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"Finch" on AppleTV - reminded me of a lighter "The Road", but I still cried at the end. I liked it overall, although it had some uneven pacing - does not seem to be available on blu-ray though which makes me sad.
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LadyGeek wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 6:22 am Hidden Figures, $3.99 rental on Amazon, rated PG, Kevin Costner, Sheldon (Jim Parsons - Big Bang Theory TV series), 2016, biography / drama / history. Three women serve a critical role supporting NASA. I don't know why I waited so long to watch this. This movie won a lot of awards. I liked it.

Sheldon's role in the movie was perfect - that's all I could think about.
This movie is one of my all time favorites.
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IowaFarmWife wrote: Thu May 18, 2023 6:45 pm
LadyGeek wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 6:22 am Hidden Figures, $3.99 rental on Amazon, rated PG, Kevin Costner, Sheldon (Jim Parsons - Big Bang Theory TV series), 2016, biography / drama / history. Three women serve a critical role supporting NASA. I don't know why I waited so long to watch this. This movie won a lot of awards. I liked it.

Sheldon's role in the movie was perfect - that's all I could think about.
This movie is one of my all time favorites.
+100 ^^^^ Also helps that one of my daughters has a masters in math! :wink:
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Brewman wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 12:12 pm
IowaFarmWife wrote: Thu May 18, 2023 6:45 pm
LadyGeek wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 6:22 am Hidden Figures, $3.99 rental on Amazon, rated PG, Kevin Costner, Sheldon (Jim Parsons - Big Bang Theory TV series), 2016, biography / drama / history. Three women serve a critical role supporting NASA. I don't know why I waited so long to watch this. This movie won a lot of awards. I liked it.

Sheldon's role in the movie was perfect - that's all I could think about.
This movie is one of my all time favorites.
+100 ^^^^ Also helps that one of my daughters has a masters in math! :wink:
I can't say that it is one of my all-time favorites, but I remember looking up the story on the way home from seeing it. The film was pretty historically accurate, which is generally not the case. Can't beat a good "based on a true story" film, that is actually a true story.
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stoptothink wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 1:04 pm
Brewman wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 12:12 pm
IowaFarmWife wrote: Thu May 18, 2023 6:45 pm
LadyGeek wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 6:22 am Hidden Figures, $3.99 rental on Amazon, rated PG, Kevin Costner, Sheldon (Jim Parsons - Big Bang Theory TV series), 2016, biography / drama / history. Three women serve a critical role supporting NASA. I don't know why I waited so long to watch this. This movie won a lot of awards. I liked it.

Sheldon's role in the movie was perfect - that's all I could think about.
This movie is one of my all time favorites.
+100 ^^^^ Also helps that one of my daughters has a masters in math! :wink:
I can't say that it is one of my all-time favorites, but I remember looking up the story on the way home from seeing it. The film was pretty historically accurate, which is generally not the case. Can't beat a good "based on a true story" film, that is actually a true story.
Yeah. I didn't care for the movie but generally when the movie starts "based on a true story" it means "nothing in the next hour and a half you see is true except for the names of the characters." Happy to hear that wasn't the case here. But usually, yeah, "based on a true story" means "none of this is even remotely accurate."
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IowaFarmWife wrote: Thu May 18, 2023 6:45 pm
LadyGeek wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 6:22 am Hidden Figures, $3.99 rental on Amazon, rated PG, Kevin Costner, Sheldon (Jim Parsons - Big Bang Theory TV series), 2016, biography / drama / history. Three women serve a critical role supporting NASA. I don't know why I waited so long to watch this. This movie won a lot of awards. I liked it.

Sheldon's role in the movie was perfect - that's all I could think about.
This movie is one of my all time favorites.
+1
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TacoLover wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 6:49 pm
stoptothink wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 1:04 pm
Brewman wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 12:12 pm
IowaFarmWife wrote: Thu May 18, 2023 6:45 pm
LadyGeek wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 6:22 am Hidden Figures, $3.99 rental on Amazon, rated PG, Kevin Costner, Sheldon (Jim Parsons - Big Bang Theory TV series), 2016, biography / drama / history. Three women serve a critical role supporting NASA. I don't know why I waited so long to watch this. This movie won a lot of awards. I liked it.

Sheldon's role in the movie was perfect - that's all I could think about.
This movie is one of my all time favorites.

