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Post by scoots on Jun 11, 2021 9:54:08 GMT -6
New Conjuring was not good.
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Post by Kamera on Jun 11, 2021 9:56:46 GMT -6
Cruella is obviously bad BUT Emma Stone-as-Cruella/Joker is mesmerizing and I want her to date/bully me. I'm more excited for Jungle Cruise. It's probably going to be a bad adaptation of the ride, but I've set my expectations accordingly.
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Post by cosmo on Jun 18, 2021 20:01:56 GMT -6
Arbee would be proud of me. This was pretty good.
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Post by claypoolfan on Jun 18, 2021 22:57:27 GMT -6
Watched Luca and it was Not Bad.
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Post by concertgoer on Jun 22, 2021 7:39:36 GMT -6
Arbee would be proud of me. This was pretty good. Saw this last night It was great
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Post by Tweet on Jun 23, 2021 12:20:10 GMT -6
1. I was poking around my AMC A-List thing and it looks like they're gonna start charging again on Friday. If you were planning on cancelling your account, might wanna do that. I'm still using mine and I think I'm gonna go try and see the Sparks movie this weekend.
2. I also learned the oldest continuously running movie theatre in Chicago is like 20 minutes from me so I suppose I will have to go support that as well. However, I'm not gonna do it by seeing whatever Fast and Furious bullshit is coming out soon.
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Post by scoots on Jun 23, 2021 14:28:51 GMT -6
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Post by Tweet on Jun 25, 2021 9:54:17 GMT -6
This is definitely one of those movies that could no longer exist due to smart phones but I still had some chortles throughout the movie
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Post by clouddead on Jun 25, 2021 9:57:09 GMT -6
Is the scene where he’s married to a bag of weed still hilarious?
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Post by Tweet on Jun 25, 2021 10:02:08 GMT -6
Happy to report that most of the movie is still pretty funny (though there's definitely a couple of scenes that you probably can't do in 2021 compared to 2004).
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Post by nanatod on Jun 26, 2021 21:03:13 GMT -6
we used our free redbox rental tonight to watch Lansky, the new semi-fictional biography of Meyer Lansky. the movie was just so so, although harvey keitel's performance is excellent. keitel as lansky, tells one of my favorite, but trite, jewish jokes.
nanadad occasionally tells a story about how mr lansky, under a pseudonym, bought future nanadad and future nanamom a drink at a havana hotel bar when future nanadad and future nanamom were there on their honeymoon a couple of yrs before fidel castro's cuban revolution.
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Post by Kamera on Jun 26, 2021 21:16:37 GMT -6
Me seeing Fellini ‘Easter Eggs’ in Luca:
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Post by Kamera on Jun 27, 2021 11:21:19 GMT -6
Double post. This movie is vastly underrated and the soundtrack is goat. Even the opening song Am I Wrong by Love Spit Love with the marching band is awesome.
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Post by munkivelli on Jun 27, 2021 12:03:05 GMT -6
Double post. This movie is vastly underrated and the soundtrack is goat. Even the opening song Am I Wrong by Love Spit Love with the marching band is awesome. yeah, this film slaps
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Post by doso on Jun 27, 2021 18:43:48 GMT -6
I put on the new Ilana Glazer movie, False Positive, knowing nothing about it and expecting a comedy. Holy shit what a bad film. Literally laughable.
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Post by doso on Jun 27, 2021 18:45:56 GMT -6
Oh and we also saw The Sparks Brothers and that was good. Not sure I agree with the gushing over their music, but the story was interesting (if a bit long). Loved the caption humor, in particular.
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Post by irvred on Jun 30, 2021 10:29:02 GMT -6
Lol I don’t know if this was announced and I missed it or what… but my friend was just cast as an extra for Noah Baumbach’s next movie, filming here in Columbus… an adaptation of Don Delilo’s White Noise? Had no clue that was happening
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Post by kb on Jun 30, 2021 11:37:46 GMT -6
now that movies are going to theaters, do you all know generally how quickly they will be available to stream? i really want to see the sparks movie but am not gonna be able to swing it. ;(
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Post by andrewvb on Jun 30, 2021 11:52:40 GMT -6
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Post by Kamera on Jul 1, 2021 23:12:19 GMT -6
Snagged the following from B&N:
- Pickup On South Street - Nightmare Alley - 3:10 to Yuma - Furies - The Red Shoes - Kiss Me Deadly - Bringing Up Baby
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Post by ultravisitor on Jul 4, 2021 10:21:53 GMT -6
I tried watching The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It the other night and fell asleep about 30 minutes in, so I guess it was bad.
And then I finally watched Luca on Friday night, and wow. That was so gay.
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Post by doso on Jul 4, 2021 17:03:09 GMT -6
Lol.
We watched No Sudden Move on HBO the other night. It was decent. Whatever camera lens they used throughout the entire film was very distracting, though. It was sort of “fisheye lite”.
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Post by ultravisitor on Jul 5, 2021 17:06:54 GMT -6
I've been getting pretty bored during the day, and there are only so many hours that I can spend playing Mario Tennis. I remembered that AMC started my A-List membership again and figured that if I went to a movie during the day, there probably wouldn't be many people in the theater. I went and saw Zola, and that was a very good decision because it was an enjoyable movie.
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Post by thebosma on Jul 6, 2021 16:09:02 GMT -6
Did my big (only?) criterion sale run today. Picked up:
Mirror The New World Ali: Fear Eats the Soul McCabe and Mrs Miller Jeanne Dielman 23, quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
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Post by Kamera on Jul 7, 2021 8:18:15 GMT -6
Thelma Ritter is so good in this. I am a big fan of Samuel Fuller's 80 minute films as they are perfectly paced. The opening scene really draws you in -- highly recommend Pickup on South Street.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jul 8, 2021 9:11:24 GMT -6
perfection. the lighting in the scene where ripley is gassing the alien is magical.
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Post by Kamera on Jul 8, 2021 11:09:23 GMT -6
What's the Board's opinion on the 1975 movie Rollerball? I'm curious if it's worth a watch.
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Post by cosmo on Jul 8, 2021 15:01:16 GMT -6
I liked the original Rollerball. James Caan was great.
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Post by goodson on Jul 10, 2021 16:50:27 GMT -6
think i've seen everything p much for the first half of the year
1. all light, everywhere (theo anthony) 2. can't get you out of my head (adam curtis) 3. in the earth (ben wheatley) 4. zack snyder's justice league (zack snyder) 5. no sudden move (steven soderbergh) 6. army of the dead (zack snyder) 7. wrath of man (guy ritchie) 8. zola (janicza bravo) 9. judas and the black messiah (shaka king) 10. f9 (justin lin) 11. chaos walking (doug liman) 12. godzilla kong (adam wingard) 13. quiet place ii (cia jim) 14. conjuring the devil made me do it (michael chaves) 15. in the heights (jon chu) 16. spiral (darren lynn BOZOman 17. the unholy (idk somebody)
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Post by andrewvb on Jul 11, 2021 8:55:16 GMT -6
still really wanna see all light everywhere and in the earth.
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