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Post by dr strangelove on Jul 27, 2024 7:33:20 GMT -5
Going up to the Fantasia Film Festival today... not catching a premiere or anything, but got tickets for a screening of Hollywood 90028. Should be cool. Movie was awesome... set and shot in early 70's LA, we basically follow a serial-killer cameraman as he works and kills his way through the sleazy underbelly of cheap porno productions. A mix of arthouse and horror/exploitation unlike anything I had really seen before... the last shot was absolutely fantastic. Very happy this one was rescued from obscurity: fantasiafestival.com/en/film/hollywood-90028 |
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Post by Aaron on Jul 27, 2024 14:39:33 GMT -5
Twisters….
Completely absurd and nonsensical. Endlessly cheesy. Recycles a lot from its predecessor, bringing nothing new to the table beyond far, far better special effects. It also does zero to justify its existence.
And I loved every single minute of it.
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Post by ☭ Bob Loblaw ☭ on Jul 27, 2024 23:52:38 GMT -5
Re-watched Starred Up (2013) directed by David Mackenzie who most notably did Hell or High Water. UK prison movie, absolutely incredible performance by Jack O’Connell as a volatile young prisoner who gets transferred to the same prison as his estranged his Dad, played by Ben Mendehlson who is great as always. High recommendation. 10 mins in and I’m absolutely shocked bloke has shoes with laces in lockup. Is this accurate? |
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Post by Aaron on Jul 28, 2024 0:08:13 GMT -5
Ben Mendelsohn is so good, especially in Starred Up, and I sorta feel like his agent does him a disservice at times.
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Post by refill on Jul 28, 2024 1:32:05 GMT -5
Sorry if I'm late for this but I Saw the TV Glow is really cool
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Post by Aaron on Jul 28, 2024 13:27:39 GMT -5
Watching The Covenant again because why not.
Dar Salim master class.
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Post by Aaron on Jul 28, 2024 13:41:54 GMT -5
Watching Twisters and I’m thinking that David Corenswet looks like a knockoff Henry Cavill. Check out his filmography and he’s playing Clark Kent in the next Superman. Sometimes Hollywood really does seem to keep a steady stream of similar looking actors in constant rotation.
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Post by Bussy Drippens on Jul 28, 2024 13:42:10 GMT -5
the new Dennis Quaid Reagan biopic has scoot Stapp playing Frank Sinatra lol
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2024 14:08:20 GMT -5
the new Dennis Quaid Reagan biopic has Scatt Stapp playing Frank Sinatra lol Looks like absolute dawg shit. I only trust Oliver Stone to do sympathetic biopics. |
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Post by thezman on Jul 28, 2024 16:50:49 GMT -5
wen't to the UK and now I'm back. Here all the movies I watched on the plane (and at my wife's parents house) that I liked a lot:
-His Girl Friday (1940)
-To Be Or Not To Be (1942)
-I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
-The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
-Midnight Cowboy (1969)
-Streetwise (1984)
-Erin Brockovich (2000)
-A Single Man (2009)
If you have CC and are flying anytime soon, you can download ("sync") the video files so you can watch them on the flight without paying for wi-fi. 'His Girl Friday' had a lot in common with 1996's 'Twister' and apparently that's not a coincidence, it was a source of inspiration for the screenplay. Happy to be back and see the new Deadpool movie (jk... or am I???)
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Post by solidsnake on Jul 28, 2024 16:56:52 GMT -5
Jim Cummings has a Halloween birthday. Backed.
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Post by Aaron on Jul 28, 2024 18:55:08 GMT -5
Enjoyed Thelma. Funny, not hilarious. Definitely sad at points. The thought of being old and alone is not my favorite thing.
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Post by paulkersey on Jul 28, 2024 19:18:39 GMT -5
wen't to the UK and now I'm back. Here all the movies I watched on the plane (and at my wife's parents house) that I liked a lot: -His Girl Friday (1940) -To Be Or Not To Be (1942) -I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) -The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957) -Midnight Cowboy (1969) -Streetwise (1984) -Erin Brockovich (2000) -A Single Man (2009) If you have CC and are flying anytime soon, you can download ("sync") the video files so you can watch them on the flight without paying for wi-fi. 'His Girl Friday' had a lot in common with 1996's 'Twister' and apparently that's not a coincidence, it was a source of inspiration for the screenplay. Happy to be back and see the new Deadpool movie (jk... or am I???) His Girl Friday is a gender flip on the original The Front Page, which then got re-adapted again with Lemmon and Matthau (not as good as His Girl Friday.) |
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Post by solidsnake on Jul 28, 2024 20:48:05 GMT -5
Matthau had some thrillers. Obviously Taking of Pelham 123. But you guys should watch Charley Varrick. The man himself said: “I have seen it three times, and am of slightly better than average intelligence (IQ 120) but I still don't quite understand what's going on. Is there a device we can use to explain to people what they're seeing?" One of those great 70s thrillers that, while not overly crass or cruel or malignant, maintains a more or less amoral perspective. I think that was relatively new to ol’ Walt.
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Post by paulkersey on Jul 28, 2024 21:56:05 GMT -5
Hes also in Charade, which is a Hepburn/Cary Grant thriller/romcom/drama all in one but I'd be lying if I said he was even in the top 3 or 4 performances in that movie. But still good.
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Post by paulkersey on Jul 28, 2024 22:00:42 GMT -5
Why am I, a 38-year-old who's been watching violent action movies since the age of 7, only now just seeing Hard Target? A lad who has given unnecessary and nostalgia-tinted deference to Face/Off and Broken Arrow all these years when there were superior (American) Woo movies like this all along???
(I specified American because I have actually seen Hard Boiled and The Killer.)
