Begin Again (2013)
A chance encounter between a down-and-out music-business executive and a young singer-songwriter, new to Manhattan, turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents.
A really good movie about music, family, parentship, and managing talent in New York City.
Iceberg Slim.
1. the book, Pimp: The Story of My Life, is a magnitude better.
2. which is the only reason i watched the whole movie.
3. essentially, it is a bunch of people talking about IS.
but, this was all started by Dave Chappell….
Bliss (2019) might be OK if you are really into gory horror movies, but it is not very good.
I saw Better Watch Out (2016).
[One of my favorite movies of all time.]
I love this movie.
The acting is excellent, as is the script.
The music is very good.
The movie is a little slow for my taste, but I say that about most movies.
This film is quite entertaining, and it's not your average horror flick.
The way the movie ends is just perfect.
I really enjoy when a movie has a strong ending, like this movie does.
If you like horror movies, then be sure to check this one out.
Friends with benefits
rom/com with Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake
Decent enough, even though it isn’t a very funny movie.
Ha! Srdjan Todorovic is in there (“Srpski Film”)!
Return of the Hero. (Le retour du héros)
French with subtitles.
A delightful light rom-com. Dujardin is in his swashbuckling prime and Laurent shines with sparkling intelligence.
“Comedic French period piece set in 1809 France about an accidentally over-praised soldier, starring Oscar winner Jean Dujardin (The Artist) and Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds).”
Kung Fu Hustle
This came around on a late night movie.
Perhaps the finest Kung Fu comedy movie of all time.
If you even sorta like Kung Fu movies, this is a must see.
I may have mentioned before. But it’s worth seeking out.
All the Best,
Jeff
Lovelace
The story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband before taking control of her life.
somewhat watchable movie, not my favorite but not a plot I had seen before.
since Kung Fu was mentioned…
this is the one that makes me laugh.
here are some high (?) lights:
I saw The Endless (2017).
This movie is pretty good.
I didn't recognize any of the actors or actresses, but the acting is extremely good.
The music is also amazing.
I wouldn't say that it is all style, no substance.
Instead I would say that it is mostly style, with some substance.
(If it had more substance to it, I would enjoy the movie even more.)
The atmosphere of the film is really thick and creepy.
It's a strange and trippy movie, but at least it made sense in the end.
Ach… I got a copy but haven’t watched it yet. Definitely sounded good.
1984 
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1984: I saw that and thought it was well done, but it depressed me for days. John Hurt was one of the best actors ever. Wasn’t that Richard Burton’s final film appearance?
Watched Bohemian Rhapsody yesterday on TV. The film was so-so (sad ending) but loved the music.
Did you know that Adam Lambert (new frontman of Queen) appeared briefly in a scene where Mercury, played by Rami Malek, is at a truck stop on the band’s first North American tour. While making a call to his fiancée, Mary Austin (played by Lucy Boynton), Mercury notices the bearded trucker heading into the men’s room, suggesting they are about to hook up. That moment in the film is the first that implies Mercury, who died of AIDS at the age of 45, was interested in men. (thx Yahoo)
Starship Troopers. I last saw it the 90s most likely and although it went over my head to some degree at the time I liked it.
Holds up really well today, I didn’t realise how well executed a film this is. Great to see it on Bluray rather than VHS. I did also read the book by Robert Heinlein back in the 90s but it is a different although nonetheless worthy read from what I remember.
Not sure but I know he died the same year 1984 so it could of been.
It really is well done, and more timely today than ever before. When it was released, I think a lot of people didn’t understand it is a satire, and they thought it was promoting the ideology and lifestyle depicted (with the black uniforms reminiscent of uniforms worn by Nazis in World War 2, and jingoistic slogans, like “The only good bug is a dead bug”). So, it seemed that many science-fiction fans were upset that they made a satire out of Heinlein’s story, and many non-science-fiction fans were just baffled by it. On its own terms, it really is a well-done movie.
I saw 1984 (1984).
I read the book in 1991 or 1992, back when I was in high school.
The book is a classic, though not all that entertaining.
I think that the movie would be very confusing for anyone that has not read the book.
Also, the movie is not all that entertaining.
The acting is okay, but the music in the film isn't that great.
The movie is also pretty depressing.
I don't remember the book being so depressing.
If you've read the book, the movie is decent, but otherwise I'd avoid the movie.
