Aliens: Romulus--I liked it. If you like the franchise, you'd probably enjoy it. Alien 4 was the worst for me.
Hundreds of Beavers--Amazon. Slapstick comedy. Got a lot of critical praise, but for me I enjoyed it for a while, but went on and on and on. Sort of Roadrunner vs Wile E Coyote stuff.
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I've only seen Hiroshima, Mon Amour and Last Year at Marienbad. His documentary short, Night and Fog, is on Max, I believe. I've yet to see it but it's on my watchlist.Originally Posted by Progbear
I found HMA kinda boring. It doesn't help when you're watching something that is philosophically deep and it's in a different language/subtitled.
LYaM, otoh, perplexes me – but in a good way. Narratively, it's closer to one of Lynch's "strange" films than the French New Wave Renais is regularly lumped in with. I've seen it three times, now, and I still don't entirely know what's what.
Something I've always thought would make a great double feature is Last Year at Marienbad and Bergman's Persona.
Is it finally available to stream? If so, where?
“The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the white zone."
Not yet, not that I know of, went to the theater. It was pretty great tho, had some tension I wasn't expecting plus some surprises.
Watched Immaculate (2024) a decent Italian convent horror story on Kanopy starring Sydney Sweeney.
You're Next ('11)
Fast paced home invasion thriller with a twist. Nice sprinkling of dark humor too. Very good time with this one...loved the ending.
6.7 out of 10 crushed craniums
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
Beauty and the Beast (1946) - 7.5/10
Beavers , I lasted 20 minutes.
I'm sure the beavers were pleased. Some guys only last a couple minutes.
The Ice Storm (1997)
Ang Lee's family drama set in 1973 New Canaan Ct. is one I watch every year around Thanksgiving, when the movie takes place.
There was an actual ice storm that hit the northeast in December 1974. I was in 6th grade and remember it fondly for we had no school for a week before Christmas.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
I remember that storm. There was at least an inch of solid ice on everything. Hard enough to skatre on.
A really well done movie, helluva story though not exactly the feel-good type.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
I was in tenth grade. We had just moved from the Northeast to California.
No lookin' back.
Impera littera designata delenda est.
Tank Girl (1995). Total goofball action-adventure flick set in a postapocalyptic Australia, complete with kangaroo-human hybrids (one played by Ice-T) and an eeeeevil Power and Water Company led by a beautifully eeeeevil Malcom McDowall. (I just looked up his filmography, because I mostly know him from A Clockwork Orange and Star Trek: Generations. Damn, he's one busy lad!) Anyway, it's one of those movies where you don't want to engage your brain too closely; but on that level it succeeds brilliantly.
Impera littera designata delenda est.
There seems to be enough post-apocalyptic movies set in Australia, that it makes you wonder if it's the current norm.
I love this movie. Reminds me a bit of my younger daze....
"And this is the chorus.....or perhaps it's a bridge...."
Same.
I grew up near the town where it was filmed and took place.
I was the same age as Sandy Carver in 1973.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Civil War I caught a view off YT. I was interested in watching it, altho I have to admit I was a little bit disappointed. I don't know exactly what I was expecting. I think the news reporters always being right there in the heat of action was a bit unrealistic for me--not that I would know. It's still worth recommending tho.
I had the same feeling when I first saw it in the theater, but I recently re-watched it knowing that the story was being told from the perspective of a press photographer and I enjoyed it a lot more. I think my original expectations were off of what the film actually is, and knowing that the 2nd time it resonated more with me.
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