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4 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

Watched Logan the other night during a bout of insomnia. 

 

I tend to watch porn when I have a bout of insomnia. Might as well release some stress. 

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Went to see Paddington in Peru last night. If you have kids you DEFINITELY need to take the to see it. Just a beautiful movie overall. Even if you don't have kids this is a movie to go see because you'll leave the theatre feeling good. It was just a film that makes you feel good and I am glad there is more of this type of stuff out there now. 

 

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Been on a Woody Allen kick. Watched Midnight in Paris. Enjoyed it, but just not an Owen Wilson fan for some reason. Blue Jasmine. Loved it and Kate Blanchett was outstanding. Annie Hall. Didn't realize Diane Keaton had such a great voice, and she was total smoke. Classic great movie. 

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Companion - I didn't have whole lot of interest in this, but I kept hearing great things, so I took a shot.  It's a really good and creative thriller.  I would go in blind if you can, but I knew the premise and it still worked for me.  I thought both the premise and the execution of the story were very clever and I was entertained the whole time.  

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Watched Margin Call on Prime last night. I was riveted within the first 10 minutes. Apparently they shot the movie in 17 days.

Simon Baker and Jeremy Irons were both great.

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Margin Call is A perfect movie in my estimation. The whole cast was fantastic. While the directors other movies were ok to good, his first one is the standout. 

Reminds me of the Lives of Others director in that his first movie is the standout while his other movies are ok.

 It’s true what Elvis Costello said, “You have your whole life to write your first album and only 18 months to write your second.”

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14 hours ago, Superhero said:

Watched Margin Call on Prime last night. I was riveted within the first 10 minutes. Apparently they shot the movie in 17 days.

Simon Baker and Jeremy Irons were both great.

I wish I could watch Margin Call for the first time again. Instead I just rewatch it at least once a year

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Rescue Dawn

It's about a U.S. navy pilot (played by Christian Bale) who get's shot down in Vietnam. Based on a true story, action and fighting plays a fairly minor role in the film, which is probably why it wasn't a box office hit. I found it a good movie and worth the watch, but it's not on the level of something like Saving Private Ryan.

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The Monkey. This did deliver comedy with the death scenes. I LOL’d out loud along with the rest of the people there when they happened. This was a well done movie and it went straight to the point of things. I would watch it again. If any of you have a frustrating day mark down watching this one once it starts streaming.

 

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6 hours ago, NAVY said:

Just watched IT. Jesus this movie sucks so bad. Total pile of shit 

I liked the mini-series I watched as a kid more. It was scarier to me as a child than watching two movies about it as an adult.

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On 2/22/2025 at 8:46 AM, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

Juror #2.
Very meh and predictable from the start.

It needed something more. Just watched it last night. Came away the same. Jesus they totally wasted Simmons. His plot almost was pointless.

 

Damn Rotton Tomatoes failed me. It was that or Conclave and they both were 93 critic with Juror #2 higher audience score. Audiences are dumb. 

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After watching King of New York Amazon suggested one of the director's earlier movies.

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How did I miss this magnificent piece of shit on cable back in the 80s?

  • Jake Taylor as an overly tan Italian tough guy/former boxer/mob enforcer
  • Lots of early Melanie Griffith nudity as a stripper
  • G/G action with Rae Dawn Chong
  • Billy Dee Williams dishing out Italian slurs ala Jack Waltz in The Godfather
  • Basically a NY prequel to Stallone's magnum opus Cobra
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We Live in Time...  great movie, but be warned, it will get dusty (Streaming on Max)

Trailer reveals the plot.  I'd recommend you just get the wife and watch it. 

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9 hours ago, Genco said:

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After watching King of New York Amazon suggested one of the director's earlier movies.

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How did I miss this magnificent piece of shit on cable back in the 80s?

  • Jake Taylor as an overly tan Italian tough guy/former boxer/mob enforcer
  • Lots of early Melanie Griffith nudity as a stripper
  • G/G action with Rae Dawn Chong
  • Billy Dee Williams dishing out Italian slurs ala Jack Waltz in The Godfather
  • Basically a NY prequel to Stallone's magnum opus Cobra

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I had never watched Stargate. Ancient Egyptian Scifi stuff is always a bit of brainless fun. Frame by frame it was everything a 90s blockbuster scifi should be. Very curious what a "serious" director like Villeneuve or Nolan or Cameron can do to a franchise like this instead of Roland Emmerich.

