Recently viewed movie thread - Rental, Streaming, Theater etc (12 Viewers)

[KarmaPolice]

I'm slowly trying to talk you into the channel, @Ilov80s s .

I just (stupidly) spend all my Criterion money of discs. One 4K could probably get me the channel for a few months.

I stupidly do both. I've thought about dropping one or the other, but I just love the 4Ks and the features from the discs and the channel is $8/month which IMO makes it the best streaming option for movie geeks. The only compromise I've reached is that I will not purchase a disc outside of the 50% off sales.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Embarrassing movie question for fellow nerds - do you do movie theme nights at all? I had a thought a couple months ago that I missed New Releases on Tues at the store and things like that, so to help myself narrow down movies over the last couple months I do New Release Tues, Criterion Thursday, 4K Friday, and Hump Day Rewatches of movies we love on Weds. Not that I always watch a movie each night, just if we are I narrow it down that way. Any fun ways you all keep it fresh?

 

[KarmaPolice]

So this week I watched Old Dads (NF movie with Bill Burr) on Tues, Princess Bride on Weds, and Two-Lane Blacktop on Thurs.

For me, New Release = released within the last calendar year.

 

[Ilov80s]

I'm slowly trying to talk you into the channel, @Ilov80s s .

I just (stupidly) spend all my Criterion money of discs. One 4K could probably get me the channel for a few months.

I stupidly do both. I've thought about dropping one or the other, but I just love the 4Ks and the features from the discs and the channel is $8/month which IMO makes it the best streaming option for movie geeks. The only compromise I've reached is that I will not purchase a disc outside of the 50% off sales.

Yes, I only buy them when there are sales. Too expensive otherwise though now I look at allllll the movies I've bought since I got into the hobby during COVID and it maybe wasn't the best use of a few grand lol.

 

[BlackCrowes]

So this week I watched Old Dads (NF movie with Bill Burr) on Tues, Princess Bride on Weds, and Two-Lane Blacktop on Thurs.

For me, New Release = released within the last calendar year.

How was Old Dads?

 

[Ilov80s]

Embarrassing movie question for fellow nerds - do you do movie theme nights at all? I had a thought a couple months ago that I missed New Releases on Tues at the store and things like that, so to help myself narrow down movies over the last couple months I do New Release Tues, Criterion Thursday, 4K Friday, and Hump Day Rewatches of movies we love on Weds. Not that I always watch a movie each night, just if we are I narrow it down that way. Any fun ways you all keep it fresh?

Well you know that I do sort of organize some of my watching. Not by day but maybe 2 years ago I felt like I was just watching random stuff so I became more deliberate and doing "themes" and creating lists of movies to watch during that period that had a connection: epics, westerns, noir, sight and sound, etc

 

[Eephus]

Embarrassing movie question for fellow nerds - do you do movie theme nights at all? I had a thought a couple months ago that I missed New Releases on Tues at the store and things like that, so to help myself narrow down movies over the last couple months I do New Release Tues, Criterion Thursday, 4K Friday, and Hump Day Rewatches of movies we love on Weds. Not that I always watch a movie each night, just if we are I narrow it down that way. Any fun ways you all keep it fresh?

No obviously lol.

I don't know how you guys do it

 

[KarmaPolice]

So this week I watched Old Dads (NF movie with Bill Burr) on Tues, Princess Bride on Weds, and Two-Lane Blacktop on Thurs.

For me, New Release = released within the last calendar year.

How was Old Dads?

I would say it hinges on your tolerance of Burr and his comedy. I find him mostly funny but every now and then it goes a bit too far for me, and that's how this movie was. There were some genuine belly laughs and other times I was cringing as he went there. I love uncomfortable comedy, and there is a scene with their assistant in the back of the car that was .

 

[KarmaPolice]

Embarrassing movie question for fellow nerds - do you do movie theme nights at all? I had a thought a couple months ago that I missed New Releases on Tues at the store and things like that, so to help myself narrow down movies over the last couple months I do New Release Tues, Criterion Thursday, 4K Friday, and Hump Day Rewatches of movies we love on Weds. Not that I always watch a movie each night, just if we are I narrow it down that way. Any fun ways you all keep it fresh?

No obviously lol.

