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Post by ferro_man on Aug 19, 2021 12:10:26 GMT -6
I saw Free Guy in IMAX the other day. It was very enjoyable and funny.
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Post by cosmo on Aug 19, 2021 18:13:34 GMT -6
I saw Free Guy in IMAX the other day. It was very enjoyable and funny. We saw this a couple days ago (in IMAX, as well). I enjoyed it, but I think all the hype kind of let me down. Still, it was good. The light saber was cool as hell
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Post by ferro_man on Aug 22, 2021 6:27:31 GMT -6
I saw Free Guy in IMAX the other day. It was very enjoyable and funny. We saw this a couple days ago (in IMAX, as well). I enjoyed it, but I think all the hype kind of let me down. Still, it was good. The light saber was cool as hell I saw a trailer for it last year and wanted to see it before it got covid postponed, then didn't really see any trailers or hype for it this year, which may have helped my viewing experience Like i didn't see any trailers or commercials with DUDE in them until after I watched the movie...
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Post by Kamera on Aug 30, 2021 9:55:58 GMT -6
Films I watched over the weekend: - The Apartment
- The Absent-Minded Professor
- Cruella
- Gimme Shelter
I picked up the Arrow Films blu-ray version and holy cow...the restoration on The Apartment is beautiful. Sadly I missed out on the Apartment conversation in this thread last year. A+ film.
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Post by scoots on Sept 8, 2021 16:02:15 GMT -6
I kind of loved this.
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Post by mookie on Sept 9, 2021 8:02:45 GMT -6
WELP
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Post by krentist on Sept 9, 2021 9:52:27 GMT -6
Too bad that Lilly isn't partaking but contrary to popular wisdom the Wachowskis basically only make bangers so I am cautiously optimistic for a new Matrix movie.
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Post by cosmo on Sept 9, 2021 19:07:41 GMT -6
This was really good.
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Post by sleeping on Sept 10, 2021 22:49:03 GMT -6
Holy shit, Malignant is the stupidest, most ridiculous thing I've seen in ages, and you should absolutely watch it right now.
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Post by munkivelli on Sept 10, 2021 23:07:40 GMT -6
Holy shit, Malignant is the stupidest, most ridiculous thing I've seen in ages, and you should absolutely watch it right now. You really know how to sell me a movie.
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Post by sleeping on Sept 10, 2021 23:57:57 GMT -6
Right??
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Post by krentist on Sept 14, 2021 18:10:36 GMT -6
Will co-sign that Malignant is truly a psychotic movie. Please give more directors money to make unhinged things
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Post by oshoney on Sept 14, 2021 21:35:02 GMT -6
They played the trailer for the new PTA movie Licorice Pizza before a screening of Point Break I went to. Looks real good. Didn’t think I’d be saying this in the year 2021 but I’m excited to see more of Bradley Cooper’s performance. PSH Jr and one of the Haim sisters are the stars and I was pleasantly surprised at how they fit in.
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Post by alady on Sept 14, 2021 22:15:21 GMT -6
Babby PSH
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Post by scoots on Sept 16, 2021 20:12:30 GMT -6
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Post by scoots on Sept 16, 2021 21:26:17 GMT -6
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Post by fivehole on Sept 16, 2021 22:05:20 GMT -6
Went to see Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings tonight. Movie was excellent. The AMC Rosemont was a mess. My ticket purchased through Fandango said 7pm. I entered the theater at maybe 6:55. a few minutes after seven they stop the normal pre-movie nonsense and the screen switches to a static Chevy ad with country music playing. I think, well that's weird. Eventually the country music switches to bad pop music at witch point I get up and go back out to the lobby to figure out what is going on. I notice the listing screen says the movie starts at 7:30. Now mildly annoyed I go back into the theater. At 7:40 when the loop of music over the Chevy ad starts over I get up and go back out to the lobby to complain. I was told they "we just got the information about it" and "forgot to start the movie." What? Finally at 7:45 someone comes in and says we'll all get free passes and they skip the previews and go straight to the movie. The topper to all of this is that they decide that with about 20 minutes left they should walk through the theater handing out everybody's free passes. Again, what? Absolutely awful experience and I'm not sure I'll ever be going back to that theater.