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1 hour ago, 52-80 said:

I had never watched Stargate. Ancient Egyptian Scifi stuff is always a bit of brainless fun. Frame by frame it was everything a 90s blockbuster scifi should be. Very curious what a "serious" director like Villeneuve or Nolan or Cameron can do to a franchise like this instead of Roland Emmerich.

Now you can watch the South Park imagination land episode and laugh even harder when they try to send Kurt Russel in the gate. 

 

 

Watched The Gorge on Apple TV.  Weird, random movie.  Kinda fell asleep towards the end.  It was neither good nor sucked.

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11 hours ago, locodos said:

We Live in Time...  great movie, but be warned, it will get dusty (Streaming on Max)

Trailer reveals the plot.  I'd recommend you just get the wife and watch it. 

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I saw it a few months back, I thought it was OK. I felt that the 3rd act just kind of lost the plot. I mean if you're going to have a gimmick that the story is non-linear, why have it all resolve to the end with nothing that makes it worth it. Maybe I just didn't get it, but I felt that it was lacking.

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4 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

 

I saw it a few months back, I thought it was OK. I felt that the 3rd act just kind of lost the plot. I mean if you're going to have a gimmick that the story is non-linear, why have it all resolve to the end with nothing that makes it worth it. Maybe I just didn't get it, but I felt that it was lacking.

Fair enough.   The non linear story telling was critical to my enjoyment.  As the events unfolded you began to see the tragedy and joy more deeply.  If they told it a=>b=>c it would just be some shit that happened to a couple... I mean it still is, but it hit harder IMHO.  The ending could have been better and they left a lot unsaid...  which is fine but I'd have preferred some more finality

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Wife just went into labor yesterday and already back home... about to watch License To Drive as it kept running thru my head during the drive to the hospital.

 

DYK Corey Haim was only 5'7" and Feldman is 5'5"?  No wonder they always played kids lol

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10 minutes ago, BurgleBro said:

Wife just went into labor yesterday and already back home... about to watch License To Drive as it kept running thru my head during the drive to the hospital.

 

DYK Corey Haim was only 5'7" and Feldman is 5'5"?  No wonder they always played kids lol

I remember doing that same drive at 4am, rushing to get to the hospital, since the baby decided to arrive three weeks early.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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Last Breath. I enjoyed it. Direct and to the point. I did not see the documentary, but this was worth watching. Mark Bonner is a favorite actor of mine from the UK shows I have watched him in like Shetland, Line of Duty and Unforgotten. I’ll also watch just about anything Woody Harrelson is in.

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Deuces Wild.
 

In the great adventures of miscasting, what if I told there’s a movie where Matt Dillon, Norman Reedus, Frankie Muniz, and widow‘s peak Stephen Dorff portray members of Italian-American street gang in 1958 Brooklyn?

They even cast Big Pussy as a priest. Just wild, wild choices. Subtract Muniz, set it in Hell’s Kitchen, and make the Deuces an Irish gang and it might have been worked.

I know he’s passed, but Brad Renfro is dogshit bad/annoying in everything he was in. I wish he was still with us, and had chosen a different line of work. 

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Just watched The Last Duel. I had seen it before, but admittedly, was distracted when I watched it.  Watched it without distraction this time. I really enjoyed this movie.  Was INFURIATED at the treatment of Marguerite, but thought the acting was absolutely fantastic, especially Jodie Comer.  I know this is based on a book, so will be hunting that down and reading it.  

I would love to see more movies and TV shows based on actual history.  I read the Dark Queens in early 2024, and I think that would make a great TV series (or a movie, though you would have to really condense the timeline.

https://www.folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare-and-beyond/dark-queens-macbeth-shelley-puhak/

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38 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Just watched The Last Duel. I had seen it before, but admittedly, was distracted when I watched it.  Watched it without distraction this time. I really enjoyed this movie.  Was INFURIATED at the treatment of Marguerite, but thought the acting was absolutely fantastic, especially Jodie Comer.  I know this is based on a book, so will be hunting that down and reading it.  

I would love to see more movies and TV shows based on actual history.  I read the Dark Queens in early 2024, and I think that would make a great TV series (or a movie, though you would have to really condense the timeline.

https://www.folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare-and-beyond/dark-queens-macbeth-shelley-puhak/

Probably Ridley Scott’s last great movie unfortunately. I’m not sure why the movie wasn’t better received. The duel scene is a masterpiece of hand to hand combat. 

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