Okay we'll give it a few months wait for Happy Valley... gonna try Deadwood again. What could go wrong
Am guessing everyone here will have seen them, but the first three Albert Brooks movies (Real Life, Modern Love, Lost in America) are incredible. The rest have their moments but are pretty skippable.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 3 July 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link
Interesting that those three Brooks movies all prefigure genres that are pretty out-of-fashion now. Real Life is a Gervais-style reality show cringe comedy. Modern Love is the cynical LA romcom that Judd Apatow keeps failing to make. Lost in America is an indie road movie for the 1%. They're all fantastic, though.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 3 July 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
oof, Mustang. the trailer doesn't let on how rough it can get. recommended if you haven't seen it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABNB3zw5BAo
― scott seward, Thursday, 14 July 2016 16:18 (seven years ago) link
i kinda hated mustang, thought it was more exploitative than anythinglots of shots of half naked teenage girls rolling around on the floor together
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Thursday, 14 July 2016 17:11 (seven years ago) link
they weren't half naked. and i wouldn't say there were "lots" of shots. they were just being kids. and they were five teenage sisters who basically lived in one bedroom together? i dunno. that's not what i took away from the movie. they were all very pretty though. that's for sure.
― scott seward, Thursday, 14 July 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
felt like the point was to contrast their relative innocence with what was going on around them. wasn't some larry clark scenario or something.
― scott seward, Thursday, 14 July 2016 17:38 (seven years ago) link
saw it in the theater and felt there was a fair bit of untoward sexing up of young girls.. i can dig it if that didn't seem evident to you; that issue, along with a real lack of character building and engagement left me very cold toward that film.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Thursday, 14 July 2016 17:41 (seven years ago) link
I think the title of the movie told me everything i needed to know about the director's intent. i mean i guess you could say it was kinda heavy-handed in a way. beautiful youth that should be free to be wild and...uh...free. but mostly i liked how deceptive those scenes of happiness were considering how sad and tragic the movie becomes. also, i don't see too many movies directed by Turkish women.
― scott seward, Thursday, 14 July 2016 18:00 (seven years ago) link
the latter point is what got me in the theater
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Thursday, 14 July 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
The Invitation was great
― Salsa Golf (Argentinean Ketchup) (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 14 July 2016 22:20 (seven years ago) link
Present Company Excluded (on Amazon Prime) was pretty good. Some laugh out loud parts, a charismatic lead, and felt emotionally authentic, unlike some indies with offbeat characters.
― o. nate, Friday, 15 July 2016 00:59 (seven years ago) link
Absolutely. Also, really intrigued at the Spielberg riffing of "Stranger Things." First eight minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKtq-bZgS8I
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 July 2016 01:42 (seven years ago) link
i don't know who ali wong is and i've never heard of the show she writes for but her stand up special was v funny. thx to whoever rec'd it upthread
― dynamicinterface, Friday, 15 July 2016 17:19 (seven years ago) link
yeah, that wasn't bad. her character was annoying at points, but overall more bad than good. i fell off on Fresh Off the Boat but i'm glad she's contributing to that show
― Nhex, Friday, 15 July 2016 17:21 (seven years ago) link
Her Marc Maron was pretty great too.
― dan selzer, Friday, 15 July 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
oops, i meant more good than bad
― Nhex, Friday, 15 July 2016 18:08 (seven years ago) link
Objectively speaking Stranger Things is absolute fucking dreary pez + cynically targeted derivative cack, but I still thoroughly enjoyed that first ep! Everything is so fucking depressing in the world right now I could do with some escapism.
― calzino, Friday, 15 July 2016 21:54 (seven years ago) link
yeah the ali wong special is excellent. a kind of balls out comedy thats rare these days
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Friday, 15 July 2016 23:04 (seven years ago) link
intrigued at the Spielberg riffing of "Stranger Things."
it might have its Goonies clothes on but the bones of it feel sorta more like... Fargo actually?
It's too bad Winona Ryder seemingly can't act anymore
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 16 July 2016 00:45 (seven years ago) link
the giant cheekbone white kid's real name is "Finn Wolfhard"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 16 July 2016 00:47 (seven years ago) link
lol
― mh, Saturday, 16 July 2016 05:11 (seven years ago) link
i watched the first episode last night. dug it. in a Super 8 kinda way.
― scott seward, Saturday, 16 July 2016 19:40 (seven years ago) link
ftr: i loved super 8. so i guess i'm cool with faux-spielberg.
same here. maybe i'll give this a shot
― Nhex, Saturday, 16 July 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
i also thought winona was fine once i got used to seeing her as a run-down mom. which takes some getting used to.
