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Post by thebosma on Mar 27, 2021 17:45:16 GMT -6
Yeah, you know what? This belongs in the movie thread. Holy fuck this is amazing.
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Post by ultravisitor on Mar 27, 2021 22:46:07 GMT -6
I haven't been paying much attention to movies for the past year because so much of the experience has been gone for me, so other than hearing about all the accolades for Nomadland, I really didn't know anything about it. I watched it last night. I really loved it.
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Post by zircona1 on Mar 28, 2021 11:28:58 GMT -6
We turned on Comedy Central last night and watched the second half of that Dodgeball movie with Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller. I had never seen it. I thought it sucked. The only funny thing was Stiller's George Michael-Wham!-era hairpiece.
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Post by Kamera on Mar 28, 2021 14:02:18 GMT -6
We turned on Comedy Central last night and watched the second half of that Dodgeball movie with Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller. I had never seen it. I thought it sucked. The only funny thing was Stiller's George Michael-Wham!-era hairpiece. A product of its time.
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Post by nanatod on Mar 28, 2021 14:19:26 GMT -6
I don't remember whether I've seen dodgeball or not, because movies don't get trapper kept. We did have a soon expiring credit from redbox, so yesterday we rented the vince vaughn body switching horror comedy, freaky, which was okay, but could have used more comedy (which is harder to do), and less horror (which is easier to do).
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Post by munkivelli on Apr 1, 2021 20:41:22 GMT -6
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Post by andrewvb on Apr 1, 2021 21:14:25 GMT -6
powerful movie. nominated for best international feature, but clearly the lead actress should be nominated for an oscar for her performance as well.
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Post by munkivelli on Apr 1, 2021 21:21:46 GMT -6
powerful movie. nominated for best international feature, but clearly the lead actress should be nominated for an oscar for her performance as well. Stressful film, but good
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Post by thebosma on Apr 2, 2021 19:35:02 GMT -6
35 Shots of Rum and Scarlet Empress are leaving the criterion channel this month, both worth checking out if you haven't
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Post by Kamera on Apr 3, 2021 7:10:41 GMT -6
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Post by Tweet on Apr 3, 2021 11:37:51 GMT -6
^that’s going to be so bad. I can’t wait.
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Post by Kamera on Apr 3, 2021 15:17:41 GMT -6
35 Shots of Rum and Scarlet Empress are leaving the criterion channel this month, both worth checking out if you haven't I actually bought the Dietrich & von Sternberg in Hollywood box set a few weeks ago since I had a gift card. Probably one of my favorite purchases this year next to The Before Trilogy.
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Post by thebosma on Apr 3, 2021 20:20:46 GMT -6
This is maybe the worst movie I’ve ever seen.
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Post by munkivelli on Apr 3, 2021 20:31:38 GMT -6
This is maybe the worst movie I’ve ever seen. worse than the Killjoy films?
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Post by thebosma on Apr 3, 2021 20:34:25 GMT -6
Significantly
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Post by zircona1 on Apr 4, 2021 12:00:09 GMT -6
Bad Trip is a hoot. Tiffany Haddish FTW.
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Post by dij22 on Apr 4, 2021 12:37:42 GMT -6
This is maybe the worst movie I’ve ever seen. I think everyone I know over 45 absolutely loved this and everyone under 45 thought it was dogshit. I keep putting off watching it but I should probably just plow through tonight
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Post by regionrat6337 on Apr 4, 2021 14:30:57 GMT -6
Godzilla vs. Kong was fun and exactly what it needed to be.
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Post by cosmo on Apr 4, 2021 20:05:18 GMT -6
This was fun, too. Christopher Lloyd was incredible.
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Post by munkivelli on Apr 4, 2021 20:22:14 GMT -6
This is maybe the worst movie I’ve ever seen. winner of the SAG award for best Ensemble
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Post by thebosma on Apr 4, 2021 20:28:46 GMT -6
This is maybe the worst movie I’ve ever seen winner of the SAG award for best Ensemble Centrism wins again
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Post by irvred on Apr 7, 2021 7:08:03 GMT -6
Promising Young Woman was suuuper cringey bad other than Carey Mulligan’s performance.
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Post by dij22 on Apr 7, 2021 12:21:35 GMT -6
Has anyone watched the Oscar nominated shorts? A real mixed bag this year
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Post by dij22 on Apr 11, 2021 12:00:48 GMT -6
We watched Promising Young Woman last night and I'm pretty sure it's great. Carey Mulligan was excellent and Bo Burnham was weirdly terrific. Laverne Cox's role as the sassy black friend was inexplicable though, especially considering how smart the movie was otherwise in terms of subverting rom-com tropes. I'm still not sure what to think of the ending, specifically about whether she had to die or not. Is there catharsis in a revenge fantasy where the protagonist dies? I thought I May Destroy You handled this better tbh.
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Post by cosmo on Apr 11, 2021 18:58:42 GMT -6
This was everything I expected it to be. Terrible people acting but great monster action. And it was the 3-D version, which was cool.
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Post by fivehole on Apr 12, 2021 14:58:03 GMT -6
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Post by Kamera on Apr 15, 2021 8:42:13 GMT -6
This "nonurban noir" film was better than I expected especially with that ending. Thomas Gomez's performance as Pancho was my favorite character.
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Post by Kamera on Apr 15, 2021 12:17:00 GMT -6
July Criterion titles announced:
La piscine Working Girls Deep Cover Mirror Bringing Up Baby
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Post by claypoolfan on Apr 15, 2021 12:55:59 GMT -6
Oh god dammit I had no idea Mortal Kombat got delayed a week. I have the day off tomorrow and was really looking forward to [][][] and throwing that up on HBO Max.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Apr 15, 2021 14:22:18 GMT -6
July Criterion titles announced: La piscine Working Girls Deep Cover Mirror Bringing Up Babythought this was already in - immediate pickup, cary grant is so good in this and i know people have been waiting for mirror for forever
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