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Post by mikef6 on May 17, 2017 13:55:12 GMT
Mifune: The Last Samurai / Steven Okazaki (2015). This documentary takes us quickly (and at times superficially) through the life of the legendary Japanese actor, Toshiro Mifune, stopping to highlight some of his best films. It was written by the director (a one-time Oscar winner with three other nominations for Documentary Short Features) and Mifune and Kurosawa biographer Stuart Galbraith IV. Many of Mifune’s co-stars and others involved in his films talk about working with him and what kind of person and actor he was. His eldest son worked along side of him for many years and shares personal insights. There is a valuable few minutes at the start which trace the history of the Samurai movie in Japanese culture with some rare restored footage from the silent era. The famous break between Mifune and Kurosawa after 16 movies in 18 years is still unexplained. Even people closely connected with the two men at the time – even Kurosawa’s eldest son - cannot tell why they went their separate ways. There was no obvious argument or blow-up between them. Even though both men made noises to others about wanting to work together again, it never happened. After Kurosawa hired Shintaro Katsu (of Zatôichi fame) to star in the double role in “Kagemusha” and then fired him on the first day of filming, Kurosawa immediately ordered his staff to find out if Tatsuya Nakadai was available; apparently he never even thought of Mifune. (Nakadai was great in the role.) I think Martin Scorsese said it best during his interview for this documentary: “We want them to stay together. We want the collaboration to continue, to create, you know? But people grow and they grow differently, sometimes. Sometimes people, especially in a collaboration, use each other up at a certain point. Nothing more they can give each other than, I guess, their respect and love and that’s it.”
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Post by kuatorises on May 17, 2017 14:16:09 GMT
give a mini review on the movie you saw last. For example: I finally saw Phantoms last night (yes this Phantoms ) it's not very good, but it's kind of fun. It's kind of like 3 different horror movies meshed into one, most notably "The Thing" but with a devil, ancient evil, biochemical twist? idk, but it's a guilty pleasure watch. I've never even heard of it. I just watched the trailer and I think it looks like it could be fun.
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Post by brownstones on May 17, 2017 15:01:36 GMT
give a mini review on the movie you saw last. For example: I finally saw Phantoms last night (yes this Phantoms ) it's not very good, but it's kind of fun. It's kind of like 3 different horror movies meshed into one, most notably "The Thing" but with a devil, ancient evil, biochemical twist? idk, but it's a guilty pleasure watch. I've never even heard of it. I just watched the trailer and I think it looks like it could be fun. Yeah, it's kind of fun.
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Post by brownstones on May 18, 2017 3:39:24 GMT
The German Doctor
An Argentinian film about Josef Mengele's encounter with a family after he fled to Argentina. An film which makes you feel uneasy, but it's...not necessarily messy, but feels trimmed down by a good 10-15 minutes. but despite that feeling, it is well paced and well acted.
7.4
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on May 18, 2017 20:19:35 GMT
The Butcher Boy (1917, USA, 28 minutes) - 7.5/10. Funny comedy with Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. Very amusing. Unfortunately the Kino DVD release has terrible musical accompaniment.
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Post by sostie on May 18, 2017 23:07:20 GMT
Fast & Furious 8....5/10. Saved by Statham
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Post by eplay on May 18, 2017 23:50:21 GMT
The Girl with All the Gifts - Enjoyed it!!
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on May 19, 2017 5:38:03 GMT
Escape the City (1956, Australia, 10 minutes) - 8/10. Light-hearted documentary in glorious Eastmancolor, showing Australia's national parks. In those days, it was common for cinemas to show shorts before the main feature, and this film was given such a release. As far as I know, this short was unavailable for viewing for years. But just an hour ago, the National Film and Sound Archive uploaded it to their YouTube channel! Yay Internet! I just submitted a page for it to IMDb, which will hopefully appear in the next 24 hours...
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Post by theauxphou on May 19, 2017 5:57:38 GMT
Trainspotting
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Post by jeffersoncody on May 19, 2017 5:57:59 GMT
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2017) - 8 out of 10.
