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Post by lugg on Feb 6, 2022 19:07:51 GMT
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Post by casimira on Feb 7, 2022 16:26:15 GMT
I somehow think you would enjoy The Lost Daughter Lugg. Olivia Coleman is such a treasure. There is not a role I can think of that she has played that I didn't enjoy.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 7, 2022 18:15:30 GMT
Honesty forces me to say that I did not care for her portrayal of Elizabeth II in The Crown, which I found quite limited as a character portrayal. That said, I didn't care for that whole season, so perhaps the director should be blamed instead of the usually stellar Ms. Colman.
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Post by Kimby on Feb 9, 2022 16:34:15 GMT
Kimby: Through your library do you have access to the free streaming service from Kanopy? From my Broward County library, I can stream free 6 films a month. Both films you mentioned are available from my Broward county library via Kanopy. Nice though to have the DVDs. Yes we can use Kanopy. However, we would need better internet service for it to be enjoyable. Too much buffering. And our TV isn’t a smart TV, so we have to connect our laptop via an HDMI cable.
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Post by Kimby on Feb 9, 2022 16:44:41 GMT
The Kimby’s watched YESTERDAY yesterday. Though it wasn’t on Mr. Kimby’s list, he suspended his mistrust of my recommendations and watched with me. We both loved it, and I was vindicated for my unauthorized addition of a title to his list!
From the director of Slumdog Millionaire, it stars Himesh Patel as a struggling British singer-songwriter about to pack it in in defeat when through an inexplicable global power outage, during which he is knocked unconscious, he becomes the only person on Earth apparently who has any memory of the Beatles and their music when he plays Yesterday to a group of his friends who assume he wrote it.
He takes this advantage and runs with it, becoming an overnight sensation with an LA manager (played with wicked delight by Kate Mckinnon) and a recording contract, going from playing empty coffee houses to opening for Ed Sheehan to being about to launch a double album of “new music” that will change the world.
There’s a sweet romance and a lot of humor. Just a loveable film. Plus we get to revisit so many great Beatles songs. There’s a surprise “cameo” appearance near the end that is heartwarming.
If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth your time.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 9, 2022 16:48:12 GMT
I'm glad that at least two Anyporters have listened to me!
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Post by Kimby on Feb 9, 2022 16:51:22 GMT
Which two, K2?
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 9, 2022 17:06:47 GMT
You and lugg, although with you it was apparently subliminal. See page 117 of this thread, notably post 3496.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 9, 2022 21:22:37 GMT
I hadn't seen Christiane F. since I first saw it in 1981 (?). Arte (the Franco-German cultural channel) was showing it, and it is just as raw as I remembered. For those who have never seen it, it is about a 13 year old girl in Berlin who becomes a drug addict and works with her boyfriend (who does guys of course). Plus they have all of their friends doing the same things. It is pretty disgusting, but it is based on a true memoir. The first video releases were censored from 12 seconds to 5 minutes depending on the country, but now the full version is apparently available everywhere.
I'm sorry, but seeing 13 year olds doing these things is pretty unbearable. It's funny that I don't really mind when adults are doing such things.
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Post by Kimby on Feb 9, 2022 21:54:44 GMT
You and lugg, although with you it was apparently subliminal. See page 117 of this thread, notably post 3496. I had even searched this thread for “Yesterday,” and got no hits, except for people refering to WHEN they watched a movie. Sorry to have acted like I “discovered” this film, when it was already discovered. 🙂
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 10, 2022 6:09:36 GMT
Nothing to be qorry about. We have all done it.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 10, 2022 20:28:11 GMT
I haven't watched the French version of The Amazing Race (French title: Pékin Express) in years, but this time I was intrigued at least for the first episode, which starts in Kirghizistan and will continue through Uzbekistan, Jordan and the U.A.E. I don't know how long the episodes of the American version last, but the French episodes run for 2 and a half hours each.
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Post by Kimby on Feb 10, 2022 23:33:48 GMT
There’s a thread for TV series, K2…. 😉
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 11, 2022 6:16:10 GMT
It isn't a series. It's a reality show.
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Post by Kimby on Feb 11, 2022 15:41:19 GMT
Not a movie, either.
In my mind a reality show fits better in the series category than in the film category. Especially since they tend to run multiple seasons.
But you can always start a NEW thread for Realiity TV shows if you like.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 11, 2022 16:09:23 GMT
Reality shows are certainly in the series category. As for a dedicated thread, there's a possibility many of us would be embarrassed to reveal which reality shows we watch.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 11, 2022 16:49:37 GMT
Not a movie, either. In my mind a reality show fits better in the series category than in the film category. What about National Geographic specials, the evening news, those awful cooking shows or Entertainment Tonight (does that still exist?) ?
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Post by Kimby on Feb 12, 2022 20:34:34 GMT
National Geographic specials can go in the documentary thread. Serialized dramas, mini series, comedies, and yes reality shows belong in the TV series thread. Movies and other one-offs go here.
BTW, is there a thread for recommended Podcasts?
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 18, 2022 14:07:52 GMT
I was never a big Wes Anderson fan and have not seen all of his movies, so I had never seen The Life Aquatic. For me, Wes Anderson is like a dish you don't really like, but you keep going back to nibble more and you don't know why. Anyway, I watched the DVD, which is the way I prefer to consume movies at home if at all possible, because there are the bonus features, the deleted scenes and sometimes the audio commentary of the whole film, all of which fascinate me. Anyway, I thought that this movie was one of Anderson's better movies. As usual, it is completely quirky with all sorts of almost invisible details. I often have to back up the DVD to get a better view or certain things.
