Irrational Man 5 stars out of 5

Forget that Woody Allen has made yet another movie about a May-December romance and just focus on the murder plot, which I thought was terrific. One of Allen's best written scripts.

The 39 Steps 4 stars out of 5

My Alfred Hitchcock summer continues! This gem from 1935 shines with black humour.

The Trouble With Harry 4 star out of 5

Hilarious black humour about a group of people trying to deal with a dead body. It gets buried and dug up 4 times! Also it's a 24 year old Shirley Maclaine's first film role. Ahhh... Shirley!

this guy (in image with sean connery), rob brown is a very good actor imo.>>>>>>>

;dove:

this movie was released in 2000,( a very busy time in my life) i found it a rating .

i really admire and find respect in sean connery's acting style. as far as the co star rob brown, he was VERY good in portraying his charecter "jamal wallace."

here's a short glmpse of actor bob brown's bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/...wn_(actor)

(he's listed as doring a role in the movie 'criminal actvities, a 2015 release. : https://en.wikipedia.org/...Activities

Rogue nation mission impossible .. awesome.

Rebecca Ferguson yum

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bounce from right to left,lets get this party started --- ooooh oblivion

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KoolEaze said:

Ace said:

And moving, too, I thought.

Is Vince Gallo really as racist and antisemitic as he jokingly pretends to be, or is it just an act, or a little bit of both? From what I´ve read in interviews and on his website, he says some pretty outrageous things, especially about African-Americans and Jewish-Americans, and Jews in general.

On his website, he jokes about offering a discount on his sperm to Jewish women, as this would make it more likely that his offspring would get good reviews and/or win Oscars.

What did he say about African-Americans?

sexton said:

KoolEaze said:

Is Vince Gallo really as racist and antisemitic as he jokingly pretends to be, or is it just an act, or a little bit of both? From what I´ve read in interviews and on his website, he says some pretty outrageous things, especially about African-Americans and Jewish-Americans, and Jews in general.

I don't know much about Vincent Gallo in real life other than he can be an ass. I saw him once at a PJ Harvey concert with his model girlfriend (after he and PJ broke up) and he sat in the VIP section and didn't clap once.

He claims he and Harvey were never more than friends.

RodeoSchro said:

Seeing the poster for "The Conversation" reminded me that I saw it in the movie theater when it came out in 1974, and I was 15. I thought it was boring but then again - I was 15. (I should watch it now so I could appreciate and understand it.)

However, I saw that movie in the same Baytown, Texas movie theater that I later saw "Saturday Night Fever". Some friends and I went to see "Saturday Night Fever" based on the review of it given by one buddy who'd already seen it.

So I now give you what I consider The Greatest Movie Review In History. In response to the question, "What's the movie about?" my friend answered:

"It's about a bunch of guys just like us except they get laid."

7thday said:

Irrational Man 5 stars out of 5

Forget that Woody Allen has made yet another movie about a May-December romance and just focus on the murder plot, which I thought was terrific. One of Allen's best written scripts.

100 Years Ago

respect

5/5

Ace said:

sexton said:

I don't know much about Vincent Gallo in real life other than he can be an ass. I saw him once at a PJ Harvey concert with his model girlfriend (after he and PJ broke up) and he sat in the VIP section and didn't clap once.

He claims he and Harvey were never more than friends.

I remember that Howard Stern interview. Everyone else says different though and they were living together at one point--which doesn't necessarily prove anything, but still...

Ace said:

RodeoSchro said:

It's time for another exciting chapter of Movies I Watched Part Of But Had Already Seen Once Long Ago. Plus a bonus, and yes - the bonus is a Lifetime Movie!!!

Did you know MTV is still on the air? It is. And no, they don't show any music videos. But they have a new series coming out, called "Scream". It's based on - you guessed it - the "Scream" movies. It looks like a weak rehash of "Pretty Little Liars", which is a totally dumb series that my daughter was addicted to for far too many years.

