So glad you liked it!

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Hope everything's OK! Sending thoughts of warmth and health your way.



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I haven't been feeling great lately, which required some comfort movies -


Butter (2011)


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Second-time viewing and I loved it even more this time around. I love the characters, I love the actors - Everyone is simply brilliant and this movie turns well on sweet moments to dirty humor. Olivia Wilde is simply STUNNING and a scene-stealer, Jennifer Garner is brilliant, and Rob Corddry is really charming. I love this little movie. Definitely recommended.

4.5/5


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Young Adult (2011)


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This was my second time watching this movie and I loved it even more. I think it's a sad but honest and accurate portrayal of a woman going through a midlife crisis. Well-written and brilliantly acted, Charlize Theron is incredible to watch as her character just implodes. And Patton Oswalt is really sympathetic and charming. Definitely recommended as a good, solid character drama.


4.75/5


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Your Sister's Sister (2011)


My Mark Duplass fix of the week! I liked it. Not as much as I liked, say, Humpday or True Adolescents, but Duplass was really charming (yep, used that word three times in this post already!) - The end is a little too neat for my taste, but it was a good little watch. Duplass, Emily Blunt, and Rosemarie DeWitt have great chemistry together. Good little character piece.


3.5/5


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Jucy (2010)


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Cute little Buddy Chick Flick. Will probably be ultimately forgettable, but it's cute.

Jackass presents: Bad Grandpa
Even funnier than I expected.

Odd Thomas (2013)

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>>: B+

Pacific Rim (2013)

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>>: B+

Chrono - regarding "Butter", I thought my man Hugh Jackman did a damn good job, too! LOL

K-Pax

First time i've seen it - not bad. Not a light of weight - but not bad

The Wolverine

saw it in the theatres when it came out - this was the first home viewing.
great action but fairly weak in the character development.
Still a fun watch ...

YES! He was EXCELLENT! I thought that both the main actors and the bit parts were great - Such a fun little movie.

It definitely is. I was a little nervous going into it, but really enjoyed it.

I finally got to see Thor 2: The Dark World.

Enjoyable enough, though pretty much what I expected. I think I liked the story of the first one a little better, but this one had a lot more special effects that were cool to see.

Her


Sad and very moving. One of Joaquin Phoenix's best performances if not his best

I just remembered another one:

The Major Of Hell (1933)
Five members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith, are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the melodramatically callous Thompson. Soon, Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner as a political favor, arrives complete with hip flask and blonde. Gargan falls for activist nurse Dorothy and, inspired by her, takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. But Thompson, to conceal his years of graft, needs a quick way to discredit Gargan...

I thought it was a great movie but I'm a bit of a James Cagney fan.

^^ I am so very excited to see Her! Maybe a date night next weekend with the Mr.


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The Kings of Summer (2013)


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Meh. Fairly average coming-of-age movie, and honestly not very believable. Two of the three male characters are really awful and the third is a strange alien thing that is over-the-top and not realistic. Both sets of parents are also either boring and/or unrealistic.

Didn't really like this.

I think of Stand By Me and how much that movie worked in terms of its realism, humor, and melancholy - And it just worked. Kings of Summer just didn't.


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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)


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One of my favorite movies ever and I think my favorite Wes Anderson. I get something new out of it every time I see it. And bawl my eyes out at the same time each viewing. Love this movie.

X-Men - First Class

continuing my kid's run on marvel movies ...
I'll just say the same thing I do with all superhero movies .. it was fun.

There hasn't been one I haven't liked yet - I dig seeing the comics of my youth come to life onscreen, still remembering very clearly being at an age where I never thought the stuff we take for granted in movies now would ever be possible

Big Bad Wolves....by Israeli directors Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado.

excellent really dark comedy of sorts

reminded me of Prisoners but with a twisted sense of humor

Before Dawn (2012)

An ok little zombie film.Nothing amazing and fairly predictable. Was a bit too slow paced but made up for that with fast zombies when they do appear.

"Under the Bed" 7/10

Decent boogeyman movie. The ending was kind of a letdown tho.

