{Cold Intro}
Frank walks into the VFW. Everyone cheers and says “Hey, Frank”, “Glad to see you”, “What’ll be, Frankie?”
Except the new guy, who studied his beer intently.
Frank walks up and sits next to him. And offers his hand in friendship.
The new guy looks up. “You must be Frank. I didn’t catch the last name though…”
Frank straightens up. His face grows cold.
"Don’t you know a a man’s Nom is his Castle?
{cut to title card}
Frank Castle is THE PUN-ISHER
no, i’m not – but i guess i need to add them to my list!
Definitely finish ST2 first.
So, I found another Marvel franchise, Runaways.
I don’t really watch shows like The O.C., One Tree Hill, or Dawson’s Creek, but after viewing the first episode it felt like something I would assume to be a cross of one of these with the X-Men.
To me a bit weird, but I’ll give it a few episodes to see how it goes.
Yeah, but that joke gets real old real fast
Weirdly sympathetic portrait of a fictional New Age cult 
Secrets! Murder! Prophetic dreams! Dudes floating in the air! Cultists blackmailing IRS officials!
Just double-billed Murder on the Orient Express and Coco.
Express was good, but then again I know the plot well, so there was little to surprise me. Brannagh was better than I was expecting as Poirot, but I still see David Suchet as the one who embodies the fussy little Belgian best. Brannagh was a little too physical for the part as I’ve imagined Poirot since I was a kid: the whole point of Poirot was that he was not a man of action, but one of intellect. I still recommend seeing it, (and Death on the Nile, probably, which he’s planning next), but my being not entirely overwhelmed may also be due to the fact that it was the second on the bill.
Coco… I didn’t cry, but I think the only reason for that was I was too much in love. Seriously, I love this film so frickin’ much. If you only get to see one movie this holiday season, this is the one to go with. It’s utterly rich and immersive, and if you don’t feel for Miguel, well then there is no hope for you. It doesn’t matter if you have kids, only that you remember being one.
Also, the more money it makes at theatres, the better chance that we;ll get to see more animated movies that don’t revolve around white people. As we’ve argued in the Feminism 101 thread, representation is important. No, everything shouldn’t be riding on this movie, but as women can tell you: it is.
But go see it, because it’s beautiful and amazing. The story is fantastic, in both senses of the word. Money very well spent.
And then they effed up Justice League on that count anyhow.
Just watched Their Finest, which by coincidence could be a companion piece to Dunkirk, which I haven’t seen yet.
Strong feminist component to this movie, with a great cast and a very funny performance by Bill Nighy.
I love Bill Nighy. Thanks for the recommendation!
Let’s not forget the 1974 version.
There are three good reasons to see this film:
1 the cast is all amazing
2 the production design/cinematography
3 the music
If you haven’t seen it, be warned — Albert Finney’s performance is eccentric at least, and a even occasionally revolting. But after having seen it a couple times, I got into it. I can even say now, yes, I like his performance and I can even see what he was going for.
Red Dwarf XII. Still funny after all these years.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Lamb to the Slaughter
Script: Roald Dahl Dir: Hitch Star: Barbara Bel Geddes
Still a classic, and the subtitles will help you work on your French!
Even though I have problems with Dahl (cf: Deprogramming) I have to admit, he really brings it here.
I just saw the theatrically released version of “Saturday Night Fever” for the first time. And even though I found many parts to be tiresome, I actually watched it twice.
Pretty much everyone has seen it already, and there have been many words written about it, so I won’t waste eveyone’s time with a long review. So here is a bulleted list of my most important obsrvations:
I just watched Marvel’s Runaways and the Babadook.
MR was decent, but I didn’t like the 'dook.
Just like so many other films that people really seem to dig but which leave me underwhelmed, I didn’t care about any of the characters… and ‘the big bad’ was just plain stupid to me.
The director of this movie, John Badham, went to my high school and was on the board for many years. He is much older than me. I never met him. He also directed War Games. Yes, he is from Alabama.
The famous dance floor is from The Club in Birmingham. They had it first. Kinda hilarious if you know it because it’s where all the debutante crowd goes to mingle.
Warning Spoilers Ahead
i watched this this morning, and i was reminded of how creative, clever, and what attention to detail they have when they create these. i mean, yes, did i laugh out loud at Hopper? yes, of course. did Eleven’s reveal make me shake my head and snort at the clever wink they just did? oh yeah. but there’s also the fact that Winona’s muppet REALLY DOES capture her very well. bravo, Sesame Street.