+100 ^^^^ Also helps that one of my daughters has a masters in math! :wink:
I can't say that it is one of my all-time favorites, but I remember looking up the story on the way home from seeing it. The film was pretty historically accurate, which is generally not the case. Can't beat a good "based on a true story" film, that is actually a true story.
Yeah. I didn't care for the movie but generally when the movie starts "based on a true story" it means "nothing in the next hour and a half you see is true except for the names of the characters." Happy to hear that wasn't the case here. But usually, yeah, "based on a true story" means "none of this is even remotely accurate."
Book on which the movie is based.

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A Man Called Otto on Netflix was great.
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oldcomputerguy wrote: Sat Apr 29, 2023 7:11 am I still go back and re-watch Apollo 13 occasionally.

I've always been a "space nerd" (watched the Apollo 11 moon landing as it happened), so when I saw the trailer in the theater, I informed my wife that, yes, we WOULD be going to this movie. We watched it in the theater during it's original release. It was (to my taste) an incredible movie, but I didn't get a feel for just how incredible until something that happened late in the showing.

Of course, we all went into the movie knowing exactly how it would end, since it was based on a first-person account (Jim Lovell's "Lost Moon") of the actual real-life Apollo 13 mission. We knew from history that the three astronauts would make it back safely, that nobody would die. No surprises there.

When the Command Module came out of re-entry blackout and popped its chutes, and Tom Hanks broke the suspense in Mission Control by saying "Hello, Houston, this is Odyssey - it's good to see you", every single person in the theater got to their feet and cheered wildly.

Movies are made to elicit emotional responses in the audience. This one certainly did that.

As a side note, I got great pleasure from learning about Jim Lovell's cameo in that film.
What is really amazing about this movie, is that everyone knows things will turn out ok, but you still feel the suspense and interestingly feel extremely relieved that everyone survives. That's how well done it is. A fascinating scene is when Lovell has to do math for as solution to an emergency burn and asks mission control to check his math(the on board computer has been shut down). Everyone wips out their slide rules and confirms his figures. It is amazing that the things we take for granted (PC's, pocket calculators) were unknown then and people were risking their lives on pretty primitive equipment.
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novicemoney wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 1:54 pm Everyone wips out their slide rules and confirms his figures. It is amazing that the things we take for granted (PC's, pocket calculators) were unknown then and people were risking their lives on pretty primitive equipment.
Watch Hidden Figures for an even better impression of how they did things. (See the above comments.) A "computer" was a person who computed the math.
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LadyGeek wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 2:20 pm
novicemoney wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 1:54 pm Everyone wips out their slide rules and confirms his figures. It is amazing that the things we take for granted (PC's, pocket calculators) were unknown then and people were risking their lives on pretty primitive equipment.
Watch Hidden Figures for an even better impression of how they did things. (See the above comments.) A "computer" was a person who computed the math.
Yes it startled me when they referred to a human being as a "computer". A really good movie in which the math nerds are the heroes. Interestingly enough a subplot of that movie was the advent of a mainframe "computer" that replaced the human "computers".
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Sisu in theaters. Very graphic violence, but who doesn’t like nazis being taken out in very gory ways?
When a former Finnish commando known as the Immortal who was known for being unkillable after taking out 300 Russians in the previous war has his gold stolen by Nazis nothing can stop him from getting it back.
Extreme violence with nazis being killed in extremely gruesome ways, so steer clear if you are squeamish. But if you have ever said “That new up real good!” you will have a good time.
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Dungeons and Dragon movie.

Now, I want to rewatch the cartoon.
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My wife and I watched "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once".

We were both very disappointed and only made it half way through. Usually, I think IMDb ratings are fairly accurate if a movie will be good or not. IMDb gave this movie a 7.8. I would rate it about 2.5.

We had waited about a month to get it from the library.
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Matahari wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 3:32 pm
bertilak wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 6:56 am Just (re)watched Galaxy Quest (1999).
Clever concept
Exciting plot
Great script
Great characters
Great cast (Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Rainn Wilson, SPECIAL MENTION: Enrico Colantoni as Mathesar)
Great production values
Humor galore
I could go on!

If you are a Star Trek (or similar) fan you will definitely appreciate this one.

I saw it on Netflix.

This is one of my favorite films! I love the cleverness of the concept. I especially love Alan Rickman in his role.
The scene where the Sigourney Weaver character berates the obstacle she and the Tim Allen character must overcome makes me laugh just thinking about it!
Galaxy Quest on Netflix, rated PG, 1999, adventure / comedy / sci-fi. The cast of a sci-fi TV show have their roles transformed into the real thing.

