Just saw In the Heights. Really fantastic. Exuberant, fun, happy. And we saw it in an actual theatre! Woo hoo!
Just watched Rob Roy again. Hadn't seen it in a long time. Loved it, loved it, loved it even with all the emotion control in it.
I watched Pixars "Inside Out" a few weeks ago and it is honestly one of the most brilliantly done movies I've seen.
I watched the precurssor to the Mel Gibson movie "Payback". It was titled Point Blank and starred Lee Marvin and Angie Dickenson.
Best Enemies with 'Sam Rockwell...true story of a KKK leader in Durham SC and an integration activists.in 1971..powerful story of how we made one of the first leaps in racial integration from a surprising source....Highly recommended but it's not a hollywood movie at all...brilliant film
The Salesman. In Farsi with English subtitles. Tells story of husband and wife pair of actors in Iran who are starring in production of Death of a Salesman. Shortly before opening night, the woman is attacked in their apartment. The man then works to learn who did it and why. Tells what happened when he found out.
The Captain A true story about a German WWII private deserter who happens to find a German half track shot up by allied airplanes and a dead Captain. The guy puts on a Captain's uniform and impersonates a Wehrmacht Captain. He is successful by telling people he is on a mission directly from Hitler. He is so successful that he is able to enforce Nazi law including murdering about a hundred prisoners that were deemed Wehrmacht deserters. He even makes others believe that he is more important than about five other Captains that he finds in control of the small prison camp. He is eventually found out and at a tribunal where they are so impressed with his ability to restore some sort of order that they let this 21 year old private go. There's more but I've got to some of the story. There's another story The Captain but it's a fictional account of a Chinese airline pilot that is really lousy. I enjoyed the first The Captain and it showed the horrors of war.
Anyone here have The Criterion Channel? They have a Judy Holliday collection, and I'd never heard of her but have fallen in love. Ranking the ones I've seen: 1. Born Yesterday (she beat out Gloria Swanson (Sunset Boulevard) and Bette Davis (All About Eve) for the Oscar, and deserves it) 2. It Should Happen to You (with Jack Lemmon's first film appearance) 3. The Solid Gold Cadillac 4. Phffft! (second team-up with Jack Lemmon) 5. Bells are Ringing (musical with Dean Martin - tragically she would die of cancer shortly after this was released) Check 'em out - perhaps start with The Solid Gold Cadillac - it's a good taster.
Pig (2020) - A truffle hunter (Nicholas Cage) who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped. 97% on Rotten Tomatoes My rating: 4/5 stars NOT a John Wick knock-0ff. Drama about loss and grief.
Pig was worth watching, but wasn't amazing. The way they referred to Portland as "the City" was weird to me, do people outside of Portland call it that?
Okay, here's a 1965 movie that I have not seen recently but it's such a great movie that it deserves a shout out, King Rat, starring George Segal. It's a story about the survival of a group of allied prisoners in a Japanese POW camp.
Here's another great movie set in 1981 again starring George Segal and Denzel Washington's breakout movie called Carbon Copy. It's both funny and hits home. Great acting by George Segal, Denzel Washington, Susan Saint James, Jack Warden and Dick Martin.
Both Carbon Copy and King Rat will be on Comcast shortly. I've set my DVR to record both of them else you're going to have to rent or buy both individually.
I just watched “Home movie, Princess Bride” last night and loved it. If you’re a fan of the original, I think you’ll like this. It was fantastic
I bought this once for 99 cents in a dvd sale bin in Eugene...it's pretty cheesy for a sci fi flick but that seemed intentional...have to dust it off and watch it again one day..I think it was a young Charlotte Rampling...she always plays German spies these days
Yeah, I don't think they went with that tagline on the poster... There are a bunch of movies that I just wouldn't go near with a ten foot pole, especially after having kids. Perhaps top of the list: We Need To Talk About Kevin.
A friend of mine once got expelled from a private school because he jokingly threatened one of his buddies that he'd shoot him in the neck with a bow and arrow. His nickname has been Kevin ever since.
