What Movie Have You Recently Watched?

[vnatale]

After a recent string of some pretty mediocre movies that are not recommended (Extraction 2, Heart of Stone, The Out-Laws), finally stumbled onto a pretty good one.

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story - didn't expect a whole lot given Weird Al tends to be pretty basic humor, but had some good reviews so I was optimistic. Definitely a pleasant surprise, even DW approved. Radcliffe was great in an interesting take on the life of Weird Al. Recommended if you are in the mood for something lighthearted and fun.

Stuck with the comedy trend and gave No Hard Feelings a shot. Had some good parts and some cringe parts, not bad overall but not must see.

I really liked Weird, but nobody else seems to have seen it. I think the problem is that it is only on the Roku channel. Although it's free (even if you don't own a Roku), people don't go there for their movies.

Saw Weird Al during the last year and thought it was excellent. As he was when I saw him live sometime in the 90s.

Yeah, but gotlost33 didn't see Weird Al, they saw Weird, the half-true, half-fake movie on The Roku Channel.

I saw it. It was decent. Free. Anyone can see it, you don't need a Roku device.

Sorry. Was trying to convey that I did see that particular movie in the last year and was then adding that I'd also seen him live in the 90s. Both experiences were excellent.

[vnatale]

Red Sparrow

Turned out be far better than I had thought it would be from its description and how it started.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sparrow

Manohla Dargis of The New York Times found the film to be "preposterously entertaining" and credited its success to Lawrence's performance, writing that "like all great stars, [Lawrence] can slip into a role as if sliding into another skin, unburdened by hesitation or self-doubt."

[littlerfish]

"The Chaser" -- excellent 2008 Korean serial killer thriller by director Na Hong-jin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaser_(2008_film)

[littlerfish]

By the way, the Internet Archive has oodles of streamable / downloadable video, some of it very hard to find elsewhere.

https://archive.org/details/movies

[wolf359]

After a recent string of some pretty mediocre movies that are not recommended (Extraction 2, Heart of Stone, The Out-Laws), finally stumbled onto a pretty good one.

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story - didn't expect a whole lot given Weird Al tends to be pretty basic humor, but had some good reviews so I was optimistic. Definitely a pleasant surprise, even DW approved. Radcliffe was great in an interesting take on the life of Weird Al. Recommended if you are in the mood for something lighthearted and fun.

Stuck with the comedy trend and gave No Hard Feelings a shot. Had some good parts and some cringe parts, not bad overall but not must see.

I really liked Weird, but nobody else seems to have seen it. I think the problem is that it is only on the Roku channel. Although it's free (even if you don't own a Roku), people don't go there for their movies.

Saw Weird Al during the last year and thought it was excellent. As he was when I saw him live sometime in the 90s.

Yeah, but gotlost33 didn't see Weird Al, they saw Weird, the half-true, half-fake movie on The Roku Channel.

I saw it. It was decent. Free. Anyone can see it, you don't need a Roku device.

Sorry. Was trying to convey that I did see that particular movie in the last year and was then adding that I'd also seen him live in the 90s. Both experiences were excellent.

Did you spot Weird Al's cameo in the movie?

[vnatale]

Did you spot Weird Al's cameo in the movie?

Maybe. Maybe not. Cannot remember!

Mostly what I remember was the beginning where he was at a high school party and they were playing polka's and he became this big thing because he could play the accordion.

I probably best remember that because I was forced to take accordion lessons from the ages of 9 year old to 15 years old and to practice six days a week. So that was a twist for me to see it being popular.

[bertilak]

I was forced to take accordion lessons from the ages of 9 year old to 15 years old and to practice six days a week. So that was a twist for me to see it being popular.

Same here. I don't re ember for sure but It was about the same ages. I wasn't so much forced as talked into it. When we moved to a diffident town at age 13 we dropped the lessons. I could play a few beginner pieces, some of which I can still plunk out (one handed) on a piano and I did learn to read music. We picked the accordion because the Lawrence Welk show was a family (well, my father) favorite.

[telemark]

Space Sweepers on Netflix. Very late to the party on this one, but it was fun. I've always preferred sarcastic robots over the cute variety.

[BrooklynInvest]

Watched "Curse of the Were-Rabbit" with my 4-year old boy. 4 thumbs up!

[Sandi_k]

Did you spot Weird Al's cameo in the movie?

Maybe. Maybe not. Cannot remember!

Mostly what I remember was the beginning where he was at a high school party and they were playing polka's and he became this big thing because he could play the accordion.