I don't know how you guys do it

For me, it's almost out of necessity. I need a little handholding or I will just scan through the services for an hour and irritate my wife. Anything that helps me focus is a bonus, which is why I often default to a director of the week.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

New trailer for GODZILLA MINUS ONE looks pretty great.

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On a whim, got a ticket for a 4:00 show today. Looks pretty good. Will report back.

Answer... Pretty darn good!

I never really got the Godzilla mythos and really, I still don't. He's stuck in this gray area of hero and villain.

But you end up feeling for the characters in this one. Their feelings of post war regret and shame add decent emotional weight.

And it's LOUD - not just the action but the dialogue. Must the Japanese shout all their dialogue?

Anyway, thumbs up on this one.

Oh, and the effects team occasionally and only so very slightly tip their caps to the effects of Godzilla movies past - which is kind of neat.

 

[Eephus]

For me, it's almost out of necessity. I need a little handholding or I will just scan through the services for an hour and irritate my wife. Anything that helps me focus is a bonus, which is why I often default to a director of the week.

I watch most of my movies by myself so I can pick whatever strikes my fancy in the moment. That sometimes leads me down some bad rabbit holes but I rarely stick to a program for move than three movies.

When I do watch something with my wife I usually just let her choose

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Embarrassing movie question for fellow nerds - do you do movie theme nights at all? I had a thought a couple months ago that I missed New Releases on Tues at the store and things like that, so to help myself narrow down movies over the last couple months I do New Release Tues, Criterion Thursday, 4K Friday, and Hump Day Rewatches of movies we love on Weds. Not that I always watch a movie each night, just if we are I narrow it down that way. Any fun ways you all keep it fresh?

Well you know that I do sort of organize some of my watching. Not by day but maybe 2 years ago I felt like I was just watching random stuff so I became more deliberate and doing "themes" and creating lists of movies to watch during that period that had a connection: epics, westerns, noir, sight and sound, etc

I’ve at least started a list of stuff I want to watch

Current list: if any of these should jump to the top let me know

Bad Timing

The Hit (1984)

Source Code

In The Shadow Of The Moon

Enemy

In Time

The Adjustment Bureau

Mr. Nobody Coherence Time Crimes Fish tank Nocturnal Animals Prisoners Sorry to Bother You Last breath Killer Joe Enter the Void Shiva Baby Good bad ugly Dog Day Afternoon

 

[Eephus]

The Hit (1984)

Big Fan

 

[Ilov80s]

I’m

The Hit (1984)

Big Fan

that sounds excellent, I need to find that

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I’m

The Hit (1984)

Big Fan

that sounds excellent, I need to find that

Yeah I haven’t vetted any of these for availability or anything

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

The Hit (1984)

Big Fan

Terrance Stamp, John Hurt and Tim Roth, yes please

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I liked Source Code, The Adjustment Bureau, and Dog Day Afternoon.

I also liked Enemy but it's ultimately very trippy.

I watched Mr. Nobody but remember nothing about it. I didn't think much of Time Crimes.

But I'm just a dude with a TV so...

 

[KarmaPolice]

Father/daughter movie morning was Mothra vs. Godzilla. Oh man, was that trippy.

 

[Ilov80s]

@Dan Lambskin is that Good Bad Ugly as in the Eastwood western? It’s slow paced but a must see. Perhaps the greatest musical score ever too. True classic.

I really like Dog Day, Shiva is modern comedy classic (and the writer-star is so sexy in an intentionally trashy kind of way). Oh and Prisoners is excellent- highly recommend that. It deeply disturbed my wife.

 

[Eephus]

I’m

The Hit (1984)

Big Fan

that sounds excellent, I need to find that

It's on Tubi

 

[Dan Lambskin]

@Dan Lambskin is that Good Bad Ugly as in the Eastwood western? It’s slow paced but a must see. Perhaps the greatest musical score ever too. True classic.

I really like Dog Day, Shiva is modern comedy classic (and the writer-star is so sexy in an intentionally trashy kind of way). Oh and Prisoners is excellent- highly recommend that. It deeply disturbed my wife.

Yeah the Eastwood one. Never seen it, after seeing it as part of the Metallica concert open I decided I should probably get around to it. That’ll be a tough sell for the wife though.