However, in honor of this monumentally dubious event, MTV ran a "Scream-athon" Saturday night. I hadn't watched "Scream" in a looooooong time, so I checked in on it while the England/Canada Womens World Cup was in halftime. And dang it - I got hooked on "Scream" and had to vacillate back and forth.

IMPORTANT POINT - Did you know there is a rapper called Ghostface Killah? I thought that was a cool name and was sure that at some point, I would refer to myself as Ghostface Killah. I figured it was some rap slang or whatever. But when I was looking at the guide info for the next "Scream" movie, it said something like "The ghostface killer returns to stab as many people as possible before dying a naturally gruesome death". Oh snap! THAT'S what they called the "Scream" killer! So negative points for whoever the rapper is that ripped off the name Ghostface Killah. C'mon dude, be original!

ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT - I was curious and looked up to see what came first, the chicken or the egg. Or in this case, the Ghostface Killer or the Ghostface Killah. Not only did the dude rip off his first name from "Scream" but then he ripped off "Iron Man" and sometimes calls himself Iron Man or Tony Stark. I might one day call myself Ghostface Killah but I'll never go by Tony Stark.

THE THIRD AND FINAL IMPORTANT POINT - David Arquette is in all the "Scream" movies. He made a living chasing the Ghostface Killer. But did you know he was in a Lifetime Movie called "The Happy Face Killer"? He was! And not only that, HE WAS THE HAPPY FACE KILLER! C'mon, that's some pretty incredible irony if you ask me. I only watched the last 20 minutes of "The Happy Face Killer" but I did get to see Arquette happily kill his fiance and then draw a happy face on the wall with her blood. I guess he did that every time he killed someone. Anyway, as is typical in Lifetime Movies, this one sucked. It was completely unbelieveable and it was based on a true story! Only Lifetime could have someone arrest a Happy Face Killer and forget to give him his Miranda rights, and instead have the detective and the Happy Face Killer engage in a conversation full of incriminating statements. I give "The Happy Face Killer" only 1 "I want my baby!!!!" out of possible Way Too Many "I want my baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Back to the "Scream" movies. I watched part of "Scream" and the last 45 minutes of "Scream 2". These are GREAT movies. I either forgot, or never realized, how campy these movies are. But their campiness is awesome. FYI, I tried to watch some of "Scream 3" but it was boring.

"Scream"'s bad guys were some dude whose eyes are too far apart, and Skeet Ulrich. I bet you haven't heard that name in awhile! Skeet - or as I think of him, Johnny Depp Lite - spent the entire movie using his patented Tilt Your Head Down And Then Look Up At Neve Campbell With Puppy Dog Eyes move the entire movie, which got boring so I was really glad when he got popped. Since I hadn't heard of him in a long time, I researched him to see what his story is. It's really kind of cool, but the only thing you need to know is that he's got NASCAR blood in him. Ricky Rudd is his uncle.

I give "Scream" 4 stabbing knives out of 5 stabbing knives. I give "Scream 2" 3 stabbing knives.

It's good, right?

Ace said:

RodeoSchro said:

Last night we watched "While We're Young". I want to sue someone!

This is another of those movies where they make you think it's a comedy, when in reality it's a 100-foot cliff dive into the Lagoon of Depressing Yuppies. It's not as bad as "Click" but it's in the neighborhood. We should get our money back due to false advertising.

If you saw the previews, you might think like I did that it's going to be a comedy romp where the sometimes-hilarious Ben Stiller tries to relive his youth. Nope!

He DOES try to hang out with some hipsters but it's not funny at all.

First of all, this movie makes a cardinal mistake - the lead character is not very likeable. Neither is his wife, played by Naomi Watts. SIDENOTE - Naomi Watts is another one of those actresses who's been around for a couple decades but has never made a movie I'd ever seen. Kind of like Kate Beckingsale, etc. She (Watts) was OK but nothing to write home about.

ALERT ALERT ALERT - If you are a Beastie Boys fan, do NOT see this movie. One of the Beastie Boys plays a dishelved new father who is a TOTAL Yuppie. You will never be able to listen to a Beatie Boys song again, promise me. So if you like the Beastie Boys, STAY AWAY FROM THIS TURKEY.

