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-The Passenger- '23
Gallons of blood thru 3 ultra violent slaughters, but serviceable.
It's either Amazon OR Netflix.
The film itself can be watched on youtube for free, at least in the US.
-The Passenger- '23
Gallons of blood thru 3 ultra violent slaughters, but serviceable.
It's either Amazon OR Netflix.
Finally caught up to -Insomnia- '02.
What a fine film. I cannot imagine another actor other than Pacino accomplishing that fete. A meticulous production start to finish that was never rushed, nor stalled. & Williams coming to the fore there. Bless his soul.
A flawless motion picture event of film. American film.
Saw -Good People- 2014 over the weekend. Anytime you can get James Franco is front of a camera is a fine day. Here he is with Kate Hutson as a married couple up against the wall on money issues. They live in London and happen across drug money; 220,000 pounds of it; I immediately paused the movie and tallied it for us in U.S. currency at $280,000 of it.
It's pretty stout, though there is some confusion with the high falutin' Black character "Khan" as we tally forth to the end and the big shoot out.
The violence is palpable right from the start as the bad guys force a bright, shiny red billiard ball on/down a bloke.
An added treat is a full naked rump shot of Franco, nah, I'm just in' with ya's of a Monday mornin' comin' down. Hudson shows her ass, completely naked, in a shower scene and it is one fine ass.
Another added treat is the inclusion of Tom Wilkinson who passed recently. Here he plays the London detective who's interest in the kids is not without condition. He's vested otherwise, and heavily so.
It's a typical London landscape, but that's fine. You know it coming in.
Finally watched the Hunger Game movies (not the 5th one , because most prequels)
1-3 were good imo
The 4th one was a bit disappointing; and why would you kill Catnip's sister and Fennick? I don't see any impactful stake tbh, except for making Catnip even more pissed at Julianne Moore
Great acting overall, even if Pita bread had a punchable face
Sutherland was amazing
Society of the snow on Netflix.
Good movie and worth your time. Of course this story has been told about a hundred times now, but not quite like this.
Took a flyer on -Knock at the Cabin- over night. A smart ass 7-year-old slope leads it off, followed by her 2 dads.
Uh, uh. If I had a dog I wouldn't hit him in the ass with it.
Saw it in the listings and hesitated. I'll tally forth now on your recommendation.
Danka shane.
Viewed one of my all-time favorites last evening...-A Strange Affair- '96 with Judith Light, William Russ as the interloper and the late great Jay Thomas as the downcast and soon stroked husband. Love this one with all me heart. Russ is a gas station owner who owns and flies a small plane (I know, I know) and we're shown Niagara Falls from height and it's just awesome.
In many scenes Light is filmed thru a see-thru cloth to help her along. Fine. I got nary problem with it.
Russ is nails as usual as an every-man who saves both Light and Thomas.
Thomas is wonderful. I rue his death every-single-day. He had a bum ticker.
Robin Dunn is at youth (the son), and it's all ahead of him, bless his heart.
It's at 90 minutes on the Freevee stream and holds commercials, but they're short and scarce so it's just fine.
Jay Thomas
^ Dale have you ever watched?
"I ALMOST Got Away With It"
American Heros Channel.
Some eps are a hoot.
Some are ghastly. You can usually tell after the opening 5 minutes.
The Zone Of Interest
7/10
Very effective in messaging, but not entertaining (it’s not really supposed to be). The first 20 minutes you’ll sit in shock at what you’re seeing and hearing. After that I was thinking “this movie is pretty boring” which of course is kinda the point, seeing how easily we can be desensitized and tune out abject horror.
It’s a supremely effective and well-crafted art piece. Glazer is a master of his craft. As a movie I didn’t particularly enjoy it, but again this movie isn’t meant to be enjoyable. But I’d recommend it wholeheartedly for a one-time viewing experience.
NO. I'll take a search for it, Mult. Thanks...***Yeah, it's on Prime Video. I'll go watch it at once.
It's there, Mult, unfortunately it costs money.
8.5/10 for me.
The only things to me were how weird Efron looked the whole movie and how they didn't really do Kerry justice as to how big he really was in his prime.
I thought McCallany was a dead ringer for the dad
Saw a merciless film just after midnight this morning. Nick Cage in an independent production...-Mandy- in 2018...aside from Cage only Bill Duke, in a sequenced cameo will register. It's quick, but it's good to see Duke.
Mighty grim as an extended Jesus cult to include frightening biker gang---all ed up comprehensively with extra!!! potent drugs happen upon Cage's wife and we go on from there for well over an hour of this 2 hour heartless foray.
They want money for it on Amazon Prime, but it's on the TUBI for nothing and the commercials are short & scarce.
Gird your loins as it will not be a soft seat.