At first, I thought the movie was a bit campy. After the things settled down, it became very enjoyable to watch. A few scenes were hilarious. This movie won several awards. I liked it.

The Star Trek parody quickly became obvious (including the movie title). Fans will recognize the many ways it mirrored not only the original movie (v'ger) but the acting and plot in the first series.

Heads up: The last day to watch on Netflix is June 1, 2023.
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Boglenaut wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 5:11 am My wife and I watched "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once".

We were both very disappointed and only made it half way through. Usually, I think IMDb ratings are fairly accurate if a movie will be good or not. IMDb gave this movie a 7.8. I would rate it about 2.5.

We had waited about a month to get it from the library.
Go through this thread, multiple people confused as to why that film was so acclaimed. We never saw it, but of people I've talked to who have, a number of them walked out of the theatre. Don't really pay attention to IMDB rating, but a film getting "critical acclaim" today is usually a good indicator that I won't like it.
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Casablanca, Ovation channel on DirectTV.

Classic 1942 drama starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre.
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Boglenaut wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 5:11 am My wife and I watched "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once".

We were both very disappointed and only made it half way through. Usually, I think IMDb ratings are fairly accurate if a movie will be good or not. IMDb gave this movie a 7.8. I would rate it about 2.5.

We had waited about a month to get it from the library.
You got further than I did. But then again, I'm not a fan of slapsticky-type comedy. There's a place for that, but sweeping the Oscars? Hard to figure. Though I understand there was a broader, underlying theme to it all, but for me, it would have to do better the first ten minutes to have me stick around to learn it.
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mhalley wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 9:06 pm Sisu in theaters. Very graphic violence, but who doesn’t like nazis being taken out in very gory ways?
When a former Finnish commando known as the Immortal who was known for being unkillable after taking out 300 Russians in the previous war has his gold stolen by Nazis nothing can stop him from getting it back.
Extreme violence with nazis being killed in extremely gruesome ways, so steer clear if you are squeamish. But if you have ever said “That new up real good!” you will have a good time.
Just saw this today and loved it. It was like Rambo on steroids, just crazy action from start to finish.
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I just saw renfield. It was great. Very enjoyable. It is THE role Nicolas cage was meant to play. Good silly fun.
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jjunk wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 7:47 pm
mhalley wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 9:06 pm Sisu in theaters. Very graphic violence, but who doesn’t like nazis being taken out in very gory ways?
When a former Finnish commando known as the Immortal who was known for being unkillable after taking out 300 Russians in the previous war has his gold stolen by Nazis nothing can stop him from getting it back.
Extreme violence with nazis being killed in extremely gruesome ways, so steer clear if you are squeamish. But if you have ever said “That new up real good!” you will have a good time.
Just saw this today and loved it. It was like Rambo on steroids, just crazy action from start to finish.
This is definitely up my alley.
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slowandsteadywins wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 1:15 pm A Man Called Otto on Netflix was great.
+1 We also watched that this weekend on netflix, thoroughly enjoyed it. My wife had read the book so she knew the story. As soon as the story opened I said "that was shot near us in Pennsylvania" ....wife looked it up and the movie was filmed around Pittsburgh! Grew up in Eastern Ohio / Western Pa... saw many neighborhood that look just like that in my youth.
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stoptothink wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 7:37 am
Boglenaut wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 5:11 am My wife and I watched "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once".

We were both very disappointed and only made it half way through. Usually, I think IMDb ratings are fairly accurate if a movie will be good or not. IMDb gave this movie a 7.8. I would rate it about 2.5.

We had waited about a month to get it from the library.
Go through this thread, multiple people confused as to why that film was so acclaimed. We never saw it, but of people I've talked to who have, a number of them walked out of the theatre. Don't really pay attention to IMDB rating, but a film getting "critical acclaim" today is usually a good indicator that I won't like it.
I didn’t think it was good.
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roamingzebra wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 1:50 pm
Boglenaut wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 5:11 am My wife and I watched "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once".

We were both very disappointed and only made it half way through. Usually, I think IMDb ratings are fairly accurate if a movie will be good or not. IMDb gave this movie a 7.8. I would rate it about 2.5.

