Latest Movie That You Watched!

[AnnaMarie]

I just finished watching The F-Word. Really enjoyed it.

I didn't realize it was filmed in Toronto. I love when a movie is filmed here and they don't try to pretend it's somewhere else. There's one scene where a guy actually has a Canadian flag and the word Canada in front of him.

 

[fljoe0]

The Wonder Boys. Hey, this was pretty good. Might have to seek out the novel. Never read any Michael Chabon, but I'd read this.

I have not read the novel but I think the movie is awesome. It's a book that I've been trying to get to for years (ever since I saw the film) but just can't get through the TBR pile quick enough. No matter how much I read, the TBR pile never shrinks.

I love when Michael Douglas pulls out his unfinished novel.

 

[fljoe0]

Hellion (2014) - Aaron Paul, Juliette Lewis

Very good (and depressing) indie flick about family loss. Aaron Paul plays a single father of two boys (10 & 13 years old) and it's apparent that the mother has died recently. Hollis (Aaron Paul) is not ready for the sudden reality of being a single parent and things are complicated by the 13 year old being in constant trouble and on the verge of being sent to a juvenile facility. Aaron Paul does a nice job of underplaying his role and not turning it into a clilched bad father role. I got the impression there was a good man there but that he hadn't had time to process the death of his wife and get his act together for the boys. If you liked Mud, you should like this. It's playing on netflix.

 

[muskrat]

I have not read the novel but I think the movie is awesome. It's a book that I've been trying to get to for years (ever since I saw the film) but just can't get through the TBR pile quick enough. No matter how much I read, the TBR pile never shrinks.

I love when Michael Douglas pulls out his unfinished novel.

Right. And hey, in what other movie can you see Iron Man and Spidey hit the sack together?

 

[muskrat]

Hey, you knuckle heads, TCM has been doin A.I.P. Thursdays this month. What's an A.I.P. Movie? For shame. American International Pictures. Cats like Roger Corman? Samuel Z. Arkoff? Drive-In fare, gory goodness. But tonight is extra special. Done did The Pit and the Pendulum. Right now diggin Ray Milland doing his gentlemanly best through The Man With X-Ray Eyes. Next it's Dementia 13, Black Sabbath, The Comedy of Terrors, Master of the World (Vincent Price and Charles Bronson? Sounds crazy, Pops!). You don't dig that stuff, don't hang out with me.

 

[Neil W]

Robinson Crusoe - Belgian CGI, OK for kids
I Saw The Light - Hank Williams biopic, but was he really as nice as Tom Hiddleston makes him?
Bad Neighbours 2 - more improbable sweary feuding with the students next door.

 

[not_nadine]

Saw the last half hour or so of the Pit and the Pendulum last night.
Still made me nervous. Eck! When it gets a button on him.

Pull the big giant handle girl! Put some muscle in it! Don't worry bout the dress!

 

[Connor B]

Get Carter, a quintessential Michael Caine performance in a quintessential British gangster film.

 

[Blake]

Amusement, started off good then lost its way by flashing to some past event that completely ruined the flow.

 

[Dana Jean]

Saw the last half hour or so of the Pit and the Pendulum last night.
Still made me nervous. Eck! When it gets a button on him.

Pull the big giant handle girl! Put some muscle in it! Don't worry bout the dress!

I watched the whole thing. And I'm glad the girl got what was coming to her.

 

[Dana Jean]

Get Carter, a quintessential Michael Caine performance in a quintessential British gangster film.

Very good movie. But I love Michael Caine.

 

[not_nadine]

I watched the whole thing. And I'm glad the girl got what was coming to her.

 

[Luke Holmes]

The last film I saw was Frank. It's incredible, it's very loosely based on a British musician called Frank Sidebottom (he used to scare the crap out of me when I was a child) who wore a huge papier mache head all the time, he's worth a Google himself, bizarre character. Frank is a fictional version of the character and the film follows a less inspired musician Jon (based on the journalist Jon Ronson) joining Frank's band as keyboard player. It draws inspiration from the story of the recording of Trout Mask Replica, the Captain Beefheart album. It stars Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson and Maggie Gyllenhaal. I cannot recommend it enough.

