I love how lefty a lot of the characters played by Steven Seagal early in his career are, some of the few action films of its era which aren't inherently reactionary at their core. In Above the Law which I'm watching for the first time, it pretty explicitly endorses helping out illegal immigrants and the sanctuary movement.
It is really too bad he ended up as a Putin simp living out the rest of his sad existence in Russia.
Not knowing what to watch when my dad handed me the remote, I chose to put on The Wizard of Oz playing on AMC which I haven't really sat down and watched since I was much younger. I know my hero #DavidLynch was a huge fan of this movie and frequently included references to it in his works, especially Wild at Heart which is deeply connected.
It’s probably not noir, but no one in the story is really a Good Person. IMDb claims it’s a ‘mystery,’ ‘drama,’ and ‘romance,’ which I guess works, but it’s more psychological horror, in which an hypnotist controls whomever he wants.
Orson Welles doing some of his best smouldering sexiness, along with some of the best character actors of the time. The sets are gorgeous, as are the costumes. The plot gets a bit muddy at times, but it was originally a tale by Alexander Dumas, Sr, so complexity is to be expected.
All in all, an excellent picture.
Recommended.
★★★☆☆
A comedy about a man trying to keep his late father’s pub operating in Crawley (it’s near London; don’t worry about it) as well as maintain his marriage and family life.
There is one plot that reflects aspects of the ‘Hotel Inspectors’ episode of Fawltey Towers, but otherwise it’s solid story telling. The characters seem real and loveable, which is a tricky balance with these things.
Still, the intensity of conflict and acceleration of pacing is lacking for my tastes.
Seeing a Sri Lankan create and star in a sit-com is a wonderful thing, however, and I’m pleased to have seen this. More representation like this of other cultures, please; us white people are past boring IMHO.
Darned good.
★★★☆☆
A fine farce. A comedy of errors surrounding a funeral and the family who has found itself without its patriarch.
I probably would have enjoyed it more if my ears weren’t playing up again, so I had to put the subtitles on. Also, my headphones and the picture weren’t synced properly so the audio was ahead of the mouth movements. All of those are my problems, not the film’s.
Recommended.
★★★☆☆
Yessss, the start of this Young Frankenstein #DVD started with the iconic "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" anti-piracy ad, fuck yeah bro.
It is really funny to me that Jurassic Park became a pretty successful franchise despite only having one film in it really worth seeing more than once.
Lost World is one of the worst Spielberg films that only has a few sparkling elements keeping it mid instead of kind of bad. III is just a toy commercial with no point of view. The entire Jurassic World series starts mediocre and becomes outright bizarre and terrible over three films.
Dringende Empfehlung: THE NIGHTINGALE von Jennifer Kent. Heute 23.15 Uhr auf @3sat
Vergewaltigung, Kindsmord, Genozid, Verstümmelung, Traumata des Black Wars des Jahres 1825.
Habe ich mit @molosovsky besprochen: https://schoener-denken.de/blog/the-nightingale-feat-molo/
#filmastodon #cinemaston
Didn’t get to watch as many #movies as I would have liked, but these as the best I saw this year. 🙂
Even though #AlienRomulus had far too many call-backs it was really good to see a creepy Alien movie on the big screen yet again!
Ben! (Boo!)
@IanAMartin HAS MOVED!
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