I liked that movie and wanted more. I saw it in the theater four times. But that was because I had a free ticket to all the theaters in town, as I’d won a newspaper contest. Saw ofther movies multiple times as well.
We all have different tastes though.
I just watched on DVD, M, from 1931 with Peter Lorre. Short title, great movie.
My entire recollection of that movie was that it had TV actor Lee Horsley, and that there’s a sword double-entendre around the phrase “my sword is poised”. At least, that’s what I think I remember.
After only seeing bits and pieces through the years, I finally watched Dog Day Afternoon all the way through. Loud Al Pacino as Sonny. Gritty New York City street scenes in the 1970s. “Attica! Attica! Attica!” (although I wonder if modern audiences get the reference.) Lone man against the big banking institution. The mob on the street rooting for Sonny. Those are the parts I remembered from clips and other references.
Sometimes I watch a movie starting late at night, and if it’s a long movie, I’ll watch about half, and then catch the second half the next night. So I watched the movie, turned it off when the police car pulled up with his wife, and watched the second half the next night.
And then, the movie’s direction changed. You could see the reactions from the mob, the scowl on the face of the police negotiator, the shock (not really) from his family. All because it’s revealed that Sonny was robbing the bank to pay for his “wife’s” sex change operation from male to female. Somehow, I had missed that aspect of the movie until 50 years after it was released. It was pretty brave for 1975, and would even be brave today. Bravo!
And it had great box office! # 5 that year.
Anora I wasn’t sure where it was going in the first third of the film, but by the end I was all in. Not sure it was the best film of 2024 (that would be The Substance) but it certainly deserves its Oscar nomination.
It was a true story, after all. Although Sonny was apparently much less nice in real life.
The French Connection 1970 Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider
Prime had the sale price discounted to $4.99. A significant savings. Perhaps because of Gene’s passing.
I had forgotten the sparse dialog. There are many scenes of Gene and Roy quietly sitting and observing the suspects and environment. Putting faces to the pieces of the puzzle.
Everyone remembers the wild scene of Hackman driving the brown Pontiac LeMans
dangerously fast, chasing the elevated train above his car. It stands as one of the greatest cinematic car chases of all time.
I have wondered how the torn apart drug car was reassembled and returned to the French actor and his co-conspirators. Without any trace that it had been ripped down to the chassis.
Good movie that still holds up well.
I recommend it.
I’m curious, is the racial slur still removed? It’s a rough moment.
The French Connection: Movie fans fume as film is censored without explanation | The Independent
The King Tide
Recommended.
This movie is fully up free on Youtube and man, how did this one go by so unnoticed? A woman loses her own baby in a miscarriage, but they find a baby in the ocean, floating.
When the baby is near people, they heal. All wounds can be healed, “Wolverine style” whenever the child is near.
This is the setup and the rest is well worth keeping secret for those interested. It’s right here:
Oh, I heard they fabricated a terrible poster after initial release. The original poster was better. Here it is:
Many thanks to Isla!!!
Francis Ford Coppola showed up at the Razzies to get his award for Megalopolis.
Kudos to him.
Of course he did. He has class.
The Red Letter Media guys just did a review of it and they really liked it. If it’s on Youtube, I’m going to have to check it out.
That’s what got me to watch it!
I rewatched Gene as Santa and Roy chase down the dealer. Watched Roy get knifed and so on. The script isn’t entirely accurate as the cops question the pusher.
Gene keeps asking about the dealer picking his feet. That’s pretty weird.
The scene in France with the Frenchmen and his girlfriend isn’t in that script.
Movie cuts to the Station
Gene hands the clerk the report
Roy Scheider comes out with his arm wrapped. Gene says lunatic or something like that. Roy responds with No’s until they cut to the nightclub.
I never heard (Gene)Havin trouble, youre a dumb guinea, (Roy)How’d I know he had a knife, (Gene)Can’t trust a slur
I didn’t remember that dialog anyway. It’s been 25 years since I last rented it. But it was in that online script.
Anora
Not really recommended.
What can I say? It was pretty good or at least OK. It’s up and favorited for all the awards, but it would not have made even my top 15 of last year. Not a bad movie, but nothing that made me feel great interest or love for it.
Great performance from the lead actress. Otherwise, an OK movie.
A Complete Unknown.
One of the best music biopics I’ve seen. While Timothée Chalamet does a better-than-expected Bob Dylan it’s Edward Norton as Pete Seeger that really stuns. This is also the best performance I’ve seen from Elle Fanning.
It runs somewhat long but it doesn’t really suffer from that. The ratio of musical scenes to the other stuff is quite nice. And it covers the best period of Dylan.
Yeah, a lot of stuff didn’t really happen that way. But they got the gist.
Dylan, in the end, comes off as a jerk. No surprise there.
I’m sort of two minds about Dylan’s performances vs. covers by others. The key protest songs have got to be Dylan. But Like a Rollin’ Stone was nailed by Jimi Hendrix and It Ain’t Me, Babe was best done by The Turtles. I guess both songs need to rock. And Dylan’s originals were pre-electric. Which, of course, is a key moment in the film.
One thing I wish they went with is Dylan’s role in The House of The Rising Sun saga. They show Baez singing it early on. Dylan later covered it and that was picked up and made a hit by Eric Burdon and the Animals.
Give it 4.5 harmonicas.
Save that one for a Lomax family biopic, which would make a fascinating film. (Alan is the grumpy guy in the scenes at Newport).
A Real Pain A sweet “small” film that was more entertaining than I expected. Good performances by the two leads and the small ensemble playing a tour group visiting Jewish and Holocaust historical sites in Poland. It could do with about 90% less Chopin, though.
The Sixth Sense 1999 Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment
It was on AMC today.
Bruce Willis tries to help the little boy terrorized by visions of ghosts.
It’s a nice reminder that Bruce could play sympathetic and caring characters. Bruce does an excellent job with the revelation at the end. You were never second, ever and I love you
Good movie and worth watching.
I wonder if the little boy can actually handle his sixth sense? He understands it better at the end.
That would be a huge burdon to carry throughout your life. A follow up movie with an adult character and new cast is needed.