In fact, here are several age groups that should stay away from this movie, and why they should stay away:

20-somethings - Egad, are you guys portrayed as nitwits. Some dude named Adam Driver plays The Ultimate Hipster, which is supposed to represent all of you guys. Yikes, does he come off bad in this movie. Which, by extention, condemns all of you. You will hate Driver's character, trust me.

30-somethings - You will be PO'ed because your age group is not represented at all. You will think, "Were we really that obnoxious ten years ago? Will we really be that boring ten years from now? Where is the absinthe?!?"

40-somethings - If you identify in any way with Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, that Beastie Boy, or that Beastie Boy's doofus wife, you need to completely re-arrange your life.

50-somethings - You will see the guy playing Ben Stiller's father-in-law in an early scene and spend the rest of the movie waiting for the credits, because you KNOW you know who he is, and you KNOW you like him, but for the life of you, you can't figure out who he is. HINT: It's Charles Grodin.

60-somethings - Who are we kidding? You aren't going to ever watch this movie.

It's time to put this movie review out of its misery. I give "While We're Young" 0.5 retro cassette tapes out of 5 retro cassette tapes. And since I don't want you to waste your time on this movie, I'll tell you that of COURSE the Hipster Doofus's car has a cassette player.

I usually like Baumbach, but I HATED this movie.

And I found Grodin's character's decision (at the end of the movie) totally inconsistent with his...well...er...character. Rang false, for me.

Watched it last week, felt the same way as you guys.

In the mood to revisit 80s pop culture psuedo-classics; put in a double feature of which i can't remember which one I actually watched last (or first)

and

Ummm...I was young once, and am no prude, but ermmm, look, I DON'T REMEMBER GIRLS BEING THIS GATDAMNED FAST WHEN I WAS TEEN No wonder I never got a chance to see these movies when they came out (even if I waited a few years to be of reasonable age). The Christy McNicholl one eventually evens out okay when the focus is on her character and her dealing with her adoloscent feelings rearding sexuality, but the Tatum O'Neal storyline..and then Brooke Shields character in Endless Love with the permissive parents and that momma in particular? Honeeeeeey, these characters; way more advanced than I knew of teens at that time . I had suuch a hard time relating to the characters I give 'em both /5

and a second look.

Young And Innocent 2 stars out of 5

Made in 1937, this early Alfred Hitchcock is unintentionally funny with it's old English mannerisms.

sexton said:

Ace said:

He claims he and Harvey were never more than friends.

I remember that Howard Stern interview. Everyone else says different though and they were living together at one point--which doesn't necessarily prove anything, but still...

Yeah, I remember reading an interview (with Gallo?) and the writer mentioned that she was staying with him, in New York, at the time. If it was platonic, that had to be his choice, 'cause she seemed way into him (wearing a t-shirt with his name on it onstage, etc.).

Ottensen said:

Ace said:

I usually like Baumbach, but I HATED this movie.

And I found Grodin's character's decision (at the end of the movie) totally inconsistent with his...well...er...character. Rang false, for me.

Watched it last week, felt the same way as you guys.

Ottensen said:

In the mood to revisit 80s pop culture psuedo-classics; put in a double feature of which i can't remember which one I actually watched last (or first)

and

Ummm...I was young once, and am no prude, but ermmm, look, I DON'T REMEMBER GIRLS BEING THIS GATDAMNED FAST

I'm going to see The Fantastic 4 Reboot this weekend but everybody says it's BAD...The flick cost $120-Million and only brought in $27-Million over the weekend placing it @ Number 2 in The States...That's not good....Over the past few months Theaters showed 2 trailers and the flick seemed interesting but still a mystery becuz the audience has to get to know 4 new Faces..The Studio did not promote it enough, yeah they signed a promotional Deal with Denny's but who eats at Denny's? I'll go to a Waffle House before I step foot in a Denny's...

The Gift

1/2

Last night we went to the Star Cinema Grill to drink wine and watch "Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation". We'd already had dinner.

I definitely drank some wine, but "Mission Impossible" was kind of like Chinese food. I really liked it at the time, but then later I felt hungry again.

