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Just a word of advice when watching Suspiria (original):

Don't watch it at a party with a bunch of drunken friends. Watch it in the dark in as close to a theater experience as you can manage. I speak from experience.
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Tenebre is a great horror party giallo, though, also speaking from experience. Splendid ridiculous evil. :cool:
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I'm reminded that Orson Welles had a famous rule that a movie should never be longer than two hours or the audience will get bored.

The two shows I want to catch next week at the theater are Matinee by Joe Dante (what seems like a delightful John Goodman performance), and Goodbye Dragon Inn. Hopefully one or both of them will be worth my while.
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I kinda hate going to the theater just 'cause I don't like watching movies with random people and their reactions annoy me (yeah, I'm a miserable sack of shit, lol), but getting jealous of all y'alls options. Tati would probably be fun though in a theater.

Matinee is pretty fun. I finally watched that myself a couple years back. It's a good throwback to William Castle's gimmicks that I guess he'd do. Been wanting to see Goodbye Dragon Inn. I watched The Hole like 5 or 6 years ago and wasn't a fan, but wanted to give the director another shot. The Hole just came off to me like Dennis Potter-lite and really bugged me, but again, see miserable sack of shit.
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BIL wrote:That's a very considered, articulate way to say you hate women BryanM :evil:
Heh, it was amazing how that movie became a surrogate battleground for all the 2016 doom that was going on. No review. I Refuse., and the guy's worse than hitler.

It's really cool they've decided to continue releasing Ghostbusters movies to honor landmark doomy years. A franchise about apocalypses, for the apocalypse. Very fitting.

There's not a 0% chance they could inject that immortality serum into the old cast and make them into franchise slaves pumping out increasingly unnecessary sequels. Instead of zombie dead actor CGI puppets. It would be a very weird aspect to the unraveling.
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EmperorIng wrote:I'm reminded that Orson Welles had a famous rule that a movie should never be longer than two hours or the audience will get bored.

The two shows I want to catch next week at the theater are Matinee by Joe Dante (what seems like a delightful John Goodman performance), and Goodbye Dragon Inn. Hopefully one or both of them will be worth my while.
music box? I'm not going but I saw both of those in 35mm run in the lineup :P
I love seeing movies there. a couple years ago for my birthday I was able to catch escape from new york which it somehow was my s/o's first time seeing it and was just as fun as you'd expect

drauch wrote:I kinda hate going to the theater just 'cause I don't like watching movies with random people and their reactions annoy me (yeah, I'm a miserable sack of shit, lol), but getting jealous of all y'alls options. Tati would probably be fun though in a theater.

Matinee is pretty fun. I finally watched that myself a couple years back. It's a good throwback to William Castle's gimmicks that I guess he'd do. Been wanting to see Goodbye Dragon Inn. I watched The Hole like 5 or 6 years ago and wasn't a fan, but wanted to give the director another shot. The Hole just came off to me like Dennis Potter-lite and really bugged me, but again, see miserable sack of shit.
playtime was great as expected but I'm sorta the same way where I get easily distracted in theatres, but believe it or not a handful of places here (facets cinematheque, music box, gene siskel film center and even to a degree landmark century centre and amc river east) everyone is super respectful/quiet. right now some of the theaters sell out under capacity and ask that you spread out so it kinda helps with not having to sit by anyone but you still can't help crowd reactions of course. our closest location "davis theater" has definitely been the typical "people talking during the movie" kinda place for us though
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Just saw Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal and Get the Goat, both on Netflix. Both were great.
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Xtreme, a Spanish movie on Netflix. About a retired hitman who’s forced back into action to kill the stepbrother who murdered his family and those he cared about. Kinda reminds me of John Wick. Oscar Jaenada and Sergio Peris-Mencheta are once again villains in this movie, just like Rambo: Last Blood, except their roles are reversed. Sergio Peris-Mencheta was the main villain in Last Blood, and Oscar Jaenada was the henchman. In this movie, however, it’s Jaenada who’s the main villain and Peris-Mencheta who’s the henchman.
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A Serious Man

I didn't anticipate any of this. A man who is very much there, and he's falling to pieces. And it's hilarious. Given the p.o.v., his sanity is the struggle and the insanity of everbody else the adventure. Please. Accept the mystery. New Hi Score for a movie depicting Jewish surroundings and leaving out any Nazi scum. After we see the face of Fagle and all comes to an uncommon ending, I immediately thought about what the most serious man Larry would do next. That's the stuff.

