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#MovieThread VII: The Kino Awakens, Chapter Three — March Edition
From 2020 to 2025 I watched 2370 movies.
In 2026 so far I've watched another 70, for a total of 2440 movies.
This month:
* John McTiernan.
* Ninja Turtles, probably.
Previous thread:
Starting John McTiernan, it's the movie "Nomadland" is not a sequel to, it's —
#71, or #2441, 1986's "Nomads."
It's the movie today best remembered for the "Seinfeld" episode of the same title where Elaine is the only person in town who hates it, leaving now for a screening of —
#72, or #2442, 1996's "The English Patient."
With this one I'm 8/10 for seeing this year's Best Picture nominees in the cinema, leaving now to go see —
#73, or #2443, 2026's "Sentimental Value."
With and after dinner, watched —
#74, or #2443, 2026 Netflix doc “Queen of Chess.”
Interesting story about a woman I knew nothing about. But it’s a shame it has to tell her story by focusing on her rivalry with a man. Do enjoy watching her crush these dudes, though, obviously.
As I understand it, this Brazilian Best Picture nominee is not about a secret agent, leaving now to go see —
#75, or #2445, 2026's "O Agente Secreto," or, "The Secret Agent."
The only one of this year's slate of Best Picture nominees I have to watch at home instead of in the cinema, it's —
#77, or #2447, 2025's "Train Dreams."
The conversation about this one has collapsed into "boy, they really whiffed it on this one," but that means there's a chance I can be contrarian just by having a good time, so, you know, still gotta see it, leaving now to go see —
#78, or #2448, 2026's "The Bride!"
Meant to go see this true story Tourette's drama before it became unexpectedly topical but never got around to it until what's probably the last screening, leaving now to go see —
#79, or #2449, 2026's "I Swear."
Yesterday was Pie Day. On a related note, it's —
#80, or #2450, 1999's "American Pie."
The Pursuit of Purple March? No. The Chase for Burnt Sienna November? Absolutely not. It's —
#81, or #2451, 1990 John McTiernan picture "The Hunt for Red October."
Used to be all you needed for a Best Picture nominee was two guys and a chain gang for them to escape from, it's —
#82, or #2452, 1958's "The Defiant Ones."
"How come they chained a white man to a black?"
"Warden's got a sense of humour."
tell that warden that if he's gonna quit his day job it should be out of protest against the american prison industrial complex and not to try and make a career as a comedian happen
I would simply not be in a chain gang in the first place.
On account of I don't think those were ever really a thing here, but also even America, Land of the Chain Gangs, had basically stopped doing chain gangs by the late 1950s, so how would I end up in a chaing gang.
Now, I can see myself being a fugitive from the law, but I assure you, whatever I did, either I didn't do it or it wasn't wrong of me to do.
For how bare the premise is, and for how much I expected this to have aged inelegantly — being a sensible person who obviously abhors all racism, an old message picture about how racism is bad can sometimes be a little like throwing a candle at a campfire — this is honestly kind of beautiful. Everything here really works, and Poitier and Curtis are just doing all-timer work.
It doesn’t just have its heart in the right place, it’s got its actual movie in the right place, too. Holds up!
Alex Daily! 
Naga (he/him)