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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 2, 2022 23:32:28 GMT
Flyers @ Leafs Midway through the 1st 0-0 Picked up a point last night vs. the disliked Rags FLY OR DIE! ** Edit - Farabee lights the lamp! 1-0 Good Guys! 5-2-2 on the young season - Tortsy has completely changed the culture of the organization
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Nov 3, 2022 15:32:43 GMT
I watched a new Danish thriller on Netflix last night – “Loving Adults”. A successful businessman finds himself in a no-win situation when his wife finds out about his extra-marital affair. It’s a pretty good premise with the customary twists and turns. Not everything works – the framing device of a police detective recounting the case to his daughter wasn’t needed, and some plot elements are rather weak – but overall it’s a decent neo-noir kind of movie.
I am by no means enthusiastically recommending it but for those who have Netflix it might be worth a shot.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Nov 4, 2022 17:14:28 GMT
The Cinemania film festival, dedicated to films in the French language, is starting here in Montreal. Off to a very good start yesterday with “The Beasts”, a Spanish-French co-production. A French middle-age couple settles in a tiny dying village in Spain to be organic farmers. Unfortunately for them, some of their new neighbours don’t welcome them with open arms. Partially because of a dislike of outsiders, but also for concrete, understandable reasons. Tensions escalate.
Denis Ménochet plays the French farmer. You may remember him as another French farmer, the one from the opening scene of “Inglorious Bastards”. The Spanish actor who plays the main antagonist is also very good – very menacing, without being physically so.
Highly recommended if and when it is distributed widely.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Nov 4, 2022 22:47:10 GMT
Nicole Kidman / Alec Baldwin thriller from 1993, Malice.
Saw this in the pictures when it was first released.
I like it. Neat plot with some twists and turns. Alec Baldwin is great as a surgeon with a God complex and Nicole never looked better.
Great cameo from Anne Bancroft as Kidman’s mother.
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Post by Winston Wolfe on Nov 5, 2022 4:32:19 GMT
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Post by Carl LaFong on Nov 5, 2022 13:32:39 GMT
I really enjoyed s1, but it went downhill after that .. although I’ve heard a few people say s4 was better than seasons 2 and 3. I stopped watching after s2.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 5, 2022 18:27:05 GMT
WOO HOO! There is absolutely no way the movie is as bad as the trailer. Can't wait
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Post by masterofallgoons on Nov 5, 2022 21:05:53 GMT
WOO HOO! There is absolutely no way the movie is as bad as the trailer. Can't wait Yeah.. that's a terrible trailer. It's like a parody of reboots. It'll probably be better than A Christmas Story 2 though.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 7, 2022 7:09:20 GMT
Final 3 episodes of the Walking Dead! Let's Do It!
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Nov 7, 2022 12:08:09 GMT
Final 3 episodes of the Walking Dead! Let's Do It! About time!
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 7, 2022 13:33:12 GMT
Final 3 episodes of the Walking Dead! Let's Do It! About time! Just finished up the one that aired last night 2 to go You'll be happy to hear there's 2 more spinoffs coming 1 centered on - Daryl 1 centered on - Rick & Micchone
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Post by Winston Wolfe on Nov 7, 2022 14:27:38 GMT
Just finished up the one that aired last night 2 to go You'll be happy to hear there's 2 more spinoffs coming 1 centered on - Daryl 1 centered on - Rick & Micchone And there’s another spinoff with Negan and Maggie. Anyway, I was behind, so I watched 2 episodes over the weekend. Now I just need to watch last week’s and last night’s, but I’m not terribly excited about the show ending. Too many spin-offs take away from the drama of it ending, and without giving away too much, I’ve read the comic and know how it ends. Granted, the show’s not following it 100%, but let’s just say it probably won’t really end until Rick returns. That may be the spin-off.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Nov 7, 2022 14:47:36 GMT
Just finished up the one that aired last night 2 to go You'll be happy to hear there's 2 more spinoffs coming 1 centered on - Daryl 1 centered on - Rick & Micchone And there’s another spinoff with Negan and Maggie.
I read about those. The one with Daryl supposedly is going to take place in FRANCE. If that's confirmed, I am very curious about how they are going to explain Daryl crossing the Atlantic!
The Negan/Maggie one supposedly is going to be set in Manhattan. I like that but I dislike Negan, so I am not sure I will be watching.
Rick and Michonne? Maybe, maybe not.
I haven't watched a single episode of "The World Beyond". "Fear the Walking Dead", I watched the first season, didn't like it very much, and didn't bother with the rest.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Nov 7, 2022 16:40:42 GMT
Terrifier 2. You already know if you would want to see this or not.
Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities on Netflix is kind of like his version of Alfred Hitchcock presents in that he introduces each episode, and kind or like the Masters of Horror series in that each one is made by a different somewhat prominent director... but with better production values. I've seen 3 of them, and they've all been pretty good and pretty different, and none of them is long enough to bore your or out stay its welcome. I always liked series like this, and Shudder's Creepshow series is a low rent and amateurish affair in comparison.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 7, 2022 22:53:49 GMT
Terrifier 2. You already know if you would want to see this or not. Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities on Netflix is kind of like his version of Alfred Hitchcock presents in that he introduces each episode, and kind or like the Masters of Horror series in that each one is made by a different somewhat prominent director... but with better production values. I've seen 3 of them, and they've all been pretty good and pretty different, and none of them is long enough to bore your or out stay its welcome. I always liked series like this, and Shudder's Creepshow series is a low rent and amateurish affair in comparison. I never heard of either of these - But just put on the 1st episode of Cabinet of Curiosities - ** SPOILERS BELOW ** . . . . I'm halfway through the 1st ep. This is pretty creepy. Only thing that creeps me out in life is movies/shows about The Devil/Cults. Just got to the part where the hexagram rolled out in the storage facility. They lifted the score from an old Tales From the Crypt - the episode with Morton Downey Jr. in the Ghost House Going to be sticking with this this week based on the reviews - thanks for the rec.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Nov 7, 2022 23:03:26 GMT
Terrifier 2. You already know if you would want to see this or not. Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities on Netflix is kind of like his version of Alfred Hitchcock presents in that he introduces each episode, and kind or like the Masters of Horror series in that each one is made by a different somewhat prominent director... but with better production values. I've seen 3 of them, and they've all been pretty good and pretty different, and none of them is long enough to bore your or out stay its welcome. I always liked series like this, and Shudder's Creepshow series is a low rent and amateurish affair in comparison. I skipped the first Terrifier because it looked so low budget that I just assumed it would be terrible. But the sequel has garnered a lot of interesting buzz. It's also crazy fucking long for a horror movie...but color me intrigued enough to now watch both of them. Cabinet of Curiosities is high atop my list right now. Probably start this weekend when my schedule allows.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Nov 8, 2022 2:28:42 GMT
Terrifier 2. You already know if you would want to see this or not. Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities on Netflix is kind of like his version of Alfred Hitchcock presents in that he introduces each episode, and kind or like the Masters of Horror series in that each one is made by a different somewhat prominent director... but with better production values. I've seen 3 of them, and they've all been pretty good and pretty different, and none of them is long enough to bore your or out stay its welcome. I always liked series like this, and Shudder's Creepshow series is a low rent and amateurish affair in comparison. I skipped the first Terrifier because it looked so low budget that I just assumed it would be terrible. But the sequel has garnered a lot of interesting buzz. It's also crazy fucking long for a horror movie...but color me intrigued enough to now watch both of them. Cabinet of Curiosities is high atop my list right now. Probably start this weekend when my schedule allows. I wrote a somewhat lengthier, rambling post about Terrifier 2 on the horror board if anyone cares. There's not that much to say, but it's definitely way too long, and it doesn't come close to justifying rhe runtime. It's a gore movie, above all else. And you don't need to see the other one to see this one...not really at least. There's a lot you can say about this director and these movies, but he's good at stretching a budget and getting people talking. This Art the clown character came from some short films that later become an anthology, which cost nothing, and then Terrifier cost about 35k, but looks way better than that, and this one cost about 350k, and looks considerably more professional than that (and has grossed in the double digit millions already). There are plenty of valid criticisms of that first movie, like it has basically no story and it seems desperate to be crazy and gory, but it's competently shot and has an actual filmic visual style on a spare digital budget. And the director is a practical effects guy so he gets a great deal of gore effects quality with very little cost. But most people are reacting to the gore above all else. There are other things in these movies, but it's that clown and all of the blood and body parts and skin removal that have people talking. Like I said, you pretty much already know if that's something you'd wanna watch.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Nov 8, 2022 14:57:13 GMT
