RocknRolla. Typical Guy Ritchie fun.
Supervised Odd little comedy about a retirement home for superheros, and the staff that tries to keep them under control. Filmed in Ireland, and stars Tom Berenger, Beau Bridges, and Lou Gossett, Jr.
Being John Malcovich. WEIRD.
@brucehayes posted:Being John Malcovich. WEIRD.
It was for many of us, when it came out in 1999, our first introduction to the unique writing of Charlie Kaufman.
American Ultra. Loved it. May watch it again.
Gandhi
The Deer Hunter
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
The Tiger Hunter
American Hero, 2015, starring Stephen Dorff. Another odd, low budget, indie superhero movie. Dorff plays Melvin, a 30-ish, pathetic loser who hangs out with his other unemployed friends in a poor section of New Orleans, getting high and drunk all the time, while also trying to be in his young son's life . He has few redeeming qualities, other than his love for his mother and friends, classical music, and great literature. However, Melvin was born with the gift of telekinesis, which all his friends are aware of, but he never puts it to any practical use until one day when he sobers up and decides to clean the drug dealers out of the neighborhood. It's not for everyone, and there's no real cathartic ending, but I really liked it.
The Chase
A 1966 film with Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Duvall, Robert Redford and directed by Arthur Penn. Sounds like a safe bet, right? Nope. Other than Fonda being very hot there are no redeeming features of this flick. And how the hell did Brando ever con the world into believing he was a good actor?
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Directed by Billy Wilder??? with no actors I recognized other than Chistopher Lee. Not bad though.
@steve8 posted:The Chase
A 1966 film with Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Duvall, Robert Redford and directed by Arthur Penn. Sounds like a safe bet, right? Nope. Other than Fonda being very hot there are no redeeming features of this flick. And how the hell did Brando ever con the world into believing he was a good actor?
When I was in the video biz I used to call these movies, "How bad can they be movies." "It's got so and so and it's directed by so and so, so how bad can it be?
FWIW, I disagree with your comment on Brando, he just wasn't in that many good movies. My favorite is often listed as his, and John Houston's worse, Reflections in a Golden Eye.
@steve8 posted:The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Directed by Billy Wilder??? with no actors I recognized other than Chistopher Lee. Not bad though.
Certainly one of the worst of the great Billy Wilder's films. Especially bad because of the attempt to throw a question in there about the relationship between Holmes and Watson. There are a few other recognizable actors in the movie. Particularly notable is Clive Revill who played the guest murderer in the last Columbo episode from its original run.
As for old men and their pronouncements about art, mine is just taking Sturgeon's law one step more.
@The Old Man posted:FWIW, I disagree with your comment on Brando, he just wasn't in that many good movies.
Did you ever consider that wasn't a coincidence?
If I had to pick his best performances it would be Last Tango and Don Juan Demarco.
Shimmer Lake. A story told backwards, day by day, as a small town sheriff tries to solve a murder and bank robbery. Interesting concept.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.
Yesterday I looked again 21 grams (Inarritu). I need a good comedy now.
@The Old Man posted:When I was in the video biz I used to call these movies, "How bad can they be movies." "It's got so and so and it's directed by so and so, so how bad can it be?
I would nominate A Guide for the Married Man in that category. Starred Walter Matthau and Robert Morse, with cameos by Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Sid Caesar, Art Carney, Wally Cox, Jayne Mansfield, Terry-Thomas, and others. Directed by Gene Kelly. Should've been a slam dunk, but it is the biggest misfire I've ever seen.
@mneeley490 posted:I would nominate A Guide for the Married Man in that category. Starred Walter Matthau and Robert Morse, with cameos by Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Sid Caesar, Art Carney, Wally Cox, Jayne Mansfield, Terry-Thomas, and others. Directed by Gene Kelly. Should've been a slam dunk, but it is the biggest misfire I've ever seen.
Great call. I saw this in downtown Chicago when it came out (my classmates hung out at Old Orchard Shopping Mall but I would head downtown to see first run movies.) I kind of enjoyed it, but then I was barely a teenager. I've never been able to watch more than five minutes of it since then. It is truly a horrible and offensive movie.
Family Stone. Lots of well known if not acclaimed actors. Was supposed to be a comedy but is depressed the hell out of all.
Passengers. Pretty good.
Up in the Air
The Bucket List. Jack and Morgan were fun to watch.
The Fortune Cookie
Wilder, Matthau and Lemmon in fine form.
Possessor
I didn't realize who directed this until the final credits rolled. Brandon Cronenberg. The apple did not fall far from the tree. In fact since his father's last several films have mellowed I'd say Jr. has picked up where dad left off about 15 years ago.
Wonder Woman '84 Alright, but obviously not as good as the first one. A lot of the 80's hair and fashions were played for sight-gags, which I thought a bit juvenile.
Da 5 bloods
Margin Call. I liked it.
@brucehayes posted:Margin Call. I liked it.
A great movie. Watch it along with "Too Big to Fail" and "The Big Short" for an in depth perspective of the crash of 2008.
@Rothko posted:A great movie. Watch it along with "Too Big to Fail" and "The Big Short" for an in depth perspective of the crash of 2008.
I have watched The Big Short (loved it) but not the first. I will keep an eye out for it.
@Rothko posted:A great movie. Watch it along with "Too Big to Fail" and "The Big Short" for an in depth perspective of the crash of 2008.
Completely agree!
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
The Outsider. Jared Leto is great (once again).
"The Manchurian Candidate" (1962). Love watching them get toasted on Dom Perignon. Available on Turner Classic Movies streaming for a couple of more days.
Thanks to TCM I finally got around to seeing all the films in Satyajit Ray's "Apu Trilogy"; I'd only seen the first one, the incredible, sensitive, inside view of India that startled "art house" film aficionados, 1955's, Pather Panchali. After seeing the second and third one, Aparajito and The World of Apu I will just say these films are at the top of any list of great movies.
Once upon a time there were "art houses" whose golden age, I think, were between the late 50s and the mid-80s. It was a magical place to go to the movies, with adult fare, often set in foreign lands. Audiences at these theaters didn't usually talk and the cell phone hadn't been invented yet!
Tenet
Didn't finish watching it. Even worse than Inception which is an extraordinary achievement. Nolan should stick to Dark Knight films.
@steve8 posted:Tenet
Didn't finish watching it. Even worse than Inception which is an extraordinary achievement.
Impossible. (Isn't it?)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
I liked the reference to The Godfather in an exchange with a very young Richard Gere.
the Deli Man. A documentary. Highly recommended if you like corned beef. On netflix
In the Shadow of the Moon - so, so
"The Aviator", second time, same thought, what a not good movie.
The Handmaid's tale
@evatra posted:The Handmaid's tale
The old movie, not the TV series, I assume?