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Post by munkivelli on Oct 4, 2020 21:33:43 GMT -6
American Utopia was fantastic...Spike did a good job with it.
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Post by dij22 on Oct 5, 2020 10:04:52 GMT -6
For whatever reason we never got around to The Florida Project when it first came out, but I noticed it was available on Netflix so we finally watched last night. MPH and I both loved it, the acting was amazing but especially so from all those children. I wish more directors gave unknowns/non-actors a shot, especially for movies like this where it's so important that the audience can sympathize/empathize with the characters. Needless to say there wasn't a dry eye in our house by the end, unless you count Arya* who wasn't really able to follow the story. *Arya is our dog The Florida Project was amazing. Missed it when it came out too and saw it last year, but I still think about it all the time. One of the best movies I've seen in years.
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Post by dij22 on Oct 5, 2020 10:20:09 GMT -6
Watched Hollywoodland last night. Finally entering the Affleck Renaissance periof of his filmography. Not sure how much I should attribute my assessment to this being the first good Affleck movie I've seen in weeks, but I thought this was really great. He did a legit excellent job as George Reeves, and Adrien Brody was so good too. This is one of the rare movies that I thought should have been like 3 hours.
Affleck Rankings 1.) Good Will Hunting 2.) Dazed and Confused 3.) Shakespeare in Love 4.) The Way Back 5.) School Ties 6.) Hollywoodland 7.) Dogma 8.) Boiler Room 9.) Mallrats 10.) Chasing Amy 11.) Going All the Way 12.) Bounce 13.) Armageddon 14.) The Sum of All Fears 15.) 200 Cigarettes 16.) Changing Lanes 17.) Daddy and Them 18.) Jersey Girl 19.) Paycheck 20.) Phantoms 21.) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 22.) Forces of Nature 23.) Gigli 24.) Reindeer Games 25.) Pearl Harbor 26.) Daredevil 27.) Joseph: King of Dreams 28.) Surviving Christmas 29.) The Third Wheel 30.) Man About Town 31.) Glory Daze
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2020 9:39:49 GMT -6
Denver Film Festival just released their list - I have a 4-pack, so help me choose some movies, please: dff.eventive.org/filmsEnded up going with: Echo Shiva Baby Night of the Kings MLK/FBI Minari's watch window was too narrow for that to work, but it looks amazing. Excited about the ones we ended up choosing, though. Thanks for the recs, andrewvb and munkivelli
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Post by munkivelli on Oct 6, 2020 21:31:23 GMT -6
Denver Film Festival just released their list - I have a 4-pack, so help me choose some movies, please: dff.eventive.org/filmsEnded up going with: Echo Shiva babby Night of the Kings MLK/FBI Minari's watch window was too narrow for that to work, but it looks amazing. Excited about the ones we ended up choosing, though. Thanks for the recs, andrewvb and munkivelli This film festival in Middleburg, VA just posted their films and you can get Minari for a 24 hr rental window on Oct 17th films.middleburgfilm.org/film/minari/no geoblocking within the US
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2020 11:44:33 GMT -6
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Post by andrewvb on Oct 8, 2020 11:54:37 GMT -6
looks nice. impressed he got netflix to ok the "netflix international pictures" logo at the end.
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Post by munkivelli on Oct 8, 2020 16:26:47 GMT -6
World of Tomorrow Episode 3 is coming out tomorrow at 5est
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Post by Kamera on Oct 8, 2020 16:31:10 GMT -6
Disney/Pixar’s Soul moving to Christmas Day release on D+
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Post by Kamera on Oct 12, 2020 8:16:46 GMT -6
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Post by dij22 on Oct 12, 2020 14:34:56 GMT -6
Watched Smokin' Aces. Honestly one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Just complete dogshit. This is for 13-year old boys whose moms won't let them watch Boondock Saints because it's too intellectually demanding.
Inexplicable casting, atrocious accents, 35 characters and none of them are interesting, and a malignant hatred of women that permeates basically every scene. I hate this movie. I hate that it was made, I hate that it made money, and I hate Jeremy Piven. What an untalented waste of space. God dammit.
Affleck was laughably bad in this. He had a terrible Chicago accent (I think?), and clearly showed up on set for two days to film his scenes with zero effort.
Affleck Rankings 1.) Good Will Hunting 2.) Dazed and Confused 3.) Shakespeare in Love 4.) The Way Back 5.) School Ties 6.) Hollywoodland 7.) Dogma 8.) Boiler Room 9.) Mallrats 10.) Chasing Amy 11.) Going All the Way 12.) Bounce 13.) Armageddon 14.) The Sum of All Fears 15.) 200 Cigarettes 16.) Changing Lanes 17.) Daddy and Them 18.) Jersey Girl 19.) Paycheck 20.) Phantoms 21.) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 22.) Forces of Nature 23.) Gigli 24.) Reindeer Games 25.) Pearl Harbor 26.) Daredevil 27.) Joseph: King of Dreams 28.) Surviving Christmas 29.) The Third Wheel 30.) Man About Town 31.) Smokin' Aces 32.) Glory Daze
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Post by cosmo on Oct 12, 2020 18:42:44 GMT -6
Just got back from seeing Coco for the first time. Truly fantastic movie.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2020 20:42:07 GMT -6
This explains the absence of Nomadland from Denver Film Fest's initial announcement:
The three red carpet screenings, down from the usual five or six, this year include opening night’s “Nomadland” (7 p.m. Oct. 22), a road trip movie starring Oscar winner Frances McDormand, as part of Denver Film Fest’s Women + Film programming block; the centerpiece screening of “Nine Days” (7 p.m. Oct. 24), a sci-fi drama starring Winston Duke; and “big night” feature “Ammonite” (7 p.m. Oct. 29), the buzzed-about romantic drama starring Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet that’s part of the Sheila K. O’Brien Spotlight on U.K./Ireland Cinema.
