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Saw Joker: folie a faux.  Simply terrible.  Boring, meandering, plodding from one song to the next with a pointless payoff.  
I like Phoenix a lot in general.  I wasn’t even turned off by the musical aspect though its kind of an odd choice.  
 

It’s hard to believe something this boring got made in the super hero/popcorn movie genre.  

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Conclave.  

Read the book last year.  Wasnt able to make time to see it in a theater.  

I thought it was really good.  Actor driven.  Moved at its own pace.  Loved the music and cinematography.  

Enjoyed the book and enjoyed the movie. 

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6 hours ago, Post Oak said:

Conclave.  

Read the book last year.  Wasnt able to make time to see it in a theater.  

I thought it was really good.  Actor driven.  Moved at its own pace.  Loved the music and cinematography.  

Enjoyed the book and enjoyed the movie. 

 

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Unstoppable (2024)  About Anthony Robles, one legged national champion wrestler for AZ State. It was a typical biopic sports movie, reality was punched up a bit.  J lo looked great..his real mom looks pretty good actually, good casting. I'm a former wrestler and a fan, so I enjoyed it, the wrestling scenes were done well. You can tell the kid who played McDonough was a high level wrestler.  I know he worked really hard and it's inspirational, but he really did have a big advantage over other 125 pounders. He was built like a 157 pounder, so he completely manhandled everyone. He should've had to weigh in with a prosthetic, or add 20 lbs.  I still think he would've been competitive.

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Conclave up vote.

Of Mice and Men, the B&W version from the day with Burgess Meredith.  Solid flick.

Paint Your Wagon, Eastwood and Lee Marvin as gold mining partners.  One of the last musicals of its time.  We laughed and enjoyed it.

Houseboat, Cary Grant and Sophia Loren, that's all you need to know.  Recommended.

Marty, Ernest Borgnine, solid movie then and stands the time test.

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11 hours ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

Conclave up vote.

Of Mice and Men, the B&W version from the day with Burgess Meredith.  Solid flick.

Paint Your Wagon, Eastwood and Lee Marvin as gold mining partners.  One of the last musicals of its time.  We laughed and enjoyed it.

Houseboat, Cary Grant and Sophia Loren, that's all you need to know.  Recommended.

Marty, Ernest Borgnine, solid movie then and stands the time test.

Seen all of those except Conclave and it's on my list. Paint Your Wagon is great even with the singing and dancing. Horton!!!

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15 hours ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

Conclave up vote.

Of Mice and Men, the B&W version from the day with Burgess Meredith.  Solid flick.

Paint Your Wagon, Eastwood and Lee Marvin as gold mining partners.  One of the last musicals of its time.  We laughed and enjoyed it.

Houseboat, Cary Grant and Sophia Loren, that's all you need to know.  Recommended.

Marty, Ernest Borgnine, solid movie then and stands the time test.

Always been one of my favorites. Young Sophia Loren is incredible.

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On 1/21/2025 at 9:36 AM, Pokoloco said:

Unstoppable (2024)  About Anthony Robles, one legged national champion wrestler for AZ State. It was a typical biopic sports movie, reality was punched up a bit.  J lo looked great..his real mom looks pretty good actually, good casting. I'm a former wrestler and a fan, so I enjoyed it, the wrestling scenes were done well. You can tell the kid who played McDonough was a high level wrestler.  I know he worked really hard and it's inspirational, but he really did have a big advantage over other 125 pounders. He was built like a 157 pounder, so he completely manhandled everyone. He should've had to weigh in with a prosthetic, or add 20 lbs.  I still think he would've been competitive.

Watched it tonight, filming took some liberties with the story, but it was good.  I was checking Wiki while watching and sort of giving my wife the stats as the movie progressed.  Would recommend.   I find some inspiration with the

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letters being read in the box.  Pretty cool. 

 

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On 1/12/2025 at 1:11 PM, WBT said:

I guess it doesn't have its own thread but I saw A Complete Unknown and loved it.  Timmy did great.

Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash also stole every scene especially near the end when he had to move his car.  "June left last night with her mama..."  gives look

I enjoyed this movie too. 
 

 

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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat.  Excellent doc detailing the killing of Prime Minister of the Congo Patrice Lumumba.  Excellent footage of some jazz greats highlight the historical recordings of Cold War activity between US, USSR, Belgium, and the Congo. Oscar nominated for best doc in 2024.

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18 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

Jean Arthur was fantastic in that role.

Marlene Dietrich was equally fantastic. Any time I think of her, it's saying "Oh Johnny!" It's a woefully underrated film. Those two played off each other perfectly. Billy Wilder knew what he was doing.

Phoebe Frost : Exactly what is it you want from me Fräulein von Schluetow?

Erika von Schluetow : Let's go up to my apartment. It's only a few ruins away from here.

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September 5.  Having watched the 1972 Olympics and this tragedy unfold, this film shows a side that I never thought about, namely the broadcast crew and all the workers who had the monumental task as a sports crew to broadcast live coverage of the terrorist kidnapping of the Israeli Olympic squad.  The actual live footage of Jim McKay's broadcast brought back memories of when I first heard his words letting the world know about the slaughter.  Peter Skarsgaard as Roone Arledge and John Magaro as Geoffrey Mason are outstanding. September 5 is much more tense and definitely shorter than Spielberg's Munich.

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