 

[Ilov80s]

@Dan Lambskin is that Good Bad Ugly as in the Eastwood western? It’s slow paced but a must see. Perhaps the greatest musical score ever too. True classic.

I really like Dog Day, Shiva is modern comedy classic (and the writer-star is so sexy in an intentionally trashy kind of way). Oh and Prisoners is excellent- highly recommend that. It deeply disturbed my wife.

Oh yeah,don't let her see the runtime on that before sitting down lmao

 

[The Gator]

Embarrassing movie question for fellow nerds - do you do movie theme nights at all? I had a thought a couple months ago that I missed New Releases on Tues at the store and things like that, so to help myself narrow down movies over the last couple months I do New Release Tues, Criterion Thursday, 4K Friday, and Hump Day Rewatches of movies we love on Weds. Not that I always watch a movie each night, just if we are I narrow it down that way. Any fun ways you all keep it fresh?

Well you know that I do sort of organize some of my watching. Not by day but maybe 2 years ago I felt like I was just watching random stuff so I became more deliberate and doing "themes" and creating lists of movies to watch during that period that had a connection: epics, westerns, noir, sight and sound, etc

I’ve at least started a list of stuff I want to watch

Current list: if any of these should jump to the top let me know

Coherence

This one really caught me off guard, and I liked it.


Lower budget movie, kind of like Primer, but I enjoyed it,

 

[Osaurus]

Embarrassing movie question for fellow nerds - do you do movie theme nights at all? I had a thought a couple months ago that I missed New Releases on Tues at the store and things like that, so to help myself narrow down movies over the last couple months I do New Release Tues, Criterion Thursday, 4K Friday, and Hump Day Rewatches of movies we love on Weds. Not that I always watch a movie each night, just if we are I narrow it down that way. Any fun ways you all keep it fresh?

Well you know that I do sort of organize some of my watching. Not by day but maybe 2 years ago I felt like I was just watching random stuff so I became more deliberate and doing "themes" and creating lists of movies to watch during that period that had a connection: epics, westerns, noir, sight and sound, etc

I’ve at least started a list of stuff I want to watch

Current list: if any of these should jump to the top let me know

Coherence

This one really caught me off guard, and I liked it.


Lower budget movie, kind of like Primer, but I enjoyed it,

Liked it too. Thought provoking imo

 

[Eephus]

Embarrassing movie question for fellow nerds - do you do movie theme nights at all? I had a thought a couple months ago that I missed New Releases on Tues at the store and things like that, so to help myself narrow down movies over the last couple months I do New Release Tues, Criterion Thursday, 4K Friday, and Hump Day Rewatches of movies we love on Weds. Not that I always watch a movie each night, just if we are I narrow it down that way. Any fun ways you all keep it fresh?

Well you know that I do sort of organize some of my watching. Not by day but maybe 2 years ago I felt like I was just watching random stuff so I became more deliberate and doing "themes" and creating lists of movies to watch during that period that had a connection: epics, westerns, noir, sight and sound, etc

I’ve at least started a list of stuff I want to watch

Current list: if any of these should jump to the top let me know

Coherence

This one really caught me off guard, and I liked it.


Lower budget movie, kind of like Primer, but I enjoyed it,

Added to my never ending watchlist

 

[Tick]

@Dan Lambskin is that Good Bad Ugly as in the Eastwood western? It’s slow paced but a must see. Perhaps the greatest musical score ever too. True classic.

I really like Dog Day, Shiva is modern comedy classic (and the writer-star is so sexy in an intentionally trashy kind of way). Oh and Prisoners is excellent- highly recommend that. It deeply disturbed my wife.

Yeah the Eastwood one. Never seen it, after seeing it as part of the Metallica concert open I decided I should probably get around to it. That’ll be a tough sell for the wife though.

Most people love this movie and the spaghetti westerns in general. I don't - they were probably groundbreaking at the time, but I only watched this within the past decade and felt that everything they did first has been done better since. I'm a total snob about old movies, though - I don't have much patience for them, which is an opinion I formed partly by watching this movie, as well as other 70s and earlier movies that are considered to be great that I couldn't connect with.