Phenomena felt a smite drawn out. Chop some off. But it's all very well when the last reel begins. So bonkers, so fun.What this movie gets out of by showing a bare bum monkey, it's unheard of. But why is the insect princess Jennifer-sama capable of doing all this in the first place? I accept the mystery.

The Hudsucker Proxy. First watch. A mystery to me. It has its moments, but doesn't feel coherent. In the beginning I thought I was watching a Tim Burton studio movie. In the mailroom scene I thought it was Terry Gilliam. Some silly slapstick and I thought of Sam Raimi. The Coens are somewhere there in between, I suppose. When it's capitalism satire it's all superficial thanks to the stylized tone of it all. Ah, well. You can't rave about all of 'em.
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Some-Mist wrote: It wasn't so hard for me to grasp since having watched flicks like primer so many times, but some of my friends had issues figuring it out.
I immediately though "this is amateur hour compared to Primer". :D
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A heads-up...

Criterion is releasing a Melvin Van Peebles 4 movie box set:


https://twitter.com/Criterion/status/14 ... 3995928586
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vol.2 wrote:A heads-up...

Criterion is releasing a Melvin Van Peebles 4 movie box set:


https://twitter.com/Criterion/status/14 ... 3995928586
Nice! :)

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The Terminal

Tom Hanks as an Eastern European stuck in an airport terminal in parallel with his country's civil war.

It's really a just a vehicle for Hanks to do a character study. He does an okay job at it, but that in no way justifies a whole movie around it and the story sinks under the weight of it. There might be an interesting and heartfelt strand or two woven into it, but it's not enough to rescue the boring sappy mess.

Not particularly recommended unless you have no other choice. It feels like it was designed specifically to be the movie you watch on an airplane just because.
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Infinite. I don’t care what people say, I liked the movie, and Antoine Fuqua never disappoints. I especially enjoyed the final battle on the plane, it was like Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and Terminator: Dark Fate rolled into one.
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BIL wrote:The Void (2017) Hicksville USA: Scary Rednecks are blasting n' burning teenagers in a farmhouse, one of whom escapes to the car of Nice Cop! They go to Creepy Hospital, which isn't doing great, having been gutted by a recent fire, when Scary Rednecks arrive! But wait, who are these shrouded knife-wielding fucks encircling Creepy Hospital??? And is Creepy Doc up to something! :shock: Warts n' all homage to Hellraiser 2 (not Hellraiser 1!) by way of From Beyond and Prince of Darkness. That is to say, crazy occult shit with hearty helpings of practical bodyhorror, steeped in cosmic menace.

Best features by far are the creature effects and sets. Beyond the intact facade of Creepy Hospital lies a malleable labyrinth of psychohorror. Creepy Doc is not my favourite narrative device, nor was he in From Beyond, tbh - if we must, his less omniscient counterpart Creepy Prof (cf Event Horizon) is preferable. That forgiven, it's a fine B-horror evening, with some movingly impressive practicals. Mewling juggernauts of bone n' brain spewing buckets of toxic guts when boomsticked, pitiably arse-faced ghouls haplessly maiming all in reach, an eerily pursuing Ghost Mom (w/Ghost Dead Baby) - it's a right laugh, and 90minute-tight (runtime of the gods). Not bad at all, and MUCH healthier for your kids than that lame Paranormal Business 3: A Ghost Touch My Pen0r shite!