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Post by antipasto on Jul 28, 2024 22:32:52 GMT -5
Watching Godzilla vs Hedorah. Great movie!
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Post by 𝖒𝖊𝖔𝖜𝖋𝖚𝖓𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 on Jul 28, 2024 23:03:42 GMT -5
Watching Godzilla vs Hedorah. Great movie! tied with 54 as my favorite of the classics |
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Post by jaredfromsubway on Jul 28, 2024 23:11:43 GMT -5
Didi was pretty good, nailed the MySpace era shit
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Post by dr strangelove on Jul 29, 2024 6:59:49 GMT -5
Matthau had some thrillers. Obviously Taking of Pelham 123. But you guys should watch Charley Varrick. The man himself said: “I have seen it three times, and am of slightly better than average intelligence (IQ 120) but I still don't quite understand what's going on. Is there a device we can use to explain to people what they're seeing?" One of those great 70s thrillers that, while not overly crass or cruel or malignant, maintains a more or less amoral perspective. I think that was relatively new to ol’ Walt. Charley Varrick is insanely good, he's just a total badass in that movie. I need to watch it again soon. An earlier movie I also like of his is Ride A Crooked Trail, with Audie Murphy and Henry Silva. A typical western in many ways, but if you like those it's a fun one for sure. |
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Post by thezman on Jul 29, 2024 11:59:56 GMT -5
Why am I, a 38-year-old who's been watching violent action movies since the age of 7, only now just seeing Hard Target? A lad who has given unnecessary and nostalgia-tinted deference to Face/Off and Broken Arrow all these years when there were superior (American) Woo movies like this all along??? Hard Target is massively underrated. Welcome to the winning team *salute emoji* |
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Post by Cholo Molester on Jul 29, 2024 12:11:13 GMT -5
watched Deadpool 3 on saturday. It was good for what it was, but I'm not a fan of that Ryan Reynolds style of comedy. There were a lot of shoehorned "anti-woke" jokes that didn't make any sense. Overall I'd say 8/10, it was basically a nostalgia fueled movie and when it comes to comic movies, that's really all I want. Hugh Jackman in the comic accurate Wolverine costume was way cooler than I expected. I also loved seeing a bunch of deep cut comic shit. question about a cameo
when Blade says "there's only going to be one Blade" and deadpool looks at him, what does that mean? Is he coming back for another movie?
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Post by Osama Vinladen Jiménez López🎅🎄 on Jul 29, 2024 12:13:59 GMT -5
chalie ass post
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Post by paulkersey on Jul 29, 2024 12:17:48 GMT -5
Haven't even seen the movie but spoiler I guess since it continues with that line of thought.. The development of the new Blade has been a mess and thats probably just them acknowledging that by pretending the new Blade isn't gonna exist? Its certainly looked like that at times that it'll be cancelled but they're still going forward, a 2nd director dropped out, there's word that Blade won't even be the main character of his own movie, etc etc. |
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Post by Cholo Molester on Jul 29, 2024 12:30:57 GMT -5
Haven't even seen the movie but spoiler I guess since it continues with that line of thought.. The development of the new Blade has been a mess and thats probably just them acknowledging that by pretending the new Blade isn't gonna exist? Its certainly looked like that at times that it'll be cancelled but they're still going forward, a 2nd director dropped out, there's word that Blade won't even be the main character of his own movie, etc etc. oh shit I didn't know about all that drama. I thought the new blade movie was gunna star Mahershala Ali and was still being filmed. |
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Post by antipasto on Jul 29, 2024 12:32:52 GMT -5
Fuck Ryan Reynolds. And fuck Joel McHale too. And every other big-headed sarcastic white guy
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Post by paulkersey on Jul 29, 2024 13:43:07 GMT -5
Haven't even seen the movie but spoiler I guess since it continues with that line of thought.. The development of the new Blade has been a mess and thats probably just them acknowledging that by pretending the new Blade isn't gonna exist? Its certainly looked like that at times that it'll be cancelled but they're still going forward, a 2nd director dropped out, there's word that Blade won't even be the main character of his own movie, etc etc. oh shit I didn't know about all that drama. I thought the new blade movie was gunna star Mahershala Ali and was still being filmed. Yes he's still in it. Its just on year ??? of delays. Nothing has been filmed yet as far as I know. |
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Post by Aaron on Jul 29, 2024 13:58:35 GMT -5
I’m stoked to check out DP3 this weekend. At a place where I just want stupid, low hanging entertainment and those films deliver that in spades
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Post by solidsnake on Jul 29, 2024 20:58:59 GMT -5
Can’t believe Miami Blues was never really on my radar. I knew nothing about it other than Fred Ward was in it. What a goofy, funny, slightly surreal time. Alec Baldwin’s performance kinda defies a good/bad acting binary because it’s so loopy and fun (which in my book puts it firmly in the “good” category). Laughed out loud a couple times. Also, Fred Ward is definitely wearing a fat suit through some of the movie, just around the torso. Man stayed fit until he died. God, I love him.
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Post by burp on Jul 29, 2024 21:11:26 GMT -5
saw a little followup with Big Al from Carts of Darkness. He's looking and sounding awful rough. He's also the only one still alive. Ferg, the old grey bearded guy with the amazing voice died a few years back (alcohol related). Al was in a wheelchair, but the Carts filmmaker (who is a quadriplegic iirc) got him some money for a mobility scooter. Seems he's cruising around slurping beers and being a bit of a legend. Still has a sense of humour, living in his brother(s?) house. Took a sparkler or something to the eye and his speech seems to be slowed and slurred.
Anyway, if you haven't seen Carts of Darkness, it's all on youtube. It's pretty bleak at times but also very entertaining.
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