Hollywood has been trying to get the rights to the Hacksaw Ridge story for decades. Haven't seen the movie, but I hope they did a great job, as it's one of the greatest acts of courage in US history.
Hollywood has been trying to get the rights to the Hacksaw Ridge story for decades. Haven't seen the movie, but I hope they did a great job, as it's one of the greatest acts of courage in US history.
Two thumbs up for Arrival. Extremely deliberative in its pace, but pretty profound. I smell an Oscar nomination for Amy Adams.
jpx7 (11-14-2016), The Chosen One (11-13-2016)
Really really liked Arrival. It felt a lot like Interstellar in tone.
I saw Inferno yesterday (the 3rd Tom Hanks-Robert Langdon movie). It's pretty similar to Da Vinci and Angels and Demons, but I love it. People are railing it saying it's a copy of the other two in formula, but I don't care! These movies are great in the sense that I can learn some history and at the same time see some places I may never see in person in my life (some are recreated in CGI).
They're like the National Treasure movies, a guilty pleasure.
Forever Fredi
50PoundHead (11-14-2016)
jpx7 (11-14-2016)
I thought the guy that Sims stabbed and fell into the water off the board walk was going to swim to the bomb but nope.
Which twist? There's like 5 twists in this movie. One minute you think someone else is the bad guy and good guy then 10 minutes later it changes to someone else then it flips again and again!
Forever Fredi
[MENTION=54]50PoundHead[/MENTION]
One of my favorite movies I watched as a kid is finally getting a restoration blu-ray release next year.
Would love to hear your thoughts on this movie if you've seen it.
Forever Fredi
New King Kong movie actually looks decent.
Thanksgiving Weekend Triple Header.
Allied: Very good. Highly recommend it.
Rules Don't Apply: Not what I expected. I thought it would be merely a light-hearted romp from the previews, but it's a lot deeper than that. Not for everyone. Mrs. 50# liked it more than I did.
Bad Santa 2: Guilty pleasure. Not nearly as good as Bad Santa, but Billy Bob is as great as ever.
The Chosen One (11-29-2016)
I'm predicting a best actor Oscar nomination for Casey Affleck for his work in Manchester by the Sea. The movie revolves around his character and he is clearly up to the script. Nice little movie with a solid cast.
Always find it funny when excessive and/or poorly-construed advertising takes a film I want to see and makes me not want to see it anymore. Case in point: Passengers. I like Pratt, Lawrence, and (especially, thanks to turns in Frost/Nixon and 30 Rock) Michael Sheen; plus it looked like a sleekly directed mash-up of 2001/Solaris-type sci-fi and (pretty explicitly) The Shining-like psychological creepiness. But after three or four days of utterly relentless adverts, I am entirely turned off to the project—especially since the trailers have taken such pains to play up the romcom angle.
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"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
The Chosen One (12-23-2016)
Usually when a trailer resorts to having to tease a sex scene I know the movie is going to be bad.
ive always felt Lawrence was overrated. I really hate her after the way she's mailed in her X-Men appearances.
I also feel Hollywood keeps pushing Pratt to be a star but he really is a one dimensional actor.
Forever Fredi
Oh and while I love sci-fi stuff like this it looks horrible. I loved the concept.
Pandorum is one of my favorite space horror movies.
Forever Fredi