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11-16-2019, 03:48 PM

Peng replied to a poll Luce (Julius Onah) in 2019 Releases

The story isn't quite full-fleshed enough to give all the many, many sociopolitical issues here the necessary developing runtime, so that more than...

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11-15-2019, 10:50 AM

Peng replied to a thread Match Cut's "Performance of the 2010s" - A MC Tourney - The FYC Stage in General Film Discussion

Might be a proper FYC post coming later when I thought more about it, but for now right the top off my head, it would be hard to top Marion Cotillard...

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11-14-2019, 04:01 PM

Peng replied to a thread 6 Underground (Bayhem, Netflix, 2019)... in Upcoming Film Emporium

How can they pay so much for Ryan Reynolds ($27 million!) and the film, and then have a poster like this...

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11-14-2019, 03:58 PM

Peng replied to a thread 6 Underground (Bayhem, Netflix, 2019)... in Upcoming Film Emporium

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11-12-2019, 02:39 PM

Peng replied to a thread Paul Thomas Anderson's High School Movie in Upcoming Film Emporium

I remember vaguely something about PTA and his kid, so I searched and this must be the film he was talking about last year (Paul Thomas Anderson Is...

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11-12-2019, 02:35 PM

Peng started a thread Paul Thomas Anderson's High School Movie in Upcoming Film Emporium

Paul Thomas Anderson Sets 1970s High School Movie For 2020 Production

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11-12-2019, 02:29 PM

Peng replied to a thread Star Wars: Live Action TV Series (Favreau) in General TV Discussion

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11-12-2019, 01:58 PM

Peng replied to a thread The Match Cut 2015/2016 Presidential Dog and Pony Show in The Kitchen Sink

Didn't follow current US politics enough to be halfway knowledgeable, but intrigued by Duke comment's implied notion that Trump > Warren.

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11-12-2019, 01:56 PM

Peng replied to a thread Star Wars: Live Action TV Series (Favreau) in General TV Discussion

No wonder they didn't send out a screener, because that cliffhanger! Anyway, it feels like the pressure of being the showcase Disney+ series has...

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11-12-2019, 12:35 PM

Peng replied to a thread The Match Cut 2015/2016 Presidential Dog and Pony Show in The Kitchen Sink

Kinda fascinated by how if that meme hasn't happened since, there might not ever be a comeback?

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11-11-2019, 03:50 PM

Peng replied to a thread Rick & Morty (Season 4) in 2019 TV Season

That might be the goriest episode of the show lol

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11-10-2019, 03:33 PM

Peng replied to a thread Celeb (and Celeb SO's) Sexual Harassment Thread in The Kitchen Sink

1192896500386422784 It's in French, so someone else on another forum I saw this from has summarized the main points: -Valentine Monnier claims...

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11-08-2019, 03:13 PM

Peng replied to a poll Peanut Butter Falcon in 2019 Releases

Can't wholly escape the twee indie template but the filmmaking details and characterization are thoughtful enough to counter that halfway. It ...

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11-08-2019, 04:19 AM

Peng replied to a poll Doctor Sleep (Flanagan) in 2019 Releases

Did you Coke (out) like King when typing these too? :D And I’m someone who thinks King’s criticism of Kubrick’s film a bit silly (tho understandable)...

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11-07-2019, 11:41 PM

Peng replied to a poll The King (David Michôd) in 2019 Releases

Feels like those who fare best here are all the director’s returning actors (Edgerton, Pattinson, even Mendelsohn in his very limited screentime),...

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11-07-2019, 05:18 AM

Peng replied to a poll The King (David Michôd) in 2019 Releases

Very mild yay. Engagingly portentous at first, but then at 2.20 hours of the same unwavering tone/pacing it eventually turns numbing, even if the...

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11-04-2019, 11:52 AM

Peng replied to a thread Sangre, cuchillos, y tetas --- Horror Film Discussion in General Film Discussion

My top 4 of his (many subjected to rewatch, especially #4) would be 1. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure 2. Beetlejuice 3. Ed Wood 4. Batman Returns

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11-04-2019, 07:01 AM

Peng replied to a thread Sangre, cuchillos, y tetas --- Horror Film Discussion in General Film Discussion

A couple of Netflix Halloween-month watching: Pyscho II (1983) I would have seriously loved this back in my Blockbuster rental spree days. But...

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11-03-2019, 05:43 AM

Peng replied to a poll The Farewell (Lulu Wang) in 2019 Releases

This lingers well the longer it sits with me, because I feel it a tad underimagined story-wise, in comparison to the central premise (and its...

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11-02-2019, 03:12 PM

Peng replied to a poll Good Boys (Gene Stupnitsky) in 2019 Releases

Turns out I rarely get tire of kids saying, doing, or mimicking things way above their pay grade and understandings. And the three kids are drawn ...

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10-30-2019, 03:15 AM

Peng replied to a thread Star Wars: Live Action TV Series (Favreau) in General TV Discussion

I just hope Herzog’s presence in the real show is as much as in the trailers. (My favorite touch is having him narrating both of them)

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10-29-2019, 12:49 PM

Peng replied to a thread Star Wars: Live Action TV Series (Favreau) in General TV Discussion

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10-29-2019, 12:49 PM

Peng replied to a thread Star Wars Anthology Discussion in Upcoming Film Emporium

So they rushed GoT for nothing? lol

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10-29-2019, 09:31 AM

Peng replied to a poll Dolemite Is My Name (Craig Brewer) in 2019 Releases

Mostly conventional biopic beats, but that’s not such a bad thing for a true story this naturally winning, a fantastic cast, and a joyful tone that...

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10-27-2019, 12:24 AM

Peng replied to a thread 28 Film Discussion Threads Later in General Film Discussion

That the discussion includes some asides from We Love Amazon thread feels fitting somehow.

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10-25-2019, 01:33 PM

Peng replied to a thread The Irishman, aka IS THIS FREAKIN' REAL? in Upcoming Film Emporium

After Silence getting the shrug treatment, I'm ready for Scorsese to get Netflix-level marketing money and be back big time in the awards game again....

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10-24-2019, 03:27 AM

Peng replied to a thread The Upcoming Film Discussion Thread? in Upcoming Film Emporium

This is such a(n unintentionally) funny poster, what with Media The Enemy and Crying Kathy Bates, and that's before I notice the "Where's Waldo"...

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10-23-2019, 12:06 PM

Peng replied to a thread 28 Film Discussion Threads Later in General Film Discussion

How does Major League (1989) rank among baseball films? I'm looking through films that expire on Thai Netflix at the end of the month and this is one...

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10-21-2019, 10:09 PM

Peng replied to a poll Joker (Todd Phillips) in 2019 Releases

I myself want some rewrites/edits of the first act; I rewrote my first paragraph a few times because I wanted a better wording of how the subway...

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10-20-2019, 02:41 AM

Peng replied to a thread Horror, Fantasy, and other non-sci-fi genres... in Literature

Just finished Lev Grossman's very entertaining The Magicians. My misgivings out the way first: even accounting for unlikable character tropes, some...

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