Teasing the Korean Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 From the creators of Danger Five, Italian Spiderman is a dead-on parody of 60s/70s low-budget, foreign market knockoffs of US franchises. Quote
Brad Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 On 12/28/2024 at 9:39 AM, jlhoots said: Actually going to movie theater tomorrow to see A Complete Unknown. 😎 How did you like it. I thought it was terrific. Might go see it again this week. Quote
jlhoots Posted January 6 Report Posted January 6 1 hour ago, Brad said: How did you like it. I thought it was terrific. Might go see it again this week. Agree!! Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 12 Report Posted January 12 On 12/28/2024 at 10:40 PM, JSngry said: How is that one? It’s one of those 40s Bogarts I haven’t gotten around to watching yet, and the reunion of the Maltese Falcon gang certainly intrigues. On 1/5/2025 at 5:52 PM, Brad said: How did you like it. I thought it was terrific. Might go see it again this week. I’ve seen it twice and was set to go again tonight, but our one remaining commercial theater remains closed due to the weather. I love it and it inspired me to finally pick up Elijah Wald’s Dylan Goes Electric (which is excellent so far). It works beautifully as a movie, and the historical liberties taken never took me out of the picture (with one possible exception); as Wald has said, it’s a “poetically accurate” telling. And the cast surpassed the hype for me—brilliant performances all around, including Chalamet, Norton and Barbaro’s live musical renditions. Plus the recreated look of the early-1960s Village (apparently filmed primarily in Jersey City and Hoboken) is well-done and evocative. The whole thing’s sent me off on one of my periodic Dylan binges. Quote
JSngry Posted January 13 Author Report Posted January 13 1 hour ago, ghost of miles said: How is that one? It’s one of those 40s Bogarts I haven’t gotten around to watching yet, and the reunion of the Maltese Falcon gang certainly intrigues. Individual performances are fine. The film as a whole is...I found it on a PD streaming service and there's a reason. It's got a truly bizarre backstory and as a result is full of some nasty racist/jingoistic snappiness. But hey, that's entertainment. It's not a bad film otherwise, but not as taut as Falcon. Do your homework before actually viewing it (including the original posters). And realize that is neither the first nor last use of mass entertainment as unapologetic propaganda. Quote
Brad Posted January 15 Report Posted January 15 On 1/12/2025 at 6:28 PM, ghost of miles said: How is that one? It’s one of those 40s Bogarts I haven’t gotten around to watching yet, and the reunion of the Maltese Falcon gang certainly intrigues. I’ve seen it twice and was set to go again tonight, but our one remaining commercial theater remains closed due to the weather. I love it and it inspired me to finally pick up Elijah Wald’s Dylan Goes Electric (which is excellent so far). It works beautifully as a movie, and the historical liberties taken never took me out of the picture (with one possible exception); as Wald has said, it’s a “poetically accurate” telling. And the cast surpassed the hype for me—brilliant performances all around, including Chalamet, Norton and Barbaro’s live musical renditions. Plus the recreated look of the early-1960s Village (apparently filmed primarily in Jersey City and Hoboken) is well-done and evocative. The whole thing’s sent me off on one of my periodic Dylan binges. I picked up the Wald book too and am enjoying it. I am also on a Dylan binge. I’ve also been listening to https://abobdylanprimer.com, a podcast devoted to Dylan, although I think the host is a wee bit over the top. Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 15 Report Posted January 15 11 hours ago, Brad said: I picked up the Wald book too and am enjoying it. I am also on a Dylan binge. I’ve also been listening to https://abobdylanprimer.com, a podcast devoted to Dylan, although I think the host is a wee bit over the top. Just finished the Wald book last night and have been revisiting Greil Marcus' The Old, Weird America (I'm a Basement Tapes obsessive) as well as David Hadju's Positively 4th Street and Robert Shelton's No Direction Home. Also pulled a number of the Bootleg releases off the shelf and have been listening to them again over the past few days (Live 1966, Trouble No More, Live 1975, Bootleg Series V. 1-3, Best of the Cutting Edge, and The Basement Tapes Complete). Will probably pick up both volumes of Heylin's massive bio at some point... please don't stage an intervention. 😆 Quote
Matthew Posted January 20 Report Posted January 20 (edited) Hollywood Canteen: Enjoyable movie that's designed to boost morale. Betty Davis, I've always read, was the driving force behind the canteen. Edited January 20 by Matthew Quote
ejp626 Posted January 21 Report Posted January 21 I saw Yi Yi for the first time on Sunday. Quite a great film, but I wasn't prepared for the length. About 90 minutes in, and I realized this story had a long way to go... 😉 FYI, I saw that Amazon.com has a great deal on a couple of Eric Rohmer Blu-ray sets (50% off). Not sure how long it will last. I didn't need one of them, but got tales of 4 seasons or whatever it is called. Quote
Matthew Posted January 31 Report Posted January 31 Bon Voyage: These old Disney movies are interesting to watch. Quote
mjazzg Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 Just back from 'A Complete Unknown' which I thought was pretty all round excellent I'm a Dylan agnostic so went with an open mind and no preconceptions about him as a person. Excellent performances by the main actors involved. I thought Chamalet was vocally very convincing, and Monica Barbaro as Baez was too, perhaps a little less What I really liked was that it made the music exciting, be that solo acoustic in a cellar or the electric performance at Newport. Quote
adh1907 Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 On 1/18/2025 at 11:29 PM, jlhoots said: A Real Pain - HULU A brilliant, funny and moving film. I don’t think promoting this as a buddy movie has done it any favours. I have raved about it to all my friends, saying ignore the buddy movie billing. What’s HULU? Quote
jlhoots Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 Just now, adh1907 said: A brilliant, funny and moving film. I don’t think promoting this as a buddy movie has done it any favours. I have raved about it to all my friends, saying ignore the buddy movie billing. What’s HULU? A streaming service. Quote
adh1907 Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 5 hours ago, mjazzg said: Just back from 'A Complete Unknown' which I thought was pretty all round excellent I'm a Dylan agnostic so went with an open mind and no preconceptions about him as a person. Excellent performances by the main actors involved. I thought Chamalet was vocally very convincing, and Monica Barbaro as Baez was too, perhaps a little less What I really liked was that it made the music exciting, be that solo acoustic in a cellar or the electric performance at Newport. Not a big Dylan fan either, but it’s a great ‘film’ rather than a documentary. It has a pace to it, that you forget it’s over 2 hours. The cinematography is brilliant. You really feel you are in Greenwich Village or at the Newport folk festival in the early ‘60s. Quote
ejp626 Posted February 3 Report Posted February 3 Saw The Last Showgirl this weekend. Generally very good, though the main storyline is quite depressing. Jamie Lee Curtis is game for anything... Apparently, this was shot in 18 days, which seems just wild to me. Quote
ejp626 Posted February 9 Report Posted February 9 Long day at the movies today. The Revue (in Toronto) was showing Linklater's Before Trilogy all in one day. I decided to take the plunge. Very interesting. I think of all of them, I liked the second, Before Sunset, the best. Quote
jlhoots Posted February 9 Report Posted February 9 Going to see I'm Still Here on Tuesday. First trip to an actual movie theater since the Dylan film. Quote
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