I probably best remember that because I was forced to take accordion lessons from the ages of 9 year old to 15 years old and to practice six days a week. So that was a twist for me to see it being popular.

Weird is satire. Al didn't win girls and fame in high school because he played the accordian. The whole movie is a loose-with-the-truth, tongue-in-cheek production.

[vnatale]

I was forced to take accordion lessons from the ages of 9 year old to 15 years old and to practice six days a week. So that was a twist for me to see it being popular.

Same here. I don't re ember for sure but It was about the same ages. I wasn't so much forced as talked into it. When we moved to a diffident town at age 13 we dropped the lessons. I could play a few beginner pieces, some of which I can still plunk out (one handed) on a piano and I did learn to read music. We picked the accordion because the Lawrence Welk show was a family (well, my father) favorite.

I used to tell people if you were (100%) Italian at 9 years old you were brought down to the studio to start accordion lessons.

I certainly learned how to read music. After the Beatles arrived about 3 years later I wanted to play their music but it was strictly classical music that I was taught. I never had or developed an ear for music so if I did not have the music in front of me to read I could not get past the second bar, even if I'd played it many, many times. As an adult I took some piano lessons thinking I had a head start already knowing how to read music and able to play the keys with my right hand but dropped that not long after and never went back to it.

[vnatale]

Did you spot Weird Al's cameo in the movie?

Maybe. Maybe not. Cannot remember!

Mostly what I remember was the beginning where he was at a high school party and they were playing polka's and he became this big thing because he could play the accordion.

I probably best remember that because I was forced to take accordion lessons from the ages of 9 year old to 15 years old and to practice six days a week. So that was a twist for me to see it being popular.

Weird is satire. Al didn't win girls and fame in high school because he played the accordian. The whole movie is a loose-with-the-truth, tongue-in-cheek production.

Oh, I definitely realized that. It was just a stark contrast to my real life accordion experience. I guess the height of it was when I was 12 years old and was in a marching accordion band. We had majorettes in front, we accordion players in the middle, and drummers behind us. I seem to remember only really being in two marches until the whole thing faded away.

[Sandi_k]

Good, you had me worried there for a second!

[mrmass]

Champions with Woody Harrelson. Woody plays an assistant basketball coach that gets into trouble and the court forces him to coach an autistic team at a local organization.

A feelgood movie. We enjoyed it.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15339570/

[vnatale]

Champions with Woody Harrelson. Woody plays an assistant basketball coach that gets into trouble and the court forces him to coach an autistic team at a local organization.

A feelgood movie. We enjoyed it.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15339570/

I also agree that it was excellent!

[SGM]

A Man called Otto on Netflix starring Tom Hanks. It is similar in theme to a 2015 film A Man named Ave who is suicidal after his wife dies

[vnatale]

A Man called Otto on Netflix starring Tom Hanks. It is similar in theme to a 2015 film A Man named Ave who is suicidal after his wife dies

Another good one.

[SmallSaver]

Midnight Run with DeNiro and Charles Grodin. Basically Planes, Trains, and Automobiles with gangsters. I don't find myself liking many comedies, but this one was understated enough (by the standards of the genre) and the two leads are great.

[Chv396]

“The Bourne Supremacy” starring Matt Damon.

[Vanguard User]

Anyone see Jawan?

[jjunk]

Just saw Talk to Me, thought it was a solid horror film but a little overhyped. Also just re-watched Barbie with my wife since she didn't get to see it at release.

[livelovelaugh00]

Just watched "Miss Potter" starring Renee Zellweger on Tubi. It's in Victoria England, an aspiring female writer overcomes a difficult home life and a patriarchal society to become a best-selling children's author. Glad I come across this beautiful movie.

[ruralavalon]

Cocaine Bear, on Amazon Prime.

A serious subject, but very funny although violent and bloody. A cocaine shipment is lost in a plane crash in a national forest. A black bear and her cubs try the cocaine, menace children in the park, and complicate the attempts by police and the traffickers to recover the product.

Recommended.

[vnatale]

Cocaine Bear, on Amazon Prime.

A serious subject, but very funny although violent and bloody. A cocaine shipment is lost in a plane crash in a national forest. A black bear and her cubs try the cocaine, menace children in the park, and complicate the attempts by police and the traffickers to recover the product.

Recommended.

And, with that I will finally watch it soon! Keeps popping up in my Amazon Prime and have continually passed it up. But, now, no longer!

