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Nicolas wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 10:01 pm Where can I see this film? Another movie the whole plot of which is searching for a stolen bicycle: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure :D
I have "Bicycle Thieves" on DVD.

I have a lot of DVDs I don't really like that much but they're highly regarded. After I watch them a few times and confirm that I don't like them that much, I donate them. That was also the case with "Mulholland Drive". I didn't say so in my review, but it was the third time I had watched it. I thought that enough time had passed from the prior viewing to make me decide on it's "worth". Didn't work. I'm still on the fence.
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"Here" on Netflix.

Although the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are not very good, I really liked this movie.
The movie tells a story about a particular property in the modern day suburbs, and it goes back and forth between all of the inhabitants of this property, from Native Americans to the present day. Tom Hanks stars in it.
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jjunk wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 8:19 pm Nightbitch. Stars Amy Adams as a woman who becomes a dog as part of dealing with giving birth to her first child. Adams was incredible in the role. The movie is equal parts odd, hilarious and thought provoking. Especially since I'm a man with no children. This really seems to speak to the female side of motherhood and I got the high points. I'd be interested to see how mothers feel about it. I found it very entertaining, but it's also out there.
What do you mean “she becomes a dog”? Is this like how Jeff Goldblum becomes a fly in The Fly?
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Django Unchained. Another mesmerizing performance by Christoph Walz.
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Hot Sauce wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2025 5:19 pm
jjunk wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 8:19 pm Nightbitch. Stars Amy Adams as a woman who becomes a dog as part of dealing with giving birth to her first child. Adams was incredible in the role. The movie is equal parts odd, hilarious and thought provoking. Especially since I'm a man with no children. This really seems to speak to the female side of motherhood and I got the high points. I'd be interested to see how mothers feel about it. I found it very entertaining, but it's also out there.
What do you mean “she becomes a dog”? Is this like how Jeff Goldblum becomes a fly in The Fly?
Not quite the same as The Fly, but yes, at one point she does become an actual dog. Its meant to be a metaphor on the transformative effect childbirth has on women. At least thats what I took from it.
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jjunk wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 12:37 pm
To keep this topical, we just watched Back in Action on Netflix. Stars Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz as spies turned parents that have to come out of hiding. It was predictable and corny, but entertaining for a non-football weekend.
Not based upon this recommendation .. watched it last night and as soon as it started realized you'd written about it here.

I'd use words as outstanding and superb for it!

Grade: A

NOT predictable for me as it has to be extremely predictable for me to have any inkling what is next going to happen.

It did not have one dull second in it and it was a movie I wished could have been longer.

The humor was excellent as was all else about the movie. I cannot think of one thing to be critical regarding it.
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"A Million Miles Away" (2023) - Michael Pena, Rosa Salazar, Julio Cesar Cedillo

Story is about Jose Hernandez, the first migrant farmworker to go into space.*

From young boy picking grapes in the Central Valley (and gettting fed up with it) to Mission Specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery.

It took him awhile, and included a stint at Lawrence Livermore Labs where he was mistaken for the janitor. And the implication was that his Hispanic name kept him from being accepted at NASA for years and years and years. But he made it.

Good film. I liked it.

*Yeah, that phrasing was a funny touch added at the end of the movie. I mean, I think Jose was the first and only migrant farmworker to go into space. ;)
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We watched August Rush and the Witch.
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yankees60 wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 1:06 pm
jjunk wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 12:37 pm
To keep this topical, we just watched Back in Action on Netflix. Stars Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz as spies turned parents that have to come out of hiding. It was predictable and corny, but entertaining for a non-football weekend.
Not based upon this recommendation .. watched it last night and as soon as it started realized you'd written about it here.

I'd use words as outstanding and superb for it!

Grade: A

NOT predictable for me as it has to be extremely predictable for me to have any inkling what is next going to happen.

It did not have one dull second in it and it was a movie I wished could have been longer.

The humor was excellent as was all else about the movie. I cannot think of one thing to be critical regarding it.
Was definitely more entertaining than I was expecting, thats for sure. Glad you enjoyed it.
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Skincare starring Elizabeth Banks. Story is about a famous Hollywood beautician launching her own skincare line when a rival moves in next door and her life and business unravel. This was a watchable but ulitimately forgettable movie. The story was all over the place, the plot was only semi-realistic and the ending was to on the nose. I wouldnt recommend it unless you're a fan of Banks (which I am and is why I watched). I thought this would be a dark comedy and its just...dark.
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jginseattle wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 10:30 pm Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid in Companion. A new sci-fi thriller. Entertaining.