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Post by munkivelli on Sept 16, 2021 22:51:24 GMT -6
Went to see Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings tonight. Movie was excellent. The AMC Rosemont was a mess. My ticket purchased through Fandango said 7pm. I entered the theater at maybe 6:55. a few minutes after seven they stop the normal pre-movie nonsense and the screen switches to a static Chevy ad with country music playing. I think, well that's weird. Eventually the country music switches to bad pop music at witch point I get up and go back out to the lobby to figure out what is going on. I notice the listing screen says the movie starts at 7:30. Now mildly annoyed I go back into the theater. At 7:40 when the loop of music over the Chevy ad starts over I get up and go back out to the lobby to complain. I was told they "we just got the information about it" and "forgot to start the movie." What? Finally at 7:45 someone comes in and says we'll all get free passes and they skip the previews and go straight to the movie. The topper to all of this is that they decide that with about 20 minutes left they should walk through the theater handing out everybody's free passes. Again, what? Absolutely awful experience and I'm not sure I'll ever be going back to that theater. The going straight to the movie part doesn't sound horrible.
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Post by venom on Sept 17, 2021 10:42:45 GMT -6
Went to see Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings tonight. Movie was excellent. The AMC Rosemont was a mess. My ticket purchased through Fandango said 7pm. I entered the theater at maybe 6:55. a few minutes after seven they stop the normal pre-movie nonsense and the screen switches to a static Chevy ad with country music playing. I think, well that's weird. Eventually the country music switches to bad pop music at witch point I get up and go back out to the lobby to figure out what is going on. I notice the listing screen says the movie starts at 7:30. Now mildly annoyed I go back into the theater. At 7:40 when the loop of music over the Chevy ad starts over I get up and go back out to the lobby to complain. I was told they "we just got the information about it" and "forgot to start the movie." What? Finally at 7:45 someone comes in and says we'll all get free passes and they skip the previews and go straight to the movie. The topper to all of this is that they decide that with about 20 minutes left they should walk through the theater handing out everybody's free passes. Again, what? Absolutely awful experience and I'm not sure I'll ever be going back to that theater. oof. this sounds like something that'd happen at the regal at western/logan. i have had plenty of similar issues there.
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Post by Kamera on Sept 19, 2021 19:08:44 GMT -6
This movie rocks (and it’s on Hulu).
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Post by ultravisitor on Sept 21, 2021 8:19:43 GMT -6
I hope Dune is good. I'm gonna see it at the festival.
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Post by goodson on Sept 21, 2021 9:19:38 GMT -6
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Post by scoots on Sept 21, 2021 9:29:38 GMT -6
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Post by scoots on Sept 22, 2021 20:13:56 GMT -6
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Post by ultravisitor on Sept 23, 2021 10:03:33 GMT -6
Anyone have any recs for the film festival? I already have my ticket for Dune and I've got my eyes on some others, but I'm not exactly sure what else I should get and don't want to overlook anything.
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Post by goodson on Sept 23, 2021 10:55:28 GMT -6
drive my car memoria c'mon c'mon cow
are my big ones
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Post by teekoh on Sept 23, 2021 12:45:36 GMT -6
I haven't looked that closely at the lineup yet, but The Harder They Fall at the drive-in could be pretty fun.
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Post by neader on Sept 23, 2021 14:45:27 GMT -6
My ambitious plan is
french dispatch A Chiara drive my car The Other Side of the River Madeline Collins Dune Amira c'mon c'mon The Last Forest House of Snails
Really interested in a Hero but sadly it doesn't work out schdulewise as it's during c'mon c'mon and the other viewing is a Saturday night.
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Post by munkivelli on Sept 23, 2021 16:43:21 GMT -6
I'm doing the virtual portion of the Chicago fest, which is missing a bunch of the higher profile stuff, and currently have the following selected from my 10 film pass...have one left to choose later as a wild card:
Cow Hit The Road Mad God Paris, 13th District The Tsugua Diaries Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Petite Maman The Worst Person in the World A Chiara
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Post by ultravisitor on Sept 23, 2021 19:06:44 GMT -6
I wish I could do ten movies at the fest, but I do not have the time and the energy for that anymore.
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