I skipped the first Terrifier because it looked so low budget that I just assumed it would be terrible. But the sequel has garnered a lot of interesting buzz. It's also crazy fucking long for a horror movie...but color me intrigued enough to now watch both of them. Cabinet of Curiosities is high atop my list right now. Probably start this weekend when my schedule allows. I wrote a somewhat lengthier, rambling post about Terrifier 2 on the horror board if anyone cares. There's not that much to say, but it's definitely way too long, and it doesn't come close to justifying rhe runtime. It's a gore movie, above all else. And you don't need to see the other one to see this one...not really at least. There's a lot you can say about this director and these movies, but he's good at stretching a budget and getting people talking. This Art the clown character came from some short films that later become an anthology, which cost nothing, and then Terrifier cost about 35k, but looks way better than that, and this one cost about 350k, and looks considerably more professional than that (and has grossed in the double digit millions already). There are plenty of valid criticisms of that first movie, like it has basically no story and it seems desperate to be crazy and gory, but it's competently shot and has an actual filmic visual style on a spare digital budget. And the director is a practical effects guy so he gets a great deal of gore effects quality with very little cost. But most people are reacting to the gore above all else. There are other things in these movies, but it's that clown and all of the blood and body parts and skin removal that have people talking. Like I said, you pretty much already know if that's something you'd wanna watch. So I watched Terrifier last night. Yeah, everything you said about it is spot on, not that I would expect anything else. Great call on stretching the budget. You can see where they cut corners but I'll always give props to a guy who knows his way around the medium and Leone definitely does. One of my best friends is an aspiring filmmaker (going on 20 years now, but hey) and he's always trying to figure out ways to make his razor-thin budget work. Things like Terrifier are a great example of what you can do with a little creativity and savvy know-how. Plotless and mindless as it was, now I'm pretty interested to see what he can do with a 10x checkbook behind him. Similarly, you know who else knows his way around a camera? PTA! While last night I watched Terrifier, the night before I watched Phantom Thread. Somewhat shockingly, I hadn't seen it before, even though I love PTA and DDL. I guess it was that one movie that just slipped through the cracks for me. You know the one - it's on top of your watchlist and you'll get to it, maybe this weekend. Oh wait, we have a wedding this weekend; ok, next weekend then... Anyway, there isn't really much I need to say about this movie, other than it being one of the best dammed things I've ever seen. Not a ton of plot, the whole thing is story-driven and everything is just perfectly...woven (hah!) together. The performances, the flow of the story, the music (another killer score from Johnny Greenwood), the character motivations, it's just film perfection. I knew very little about it going in beyond it being a PTA movie starring DDL who plays a dressmaker. I also didn't know how long it was when I started it but when it was over, I was shocked to see that it clocked in at over 2 hours. Honestly, it felt like a half hour had passed when the film was over, it just breezed by. Now I'm thinking about what an amusing double feature Phantom Thread and Terrifier would make down at the movie theater.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Nov 9, 2022 15:08:00 GMT
I wrote a somewhat lengthier, rambling post about Terrifier 2 on the horror board if anyone cares. There's not that much to say, but it's definitely way too long, and it doesn't come close to justifying rhe runtime. It's a gore movie, above all else. And you don't need to see the other one to see this one...not really at least. There's a lot you can say about this director and these movies, but he's good at stretching a budget and getting people talking. This Art the clown character came from some short films that later become an anthology, which cost nothing, and then Terrifier cost about 35k, but looks way better than that, and this one cost about 350k, and looks considerably more professional than that (and has grossed in the double digit millions already). There are plenty of valid criticisms of that first movie, like it has basically no story and it seems desperate to be crazy and gory, but it's competently shot and has an actual filmic visual style on a spare digital budget. And the director is a practical effects guy so he gets a great deal of gore effects quality with very little cost. But most people are reacting to the gore above all else. There are other things in these movies, but it's that clown and all of the blood and body parts and skin removal that have people talking. Like I said, you pretty much already know if that's something you'd wanna watch. So I watched Terrifier last night. Yeah, everything you said about it is spot on, not that I would expect anything else. Great call on stretching the budget. You can see where they cut corners but I'll always give props to a guy who knows his way around the medium and Leone definitely does. One of my best friends is an aspiring filmmaker (going on 20 years now, but hey) and he's always trying to figure out ways to make his razor-thin budget work. Things like Terrifier are a great example of what you can do with a little creativity and savvy know-how. Plotless and mindless as it was, now I'm pretty interested to see what he can do with a 10x checkbook behind him. Similarly, you know who else knows his way around a camera? PTA! While last night I watched Terrifier, the night before I watched Phantom Thread. Somewhat shockingly, I hadn't seen it before, even though I love PTA and DDL. I guess it was that one movie that just slipped through the cracks for me. You know the one - it's on top of your watchlist and you'll get to it, maybe this weekend. Oh wait, we have a wedding this weekend; ok, next weekend then... Anyway, there isn't really much I need to say about this movie, other than it being one of the best dammed things I've ever seen. Not a ton of plot, the whole thing is story-driven and everything is just perfectly...woven (hah!) together. The performances, the flow of the story, the music (another killer score from Johnny Greenwood), the character motivations, it's just film perfection. I knew very little about it going in beyond it being a PTA movie starring DDL who plays a dressmaker. I