In theaters now. Available on Fandango at Home. Recommended.
Really enjoyed Companion. Quite a wild ride. Combo sci-fi, horror, dark comedy. Very entertaining.
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Watched "The Absent One," a movie version of Jussi Adler-Olsen's novel of the same name, one of the Department Q series. Danish with English subtitles. The DVD was at my public library and included two other movie versions of Department Q books.
A bit dark, but really good, if you like police procedurals/detective mysteries. Scandinavian crime fiction at its best.
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jjunk wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2025 7:32 pm Nosferatu (2024). I never saw the original but had heard good things about this one. This movie shows why I'd never be a good movie critic as I think it's one of the worst films I've seen in a while. I felt compelled to finish it because the rental price was $20 but it simply wasnt worth it. I felt like I was watching a bad play where all the kids still didn't know how to act properly and overdid everything. I have liked some of Eggers films in the past but this is easily his worst from my POV. Not recommended.
+1 for the original (1922). It's way cool how the vampire walks around (or slinks around) with his coffin under his arm. A vampire of simple needs.
Been decades since seeing it. Ready to find it and pass the popcorn.
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mhalley wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 7:14 pm The Wolf Man in theaters. I love a good werewolf movie. The Howling, American Werewolf in London, even the original Universal movies. Unfortunately this is not even close to those. It’s ok, worth a watch on streaming but not worth it in theaters unless you are a huge horror fan. It has its moments, but basically the entire movies the protagonist slowly changing into the creature.
To go with Wolf Man movies we have an excellent New Yorker cartoon. I can't find it online, so here it is, uncensored: A couple is standing on the sidewalk with a car next to them. Someone in the car is shooting a moon at the couple through the window, and the man is turning into a werewolf.
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"Perfect Days" on Hulu. Very sweet and subtle film (2023) about a Japanese fellow who appreciates his seemingly simple life of service cleaning toilets and small pleasures like being recognized when stopping for a drink after work and listening to his cassette tapes from the 70's. There are more melancholy notes as well, but it's worth the journey. If you've spent even a little time in Japan, you might really appreciate this gentle, charming film.
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Watched the first half of "All The Old Knives" before quitting. Plot sounded interesting and I heard there's good payoff, but the constant flashbacks were tedious. Plenty of other spy thrillers exist that don't torture their viewers with boredom.
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Fallen - Netflix

This is the teen romance meets angels one. It was actually quite good. But the entire film is build up to a sequel that never happened. The good news is that the books are available. And a new TV series is coming out based on the books, but its casting doesn’t look at as good.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallen_(2016_film)

And here’s the trailer for new series.

https://youtu.be/FuQr28QJaEE?si=4-nCswIN7BPUGZpX

I plan to read some of the books this year only because the movie ended on a cliffhanger.
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daleddm wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 11:32 pm "Perfect Days" on Hulu. Very sweet and subtle film (2023) about a Japanese fellow who appreciates his seemingly simple life of service cleaning toilets and small pleasures like being recognized when stopping for a drink after work and listening to his cassette tapes from the 70's. There are more melancholy notes as well, but it's worth the journey. If you've spent even a little time in Japan, you might really appreciate this gentle, charming film.
I loved this film.
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Grade: C

Had many promising moments in the movie wherein I thought it was going to get "good" but it never did. Dissapointment.


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Grade: A

I've met the main character in this documentary - June Millington - and have taken many (amateur) pictures of her several times in the last 10 or so years.

It's an extremely well-done documentary. However, without going into details here, I was many times shaking my head, No, at many of the assertions being made by the people in this documentary. I did not let that affect my grade.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny:_The_Right_to_Rock

Fanny: The Right to Rock


Outline
The film is a profile of Fanny, an all-female rock band from the 1970s whose members included lesbian music pioneer June Millington.[2] Hart uses more than 80 photographs taken by bandmates’ friend Linda Wolf "to illustrate their unbridled woman power — a tangle of hair, bodies, and a baby — under the roof of Fanny Hill, a house in L.A. that Millington calls a sorority with amps.” [3]

The film premiered at the 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it was named one of five winners of the Rogers Audience Award.[4] It was subsequently screened at the 2021 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Film.[5]
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To Live and Die In L. A. - 1985. Streamed on Prime Video.

