# 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:** 337
**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 1, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6724 "2026-11-01T17:36:24Z")
Not familiar with either Paley or her film, but I do like Annette Hanshaw. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6725 "2026-11-01T19:58:50Z")
I’m sorry to hear about this. I met Nina in the late 1990s, but haven’t been in touch with her for decades, and hadn’t heard about this development. Back then, the most unconventional position of hers (that I knew about) was as a proponent of the [Voluntary Human Extinction Movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Movement). It’s always disappointing to learn that people you respect or admire for one aspect of their lives are despicable in other aspects. Speaking of which, news from _Le Monde_ about the connection between Jeffrey Epstein and [Woody Allen](https://youtu.be/jVHXVOtBpw4?is=MLiVf20bakX2jHDp). ---
**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 2, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6726 "2026-11-02T01:37:20Z")
**Primetime** I’ve never seen the _To Catch A Predator_ show this is (sort of) about, but I came out of the film feeling distinctly ooky. It takes the “outing pedophiles is morally righteous” theme of the show and leaves you feeling that _everyone in the film_ is both predator and prey, manipulating and being manipulated by someone else for all the wrong reasons. In the end everyone is swimming in the same filth. Robert Pattinson delivers another strong performance, but what I noticed was that a lot of the “predators” were played by actors that started young - Jonathan Lipnicki, Tony Revolori, Alex Winter (who was unrecognisable) etc. It made me wonder. There were assorted other Easter eggs and subtle jokes scattered throughout the film that went over the head of the younger and more British audience we saw it with, but on the whole it was a solid if not particularly pleasant film. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6727 "2026-11-02T04:03:36Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I saw a teaser for _Practical Magic 2_ Bullock, Kidman, Channing, and Wiest are all in it. Don’t know how much boyfriend trouble they might have. Finally got around to seeing it. It was down to one showing a day so I went before it was pulled all together.. Meh. It’s not a bad movie but wait until it streams. Sally Owen tries to protect her two daughters from the family curse by casting a spell on them to forget they’re witches then forgoes all her powers. It doesn’t work of course. I was about a half hour into the movie before I recognized Maisie Williams as one of the daughters. She’s more mature now than in GOT but when she was concerned about something I recognized the eyebrows, ---
**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 2, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6728 "2026-11-02T14:05:33Z")
By the way, I noticed that when I was watching **Primetime** (a dramatized film version of real people making a real television show), there were also trailers for **Elsinore** (a dramatized film version of real people doing a real theatre production) and **I Play Rocky** (a dramatized film version of real people making a real film). I hope this is just a brief trend, or the entertainment industry is going to disappear up its own backside before long. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6729 "2026-11-02T14:09:12Z")
A biopic of Jimmy Stewart opens this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6730 "2026-11-02T14:24:13Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I hope this is just a brief trend “A brief trend”?! 😂 Biographies of Hollywood/theatre/celebrities have been around for 100 years. ---
**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 2, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6731 "2026-11-02T14:25:42Z")
They’re not just biopics, though. They’re films about productions. Which are not new in themselves but there sure seem to be a lot of them right now. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6732 "2026-11-02T14:27:05Z")
**Ghostbusters** (1984) - on Disney+ I watched this Halloween night. It’s a classic. Three scientists lose their cushy university jobs and decide to take their paranormal expertise to the private sector. Supernatural activity spikes in New York City and they hire a fourth Ghostbuster, clash with Walter Peck from the EPA, and fight a demigod. It’s fun, it’s funny. There are great lines and some neat ghost-busting action. The effects are mostly good with the exception of the Zuul and Vinz Clortho dogs. Bill Murray’s character is a bit problematic, I think, but he’s the guy with the sardonic wit that holds the team together. ---
**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 2, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6733 "2026-11-02T14:45:10Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I hope this is just a brief trend, or the entertainment industry is going to disappear up its own backside before long. Films about filmmaking are perennial Oscar bait. They are literally about the judges’ favorite thing. ---
**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 2, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6734 "2026-11-02T15:50:37Z")
Good point. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6735 "2026-11-02T17:41:27Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > They’re films about productions. Which are not new in themselves but there sure seem to be a lot of them right now. Heck, films about productions of _Hamlet_ **alone** may be in the double digits by now. Let’s see, there’s the forthcoming _Elsinore_, and there was the [1964 _Richard Burton’s Hamlet_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Burton%27s_Hamlet) movie which was a filmed dress rehearsal so about halfway between filmed-production and film-about-the-production, and[_The Tongo Hamlet_ also in 1964](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamile_(film)), and the [1973 One Hamlet Less](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hamlet_Less) (Italian), and the [1995 _In the Bleak Midwinter/Midwinter’s Tale_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Bleak_Midwinter_(film)), and the [2005 _The Hobart Shakespeareans_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobart_Shakespeareans), and the [2009 _Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosencrantz_and_Guildenstern_Are_Undead) (more or less), and the [2024 _Grand Theft Hamlet_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Hamlet). If you throw in the [1973 _A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrduša Donja_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Performance_of_Hamlet_in_the_Village_of_Mrdu%C5%A1a_Donja) and stretch a point for 2025’s [Hamnet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamnet_(film)), there’s the ten. And that’s not even counting films about productions of other Shakespeare plays, like _Kiss Me Kate_ (_Taming of the Shrew_) and _Shakespeare in Love_ (_Romeo and Juliet_), etc. etc. etc. Yup, showbiz people are endlessly fascinated with making movies about the showbiz experiences of other showbiz people. Unsurprisingly, since that’s the world they know best. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6736 "2026-11-02T17:44:09Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Heck, films about productions of _Hamlet_ **alone** may be in the double digits by now. Let’s see, there’s the forthcoming _Elsinore_, and there was the [1964 _Richard Burton’s Hamlet_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Burton%27s_Hamlet) movie which was a filmed dress rehearsal so about halfway between filmed-production and film-about-the-production, and[_The Tongo Hamlet_ also in 1964](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamile_(film)), and the [1973 One Hamlet Less](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hamlet_Less) (Italian), and the [1995 _In the Bleak Midwinter/Midwinter’s Tale_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Bleak_Midwinter_(film)), and the [2005 _The Hobart Shakespeareans_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobart_Shakespeareans), and the [2009 _Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosencrantz_and_Guildenstern_Are_Undead) (more or less), and the [2024 _Grand Theft Hamlet_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Hamlet). If you throw in the [1973 _A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrduša Donja_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Performance_of_Hamlet_in_the_Village_of_Mrdu%C5%A1a_Donja) and stretch a point for 2025’s [Hamnet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamnet_(film)), there’s the ten. Given that it’s just six episodes long, there’s a case for counting Season 1 of _Slings and Arrows_. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6737 "2026-11-02T18:17:02Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > A biopic of Jimmy Stewart opens this weekend. Does Tom Hanks play him? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6738 "2026-11-02T18:21:49Z")
I guess Jim Carrey wasn’t available: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0BPL5tT9_2Y/maxresdefault.jpg "The Joe Pesci Show: Jim Carrey annoys Jimmy Stewart - Saturday Night Live") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BPL5tT9_2Y) ---
**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:** [November 2, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6739 "2026-11-02T18:36:24Z")
The first time I watched _No Highway In The Sky_, with Stewart and Marlene Dietrich, I thought “if they made this film now, they’d cast Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.” Then I realized, that’s more or less what they did! I prefer the SNL with Stewart on Schprokets mit Dieter. I think Dana Carvey does a much better impression. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6740 "2026-11-02T18:39:23Z")
But you have to admit Carrey’s impression of Stewart’s impression of Carrey is dead-on. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6741 "2026-11-02T18:41:33Z")
True dat! ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6742 "2026-11-02T19:47:19Z")
“I’ve worked in the private sector. They expect results." “Back off man, I’m a scientist.” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6743 "2026-11-02T19:49:16Z")
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