Watched #TheMarvels. I enjoyed it! The first half was much stronger than the second, which had weird jumps in emotion as well as the silliness that GOTG can pull off but feels very weird in other movies.
The exploration of Carol was great, and the action scenes were fine. This one isn’t a movie that’s for the books or anything but it feels roughly above average for phase 4-5.
A day in the lives of 22 people in the hours leading up to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968. Great job capturing the turbulent times as experienced by fictional characters. Kennedy's speech on the "mindless menace of violence in America," just one month earlier and the day after Martin Luther King's assassination, is referenced at the end of the film. Sad to note the speech is still every bit as relevant today.
Amazing cast of actors in this 2006 film that you will not see in movies today, including: Anthony Hopkins, Harry Belafonte, Emilio Estevez, Laurence Fishburne, Christian Slater, William H. Macy, Sharon Stone, Shia LaBeouf, Martin Sheen, and more. Directed and written by Emilio Estevez.
Watched Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. This was a delightful trip and exactly what I needed. RDJ only plays himself, but in a Sorkin/Richie movie, it’s perfection.
I don’t know why I’ve slept on Kilmer, but I want to see more of him after this because he really stood out as more than a silly action hunk.
Twisty and irreverent all over, I found this movie to be delightful.
Michael Fassbender keeps his clothes on and David Fincher keeps everything a cool 50 degrees with a bluish hue in this standard but entertaining hitman thriller.
Featuring Gwyneth Paltrow's head in a box. But that box is somewhere you least expect
Full Review #Link Below--- This The Killer (2023) Review Has Michael Fassbender Singing Johnny B. Goode Off-Key At The Fish Under The Sea Dance!
Watched Casablanca. Probably my favorite movie of all time. Performances are all through the roof, and the writing is so good. The story is so tight and all of it just leaves the perfect amount to the imagination.
There aren’t a lot of perfect movies in the world, but this might be one of them.
All the stories around the making blow my mind, but the most recent is that the shot of Bogart nodding to the orchestra was just a leftover cutting room shot.
Watched Danger Lights (1930). Nearly impossible to understand the dialogue and almost none of the characters are likable (other than Arthur who is amazing).
The movie still had good moments, despite a bad script and bafflingly long shots of trains just existing. The romance is confused but has some fun lines. Wolheim is engaging even though his character is deeply gross. Definitely not worth a watch unless you love Jean Arthur like me.
Watched Poltergeist. I didn’t know what to expect from this movie, but it was relieving to have a viewing largely without jump scares, just reliant on creepiness and some very 80s visual effects.
Enjoyable overall but I think I probably will forget pretty much all of it in a year. The vibes were much more sad than scary for me, but it was still interesting throughout with Williams and Nelson really carrying the thing as believable parents.
Just watched the new Dungeons and Dragons movie. It was entertaining. 🍿 I enjoyed the very quick nod to the 1980s Saturday morning cartoon version. Did you catch it?
Watched Top Hat. This holds up against any modern rom com. It has a nice inversion where the misunderstanding happens the entire time rather than in act 2.
Acting and dancing are top notch, but I was blown away by the writing. Much of the dialogue was Marx Brothers level of clever and Blore was such a standout for silliness.
Understandable why Mel Brooks loved this film and it is top notch.
Classics of Pagan Cinema: The Craft is one of the only movies that shows, not in montage or in dream sequence, not in hints or in glimpses through a not-quite-closed-door, how Witches cast a circle, consecrate their spaces, and bring one another into the space between worlds.
Watched #billburr’s new movie Old Dads last night. I love the guy’s standup and podcast but this flick was a big miss unfortunately, and I even went in with low expectations. Just felt like a mid-2000s b-tier comedy with some modern anti-wokeness/lampooning on California life sprinkled throughout. Disjointed with a couple snickers here and there. 1.5/5 stars #moviereview
Watched Killers of the Flower Moon. I don’t know what I expected, but I know I walked in with too high of expectations. The film was fine and I think if I hadn’t know the director or if it came out 30 years earlier, I would have liked it. It hit me sideways on a bunch of the emotional moments and the ones that felt like they should land felt hollow. I’m sure film folks will tell me that it was all ironic or something, but I just wish I were watching something else.
Watched Il Sorpasso. I haven't watched a ton of Italian films, but I know the reputation so I expected this to be full of ennui. It was surprisingly delightful and the characters were thrilling even if intentionally obnoxious.
It felt like a adult-themed Marx Brothers situation with really snappy and clever dialogue mixed with a Y Tu Mama Tambien coming of age story. Highly recommend watching if you want a wandering story full of interesting vignettes.
Watched Red, White, and Royal Blue. I found the book fun and wonky, and the movie understandably flattened a lot of the wonkiness and the steamy scenes.
It was still a fun story that was wildly predictable, but worth watching if you want to have a #RomanticComedies that has lots of pretty people to watch.
Shahai has some great moments and Thurman's accent is pretty painful.
Not sure I'd ever think to watch this again, but it's great popcorn watching.
A film where Christopher Lee performs real ceremonial magic techniques should be a shoo-in for our Classics of Pagan Cinema, right? Not so fast, writes Meg Elison, who reviews the 1968 film “The Devil Rides Out” and finds it not just flawed, but repellent.
Watched The Banshees of Inisherin. This was an incredible film and it feels like McDonagh really grew up from In Bruges (which was also great). There are parts that are tough for squeamish viewers but the character studies top-notch.
Hard to call out stars because everyone is good and every character is interesting.
My favorite part was how all three of us watching got very different messages from the film. This might be the best Rorschach Test of a movie.
Watched Avengers: Infinity War. I remember really enjoying this in theaters but haven't seen it since. Dang, it holds up. Maybe it's just that I'm more attached to these characters, but the “silly meet ups" feel way less silly, and the jokes don’t interrupt the deep scenes.
Spider-Man still hits the way it did in theaters and this one has to be considered the Empire Strikes Back of this franchise.