William Friedkin directs William Peterson, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, and Darlanne Fluegel in this story about two Secret Service agents crossing all kinds of boundaries to nab a counterfeiter kingpin.

Willem Dafoe turns in a great performance as a master counterfeiter who is also an artist and a very nasty man. Peterson is the agent who has pledged to get him (because he killed his partner), Pankow plays his hapless *new* partner who is dragged along for the ride, and Fluegel is the stripper who Peterson's agent extorts for both sex and information. Peterson plays this role as a base-jumping adrenaline junkie who can't keep still, and the scene where he drives away from pursuers is wild but still not as good as the one in The French Connection, though I'm sure Friedkin wanted it to be.

The whole thing is filled with impressionistic views of Los Angeles shot by Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller, and backed by a wild driving Wang Chung score. Both make this seem better than it actually is. The story is somewhat disjointed, there are no characters to root for, and the editing jump cuts are a bit too severe. There's a twist ending, and I found the last scene unbelievable. Friedkin made two, maybe three, good movies, and this isn't one of them. Watch one of the better ones instead: The French Connection, The Exorcist (millions loved it though I didn't), or Sorcerer.
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Night Must Fall (1937) Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, May Whitty

When a rich but cantankerous dowager on an isolated estate hires an engaging handyman, her niece/companion becomes suspicious of his motives. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029310/?r ... 1_cdt_t_43

An entertaining story but long and overly talky. Probably because it was a stage play originally. But Whitty is a delight (and she was born in 1865!) Probably most here wouldn’t like it. We streamed it on The Criterion Channel.
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Nicolas wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 1:24 pm Night Must Fall (1937) Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, May Whitty

When a rich but cantankerous dowager on an isolated estate hires an engaging handyman, her niece/companion becomes suspicious of his motives. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029310/?r ... 1_cdt_t_43

An entertaining story but long and overly talky. Probably because it was a stage play originally. But Whitty is a delight (and she was born in 1865!) Probably most here wouldn’t like it. We streamed it on The Criterion Channel.
I liked it, too. Wonderfully creepy movie. The back-and-forth dialogue between Montgomery and Whitty is great.
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I rented Venom 3 because my wife was on a biz trip and I wanted to watch something superhero-ey and fun.

How can I get my money back?
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“I’m Still Here”, in the theater. Portuguese, with English subtitles. A fantastic film about a family in 1970s Brazil, during a military dictatorship. Based on a real family. Highly recommended if you like quiet dramas and don’t mind subtitles.
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

It's fun. Everyone who worked on that made a really good movie.
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Dune 2 - Netflix.

I didn't like it. The special effects were good. I just found the story on the thin side, compared to the book. I recall years ago when David Lynch's Dune hit the theatres, they provided a brochure listing all the characters involved and their relationships. A bit of the plot was spelled out as well. I read several books from the series and was up-to-speed with this information but pity the person coming into it cold. To me, Dune doesn't translate to the screen very well.
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Passengers 2016; Enjoyable, not earth shattering. Sci-fi. Over 5,000 people are being transported to a new colony on a trip which will take 120 years when a hibernation pod fails.

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Mr. Rumples wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 6:02 am Passengers 2016; Enjoyable, not earth shattering. Sci-fi. Over 5,000 people are being transported to a new colony on a trip which will take 120 years when a hibernation pod fails.
My wife and I have seen that, and both thought it was worth watching. I would rate it a seven or eight on a scale of one to ten. The conclusion supplies a nice think piece. It's interesting to think about what became of them.
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littlerfish wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 12:44 pm To Live and Die In L. A. - 1985. Streamed on Prime Video.

William Friedkin directs William Peterson, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, and Darlanne Fluegel in this story about two Secret Service agents crossing all kinds of boundaries to nab a counterfeiter kingpin.