 

[Tick]

I’m

The Hit (1984)

Big Fan

that sounds excellent, I need to find that

Yeah I haven’t vetted any of these for availability or anything

I recommend the JustWatch app - add your list and tell it what subs you have, and it'll tell you where to find everything. When I want to watch a movie, I tend to pick from that list - sometimes I find that a movie I've been waiting for is finally on a service I have, or I'll just hit the next one on the list.

Showing up on my list right now (sorted by IMDB score):
Memento (Prime)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Hulu)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Max)
The Worst Person in the World (Hulu)
I Saw the Devil (Peacock)
Get Out (Netflix) - rewatch
Silver Linings Playbook (Netflix)
Another Round (Hulu)
Boondock Saints (Prime)
Machinist (Prime)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Max)
Upgrade (Max)
Palm Springs (Hulu)
Eighth Grade (Max)
The Lighthouse (Prime)
Lady Bird (Netflix)
No Time to Die (Prime)
The Man from UNCLE (Max)
FAQ About Time Travel (Max)
The Lobster (Max)
The Master (Max)
Timecrimes (Peacock)
In Time (Hulu)
Totally Killer (Prime)
Red Sparrow (Freevee)
...and a bunch of ****ty horror and zombie movies.

 

[krista4]

@Ilov80s , have you seen Past Lives? I watched it tonight because I wanted something gentle and kind, and found it pretty much perfect. Seemed right up your alley, too.

 

[Ilov80s]

@Ilov80s , have you seen Past Lives? I watched it tonight because I wanted something gentle and kind, and found it pretty much perfect. Seemed right up your alley, too.

I did see it in the theater this summer and I agree with you, pretty much perfect. Thanks for thinking of me

 

[Brunell4MVP]

So this week I watched Old Dads (NF movie with Bill Burr) on Tues, Princess Bride on Weds, and Two-Lane Blacktop on Thurs.

For me, New Release = released within the last calendar year.

How was Old Dads?

i like Bill Burr and it started out good. Then went flat. It's watchable.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I’m

The Hit (1984)

Big Fan

that sounds excellent, I need to find that

It's on Tubi

Watched it tonight. I liked it
Wife was bored

 

[jamny]

So this week I watched Old Dads (NF movie with Bill Burr) on Tues, Princess Bride on Weds, and Two-Lane Blacktop on Thurs.

For me, New Release = released within the last calendar year.

How was Old Dads?

i like Bill Burr and it started out good. Then went flat. It's watchable.

I wanted to watch it but even the trailer makes it look a bit generic. And I like Burr too.

 

[Eephus]

Monthly dump of the 25 movies and one series I watched:

Burn After Reading (2008 - E. Coen & J. Coen)
Scream (2022 - M. Bettinelli-Olpin & T. Gillett)
The Lineup (1958 - D. Siegel)
Kagemusha (1980 - A. Kurosawa)
The Big Boss aka Fists of Fury (1971 - W. Lo)
King of Thieves (2018 - J. Marsh)
The Game (1997 - D. Fincher)
The Civil Dead (2023 - C. Tatum)
Modesty Blaise (1966 - J. Losey)
BTS: Yet to Come (2023 - O. Yoon-dong)
Our Man Flint (1966 - D. Mann)
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023 - R. Reiner)
Some Girls Do (1969 - R. Thomas)
Casino Royale (1967 - V. Guest, J. Huston & Others)
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966 - H. Levin)
In Like Flint (1967 - G. Douglas)
Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story - Series (2023 - D. Goodrich)
Matchless (1967 - A. Lattuada)
The Brothers Grimsby (2016 - L. Leterrier)
All That Jazz (1979 - B. Fosse)
Nickelodeon (1976 - P. Bogdanovich)
The Killer (2023 - D. Fincher)
The Dark Past (1948 - R. Mate)
Solaris (2002 - S. Soderbergh)
The Martian (2015 - R. Scott)
Destination Moon (1950 - I. Pichel)

I tried to be a more purposeful viewer like ilov80s and stick to a single genre but instead of Noirvember, I went all in for Spy Spoofs. It's a genre I've loved since I was a kid but deservedly doesn't get a lot of respect from cineastes.

