GtrPlyr Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 ^^ watched that a few months back . NW: Almost through the 1st Season. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Jar City - sort of like an episode of Law & Order: Iceland, with a murder case leading cops around a small town outside of Reykjavik, dredging up and connecting the links of a seedy, decades-long tragedy. Creepy, particularly the goat's head fast food entree. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Runaway Jim Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Watched Into the Wild again. Hands down one of the very best movies of this decade. I love those scenes with Hal Holbrook. Also watched State of Play, which was pretty fun. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Today is Day 7 of the 11-day Milwaukee Film Festival. I've seen 15 movies already and plan to catch at least 11 more. So far my favorite is Storm, another great film by Hans-Christian Schmid. I've also enjoyed The Beaches of Agnes, Lake Tahoe, Bronson, 9.99, and The House of the Devil. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 AMC.com is streaming full episodes of The Prisoner. The AMC remake of the show premiers in November 2009. Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Definitely some uncomfortable moments, but all around good 70s prison flick with music supplied by Curtis Mayfield, who also has a small role. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Watched The Dark Knight over the course of a couple of days. Much, much more enjoyable now that time has separated it from from its hype machine. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Precious is a genuinely great American movie. It's certainly among the best I've seen so far this year. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Precious is a genuinely great American movie. It's certainly among the best I've seen so far this year. Good to hear. I read Push a few years ago (in about a day - it's that kind of book) and was shocked to learn they managed to adapt it into a film. Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 I am a huge Coen Brothers fan, and I have to say I enjoyed as much or more on the first watch as I have anything they've ever put out. There's a scene in this movie I laughed at harder than almost anything else I've ever seen in a movie (up there with Owen Wilson's "Eli Cash" reading in Tenenbaums and Woody Allen's "I happen to have Marshall Mcluhan right here.") So yeah, go see this movie. --Mike Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 I'm excited for this one. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I usually can find something to like about any given movie, but The Unborn is total crappity-crap. Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 It had been a while, but it was every bit as good as I remembered it. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 It had been a while, but it was every bit as good as I remembered it.I came here to write the same thing about this:Actually, I enjoyed Magnolia more this time around than I'd ever enjoyed it before. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Rachel Getting Married - in Stamford, Connecticut, a family defined by heartache gathers for a long weekend of celebration and confrontation, via Rachel's wedding and her sister Kym's release from a stint at rehab, respectively. Good, naturalistic performances from all, notably Bill Irwin as the sorrowful ringleader dad. The verite approach Jonathan Demme takes here is closer to his Neil Young concert film than, say Philadelphia, and thank God for it - the script's instances of clumsiness would be less forgivable if this was shot as a Big Hollywood Movie. And though the tony setting and a permeating hipness threaten to suffocate the characters at times (the indulgent wedding party scenes, with all colors, creeds, cultures and sexualities represented under an uber-hipster tent, all there to send off the black-and-white couple, feel like Demme saying 'look how cool my life is - you will never, ever be at a wedding this panethnic. Look - even Fab 5 Freddy and Robyn Hitchcock are guests! And the groom is from TV On The Radio!"), the final emotional payoff feels well-earned. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 The Wrestler was fuckin' great! Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 RE: Californication I just finished season 1 of this. It was much better than I expected. The large amount of female nudity in no way biased me. Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 RE: Californication I just finished season 1 of this. It was much better than I expected. The large amount of female nudity in no way biased me.Oddly enough I'm on the last episode of Season 2. I have a love/hate thing going with the show. It can be funny and witty, but also cliched and ridiculous. Thankfully there's enough good stuff going on to keep me watching--the parade of sundry beautiful women doesn't hurt the cause either of course. Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Rachel Getting Married - in Stamford, Connecticut, a family defined by heartache gathers for a long weekend of celebration and confrontation, via Rachel's wedding and her sister Kym's release from a stint at rehab, respectively. Good, naturalistic performances from all, notably Bill Irwin as the sorrowful ringleader dad. The verite approach Jonathan Demme takes here is closer to his Neil Young concert film than, say Philadelphia, and thank God for it - the script's instances of clumsiness would be less forgivable if this was shot as a Big Hollywood Movie. And though the tony setting and a permeating hipness threaten to suffocate the characters at times (the indulgent wedding party scenes, with all colors, creeds, cultures and sexualities represented under an uber-hipster tent, all there to send off the black-and-white couple, feel like Demme saying 'look how cool my life is - you will never, ever be at a wedding this panethnic. Look - even Fab 5 Freddy and Robyn Hitchcock are guests! And the groom is from TV On The Radio!"), the final emotional payoff feels well-earned. How great is the dish washer scene? My jaw was on the floor when that ended. --Mike Link to post Share on other sites
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