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#MovieThread VII: The Kino Awakens, Chapter Five — May Edition

From 2020 to 2025 I watched 2370 movies.
In 2026 so far I've watched another 127, for a total of 2497 movies.

This month:
* Finishing the X-rewatch.
* Probably Costner.

 Previous thread:

I slammed through the films of Martin Brest slightly too fast, so it'll be a little bit before I start the next Blank Check miniseries, but in the meantime, let's just finish the X-rewatch, sitting down in front of the TV to watch —

#128, or #2498, 2018’s “Deadpool 2.”

Alright, Han's been frozen in carbonite for long enough, time to get him out, it's —

#129, or #2499, 1983's "Return of the Jedi." #4k83

Time to sit down in front of my television and watch the movie where Jean Grey becomes the Phoenix. No, not that one. No, not that one. It’s —

#130, or #2500, 2019’s “Dark Phoenix.”

Let's just wrap this up, sitting down in front of the TV now to watch —

#131, or #2501, 2020's "The New Mutants."

The movie that dares to ask, what if Rosaline Russell was some guy's aunt, it's —

#132, or #2502, 1958 Best Picture nominee "Auntie Mame."

Been a bit since I did a Best Picture nominee — "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," March 25, though since then I've also seen "The King's Speech" and "Scent of a Woman" — because the podcast I listen along to has been going in fits and spurts. And I'm about to run out!
I would simply not be an orphan's aunt.

"She just /loves/ little boys!"

ah I see, a reverse Gigi

Really throwing the ol' Technicolour razzledazzle at the picture about an orphan left to live with his aunt.
A lot going on here.

"Missus Dennis, stockbroker want to say hello before he jump out of window."

figured out when this is set

Auntie Mame's, ahem, spirited personality doesn't really work when she also has to do a job, does it.
Have honestly grown quite eneamoured with this.
Now I think it's too long, though.
A delightful sequence of episodes in Auntie Mame’s life. Watch as she takes in an orphan. Watch as she hears the 1929 stock market crash has driven her stockbroker to the verge of suicide. Watch as she rides a horse so poorly it impresses the entire South. Watch as her new husband tumbles his entire ass off the Matterhorn. Watch as she turns a pair of antisemites’ backyard into an home for Jewish orphans.
A little long — two and a half hours of Auntie Mame at top volume is simply more Auntie Mame than I need — but honestly very charming.