also didn't know how long it was when I started it but when it was over, I was shocked to see that it clocked in at over 2 hours. Honestly, it felt like a half hour had passed when the film was over, it just breezed by. Now I'm thinking about what an amusing double feature Phantom Thread and Terrifier would make down at the movie theater. So did you enjoy Terrifier? I more or less did, but I have to admit that a lot of the critiques are definitely fair. The word 'edgelord' has been thrown around, and while I'd never use such an obnoxious term, I get what they're saying. And there really isn't much of a story or characters really. The fact that the main protagonist gets killed off like half way through is kind of a novel surprise, but also means that neither she nor the protagonist that takes over gets to be anything other than just some random girl. But it's bot fair to say that it looks too cheap. While the gore and the clown are what people are there to see, it is more competently made than the budget would suggest by a long way. There are plenty of things you can make fun of this guy for, but he's got some talent outside of just his gore effects. I've been called an aspiring filmmaker (and worse!) at different times, and been around plenty of others (maybe even your friend given the proximity), and getting a real professional look out of minimal resources is a real skill and takes a great deal of creativity and talent. So for all of the things you can make fun of this guy for, I think he deserves real credit for that. Now, for those who think it's all in the service of something unworthy, I can kind of see that. Again, Terrifier 2 is a lot more of the same. If you can believe it, I wrote a lot more about it on the horror board, but there's more good and bad in the next one, but my prevailing takeaway was again that it seems like a much higher budget than it actually was. I'd buy a ticket to that Phantom Thread/Terrifier double bill. It's possible that only the 2 of us would be there, by I'd enjoy it. I do feel like that's kind of the underappreciated master work from PTA. It's a remarkably accomplished film, that I know falls apart for some people when that one character turn comes around, but for me that was fucking perfect. It totally solidified the psychology of these characters. And man, what a georgous looking film. Oddly enough, one of my big blind spots in recent years is The Master for exactly the reasons you outlined with Phantom Thread. It appeals to me in every conceivable way, and yet I just never got to it. This is a good reminder to me to put it at the top of the list though. Thanks!
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Post by klawrencio79 on Nov 9, 2022 23:29:31 GMT
So did you enjoy Terrifier? I more or less did, but I have to admit that a lot of the critiques are definitely fair. The word 'edgelord' has been thrown around, and while I'd never use such an obnoxious term, I get what they're saying. And there really isn't much of a story or characters really. The fact that the main protagonist gets killed off like half way through is kind of a novel surprise, but also means that neither she nor the protagonist that takes over gets to be anything other than just some random girl. But it's bot fair to say that it looks too cheap. While the gore and the clown are what people are there to see, it is more competently made than the budget would suggest by a long way. There are plenty of things you can make fun of this guy for, but he's got some talent outside of just his gore effects. I've been called an aspiring filmmaker (and worse!) at different times, and been around plenty of others (maybe even your friend given the proximity), and getting a real professional look out of minimal resources is a real skill and takes a great deal of creativity and talent. So for all of the things you can make fun of this guy for, I think he deserves real credit for that. Now, for those who think it's all in the service of something unworthy, I can kind of see that. Again, Terrifier 2 is a lot more of the same. If you can believe it, I wrote a lot more about it on the horror board, but there's more good and bad in the next one, but my prevailing takeaway was again that it seems like a much higher budget than it actually was. I'd buy a ticket to that Phantom Thread/Terrifier double bill. It's possible that only the 2 of us would be there, by I'd enjoy it. I do feel like that's kind of the underappreciated master work from PTA. It's a remarkably accomplished film, that I know falls apart for some people when that one character turn comes around, but for me that was fucking perfect. It totally solidified the psychology of these characters. And man, what a georgous looking film. Oddly enough, one of my big blind spots in recent years is The Master for exactly the reasons you outlined with Phantom Thread. It appeals to me in every conceivable way, and yet I just never got to it. This is a good reminder to me to put it at the top of the list though. Thanks! I liked Terrifier in the way that you said - an admiration for what the guy was able to accomplish. The movie itself was fine and the gore is definitely the main draw. I don't get too into the torture porn stuff, but I do enjoy a gory movie that doesn't take itself seriously. I saw The Master in theaters. It's not my favorite PTA movie, but it's definitely worth watching for the performances alone which are 100% worth the price of admission. No surprise there given the talent on screen. Also, I'm with you on Phantom Thread. It's funny you mention the character turn; I've read a bunch of discourse on it the past few days and apparently a large swath of people felt dissatisfied with that and considered the movie something of a failure due to its final act. I scratch my head at that. Literally everything that precedes those moments lay the foundation for what's to come, and the specific crescendo is the perfect cherry on top of everything that led up to it. I really believe that it was a perfectly executed movie.
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