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Post by claypoolfan on Jul 22, 2024 20:45:08 GMT -6
Here to echo the longlegs was really bad sentiment
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Post by scoots on Jul 23, 2024 8:30:48 GMT -6
Anyway, I'm going to a free showing of The Crow tomorrow at a local theater. Fuck yes. This was fun. Soundtrack while waiting in the theater was nothing but songs from 1994, and the trailers shown prior to the movie were all 1994 releases. They also had Dark City showing in the lobby. Kind of fun seeing this on a big screen for the first time. It's for the most part a really well done action flick. I haven't seen it in something like 20 years and missed how closely this resembles some of the scenes from Dark City, particularly the shots following the crow through the city. Both movies are really good and it's wild how much of a drop Proyas had after that.
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Post by Kamera on Jul 24, 2024 9:31:24 GMT -6
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Post by kb on Jul 25, 2024 14:07:48 GMT -6
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Post by scoots on Aug 8, 2024 7:11:56 GMT -6
We went to see Sunshine on the big screen as part of a sci-fi series in Denver with the Nature and Science Museum. Totally forgot what what a wild ending it has - it almost switches into horror mode for the last 20 minutes or so.
Kind of funny to have a scientist come on afterwards to try to do a Q&A and he's left trying to explain plot points because he started off the conversation by saying the science "doesn't make any sense."
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Post by Kamera on Aug 9, 2024 8:34:50 GMT -6
This looks like a Letterboxd 3/5, but I still want to see it. Also Nicholas Braun does the worst Jim Henson impression.
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Post by dij22 on Aug 9, 2024 10:34:14 GMT -6
Twisters is legit awesome.
Glen Powell is a superstar. I've never seen Daisy Edgar Jones in anything before but I thought she was great too.
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Post by venom on Aug 9, 2024 17:05:17 GMT -6
Twisters is legit awesome. Glen Powell is a superstar. I've never seen Daisy Edgar Jones in anything before but I thought she was great too. i watched Hit Man on a flight yesterday and thought it was a good plane movie and powell was a big part of that. daisy edgar jones was in Under the Banner of Heaven. she has a few notable scenes. the series overall was pretty good if you're into that sort of cult/crime thing.
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Post by dij22 on Aug 14, 2024 10:05:20 GMT -6
Rewatched Three Billboards last night and I really liked it. Rockwell's character was way more cartoonish than I remembered, but other than that it still holds up. Not nearly as good as In Bruges or Banshees of Inisherin, but still very good.
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Post by Kamera on Aug 15, 2024 11:52:34 GMT -6
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Post by jazzpolice on Aug 15, 2024 17:42:10 GMT -6
40 film set is really cools
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Post by munkivelli on Aug 15, 2024 17:44:15 GMT -6
40 film set is really cools I counted and I think I only own the Criterions of 7 of the films in the set (one of which is just a DVD), so during a 50% flash sale, this might be tempting
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Post by irvred on Aug 15, 2024 17:45:22 GMT -6
I like the idea but I’d rather have the individual boxart than one single gigantic grey-ish package.
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Post by munkivelli on Aug 15, 2024 17:52:42 GMT -6
I like the idea but I’d rather have the individual boxart than one single gigantic grey-ish package. I like it as an exploration piece, because a lot of them I haven't seen...however, I could probably use Criterion Channel for that same purpose ..I just like shiny new things...it would also cost a lot more to have the standalone versions of the films.
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Post by thebosma on Aug 15, 2024 18:49:23 GMT -6
I’ve seen 31/40 and can confirm that all of the ones I’ve seen are bangers
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Post by scoots on Aug 15, 2024 20:27:35 GMT -6
Yeah, can't justify that price point. That's a wild collection, though.
Are all of those movies actually available on Criterion Channel? Might need to subscribe.
Actually kind of curious how that works - are Criterion designated movies available on the service, or is it more complicated than that?
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Post by thebosma on Aug 15, 2024 20:44:10 GMT -6
It’s more complicated than that but a lot of films in the collection are permanently featured on the channel. The rest is grouped by their different collections. Some stuff will cycle on for only a month. It’s worth noting that a film being on the channel doesn’t necessarily indicate its future presence in the collection but films have made that jump before I’m sure
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Post by Kamera on Aug 16, 2024 7:08:43 GMT -6
I’m just glad Paper Moon is finally getting the Criterion treatment so that reply guy on Twitter can finally shut up.
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Post by zircona1 on Aug 16, 2024 7:19:16 GMT -6
I was more excited about last month's announcement.
I don't think I'll buy it, but I want to watch Gummo again. Same with The Doom Generation. And hell, I already have a non-Criterion edition of The Long Good Friday, but I might get this new edition just for the subtitles.
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Post by llamaoftime on Aug 21, 2024 8:53:37 GMT -6
I think this might be the funniest trailer ever created
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Post by clouddead on Aug 21, 2024 19:15:52 GMT -6
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Post by llamaoftime on Aug 22, 2024 8:19:31 GMT -6
It looks like they may have taken down the trailer off the official channel, I'm guessing over this I think this whole thing is hilarious, I'm seeing this movie day one
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Post by munkivelli on Sept 6, 2024 21:41:17 GMT -6
Rebel Ridge was excellent.
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Post by Kamera on Sept 9, 2024 19:39:23 GMT -6
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Post by llamaoftime on Sept 16, 2024 10:37:06 GMT -6
New Tim Robinson movie is getting great reviews out of TIFF and just got picked up by A24. Excited for that one
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