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Connor B · Jun 12, 2018

The Wild Geese (1978) Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen Rating: ** 1/2
Richard Burton, Richard Harris, and Roger Moore lead a squad of about fifty other mercenaries to rescue a deposed African president from impending execution. Essentially a child's play session with G.I. Joe figures extended to a little over two hours; the story is ludicrous, and its politics towards warfare and race are questionable, to say the least. Still, there are worse ways to kill time on an uneventful afternoon, with epic scale action scenes and fairly bloody violence. Followed by a sequel a few years later.

Grandpa · Jun 12, 2018

Avengers: Infinity War.

Well made.

Not a fan, but I can't say why without a spoiler.

If I'd wanted to see a movie where heroes battle futilely, their missteps cause untold devastation, ending with the triumph of evil, I'd have watched a DC movie.

kingricefan · Jun 12, 2018

Ted starring Mark Wahlberg. It was quite funny in a rude and crude way, but since it was written and directed by Seth McFarland it is to be expected. I watched the 'extras' and was quite impressed with how they handled filming the scenes with the bear.

kingricefan · Jun 12, 2018

I also watched 'All About Eve' a couple of days ago. Bette Davis at her finest! Stellar cast in a stellar film. It even features Marilyn Monroe's in her movie debut.

Steffen · Jun 12, 2018

Murder on the Orient Express.

Confession: I've never read any Agatha Christie, nor have I watched any of the Poirot films/shows prior. I don't know how good an adaptation of the story this is. So with that context, let me say that I was amazed at this film, and regret not seeing it in theatres. I'll probably watch it again this weekend. I hope Kenneth Brannagh does further adaptations of this character.

Blake · Jun 12, 2018

Solo: A Star Wars Story. I liked it, especially the first half. All the actors were good. I like how they showed how Solo got won the 'Falcon' off Lando. Harrelson is good and so is Glover. So is Ehrenreich and Clarke. 8/10.

Steffen · Jun 12, 2018

kingricefan said:
I watched Battle: Los Angeles. Found a bluray copy at HPB for $2.00 so I thought what the heck, it's got Aaron Eckhart in it, can't be all that bad. I'm glad I only spent $2.00 on it.

I enjoyed this movie when it came out and at the time thought Eckhart was a good candidate for Captain America (the role hadn't been cast as yet).

ghost19 · Jun 12, 2018

Connor B said:
The Wild Geese (1978) Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen Rating: ** 1/2
Richard Burton, Richard Harris, and Roger Moore lead a squad of about fifty other mercenaries to rescue a deposed African president from impending execution. Essentially a child's play session with G.I. Joe figures extended to a little over two hours; the story is ludicrous, and its politics towards warfare and race are questionable, to say the least. Still, there are worse ways to kill time on an uneventful afternoon, with epic scale action scenes and fairly bloody violence. Followed by a sequel a few years later.

Love that movie.

Tery · Jun 14, 2018

Mr. Cranky said:
Solo: A Star Wars Story. I liked it, especially the first half. All the actors were good. I like how they showed how Solo got won the 'Falcon' off Lando. Harrelson is good and so is Glover. So is Ehrenreich and Clarke. 8/10.

Caught this one on Sunday. We really enjoyed it. It's fun seeing how Chewie and Han met and how Han won the Falcon. I'd agree with 8/10.

We also saw Deadpool 2 on Saturday night (we went to see Solo but it was sold out - so I don't think it's doing badly despite the narrative from the critics). We loved it! Laughed a lot, which was great and much needed. We laughed harder than anything else at the preview for The Happytime Murders. If you saw that trailer, you probably know why. If you haven't, Google it. Trust me.

