BillF Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 Grim London police corruption thriller. Great stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 Masaki Kobayashi double bill. Seppuku : Harakiri (1962) Kaidan : Kwaidan (1964) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 I'm a fan of old time radio shows and one program of which I have heard a few episodes is the Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show, which aired in the 1940's & 50's and starred the husband and wife team of the bandleader/singer and the former movie star/singer. I realized I had never seen an Alice Faye movie, so I watched this one. It's a pretty heavy handed biopic of the long ago stage star. Ms. Faye is good, always lovely to look at and a very good singer, but the movie itself is nothing but tired plot cliches -- even in 1940 they must have been cliches already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Lee Chang-dong double bill. Secret Sunshine (2007) Poetry (2010） Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 On 10/2/2016 at 11:36 PM, kinuta said: Star Trek Beyond - Justin Lin (2016) Third part of the reboot series is a non stop action rollercoaster that wasn't especially original and ran like a juiced up tv episode I enjoyed it a lot. Third time was...*finally*...the charm. I liked this one. Â Â gregmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 I had doubts about this (it's a Disney film), but figured I had to see it because I play chess and lived in E. Africa for 2 years. It's pretty good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Certain Women - Kelly Reichardt (2016) Three stories of three women in rural Montana. The sparest of narratives is really a framework on which to to hang a sketch of the melancholy, unsettlling emptiness and isolation of the country and the women. Captain Fantastic - Matt Ross (2016) Superficially resembles Mosquito Coast. Becomes more complex as the story of the missing wife is partially revealed. What part did her mental health play in shaping the radical life style of the family ? Viggo Mortenson is predictably excellent, many very engaging scenes, especially where his home education methods dazzlingly prove their superiority in the face of initial ridicule. Good cast and worth seeing but with a mediocre wrap up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 8 hours ago, kinuta said: Certain Women - Kelly Reichardt (2016) I will certainly give that a look when it comes this way. All the Kelly Reichardt movies I've seen have been worth watching: Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy, Meek's Cutoff and Night Moves.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Kenji Mizoguchi double bill. Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) Sansho Dayu : Sansho The Bailiff (1954) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Francis Ford Coppola double bill. The Godfather (1972) The Godfather Part Two (1974) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Couple of things at a film festival (Woodstock, NY): This South African film is outstanding. This was also quite good. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Mexican art house movie with distinct echoes of 1960s cinema - Godard and perhaps Antonioni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 David Fincher double bill. Seven (1995) The Social Network (2010) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 The Infiltrator - Brad Furman (2016) Solid, entertaining look at an undercover agent working inside the Medellin cartel. Good but not great. Cranston is the main reason to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Not bad. I might have enjoyed it more if I wasn't familiar with the source material; who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 At 2 3/4 hours, seemingly interminable road movie in the company of intolerable teenagers. I exited at the 2 hour point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 (edited) Anthropoid - Sean Ellis (2016) Brutal, powerful, edge of the seat remake of Operation Daybreak surpasses the already excellent original. Shot where it really happened, it's elegantly directed with first rate cinematography, cast and soundtrack. One of the year's best films imo. 5 hours ago, BillF said: At 2 3/4 hours, seemingly interminable road movie in the company of intolerable teenagers. I exited at the 2 hour point. Thanks Bill. Will approach with caution. Edited October 19, 2016 by kinuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Free State Of Jones - Gary Ross (2016) Well intentioned with some excellent battle scenes but quite boring. I lapsed into clock watching. The flash forward scenes to a modern court case were bizarre and incongruous. Imperium - Daniel Ragussis (2016) Toni Collette was good. The rest of the film was a low powered mess. Daniel ' Harry Potter ' Radcliffe was fine in his nerdy FBI persona but laughable as an undercover skin head Nazi. I don't fault the lad, he did his best, but the casting decision sank the film. Perhaps a bigger fault was the lack of menace and fear that one would normally associate with a group of nihilist neo nazis. They were just too civil. On 2016/10/19 at 4:20 PM, Jazzmoose said: Not bad. I might have enjoyed it more if I wasn't familiar with the source material; who knows. Love Predestination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 El Clan - Pablo Trapero (2015) Disturbing true story of an outwardly respectable Argentinian family party to a series of truly heinous crimes. Worth a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Saw it the other week. The Dad is the creepiest! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Â Released today. Forceful and compassionate. Recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Denial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 Sofia Coppola double bill. The Virgin Suicides (1999) Lost In Translation (2003) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 2 hours ago, kinuta said: Sofia Coppola double bill. The Virgin Suicides (1999) Lost In Translation (2003)   She's made some really good ones. Enough for another double bill when you're ready! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 1 hour ago, BillF said:   She's made some really good ones. Enough for another double bill when you're ready! Right. I'm near the end of my first season of double bills. Season 2 will start soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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