'drug war' is pretty amazing and its ending is unremittingly bleak for almost all parties involved. it's also got one of those great HK film characters, a guy named "HaHa" whose primary characteristic is laughing at everything (reminding me of overweight characters named "fatty" usually played by eric tsang in "gems" like 'hard boiled 2')
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 02:45 (ten years ago) link
yoooooo drug war was terrific. it being his first movie shot in mainland china, too, to really effectively subverts their more black-and-white policies toward morality
― papa smango (fadanuf4erybody), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 02:55 (ten years ago) link
yup its awes
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 03:18 (ten years ago) link
Always keep meaning to catch up on my Johnny To, added.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 03:38 (ten years ago) link
Yeah it's great. Starting Berberian Sound Studio but I am suspecting that nothing will be better than fake opening credits.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 13:51 (ten years ago) link
On Wallander front I just want to point out everyone should skip the adaptations and just read the books.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 13:54 (ten years ago) link
try the documentary talhotblond if you are into murder porn and reading long sex chats of v deluded ppl
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 13:57 (ten years ago) link
forget the wallander UK adaptation, or the tv series, or even the books, i suggest you just meditate for 20 minutes with an image of wallander in your head
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 15:13 (ten years ago) link
forget the wallander UK adaptation, or the tv series, the books, or even meditating on an image of wallander. I suggest you travel to Sweden and think long and hard about national identity.
― ian, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 16:48 (ten years ago) link
just booked my flight, looking forward to it. in other news, i understand the recent Big Star documentary is going to be streaming soon.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link
last night after I wrapped all the presents and everyone else was asleep, I figured I'd celebrate Christmas and watch 'dredd'. not just good but excellent imo. enjoyed the whole cast, nicely directed, brutal w/o being nasty abt it, and moments of actual beauty (the final plunge in particular.) thumbs up!
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 25 December 2013 19:45 (ten years ago) link
I liked dredd. also thought Solomon Kane was surprisingly decent for a relatively unknown action film. Some good cast (Pete Postelwaite, Max Von Sydow, Mckenzie Crook with small rolls)
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
slocki's doc, the fruit hunters, is up on instant.
― just1n3, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 23:21 (ten years ago) link
yes!!
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 26 December 2013 16:23 (ten years ago) link
fruit hunters! gonna watch that shit
― ian, Thursday, 26 December 2013 17:45 (ten years ago) link
recent watches worth recommending:caesar must die (not as good as advertised but very very strong)the bletchley circle (fun silence of the lambs style bbc murder mystery stuff with "hey we used to be horrible and sexist" retrofeminist historical bent that improves the plot)GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (this was AWESOME, very nostalgic if incomplete)cutie and the boxer (amazing documentary about married artists; one of the better things i saw this year)resolution (meta horror film with a bit of a copout ending but totally worth the trouble)
i would also strongly recommend the wall (a bit of a plod unfortunately; think a quieter more morose under the dome) and una noche (great filmmaking, somewhat by the numbers plot though)
i will watch a slocki docki
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 December 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
I watched GLOW last night and loved every minute of it.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 26 December 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
didn't know if it was just me! i watched glow as a kid; stunned to discover that the hee-haw style interstitials were based on actual living conditions
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 December 2013 18:55 (ten years ago) link
oh shit a GLOW doc? i gotta see that.
― Nhex, Thursday, 26 December 2013 19:30 (ten years ago) link
You Ain't Seen Nothin Yet is up and recommended.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 27 December 2013 15:56 (ten years ago) link
The Big Star doc is up
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Friday, 27 December 2013 18:57 (ten years ago) link
Streaming only to Jan. 1TV Shows: Expire January 1, 2014
"Dark Shadows" (original from late 1960s)"Saturday Night Live The 2000s""Mr Bean""The Kids In The Hall""Perfect 10 Model Boxing" (Volume 1)Movies - Expire January 1, 2014
"The Rundown""Brick""Being John Malkovich""Back To School""Battle Of Britain""Born On the Fourth Of July""Braveheart""Body Of Evidence""Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo""Man On The Moon""Lionheart""1492 Conquest Of Paradise""Killer Klowns From Outer Space""Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind""FX""Do The Right Thing""Desperado""Up In Smoke""Can't Hardly Wait""Capote""Biloxi Blues""Seed Of Chucky""Jarhead""As Good As It Gets""In The Name Of The Father""Inside Deep Throat" (documentary)"I'm Gonna Get You Sucka""In Like Flint""Hard Target""Foxy Brown""Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell""Gallipoli""Half Baked""Flashdance""50 First Dates""For The Love Of The Game""The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas""The Bad News Bears""The Russia House""The Secret Of Nimh""Revenge OF The Ninja""Roman Holiday""Rob Roy""Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back""Remo Williams""Requiem For A Dream""Quigley Down Under""Pumpkinhead""Platoon""Once Upon A Time In Mexico""October Sky""Mystery Men""The Skulls""Titanic""Ronin""Romeo And Juliet" (1968)"Tales From The Crypt: Bordello Of Blood""Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight""The Woman In Red""Top Gun""Street Fighter""TNT Jackson""Serpico""Seed Of Chucky""Scary Movie""Running Scared""Troll II""True Grit" (1969)"War And Peace""Talk Radio""War Games'"We Were Soldiers""What Dreams May Come""Windtalkers""World Trade Center""The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes""The Odd Couple" (1968)"The Mask Of Zorro""The Great Train Robbery""The Faculty""The Dream Team""Best Of Times""Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot""Species"
― tbd (Eazy), Saturday, 28 December 2013 00:17 (ten years ago) link
Apple TV must display only a fraction of what's available on Netflix because half of those I had no idea about. Looks like I'll be making time for Lionheart before the new year
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 28 December 2013 00:22 (ten years ago) link
the Big Star one just showed up
― Darin, Saturday, 28 December 2013 00:35 (ten years ago) link
Oh man, that Big Star doc. I just finished it. Wow.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 December 2013 03:44 (ten years ago) link
thanks Eazyalso expiring, from my list
Slaughterhouse-FiveSeries 7: The ContendersSometimes a Great Notion
― DNP-dizzy (weatheringdaleson), Saturday, 28 December 2013 04:08 (ten years ago) link
Basically everyone needs to get on The Long Goodbye. Though a lot of things re-up fast.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Saturday, 28 December 2013 05:40 (ten years ago) link
Expiring from my list:ShaneTrue GritThe Young Girls of RochefortThe Andromeda StrainRoman Holiday
― Can One Hear the Shape of a Ron Decline Bottle? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 December 2013 14:26 (ten years ago) link
Apologies for repeats with big list
― Can One Hear the Shape of a Ron Decline Bottle? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 December 2013 16:01 (ten years ago) link
Maron is up
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Saturday, 28 December 2013 16:08 (ten years ago) link
wahhhhh just got the dvd of the big star doc! 2nd time of late something's shown up after i ordered a hard copy (the first being olympus has fallen, which suuuucked).
