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I also watched What Happened, Miss Simone?, a documentary about Nina Simone. It has a ton of archival footage, both of performances and interviews, as well as interviews with her daughter, ex-husband, band-mates, and so forth. Really well done, saddening, but with some electrifying performances that prove why she was such an important figure.
I thought it was terrific
Oh, I want to see Ida now, and I'd never heard of it before! I go to Buffistas for all my obscure movie recommendations.
I just realized, I've never actually seen A Streetcar Named Desire. Should I watch it, or be content with the knowledge ganked from the minds of others?
Ida was nominated for multiple Oscars. It's gorgeous. If you are looking for other obscure movies, I also recently chose it as one of my ten favorites of 2014.
Just saw Trainwreck, and so many things I've been seeing on the internet over the past year make so much more sense! Or, two at least: the pictures of Daniel Radcliffe with all those dogs, and the fact that Amy Schumer and SWINTON are tight.
Saw Mr. Holmes. I'ts a bit predictable, but McKellen is BRILLIANT, playing old and also VERY old. Also, the most adorable and charming young actor ever plays opposite him.
I want to see that! DH says it's for watching on the tv, not the big screen, but I may be able to convince my daughter to go see it, because Gandalf.
What Scrappy said re Mr. Holmes.
You don't need to see it on the big screen that's for sure, but I'm all for supporting this type of movie in the theater.
If it came here, I would support it by going to see it. But the local theater is too busy showing Pixels on three screens, and I don't think it's worth a three hour round trip when it'll be just as enjoyable to watch on a Redbox DVD in a few months.
That's the problem I have. I would love to see it in the theater, but don't want to drive that far (maybe not three hours round trip for me, but far enough).
I saw it in my wee indy theater on Saturday. McKellan was made to wear that black and gray suit. I liked that the kid was complex--sometimes great and sometimes a little jerk.