Our Man Flint, In Like Flint and the 1967 Casino Royale were rewatches for me. I was struck by the modernity of the plots of the two Flint movies (climate change, womens' rights) but both pulled their punches by the end. Derek Flint didn't enough screen time in the sequel but both are still pretty entertaining. Casino Royale is a mess with five different directors and a huge cast but has a couple of hilarious sequences in Scotland and East Berlin before everything literally blows up.

Modesty Blaise was the artiest of the 60s spoofs by the great British director Joseph Losey with script doctoring by future Nobel winner Harold Pinter. Unfortunately the plot makes no sense whatsoever although the movie looks great. Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die was a surprisingly good Eurospy film set in Rio with TV's Mannix Mike Connors as a CIA agent and Dorothy Provine as a MI6 counterpart with a preposterously bad English accent. The plot involved a villain using spaceships and radiation to sterilize everyone but himself and his harum of frozen women. Matchless was a silly and fun little Spaghetti spy movie involving an invisibility ring, Donald Pleasance hamming it up as a villain and a half-hearted heist in the middle. Some Girls Do was an inferior sequel to Deadlier Than The Male with female robot assassins and a fiendish plot foiled by an obvious self-destruct mechanism.

Bookending the 60s spy spoofs were a couple of modern films in the tradition. Burn After Reading, a lesser Coen brothers movie that promised more than it delivered. The Brothers Grimsby was a Sasha Baron Cohen vehicle with he and Mark Strong as mismatched long lost brothers. The weird combination of raunchy poop and sex jokes with high tech action sequences from the director of the Transporter series didn't come together but I have to admit I laughed enough to make it worthwhile.

I only managed two Films Noir in Noirvember. The Lineup was a pretty ordinary cops chasing drug smugglers plot but it was shot in great San Francisco locations. The title was the best thing about The Dark Past. William Holden was good as an escaped convict who had the misfortune to take refuge in the house of a psychology professor. His psychoanalysis of Holden's dreams was tedious. I probably should have rewatched a couple of the Noir classics instead.

I'll run through the rest chronologically. Scream was the 2022 reboot of the series. I wasn't familiar enough with the previous films to get the numerous meta references. Kagemusha is a late-career Kurosawa epic set in the 16th century. It's not one of his masterpieces but it was beautifully shot and the story of a thief elevated to warlord had things to say about power and deception.

Fists of Fury was prime Bruce Lee. The Cantonese print I saw was much better than the crappy VHS dub we used to own. I love heist movies and King of Thieves was a pretty decent one with Michael Caine leading a crew of geriatric criminals to one last big score. I watched another Fincher film in advance of the release of The Killer. The plotline of The Game is absurd and full of holes but it's still an entertaining ride with more great SF locations.

We enjoyed the indie ghost comedy The Civil Dead. The script was very clever and the deadpan comedy often hit the mark. I guess the filmmakers are some podcast guys. The farewell concert film from K-Pop superstars BTS: Yet To Come was excellent for what it was. I liked that there were no crowd reaction shots which has always been my biggest bugaboo with concert movies. Rob Reiner's documentary Albert Brooks: Defending My Life was a warm tribute to the comedian that makes me a lot more excited about the potential Spinal Tap reunion.

I hadn't seen All That Jazz since its original release. The first half is terrific but I thought the second was pure artistic indulgence. It is great the Fosse was given that much leeway for such a personal project. Peter Bogdanovich's love letter to the silent film era Nickelodeon is another movie that ran out of steam around the midway point. But any movie lover will love the elaborate slapstick gags. I liked but didn't love The Killer and will probably never think of it again.

I finished off the month with three movies set in outer space, which isn't in my usual wheelhouse. Soderbergh's remake of Solaris was slow, dark and artsy but few filmmakers do modern alienation as well as he does. I didn't know much about The Martian going in but I saw it mentioned in an article about Ridley Scott. It was an entertaining popcorn movie although kind of silly, especially coming right after Solaris. Finally, Destination Moon was one of the first semi-realistic movies about space travel. It was dated obviously but wasn't that much further fetched than The Martian.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

I’m

The Hit (1984)

Big Fan

that sounds excellent, I need to find that

Yeah I haven’t vetted any of these for availability or anything

I recommend the JustWatch app - add your list and tell it what subs you have, and it'll tell you where to find everything. When I want to watch a movie, I tend to pick from that list - sometimes I find that a movie I've been waiting for is finally on a service I have, or I'll just hit the next one on the list.