Screenings will take place at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. [/b]
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Post by munkivelli on Oct 12, 2020 20:48:56 GMT -6
This explains the absence of Nomadland from Denver Film Fest's initial announcement: The three red carpet screenings, down from the usual five or six, this year include opening night’s “Nomadland” (7 p.m. Oct. 22), a road trip movie starring Oscar winner Frances McDormand, as part of Denver Film Fest’s Women + Film programming block; the centerpiece screening of “Nine Days” (7 p.m. Oct. 24), a sci-fi drama starring Winston Duke; and “big night” feature “Ammonite” (7 p.m. Oct. 29), the buzzed-about romantic drama starring Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet that’s part of the Sheila K. O’Brien Spotlight on U.K./Ireland Cinema.
Screenings will take place at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. [/b][/quote] I imagine Nomadland at Red Rocks would be pretty sick.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2020 20:50:27 GMT -6
It's not going to be in the actual venue - they've had a drive-in parking lot set up with a huge screen for Film on the Rocks that they're apparently going to use.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2020 20:51:18 GMT -6
It would still be cool, though. The views from the parking lots are amazing.
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Post by munkivelli on Oct 13, 2020 12:57:54 GMT -6
Coming 2 America was sold to Amazon and will reportedly be on Prime Video on 12/18
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Post by borracho on Oct 13, 2020 13:47:04 GMT -6
American Utopia was fantastic...Spike did a good job with it. i'm anxious to see this. i saw the actual concert (the tour, not broadway) and had 3rd row so was real close, but felt like i missed the big picture sometimes.
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Post by ultravisitor on Oct 14, 2020 20:50:15 GMT -6
Got my links for my CIFF screenings. I've got until the 25th to watch these, right? I'm not seeing any other window for any of the movies I have right now.
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Post by andrewvb on Oct 14, 2020 21:36:50 GMT -6
Got my links for my CIFF screenings. I've got until the 25th to watch these, right? I'm not seeing any other window for any of the movies I have right now. yeah, it says on the film's webpage if there are any streaming restrictions. the vast majority are available the whole time and throughout the us. i was at the drive-in for opening night of belushi tonight. it was great! vibe was super good. i watched about 2/3s of the movie, will finish it sometime this week. i'm a big belushi head though so i enjoyed it.
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Post by munkivelli on Oct 14, 2020 21:44:34 GMT -6
The Father was really good, but rather mindbending and hard to watch at times.
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Post by munkivelli on Oct 14, 2020 21:47:34 GMT -6
Got my links for my CIFF screenings. I've got until the 25th to watch these, right? I'm not seeing any other window for any of the movies I have right now. yeah, it says on the film's webpage if there are any streaming restrictions. the vast majority are available the whole time and throughout the us. i was at the drive-in for opening night of belushi tonight. it was great! vibe was super good. i watched about 2/3s of the movie, will finish it sometime this week. i'm a big belushi head though so i enjoyed it. the only limitation within the window aside from that is that you have to finish a film within 48 hours of starting it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2020 21:48:28 GMT -6
The Father was really good, but rather mindbending and hard to watch at times. i kinda wanna see this but also after considering how i handled Relic, i dont think this is necessarily a great idea just yet
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Post by andrewvb on Oct 16, 2020 18:04:54 GMT -6
saw this at the drive-in last night. super good, spike did a great job capturing the show and adapting for film. ps: hope people are watching a movie at the film festival from home this weekend! www.chicagofilmfestival.com/festival
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Post by rango420 on Oct 16, 2020 18:09:21 GMT -6
Anyone want my Clint Howard double feature pass at the Pilsen drive in tonight 10:15pm free.99. I am dying of Lyme disease and got claustrophobic after about 45 minutes in a car yesterday lmao
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2020 18:48:02 GMT -6
Anyone want my Clint Howard double feature pass at the Pilsen drive in tonight 10:15pm free.99. I am dying of Lyme disease and got claustrophobic after about 45 minutes in a car yesterday lmao @wretched we're definitely interested but can't be out super late so we may not be able to stay for all of both films
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Post by rango420 on Oct 16, 2020 18:49:42 GMT -6
Anyone want my Clint Howard double feature pass at the Pilsen drive in tonight 10:15pm free.99. I am dying of Lyme disease and got claustrophobic after about 45 minutes in a car yesterday lmao @wretched we're definitely interested but can't be out super late so we may not be able to stay for all of both films don't matter send me your email address just glad someone can use them
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Post by munkivelli on Oct 16, 2020 19:12:08 GMT -6
saw this at the drive-in last night. super good, spike did a great job capturing the show and adapting for film. ps: hope people are watching a movie at the film festival from home this weekend! www.chicagofilmfestival.com/festivaljust watched The Columnist at CIFF and can confirm it's cool and fun...also, American Utopia is the shit
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Post by Kamera on Oct 16, 2020 20:27:09 GMT -6
Aaron Sorkin writes a good courtroom drama.
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Post by krentist on Oct 16, 2020 20:50:52 GMT -6
I heard the movie trash but borat rips in it
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