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Post by TheFilmologist on May 21, 2017 1:47:20 GMT
Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2 (4.5/10)
Aside from a few good scenes, VERY FEW actually funny jokes, and the soundtrack... I found the script to be clouded by intelligence insulting sometimes cringey jokey bullshit! 😠
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2017 7:49:21 GMT
Logan - I bought it digitally and watched it last night. While I liked it I wasn't in the camp that it was this amazing Oscar deserving film that people were saying. It had some good performances in it. Hugh was great as always, this was easily his best performance as Wolverine I feel like. Stewart again as always was great. The little girl was pretty good as well which likely helped by her limited dialogue. One that really surprised me was the dude playing Pierce. I didn't expect to enjoy that character at all but whether it was the performance the actor gave or something else, I actually enjoyed him as one of the villains. I was glad he wasn't the "main" villain though. I did feel like it was a pretty good way for Hugh's Wolverine character to go out. I'd give it a 7.5/10
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Post by brownstones on May 21, 2017 15:03:17 GMT
Lion
A powerful film, the acting is top notch from the entire cast, and the direction is pretty on point. I only have one real gripe which is elements of our lead's Australian life are brought in but I feel aren't as heavily explored (like his adopted brother) it kind of leaves you wanting a little more, I get the focus of the film is an Odyssey back home, but I simply wanted more fleshed out relationships here and there......but maybe that would have bloated the film.
8/10
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on May 21, 2017 16:23:10 GMT
Rail Town (1953, Australia, 10 minutes) - 7.5/10. A documentary about the remote town of Port Augusta in South Australia. Shows a thriving town relying heavily on the railroad for its economy. This short did see a theatrical release in 1954 (in Sydney, it accompanied the 1954 American film Night People at several cinemas, while in Brisbane it had the dubious distiction of accompaning the exploitation film Bob and Sally at one cinema), and it was later shown on TV in 1958 (TV was not available in Australia when the film was originally made).
EDIT: To admins, the short is uploaded by the copyright holder, so it should be OK to link to it here.
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Post by itsthatguyme on May 21, 2017 22:58:21 GMT
Don't Breathe.
It's better than I thought it'd be.
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Post by brownstones on May 21, 2017 23:26:29 GMT
Play Misty for Me.
It's okay, you can tell it comes from a young director with its editing and shot choices. When it comes to the story it's fairly conventional, but our two leads are fun to watch, however there was a section of the film where........the film takes a break from the film, where it becomes some odd music, forset sex, concert montage......yeah idk.
6.5/10
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on May 22, 2017 21:38:15 GMT
Storm Boy (1976, Australia, 85 minutes) - 7.5/10. Children's film about a boy and his pelican. Drama ensues. (BTW, whatever happened to children's films set in the real world? I admit "Storm Boy" is not a realistic film as it contains an impossibly intelligent pelican, but it's still got a relatively realistic setting).
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on May 24, 2017 9:58:47 GMT
Blue Fin (1978, Australia, 87 minutes) - 8/10. Very entertaining children's film which is also entertaining for adults.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on May 25, 2017 16:26:32 GMT
Festival in Adelaide (1962, Australia, 53 minutes) - 8/10. This documentary shows an art festival being prepared, and also shows excerpts from the festival, including classical music performances, an excerpt from an opera, and an excerpt from a play. Believe it or not, this did in fact have a wide theatrical release across Australia, and depending on the city it was being shown in it accompanied films like "Lover Come Back" (1961) and "That Touch of Mink" (1962) at the cinema. Happily, the National Film and Sound Archive, who hold the rights to this film, have uploaded it to their YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J59KPECrmPw
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Post by brownstones on May 30, 2017 18:14:54 GMT
The Girl With all the Gifts
I really like the concept, world etc. But what hurts the movie for me is character decisions, they are weighed down by horror film clichés.....essentially doing stupid.....stupid things............
5.7-6/10
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