Neil W · Jun 15, 2018

Book Club - surprisingly touching comedy of mature ladies revitalising their nethers courtesy of 50 Shades.
Hereditary - genuinely disturbing horror
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - episode 5 sees dinos escaping explosive island only to fall foul of big business. Contains more Stupid than usual.

fljoe0 · Jun 18, 2018

LBJ (2017) Woody Harrelson, Jenifer Jason Leigh

Good but not great movie that is basically about one chapter of the Lyndon Johnson story, the passing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. The timeline of the movie is from the 1960 election through the passing of the Civil Rights Act. The death of Kennedy had a lot to do with the Act passing. Johnson shrewdly used American public sympathy over Kennedy's death as leverage to pressure some of the Senators that probably would have voted against the act while Kennedy was president. It's an interesting story. The movie doesn't get into Vietnam or any of the other major events that went on in the Johnson Administration. Woody and Jenifer (as Ladybird) are great, the rest of the cast is so-so.

There is a documentary PBS did about the same story that is very good. It is streaming on Amazon (as is this movie) .

Coolallosaurus · Jun 18, 2018

Terror in the Wax Museum, 1973, Ray Milland, Elsa Lanchester, John Carradine.

I had never seen it, and the film was streaming on Amazon Prime. I loved it! A surprisingly good mystery, some fun play with setting, contains interesting commentary on the idea of monsters, and one of the characters I 100% thought would get the ax (or scalpel) ended up making it out alive (always fun to be surprised).

kingricefan · Jun 18, 2018

Love, Simon. Excellent movie about a closeted 17 year old gay young man who is blackmailed by a schoolmate into fixing up the schoolmate with a female friend. There are lots of funny moments in here, but overall it is the story of how one young man, excellently played by Nick Robinson (who you might remember as one of the young kids from Jurassic World), and how he deals with being forced to come out to his family and his entire school. There are a few heartfelt moments (I especially liked one moment with Nick and his Mom where she tells him how she feels about things and about him) that might get you a little teary eyed or cause a lump in the throat. This is a surefire feel good movie. I remember when it was released in the theaters that there were some Hollywood stars that were actually renting out entire theaters in their hometowns so that folks could go see this movie for free. It has a pretty powerful message that I think all kids in middle school to high school should see/hear. It's rated PG-13, but there are a couple of f-bombs included. No sex scenes other than a few kissing ones. I highly recommend this one!

skimom2 · Jun 18, 2018

Lady Bird--My first impulse is to say that it is overrated. The titular character is not easy to like, and neither is the main secondary character, her mother. That makes a movie hard going for me. It seemed to go on and on, like the writer/director was stringing together anecdotes without a view to the end. The end itself was abrupt and not really convincing or satisfying. I'll probably see it again, to be sure that I haven't missed some great A-HA moment, but right now I have to go with underwhelming.

Coolallosaurus · Jun 19, 2018

skimom2 said:
Lady Bird--My first impulse is to say that it is overrated. The titular character is not easy to like, and neither is the main secondary character, her mother. That makes a movie hard going for me. It seemed to go on and on, like the writer/director was stringing together anecdotes without a view to the end. The end itself was abrupt and not really convincing or satisfying. I'll probably see it again, to be sure that I haven't missed some great A-HA moment, but right now I have to go with underwhelming.

I totally agree! I saw Ladybird when it first came out in theaters with a friend who totally loved it and thought it was perfect. While it definitely had its moments (some of the scenes in the high school were spot on), it felt way too drawn out; as thought it might have been a better limited-series program rather than a feature-length film. While I can get behind an unlikable protagonist, there was nothing really *there* with Ladybird to draw me in or get interested in her story.

Gerald · Jun 21, 2018

Coolallosaurus said:
Terror in the Wax Museum, 1973, Ray Milland, Elsa Lanchester, John Carradine.

I had never seen it, and the film was streaming on Amazon Prime. I loved it! A surprisingly good mystery, some fun play with setting, contains interesting commentary on the idea of monsters, and one of the characters I 100% thought would get the ax (or scalpel) ended up making it out alive (always fun to be surprised).

I've never seen this either. It doesn't even seem to be on dvd (let alone on blu-ray). It doesn't seem regarded too highly but the cast is impressive, even the original Bride of Frankenstein, Elsa Lanchester.

