Which movie did you watch lastֻ

Mr. Right (2015) Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell: Hitman falls in love comedy.

Worth a watch.

Chris

The daughter of Rosie O’Grady. I’m pretty sad. :weary:

In and of Itself

Not even sure what to say about it. One of the most interesting movies / plays I have ever watched.

Sam Rockwell is always a must watch for me.

Have you seen Choke?

I got a copy, sounds really interesting and is on my must-watch-soon list.

Just started “Doors” (2021) and… it was horrible.
Don’t waste your time with it, pointless movie.

Weird story, bad acting, no real sense in having this film around - at all.

Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter - good if you like weird/unique/original movies.

No, but I will look for it.

Watched Enola Holmes this week with Millie Bobbie Brown and it was an entertaining, feel-good flick with some decent twists.

Chris

Plex had Broken Arrow for free.

1. James (Jimmy) Stewart was the Tom Hanks of his day.
2. both the Cowboys and Indians were good guys and bad guys.
3. these old movies could tell a good story in an hour and a half.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) After the horrible version that Joss Whedon did (and I love Joss Whedon), I was really looking forward to this. It did not disappoint. There were a few points where I thought it was a bit slow, and maybe some CGI look a little obvious, especially on cyborg, but overall a good film.

I will note that I didn’t realize how long it was (4 hrs!) when I started. Having watched the other one, I did sometimes glance at the clock and think to myself “wow, there’s alot more story left…” about 1/2 to 3/4 way through.

I heartily recommend it if you’re a fan

I saw Society (1989).

This horror movie is terrible.

The acting is atrocious.

The script is awful.

The acting and script quality remind me of daytime soaps, which are also horrible.

Some of the music is okay, but some is annoying.

The film is not very entertaining.

The last half hour is pretty strange, but it doesn't make the movie worth watching.

Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
2021 ‧ Crime/Documentary ‧ 1h 39m

A deep dive into the fraudulent methods used by Rick Singer to get the children of rich and famous families into top U.S. universities.

Very nice work done on this subject, I really enjoyed this documentary.

So who profited from this? Seems like what colleges have been doing for ages .

No, it was about the parents paying Singer to have the kids’ admissions test results falsified, or to get preference from college athletics officials who were bribed to falsely attest that the students involved were top athletes and therefore entitled to preferential treatment in the admissions process - violating NCAA and the colleges’ own rules. Singer and the bribed athletics officials benefited monetarily, and the parents benefitted by getting their children into elite schools they would not have been admitted to otherwise.

I did not watch it nor did I follow closely in the news. A superficial look from the outside reminds me of well to do parents paying for a building in return their kids get admitted. Only real difference is Singer profited, not the college?

Two outstanding movies from the husband/wife directing/screenwriting team of Eleanor and Frank Perry:

David and Lisa (1962): a teenager named David (Keir Dullea) enters a residential psychiatric treatment boarding house, where he meets the compassionate doctors and other staff, and also meets a young woman named Lisa (Janet Margolin) who is also there for treatment. David has a severe phobia about being touched, and is very aloof and defensive when he is first approached by a kindly psychiatrist in the facility (Howard Da Silva). Lisa has another identity she calls “Muriel,” talks only in rhymes, and rarely interacts constructively with the other children and staff at the facility. As David begins to value and form a bond with the psychiatrist treating him, he also forms a unique bond with Lisa that helps both of them learn to deal with their illness and connect with the people around them. This movie was way ahead of its time in dealing with the subject of mental illness and children, and it also features outstanding writing and acting by all involved. While a bit old-fashioned by today’s standards, the story is still movingly told.

Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970): this, along with Little Murders (1971) and Dr. Strangelove (1964), represents the very best of dark satire in movies. They don’t make movies like this today - the writing, acting and directing are wonderfully deadpan and frank. The plot simply shows the many humiliations and abuses endured by Tina (Carrie Snodgress), a housewife with an ivy league degree who is constantly bombarded with the self-centered demands of her husband Jonathan (Richard Benjamin), a Wall-street lawyer with an obsession about seeing and being seen with the “right” people. Richard Benjamin is mesmerizing as the social-climbing, narcissistic husband, and Frank Langella is spot on perfect as the sadistic lover Tina begins to see on the sly. The performances of Carrie Snodgress and Richard Benjamin won them Golden Globes, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Snodgress. Frank Langella won the National Board of Review award for best supporting actor. The film was nominated for an academy award for best picture. Neil Young wrote a song about falling in love with Snodgress by watching the movie, and they were living together for a time.

Neither of these movies is easy to find now, but they are both priceless. Kino Lorber finally released a blu-ray of Diary of a Mad Housewife last year. Diary of a Mad Housewife, along with The Swimmer (1968)(Burt Lancaster, Janice Rule), are the best movies Eleanor and Frank Perry made, and two of the best made by anyone, in my opinion.

Exactly. “It’s only illegal if you get caught”, and then they’re shocked, shocked, that people would do things like that! :smiling_imp:

The Road Home 1999 made in China

The Right Stuff.
for the 2nd time.

1. as usual, the book is better.
2. some fake Hollywood drama thrown in.
3. ok movie, but fast-forward is your friend.

Watched Dredd (2012) although I have read very few Judge Dredd comics in my lifetime.
It looks low budget even though the budget was $45m. The film takes place in one building and the actors are relative unknowns. For comparison Chappie (2015), also shot in South Africa, had a budget of $49m. I wonder if they could have done more films had they gone properly low budget.

Captures the feel of the comic better than what I remember of the Stallone Dredd film.
Doesn’t have a bloated runtime which helps with the lack of variety in the shooting location. Recommended for fans of the comic, the more familiar you are the more you might appreciate this adaptation.

I notice that The Critical Drinker has a review