Willem Dafoe turns in a great performance as a master counterfeiter who is also an artist and a very nasty man. Peterson is the agent who has pledged to get him (because he killed his partner), Pankow plays his hapless *new* partner who is dragged along for the ride, and Fluegel is the stripper who Peterson's agent extorts for both sex and information. Peterson plays this role as a base-jumping adrenaline junkie who can't keep still, and the scene where he drives away from pursuers is wild but still not as good as the one in The French Connection, though I'm sure Friedkin wanted it to be.

The whole thing is filled with impressionistic views of Los Angeles shot by Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller, and backed by a wild driving Wang Chung score. Both make this seem better than it actually is. The story is somewhat disjointed, there are no characters to root for, and the editing jump cuts are a bit too severe. There's a twist ending, and I found the last scene unbelievable. Friedkin made two, maybe three, good movies, and this isn't one of them. Watch one of the better ones instead: The French Connection, The Exorcist (millions loved it though I didn't), or Sorcerer.
I disagree. I think this is a great movie, and liked if better than the French Connection, although I thought that was a good movie also. I also disagree about the car chase. This movie has the best car chase I can think of. I generally don't like chase scenes because they often don't seem realistic, and go on too long. But this one gets it just right. Love the throaty howl of the four-barrel carburetor. Really brings back memories, and gets the adrenaline pumping.
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Grade: B

Mark Wahlberg has always been one of my favorite actors. However, not liking the character he played in this movie may have colored my grade.

They must have saved a lot of money making this movie considering that almost the entire movie was confined to inside the plane.



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OpenMinded1 wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 7:09 am This movie has the best car chase I can think of. I generally don't like chase scenes because they often don't seem realistic, and go on too long. But this one gets it just right. Love the throaty howl of the four-barrel carburetor. Really brings back memories, and gets the adrenaline pumping.
Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzIju2TT95Q

I have to admit, I laughed at the scene where they get out of the car, his partner is shaking (apparently the actor, Pankow, was shaken up by the chase), and he says, "We'll just go get a new window. If we'd totalled the car we'd really have been screwed."

And here's the chase from The French Connection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeT-GPcxkXs
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The Trap -- HULU

Basic premise is that a serial killer attends a concert with his daughter and the police attempt to catch him. Any given season of Dexter is much better. I don't recommend.
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rockstar wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:43 am The Trap -- HULU

Basic premise is that a serial killer attends a concert with his daughter and the police attempt to catch him. Any given season of Dexter is much better. I don't recommend.
I saw it and enjoyed it a lot. It seems to be one of those movies that you are either on one side or the other.

Thanks for the reminder to see another Dexter tonight!
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yankees60 wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 11:03 am
rockstar wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:43 am The Trap -- HULU

Basic premise is that a serial killer attends a concert with his daughter and the police attempt to catch him. Any given season of Dexter is much better. I don't recommend.
I saw it and enjoyed it a lot. It seems to be one of those movies that you are either on one side or the other.

Thanks for the reminder to see another Dexter tonight!
The ending was meh for me.

It also felt like a premise that wasn't fully utilized.
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"1917" (2019) 1h 59m - Directed by Sam Mendes w/ Dean-Charles Chapman & George MacKay

"April 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap."

Excellent movie with some great cinematography.

It focuses on the two lance corporals as they hike across country. Starting out in the maze of fortified trenches WWI is known for, they hike through a mixture of peaceful meadows, flaming urban ruins and barb-wire-fortified enemy positions, confronting an escalating set of challenges. (Weirdly, I thought of "The Hobbit"). The only nit for me is that it's a bit long at two hours; otherwise it's a fine movie.
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roamingzebra wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 1:43 pm "1917" (2019) 1h 59m - Directed by Sam Mendes w/ Dean-Charles Chapman & George MacKay

"April 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap."

Excellent movie with some great cinematography.

It focuses on the two lance corporals as they hike across country. Starting out in the maze of fortified trenches WWI is known for, they hike through a mixture of peaceful meadows, flaming urban ruins and barb-wire-fortified enemy positions, confronting an escalating set of challenges. (Weirdly, I thought of "The Hobbit"). The only nit for me is that it's a bit long at two hours; otherwise it's a fine movie.
Based upon all of that I may watch it tonight. Thanks!
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Salem's Lot (2024) -- MAX

This is the latest version. It was a typical vampire movie. Nothing really special. And it was condensed a lot. I can't say I'd recommend it.
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