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01-26-2019 , 10:11 AM

#701

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http://www.openculture.com/2019/01/o...pen+Culture%29

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01-26-2019 , 11:11 PM

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MSchu18

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There is a 4k restoration and limited theatrical release of I am Cuba being done...

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01-27-2019 , 09:55 AM

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Watched Glenn Close in The Wife. She’s going to win best actress, really well done.

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01-27-2019 , 02:07 PM

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I've made plenty of posts stating that I admire Christopher Doyle. This showed up on my youtube feed -- Doyle talking about neon lights in 90s Wong Kar-Wai movies.

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01-27-2019 , 02:14 PM

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There is a 4k restoration and limited theatrical release of I am Cuba being done...

Well worth seeing.

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01-28-2019 , 01:44 AM

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Saw it a few months ago in a theater but I guess it was 2K if the 4K hasn't been released yet. It was amazing regardless.

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01-28-2019 , 03:01 AM

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I finally saw A Star Is Born. Wow, I thought it was terrible. The story was crammed full of cliches, yet still not believable, and the only song I enjoyed at all was the Roy Orbison cover.

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It's a depressing story as well. No idea why people seemed to love this film.

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01-28-2019 , 04:08 AM

#708

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are any of the wsop2019 structures out yet?? please gents

Yes apparently James Cagney and Jimmy Stewart have a heads up match shaking but the structure is still in the works..

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01-28-2019 , 12:36 PM

#709

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Burning

Phone rings in the middle of the night: Nobody there.

I want to vanish: Like I never existed.

I have a bad feeling: His bathroom looks the same as a hotel’s.

Why does everybody smoke as though: They were German Colonels in WWII movies?

Dancing from The Bush to The Disco: Gangnam Style!

Naked chick dancing to the newly waxing moon: I hate it when they shave under their arms.

William Faulkner: The ghost in the room.

William Faulkner: Take barn burning, stand it on its head, then turn it inside out.

Stone in her heart/lost in a well: Where have we heard this before?

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Great flick, maybe the best this year. Stunningly and evocatively photographed. I don’t see many, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bad Korean movie. Based on a Murakami story -- it doesn’t have a talking giant frog, but it still works. Hope it finds an audience. Sometimes excruciating: Check it out.

Burning (2018) Eng subtitles. I finally got to see this South Korean mystery thriller and it was well worth it. Whew! The first half of the movie is a long buildup and seems like just a pleasant young adult romance with talks about life's meaning and family history and social class differences but eventually then you realize something is not right and the tension builds and builds to the "edge of your seat stage", and then to a fiery finish. Poor guy Jong-su falls in love with a childhood girlfriend when the sunlight reflects off a tower and into her bedroom. Who is this beautiful uninhibited girl, Shin Hae-mi, with her elegant dances and motions? Is there really a pet cat? Was there a well or not? What happened to the pink watch? How does the young cool hipster Ben get all his riches and his Porsche and what is his game? Why is he yawning? Where is this burning greenhouse he talks of? Quite a ride. Grade A-.

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01-28-2019 , 05:48 PM

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Did Blindspotting receive any love in the thread?

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01-28-2019 , 06:29 PM

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It didn't that I saw, but I really enjoyed it. That final scene in the garage was amazing!!

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01-28-2019 , 09:58 PM

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Three Identical Strangers

A CNN documentary about triplets who were adopted to different families and reunited at age 19. None of them, nor their parents, knew they were part of a set of triplets until they found each other by happenstance. Apparently, it was a huge deal at the time - they were on every talk show, etc., so some of you olds might remember it (I was only 4 at the time).

Pretty incredible story. Riveting film.

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01-28-2019 , 10:50 PM

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yeah, that one's good ^^^^^^

So how bad does it hurt my film geek cred that I like John Lee Hancock films like the Blind Side and the Rookie?

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01-29-2019 , 12:13 AM

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yeah, that one's good ^^^^^^

So how bad does it hurt my film geek cred that I like John Lee Hancock films like the Blind Side and the Rookie?

Not great films, but good stories. Nothing wrong with liking something that tries to be no more than it is.

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01-29-2019 , 04:17 AM

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Blindspotting I guess got lost for me in a several month span that also had the better BlackKklansmen and Sorry to Bother You. No strong opinion.

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Originally Posted by chillrob

I finally saw A Star Is Born. Wow, I thought it was terrible. The story was crammed full of cliches, yet still not believable, and the only song I enjoyed at all was the Roy Orbison cover.

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It's a depressing story as well. No idea why people seemed to love this film.

I thought it was ok and Gaga was great, but I'm fine with your take on it.

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01-29-2019 , 11:27 AM

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I concur that Three Identical Strangers is very good. They really peel back the onion so it just keeps getting more and more interesting as it goes.

Watched another documentary. Perfect Bid is about a guy that tried to win Price is Right by memorizing every price from every show. Unlike the documentary above, it peels back nothing. Although it is fairly interesting, it doesn't merit a full lengthy documentary. It gets really annoying listening to this guy go through every excruciating detail.

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01-29-2019 , 11:44 AM

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Hercules, Samson, and Ulysses This is what movie making is all about.

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I can't say enough how monumentally horrible, and at the same time, monumentally great this movie is.

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01-29-2019 , 01:30 PM

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I love the Italian version of Ulysses staring Kirk Diuglas... really a good Homer movie.

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01-29-2019 , 01:33 PM

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After the very forgettable first man, we finally are getting a GREAT Apollo 11 movie staring the real deal!

In 65mm/70mm no less

I CAN NOT wait!

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01-29-2019 , 02:15 PM

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Hercules, Samson, and Ulysses This is what movie making is all about.

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I can't say enough how monumentally horrible, and at the same time, monumentally great this movie is.

One of the true joys of growing up in the late 50's/early 60's was the Saturday Afternoon Matinee at the local theater. It always featured a Hercules, Sampson or Tarzan type of movie and 25 to 30 cartoons. The theater was a total zoo with 200 8 to 12 year olds running up and down the aisles yelling and screaming with no adults in sight. We were mostly unchaperoned in those days. Some of my absolute best childhood memories.

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01-29-2019 , 02:47 PM

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I can't say enough how monumentally horrible, and at the same time, monumentally great this movie is.

After reading your review, the only possible conclusion is GREAT!

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01-29-2019 , 04:35 PM

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This Conan interview with Bill Hader about It 2 just popped up on my YouTube recommended videos. It's nothing and is semi-off topic for this thread, but I found it really funny:

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01-29-2019 , 04:58 PM

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After the very forgettable first man, we finally are getting a GREAT Apollo 11 movie staring the real deal!

In 65mm/70mm no less

I CAN NOT wait!

Chills.

When I was in 6th grade, I built a 5-foot model of the Saturn V rocket and Apollo 11. Took me a month. It is still my proudest achievement.

I had posters of Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins in my room.

I will be first in line for this - it brought back that feeling of wonder from back then.