'Time Bomb'
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I didn't find The Witch very scary -- there are very few jump scares and the gore on screen is kept to minimum. It horrifies by implications and vibrates with a pervasive sense of dread. The mood it generates is quite extraordinary.
I found the language challenging though. Eggers sourced original documents from the era for his dialog and I reckon I've missed good 30-40% of what the characters were saying.
Consider Phoenix as being in the top five.
I've seen Phoenix! It's great. I particularly loved it's deft hand with moral and narrative ambiguities.
I've only watched Spy and MI - Rogue Nation on Megan's list.
Same! I need to watch more movies.
Note, in addition to Dope and Tangerine (as Vonnie mentioned), Bande de filles (Girlhood) and Phoenix are available on Netflix streaming.
I need to clear some time and see Tangerine, I missed it on the festival circuit.
I loved The Witch, Vonnie.
For those of you who saw Deadpool, I'd like to point out that today is International Women's Day.
You know, in case you needed a suggestion of how to celebrate.
Is it heretical to say I didn't really like Zoolander? (We watched it for the first time last night.) I didn't expect much, and expected mostly stupid-funny (which I am a big fan of when it's done well; c.f., Dude, Where's My Car?), but it was just mostly stupid.
Though it did make me want to watch the Starsky and Hutch movie, so there's that.
t edit Oh! I forgot David Bowie! That was good.
We saw 10 Cloverfield Lane yesterday. We all really liked it. It's a very small, intimate movie, even though it's also a monster movie. Very well done--it has a way of constantly surprising you in new ways, I think by understanding and deftly avoiding horror/monster tropes. And John Goodman RULES.
I just got back from it, Scrappy! Yes to everything you said, and also Mary Elizabeth Winstead rules. She does some great face-acting in this movie, and her character is resourceful as fuck.