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Loved the finale's reference to The Beyond! Real recognise real!

Watched it last night. For a pastiche it hits all of the points, I feel. Competent practical effects, digital strange-scapes, and a soundtrack that hums: You got me in your corner. By the by, do you remember the creature creeping on all fours who walks belly up? Down in the basement segment? That's not an effect, that's an extremely limber fella, doing his thing :shock:! Solid is what I think overall of it, where many others fall flat very early on. It was so pleasant, that I even embraced the little twists, almost surprised about it. :) Noooo, not you, too? And the dude in the hospital bed is watching Night of the Living Dead. Why? Because it's free.
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Ronyn wrote:By the by, do you remember the creature creeping on all fours who walks belly up? Down in the basement segment? That's not an effect, that's an extremely limber fella, doing his thing :shock:!
That does ring a bell! Reminded me of 'orrible old XTRO, good stuff indeed. Was thinking back on this one recently, having replayed a few old survival horror favourites (SH2 having the most directly comparable Cold Black Hellspital, but RE4's decaying island stronghold boasts similarly foul cachet). Could see it becoming a real cult (bwaaa!) favourite over time.
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Ronyn wrote:
BIL wrote:The Void (2017) Hicksville USA: Scary Rednecks are blasting n' burning teenagers in a farmhouse, one of whom escapes to the car of Nice Cop! They go to Creepy Hospital, which isn't doing great, having been gutted by a recent fire, when Scary Rednecks arrive! But wait, who are these shrouded knife-wielding fucks encircling Creepy Hospital??? And is Creepy Doc up to something! :shock: Warts n' all homage to Hellraiser 2 (not Hellraiser 1!) by way of From Beyond and Prince of Darkness. That is to say, crazy occult shit with hearty helpings of practical bodyhorror, steeped in cosmic menace.

Best features by far are the creature effects and sets. Beyond the intact facade of Creepy Hospital lies a malleable labyrinth of psychohorror. Creepy Doc is not my favourite narrative device, nor was he in From Beyond, tbh - if we must, his less omniscient counterpart Creepy Prof (cf Event Horizon) is preferable. That forgiven, it's a fine B-horror evening, with some movingly impressive practicals. Mewling juggernauts of bone n' brain spewing buckets of toxic guts when boomsticked, pitiably arse-faced ghouls haplessly maiming all in reach, an eerily pursuing Ghost Mom (w/Ghost Dead Baby) - it's a right laugh, and 90minute-tight (runtime of the gods). Not bad at all, and MUCH healthier for your kids than that lame Paranormal Business 3: A Ghost Touch My Pen0r shite!

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Loved the finale's reference to The Beyond! Real recognise real!

Watched it last night. For a pastiche it hits all of the points, I feel. Competent practical effects, digital strange-scapes, and a soundtrack that hums: You got me in your corner. By the by, do you remember the creature creeping on all fours who walks belly up? Down in the basement segment? That's not an effect, that's an extremely limber fella, doing his thing :shock:! Solid is what I think overall of it, where many others fall flat very early on. It was so pleasant, that I even embraced the little twists, almost surprised about it. :) Noooo, not you, too? And the dude in the hospital bed is watching Night of the Living Dead. Why? Because it's free.
Me and a friend were thinking of doing a Night Trap-style FMV game in the vein of The Void, so instead of vampires or criminals(Double Switch), you fend off not-Cthulhu cultists.
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Run

A low-key thriller, where nobody even dies on screen and there are only two important characters.
Chloe is a recluse 17 year old girl living out of town with her mother, who teaches her at home and keeps her well away from friends, Internet access, other family members, etc. with the excuse of serious health problems.
As she is about to leave home and go to college, Chloe discovers that there is something seriously wrong with her mother (very strangely, because she is represented as smart and resourceful enough to figure out something at a much younger age) and her natural reaction is what the title suggests. Between leg paralysis, her mother's proactive attitude, lack of outside help and other complications, Chloe fails, fails again, fails better, and reaches the safety of a brief "seven years later" epilogue only at the end.