My cure for the midwinter blues....Crank up the heat, make some hot chocolate with a dash of heavy cream and settle into bed with these babies:

Cold Prey (2007): Liked it a lot, though I had the ending figured out in the first five seconds.

Cassadaga (2011): Corny as hell, but the marionette scenes were acceptably grotesque.

A Field in England (2013): Again, I liked this one. I'm starting to develop a serious crush on Ben Wheatley as a director. Could there be a resurgence of English folk horror underway?

Texas Chainsaw (2013): A moderately enjoyable slasher that kept me distracted and entertained for an hour and a half.

Gosh, I'm on a weird streak of liking everything I see lately. Is it something in the hot chocolate?

Cold Prey is great! One of the best modern slasher films for sure IMO - The sequel is pretty damn good too.

Loved these especially A Field In England great stuff :)

Citadel (2012) This was quite good, portraying the hoodie horrors (feral children) as almost demonic entities, feeding off fear and there is a lot of that in the lead character. The settings are lovely and grim plus some brutal (though there's no gore which this film doesn't need) scenes make this worth a watch.

The Last Stand... I was in the mood for an action flick and this one was pretty damn entertaining. I've been wanting to see it for a while, Kim Jee-woon (Tale of Two Sisters/The Good, The Bad, and the Weird/I Saw the Devil) directing a very Western style action flick intrigued me. I've liked everything of his that I've seen so far.

Let Him Be

Small Canadian mocumentary about a guy who finds a tape in a garage sale video camera that shows footage of what he believes is John Lennon.

He then takes his girlfriend-partner on a road trip to find out if it's really Lennon, hiding out in a small town north of Toronto.

It was ok - not great - but an interesting idea - and the guy they found to play an aged John Lennon was dead perfect (so that was heavily milked)

"Tremors" 1990 5/10

Modern Western monster comedy thriller with Kevin Bacon. It was OK. Somewhat likeable shallow characters, extremely formulaic, and not at all funny. I'd give it a 5/10, or a 2/5. I apologize ahead of time to anyone who loved it, when I say, I heard this movie was very good, and if this passes for very good, I have to guess the general public's standards for Horror movies, or films in general, are comparably much lower than mine.

That is correct, sir. You're a regular horror movie snob. And a heathen. :D

Well...I mean if you want to consider tremors "horror" you probably started that journey in the wrong place.

Its about giant monsters under the ground that eat people. How's that not horror?

It's about fun cartoonish characters and big rubber monsters.
Key word = fun.
Not all 'horror' has to be bad-ass hardcore.
I think there should be more like this one - family friendly creature features - a throwback to the 50's sci-fi rubber monster films where the characters actually mattered.

the film is really about Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward's chemistry - without that this film would not have the following it still has today.

Exactly how I feel about it. Its still a horror movie but as you said a fun, family friendly creature feature.

I think a lot of people, not saying Sculpt and Cheeba, have a narrow view of what horror is.

There's definite moments where it tries to be scary and suspenseful and there's a heavy feeling of isolation throughout the movie. The creatures, despite having a silly name, arent portrayed as goofy and ridiculous, like the spiders in Eight Legged Freaks for example, and there's real fear from the characters.

Not a lovable doofus slacker stoner getting scared to entertain the audience but characters getting really scared.

I agree on Bacon and Wards chemistry. It really made the movie stand out.

I get your point.
I'd say by my own definition it's not really horror.
In subject matter maye, in tone and presentation, not really at all.
It was jovial, fun. More like an "adventure" movie.
Though if your expectation was a horror film that was "horrific", and had tastes as such, clearly this is not the film to best suit.

Yeah that makes sense. I could see how someone would be disappointed in that aspect

Carrie (2013). It was okay. No big thrills or chills. Passable, I guess. For some reason, I find Sissy Spacek to be the more sympathetic Carrie. Chloe Grace Moretz was too bright-eyed and cute for the role. I actually haven't read the book yet, but isn't Carrie supposed to be extremely unattractive in the novel?

