Strangers On A Train (1951)- 92% RTAS. A good Hitchcock thriller about 2 men who meet on a train and one thinks they have an arrangement to commit complementary murders. Thumbs up! 
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It's a great film.Strangers On A Train (1951)- 92% RTAS. A good Hitchcock thriller about 2 men who meet on a train and one thinks they have an arrangement to commit complementary murders. Thumbs up!
The Return of the King. I kinda feel like I need to run through the three movies of The Hobbit now.
I hope this was the extended version.
I can go either way on the ROTK Extended Edition, some stuff creates some serious bloat/drag, though clearly there are some, "WTF, you left this out of the Theatrical cut?" moments (Saruman/Grima). Love the EE of FOTR, not a fan of the TT EE. I guess if it's all EE or all TC, I'm up for the EE, but I could pick and choose, I'd do EE/TC/EE (probably)
I don’t think I’ve seen the extended version of LOTRs. My experience with extended versions has been very miss. What did I miss?
The extended versions are well worth it. Here is a list of the differences...
The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition
The Lord of the Rings: Special Extended Edition is a version of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. These versions have new editing, additional special effects and music, and also more scenes and content than the theatrical versions. Each film contains two discs, of the movie...
Looks like there is a lot there.The extended versions are well worth it. Here is a list of the differences...
The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition
The Lord of the Rings: Special Extended Edition is a version of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. These versions have new editing, additional special effects and music, and also more scenes and content than the theatrical versions. Each film contains two discs, of the movie...lotr.fandom.com
Miss Sloane [2016]
First off, I detest politics or any of the sort. I don’t care what somebody else’s stance is on ‘this or that’, I usually even avoid movies like this. But this film was really good with Jessica Chastain. (Which, she’s probably one of the most refined female actresses in the film industry today, as I mentioned her name other times in this thread with ‘Lawless, The Martian and Interstellar’.)
The movie is about lobbying, regulatory on firearms and making decisions that can either ‘make or break’ your career.
There’s one particular scene with a ‘carry concealed holder‘ Stops an assault in progress. Having direct training in firearms, it was an amazing scene that was well played By the actor and how the media was involved.
Anyways, this is really is a solid film.
Side note:
Good Lawd— Jessica Chastain is one good looking woman.😁
Ohhh....another edit——
The soundtrack was actually composed by Max Richter. He’s a brilliant composer that’s been part of the movie ‘Arrival’, ‘Shutter Island’ and ‘Hostiles’.
Another piece in my Apple Music library:
First off, I detest politics or any of the sort. I don’t care what somebody else’s stance is on ‘this or that’, I usually even avoid movies like this. But this film was really good with Jessica Chastain. (Which, she’s probably one of the most refined female actresses in the film industry today, as I mentioned her name other times in this thread with ‘Lawless, The Martian and Interstellar’.)
The movie is about lobbying, regulatory on firearms and making decisions that can either ‘make or break’ your career.
There’s one particular scene with a ‘carry concealed holder‘ Stops an assault in progress. Having direct training in firearms, it was an amazing scene that was well played By the actor and how the media was involved.
Anyways, this is really is a solid film.
Side note:
Good Lawd— Jessica Chastain is one good looking woman.😁
Ohhh....another edit——
The soundtrack was actually composed by Max Richter. He’s a brilliant composer that’s been part of the movie ‘Arrival’, ‘Shutter Island’ and ‘Hostiles’.
Another piece in my Apple Music library:
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They tried. REALLY HARD. "Get outta the kaar, Cole. Get outta the kaar!"
Revisited Ganja & Hess - Really enjoyed this revisit. A very cerebral and unique, modern vampire movie (and certainly not in it for camp like its cousin Blackula). Makes me wonder why Duane Jones never became a big star. He was so good: subtle and very grounded here. I think this would be a great companion piece to George Romero’s Martin (which is my favorite vampire movie).
