jlhoots Posted February 16, 2020 Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 Hester Street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted February 16, 2020 Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 1 hour ago, jlhoots said: Hester Street Fantastic movie from Joan Micklin Street. When I was a kid being from Hester Street was not considered a good thing. When we misbehaved, my grandmother (and people of her generation) would say that “you act like you were brought up on Hester Street.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 3 hours ago, Larry Kart said: Options for what? Options for movies to see if you want to watch a German tank run over Jack Palance's arm. If there's options, let's have 'em now, so I can get busy. Life's short, ya' know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted February 16, 2020 Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) On 2/15/2020 at 2:07 PM, Brad said: This is excellent, a semi fictional look at the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Just as good as The Big Short, which was a tremendous movie. That's as well-acted a film as I've seen in awhile. Even Demi Moore is good. Some real heavyweights here, especially Jeremy Irons who perfectly captures the greed and avarice that characterized Wall Street before the fall. The scene where he makes his first appearance is riveting. I'm a fan of The Big Short" as well, but if I had to choose between the two, I'd have to go with "Margin Call." No aesthetic distance here...it's a film that really draws you in and makes you feel like you have seat at the table. Edited February 16, 2020 by Dave James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Dave James said: That's as well-acted a film as I've seen in awhile. Even Demi Moore is good. Some real heavyweights here, especially Jeremy Irons who perfectly captures the greed and avarice that characterized Wall Street before the fall. The scene where he makes his first appearance is riveting. I'm a fan of The Big Short" as well, but if I had to choose between the two, I'd have to go with "Margin Call." No aesthetic distance here...it's a film that really draws you in and makes you feel like you have seat at the table. I got a kick out of the name of the Irons character: John Tuld vs Lehman’s Richard Fuld. I never read The Big Short but did read Charles Gasparino’s The Sellout. Pretty amazing. Edited February 17, 2020 by Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 6 hours ago, Brad said: I got a kick out of the name of the Irons character: John Tuld vs Lehman’s Richard Fuld. I never read The Big Short but did read Charles Gasparino’s The Sellout. Pretty amazing. "Liar's Poker" by Michael Lewis and "Den Of Thieves" by James B. Stewart are also excellent reads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gmonahan Posted February 24, 2020 Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 On 2/23/2020 at 11:58 PM, soulpope said: If you watch this one in 4K with a subwoofer, prepare to be knocked out of your chair! gregmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted February 24, 2020 Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 The Assistant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted February 29, 2020 Report Share Posted February 29, 2020 Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson & The Band Portrait Of A Lady On Fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted March 1, 2020 Report Share Posted March 1, 2020 Free State of Jones Totally fascinating for someone who knew absolutely nothing about the subject. Well acted and dramatised without sacrificing historical nuance from what I can gather with some follow-up reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted March 1, 2020 Report Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) Watched a nice movie with my flu-bound wife last night. "Last Chance Harvey", starring Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson. It struck a lot of chords with me on alienation, the impact of divorce on kids, aging, career "settling" , elder care, etc. Look foreward to seeing it again. Filmed ca. 2009. Edited March 1, 2020 by felser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 First time watching Bresson's Diary of a Country Priest I found it incredibly dreary and not remotely compelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 Last night I watched this triple feature: Charles Laughton is superb and well deserved the Best Actor Oscar awarded him for his work. The actresses portraying his wives are also splendid, Merle Oberon, Wendy Barrie, Binnie Barnes and the wonderful Elsa Lanchester. An odd docudrama about Bob Mizer, who was sort of a low-rent, gay version of Hugh Hefner as a pioneering purveyor of "adult entertainment", in Mr. Mizer's case, as the photographer and publisher behind Physique Pictorial, a "men's fitness" magazine which featured very scantily clad (later to be fully naked) young men. The film includes interview segments with men who were actually around and part of the scene back in the L.A. of the late 1940's-1950's, the two gentlemen listed on the above DVD cover being the most well known names. The film also dramatizes events to show the rise of and some of the heyday of Mr. Mizer's photographic and filmmaking career. This part seems a bit too campy and less seedy than the reality likely was. The movie just kind of winds down around 1964, even though Mr. Mizer continued on with his work/passion until his death in 1992. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 The Traitor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 Apocalypse Now. Still a strange movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 4 hours ago, Brad said: Apocalypse Now. Still a strange movie. Was that "the final cut"? I thought he should have cut some more. (The French plantation scene makes no sense to me and slows the film down a lot.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 2 hours ago, medjuck said: Was that "the final cut"? I thought he should have cut some more. (The French plantation scene makes no sense to me and slows the film down a lot.) It wasn’t the final cut because there’s no plantation scene. The movie ends with Martin Sheen saying “the horror.” The way I remember it when I first saw it was with Kurtz’s being destroyed and the Doors singing. I was expecting this when I saw it last night so that surprised me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Brad said: It wasn’t the final cut because there’s no plantation scene. The movie ends with Martin Sheen saying “the horror.” The way I remember it when I first saw it was with Kurtz’s being destroyed and the Doors singing. I was expecting this when I saw it last night so that surprised me. I'm no longer sure what that version is, I've seen so many different ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 What a dull action movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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duaneiac Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 Peter Cushing gets to be one of the good guys in this one. It's a pretty lame sci-fi horror pic in which a research doctor working on a cure for cancer on a remote, secluded island accidentally develops some creatures that live by sucking the bones out of living things. The creatures themselves are laughable -- a kind of rubbery, armor-plated stingray which some stagehand has to throw/drop onto a couple of poor actors who then have to roll around on the ground and make it look like they are engaged in a vicious battle against gruesome death instead of frolicking wit an exotic but beloved family pet. Very workmanlike direction by Terence Fisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brad Posted April 7, 2020 Report Share Posted April 7, 2020 Watched “Yesterday” this morning. Very enjoyable. A world without Beatles music is a very strange world indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted April 7, 2020 Report Share Posted April 7, 2020 I'd like to go out to a movie. Oh, well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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