Found an old DVD of -The Betsy- from '78 at the local library for sale for .50 cents Thursday afternoon, sat down with the wife and watched it again last night. Brings back great memories of the circa for us and the movie is just wonderful. Has beautiful women, start to finish...Leslie Ann Down is stone cold gorgeous in this. Her eyes are more brilliant than Swift's in that picture on the other thread. As is Katherine Ross at absolute zenith. Kathleen Beller at 22 has a full frontal nude scene in the front portion of this film. She's pool side showing off for Tommy Lee Jones who has come out onto the balcony of his room above. Guys, you've got see this sequence. He's, I mean she's got a full bush, I swear they must have "teased" it to help it flourish for this scene. It's abundant & springy. They hit it not once, but twice during the scene and it's just divine. She's also full breasted and they're just sheer perfection. I mean ing flawless. I don't like heavy boobs as a rule, but this shot is the livin' end. So, I was flexible and made an exception to said rule.
I looked for it over on the Google, but the sections are all dulled out, cept this one...
The story goes back & forth from '75 America to '30 America in telling the tale of this family and their trials and tribulations in the automobile business. Lawrence Olivier is the family patriarch and resident horn-dog. Remember, in that circa Olivier couldn't go back to the UK unless he had the arrears tax money to make it right with them. So, he went back to work in the movie business here in the States, making pictures and selling swag for Kodak.
A smidgen over 2 hours, but it goes quick, too quick.
Maggie Moore(s) on Hulu
8/10
Solid movie with some shock value at the end. The viewer knows who did it but it's fun watching sheriff (Jon Hamm) try to figure it out while the perps try to stay one step ahead
Rickles, with Reagan: it gets better than this, I just can't locate that upon the face of the earth.
Nobody even watched a movie during the week they cast me down with the sodomites?
I watched a veritable load.
And some damn good ones.
-The Devil all the Time- 2020 --- Over two hours. A complete(ed) story conducted thru this movie. They took their time, did it right and the reward is abundant. How a portion of this story physically beats down/rots out the couple who are into a deadly cuckold lifestyle is such attention to detail that it is worth it to see the wreckage they leave in their twisted wake.
It's in' film. American film.
-Slow West- 2015 at 84 minutes you'd think it'd go quick. No. It drags a bit, but the payoff, the shootout is crazed and makes the trip endurable. The McPhee kid is in it along with that Fassbender fellow.
-Kwik Stop- 2001 --- Dangerously close to 2 hours: it's grim, vulgar, filled with poverty on multiple levels. & you're forewarned...it will never let up. Ever. The religion thing/couldn't get it(my boiler plate) straightened out enough to type it. Somehow though as it moves in that 2 hour beat down of the viewer the girl (didi) becomes more and more beautiful, till at the end, she's drop dead gorgeous. The production knew. And did that, I just can't figure out (why), but was inexplicably grateful for the strategy and goodness of it.
Amazon Prime Video has reconciled the entire 12-year-run...-My Three Sons-...it's uncut, but a small 30 second commercial spot is included for each episode, so, it ain't pure. I don't cotton to the B&W episodes, even though they are good. I always start in with Season 6 ('65-'66) when Mike leaves the show and Ernie comes aboard to re-complete the (3 Sons). The show had moved from ABC to CBS twixt seasons 5&6 and once over at CBS they shot in color.
I love this show and it made my banishment bearable as I found it's rebirth almost simultaneously with the start of my ban. This is American television at it's zenith, it's finest hour. It was & remains a stunning achievement.
American Fiction 4/10
The point was made in 5 minutes and the rest of the story was dry and meaningless. Had some potential to be really hilarious and went nowhere.
Has anyone seen The Bee Keeper? Seems meh generic Statham flick but I don't mind cheap entertainment as long as I know what I am in for.
I love -Wild Card- in 2015---to death. Statham, otherwise? No.
The beginning con is tighter than a nun's snootch on the Sabbath. It hits the heart on a variety of fronts as JS is sanctioned human in this film, he is not detached to the plot as so many of his films he refuses to engage with it. Not here. Not this time. His friend (the girl) is so drop dead gorgeous (In THIS film), before AND after the incident that it hurts the heart to behold her. She a second to Kelly Reilly in this department. A distant second. And she knows "Nick" [intimately, but not sexually] as she tasks him whether he likes it, or, not.
Stanley Tucci, as "Baby" [[[par excellent life-long bag man for CNN]]] is superb set in there, (that after repeated viewings you can't wait till his portion comes up), I've just nary other choice than to cite him thus. I hate the , but he facilitates this story at the precise moment it so badly needed it.
The story is complete, the timing spot on. It's JS's finest hour.
& it's film. American film.
Watched a bugger of tripe this evening -U-Turn- with a bevy of stars from 1997. Principles are Sean Penn & Jennifer Lopez. It clocks in at a bit over 2 hours and it drags without mercy. But I hung thru. It's Oliver Stone BS. And the budget must have been record breaking. Jon Voight has a principal role in this, but you'll never guess who he portrays. The violence is palpable, but you really don't care who suffers, they all deserved it.
Joaquin Phoenix looks like a million bucks in this GD thing. Unbelievable.
Billy Bob Thornton standard fare.
Powers Booth standard fare.
I wouldn't waste my time on it, but I did.
Madame Web 3/10.
Started out intriguing and then slid downhill into garbage Disney Channel level mediocrity.
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