We had waited about a month to get it from the library.
You got further than I did. But then again, I'm not a fan of slapsticky-type comedy. There's a place for that, but sweeping the Oscars? Hard to figure. Though I understand there was a broader, underlying theme to it all, but for me, it would have to do better the first ten minutes to have me stick around to learn it.
"Weird" shows can be good. For example, I really liked "The Umbrella Academy" television series. "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once" was actually not bad until after the audit where everything was just a hectic mess of pointless violence. Then it was just the same thing over and over from that point on. Very boring.
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amazon prime: Bad night at the El Royale. Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, 2018. Slow to start but wow. Noir. Great
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Well, I can't say I actually watched this, but I did pay to see it in a theater: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Took my seat and fell asleep. That's all I have to say about it.
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65 with Adam Driver

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Do not recommend - Just watch Jurassic Park or Starship Troopers instead.

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A Man Called Otto on Netflix .

Air on Prime video.

Enjoyed both.
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Missing on Netflix.

I enjoyed it, but it may not be for everyone. I often paused the film to make sure I was able to see/read everything on the screen. It didn't interfere with my enjoyment, but I can see where the "information overload" effect might be unappealing to some people.
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The Wonder (2022), starring Florence Pugh and Tom Burke, on Netflix:

https://www.netflix.com/title/81426931

According to the NYT review, "a story of faith and sacrifice"..., but the film is about much more. Ostensibly about the mystery of a young girl who has managed to live for four months without food, but the story expands to encompass the Irish famine, profound loss, rebirth and redemption.

Highly recommended.
(I am a fan of Florence Pugh and Tom Burke and will watch anything in which they star.)
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The Seven Year Itch,, Ovation channel on DirecTV.

This is a classic 1955 comedy starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell. A middle aged man in New York City, whose wife and child have gone to Maine for the summer, fantasises about a romance with the blonde who lives in the apartment above him.

Recommended.
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Matahari wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 9:32 pm The Wonder (2022), starring Florence Pugh and Tom Burke, on Netflix:

https://www.netflix.com/title/81426931

According to the NYT review, "a story of faith and sacrifice"..., but the film is about much more. Ostensibly about the mystery of a young girl who has managed to live for four months without food, but the story expands to encompass the Irish famine, profound loss, rebirth and redemption.

Highly recommended.
(I am a fan of Florence Pugh and Tom Burke and will watch anything in which they star.)
+1, here.

I idly stopped in on this one because: (1) it wasn't another Marvel Comics fantasy (2) It wasn't set in our navel-gazing bubble world of post 2000. It was about another time, mind-set. (3) noticed it had Florence Pugh, who's been one of the most impressive newer actresses to come to the fore-front in recent years. It also has the always reliable Toby Jones.

Best seen without much of an outline of the story - that's the way you should see movies, anyway. Simply let the story unfold. Then, discuss it. It's about an incident in the Irish Midlands in the 1860s being investigated by an English nurse. Well done by all, and absorbing.
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Dipped here and there into The Unsinkable Molly Brown, with Debbie Reynolds, because I've been dipping to the curious career of Meredith Willson. I think that the storyline is tedious--the criticism that it is "Molly Get Your Gun" is valid. But the numbers with Debbie Reynolds in them--notably "I Ain't Down Yet" and "Belly Up the Bar, Boys"--are amazing. I had absolutely no idea Debbie Reynolds could do that. I now feel that she had a lot of talent that was wasted in the sorts of parts she was usually cast in.
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Conch55 wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 5:41 am A Man Called Otto on Netflix .

Air on Prime video.

Enjoyed both.
Can’t go wrong with these two.
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Watched "Dog" yesterday afternoon with the kids https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11252248/ We were all pleasantly surprised and would definitely not consider ourselves "dog people". I almost feel weird saying this, but Channing Tatum films are usually decent. He reminds me of Keanu Reeves, he doesn't seem to take himself too seriously and embraces that he has a reputation as someone who isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. Also love seeing Ethan Suplee in a film for a few minutes; he's a stud of human being.
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Pitch Perfect, excellent music and talented cast. Fast forward and actors have gone on to some excellent work. Immediately recognized a very young Utkarsh Ambudkar who plays Jay in Ghosts! 👻
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I watched "Goldfinger" again this afternoon in between naps.
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AKA on Netflix, rated TV-MA, Alban Lenoir, Action / Crime / Thriller. A special ops agent finds his morality put to the test when he infiltrates a crime syndicate and bonds with the boss's young son. It's yet another action-packed spy thriller, but with a plot twist that makes this film stand out. Not the best movie I've seen, but worth watching.

