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St. Vincent with Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy.

Caught it on Netflix. Wasn't bad. Not Murray's best but it was enjoyable. McCarthy was not way over the top in this so that was a bonus. I do find her funny but she can be so overbearing at times.

 

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Edge Of Tomorrow (2014) Tom Cruise

For some reason when this was released a couple years ago, it did not look appealing to me so I skipped it. Maybe the trailer was bad. I don't remember the reason but I was mistaken. This is a fantastic sci-fi/action movie. If you haven't seen it, give it a try.

They really dropped the ball with the marketing for this film, because it was FAR better than it looked.

 

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13 Killer Netflix Picks to Watch Right Now (Other Than Stranger Things)

From the ones I've seen on the list, I liked Stake Land.

That one was pretty good. I remember liking EXPLORERS when it first came out, but I haven't seen it since. Dead Snow is funny/gory, and Event Horizon... not easy to describe. I think I liked it (I've watched it often enough), but I watch each time in horrified fascination.

 

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Speaking of Eastwood: yesterday, for the first time in a few years, I watched Dirty Harry again. Without question, it's one of the best police action thrillers ever, if not the best. To this day, it remains controversial for its still-graphic violence and perceived reactionary messages. As for me? I loved every single minute of it. Harry Callahan has been my favorite Eastwood character since I've first saw it on VHS when I was younger. Yes, I was a spoiled-rotten kid exposed to things he really shouldn't have seen. But I digress. Eastwood's performance is iconic, and Andy Robinson is perfect as the boyish psycho-killer that, in the end, you would love to see blown away. Don Siegel's direction is forceful and pulls no punches, with great cinematography, editing, and a snazzy Lalo Schifrin score to boot. Four out of four.

Dirty Harry is a great film. My Dad (who was a cop) was a big fan. He always said Harry got to do the stuff to the obviously guilty dirtbags that other cops always wanted to do but couldn't.

I don't find the film to be that graphically violent. Especially compared to more modern films (hello Hostel). I don't find the film's message to be reactionary either. The character lived by his internal code of right and wrong. He ultimately wanted to do nothing more than serve and protect people. Harry's character is very inner-directed. He's true to himself which is an admirable trait (IMHO anyway). He was rebelling against the system that he was a part of but was (and still is) failing everyone.

As for the best police action thriller, I have to give that one to Bullitt. Just for the car chase alone. Even if it did feature a Mustang.......

Now, there is a police action flick starring Roy Scheider called The 7-Ups that has a car chase that is maybe even better than the one in Bullitt. It gets high marks from 'ole SwiftDog because the car Scheider is driving in that chase is a Firebird! SwiftDogs dig old Pontiacs!

 

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That one was pretty good. I remember liking EXPLORERS when it first came out, but I haven't seen it since. Dead Snow is funny/gory, and Event Horizon... not easy to describe. I think I liked it (I've watched it often enough), but I watch each time in horrified fascination.

Event Horizon is a great film. It's very Lovecraftian. Plus Laurence Fishbone and Sam Neil are really good in it.

I liked StakeLand, Room 237, John Dies At The End, and Dead Snow as well.

Room 237 has to be taken with a very large grain of salt. Some of the theories, especially the moon-landing one, are out there.

 

[Connor B]

Since I watched Dirty Harry the other day, I thought I could treat myself to another film from Clint. That film is one of his starmaking roles, A Fistful of Dollars, the first in Sergio Leone's trilogy of spaghetti westerns. I loved it. You can tell just from watching that Eastwood had, and still possesses, the charisma and grittiness that made him an icon. For those of you looking for another spin on Kurosawa's Yojimbo, I'd recommend Albert Pyun's Omega Doom, starring Rutger Hauer.

 

[Neil W]

Nine Lives - Kevin Spacey as a cat in amiable kid-friendly comedy/morality tale
Pete's Dragon - terrific reimagining: has heart and depth
The Shallows - Blake Lively on a rock menaced by super-shark

 

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The Woman in Gold...Helen Mirran plays a WWII survivor who is trying to get artwork that had been stolen from her family by the Nazis returned to her. Ryan Reynolds plays her lawyer. I liked it, even made me teary.

Nebraska...I loved this movie! Not often you have a movie set in my home state. That is what made me watch it in the first place. Bruce Dern as a cantankerous man who gets a sweepstakes notice in the mail and is bound and determined to get to Lincoln to get his million dollars. His sons were played by Will Forte and Bob Odenkirk, and Will Forte's character decides to humor his dad and take him. They get waylaid in Dad's hometown for a few days and soon Mom (June Squibb) and other son (Odenkirk) show up there as well. It was a very funny movie, I laughed a lot. But also very touching. The ending made me cry and laugh at the same time. It was a perfect way to end the movie.

Crimson Peak. I loved the atmosphere of this movie, up til the last half hour or so. That last half hour, when you find out what is going on, was really meh. I loved it up to that point, though.

And I finally watched Enough Said, with James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. I had it recorded for well over a year, but just was not ready to watch it, I loved Gandolfini so. It was just ok. It was good to see him play someone other than a mob boss or tough guy but the story really was just ok.

 

[Dana Jean]

The Woman in Gold...Helen Mirran plays a WWII survivor who is trying to get artwork that had been stolen from her family by the Nazis returned to her. Ryan Reynolds plays her lawyer. I liked it, even made me teary.