― scott seward, Saturday, 16 July 2016 22:42 (seven years ago) link
Winona is the shining star of drunk history, so Ill give this a shot
― Salsa Golf (Argentinean Ketchup) (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 17 July 2016 01:30 (seven years ago) link
I'm 4 episodes deep into Stranger Things now and it's totally riveting. Plus the musical score is phenomenal—all those old thriller/horror synths. I'm almost not even looking for familiar scenery at this point, considering it was at least partly shot in the town I live in.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 17 July 2016 02:53 (seven years ago) link
Also, I just realized there are only 8 episodes and not 13. Sucks to already be at the halfway point!!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 17 July 2016 02:56 (seven years ago) link
Watched all 8 in one go. I may be insane now, but that was fucking fantastic!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 17 July 2016 07:01 (seven years ago) link
NOW I know why I recognize Nancy and Michael's mom. She was Dr. Faye on Mad Men.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 17 July 2016 07:14 (seven years ago) link
Just watched an interview with the producers who say if Netflix grants Stranger Things additional seasons that it's not going to be an anthology series like American Horror Story or Fargo; they're going to base it around the same characters in the same approximate time—which, if you've made it all the way to episode 8, seems hard to believe. But I'm on board.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 17 July 2016 07:53 (seven years ago) link
I finished watching Stranger Things and thought it deserves a thread of its own, so I started one:
A thread for Stranger Things, the "Goonies meets X-Files" new Netflix series (with SPOILERS!)
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 11:04 (seven years ago) link
The Netflix original series “Scrotal Recall” has been renewed for another season, and has been retitled “Lovesick." fyi
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 20:41 (seven years ago) link
shoulda been "Lovesack", hollywood you so crazy
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 20:43 (seven years ago) link
This looks like it might be some good hate-watchin' material:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUN5uSu_VQM
― schwantz, Saturday, 6 August 2016 17:39 (seven years ago) link
hatewatch is right
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 6 August 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
Every generation gets the 24 Hour Party People it deserves.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 6 August 2016 18:05 (seven years ago) link
i tried to watch david cross special but kept skipping around and then finally stopped. he goes on such looooooong limbs for jokes that aren't really that funny. gen-x shaggy dog stories. the political stuff just isn't fierce enough. yes, we hate republicans, blah, blah...
― scott seward, Saturday, 6 August 2016 18:30 (seven years ago) link
goes out on such long limbs....
― scott seward, Saturday, 6 August 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link
david cross is not a very good standup comedian
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 6 August 2016 23:37 (seven years ago) link
in that movie you reckon the kid from the good wife gets offered a sure-fire shot at EDM fame in exchange for HIS SOUL and ultimately turns it down to make the 'real' music he (and his love interest whoops i mean lester bangs mentor figure) always wanted to? probably putting it out on vinyl in the last 90 seconds of the movie, and the EDM club chickee comes along for the ride, hangin up her furry boots to become a dance instructor
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 6 August 2016 23:42 (seven years ago) link
it's enough to make a guy start rooting for EDC tbh
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 6 August 2016 23:43 (seven years ago) link
didn't Zac Efron just make this movie?
― Nhex, Sunday, 7 August 2016 00:20 (seven years ago) link
ding ding ding
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 August 2016 00:41 (seven years ago) link
The Wave (2015) is good. it shames crap like San Andreas, The Day After Tomorrow, etc.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Sunday, 7 August 2016 06:09 (seven years ago) link
side eye...
San Andreas was dope
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 August 2016 06:17 (seven years ago) link
Tomorrow night's plans include getting high and watching DEATHGASM, New Zealand metal horror-comedy
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Sunday, 7 August 2016 08:07 (seven years ago) link
Enjoyed the wave, despite some dodgy bits. Waaaaaaay better than san andreas (sorry)
― 🐸a hairy howling toad torments a man whose wife is deathly ill (James Morrison), Sunday, 7 August 2016 09:20 (seven years ago) link
i watched the guest last night and really enjoyed it - starts out as a fairly conventional psycho-in-suburban-home thriller then goes off the rails in some unexpected and amusing ways
― pokemon go speed run (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 11 August 2016 13:13 (seven years ago) link
so not gonna happen:
https://www.tribecashortlist.com/preview/movies/all
shortlist indeed!
― scott seward, Monday, 29 August 2016 00:57 (seven years ago) link