Showing up on my list right now (sorted by IMDB score):
Memento (Prime)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Hulu)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Max)
The Worst Person in the World (Hulu)
I Saw the Devil (Peacock)
Get Out (Netflix) - rewatch
Silver Linings Playbook (Netflix)
Another Round (Hulu)
Boondock Saints (Prime)
Machinist (Prime)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Max)
Upgrade (Max)
Palm Springs (Hulu)
Eighth Grade (Max)
The Lighthouse (Prime)
Lady Bird (Netflix)
No Time to Die (Prime)
The Man from UNCLE (Max)
FAQ About Time Travel (Max)
The Lobster (Max)
The Master (Max)
Timecrimes (Peacock)
In Time (Hulu)
Totally Killer (Prime)
Red Sparrow (Freevee)
...and a bunch of ****ty horror and zombie movies.

I have to check out I Saw the Devil. Looks a lot like the classic Oldboy film.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I’m

The Hit (1984)

Big Fan

that sounds excellent, I need to find that

Yeah I haven’t vetted any of these for availability or anything

I recommend the JustWatch app - add your list and tell it what subs you have, and it'll tell you where to find everything. When I want to watch a movie, I tend to pick from that list - sometimes I find that a movie I've been waiting for is finally on a service I have, or I'll just hit the next one on the list.

Showing up on my list right now (sorted by IMDB score):
Memento (Prime)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Hulu)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Max)
The Worst Person in the World (Hulu)
I Saw the Devil (Peacock)
Get Out (Netflix) - rewatch
Silver Linings Playbook (Netflix)
Another Round (Hulu)
Boondock Saints (Prime)
Machinist (Prime)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Max)
Upgrade (Max)
Palm Springs (Hulu)
Eighth Grade (Max)
The Lighthouse (Prime)
Lady Bird (Netflix)
No Time to Die (Prime)
The Man from UNCLE (Max)
FAQ About Time Travel (Max)
The Lobster (Max)
The Master (Max)
Timecrimes (Peacock)
In Time (Hulu)
Totally Killer (Prime)
Red Sparrow (Freevee)
...and a bunch of ****ty horror and zombie movies.

I have to check out I Saw the Devil. Looks a lot like the classic Oldboy film.

It's crazier and more. It's a difficult watch.

 

[Klimtology]

Still pushing Chances Are...

Lmao

 

[GenX fan]

So this week I watched Old Dads (NF movie with Bill Burr) on Tues, Princess Bride on Weds, and Two-Lane Blacktop on Thurs.

For me, New Release = released within the last calendar year.

How was Old Dads?

i like Bill Burr and it started out good. Then went flat. It's watchable.

I wanted to watch it but even the trailer makes it look a bit generic. And I like Burr too.

Dave Chappelle has smoked so many cigarettes he has completely killed his voice.
I had to turn on closed captioning just to understand what he was saying half the time.

 

[KarmaPolice]

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023 - R. Reiner)

big fan - he was so different and so funny ...thought this doc was brilliant and really enjoyed it

 

[CGRdrJoe]

So this week I watched Old Dads (NF movie with Bill Burr) on Tues, Princess Bride on Weds, and Two-Lane Blacktop on Thurs.

For me, New Release = released within the last calendar year.

How was Old Dads?

i like Bill Burr and it started out good. Then went flat. It's watchable.

I wanted to watch it but even the trailer makes it look a bit generic. And I like Burr too.

Dave Chappelle has smoked so many cigarettes he has completely killed his voice.
I had to turn on closed captioning just to understand what he was saying half the time.

shtick? cause that wasn't Dave Chappelle in the movie

 

[belljr]

So this week I watched Old Dads (NF movie with Bill Burr) on Tues, Princess Bride on Weds, and Two-Lane Blacktop on Thurs.

For me, New Release = released within the last calendar year.

How was Old Dads?

i like Bill Burr and it started out good. Then went flat. It's watchable.

I wanted to watch it but even the trailer makes it look a bit generic. And I like Burr too.