 

[skimom2]

LilMan picked Thirteen Ghosts (1960)--we love the William Castle movies, then we watched part of Children of the Corn. I hadn't seen that one in YEARS, and couldn't remember if it was gory. After the first scenes, where the kids kill the grups, it wasn't bad at all. We had to stop it so I could pick up daughter at work, then The Kid went to bed...and had a dream with Malachi and Isaac in it *headslap* I'll likely finish it tonight, but maybe without Nick, since I can't remember the movie too well (only saw it once and I've read the story a jillion times, so I can't tell if I'm remembering words on page or film).

 

[Connor B]

Sharky's Machine, directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, based on William Diehl's novel. A pulpy, lurid, and at times gory police thriller marred by plot holes, unanswered questions, and uneven pace. Reynolds is a standard Hollywood tough guy, while Henry Silva steals the show as a psychotic, PCP-addled hitman.

 

[skimom2]

The last film I saw was Frank. It's incredible, it's very loosely based on a British musician called Frank Sidebottom (he used to scare the crap out of me when I was a child) who wore a huge papier mache head all the time, he's worth a Google himself, bizarre character. Frank is a fictional version of the character and the film follows a less inspired musician Jon (based on the journalist Jon Ronson) joining Frank's band as keyboard player. It draws inspiration from the story of the recording of Trout Mask Replica, the Captain Beefheart album. It stars Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson and Maggie Gyllenhaal. I cannot recommend it enough.

I liked that movie, but didn't know it was based (even loosely) on a real person! Makes me want to watch it again--thanks!

 

[muskrat]

A Comedy of Terrors (1963). Vincent Price stars as a drunken undertaker fallen on times of 'monetary deficiency' who, along with his suffering henchman (the great Peter Lorre), uses nefarious methods to stimulate his income. Boris Karloff as Price's half-deaf father-in-law (great comedic turn for the old monster), Basil Rathbone as a Shakespeare-spouting bill collector. Orange Tabbycat played by Rhubarb. Most of the gags are heavy-handed, sometimes stupid, but the Richard Matheson-written dialogue is exquisite, and the performances are, of course, top notch. Some ghoulish drive-in slapstick from the A.I.P. schlockhouse. Three out of four skulls.

 

[not_nadine]

that was awesome

 

[Grandpa]

The Jungle Book.

Bottom line, we liked it a lot. It wasn't the previous Disney cartoon, which is good, because I didn't care much for that. This was the jungle and environment that I'd envisioned when, as a youngster, I read Kipling's stories. No, it didn't follow the plot of the original storyline, but it was true to the spirit. The animators did a stellar job with Shere Khan.

When I'd heard that songs had carried over from the previous cartoon, I rolled my eyes, but I have to say, they worked them in pretty nicely. Didn't bother me a bit.

Warning: Not a movie for the real little ones. It is gritty and brutal in parts, and the suspense points would be scary for tykes. Heck, Grandma and I were pretty tense at times.

 

[skimom2]

A Comedy of Terrors (1963). Vincent Price stars as a drunken undertaker fallen on times of 'monetary deficiency' who, along with his suffering henchman (the great Peter Lorre), uses nefarious methods to stimulate his income. Boris Karloff as Price's half-deaf father-in-law (great comedic turn for the old monster), Basil Rathbone as a Shakespeare-spouting bill collector. Orange Tabbycat played by Rhubarb. Most of the gags are heavy-handed, sometimes stupid, but the Richard Matheson-written dialogue is exquisite, and the performances are, of course, top notch. Some ghoulish drive-in slapstick from the A.I.P. schlockhouse. Three out of four skulls.

I've never heard of that one! Now I want to see it