Somewhat original (for example, many scenes with Chloe in her wheelchair) and notable for not explaining everything and not making the protagonist unreasonably heroic and/or effective.
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Saw a movie yesterday starring that guy who doesnt get metaphors in guardians of the galaxy playing an ex-something and gets entangled in a terrorist ranson drama taking place during a soccer game... And i Saw it with polish One man does it all dubbing, aw jeez.... Meh, 2/5.
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Ronyn wrote: And the dude in the hospital bed is watching Night of the Living Dead. Why? Because it's free.
Hahaha oh man, that is an excellent post, mate!

but yeah, +1 for The Void. Really looking forward to Psycho Goreman...
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For all the Argento heads, there is a rerelease coming for Suspiria on vinyl.

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Just saw Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard. Just as good as the first one, and a triumphant return to theaters!
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Suspiria: Those colour choices! This Goblin sountrack! Every scene holds the interest in some thread and minute detail. The kills are gruesome and sadistic. I imagine if the film was silent and had no dialogue it would shine just the same through the strong audiovisual. And those gorgeous walls! I would ignore the talking heads and only marvel at the wallpaper. A rare thing indeed.

Barton Fink: To talk about it is to spoil it. Can't say I can recognize where it all twists off. Maybe when the camera goes down the drain? Earlier? The studio boss who reveres artists and kisses the feet (shoe) he respects is something that seems delightful surreal. I am horrified to say that the decorative wall covering was subpar. Every time it peeled of the wall with a saturated sound I groaned in disgust! "Where is my honey?!!"
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The Sparks Brothers

Documentary about the band Sparks directed by Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz).

I'm already a long-time Sparks fan, so the film wasn't exactly revelatory for me, but there were still enough details and such included that I came away from it having learned something new about their music and who they are as people. The fact that the Mael brothers were there in the movie as a part of it made it hugely different from other band documentaries. Because Sparks still exists, and have managed to continue to make engaging music all this time later, it's very different from the usual look back at the glory days of a rock band. It's presented as an ongoing tale of their artistic journey.

If you don't know Sparks at all, I think it's a fantastic introduction to them. If you heard of them and were never sure if you actually would like them, this might help push you to check out one or more period of their work. If you are a fan, it's a fun time with lots of laughs and great editing.

Recommended. Which is a bit odd because I would never try to suggest Sparks to someone as a band. There are certain things in life that are hard to take on recommendation and really only work if you stumble upon them yourself. Sparks is, in every possible way, one of those things.

https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-spark ... /synopsis/
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BryanM wrote:(Beasterday)
You sonofa, now I'm going to go watch this and regret the time i've wasted.
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Raining In The Mountain
A classic from King Hu that delves more into drama and spiritual/religion with a dash of exciting action thrown in. Same cast as Legend of The Mountain and features some beautiful scenery of South Korea. Some witty dialogue and love how a lot of the conflict gets resolved by public meetings with the monks.
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Just saw F9. Man, this is one franchise that keeps upping the ante with every installment. But they have officially done the impossible:
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They now went to freaking outer space!
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A Quiet Place II

A sequel with a "more of the same" approach to the somewhat unusual thriller about a family of survivors of an extraterrestrial invasion of blind monsters that locate people to tear apart by noise. The main changes are a neighbour (Cillian Murphy) replacing the dead dad as a man of action, an increased firearms presence, a partial change of scene (still in the forested hills of New York state, but on the sea, a few miles away from the farm and town of the original) and a significant number of other survivors.

It loses some of the atmosphere and doesn't add much, except toning down some of the silly elements; both the trend of increased confidence and success at killing the aliens and the ending scene suggest further sequels where humanity reorganizes and fights back.
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Just saw The Ice Road. Your typical Liam Neeson action movie.
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