kinuta Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Outside In - Lynn Shelton (2017) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 What They Had - Elizabeth Chumko (2018) Good cast and direction but not a film I'd want to watch again. Depressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Al Shean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 On 1/7/2019 at 2:00 PM, kinuta said: Vice - Adan McKay (2018) I almost felt sorry for Christian Bale. He thought he was in a serious film then the director pulled out the rug from under him. Despite his finest efforts, the film is a discombobulated, badly misjudged mess. The quirkiness that worked so well in The Big Short is quite disastrous here. Yeah, I agree that the "Big Short" stuff mostly failed here, though I actually kind of liked the Shakespeare moment and the "credits" scene. I think it's because the film tried to do two things at once--be a standard biopic AND sort of a hit-piece on Cheney during the Bush Admin. If it had aimed only for the second, it might have been a bit more effective. but that's just IMHO. Bale was amazing, though. gregmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 The Lives Of Others - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (2006) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Viewed now, the premise seems quite surreal, and it is worth watching just for that. It plays out as it begins, one continuos flow of WTF?!?!?!? aka What Prime Video has is a 61 minute version that focuses entirely on Garbo. It's more than good enough, but reading about the film, only whets the appetite for a full(er?) edition that restores two(!!!) non-Garbo storylines that were apparently somewhat sordid, and resulted in a lot of controversy/banning/etc. No matter, Garbo here was 19-20, and quite the striking beauty, with a real sense of communicating through body language and, especially, eye acting. Sound certainly did not hurt her (LOL) but if that had not happened, she still could have been a star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, neither of which I had seen in its entirety until this past week. And Friday night my girlfriend and I went to see The Exterminating Angel at the IU Cinema—a place that will absolutely spoil you if you’re a film-lover. (Coming in February: Space Is The Place!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kinuta Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Boomerang - Elia Kazan (1947) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 Prime Video has a surprisingly deep library of silents (and early soundies), at least for a dabbler like me. Prints aren't always the best, etc. But there they are, and there's even more available if you want to pay a few bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kinuta Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) Betrayal - David Jones (1983) Ben Kingsley's best performance IMO. Copied from VHS. Nobody did Pinter like Sir Ben. Edited January 14, 2019 by kinuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 4 minutes ago, kinuta said: Betrayal - David Jones (1983) Ben Kingsley's best performance IMO. Copied from VHS. Nobody did Pinter like Sir Ben. Great, great movie. So British. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 1 hour ago, mjzee said: Great, great movie. So British. His other Pinter film is Turtle Diary. If you haven't seen it, it's available on Youtube, and no where else as far as I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) Adam Gopnik’s take on the WWI documentary. I don’t agree with him but that’s Gopnik. A Few Thoughts on the Authenticity of Peter Jackson’s “They Shall Not Grow Old” Edited January 14, 2019 by Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 Just about to jump into "Medium Cool" after all these years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 36 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said: Just about to jump into "Medium Cool" after all these years. As an aside, Verna Bloom, who passed away recently and is probably best know for her role as Marion Wormer in Animal House (though she appeared in many other films) got her first film role in Medium Cool. Verna Bloom obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/obituaries/verna-bloom-dead.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, paul secor said: As an aside, Verna Bloom, who passed away recently and is probably best know for her role as Marion Wormer in Animal House (though she appeared in many other films) got her first film role in Medium Cool. Verna Bloom obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/obituaries/verna-bloom-dead.html Her obit is what alerted me. I was living in Chicago at the time, might be a crowd member is the film and more. Richard Abrams and John Jackson (AACM founding members) are bit players in the film. This is proving to be a trip down memory lane. The "Chicago Riots" caused a reconciliation with my father at the time. More details in my bio flic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 A weird film, shot in Germany, all of the voices were overdubbed posty-production, so you miss Lee's tones. BUT - he does a very good job with the role physically, so good that his voice is not really missed once it gets going. Not the best Holmes film ever, but not the worst either. It's a good tale well-enough (for me) told. And it's always a treat (of sorts) to see Leon Askin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted January 16, 2019 Report Share Posted January 16, 2019 Suspiria - Luca Guadagnino (2018) Solid reinterpretation is well worth watching but can't compare with the mindblowing original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 I Am Love - Luca Guadagnino (2009) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 The Children Act - Richard Eyre (2017) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 3:07 PM, kinuta said: I Am Love - Luca Guadagnino (2009) Ahhh - Tilda!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 Here's a great movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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