The main character reminded me of Jean-Claude VanDamme.
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The Pink Panther 2, on a DVD.

This is a 2009 comedy starring Steve Martin, watched with visiting grandchildren. Good fun.
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LadyGeek wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 2:20 pm
novicemoney wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 1:54 pm Everyone wips out their slide rules and confirms his figures. It is amazing that the things we take for granted (PC's, pocket calculators) were unknown then and people were risking their lives on pretty primitive equipment.
Watch Hidden Figures for an even better impression of how they did things. (See the above comments.) A "computer" was a person who computed the math.
I was impressed by "Hidden Figures". A nice mix of math, trajectory analysis via blackboard, and a NASA world where there are separate rules for "colored people". I admired the spunk of the three ladies who broke barriers and followed their dreams in the face of hostility. I unexpectedly found myself laughing out loud several times due to their sly humor.
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We just re-watched Witness for the Prosecution, the 1957 classic, with Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich, and Tyrone Power.

Fun note: The actress who plays the Laughton character's nurse, Miss Plimsoll, is his real-life wife, Elsa Lanchester.

Serious note: There are a couple of MAJOR spoilers in some summaries/reviews. If you don't know the story line, I *stongly* suggest that you carefully avoid any spoilers (and I've never said that about any other film/etc.).

Good movie!

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roamingzebra wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 1:43 pm
LadyGeek wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 2:20 pm
novicemoney wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 1:54 pm Everyone wips out their slide rules and confirms his figures. It is amazing that the things we take for granted (PC's, pocket calculators) were unknown then and people were risking their lives on pretty primitive equipment.
Watch Hidden Figures for an even better impression of how they did things. (See the above comments.) A "computer" was a person who computed the math.
I was impressed by "Hidden Figures". A nice mix of math, trajectory analysis via blackboard, and a NASA world where there are separate rules for "colored people". I admired the spunk of the three ladies who broke barriers and followed their dreams in the face of hostility. I unexpectedly found myself laughing out loud several times due to their sly humor.
A nice description of what Katherine Johnson actually did when she employed Euler’s method:

https://modelinginbiology.github.io/Vid ... d?loc=1715
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"Spiderhead" streaming on Netflix. A sci-fi film that had a few big name actors but I thought it was a very silly movie and I'm not even sure why I finished it.
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John Wick 4.

I love action movies. I love shooting. I hated JW4. TBH I hated all of them. The beginning of the story in JW1 was good. But it's just ballet with shooting and it didn't look like they were shooting at all. The gun barrels never moved when shot. So I suspect there were no blanks and they added the explosions in post. In any case like JW2 and 3, there was no plot. Just a set up in the beginning then lots and lots of shooting. I like movies where there is shooting. I like westerns. I love Clint Eastwood. I love Charles Bronson. I love early Schwartzeneggar. But come on. Give me a story. No story. Just lots of shooting. I only watched it bec my friends who are shooters watched it. Two liked it. One mocked it.

Out of the Past. Film Noir with Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas. Very good. Recommended.

The Incident. I think someone here may have recommended it. Beau Bridges. Martin Sheen. Ed McMahon. Fantastic. Very tense.
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Elsebet wrote: Mon May 29, 2023 2:02 pm "Spiderhead" streaming on Netflix. A sci-fi film that had a few big name actors but I thought it was a very silly movie and I'm not even sure why I finished it.
Looked intriguing but got terrible reviews. Glad I didn't watch it. If you are looking for I'd say the best science fiction movie ever made...

I think recommended on this board...

Colossus the Forbin project.

Not kidding about the best science fiction ever. It stayed in my head every day for at least a week after watching it. Not a lot of action. Spectacular movie.
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Patriots Day starring Mark Wahlberg was quite good.
Somehow I missed seeing it in 2017 despite having seen a lot of movies in 2017 and having a strong interest in Boston.
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We Have a Ghost

Better than I expected. But I’d cut out the government plot and shorted to 90 minutes. It dragged in places.

Frighteners is a very similar movie. But it’s much better.
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Kelly's Heroes. Still works after over 50 years.
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We just watched “Still”, the documentary on Michael J Fox. Pretty interesting to see how his career unfolded and then was impacted by Parkinson’s Disease. I learned a lot about him I never would have otherwise known.
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