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by tennbengal » Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:26 am
Giff wrote: The wife and I are kidless this weekend so I was hoping to see a movie or two. My god what garbage there is out there. Gonna have to make the trek downtown to see The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Anyone see it?
If you are not seeing Thor - what about Lady Bird or Three Billboards? Those two have overwhelmingly good reviews I think - Lady Bird is 100% as of this morning...
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by L-Jam3 » Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:31 am
And Three Billboards is written and directed by the same guy that wrote and directed old Swamp favorite In Bruges .
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by rass » Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:38 am
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by tennbengal » Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:48 am
L-Jam3 wrote: And Three Billboards is written and directed by the same guy that wrote and directed old Swamp favorite In Bruges .
Yeah, I put up the early trailer for that in here. So pumped - but it isn't to Baltimore yet. 94% fresh. I may hike down to DC to see it this weekend if time permits.
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by TT2.0 » Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:06 pm
murder on the orient express was surprisingly great
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by Pruitt » Fri Nov 17, 2017 2:38 pm
TT2.0 wrote: murder on the orient express was surprisingly great
Is the solution to the crime the same as in the book and original?
[+] spoiler Where they all did it? If not, don't tell me who's guilty. I love me a good whodunnit.
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by Pruitt » Fri Nov 17, 2017 2:39 pm
L-Jam3 wrote: And Three Billboards is written and directed by the same guy that wrote and directed old Swamp favorite In Bruges .
Dying to see it - but we never go to the theatre, so I'll wait a few months.
But I am going to see
Coco next week. Pixar is the gold standard, and it looks spectacular.
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by TT2.0 » Fri Nov 17, 2017 4:05 pm
Pruitt wrote: TT2.0 wrote: murder on the orient express was surprisingly great
Is the solution to the crime the same as in the book and original?
[+] spoiler Where they all did it? If not, don't tell me who's guilty. I love me a good whodunnit.
no comment.
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by brian » Mon Nov 20, 2017 3:31 pm
The Cable Guy is on, one of the only Jim Carrey movies I can stomach. One of the most underrated/misunderstood comedies of all-time.
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by Giff » Mon Nov 20, 2017 3:45 pm
brian wrote: The Cable Guy is on, one of the only Jim Carrey movies I can stomach. One of the most underrated/misunderstood comedies of all-time.
It's the Unbreakable of comedies, IMO.
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by Nonlinear FC » Mon Nov 20, 2017 4:06 pm
One of the talk radio shows --> Now a podcast is obsessed with that movie, so I hear a fairly steady flow of clips from The Cable Guy. Agree that it's a very underrated movie.
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by Giff » Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:45 am
LOL I thought Lady Bird was a biopic.
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by govmentchedda » Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:49 am
brian wrote: The Cable Guy is on, one of the only Jim Carrey movies I can stomach. One of the most underrated/misunderstood comedies of all-time.
It is such a great movie.
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by L-Jam3 » Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:55 am
Fantastic underrated movie, although its use of Somebody to Love falls just short of the Oscar for "Best Use of a Song in an Inharmonious Way" to Singing in the Rain in Clockwork Orange.
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by brian » Tue Nov 21, 2017 4:01 pm
Finally got a chance to see Moonlight last night. What a remarkable movie.
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by A_B » Fri Nov 24, 2017 6:45 pm
Justice league was nowhere near as bad as I was led to believe it would be. It wasn't great but it was a fine waste of two hours.
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by bfj » Sun Nov 26, 2017 11:48 am
Coco was very good. Beautifully animated.