[nhs76]

I finally got around to watching The Matrix, and now I want to see every Shakespeare role that Laurence Fishburne has ever performed.

[vnatale]

I finally got around to watching The Matrix, and now I want to see every Shakespeare role that Laurence Fishburne has ever performed.

Only saw the movie The Matrix once and it was way too confusing for me. I think it required way more focused concentration than I'm usually willing to offer to a movie.

[Artful Dodger]

Just watched "Miss Potter" starring Renee Zellweger on Tubi. It's in Victoria England, an aspiring female writer overcomes a difficult home life and a patriarchal society to become a best-selling children's author. Glad I come across this beautiful movie.

We saw it a few months ago and really enjoyed it. Having read some of her books as a child and then buying and reading them for our kids, it had more meaning.

[goldendad]

The Great Waldo Pepper

[uaeebs86]

I finally got around to watching The Matrix, and now I want to see every Shakespeare role that Laurence Fishburne has ever performed.

Only saw the movie The Matrix once and it was way too confusing for me. I think it required way more focused concentration than I'm usually willing to offer to a movie.

I felt that way about Inception.

[theac]

The Great Waldo Pepper

I really like this movie too.

Saw it in the cinema when it came out, have seen it several times over the years, and it's still in my movie collection because I'll watch it again someday.

(I hope I did the spoiler alert correctly? I put the following text below in white and I guess when you click on it, it shows up) [See below --admin LadyGeek]

I thought it was a great story about a guy who was at one time the most famous and feared ace in WWI, but other than that, he is a miserable failure at life (on the ground).

Yet put him in a cockpit with a pair of wings to control and he's unbeatable.

And Robert Redford who didn't get to fight in that war, and who loves flying himself, idolizes him as a fighter pilot even tho he was on the enemy side. Still, he regrets having missed that war because he thinks he could have been the one to beat him, had he ever had the chance.

Then just by luck, one day they meet on a movie set, with replicas of the two planes that were in the ace's most famous battle, and the old man has heard of this young barnstormer whose career he's followed because he recognizes him as a great flyer too, so he gives the kid a chance to prove himself (no machine guns of course). But they find their own way.

[LadyGeek]

I fixed your spoiler. See: Re: Please Try Out Test Posts Here

[theac]

I fixed your spoiler. See: Re: Please Try Out Test Posts Here

OK thanks

[J9999]

Anyone see Jawan?

The wife and I saw Jawan last week on opening day Sept 7. ( Hindi version with English subtitles ).
We like watching Shah Rukh Khan movies, this movie will not disappoint if you are a fan of SRK or Indian movies.
Like a lot of Indian movies, Jawan has several plot twists that will keep you on your game to keep-up what is going on.

This is the first time we have watched an Indian movie on opening day at a theater, the theater was full.
The opening scene and several other scenes during the movie drew applause and approval from the audience.

( I do not remember the last time watching a Hollywood movie at a theater drawing applause )

[vnatale]

Last night finished watching Out of Exile. TOUGH movie to watch.

Then watched Girls Against Boys. Not what I expected it to be about.

Both are on Amazon Prime.

[Vanguard User]

Anyone see Jawan?

The wife and I saw Jawan last week on opening day Sept 7. ( Hindi version with English subtitles ).
We like watching Shah Rukh Khan movies, this movie will not disappoint if you are a fan of SRK or Indian movies.
Like a lot of Indian movies, Jawan has several plot twists that will keep you on your game to keep-up what is going on.

K3G had big applause too.

This is the first time we have watched an Indian movie on opening day at a theater, the theater was full.
The opening scene and several other scenes during the movie drew applause and approval from the audience.

( I do not remember the last time watching a Hollywood movie at a theater drawing applause )

The story and emotional aspect was much better than Pathaan. It could have been much better if some extended action scenes were cut out and instead focus on the 6 girls getting to know, etc. Jawan is now the biggest BO hit in history. It passed Pathaan. I do think Dunki will the best of 2023.

[wolf359]

Did you spot Weird Al's cameo in the movie?

Maybe. Maybe not. Cannot remember!

Mostly what I remember was the beginning where he was at a high school party and they were playing polka's and he became this big thing because he could play the accordion.

I probably best remember that because I was forced to take accordion lessons from the ages of 9 year old to 15 years old and to practice six days a week. So that was a twist for me to see it being popular.

When Weird Al first tries to get a record deal with the Scotti Brothers, the real-life Weird Al plays Tony Scotti.

