Mom invited me to go see one of those anniversary showings of Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind last night. It was nice, really brought back memories of going to see it with her and one of my cousins almost 50 years ago.
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I just watched the Branagh Murder on the Orient Express. I heard mixed reviews when it came out, but after A Haunting in Venice, which I loved, I figured I’d give it a shot. I liked it a lot! Ok, there was an underwhelming live production locally, which maybe lowered my expectations. But I thought it was well done, in a thinky, rather than action-oriented, kinda way.
I've been re-watching The Mummy movies and I realized - for the O'Connell family, all roads lead to Hamunaptra (spelling?). (fyi, the Egyptians never realized that if you don't write your vowels, no one will get your name right)
We saw The Neverending Story last weekend in a movie theater with ltc. I was worried it might be too intense for her, but she loved it!
Such a wonderful classic. I'm glad she enjoyed it.
could I suggest "Babe"? It gets intense in places, but there's a happy ending. Oscar nominated. Siskal and Ebert called it the Citizen Kane of talking pig pictures.
I’ve never seen Babe, but I’ll keep it in mind. We also watched Wizard of Oz with her recently for the first time, and she was completely fascinated. She’s definitely more about witches, fairies, dragons etc than anything else right now.
That looks very pretty, but amid the tropes and stereotypes I don't see much room for novelty, invention, twists, or humor. I'm not tempted to spend the money to see it in a theater.
I wonder what Stephen Colbert will have to say about it.
Just came here to say I went to a screening of The Substance last night and it's a wild ride. Lots of body horror, which I absolutely hate, but I still enjoyed myself immensely. (Though I'm not sure "enjoyed" is even the right word.) And Demi Moore is really incredible. This is Coralie Fargeat's second movie and it's ambitious as hell. I didn't like it as much as her Revenge (2017), but that was one of my favorite movies of the 2010s so it would have been hard to top.