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by brian » Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:10 pm
Movie/movie series which you cannot even enjoy on the ridiculous level it is intended because of how ridiculous the whole thing all is: Mission Impossible
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by Avram » Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:52 pm
brian wrote: Movie/movie series which you cannot even enjoy on the ridiculous level it is intended because of how ridiculous the whole thing all is: Mission Impossible
The original TV series was far superior
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by bfj » Sun Nov 26, 2017 10:46 pm
brian wrote: Movie/movie series which you cannot even enjoy on the ridiculous level it is intended because of how ridiculous the whole thing all is: Mission Impossible
Fast and Furious
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by rass » Wed Nov 29, 2017 8:48 am
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by GoodKarma » Wed Nov 29, 2017 10:22 am
Trailer is the best Xmas present I'm getting. I'm all in...even gotten the wife on board.
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by brian » Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:05 pm
I think you can make a case that “Running Scared” is the best Billy Crystal movie.
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by sancarlos » Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:36 pm
brian wrote: I think you can make a case that “Running Scared” is the best Billy Crystal movie.
Disagree. (I remember Lionel Richie dominant on the soundtrack. I didn't believe Billy Crystal, Gregory Hines and Baryshnikov as tough guys.)
I much preferred
City Slickers .
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by brian » Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:38 pm
No Russian dancers but it does have Jimmy Smits as a druglord. And Dan Hedaya playing his best version of a grizzled police lieutenant.
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by sancarlos » Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:39 pm
sancarlos wrote: brian wrote: I think you can make a case that “Running Scared” is the best Billy Crystal movie.
Disagree. (I remember Lionel Richie dominant on the soundtrack. I didn't believe Billy Crystal, Gregory Hines and Baryshnikov as tough guys.)
I much preferred
City Slickers .
EDIT: Scratch that part about Baryshnikov and Lionel Richie - I was confusing
Running Scared with
White Nights , which also starred Gregory Hines.
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by brian » Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:54 pm
Also any movie with a montage set to a Michael McDonald song is automatically in the top five percent of all movies ever.
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by sancarlos » Thu Nov 30, 2017 9:57 pm
brian wrote: Also any movie with a montage set to a Michael McDonald song is automatically in the top five percent of all movies ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdd6_ZxX8c
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by Johnny Carwash » Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:08 pm
brian wrote: Also any movie with a montage set to a Michael McDonald song is automatically in the top five percent of all movies ever.
Does this count?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRdLWbOAUEY
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by TT2.0 » Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:51 pm
saw roman israel tonight and even though im a big denzel fan it was a boring as fuck poorly written shittily acted pieceof dogshit. if i had to pay for movie tickets i would be bummed, but ever since me and the lady got the 10$ amonth movie passes from moviepass.com we see basically everything that comes out. justice league this weekend, will let you know if it sucks. for the record thor,and murder on the orient express are the best things weve seen in the past month
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by Pruitt » Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:25 am
brian wrote: I think you can make a case that “Running Scared” is the best Billy Crystal movie.
The Pixar
Monsters movies and there's nothing else of his I'd even consider rewatching - maybe
City Slickers .
Ever see
Mr. Saturday Night or
Forget Paris ? Schlockmaster.
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by rass » Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:58 am
brian wrote: Also any movie with a montage set to a Michael McDonald song is automatically in the top five percent of all movies ever.
Holy shit. It was like the entire fucking song!
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by BSF21 » Fri Dec 01, 2017 7:44 am
Anyone seen "Three Billboards" yet? Hearing mixed stuff.
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by rass » Fri Dec 01, 2017 11:24 pm
The waiting room in the hospital in The Big Sick had a great soundtrack.
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by sancarlos » Sat Dec 02, 2017 12:52 am
I’m looking forward to seeing The Disaster Artist when it opens next Friday. The SF Chronicle raved about it and it sounds hilarious. It’s based on the making of The Room (released in 2003). We watched it, and it is really really horrible. Comically so. (Read the wiki on The Room.)
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by A_B » Wed Dec 06, 2017 12:42 pm
I was not super impressed by The Big Sick. Long stretches of bore.
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by Rush2112 » Wed Dec 06, 2017 2:52 pm
Worked in a restaurant when I was in college that continually played Michael McDonald and the Moody Blues. Thank goodness it was only a Summer job.
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