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Post by brownstones on Jan 5, 2018 2:13:49 GMT
oh yeah, this movie. i kind of liked it, i don't remember every aspect of the film, the ending i believe wasn't something I liked, but i do recall enjoying it overall.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2018 12:24:10 GMT
oh yeah, this movie. i kind of liked it, i don't remember every aspect of the film, the ending i believe wasn't something I liked, but i do recall enjoying it overall. Yeah. It was a good movie. It wasn't the best Horror movie ever made but it was one of my favourites of the 00s and is very underrated in my opinion.
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Post by jonesjxd on Jan 7, 2018 20:49:10 GMT
I'll do last couple
I, Tonya - Hmmm, mixed on this one. Margot Robbie has amazing presence and talent, the movie itself is entertaining, but I left the movie feeling dirty. I know the director was going for a Goodfellas thing, but it ended up being more of an American Hustle thing. The mental abuse bestowed upon these characters is played for laughs, then we the audience are supposed to be shocked when it's manifested into physical abuse? I hated sitting in a downtown arthouse movie theater watching well to do upper class people laugh at poorly educated, low income people treating each other like garbage, to see this all I have to do is drive back to the neighborhood I grew up. 7/10
Pans Labyrinth - Caught a revival screening of this right after I, Tonya. This is just such a masterpiece and seeing it on the big screen again was a magical experience. This is not just one of my favorite movies, but one of the greatest movies ever made. I was shaking when the credits rolled. I almost stayed for the midnight screening, I'm contemplating go back tonight. 10/10
The Lure - I just watched the Criterion Blu-ray today. It's like Under the Skin meets Phantom of the Paradise, but with Mermaids. One of the most unique musicals I've seen in some time. I imagine it's only a matter of time before the American remake. 8/10
Personal Shopper - Like The Lure, I blind bought this Criterion blu during the last Barnes and Noble sale. Really, really impressive performance by Kristen Stewart, and a very unique and nuanced dramatic ghost story. I wouldn't say this movie hit me too hard on the first watch, but it's a movie I feel I'm going to be having epiphanies about throughout the coming weeks, and I'm sure I'll end up watching it again soon. 8/10
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2018 23:21:55 GMT
Spotlight (2015) 8.5\10
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jan 9, 2018 21:30:42 GMT
Fast Times at Ridgemont High. I hadn't seen it before. It was quite good. Amusing at times, though there were several WTF? moments. On the plus side...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 21:41:30 GMT
Zero Days.
This is a well-done documentary that showcases how cyber warfare has brought us to the real-life threshold of the technological terror plots from Terminator, Superman III and Age of Ultron combined. And I found the Star Wars nerd injections (like how all the Stuxnet programmers had SW toys on their desks) funny.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 21:56:18 GMT
I'll do last couple I, Tonya - Hmmm, mixed on this one. Margot Robbie has amazing presence and talent, the movie itself is entertaining, but I left the movie feeling dirty. I know the director was going for a Goodfellas thing, but it ended up being more of an American Hustle thing. The mental abuse bestowed upon these characters is played for laughs, then we the audience are supposed to be shocked when it's manifested into physical abuse? I hated sitting in a downtown arthouse movie theater watching well to do upper class people laugh at poorly educated, low income people treating each other like garbage, to see this all I have to do is drive back to the neighborhood I grew up. 7/10 Pans Labyrinth - Caught a revival screening of this right after I, Tonya. This is just such a masterpiece and seeing it on the big screen again was a magical experience. This is not just one of my favorite movies, but one of the greatest movies ever made. I was shaking when the credits rolled. I almost stayed for the midnight screening, I'm contemplating go back tonight. 10/10 The Lure - I just watched the Criterion Blu-ray today. It's like Under the Skin meets Phantom of the Paradise, but with Mermaids. One of the most unique musicals I've seen in some time. I imagine it's only a matter of time before the American remake. 8/10 Personal Shopper - Like The Lure, I blind bought this Criterion blu during the last Barnes and Noble sale. Really, really impressive performance by Kristen Stewart, and a very unique and nuanced dramatic ghost story. I wouldn't say this movie hit me too hard on the first watch, but it's a movie I feel I'm going to be having epiphanies about throughout the coming weeks, and I'm sure I'll end up watching it again soon. 8/10 I recently rewatched 'Pan's Labyrinth' as well. I agree, a haunting yet magical masterpiece. I have yet to see del Toro's 'The Shape of Water' (I'm seeing it this week) but I really hope it has a similar magical feeling that 'Pan's Labyrinth' did.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 21:56:59 GMT