About to revisit Lamberto Bava’s Demoni (Demons). This Italian horror still creeps me out, but it is so much fun. It will be a hoot to tweet watch with Geretta Geretta herself.
I couldn’t deal with horror for the last few months, but my need for fake monsters has popped up again.
About to revisit Lamberto Bava’s Demoni (Demons). This Italian horror still creeps me out, but it is so much fun. It will be a hoot to tweet watch with Geretta Geretta herself.
I couldn’t deal with horror for the last few months, but my need for fake monsters has popped up again.
Wait a second! Whoa! This is quite unexpected. If I had to name one favorite movie, this is it. Can't believe someone else posted it. In addition to the funny story, there are so many nuances and funny bits of dialog. The casting is so good. Hilarious very dorky young Peter Capaldi. And soundtrack by Mark Knopfler? I still listen to it sometimes. I could say a hundred things about it, but mostly I can't get over someone else knows and likes this movie. I can't tell you how many friends I've had watch it with me only to react .... well, less than enthusiastically. ("That's your favorite movie? Uh ... ok.") Bill Forsyth's other movies are delightful too (Comfort and Joy, Georgie's Girl). Anyway, thanks for making my night @pachyderm and restoring my faith.
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It is sublime.
Oldsen: It had a name. Two names!
Gregory's Girl is a great film as well!
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Just finished The Saphires, it was on my watch list for years.
It's based on an Aboriginal girl group who toured Vietnam during the war.
It's based on an Aboriginal girl group who toured Vietnam during the war.
Netflix original- sand castle.
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It’s a pretty good war movie. I liked the characterisation and the story telling of the war scenarios. The ending was really good as well, 6 /10 for me. Although can be a bit disturbing for a lazy evening watch.
Sand Castle (film) - Wikipedia
It’s a pretty good war movie. I liked the characterisation and the story telling of the war scenarios. The ending was really good as well, 6 /10 for me. Although can be a bit disturbing for a lazy evening watch.
Off subject... but I love your Avatar, very true without any doub.
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I am currently watching the movie ”Clemency“, all scenes were great and each actor handled their roles so well. Definitely a superb movie for a night in.
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Ad Astra [2019]
I liked it. It’s definitely not your typical ‘Brad Pitt’ movie, and he’s very melodramatic, expresses very little emotion in this movie by design.
Now, there’s not much I can say about the plot w/o divulging, however; Roy (Pitt) was sent on a mission to destroy a vessel that is sending surges to earth that was accompanied by his father that mysteriously disappeared.
This movie poses a much deeper meaning in terms of how we look at life and the people around us that impact our life choices. I know there’s some negative feedback on this film, but I actually really like it. It’s not your typical sci-fi movie, but always interesting to see the CGI in ‘deep space’, which I thought was really well done here.
There was really one good ‘space combat scene’, and you’ll know what I’m talking about once you see it.
The musical score was composed by Max Richter, (who I mentioned before). The movie score is literally a combination of two films, Bladerunner 2049 and Hostiles (<— Richter composed the score for this film, which there is direct rips from Hostiles interjected into Ad Astra.)
I liked it. It’s definitely not your typical ‘Brad Pitt’ movie, and he’s very melodramatic, expresses very little emotion in this movie by design.
Now, there’s not much I can say about the plot w/o divulging, however; Roy (Pitt) was sent on a mission to destroy a vessel that is sending surges to earth that was accompanied by his father that mysteriously disappeared.
This movie poses a much deeper meaning in terms of how we look at life and the people around us that impact our life choices. I know there’s some negative feedback on this film, but I actually really like it. It’s not your typical sci-fi movie, but always interesting to see the CGI in ‘deep space’, which I thought was really well done here.
There was really one good ‘space combat scene’, and you’ll know what I’m talking about once you see it.
The musical score was composed by Max Richter, (who I mentioned before). The movie score is literally a combination of two films, Bladerunner 2049 and Hostiles (<— Richter composed the score for this film, which there is direct rips from Hostiles interjected into Ad Astra.)