Thanks, we will give it a go. We are doing a one old one new horror thing at the moment so we are watching Halloween next. I’ve never seen it as I’m not really a horror buff. Certainly not one for slashers which is why (along with the very, very tired postmodern irony) I didn’t enjoy Scream.
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Watched Sound of Metal which I thought was quite excellent and eye opening.
Master Gardener felt so wooden and not in the Bressonian/Lanthimos sense… was just too contrived to really care about the film.
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FWIW, I use my local library system for DVDs and online movie access.
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I have a couple of issues with that article. My guess is that the person who wrote it has Asian heritage but was born and raised in the States and is still pretty young, so they were theorizing about things they don’t actually know about.
Having said that, “Warrior” is a excellent – albeit brutally violent – series, and I appreciated some of the cinematic details pointed out in the article.
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Silver Dollar Road is next on my Amazon list:
This is an interesting viewing recommendation too, FTA:
don’t expect Peck to return the story with a follow-up documentary. Instead, he would prefer audiences see Silver Dollar Road as the third part of a trilogy that started with the Oscar-nominated I Am Not Your Negro and follows Exterminate All the Brutes.
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This is exciting. I thought I Am Not Your Negro was excellent, and deeply moving. I tried Exterminate All thr Brutes twice, but haven’t been able to get through it yet. It’s honest about history that we must not forget, but from what I remember, damn, it’s unrelentingly brutal.
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Tonight was Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter to lure Pussycat back into the horror movies (because it’s one I knew she already likes).
Lovely new remaster. It’s atypical but one of the best Hammer productions, and one of Caroline Munro’s best roles (damn I wish she hadn’t turned down Vampirella - she would have been perfect and she deserved a starring role in something).
It’s a very classy, no nudity no gore Hammer flick. Kronos isn’t laughably campy and he has a back story that’s only hinted at. He has a fucking katana and kills three guys with one swipe!
Not in the slightest bit horrifying or scary, but… Caroline Munro!
I couldn’t resist this hilariously sexist vintage publicity still. This is not a scene from the film!
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Haven’t seen it yet, but I hope Scorsese realises that one day oeople will watch this on their phone and pause it whenever they want.
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Nonsense. Oeople don’t have ohones, they’re not even allowed to have them.
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I’m not a big Scorceae fan, Casino is by far the worst film I’ve watched this year, it’s fucking awful, but I really do want to watch this. Just awkward to get to watch.
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From the Hollywood Reporter article on this:
"People say it’s three hours, but come on, you can sit in front of the TV and watch something for five hours,” Scorsese said. “Also, there are many people who watch theatre for three and a half hours. There are real actors on stage — you can’t get up and walk around. You give it that respect; give cinema some respect.”
I mean, theatre productions are also known to have intermissions. This isn’t some alien practice introduced to ruin the flow of his film. This is, at least in my opinion, something that helps viewers watch the whole film while also respecting that they may not be able to comfortably remain in their seats for the whole damn movie.
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Uh oh. I slipped up here. Now everyone will know I’m from that parrallel universe where Opple introduced the Opad and Ophone.
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Busted!
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I watched Five Nights at Freddy’s with my 10 year-old last night. She loved it. The only thing I liked about it was Matthew Lillard because I always like Matthew Lillard. And I didn’t care about anything in the movie until Springtrap did the Ghostface wipe from Scream. I love a good actor allusion. Given the weekend box office, we’re likely guaranteed a sequel now.
Which sucks because creator Scott Cawthon is a Christo-fascist forced birther who absolutely gives his money to all the wrong people. (The movie didn’t get any of ours.)
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Thought I would watch a sci-fi adventure and stumbled upon a creature feature on Netflix:
Adam Driver plays an astronaut having a run of very bad luck.
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I watched the trailer a while back and decided to pass on it; is it worth a reconsideration?
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It’s full of plot holes and the story makes no sense, but it’s got lots of fun action and Adam Driver really chewing up the scenery… So, that kind of eye-rolling fun…
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Ah, I made the right choice, then.
My personal rule, no matter what the medium nor the vehicle of narrator:
Before you do anything else, tell me a good story.
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Yeah, you have a much higher standard on that than I do… I’m okay with a crappy story that makes no sense, if it at least makes me laugh along the way…
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Yeah, I admit it; I’m a total snob when it comes to my escapism.
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