OOH I'm always looking for Cold Comfort Farm -esque movies!
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lisah - Sep 21, 2016 3:47:11 pm PDT #273 of 3455
Punishingly Intricate
megan walker - Sep 23, 2016 7:15:44 am PDT #274 of 3455
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
OOH I'm always looking for Cold Comfort Farm -esque movies!
Well, with a sharp edge mind you.
ION, I'm sad to report that Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was rather disappointing. I didn't know anything about it going in but was hoping my Eva Green girl crush would at least carry me through. It didn't.
Consuela - Oct 09, 2016 8:24:22 pm PDT #275 of 3455
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So Queen of Katwe is well worth seeing if you want to see an inspirational sports-type movie about an illiterate kid triumphing over desperate poverty and a difficult family situation. Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo are both great, as is Madina Nalwanga, who plays Phiona. Heartwarming and beautifully-made by Mira Nair.
Much better for my emotional state than watching the debate.
EpicTangent - Oct 10, 2016 9:30:35 am PDT #276 of 3455
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I rather enjoyed Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. You can't look too closely at some of the Physics (or just accept that Fictional Physics can be Fuzzy), but I liked the mood of it and enjoyed the effects and overall just quite liked it. (Note: When I heard there was a movie coming out, I purposely held off on reading the book, but the friend I was with has read it and said the movie stayed pretty faithful).
megan walker - Oct 19, 2016 9:47:05 am PDT #277 of 3455
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I've heard about Park Chan Wook's The Handmaiden (adapted liberally from Sarah Water's Fingersmith apparently) being gorgeous and lurid and kind of bonkers, but nobody told me how funny it was! I was in stitches throughout the film. It was like 2 1/2 hour-long Gothic lesbian comedy on drugs. A+++, will watch again! I haven't read the Waters novel but I assume the more... outre elements in the film were Park's invention.
Seconding all of this. I imagine there are many Buffistas who will love The Handmaiden. I'm reading the novel now so I will let you know how they compare.
Fay - Oct 19, 2016 12:51:28 pm PDT #278 of 3455
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Excitingly Madina Nalwanga is a local lass who went to the open auditions at the National Theatre, so yay for Ugandan girls playing Ugandan girls (even if they had to film a lot of the movie in SA).
I have just watched "What We Do In The Shadows" and it was SUPER SUPER DELIGHTFUL. I know I am late to this party but OMG! So precious!
Scrappy - Oct 19, 2016 2:23:07 pm PDT #279 of 3455
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"We're werewolves not swear wolves" is a favorite phrase at my house.
Consuela - Oct 19, 2016 6:40:02 pm PDT #280 of 3455
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Excitingly Madina Nalwanga is a local lass who went to the open auditions at the National Theatre, so yay for Ugandan girls playing Ugandan girls (even if they had to film a lot of the movie in SA).
Oh, did they? Well, it was still great, and she was marvelous. I hope she has a great career in front of her.
Also, it's marvelous to see your pixels, Fay!
Strix - Oct 19, 2016 8:06:13 pm PDT #281 of 3455
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Megan, I will have to check that out. I love Waters, and have read Fingersmith several times -- I'm so curious now to see what the outre aspects are, because the novel is Victorian lesbian melodrama at its best!
Dana - Oct 21, 2016 1:24:21 pm PDT #282 of 3455
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
DONALD GLOVER AS YOUNG LANDO IN THE HAN SOLO MOVIE! I ACCEPT ITS EXISTENCE NOW!