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Richard Gere in LONGING. Wow, just Wow.
The movie I’m reviewing is spectacular in the sense that it’s an art movie that ignores all reason and sensibilities
I watched the first half until I reached that magical moment which defines this as an art movie… (you will know that moment if you watch the movie)
From then on, the point became answering the question of what other improbable outcomes were going to be explored, and then, ultimately how would this END.
I would have said that blackmail must have been involved in getting GERE to do the movie but then I remember that this is the guy that needed surgery to remove the gerbil that was up his ass so anything is possible
The movie I’m reviewing is spectacular in the sense that it’s an art movie that ignores all reason and sensibilities
I watched the first half until I reached that magical moment which defines this as an art movie… (you will know that moment if you watch the movie)
From then on, the point became answering the question of what other improbable outcomes were going to be explored, and then, ultimately how would this END.
I would have said that blackmail must have been involved in getting GERE to do the movie but then I remember that this is the guy that needed surgery to remove the gerbil that was up his ass so anything is possible
That looks terrible. Movies like that also flop all the time and then what? Burn more tokens tomorrow? It doesn't work like that.
Some of you boomers have a hard time hiding things that you're simply rooting to fail/die, and nothing more.
It might be too late and too far gone to fix what's wrong with Hollywood and a lot of art but 110% anything to do with AI will only make every form of art worse. Disaster movies started to already suck more and more the more special effects were shoved into them.
That's right. As someone that was forced to see Dante's Peak and The Day After Tomorrow in the theaters, that's absolutely right.
I was going to post the full trailer for Psycho Killer, writer of Seven/8mm and producers of Barbarian and Weapons out this weekend but probably best to just let you look the bitch up yourself.
Could be the next great serial killer detective movie, we'll see.
Could be the next great serial killer detective movie, we'll see.
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The Irishman. Good flick. I though Pesci was as good as anything he's done, which is saying something. He played Russell Bufalino, who's a more subtle mafia boss character, beautifully. If that's what the real Bufalino was like, as is his rep, then he was quite something of a boss.
I thought I'd not be that impressed with "just another Scorsese / De niro mob film," but I was. I liked the story line intertwining Philly mob and Jimmy Hoffa.
Fun fact/story tim with creepycoug: I knew well an attorney / judge / law professor from here who was recruited out of the Chuck Carroll King County Prosecutor's office by Bobby Kennedy himself to go after the mob. The dude had offices here, LA, Chicago, Miami, NY, etc. and sat across the table from Hoffa. His descriptions of Hoffa comport 100% with how he's portrayed in books and movies ... a hot head who never shut his fucking mouth and was WAY too proud for his own good.
Whether Frank Sheeran whacked him or someone else, that mouth ultimately cost him dearly. It was surreal watching it because it made me think about this dude, who's been dead for years, and the stories he used to tell me about Hoffa. I have a book about Kennedy and there are chapters in it in which this dude is discussed as much as Kennedy himself, so he was really Kennedy DOJ OG and really there doing this historical work and I knew his stories weren't bullshit. But I didn't really have an appreciation for the Hoffa story back then so I just kind of listened and didn't give much of a shit. Now, watching this movie, I'm like, "I used to fucking know a guy who went up against this guy and knew him very well." Like, literally Hoffa used to call him names and tell him to fuck off and shit. I wish I had known then what a big deal that was.
It was like when I was a junior lawyer and I had a chance to get to know Bob Moch. At the time, I just didn't appreciate the Boys in the Boat story and thought, "why would I give a shit about this dude and row boat?" Stupid. @YellowSnow @whlinder sorry, guys.
I thought I'd not be that impressed with "just another Scorsese / De niro mob film," but I was. I liked the story line intertwining Philly mob and Jimmy Hoffa.
Fun fact/story tim with creepycoug: I knew well an attorney / judge / law professor from here who was recruited out of the Chuck Carroll King County Prosecutor's office by Bobby Kennedy himself to go after the mob. The dude had offices here, LA, Chicago, Miami, NY, etc. and sat across the table from Hoffa. His descriptions of Hoffa comport 100% with how he's portrayed in books and movies ... a hot head who never shut his fucking mouth and was WAY too proud for his own good.
Whether Frank Sheeran whacked him or someone else, that mouth ultimately cost him dearly. It was surreal watching it because it made me think about this dude, who's been dead for years, and the stories he used to tell me about Hoffa. I have a book about Kennedy and there are chapters in it in which this dude is discussed as much as Kennedy himself, so he was really Kennedy DOJ OG and really there doing this historical work and I knew his stories weren't bullshit. But I didn't really have an appreciation for the Hoffa story back then so I just kind of listened and didn't give much of a shit. Now, watching this movie, I'm like, "I used to fucking know a guy who went up against this guy and knew him very well." Like, literally Hoffa used to call him names and tell him to fuck off and shit. I wish I had known then what a big deal that was.
It was like when I was a junior lawyer and I had a chance to get to know Bob Moch. At the time, I just didn't appreciate the Boys in the Boat story and thought, "why would I give a shit about this dude and row boat?" Stupid. @YellowSnow @whlinder sorry, guys.
Why not release it June 5th or 6th?
Already feels like this is going to be a better year for actual theater movies this year which is good. Last year felt like Warfare and Weapons and that was it. Now I need to just find a theater that isn't completely white trash full of loud and obnoxious Gen Zyn.
Optimistic about that one. I used to see the writer a lot in my neighborhood in LA, Andrew Kevin Walker, and is the rare person I felt like I actually wanted to introduce myself to but never did. It's not Criterion Collection but I'll go to war for my love of 8mm, and Machine.
I watched Weapons last week. It wasn’t very good. Not my kind of movie.
Watched The Smashing Machine tonight. Kind of a dull story, but well done. It was not overly dramatic. 6/10.
I was going to watch The Iron Claw because I love the history of wrestling. I don’t really give a shit about in-ring, but the business fascinates me.
Watched The Smashing Machine tonight. Kind of a dull story, but well done. It was not overly dramatic. 6/10.
I was going to watch The Iron Claw because I love the history of wrestling. I don’t really give a shit about in-ring, but the business fascinates me.
SECDAWG
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No new movie. Man it’s hard to find a new good movie. They don’t make em near abouts like they use to…
But caught a couple the other night:
Disturbia which is older, wasn’t bad, great MILF:
And even older, Woman of Desire with Bo Derek, Robert Mitchum and Jeff Fahey, if care to see some Bo Derek tits and bush, pretty cheesy, tho:
But caught a couple the other night:
Disturbia which is older, wasn’t bad, great MILF:
And even older, Woman of Desire with Bo Derek, Robert Mitchum and Jeff Fahey, if care to see some Bo Derek tits and bush, pretty cheesy, tho:
Went to Seinfeld’s live show last night.
The guy is a master of his own domain.
The guy is a master of his own domain.
It probably can’t happen at the moment but he would be great in a big budget comedy.
Disturbia is a really good movie for what it is.