The movie is pretty good, and the action is non-stop. The plot is...well, there used to be this guy named Joe Bob Briggs out of Dallas, Texas. He acquired a small amount of fame as a drive-in movie critic. His favorite movies were movies that, as he said, "didn't let the plot get in the way of the story".

That's "Mission Impossible". There IS a plot but it's pretty much useless. The IMG crew is either saving the world or something. There's a bad guy, and he apparently has killed lots of innocent people, but he only killed them to further a greater good. Or so he says.

At one point I looked at my watch. It seemed like the movie had been going on for 2 hours and there was clearly a bunch of story remaining. But to my surprise, the movie was only about an hour and twenty minutes old at that time. I was kind of wishing they'd just end it already.

And they finally did end it. The good guys seemed to have won, and I had a late snack when I got home.

I give "Mission Impossible" 375 Unneeded Calories out of 800 Unneeded Calories (I liked most of the Unneeded Calories but not all of them).

RodeoSchro said:

Last night we went to the Star Cinema Grill to drink wine and watch "Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation". We'd already had dinner.

I definitely drank some wine, but "Mission Impossible" was kind of like Chinese food. I really liked it at the time, but then later I felt hungry again.

The movie is pretty good, and the action is non-stop. The plot is...well, there used to be this guy named Joe Bob Briggs out of Dallas, Texas. He acquired a small amount of fame as a drive-in movie critic. His favorite movies were movies that, as he said, "didn't let the plot get in the way of the story".

That's "Mission Impossible". There IS a plot but it's pretty much useless. The IMG crew is either saving the world or something. There's a bad guy, and he apparently has killed lots of innocent people, but he only killed them to further a greater good. Or so he says.

At one point I looked at my watch. It seemed like the movie had been going on for 2 hours and there was clearly a bunch of story remaining. But to my surprise, the movie was only about an hour and twenty minutes old at that time. I was kind of wishing they'd just end it already.

And they finally did end it. The good guys seemed to have won, and I had a late snack when I got home.

I give "Mission Impossible" 375 Unneeded Calories out of 800 Unneeded Calories (I liked most of the Unneeded Calories but not all of them).

Family Plot 3 stars out of 5

Alfred Hitchcock's last movie in 1976, four years before he died. My favourite actor Bruce Dern is in this one, so that upped the star count for me. An amusing tale.

I generally like her (although the low self-esteem shtick is wearing thin and I thought she got unnecessarily prickly with that Australian interviewer), but I really did not care for this.

Essentially, a clichéd rom-com with raunchy jokes. I chuckled once (and that was at a sight gag with Hader). Nice to see Dave Attell (genius standup) cameo, though.

Ace said:

I generally like her (although the low self-esteem shtick is wearing thin and I thought she got unnecessarily prickly with that Australian interviewer), but I really did not care for this.

Essentially, a clichéd rom-com with raunchy jokes. I chuckled once (and that was at a sight gag with Hader). Nice to see Dave Attell (genius standup) cameo, though.

I agree with you Ace. I only laughed at the puking on the window and the basketball dunk. The rest of the time I was amused, but I thought it was a run-of-the-mill romcom.

7thday said:

Ace said:

I generally like her (although the low self-esteem shtick is wearing thin and I thought she got unnecessarily prickly with that Australian interviewer), but I really did not care for this.

Essentially, a clichéd rom-com with raunchy jokes. I chuckled once (and that was at a sight gag with Hader). Nice to see Dave Attell (genius standup) cameo, though.

I agree with you Ace. I only laughed at the puking on the window and the basketball dunk. The rest of the time I was amused, but I thought it was a run-of-the-mill romcom.

I chuckled at the "wet" shot of Hader, for the magazine.

It's time for another exciting chapter of Movies That I Watched The Last Half Of - GEEK EDITION! What, you ask, is GEEK EDITION? Meh, just a dorky name I made up to signify that I Googled a lot of stuff, and have found out lots of really cool but unrelated information.