'A Ghost Story'. Absolutely terrific. Either a 9 or a 10 for me, I have to rewatch it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 22:58:42 GMT
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Post by jonesjxd on Jan 9, 2018 22:59:12 GMT
I wouldn't say Shape of Water is magical in the sense of Pan's Labyrinth, it's more magical in the sense of The Artist. It feels old Hollywood and just bleeds cinema.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2018 23:28:02 GMT
Passengers (2016) - Not a bad movie i enjoyed it well enough. But i did feel there was something missing i just can`t put my finger on it. I think i will rate it 5\10
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Post by eplay on Jan 11, 2018 23:46:57 GMT
Molly's Game
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Post by sostie on Jan 12, 2018 15:14:53 GMT
Beyond Skyline OK sequel to the OK Skyline. Not quite as good as it's predecessor. Had a Smokey & The Bandit type blooper reel over the end credits which was a little odd.
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Post by louise on Jan 12, 2018 21:44:57 GMT
Burlesque. a film cleverly designed to appeal to both women - a plot about a feisty young woman trying to make a career in showbusiness, and men - lots of beautiful scantily clad women.
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Post by soullimbo on Jan 13, 2018 14:19:00 GMT
Jigsaw I'm trying to find a singular redeeming feature that this movie may possess, and I'm struggling..... Ultimately, to find out that John Kramer had yet another "apprentice" or "accomplice" really shows how weak the writing is. If that's the best they can come up with, then I for one would much rather they left it well alone (something they should have done long before the 7th installment). (2/10)
Lady Bird after all the wonderful reviews etc, I was very much looking forward to this one.....I switched it off after 20 mins, feeling that I would be better served watching paint dry. I may go back and give it another go later, I'll see.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2018 18:04:13 GMT
Stoker (2013) 8/10
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jan 14, 2018 6:18:17 GMT
Girls Taking Time Checks (1904), a 3-minute short documentary film. Was pleasantly surprised by the clothes worn by these working class women, much nicer than I was expecting.
I'm not sure if I can give it a rating. It's not the kind of film that can easily be rated.
It's public domain (copyright expired) and appears on YouTube:
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 14, 2018 6:33:58 GMT
The Opera House / Susan Froemke (2017). A "Fathom Event" A one day presentation to movie theaters. A documentary chronicling the final years of the Old Met (the aging and inadequet theater that had housed the Metropolitan Opera in New York since 1883) and the construction of Lincoln Center with its new opera house in 1966. The hunt for a new site actually began in 1905 but nothing came of it until the mid-1950s This film takes up step-by-step through the city bureaucracy, the infighting among the architects, the budget battles, and the extensive “slum clearance” (called Urban Renewal back then) which kicked several thousand people out of their apartments (sub-standard, yes, but that was were they could live) without providing for them in any way so Lincoln Center could be built. And finally, the technical problems with the staging of the new opera (Samuel Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra”) that would be performed on the very first night. The best part of the film is the scenes from an extensive interview with 90-year-old opera legend Leontyne Price, looking and sounding at least 20 years younger than her real age. The African-American wunderkind from Laurel, Mississippi broke a lot of barriers. She attended Julliard in the 1950s, began a recital career in Europe, then began appearing on the opera stage. She was already a mainstay at the Old Met when General Manager Rudolf Bing asked her to appear as Cleopatra on Opening Night. It is Price’s reminiscences that guide much of the documentary. While this summary of mine might seem dry and academic, it is not a bit so. It is often funny, touching, infuriating, and inspiring.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jan 14, 2018 6:38:39 GMT
mikef6 Not sure if anyone finds this interesting, but Leontyne Price also appeared in the first public concert to be broadcast on Australian TV (back on 30 May 1957). Part of the telecast still exists as a kinescope but has yet to be digitised.
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