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    Possibly relevant to your interests: Fox just bought Tubi. Don't know what this means longer term but it's probably not good.

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    Quote Quoting Irish (view post)
    Possibly relevant to your interests: Fox just bought Tubi. Don't know what this means longer term but it's probably not good.
    I was worried when PlutoTV got sold, but they actually added more content.

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    Straight Story is going to Disney+, a very overlooked David Lynch G-RATED (!) movie.

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    Quote Quoting Irish (view post)
    Possibly relevant to your interests: Fox just bought Tubi. Don't know what this means longer term but it's probably not good.
    I hope they don't ruin it. Tubi is a nice free resource.
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    Being quarantined has me finally dive into some 1968 blindspots:

    If... - Its allegorical power stands stronger now as the title has turned towards when... over the years, along with the surreal touches that slowly but surely encroaches on the film's observational realism (culminating in that ambivalently shocking climax), and McDowell's galvanizing, magnetic lead turn. 7.5/10

    Kuroneko - That first act is something else, in which an act of brutality, placing us firmly on the spirit side, doesn't lessen the spine-tingling chills of its meticulous and gorgeous horror imagery at all. In fact, I'm so enamored with this section that the introduction of a third main character bringing some tonal shifts feels slightly disappointing, not to mention the internal logic starting to get wobbly a bit as well. Still, the following dilemma is a potent tragic scenario, and Shindo's darkly imaginative direction remains enveloping throughout. 7.5/10
    Midnight Run (1988) - 9
    The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
    The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
    Sisters (1973) - 6.5
    Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5

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    lol

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    Love Kuroneko. Not quite the masterpiece that is Onibaba, but it is up there.

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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    Love Kuroneko. Not quite the masterpiece that is Onibaba, but it is up there.
    I have that for a long, long time. Will get to it soon.
    Midnight Run (1988) - 9
    The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
    The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
    Sisters (1973) - 6.5
    Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5

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    Blade Runner 2049 was so, so, so damned good.

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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    Blade Runner 2049 was so, so, so damned good.
    Yes indeed.

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    I'm seriously in awe at how great it was.

    When I first heard it was actually happening, I was expecting nothing short of a travesty.

    It doesn't quite surpass the original (which on a good day is my all time favorite) but hot damn does it stack up better than I ever, ever would have thought.

    Just from an audio visual standpoint, the experience is incredible. But the emotional punches it packs are just as impressive.

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    Its an incredible film, top to bottom.

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    Wait, is this the unpopular opinions thread?

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    Quote Quoting Irish (view post)
    Wait, is this the unpopular opinions thread?
    Thanks for reminding me.

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    If it isn't as good as the original (Final Cut), it's damn close.
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    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garc?a (S. Peckinpah, 1974)
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden, Dragon (A. Lee, 2000)
    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (J. McNaughton, 1986) ☆
    Blowup (M. Antonioni, 1966) ☆
    Io capitano (M. Garrone, 2023) ☆
    Raging Bull (M. Scorsese, 1980)
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    Spike Lee's Oldboy is...not good.

    In fact, it is so much worse than I ever expected.

    Everyone feels miscast, Brolin hams it up hard (seriously, what was with those drunk scenes?), Copley's accent was confusing as hell.

    I want to applaud the film for trying really hard to be different from the Korean original at key moments, but much of what they come up with is convoluted and tries so hard to shock that it becomes comical.

    Even Lee doesn't seem to care much. Which is disappointing, since he felt like such an out-of-left-field choice for this and I was hoping it would be an unlikely match made in heaven.

    Alas...'twas not.

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    I liked Blade Runner 2049 better than the original.
    Midnight Run (1988) - 9
    The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
    The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
    Sisters (1973) - 6.5
    Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5

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    Ooof, yeah Lee's Oldboy was mess. All things being even though, the original Oldboy is lightning in a bottle, especially in the way of tone on such difficult (and insane) plot developments. That story has no business working...but a way was found. And dont see how it can be reproduced. Maybe someone can, but hasnt been done yet.

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    I liked Blade Runner 2049 better than the original.
    Easily so.
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    THere's absolutely no "Spike Lee" in his Oldboy. It's like he wanted to put in his ideas, the studio said no, so he just autopiloted it out and collected the paycheck.

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    I liked Blade Runner 2049 better than the original.
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    Heads up:

    The Vancouver International Film Festival is streaming some of its selections. Right now they have "Bacarau" and "Wild Goose Lake" and several short subjects. The features are CAD $12 for a 3 day rental and the shorts are free.

    https://viff.org/Online/default.asp

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    Man, Johnny Guitar was freaking awesome.
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    Pantheon, S2 (C. Silverstein, 2023) ☆
    Pantheon, S1 (C. Silverstein, 2022)
    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garc?a (S. Peckinpah, 1974)
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden, Dragon (A. Lee, 2000)
    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (J. McNaughton, 1986) ☆
    Blowup (M. Antonioni, 1966) ☆
    Io capitano (M. Garrone, 2023) ☆
    Raging Bull (M. Scorsese, 1980)
    Network (S. Lumet, 1976) ☆
    Sideways (A. Payne, 2004) ☆

    First time ☆

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    Quote Quoting Philip J. Fry (view post)
    Man, Johnny Guitar was freaking awesome.
    Yes! GREAT movie. One of the best of the period and one of the best made.

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    Quentin Tarantino is writing reviews and posting them to the New Beverly website.

    Here he is on "Targets" (1968):

    http://thenewbev.com/tarantinos-reviews/targets/

    And "Cade's County," a TV western (1971):

    http://thenewbev.com/tarantinos-revi...gun-for-billy/

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