He was unrecognizable to me (he's in a suit playing a square.) The scene is funnier because Ben Scotti starts mocking Al and his appearance, and the real-life Al seems to get insulted by this.

[Vanguard User]

Dunki in December. What a massive blockbuster will that be.

[AlohaBill]

Hi ruralavalon, I just picked up A NEW LEAF from the library and will watch it tonight. Oops, no , we will be watching the Eagles versus the Vikings instead. Cheers.

[Nver2Late]

Although a really violent movie, I found "SISU" to be a good watch.

[LadyGeek]

Sneakers (1993).

Honestly, this has to be one of the best movies ever. Incredible storyline, original screenplay, excellent cast (Redford, Poitier, Akyroyd, Phoenix, Kingsley, etc.), drama, suspense, and comedy.

Sneakers, $3.99 rental on Amazon Prime, rated PG-13, 1992, comedy / crime / drama. A security pro finds his past returning to haunt him when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item.

I agree with WhitePuma. It's very good.

All I can think of is "Ocean's Eleven meets Vanguard phone security". If you've ever used Vanguard's phone system to verify your voice, you'll understand why in the latter part of the movie. Sorry for the minor spoiler, but that's all I could think of. There was some borderline R-rated dialog which was hilarious.

[doobiedoo]

"Anna" on HBO starring Sasha Luss, Luke Evans, Helen Mirren, and Cillian Murphy.
Written and directed by Luc Besson ["La Femme Nikita", "The Professional", "Taken", "Transporter"].

Rotten Tomatoes score 33% 81% https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/anna_2019
Helen Mirren was terrific!

[Julieta7]

A Million Miles Away.
The real-life story of NASA flight engineer Jose Hernandez who began life in the US as a migrant worker.
Amazon Prime Video.
No violence, smoking, swearing or guns. Appropriate for all ages.
Highly recommended!

[ResearchMed]

Sneakers (1993).

Honestly, this has to be one of the best movies ever. Incredible storyline, original screenplay, excellent cast (Redford, Poitier, Akyroyd, Phoenix, Kingsley, etc.), drama, suspense, and comedy.

Sneakers, $3.99 rental on Amazon Prime, rated PG-13, 1992, comedy / crime / drama. A security pro finds his past returning to haunt him when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item.

I agree with WhitePuma. It's very good.

All I can think of is "Ocean's Eleven meets Vanguard phone security". If you've ever used Vanguard's phone system to verify your voice, you'll understand why in the latter part of the movie. Sorry for the minor spoiler, but that's all I could think of. There was some borderline R-rated dialog which was hilarious.

We just watched Sneakers.
We are both surprised we missed this one. Neither of us remember even hearing about it until I read about it here.

It initially reminded me of Three Days of the Condor, where Redford previously did just about the same thing to start the movie. Apparently he likes to head out of the office for food.
[Not a spoiler; it's at the very beginning. Again.]

It was a bit lightweight due to some loose ends, but still very enjoyable.
Great cast!

RM

[ruralavalon]

Singing in the Rain, on DVD.

I wanted a nice feel-good film. This is a 1952 romantic comedy, musical starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Finally O'Connor.

Recommended.

[vnatale]

Coming 2 America (via Amazon Prime)

Excellent

A different role for Eddie Murphy than what he usually played in those 80s movies.

[jginseattle]

Enemies: A Love Story (1989). Adapted from the novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Directed by Paul Mazursky.

One of my favorites. It's superb.

[AlohaBill]

Ruralavalon,
Based on your recommendation, I borrowed A New Leaf with Elaine May and Walter Matthau. The copy I had seem to have problems. First of all, the sound was terrible. Most of the time I couldn’t understand what Ms. May was saying. She was a low talker. The editing was horrible.
The movie overall was good though. I enjoy Mr. Matthau’s deadpan acting. I want to go back and see Grumpy Old Men 1 and 2. My wife hated all the plots to kill Ms. May but she liked the ending. It was telling the Mr. Matthau’s character never kissed his wife.
I’ve ordered Almost Famous for our next movie.

[vnatale]

I’ve ordered Almost Famous for our next movie.

Saw Almost Famous at the movies when it came out and then later at home. Good one.

Liked Jennifer A in her role as a band manager (if I am remembering correctly).

[jjunk]

Although a really violent movie, I found "SISU" to be a good watch.

SISU is a super fun movie but it is incredibly violent.

[Elsebet]

"I've Loved You So Long" - a French film, from Netflix on DVD. Somewhat dark subject material but I enjoyed and recommend it!