Nebraska...I loved this movie! Not often you have a movie set in my home state. That is what made me watch it in the first place. Bruce Dern as a cantankerous man who gets a sweepstakes notice in the mail and is bound and determined to get to Lincoln to get his million dollars. His sons were played by Will Forte and Bob Odenkirk, and Will Forte's character decides to humor his dad and take him. They get waylaid in Dad's hometown for a few days and soon Mom (June Squibb) and other son (Odenkirk) show up there as well. It was a very funny movie, I laughed a lot. But also very touching. The ending made me cry and laugh at the same time. It was a perfect way to end the movie.

Crimson Peak. I loved the atmosphere of this movie, up til the last half hour or so. That last half hour, when you find out what is going on, was really meh. I loved it up to that point, though.

And I finally watched Enough Said, with James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. I had it recorded for well over a year, but just was not ready to watch it, I loved Gandolfini so. It was just ok. It was good to see him play someone other than a mob boss or tough guy but the story really was just ok.

In Nebraska, was there a true lottery that he won?

You can tell me in a spoiler, I can choose to open it or not.

 

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In Nebraska, was there a true lottery that he won?

You can tell me in a spoiler, I can choose to open it or not.

Spoiler

No, it was one of those cards we all get, where you have to take the card to the business and have your numbers checked. Everyone kept telling him there was no million dollars, but he was stubborn. But, it was what his son did after seeing his dad so disappointed that got me. It was so heartfelt, I enjoyed the whole movie, but the ending clinched it 100x over for me.

Also, it was all shot in black and white, which really added to the feel of the movie. Brilliant. There is something about seeing Nebraska farmland in b&w. (Maybe that is just me, but I thought it added so much to the movie.) I would like to own this movie.

 

[Dana Jean]

Spoiler

No, it was one of those cards we all get, where you have to take the card to the business and have your numbers checked. Everyone kept telling him there was no million dollars, but he was stubborn. But, it was what his son did after seeing his dad so disappointed that got me. It was so heartfelt, I enjoyed the whole movie, but the ending clinched it 100x over for me.

Also, it was all shot in black and white, which really added to the feel of the movie. Brilliant. There is something about seeing Nebraska farmland in b&w. (Maybe that is just me, but I thought it added so much to the movie.) I would like to own this movie.

So,

Spoiler

="what did the son do?"]

You can spoiler it. I can choose to read it or not.

 

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So,

Spoiler

="what did the son do?"]

You can spoiler it. I can choose to read it or not.

Spoiler

Well, his dad just kept telling everyone (after the beans were spilled about the money at the relatives place where they got stuck a while) that he wanted a new truck. Never had one, he said. He wanted that truck. Also there was a thing with an air compressor being stolen from him by his business partner when he lived there.

So someone finds the card and everyone in town starts making fun of him for thinking he had really won this money. When they left that town on the final leg of the journey to Lincoln, it was with everyone in town thinking he was such a loser. Then, if course, no winning ticket.

So Son drives to a car lot and trades his car in on the spot for a new truck. Not brand new, but new enough. Then goes to Sears and gets his dad a new air compressor. Then they drive back to the town and Son lets Dad drive down Main Street real nice and slow, and he hides down on the floorboard. So everyone who made fun of him are left thinking that he DID win, and there he goes with his new truck!

So sweet!

 

[Dana Jean]

Spoiler

Well, his dad just kept telling everyone (after the beans were spilled about the money at the relatives place where they got stuck a while) that he wanted a new truck. Never had one, he said. He wanted that truck. Also there was a thing with an air compressor being stolen from him by his business partner when he lived there.

So someone finds the card and everyone in town starts making fun of him for thinking he had really won this money. When they left that town on the final leg of the journey to Lincoln, it was with everyone in town thinking he was such a loser. Then, if course, no winning ticket.

So Son drives to a car lot and trades his car in on the spot for a new truck. Not brand new, but new enough. Then goes to Sears and gets his dad a new air compressor. Then they drive back to the town and Son lets Dad drive down Main Street real nice and slow, and he hides down on the floorboard. So everyone who made fun of him are left thinking that he DID win, and there he goes with his new truck!

So sweet!

Oh my gosh, how great is that? So sweet.

 

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Standoff with Thomas Jane & Laurence Fishburne.

It was "meh". Fishburne is channeling his in Samuel L. Jackson here. That's OK because a lot of the time Samuel L. Jackson is channeling his inner Laurence Fishburne For example, without Jimmy Jump from The King of New York you would never have had Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction. But I digress.....

It wasn't horrible but it never moved it never moved past mediocre despite the potential the plot gave it to.

It's on Netflix if you want to check it out.

 

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Watching Key Largo right now, it's in my top ten all time best damn movies ever made. Maybe the number one. Bogie, Bacall, Eddie G, Lionel Barrymore (love Lionel Barrymore) in one of John Huston's finest films. What's great is that my 13 year-old son is watching it with me, and seems to be digging it as much as I did at that age. Heart swelling with love.

 

[Lynnie L]

Today I watched Dead Man Walking with Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon. Great movie with 2 great actors.

 

[Blake]

They Live starring Roddy Piper and Keith David. (I've have come here to chew bubble-gum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubble-gum!)

 

[ghost19]

They Live starring Roddy Piper and Keith David. (I've have come here to chew bubble-gum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubble-gum!)

Best street fight in a movie ever imho....

 

[Blake]

Best street fight in a movie ever imho....

I reckon it's the best street fight also. Just put the glasses on!

 

[ghost19]

I reckon it's the best street fight also. Just put the glasses on!

LOL. I now have to watch They Live....