sexton said:

The Ride Along 5/10 Watchable with a few chuckles.

We watched "Bad Grandpa" last night. Lots of laugh-out-loud moments. I couldn't figure out why it bothered having a plot, but the bits were funny.

Stymie said:

sexton said:

The Grandmaster (2013) - The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.

What a beautiful-looking film--no surprise really since it was directed by Wong Kar Wai. I might have to buy this one to keep. 1/2

Did you see Ip Man parts one and two?

No, but I have heard those are very good.

The 2014 Academy Award-Nominated (and other highly commended) Animated Short Films:

Get A Horse (2013) - Mickey, Minnie, Horace Horsecollar, and Clarabelle Cow go on a musical wagon ride until Peg-Leg Pete tries to run them off the road. 1/2

Mr Hublot (2013) - Mr Hublot is a withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with OCD, scared of change and the outside world. Robot Pet's arrival turns his life upside down: he has to share his home with this very invasive companion. 1/2

Feral (2012) - A wild boy is found in the woods by a solitary hunter and brought back to civilization. 1/2

Tsukumo / Possessions (2012) - A wanderer in Japan is caught in a storm and seeks shelter in a haunted house.

Room on the Broom (2012) - To the annoyance of her cat a kindly witch allows a dog,a bird and a frog who have helped her retrieve things she has lost to ride on her broomstick,making it top heavy. 1/2

À la française (2012) Poultry cavort one afternoon in Versailles, during the reign of Louis XIV.

The Missing Scarf (2013) - A black comedy exploring some of life's common fears: fear of the unknown, of failure, rejection and finally the fear of death.

The Blue Umbrella (2013) - Amidst the rain in a singing city, two umbrellas- one blue, one not- fall eternally in love. 1/2

wildgoldenhoney said:

Donnie Darko

I give it 4 stars for the way the movie made me feel. It was about a boy with schizophrenia who has hallucinations and believes in time travel. The odd quietness of the movie makes one feel like they are inside of the boy's head, in his small hallucinogenic world. Might be the same feeling as if one was reading the story instead of watching the story.

Bought this one just yesterday as a set with S. Darko, I'll watch that one later. Seems like it might be about his sister who is Samantha.

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S. Darko 1/2

It was a continuation about Donnie's sister Samantha who grows up, not with schizophrenia as it seemed Donnie had, but the same time travel theme. She died 2 times in the movie and came back to life by someone traveling back into the past. Instead of having hallucinations like Donnie did, she was the 'hallucination' in someone else's mind. Don't understand why there was a missing little boy in the story and he ended up in someone's dream as a hallucination that led Sam's friend to travel back in time to the point where before Sam died the first time and brought her back to life.

It didn't live up to the first in the series and seemed like a stretch that this would also happen to his sister. If she was having hallucinations too I would understand since schizophrenia can be genetic and siblings both could have it.

Last Vegas 6/10 Enjoyable movie with a good cast.

sexton said:

The 2014 Academy Award-Nominated (and other highly commended) Animated Short Films:

Get A Horse (2013) - Mickey, Minnie, Horace Horsecollar, and Clarabelle Cow go on a musical wagon ride until Peg-Leg Pete tries to run them off the road. 1/2

Mr Hublot (2013) - Mr Hublot is a withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with OCD, scared of change and the outside world. Robot Pet's arrival turns his life upside down: he has to share his home with this very invasive companion. 1/2

Feral (2012) - A wild boy is found in the woods by a solitary hunter and brought back to civilization. 1/2

Tsukumo / Possessions (2012) - A wanderer in Japan is caught in a storm and seeks shelter in a haunted house.

Room on the Broom (2012) - To the annoyance of her cat a kindly witch allows a dog,a bird and a frog who have helped her retrieve things she has lost to ride on her broomstick,making it top heavy. 1/2

À la française (2012) Poultry cavort one afternoon in Versailles, during the reign of Louis XIV.

The Missing Scarf (2013) - A black comedy exploring some of life's common fears: fear of the unknown, of failure, rejection and finally the fear of death.

The Blue Umbrella (2013) - Amidst the rain in a singing city, two umbrellas- one blue, one not- fall eternally in love. 1/2

Thanks to you, my son and I have seen so many movies we otherwise would have no idea existed.

JustErin said:

Thanks to you, my son and I have seen so many movies we otherwise would have no idea existed.

Very cool. My niece likes watching with me some of the movies I find also.

The 2014 Academy Award-Nominated Live-Action Short Films:

Helium (2014) - A young boy Alfred is dying, but through the stories about HELIUM - a magical fantasy world, told by the hospital's eccentric janitor Enzo, Alfred regain the joy and happiness of his life, and finds a safe haven away from daily life. 1/2

The Voorman Problem (2012) - Doctor Williams is called in to examine the enigmatic Mr Voorman, a prisoner with a peculiar affliction: he believes he is a god. 1/2

Avant que de tout perdre / Just Before Losing Everything (2013) - Miriam, with her two children, escapes her husband, whom she fears. 1/2

Aquel no era yo / That Wasn't Me (2012) - Paula, a Spanish aid worker, has an encounter with an African child soldier named Kaney.

Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa? / Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? (2012) - A comedy about a chaotic morning in a family with kids, and a mother who is determined that it's best to take care of everything herself.

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The 2014 Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Short Films:

The Lady In Number 6 (2013) - 109 year old, Alice Herz Sommer, the world's oldest pianist and Holocaust survivor shares her story. 1/2

Karama Has No Walls (2012) - Set amidst Yemen's 2011 uprising, the nature of the revolution is in stark contrast to the gross violations of human rights that took place.

Facing Fear (2013) - The worlds of a former neo-Nazi and the gay victim of his senseless hate crime attack collide by chance 25 years after the incident that dramatically shaped both of their lives. 1/2

Cavedigger (2013) - Ra Paulette digs cathedral-like, 'eighth wonder of the world' art caves into the sandstone cliffs of Northern New Mexico. 1/2

Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall (2013) - In one of America's oldest maximum security prisons, a terminally ill prisoner lives the final months of his life with hospice volunteers, they themselves prisoners, who care for him.

I Married a Witch (1942)

10/10 after my first viewing today.

Dallas Buyers Club 9 /10 Brilliant story and acting from Matthew and Jared. I would give best actor and supporting actor to those guys.A must see.

Gloria (2013) - A story set in Santiago and centered on Gloria, a free-spirited older woman, and the realities of her whirlwind relationship with a former naval officer whom she meets out in the clubs.



Another trailer I think gives too much of the movie away. It's a rare realistic look at the life of an older single woman.

Badlands 1973 directed by Terrence Malick

One of my Terrence favorites, this guy is so good at making beautiful stories, very good acting & scenes. 9/10.

Philomena (2013)

A good movie that could have easily drifted into schmaltz territory, but featured good writing and directing, and a understated but nuanced performance by Steve Coogan. Dame Judi Dench was stellar, and worthy of an Oscar nod. For my , a really good but not great movie that's worth seeing for the performances (like American Hustle).


Bonus points for the early Downton Abbey-Game Of Thrones mashup featuring Charles Edwards (Downton's currently missing Gregson) and Michelle Fairley (Thrones' Catelyn Stark, last seen at the Red Wedding).

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Le mépris / Contempt (1963) - A screenwriter is torn between the demands of a proud European director, a crude and arrogant American producer, and his disillusioned wife, as he attempts to doctor the script for a new film version of The Odyssey.

I really liked the effective use of the CinemaScope format. And Bardot is pure eye candy. 1/2

Bande à part / Band of Outsiders (1964) - Two crooks with a fondness for old Hollywood B-movies convince a languages student to help them commit a robbery.

Not quite as excellent as Breathless, but still a great Godard film. 1/2

Une femme mariée / A Married Woman (1964) - Young Charlotte must choose between her husband and her lover.

The composition of the close-ups of the main character, Charlotte are exquisite--another quirky Godard classic.

Alphaville (1965) - A U.S. secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler.



This is the wackiest sci-fi film I have ever seen. 1/2

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Just finished watching this ...Sad, poingnant and uplifting all at once.

The Lego Movie



Not bad for a kids movie.

The Rise of the Planet of the Apes 1/2



It was so sad to see Ceasar's innocence lost. He was like a trusting little ape and became an angry and strong leader of the apes. Funny how he only learned to talk after he was in captivity, must've evolved or something.

Oldboy 7.5 / 10 Pretty good remake and well worth a watch but not as good as the original,which I would give 9 / 10

I watched Ben Hur last night. Awesome, as always.

American Hustle: And to think I thought Wolf of Wall Street was overrated! Hustle is better but still not worthy of all the nominations/awards it has or has gotten! I remember thinking, this better not win over !2 years.... 7.5-8.0 out of 10

47 Ronin' - I actually enjoyed this film; Keanu was his normal wooden/emotionless self, but the movie overachieves in spite of him. IMO 8/10

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wildgoldenhoney said:

It was so sad to see Ceasar's innocence lost. He was like a trusting little ape and became an angry and strong leader of the apes. Funny how he only learned to talk after he was in captivity, must've evolved or something.

It's one of the best blockbusters of the last decade or so because of the story, which could be an allegory for a lot of things.

3.5/5

Very silly, but stylish and visually extravagant.

I couldn't see the twist coming even though it was sooooo obvious in hindsight

namepeace said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

It was so sad to see Ceasar's innocence lost. He was like a trusting little ape and became an angry and strong leader of the apes. Funny how he only learned to talk after he was in captivity, must've evolved or something.

It's one of the best blockbusters of the last decade or so because of the story, which could be an allegory for a lot of things.

I was still thinking about the scene where he had the other chimp give cookies to each of the other chimps. It made me think of prison and the gangs in prisons and how when gangs are formed they have that need of belonging fulfilled and that's why he said he was 'at home'. Kinda glad they didn't make him fall in love with a female ape and turn it into a love story but kept the story going.