weir's long-take, slow-burn take on the Sad Victorian Girl Melodrama. |
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Post by repulsionist on Jul 8, 2016 13:56:33 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2016 21:16:41 GMT -5
X men apocalypse
It was fucking rad. I really don't understand why people dislike this one. It had everything I could want in an X men film. It wasn't perfect but I do think it is the best comic book film I've seen this year and the best X men film. It just flowed better than DoFP and the plot didn't seem all jumbled. And that wolverine cameo was so dope.
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Post by ganews on Jul 8, 2016 21:27:29 GMT -5
X men apocalypse It was fucking rad. I really don't understand why people dislike this one. It had everything I could want in an X men film. It wasn't perfect but I do think it is the best comic book film I've seen this year and the best X men film. It just flowed better than DoFP and the plot didn't seem all jumbled. And that wolverine cameo was so dope. Seriously, the best on-screen portrayal of Wolverine yet. Good enough to justify the very plot-sidetracking circumstances to get the us there. |
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Post by Return of the Thin Olive Duke on Jul 8, 2016 22:58:18 GMT -5
Midnight in Paris
Okay, nothing personal, but I hope the stigma of liking Woody Allen movies has passed because I fucking loved this movie. It's just so perfect, it captures that nostalgia for a time one never knew, and clearly the filmmaker is dealing with his lifelong obsession with the Jazz Age. But seeing Paris in the present day reminded me of being there in between terrorist attacks, and reminded me of the clock striking midnight on January 1, 2010 and saying "I love the aesthetics of this era." Because I am living in the Golden Age of Los Angeles, the age of the Echo and the Ace Hotel and American Apparel and Lauren Fay and Steve Anderson and Refn movies and purple lipstick and Dream Pop!
Funny as all hell, too. Reminded me a bit of The Purple Rose of Cairo, but I like this better. I'm really irritated I missed seeing this during one of Pasadena's various summer festivals a couple years back.
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EDIT: Also, Hemingway seemed a lot like Werner Herzog.
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Post by repulsionist on Jul 9, 2016 0:03:04 GMT -5
Pocahontas 2 (1998)
Like a calumet full of old resin.
Flash Gordon (1980)
DeLaurentiis, Il Maestro d'Fantasia.
Conan, Dune, Flash, Diabolik. QED.
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Post by Stuffed Salvador on Jul 9, 2016 13:31:05 GMT -5
X men apocalypse It was fucking rad. I really don't understand why people dislike this one. It had everything I could want in an X men film. It wasn't perfect but I do think it is the best comic book film I've seen this year and the best X men film. It just flowed better than DoFP and the plot didn't seem all jumbled. And that wolverine cameo was so dope. I loved the first half of the movie and genuinely think it's the best X-Men movie ever, and then the second half pops up. Once we get to the Wolverine cameo (which felt so extraneous I stopped enjoying the movie) I lose interest in the movie. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2016 14:18:11 GMT -5
X men apocalypse It was fucking rad. I really don't understand why people dislike this one. It had everything I could want in an X men film. It wasn't perfect but I do think it is the best comic book film I've seen this year and the best X men film. It just flowed better than DoFP and the plot didn't seem all jumbled. And that wolverine cameo was so dope. I loved the first half of the movie and genuinely think it's the best X-Men movie ever, and then the second half pops up. Once we get to the Wolverine cameo (which felt so extraneous I stopped enjoying the movie) I lose interest in the movie. ehh, an X men movie without wolverine? As much as I don't like how everything was about wolverine in the first few movies, he is still pretty great and it tied in what happened with him at DoFP, like I said the movie wasn't perfect and they could have done a better job trying to weave that plot point in. But it is weapon X going ham on everyone, that was awesome. And I was fine with the fight at the end, everyone got to shine in taking down Apocalypse. |
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Post by Ice Cream Planet on Jul 10, 2016 16:54:13 GMT -5
The Neon Demon
I was fully expecting to hate this film, or at least find it a campy, blood-soaked laugh riot (it certainly delivers on the 'blood-soaked') part, but... I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Granted, I really enjoyed Drive (and I still think its screenwriter, Hossein Amini, should have won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the completely brilliant The Wings of the Dove), so Refn's excesses aren't bothersome to me. Believe me though, they are all here. In fact, it's rather refreshing to see a film that lays bare everything that will make the audience either love or hate it. The garish, heavily saturated colors are gorgeous, the dialogue sounds like it was written by a computer with a basic understanding of human thought, the final third act is gleefully, almost childishly indulgent in its repulsiveness (it's easy to see shades of everything from Repulsion to Dario Argento to Nip/Tuck). And yet... it all works. It's impossible to take seriously, and yet therein lies the charm. It's a gruesome, beautiful, silly, thoughtful mashup of existentialism and grindhouse sleaze. That is precisely what I needed today (plus, a model regurgitating an eyeball certainly has its perverse charm).
I would also give a shoutout to Jena Malone, in the film's best performance, who reminds me that she is one of the most talented, criminally underrated actresses of her generation. Much like Naomi Watts or Jennifer Jason Leigh, she has an uncanny knack for odd, unflattering projects, and man, she deserves more love.
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Post by Stuffed Salvador on Jul 10, 2016 18:01:27 GMT -5
Margaret
Anna Paquin gives a good enough performance here for me to ignore the fact that she so does not pass for a 17-year-old and there's several really good scenes throughout, but it never feels like these small moments build to a cohesive whole. Maybe I should try the three-hour cut?
Bad Education
Can we have more LGBT noir films with Gael Garcia Bernal in drag as the femme fatale pretty please?
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Post by SLOW on Jul 10, 2016 18:04:16 GMT -5
Bad EducationCan we have more LGBT noir films with Gael Garcia Bernal in drag as the femme fatale? Quizás, quizás, quizás. |
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Post by Return of the Thin Olive Duke on Jul 10, 2016 19:27:59 GMT -5
Ice Cream Planet Finally someone I can talk to about that film! In the meantime... Singin' in the Rain
Great fun, a real delight! The cast is a delight, the Hollywood satire is fresh as ever, I really appreciate the amount of skill and love they put into that. I have never known great choreography before now. The Hidden Fortress
My first Kurosawa ( Seven Samurai was mysteriously missing from Hulu Plus). Definitely conventional in story and visuals, but nevertheless engrossing. Hunger
I hate this movie. And I only chose it because it was the shortest and I have to go to work soon! So, I'm Irish on my father's side, albeit strained through three hundred years of living in America, but enough that my dad still mocks Ian Paisley with grating, boisterous contempt. I don't know what I was supposed to get out of this, because I have zero sympathy for the PIRA, even watching this. I feel kinda wrong for saying that, like it's the Irish version of Keffiyeh Kinderlach. On the other hand, I feel like the movie is being Keffiyeh Kinderlach (I don't know the English equivalent for this term) by appealing to pity and underdog sentimentality to make the viewer sympathize with terrorists! If that wasn't the intent of the film, like it's all about how all of it is pointless, it's still a dull, meandering slog. Total: ≥771
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Post by Jimmy James on Jul 11, 2016 10:41:47 GMT -5
Suicide Squad will have to get by without my monies, because I've just rewatched the definitive team-up of comic book rogues, 1966's Batman: The Movie. It's a campy, the plot is needlessly convoluted, and I kind of love it. Highlights are Robin instantly spouting the most ridiculous answer to every riddle ("A ball-point banana!") and Penguin's submarine with little kicking feet at the stern end. Purveyors of grim gritty darkness, take note.
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