Amen.

Wish there were more like him. I feel like if I had him to look up as a kid, I would have turned out 70% better

woohoo, starting watching my charter criterion channel movies. Great for watching foreign, artsy, intellectual films which I admire. Treated myself to Ordet(1955, Danish, Dreyer) and Mirror(1975, Russian, Tarkovsky) . Wonderful but now I need some less mindful video to take a rest. Game of Thrones should do it!

Tucker and Date vs. Evil Silly stupid "horror" movie about silly stupid college kids and silly stupid hillbillies. I gotta admit I found myself laughing out loud at the silly stupidness. If you are in the mood for mindless nonsense, I'd recommend.

The Dawn Wall To guys try to climb the "Dawn Wall" face of El Capitan for the first time. The actual climbing doesn't evoke the same "oh my god" response as Free Solo, but it is an impressive feat nonetheless. The back story is just crazy, though. I won't reveal, but it's scarier than climbing a cliff imo.

Tucker and Dale is elite, same director as zombieland, just thinking about it make me we want to rewatch it.

Love both of those artsy films. But there's always a need for some foolishness, too.

Ok movie people. Save my sanity.

The horror at Notre Dame today has me thinking of one of my favourite pieces of history. Hitler ordered Notre Dame destroyed at the end of WWII but it was found full of explosives but not destroyed because General von Choltitz defied Hitler and refused to do it because it was so beautiful.

This story is told in a movie. What one? I can’t remember and it’s driving me nuts!

The movie is not about this. It’s an off hand story told in the movie.

Don't have any qualms with your opinion on Shazam- I thought it was good/enjoyable, but understand it's not for everyone- but Chuck was a phenomenal T.V show and, even if it wasn't for you, Levi was objectively amazing as the lead. What Chuck did so well was throw a bunch of different tones at you, at any point it could be any of funny/sweet/emotional/action-packed. To successfully pull that off your leads have to be able to make the shifts in tone seem seamless and believable, and Levi did that amazingly. Combine that with the amazing chemistry he had with Yvonne Strahovski and Adam Baldwin/Josh Gomez and I don't see why anyone would want to forget his performance on that show, even if you weren't a big fan of the show itself.

It sounds like you are referring to the Franco-German movie Diplomatie ...

Thanks but that’s not it. I’ve never seen that. The movie I am thinking of is not about the event. It’s modern times and someone just tells it.

Before sunrise

Holy ****. I’m completely embarrassed.

It’s literally in my top five all time and I’ve seen it 50 times and couldn’t make the connection.

I’m getting old.

Thanks!

Diplomacy is great. Definitely worth checking out if you think that story is at all interesting.

I'm always impressed by movies which can hold my attention with only a few actors.

Also, see Is Paris Burning?

This one very good, Thriller! You can watch it for free.

https://www3.1movies.is/movie/acrimony/112346/qPCqaqhg

lol a Tyler Perry drama? Those are funnier than his comedies.

Shia L. tells Kimmell about the nigh he was arrested for slapping Alan Cummings ass.



damn funny story

Hang 'em High came on last night. Notice the label on the whiskey bottle at 0:14



Is that the same label as they used in Unforgiven? (about 1:53 and 2:12)



If so, I'm curious if it has any meaning, Clint being the star of both. Or is it just a movie prop coincidence, westerns always use the same looking whiskey bottles?

Anyone with knowledge in that area?

That's interesting... there is a longmorn whiskey, but the label is not the same

I don't have any real idea what I'm talking about but I'd wager a bunch of $ that it's not a coincidence.

Caught The Best of Enemies on discount day.

Checks off the social justice buttons in a low-intensity melodramatic approach. The film chooses understatement to make its points - exemplified by Rockwell's performance.

Feels slightly formulaic during its 130+ minute run time. PG-13 with racially charged dialogue. Can easily be broken up into chunks when streaming. Tells a slice of specific history story that will be new to many viewers.

It was worth the $5.50 admission; regular night pricing, not so much.

My spouse loved it. I liked it.

Last couple days watched Sean Baker's Tangerine in class. Again, really didn't know how students would react, but they loved it. One said, "I didn't want it to end."

Tonight got home and watched Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married. Hadn't heard much about this one, but how can you go wrong with Robyn Hitchcock as a wedding singer? I found the film moving and strange, but it works. Debra Winger is fabulous by the way.

Two great movies. I love the actress who plays Rachel. Can’t remember her name.

She was good. She looked like she could have been Debra Winger's daughter.

I posted this a few months ago for a 2 + 2 fellow to suggest some solid to excellent obscure sci-fi movies :