# Movies you've seen recently (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 27, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288 "2024-08-27T05:10:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 175
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3481 "2025-09-29T04:23:24Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Even Sean Penn does a great job in a supporting role My money’s on him for an Oscar nomination. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3482 "2025-09-29T14:38:30Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > My money’s on him for an Oscar nomination. I do think so. I see this movie, at the very least getting nomiations for: Best Picture Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Best Actor (Leo) Best Supporting Actor (Penn) Best editing Probably more in the other departments as well. I would say an outside shot of a nomination for the girl who plays Leo’s daughter in the movie, but I thought she was good, but not amazing. Note: I still think Weapons is the best movie fro 2025, obviously only including what I’ve seen. One Battle is a top 5, though. It was solid stuff. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3483 "2025-09-29T17:29:34Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Note: I still think Weapons is the best movie fro 2025, obviously only including what I’ve seen. This movie has weirdly gone up in my estimation, the more I’ve thought about it. I’m going to rewatch it soon. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3484 "2025-09-29T17:53:32Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > This movie has weirdly gone up in my estimation, the more I’ve thought about it. I’m going to rewatch it soon. I saw it a second time with my wife. She is a big NO to any horror, but loved this movie. It pulls you along and has, uh, the best final 5 minutes of any film this year. :giggle: ---
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3485 "2025-09-29T18:06:54Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I saw it a second time with my wife. She is a big NO to any horror, but loved this movie. It pulls you along and has, uh, the best final 5 minutes of any film this year. Of the many things I love about that ending, Archer’s POV as he follows the trail of destruction is high on the list, because it manages to be whimsical in the middle of what is literally a trail of horror. And of course, there’s no surprise in finding out which kid is his. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3486 "2025-09-29T18:51:51Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > It pulls you along and has, uh, the Could you please refrain from spoilers like this??? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3487 "2025-10-02T14:39:55Z")
Most recent: 1944’s _To Have And Have Not_. You take a Hemingway book, add in a Nobel prize winner to write the screenplay, cast Bogie, Bacall, Walter Brennan…and you get a fourth rate _Casablanca_ knockoff. It even had a helpful piano player (that wasn’t in the novel). And Vichy French. No natzees though. We noted that the beginning sort of dragged, but I was “well, they’re just setting the tone, introducing the characters. Give it some time.” Then it droned on all the way to the end to a surprising sudden stop. The End. And really, what’s the deal with the famous line? “You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and… blow.” It’s not like Bogie and Bacall talking about racehorses in _The Big Sleep_. That was some smoking hot double entendre. This one? It’s not sexy, it’s not clever, it’s just…dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3488 "2025-10-02T14:58:05Z")
Just watched Kiss Of The Spider Woman with Raul Julia and William Hurt. Despite there being a handfuls of version of it including one that was just released recently with Jennifer Lopez, I’d never heard of it until a youtuber I watch did [a video on it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtGKiiNfai8). It’s essentially a ‘bottle episode’ type movie set mostly in a South American prison cell and is almost entirely a dialogue between marxist, macho, political prisoner Raul Julia and effeminate gay man, William Hurt. If anyone plans to watch it, it’s streaming on HBO and, surprisingly, youtube. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3489 "2025-10-02T20:15:57Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lCVgv2Gsc9E/maxresdefault.jpg "Pale Rider 4K Ultra HD | Movie Trailer | Warner Bros. Entertainment") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCVgv2Gsc9E) ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3490 "2025-10-02T20:16:29Z")
Good print tho a tad over saturated ..very widescreen…Clint knows how to do westerns. Been a good while since I’ve seen it and looks good on the new TV - HDR effective for it. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3491 "2025-10-02T21:20:11Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Just watched Kiss Of The Spider Woman with Raul Julia and William Hurt. Despite there being a handfuls of version of it including one that was just released recently with Jennifer Lopez, I’d never heard of it until a youtuber I watch did [a video on it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtGKiiNfai8). It’s essentially a ‘bottle episode’ type movie set mostly in a South American prison cell and is almost entirely a dialogue between marxist, macho, political prisoner Raul Julia and effeminate gay man, William Hurt. > > If anyone plans to watch it, it’s streaming on HBO and, surprisingly, youtube. I love Baum’s videos. I was familiar with this movie but I’ve never seen it either. I am going to have to give it a go now. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3492 "2025-10-02T22:21:12Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I love Baum’s videos Same here, I think I’ve watched just about all of them, many of them more than once. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3493 "2025-10-03T08:27:23Z")
**Pale Rider** Sydney Penny was only 13 when she played the apparently 15 year old daughter… Quite a filmography… [![](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/ee/62/3d/ee623d4b755ecea6bd02eed31ba733f7.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/ee/62/3d/ee623d4b755ecea6bd02eed31ba733f7.jpg) ### [Sydney Penny - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Penny)[en.wikipedia.org](http://en.wikipedia.org) > [Young Artist Award for Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress - Motion Picture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Artist_Award) ---
**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:** [October 3, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3494 "2025-10-03T21:20:00Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > It even had a helpful piano player (that wasn’t in the novel). Hoagy Carmichael. He was the best thing. I agree this was not that great. I heard they were trying to cash in on the Bogie-Bacall relationship, and they changed a lot of things because of that. Last minute changes like that often result in lackluster results. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3495 "2025-10-03T23:14:17Z")
**Becky** , on NFLX. A low-budget revenge flick with some plot holes. It won’t win any awards, but it’s not unwatchable. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3496 "2025-10-04T11:15:47Z")
I don’t know if this counts as a movie as such, but the daughter went to see **Taylor Swift - The Official Release Party of a Showgirl** last night. It was: - The songs from the new album - Swift talking about writing the songs for the new album - A music video for “The Fate of Ophelia” One for the Swifties but probably not anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3497 "2025-10-04T14:54:05Z")
> [@MacDoc](#): > > Sydney Penny was only 13 when she played the apparently 15 year old daughter… Gotta say…I thought she was not great in Pale Rider. That character grated a bit. I’m pretty sure looking over her resumé that I haven’t really seen her in anything else, so she may have greatly improved from age 13. She definitely looked older, in fact I would have assumed she was an older actor playing younger rather than vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3498 "2025-10-04T14:58:23Z")
I thought she was older as well, when you consider Natalie Portman in her breakout role she looked her age and certainly earned the accolades. Sydney maybe overplayed the impulsiveness but hell she drove that wagon and showed good horsegirlmanship???….not bad for a 13 year old in a Clint Western. Apparently she grew up on a ranch which explains her ability to ride. Busy girl > **[Sydney Sweeney On 'Christy' & Making Her Dream Jeans](https://www.nylon.com/fashion/sydney-sweeney-american-eagle-denim-campaign)** > > NYLON talks to Sydney Sweeney about her American Eagle Fall 2025 campaign and the Sydney jean, her summer plans, and her characters wearing her jeans. Rare four stars from Ebert. [Pale Rider movie review & film summary (1985) | Roger Ebert](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pale-rider-1985) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3499 "2025-10-04T15:15:05Z")
Another extreme _meh_ for Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning from me. However I was happy to see Simon Pegg getting some extra screen time. He’s had quite a journey from his days as a wanna-be comic artist in _Spaced_. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3500 "2025-10-04T15:18:26Z")
> [@MacDoc](#): > > Busy girl I think you might be confusing your Sydneys. Sydney Penny (from _Pale Rider_) is 54. Sydney Sweeney isn’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=174) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=176)