The reason I did all this Googling was because I wanted to see if there was going to be a sequel to "The Crazies". There should be! Maybe there was going to be! It doesn't look like there will be one now!

Before I drown my sorrows but then go off on a tangent, let's review the last half of "The Crazies". SPOILER ALERT - Hell YES I am going to give away the ending. That's why I re-watched The Last Half Of This Movie to begin with. I knew it had a cool ending but couldn't quite remember what it was.

My daughter and I saw this in a theater back in 2010. It was a great zombie movie. Something happens, and people go nuts. Only, a few people don't go nuts, and they have to kill all the nuts in order to get out of their little Iowa town alive.

They do some major killing, and end up finding some military guy whose Suburban they took with a spike strip. He tells them a plane carry a biological weapon crashed, and that's what's making everyone nuts.

So it turns out the three remaining good guys only contain 2 sane people. One guy has contracted The Crazies kind of late, and knows it, so he volunteers to be a guinea pig and approach the military to see if they (A) provide assistance; or (B) kill him. Turns out it was B, so the two people that are still alive take off running. Which was the plan to begin with.

They end up at a truck stop, kill a few more zombies, and take off in an 18-wheeler cab right before the military nukes their town. They survive the nuke, and take off walking. They've been trying to get to Cedar Rapids, where they think they'll be safe.

But the last shot of the movie is some sort of Google Earth montage that starts on the two good people, and then pulls out to encompass Cedar Rapids. Then you see some computer text next to the map that says "Initiate Containment Protocol". Oh no!

So this movie is set up PERFECTLY for a sequel, right? It made a lot of money, and the ending suggests that our two heroes are about to engage in a bunch more crazies.

But alas - it appears there will be no sequel. Mainly because, despite the success of this movie, the studio went bust. Too bad!

However, in my quest to find out if there was going to be a sequel - which was waaaaay harder to do than you might think - I found a website that lists all the sequels that are either in production or in talks. Here are some sequels to look out for in the next few years:

http://www.denofgeek.com/...-the-works

Equalizer 2
Expendables 4
The Mechanic 2
Now You See Me 2
Now You See Me 3
Rambo Last Blood
Salt 2
Top Gun 2
Tremors 5

Those are just the GOOD movies that have sequels in the works. There are tons of crappy movies that also have sequels planned - like The Kingsmen, for example.

I am particularly intrigued by "Now You See Me". That movie was so successful that the producers have announced that the sequel is going to have a sequel!

Well, back to "The Crazies". I give it 3 1/2 stars out of 5.

BTW - Point of Parlimentary Procedure. As part of my Googling, I read that the end credits of "The Crazies" contained an important plot point (it's a Cedar Rapids newscast, where a Crazie appears in the shot). But that was cut out of ScyFy's presentation, because they did that old split screen deal. The credits for "The Crazies" rolled by on a skinny screen at 10,000 miles an hour, while Morgan Freeman started off "Seven". This is a bummer. I would have loved to have seen that little snippet. Boo, ScyFy!

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1. Inside Out

Ending to me was everything. 4/5

2. Mission Impossible Rogue Nation

didn't dissapoint, wasn't blown away either. 3/5

3. When Marnie Was There

Besides the unneccessary details that conplicate the plot, loved it. Very candid, and quite unlike the typical Ghibli. 4/5

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I don't watch many movies but the last one I saw was The Stoning Of Soraya M. Definitely 5 out of 5. It's one of those movies everyone should see, and once you watch it you will be forever changed. But it's also a very difficult movie to watch. It's the true story of a woman who was stoned to death in Iran in 1980 because her husband accused her of adultery. The reason her husband accused her was because he wanted to mary a younger woman, and if he divorced his wife he couldn't afford to pay her alimony; hence he knew the adultery allegation would end with her stoning and leave him free of her. Shohreh Aghdashloo is an amazing actress (from House of Sand & Fog) ... the stoning scene is horrendous and will leave you in tears but is important to watch because it gives the viewer a sense of what a horrific form of execution stoning is - one that is intended to be long and drown out, slow and painful and humiliating. Insane that it still happens in the world today.