Thanks for all the advance reviews, Vonnie! You've got fantastic taste and it always helps to find new stuff.
Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.
Spike ,'Potential'
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DavidS - Sep 13, 2019 5:51:01 pm PDT #2237 of 3435
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Consuela - Sep 13, 2019 8:37:18 pm PDT #2238 of 3435
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So I saw Brittany Runs a Marathon this week and I thought it was really very charming. Brittany is a hot mess and she shoots herself in the foot but you want to her to succeed, and she does too, but she doesn't quite know what "to succeed" means and it hurts to see her fucking it up. But then it mostly works out.
I really liked Jillian Bell, and the rest of the cast, and I hope it does well.
Also it's pretty inspirational.
Vonnie K - Sep 14, 2019 1:34:58 pm PDT #2239 of 3435
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I am not sure if Taika Waititi's satire about Nazism, Jojo Rabbit, entirely works - it's whimsical and adorable, anchored by an excellent center performance by its lead child actor. But it's tonally a tough sell given the subject matter and there are parts in the movie that made me go 'yikes.' But my audience at the screening last night was extremely into it. And I talked to a couple of festival goers this afternoon who were convinced that it was the best film of the festival and the frontrunner for People's Choice Award. It might pull a Life Is Beautiful.
Amy - Sep 14, 2019 4:06:48 pm PDT #2240 of 3435
Because books.
Help me, movie people? Of the following, which should I watch tonight? Suburbicon, I Tonya, The Favorite, Bad Times at the El Royale, or Sorry to Bother You?
Kate P. - Sep 14, 2019 4:12:54 pm PDT #2241 of 3435
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I just saw Sorry to Bother You last week and loved it. It had a sort of Terry Gilliam feel to it, especially toward the end, which I really dug.
Of the others, I've only seen I, Tonya, which I also really enjoyed.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 14, 2019 4:25:31 pm PDT #2242 of 3435
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I've only seen Bad Times at the El Royale out of those. It was fun, but I think The Favorite is the best film of the lot based on people's reactions.
Dana - Sep 14, 2019 4:38:09 pm PDT #2243 of 3435
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
The Favourite is weird, so be prepared for that.
Didn't love Suburbicon, despite the Oscar Isaac.
megan walker - Sep 14, 2019 5:44:09 pm PDT #2244 of 3435
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Help me, movie people? Of the following, which should I watch tonight? Suburbicon, I Tonya, The Favorite, Bad Times at the El Royale, or Sorry to Bother You?
Of those that I've seen, I'd rank them roughly as follows:
Bad Times at the El Royale
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I, Tonya
The Favorite
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Sorry to Bother You
Consuela - Sep 14, 2019 7:16:42 pm PDT #2245 of 3435
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I really liked Sorry to Bother You but I live in Oakland, and one of my nieces is an extra in the movie. It's very much an Oakland movie.
Amy - Sep 15, 2019 4:18:38 am PDT #2246 of 3435
Because books.
I went with The Favourite and while it was really well done and the performances were fantastic, I didn't make it all the way through. Not for me, I guess, although some of the choices were really fascinating, like the conversation between Sarah and the young guy in the big wig, with all the background noise still audible. The fish eye lens was a cool choice, too.