Not for everybody.
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Post by breeze on Feb 18, 2022 14:59:58 GMT
So true, kerouac. We just watched Moonrise Kingdom and afterwards my husband said, Why did we watch that? It's only the second movie of Wes Anderson's that we've seen and I disliked the artificiality of the other one. I ordered Moonrise Kingdom not realizing that artificiality is his stock in trade.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 18, 2022 15:07:02 GMT
Moonrise Kingdom did not appeal to me at all. I would have to say that The Grand Budapest Hotel is his best, but I will need to see The French Dispatch again on DVD when it becomes available. I just saw it at the cinema, and there were about 4 times more details in every scene than my mind could process.
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Post by rikita on Feb 18, 2022 17:40:45 GMT
I hadn't seen Christiane F. since I first saw it in 1981 (?). Arte (the Franco-German cultural channel) was showing it, and it is just as raw as I remembered. For those who have never seen it, it is about a 13 year old girl in Berlin who becomes a drug addict and works with her boyfriend (who does guys of course). Plus they have all of their friends doing the same things. It is pretty disgusting, but it is based on a true memoir. The first video releases were censored from 12 seconds to 5 minutes depending on the country, but now the full version is apparently available everywhere. I'm sorry, but seeing 13 year olds doing these things is pretty unbearable. It's funny that I don't really mind when adults are doing such things. there is a new series based on her book on amazon now, i think it got mixed reviews, for being too pretty to look at, too clean - still want to watch it at some point ... i read the book as a teenager (i suppose most people did) - it started out with interviews some journalists did with teenagers that worked as prostitutes at the zoo train station, and they ended up writing the book together with christiane f., then ... some of the drug szene still at the station still existed when i was a teenager (though i suppose it was more distributed to various areas after the wall came down and the station was not as central anymore), i knew a guy who hung out there, he was a junkie (i didn't know him well, though, only talked to him three or four times altogether, and i have no idea what became of him, or how exactly he financed his addiction) ...
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 18, 2022 17:52:11 GMT
I suppose that the series will end up on Arte sooner or later, or one of the other cable channels in France. I also have vague memories of the 1981 movie Taxi zum Klo which was perhaps even more authentic since many of the real characters played themselves in the movie.
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Post by rikita on Feb 18, 2022 17:55:51 GMT
don't know that one ...
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 18, 2022 18:02:48 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Feb 22, 2022 1:05:48 GMT
Watched a pretty strange film called ZOLA last night.
It’s a girls’ road trip of sorts with pole-dancing and turning tricks thrown in. The movie script was drawn from actual social media posts by the real Zola.
Not gonna recommend it, though it had its moments, and some might like it.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 17, 2022 5:05:57 GMT
Recently viewed but not recently released: THE LITTLE HOURS, a Medieval tale based loosely on the Decameron. Set in 1346 but with totally modern language, and a lot of profanity, this comedy takes place in a convent with randy young nuns and Molly Shannon as Mother Superior and John C Reilly as the priest. When a young man signs on as a gardener, pretending to be a deaf mute, the sisters vie for his favors and all hell breaks loose. Beautifully filmed in beautiful locations. www.imdb.com/title/tt5666304/
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Post by Kimby on Mar 18, 2022 23:57:44 GMT
I found the South African film Moffie to be rather clumsy and somewhat confusing. Since it was adapted from a book, I imagine that it is either because too much material was left out or too much material was left in. It takes place in 1981 when apartheid is still in place and South Africa is "fighting communism" (?) on the Angolan border. The plot follows one of the young conscripts (2 years obligatory military service) and the others around him. The military is run by totally brutal Afrikaners, and they seem to despise the English speaking South Africans almost as much as the blacks. And of course the other problem is that "moffie" means "faggot" so anybody suspected of falling into that category is dealt with "appropriately." The movie succeeded in showing spectacular landscapes and the atmosphere of apartheid, the communities living as though black people do not even exist. I am well aware that not all of them were bad people, but I cannot even begin to imagine the shock they experienced when their world came to an end. (At least they had a slight warning by observing events in Rhodesia.) I would recommended seeing the movie for its sociological content but not for its artistic merit. We just watched this on DVD, and I largely agree with K2’s assessment. I also did a little research on the the conflict between South Africa and Angola, and it was called a proxy war for the Cold War, with Russia and Cuba supporting one side (the Communists) and the US supporting the other. It is also the conflict that resulted in Namibia being split off from South West Africa and becoming its own country.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 20, 2022 16:30:09 GMT
We watched SOUND OF METAL last night. Glad we made it past the opening heavy metal concert scenes, because the rest of the film was well worth watching. A heavy metal drummer on tour with his guitar-playing lead singer girlfriend abruptly loses his hearing, which turns his life upside down. He ends up in a deaf camp run by a Vietnam vet where he learns sign language but does not accept his fate. His plan is to have surgery to restore his hearing, but will it restore his life? This film won multiple awards for sound, and also for editing. Unlike most films, every scene was shot in consecutive order. Recommended. www.imdb.com/title/tt5363618/
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 20, 2022 16:32:12 GMT
I know that I should have seen it, but I didn't. Too many other things on the big screen at the time, so I will see it on a small screen like you one of these days.
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