Dave Chappelle has smoked so many cigarettes he has completely killed his voice.
I had to turn on closed captioning just to understand what he was saying half the time.

shtick? cause that wasn't Dave Chappelle in the movie

remember when dave chappelle was part of the marines that took hostages on Alcatraz

 

[Courtjester]

New trailer for GODZILLA MINUS ONE looks pretty great.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

On a whim, got a ticket for a 4:00 show today. Looks pretty good. Will report back.

Answer... Pretty darn good!

I never really got the Godzilla mythos and really, I still don't. He's stuck in this gray area of hero and villain.

But you end up feeling for the characters in this one. Their feelings of post war regret and shame add decent emotional weight.

And it's LOUD - not just the action but the dialogue. Must the Japanese shout all their dialogue?

Anyway, thumbs up on this one.

Oh, and the effects team occasionally and only so very slightly tip their caps to the effects of Godzilla movies past - which is kind of neat.

Just got back from this with my 19 year old daughter. Really well done. The visuals were amazing. They worked hard on the character development--this isn't just a big monster smash kind of movie. It is not in the new Monarch world, but in the old school Godzilla realm.

It is subtitled and I admittedly need glasses, so we got closer seats in XD--yeah, that wasn't needed. Like AD mentioned, it is loud and the conversations are very easily read. Great move--downside the buttered popcorn had a hole in the bottom of the bag and I looked like a pissed myself.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

The Abyss was in theaters tonight. It's been remastered in 4k and the soundtrack has been Atmos-ed. For the most part it looks really good and I'm looking forward to the disc release in the spring (digital 4k is available next week, but I'll wait).

Titanic came out on 4k yesterday to mixed reviews on the picture quality.

 

[Don Quixote]

Re-watching What’s Up, Doc? on Max tonight. Almost forgot how good this one was. Needed a good screwball. RIP Ryan O’Neal. The chemistry between him and Barbra Streisand so great in this one.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I don't know why I got on the tangent, but this week I've been thinking about action movies and why I often don't like them. I might have said as much in October, but my recent theory is that horror movies are my action movies, but with the roles reversed a bit.

Anyway, this week I watched Beverly Hills Cop, Die Hard, Taken, and I think tonight is John Wick.

 

[Eephus]

Re-watching What’s Up, Doc? on Max tonight. Almost forgot how good this one was. Needed a good screwball. RIP Ryan O’Neal. The chemistry between him and Barbra Streisand so great in this one.

I watched him in Nickelodeon last month. It's another of Bogdanovich's Hollywood homages. He had a knack for physical comedy that contrasted with the deadpan demeanor of a lot of his characters. He's also really good in The Driver, a minimalist neo-Noir directed by Walter Hill. He's all cool professionalism pitted against Bruce Dern's idiosyncratic cop.

O'Neal had a brief but productive time as an A-list star. He left Peyton Place for the movies in his late 20s and was a popular New Hollywood leading man for a few years but his prime was over before he hit 40. His substance abuse issues helped that along.

 

[whoknew]

Watched three movies tonight -

• May December - It is definitely a well made movie. The top 3 actors were all very good. And I laughed a couple of times at the dark humor. But, while I appreciate the quality, it just wasn't my favorite. It's a good movie, just not up my alley.
• To Catch a Killer - I am a sucker for detective movies and shows. Just love them all. So while this probably isn't as good a movie overall as May December, I enjoyed it much more. If you like a well acted (though sometimes thin story) detective trying to catch the mass killer movie, this is for you.
• The Killer - This was just fantastic. I loved every minute of it. David Fincher is great. It was dark and had some humor and a fantastic fight scene. Just a highly enjoyable movie. My favorite of the three.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

After Yang

Another A24 movie that I just didn't get. I'm just not on that wavelength I guess.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

O'Neal had a brief but productive time as an A-list star. He left Peyton Place for the movies in his late 20s and was a popular New Hollywood leading man for a few years but his prime was over before he hit 40.

He had a solid five-year run in the early to mid-70's that stacks up well against Nicholson, Beatty, Pacino and Reynolds.

O'Neal had one of the most powerful agents (Sue Mengers) yet he sunk his career with abysmal choices. Reading his screen credits from the late 70's and on makes you wince.

 

[KarmaPolice]

After Yang

Another A24 movie that I just didn't get. I'm just not on that wavelength I guess.

At the very least, did the opening number get a little crack of a smile from you?