# Movies you've seen recently (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 29, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906 "2014-09-29T21:53:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 195
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3894 "2022-03-28T22:02:45Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > JKR, who is from Edinburgh Rowling currently lives in Edinburgh, but she’s originally from Gloucestershire. She went to college in Exeter. She lived various other places including London. She lived in Porto, Portugal for a while where she met her first husband. She moved to Edinburgh and has lived there since then. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3895 "2022-03-28T22:08:33Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Rowling currently lives in Edinburgh, but she’s originally from Gloucestershire. She went to college in Exeter. She lived various other places including London. She lived in Porto, Portugal for a while where she met her first husband. She moved to Edinburgh and has lived there since then. Ah I never knew that, I always thought she was born in bred, but I aware of the Edinburgh connection when her novels became popular, and the claims she’d wrote it when she lived there. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3896 "2022-03-28T23:09:15Z")
So we signed up for Disney and over the weekend watched Turning Red, the latest Pixar Movie with our youngest. It was fine, had some feels , not a classic . Then watched Hidden Figures again, good movie, I am sure they played fast and lose with a lot of details, but well worth the time spent. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3897 "2022-03-29T00:02:29Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > I watched it on Great Performances for free, but it’s also on Amazon Prime, iTunes, Google Play, and Vudu. Important: This is the 2021 documentary, not the 2018 film, which is a movie from the Netherlands set in the 1920’s and is also available on Amazon Prime. Found it and watched it - in the UK it’s on Sky Arts / NOW TV for the next week or so. I’ve had the pleasure of performing for Maestro Alsop on a couple of occasions, and chatting to her once - she was extremely nice to my (then) six-year-old daughter. An absolute joy to work with, IME. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > What platform is The Conductor on? > > For Harry Potter it’s 9 3/4 Bazinga. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3898 "2022-03-29T17:34:38Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > So we signed up for Disney and over the weekend watched Turning Red, the latest Pixar Movie with our youngest. > It was fine, had some feels , not a classic… My wife and one of my sons watched it recently and were underwhelmed. I saw just enough of it to know it wasn’t for me. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3899 "2022-03-29T17:38:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > My wife and one of my sons watched it recently and were underwhelmed. I saw just enough of it to know it wasn’t for me Now watch Cool Runnings, which is also on Disney Plus. Let me tell you, it holds up big time. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3900 "2022-03-29T17:45:17Z")
In one evening in college I watched “The Wizard of Oz” and “Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers Through the Eighth Dimension.” It was a weird night. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3901 "2022-03-29T17:48:31Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers Through the Eighth Dimension Is this the same Buckaroo Banzai movie that is famous? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3902 "2022-03-29T17:54:43Z")
Yes - I got the title somewhat wrong. It’s really “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension” (I just like to keep the Cavaliers in the mix) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3903 "2022-03-30T13:24:11Z")
Wherever you go, there you are. Such as to this thread, which may be of interest: [Buckaroo Banzai vs. The World Crime League](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buckaroo-banzai-vs-the-world-crime-league/250214) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3904 "2022-03-30T13:43:28Z")
**Antlers** , a horror film with a good cast, but otherwise kinda lame. Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons as brother and sister (although it takes awhile to make that clear), Amy Madigan (who’s looking rather rough these days), and Graham Greene as the Wise Indian character. Tip of the hat to child actor Jeremy T. Thomas, though, who did a solid job being a creepy kid. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3905 "2022-03-30T14:35:25Z")
Saw Kenneth Branagh’s **Death on the Nile** last night. Nice boat. The rest is pretty forgettable. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3906 "2022-03-30T15:13:08Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > **Antlers** , a horror film with a good cast, but otherwise kinda lame. Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons as brother and sister (although it takes awhile to make that clear), Amy Madigan (who’s looking rather rough these days), and Graham Greene as the Wise Indian character. Tip of the hat to child actor Jeremy T. Thomas, though, who did a solid job being a creepy kid. Boring! I did not like this movie at all. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3907 "2022-03-30T17:26:47Z")
Yeah, I thought it was poorly done, but I was bored enough to finish it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3908 "2022-03-30T17:34:20Z")
I saw it too. “Boring Creepy Dark Horror” from A24 and other similar companies is becoming its own genre. For every good slow horror movies that comes out like Hereditary, Censor, etc. we end up with a couple clunkers. The Night House was terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3909 "2022-04-01T14:21:31Z")
**Nacho Libre** Never seen it. Not one laugh in the movie. I just occasionally heard it was funny, but I found myself staring at the screen laughless. Ebert got it right. > [@](#): > > Jack Black is not very funny in “Nacho Libre,” and that requires some meditation. Jack Black is essentially, intrinsically and instinctively a funny actor. He has that [Christopher Walken](https://www.rogerebert.com/cast-and-crew/christopher-walken) thing going where you smile when he appears in a movie. It takes some doing to make a Jack Black comedy that doesn’t work. But “Nacho Libre” does it. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3910 "2022-04-01T15:02:25Z")
**Death on the Nile**. Just OK. Looked good, but I guessed who-done-it as soon as the murder occurred. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3911 "2022-04-01T23:50:30Z")
> [@Galactus](#): > > **Death on the Nile**. Just OK. Looked good, but I guessed who-done-it as soon as the murder occurred. The OG or the new one? I just watched a movie called The Vampire Effect. Starring a Cantopop duo called [Twins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twins_(group)) as the sister and partner to a vampire hunter. The sister falls in love with a local “good” vamp who is being hunted by a “bad” vamp. It features such things as vampires buying a church as a home (why it doesn’t hurt them, I’m not sure), a coffin with a flatscreen on the inside lid, surround sound, lights, and that can be opened with the Clapper and a scene where the vampires attack an ambulance carrying the sister and the good vamp. The ambulance is driven by Jackie Chan, so it doesn’t go well for the vamps. Lots of tooth-acting. Check it out if you like cute girls fighting cheesy vampires. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3912 "2022-04-02T00:21:59Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > The OG or the new one? sorry, should have specified. The new one. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3913 "2022-04-02T00:36:51Z")
**The Adam Project** It was OK, nothing too amazing. Very budget-wise movie. We have Jennifer Garner for 20 minutes or so, Mark Ruffalo for 40 minutes or so, and Zoe Saldana for 20 minutes or so. Ryan Reynolds is in the whole thing, but they manage to make it look like a bigger budget movie by featuring bigger names who give shorter appearances. I liked it, but nothing too new or interesting here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=194) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=196)