Last Movie You Watched

[Karl Henning]

Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Cloris Leachman, and now Teri Garr. They've all gone on ahead now: Young Frankenstein.

Not the third switch!

[SonicMan46]

Primal Fear (1996) - synopsis and cast below; the hit of the film is Edward Norton's debut performance (Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture; nominated for others including an Oscar).

Dodge City (1939) - summary and cast below - the fabulous Olivia-Errol team w/ Curtiz directing.  Dodge City, Kansas, famous for Wyatt Earp & Matt Dillon; despite its 'old west' history is now a small town of less than 30,000 people. The movie is usually rated in Flynn's 'Top Ten' list of his many films.  Dave

Primal Fear is an American legal mystery crime thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit, based on the 1993 novel of the same name by William Diehl, written by Steve Shagan and Ann Biderman. It stars Richard Gere, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Frances McDormand and Edward Norton in his film debut. The film follows a Chicago-based defense attorney who believes that his client, an altar boy, is not guilty of murdering a Catholic bishop. (Source)

Dodge City is an American Western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Ann Sheridan. Based on a story by Robert Buckner, the film is about a Texas cattle agent who witnesses the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City, Kansas and takes the job of sheriff to clean the town up. Filmed in Technicolor, Dodge City was one of the highest-grossing films of the year. This was the 5th of 8 movies that de Havilland and Flynn appeared in together. (Source)

 

[DavidW]

In my Halloween movie marathon, one stood out... I rewatched Lake Mungo. I didn't remember it at all. It is a great movie about how a family copes with a sudden, tragic loss. In their search for answers, they learn about the secret life they never knew their daughter had. It is also a terrifically effective ghost story, there were times when I was spooked!

Reminds me a lot of Picnic at Hanging Rock.

[Kalevala]

In my Halloween movie marathon, one stood out... I rewatched Lake Mungo. I didn't remember it at all. It is a great movie about how a family copes with a sudden, tragic loss. In their search for answers, they learn about the secret life they never knew their daughter had. It is also a terrifically effective ghost story, there were times when I was spooked!

Reminds me a lot of Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Well, I see that it's a freebie on AP, so I'll check it out.

K

[SimonNZ]

Mel is the last one left, right?

Gene Hackman: 94

[Karl Henning]

Gene Hackman: 94

Yes, still making espresso!

[Karl Henning]

Hugo. Still charming. 

[Madiel]

For only the second time, Gravity. I find myself wishing I'd seen this in Imax back when.

Definitely a big screen movie in some ways. Though not, I think as good as the director's previous film, Children of Men, for what it does with long takes.

[Karl Henning]

Repo Man. Great quirky fun. I really don't see a sequel, do you? Don't see the point of any sequel. 

[VonStupp]

Percy Jackson: Lightning Thief (2010)
Logan Lerman, Pierce Brosnan
Joe Pantoliano, Sean Bean, Uma Thurman,
Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson

My daughter is reading this book series, a young-adult, Greek mythology-based adventure yarn, so I though we would delve into the films.

Hokey, but entertaining. It can't shake the parallels as a lesser Harry Potter, though. Perhaps that is the Chris Columbus effect.
VS

[NumberSix]

Rewatched Asteroid City and Fly Me to the Moon.

A ScarJo mini fest. 

I love both films.

[Cato]

Rewatched Asteroid City and Fly Me to the Moon.

A ScarJo mini fest. 

I love both films.

Asteroid City is an all-around fave from Wes Anderson!  Great fun!



A classic, taken from the play by Maxwell Anderson.




Genevieve Bujold is 82 these days.

Music by Georges Delerue!

[JBS]

Asteroid City is an all-around fave from Wes Anderson!  Great fun!



A classic, taken from the play by Maxwell Anderson.




Genevieve Bujold is 82 these days.

Music by Georges Delerue!

The pedant in me notes Anne Boleyn's birth year is not really known. She may have been 18 when she first arrived at Henry's court, but she may have been 24 or 25, and her marriage to him--which is when her "thousand days" as Queen started--was five or six years later. So she was actually in her mid-twenties or early thirties during her time on the throne.

[Karl Henning]

Bergman's Saraband. All the flawed people, all the broken relationships. And the refreshing surprise of the Scherzo from the Bruckner Ninth, @Cato !!

[Cato]

The pedant in me notes Anne Boleyn's birth year is not really known. She may have been 18 when she first arrived at Henry's court, but she may have been 24 or 25, and her marriage to him--which is when her "thousand days" as Queen started--was five or six years later. So she was actually in her mid-twenties or early thirties during her time on the throne.

Thanks for the information!  Bujold does seem to age somewhat during the story, so the movie's makers seemed to be cognizant of what you mentioned.

Richard Burton gets Henry VIII's ambiguous personality across quite well.

I recall my Medieval History professor saying that one of the greatest curiosities about medieval and early modern historical personalities is their childishness, i.e. they tended to be very fickle, and went quickly back and forth between contradictory emotions at times.

[Kalevala]

The pedant in me notes Anne Boleyn's birth year is not really known. She may have been 18 when she first arrived at Henry's court, but she may have been 24 or 25, and her marriage to him--which is when her "thousand days" as Queen started--was five or six years later. So she was actually in her mid-twenties or early thirties during her time on the throne.

Thanks for the information!  Bujold does seem to age somewhat during the story, so the movie's makers seemed to be cognizant of what you mentioned.

Richard Burton gets Henry VIII's ambiguous personality across quite well.

I recall my Medieval History professor saying that one of the greatest curiosities about medieval and early modern historical personalities is their childishness, i.e. they tended to be very fickle, and went quickly back and forth between contradictory emotions at times.

I remember going to and touring *Hever Castle some years ago.  Definitely a worthwhile visit.

It's where the young AB lived.  Warning, a fair bit of stair climbing involved.

K

[hopefullytrusting]

I think Big Eden (2000) is a perfect demonstration of how much cinema has regressed in the last two decades, as I cannot imagine a film like this getting off the ground today, as not only is it a gay romance, one of the leads is First Nations.

The film itself is a beautiful, utopian view of love, so it likely will not work for a cynic, but I am a hopeless romantic, and the passion and sexual tension is off-the-chart, and all they do is kiss, if I recall correctly - not dissimilar to Trick (1999), another amazing gay utopian romance.

[JBS]

I think Big Eden (2000) is a perfect demonstration of how much cinema has regressed in the last two decades, as I cannot imagine a film like this getting off the ground today, as not only is it a gay romance, one of the leads is First Nations.

The film itself is a beautiful, utopian view of love, so it likely will not work for a cynic, but I am a hopeless romantic, and the passion and sexual tension is off-the-chart, and all they do is kiss, if I recall correctly - not dissimilar to Trick (1999), another amazing gay utopian romance.

Reading Eric Schweig/Ray Dean Thrasher's bio, I suspect one could make a rather good film of his life (although the Wikipedia page doesn't seem to be recently updated).

[hopefullytrusting]

Reading Eric Schweig/Ray Dean Thrasher's bio, I suspect one could make a rather good film of his life (although the Wikipedia page doesn't seem to be recently updated).

Agreed, although the more interviews I listen to with actors/actress, the more I come away impressed with how far they are willing to go for their craft. I definitely don't think I have that type of drive, at least not about anything I've across so far (I leave the door open that something may come later to inspire such a change).

[AnotherSpin]

A perfect illustration of the modern state of mind. What could have been said quietly and clearly is presented with anguish and an obvious overstep of good taste. Lots of bare skin, including the not-so-young Demi Moore. The final scenes turn everything into a bad circus. There may be meaning in it, but it eluded me.