LOL I'm happy to see more discussion in this thread. I am a bit snobbish in regards to film quality. Although, I should say, I really do appreciate films that know what they are; and stay focussed to do that type of film well (as opposed to a film trying to be everything and failing.) I do appreciate Tremors mostly concentrating on being that "Tarantula" 50's sci-fi film. Towards that, it was OK, but not very good, IMO.
I did, and do, consider Tremors in that big fat category of Horror; joining Young Frankenstein, Ghostbusters, Anachrophobia, etc.

Before seeing it, I didn't know it was going to be heavily a snarky humor horror, but that didn't rub me the wrong way, or ruin my impression of it. I like good well-timed humor in any genre.
Yep.
I totally agree that the Bacon and Ward's chemistry was the best part of the movie, and really saved it's life, because I think it's a really weak script. Both Bacon and Ward are able to work some magic and a some humor in dried-up script.

Strictly speaking, it's not Family Friendly, only because it's oddly heavy on the language, dropping F and MF bombs and the rest. I think it's rated R because of it. There's no sex, and the graphic violence is relatively tame (there's PGs with more).

I agree with you, there should be more family friendly films like this one. The F-bombs were unnecessary; and I think were at cross purposes with the film's strengths.
Agreed. I think some of the funniest lines in film history are surrounded by the most intense sincere moments of dread, horror, tenderness, etc. IMO this film wasn't able to capture much suspense, humor or horror.
Agreed, it was mainly a fun buddy adventure film, which was enjoyable. Those are some of my favorite films, like Bogus Journey for instance. Comparatively speaking, I wouldn't say Tremors is a great buddy adventure film by a long shot. But that is what is enjoyable about it.

Exactly! Why the hell would anyone use a very attractive actress for a Carrie remake? The plot and narrative cluelessness of Hollywood execs never cease to amaze me. The casting of Sissy Spacek was genius, and at the same time common logic. I'm saying Sissy is ugly, or that attractive people can't be socially awkward, nor that Chloe Grace Moretz couldn't play the role well... I'm just saying choosing a stunning beauty like Moretz contradicts the original story, one of it's core strengths, immediately handicapping the film.

Epic

Yes, it's a kids movie. Yes, I enjoyed it. ::cool::

I have a feeling that critics said Sissy Spacek wasn't ugly enough in the original either.

played as 'plain' instead of ugly ..

There is a funny Hollywood notion that has always existed that if a girl isn't blonde with big tits and a plunging neckline then she's plain.

just mess her hair up a bit, loose clothes and glasses and 'poof' ugly!

I always thought that was stupid.

Want to see a hot Spacek, check out Prime Cut

You're Next (2011)

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>>: B

Dazed & Confused
Second time I watched this movie.
Love movies like this.
Reminds me American Graffiti, but set in the 70's.
Also has a great soundtrack.

"Now me and my loser friends are gonna head out to buy Aerosmith tickets. Top priority of the summer. "

We Are What We Are 2013
7/10

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I'm glad you were able to tell I meant to type, "I'm not saying Sissy Spacek was ugly". I suppose I need to proof read better; especially since we can't re-edit our posts after a certain time.

I would be very surprised if, at the time Carrie came out, any big paper critics said Sissy Spacek wasn't ugly enough for the role. Sissy is unusual looking. They didn't need to "ugly" her up. She just went makeup free, and played the wall flower to a tee. I would never watch Carrie and think she was too pretty.

That is so true. That's exactly what "Hollywood" tends to do. It really drives me nuts because there are extremely talented actors who don't have model looks, and they fit the role better. If anyone in Hollywood thinks I wouldn't want to see a film unless there were good looking actors in it, they are mistaken. I prefer to think the vast majority of my fellow audience members think the same way.

In Prime Cut you can see her good facial symmetry, great skin, intelligence, and not to mention youth goes a long way in obvious areas. Despite survey averages, sexiness and attractiveness are subjective. I wouldn't be one of those saying Sissy Speck is a stunning hot beauty.

Devil's Pass aka The Dyatlov Pass Incident (2013)

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Liked that little twist at the end which made it bit different than other films with similar premise. But expected to see a 'lot more of' Gemma Atkinson!::wink::

>>: B+

Aftershock (2012)

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>>: C

Nebraska



Beautifully shot and poignant. Loved it.