movies leaving my queue: running scared, remo williams, high art, tales from the hood. anybody have strong feelings about any? also, is breakin 2 worth checking out or worth more as a cliche sequel joke?
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 December 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
ronin, people
― socki (s1ocki), Saturday, 28 December 2013 16:12 (ten years ago) link
croops i went to see breakin 2 with a friend for his birthday when it came out. no spoilers, but at the end, he turned to me and said "i'm so happy i could cry.""
― socki (s1ocki), Saturday, 28 December 2013 16:13 (ten years ago) link
despite my assumption you must have been under 10 if you saw it when it came out, sold.
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 December 2013 16:16 (ten years ago) link
yeah it was like grade 3
― socki (s1ocki), Saturday, 28 December 2013 17:32 (ten years ago) link
running scared is a lot of fun iirc
― Darin, Saturday, 28 December 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
High Art's good, too.
― tbd (Eazy), Saturday, 28 December 2013 21:52 (ten years ago) link
Bronies doc up today :/
― bizarro gazzara, Monday, 30 December 2013 18:20 (ten years ago) link
Do not watch The Lifeguard. That is all.
― Horreur! What are this disassociated lumps of (in orbit), Monday, 30 December 2013 18:22 (ten years ago) link
Watched the Patty Schemel doc,Hit So Hard, the other night (along with the Big Star doc). Both totally worth the time.
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Monday, 30 December 2013 18:33 (ten years ago) link
Big Star doc was good. I was concerned that it was going to be a lot famous fans waxing nostalgic for the first time they heard "September Gurls" and while there was a bit of that bullshit (the bane of all fucking music docs AFIAC) it was more minimal than many and there are enough interviews with people close to the band and the recordings to make up for the fact that Bell and Chilton are somewhat... elusive to say the least.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 30 December 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
The Big Star doc is excellent -- also glad it didn't spend too much with the "famous fans" at the end (also, I saw that show, and it was *terrible*). Nothing on "In Space" either (good).
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 30 December 2013 19:18 (ten years ago) link
100% behind the Big Star doc recommendations - it's tremendous. In a way it might actually have been a worse film if it was made a few years earlier - the lack of direct contributions from Chris Bell and Alex Chilton keeps the mystique preserved.
The STRAIGHT TALK WITH MARGE THRASHER clip is hilarious. "We'd like to do one more tune..." / "Gustavo, we're not quite ready for it."
― bizarro gazzara, Monday, 30 December 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
Wine plus double-feature of Dredd and Lair of the White Worm made for a fun night. My wife hasn't seen Altered States, so I said we definitely need to watch soon. She asked, "is it weird too?" "Of course!"
― andrew m., Monday, 30 December 2013 20:58 (ten years ago) link
I definitely want to see more Panther Burns footage.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 30 December 2013 21:26 (ten years ago) link
hee hee, that whole performance is greathttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U-k32L0KCcwill watch the big star doc soon!
― tylerw, Monday, 30 December 2013 21:37 (ten years ago) link
So great. My basic ambition in life is to have someone ask me "This is anti-music, is that right?" Tav's "Thank you very much" response to Marge's "That may be the worst sound I've ever come out on television" is perfect, as is his lovechild-of-David-Byrne-and-Ron-Mael image.
― bizarro gazzara, Monday, 30 December 2013 21:52 (ten years ago) link
er, "ever HEARD come out on television", I mean
― bizarro gazzara, Monday, 30 December 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link
"100% behind the Big Star doc recommendations - it's tremendous. In a way it might actually have been a worse film if it was made a few years earlier - the lack of direct contributions from Chris Bell and Alex Chilton keeps the mystique preserved."
It would have to have MANY years earlier to get a direct contribution from Bell...
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 30 December 2013 23:08 (ten years ago) link
Good Burger
― tbd (Eazy), Wednesday, 1 January 2014 16:23 (ten years ago) link