# 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:** 395
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7899 "2023-11-12T00:04:52Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Helen Gahagan? She’s the one who was slurred by Nixon when he ran for Congress (?). He called her the Pink Lady, i.e. a duh duh duuuuuh communist. She was indeed. Despite having a stage career, **She** apears to have been her one and only film credit. Neither imdb nor wikipedia list any others (aside from Academy award shows and the like). She went into politics in the 1930s and ran for congress in 1944 and won. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7900 "2023-11-12T00:42:03Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > **Strangers On a Train** (1951). I’d definitely put this somewhere in Hitchcock’s top 10 films, Definitely one of the top 3 films to feature a runaway merry-go-round. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7901 "2023-11-12T01:19:42Z")
**The Marvels:** A fun film to watch on the big screen. Kamala Khan’s fangirling over Captain Marvel is cute. The herding cats scene is HILARIOUS. Stay for the between-credits scene. ---
**Author:** ![Hurrilon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@Hurrilon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hurrilon)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7902 "2023-11-12T23:50:54Z")
> [@Hurrilon](#): > > We just got through watching Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. ## And you thought…? I love Cumberbatch as Dr. Strange. He is absolutely perfect for the role. However…I don’t like what they did with Wanda Maximoff. It just felt wrong to me. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7903 "2023-11-13T01:42:54Z")
When I think of Helen Gahagan I think of the Tom Lehrer song mentioning her. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7904 "2023-11-13T02:34:33Z")
**Always Be My Maybe** Highly recommended. Still very fun four years later. A hilarious comedy that loses a bit of steam near the end, but is still mostly fun and light-hearted. It streams on Netflix, so check it out for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7905 "2023-11-13T02:47:24Z")
I just watched Silverado, a film I may not have seen since the 80s. What a lot of very silly fun, and quite the list of stars, including the first appearance of Jeff Fahey, who was just a couple of years from his time at the Joffrey School of Ballet and Broadway ballet appearances. Brian Dennehy chews the scenery better than anyone else in an entire film full of scenery chewers. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7906 "2023-11-13T09:23:42Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > **The Marvels:** A fun film to watch on the big screen. Kamala Khan’s fangirling over Captain Marvel is cute. The herding cats scene is HILARIOUS. Stay for the between-credits scene. Totally agree. The trailers really did not do it justice - the comedy is relentless (“If it’s top secret, why is it see-through?”), the material for Larson and Parris is far superior to what they got in their previous appearances, the place-swapping fight scenes are great and they even managed to make the villain (who is pretty much just there to stitch the story together) somewhat sympathetic. I continue to maintain that Vellani is an absolute gem, and would be interested to see her in some non-superhero role at some point. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7907 "2023-11-13T13:49:12Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > When I think of Helen Gahagan I think of the Tom Lehrer song mentioning her. Me, too, originally. It’s the first time I ever heard her name. But now I think of _She Who Must Be Obeyed_. And not in the Hilda Rumpole sense. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7908 "2023-11-13T18:39:18Z")
I was just wondering if I should make a Rumpole reference. And thanks, **Hurrilon** , for the review. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7909 "2023-11-13T18:57:25Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Brian Dennehy chews the scenery better than anyone else in an entire film full of scenery chewers. Just saw him over the weekend in a first-time-in-a-long-time viewing of _The Russians are Coming. The Russians are Coming._ Even in a small part, he ingested much dry wall. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7910 "2023-11-13T19:16:05Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Just saw him over the weekend in a first-time-in-a-long-time viewing of _The Russians are Coming. The Russians are Coming._ Even in a small part, he ingested much dry wall I don’t think he’s in that movie… ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7911 "2023-11-13T19:30:44Z")
Damn! Brian _Keith._ This is an error I make all the time, so I should have been more careful. I don’t confuse the actors; I just confuse their names. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7912 "2023-11-13T19:32:41Z")
> [@Hurrilon](#): > > However…I don’t like what they did with Wanda Maximoff. It just felt wrong to me. What they did with Wanda Maximoff is turn her into the “overemotional woman gone crazy” archetype in which they tied her “feminine” neurosis directly to her status as a mother. I didn’t like it, either. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7913 "2023-11-13T19:33:40Z")
Brian Denehy’s acting tic was gritting his teeth. Brian Keith’s was rubbing his face. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7914 "2023-11-13T19:37:06Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Brian Dennehy chews the scenery better than anyone else in an entire film full of scenery chewers. Saw him doing The Iceman Cometh with Nathan Lane in Chicago. Amazing show. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7915 "2023-11-13T19:52:32Z")
Dennehy also inspired the greatest hip hop song dedicated to an actor ever. Pour out an O’Doul’s for the king. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7916 "2023-11-13T23:50:57Z")
Speaking of films with Brian Dennehy, two of lighter fare are **F/X** and **F/X2**. The former is the first film with Angela Bassett. They are both action thriller movies and I remember enjoying both of them though the second mostly because they used the characters from the first one. And now that I am reminded of them I will need to seek them out to watch again… `//i\\` ---
**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:** [November 14, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7917 "2023-11-14T01:45:03Z")
**Totally Killer** Recommended. A horror comedy similar in spirit to Happy Death Day, but sadly not as funny. A girl travels back to 1987 to try to stop a slasher from killing numerous people, her mother included. It tries to get jokes out of how different 1987 is from 2023, but only some of them work. Honestly, the world just wasn’t different enough to warrant all the jokes. Anyway, fun movie and actually worth a watch. It streams on Prime. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/7918 "2023-11-14T01:56:01Z")
I had a good time at **It’s a Wonderful Knife** , which, as the title implies, is _It’s a Wonderful Life_ recast as a slasher movie. (just in time for the holiday season!). The teenage heroine is in the George Bailey and the masked “Angel of Death” terrorizing the town is…well, I won’t spoil it. The movie hews well to the tropes of the slasher flick, but has some nice twists that keep the audience guessing. Also, a very LGBTQ friendly film without making a big deal about gender. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=394) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=396)