I finally went to the original official Chamber of Horrors in Madame Tussaud's in London, and it was a bit disappointing. It was quite small and simple, but it had things you see in some of the wax museum films, like famous murderers and murder scenes. They had turned it partly into one of those mazes with real actors, so I don't think I saw it completely as it was originally. It looks like they now completely took it away and replaced it with an interactive Sherlock Holmes experience.
It did however have a real cool Vlad the Impaler figure at the entrance.

skimom2 · Jun 21, 2018

Infinity War, again

fljoe0 · Jun 21, 2018

kingricefan said:
Love, Simon. Excellent movie about a closeted 17 year old gay young man who is blackmailed by a schoolmate into fixing up the schoolmate with a female friend. There are lots of funny moments in here, but overall it is the story of how one young man, excellently played by Nick Robinson (who you might remember as one of the young kids from Jurassic World), and how he deals with being forced to come out to his family and his entire school. There are a few heartfelt moments (I especially liked one moment with Nick and his Mom where she tells him how she feels about things and about him) that might get you a little teary eyed or cause a lump in the throat. This is a surefire feel good movie. I remember when it was released in the theaters that there were some Hollywood stars that were actually renting out entire theaters in their hometowns so that folks could go see this movie for free. It has a pretty powerful message that I think all kids in middle school to high school should see/hear. It's rated PG-13, but there are a couple of f-bombs included. No sex scenes other than a few kissing ones. I highly recommend this one!

I saw this one too and the filmmakers did something different with this story than other stories like it. Simon's parents were always going to be cool with his coming out and Simon knew this but he still struggled telling his parents and friends. Most stories like this have the parents and/or friends that don't understand and come around by the end. This movie showed how difficult this was for Simon even though most everyone around him was cool with it. I thought that little twist really put this movie above others with a similar theme. I give it a thumbs up too.

Nick Robinson is awesome. If you haven't seen Being Charlie, I recommend it. Rob Reiner directed it and Nick plays a character modeled after Rob's own son that struggled with drug abuse. Rob's son wrote the story. You'll want to strangle Nick through most of this one though.

kingricefan · Jun 21, 2018

fljoe0 said:
I saw this one too and the filmmakers did something different with this story than other stories like it. Simon's parents were always going to be cool with his coming out and Simon knew this but he still struggled telling his parents and friends. Most stories like this have the parents and/or friends that don't understand and come around by the end. This movie showed how difficult this was for Simon even though most everyone around him was cool with it. I thought that little twist really put this movie above others with a similar theme. I give it a thumbs up too.

Nick Robinson is awesome. If you haven't seen Being Charlie, I recommend it. Rob Reiner directed it and Nick plays a character modeled after Rob's own son that struggled with drug abuse. Rob's son wrote the story. You'll want to strangle Nick through most of this one though.

I'll have to check out Being Charlie now! Thanks!

Coolallosaurus · Jun 21, 2018

Gerald said:
I've never seen this either. It doesn't even seem to be on dvd (let alone on blu-ray). It doesn't seem regarded too highly but the cast is impressive, even the original Bride of Frankenstein, Elsa Lanchester.

I finally went to the original official Chamber of Horrors in Madame Tussaud's in London, and it was a bit disappointing. It was quite small and simple, but it had things you see in some of the wax museum films, like famous murderers and murder scenes. They had turned it partly into one of those mazes with real actors, so I don't think I saw it completely as it was originally. It looks like they now completely took it away and replaced it with an interactive Sherlock Holmes experience.
It did however have a real cool Vlad the Impaler figure at the entrance.

I was surprised when I looked up the critical responses to the film. It's definitely not the *best* quality, and there's really nothing that will keep you up at night, but I thought it was a pretty decent mystery/horror flick. Maybe I liked it because I had never seen the original Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)-- which has higher ratings (another film to add to the watch list).
That's interesting about the official Chamber of Horrors. I had no idea there was an actual exhibit. Not sure I would dig the real actors. Wax figures are creepy enough. Living humans, no thanks! Speaking of wax figures, have you ever seen the anatomical models from 18th century Florence? In their historical context they are super cool, but in real life they are a horror story waiting to happen.

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