I haven't opened the Criterion app for weeks, but I did yesterday and they put Local Hero on the service! I haven't seen it in decades but it seems like a perfect type of movie to group-watch in a time like this. To keep with the theme, Burt Lancaster is in it, I believe.
Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.
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Vonnie K - Mar 26, 2020 4:45:25 am PDT #2579 of 3424
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Toddson - Mar 26, 2020 4:55:34 am PDT #2580 of 3424
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
He is!
DavidS - Mar 26, 2020 5:49:01 am PDT #2581 of 3424
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I haven't opened the Criterion app for weeks, but I did yesterday and they put Local Hero on the service!
I bought the Criterion edition of Local Hero which just came out last year. Top ten movie for me.
DXMachina - Mar 26, 2020 6:14:41 am PDT #2582 of 3424
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The Crimson Pirate
One of my all time favorites.
Toddson - Mar 26, 2020 6:31:08 am PDT #2583 of 3424
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
he he ... when I was young, one of the local TV stations would get a single movie and play it over and over for maybe a week. One week, during the summer, I believe, so I was home from school, and my sister and I watched it ... over and over and over. My mother came to hate that movie. (historical note: this was probably circa 1960, so there was nothing BUT broadcast ... the three main stations plus an early version of PBS)
Sue - Mar 26, 2020 7:05:03 am PDT #2584 of 3424
hip deep in pie
I watched it with my movie night friends a little while ago. I had forgotten so much.
DXMachina - Mar 26, 2020 8:00:44 am PDT #2585 of 3424
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Same thing in NYC Metro area. Channel 9 did the same movie at the same time all week, and The Crimson Pirate was in that rotation. (So was Godzilla, which my mother would watch all the time, even though it scared the bejusus out of me.)
megan walker - Mar 26, 2020 8:13:50 am PDT #2586 of 3424
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I haven't opened the Criterion app for weeks, but I did yesterday and they put Local Hero on the service! I haven't seen it in decades but it seems like a perfect type of movie to group-watch in a time like this. To keep with the theme, Burt Lancaster is in it, I believe.
Yes, this is one of the ones going away 3/31 (however, likelier to come back than some of the others since it is part of their catalog). The cycling on the channel is a little frustrating with Criterion but I'd rather them have the wide variety they do with their featured collections than only just have a static version of their catalog. Especially since they are very good about listing what will be going away at the end of the month. But it does mean I prioritize certain things over others just because they are "going away"--For example, I haven't yet touched "Scores by Quincy Jones" and I'm dying to.
Consuela - Mar 26, 2020 7:18:09 pm PDT #2587 of 3424
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
My god, I love Local Hero. The scene where wassname eats the meal, and slowly realizes... it's all so great.
Beverly - Mar 27, 2020 6:53:38 pm PDT #2588 of 3424
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
The motorcycle! Wedge Antilles! Baby Doctor Who! Also, one of the loveliest themes, ever ever ever, thank you, Mark Knoffler.