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"Why didn't they get a real cyclops?" is what you sound like. I'm taking the 13 year-old to Providence tomorrow to watch the World Cup final at Dave & Buster's, then trot across the hall for a 6 pm screening in 70mm IMAX, like a normal person.

Spot on, Fritzy, though I haven't seen it since it came out. Give the other Sean Baker movies a shot as well. They all have similar stuff going on, though they're usually a lot more sex-worker involved.

The Bone Temple is my #1 movie of the year so far, out of 25 movies seen. The Number of the Beast needle drop in the theater was god damn electric. Rewatched it at home thought it held up nicely. Hopefully they get to do the next one, with Cillian and Boyle and Garland all back, but the box office on it was pretty disappointing.

I liked Disclosure Day quite a bit, but it's going to be divisive. A truly, incredibly earnest film with no cynicism, but that worked for me in the grand scheme, even if logically I had my share of questions. Really liked Emily Blunt, but somehow she's the only character with any depth. I really liked the ending. But again, it's pretty sappy from a very warm-hearted old man. Three big set pieces, I think, and they're all good-to-great, with some elements I've not seen before.

I love Melancholia. Top notch topless Kirsten Dunst and a giant meteor to destroy humanity. What else could you ask for? Seeeing Disclosure Day tomorrow.

Watched Chinatown a couple months ago, for the first time in maybe twenty years, and thought it was just fantastic. I didn't get/care about the political tomfoolery back then, but as a municipal employee, it really hit the spot. Old movies are good.

You sure? I kinda liked it, but it's extremely all over the place. Jessie also literally screams, "ME TOO, ME TOO" at one point.

It's generic crimelord stuff, I suppose, but it hit just right back in my early 20s. And Lucy Liu is goddamned adorable as hell.

I like Looper. But I'm the world's biggest Lucky Number Slevin fan, re: Bruce Willis, so I'd have to cape for that first.

Just a hard "NO" on 8 Mission Impossible movies???

I read one review that said it was his brother that was murdered, I assume based on the final "You know my name" line. Carrie is on Prime. I accidentally started a 2003 remake I didn't know existed, although it only took about five minutes to be pretty sure it wasn't a Brian de Palma film. Another older actor I've come to love over the last couple years is Robert Mitchum. Seen about 25 of his films. He has a few westerns, but really can just do it all. First one I saw was Night of the Hunter, a fever dream fairy tale, that I loved.

You seen the Man with No Name trilogy? Good stuff, especially The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Hadn't known that Ecstacy of Gold is originally for it, and was pretty blown away by that scene. Looked up Morricone after and saw he has 444 credited scores, which seems like a lot! I had a bunch of Clint blu-rays I haven't gotten to, so I threw on High Plains Drifter last night. Not my favorite Clint western, but quite dark in tone, which is a welcome difference to most of them. Really loved the last act, starting with painting the town red. Will be a good rewatch knowing that he's just messing

Phantom Thread is one of his funnier movies, once you realize what the joke is. DDL's name is ****ing Reynolds Woodcock. And it's got an absolute hammer of an ending.

Staying up too late most every night, getting squiffy too often, just like to throw on 45 minutes here and there, rock out a little before bed time. Dune improved a lot for me the second time through, once I wasn't trying to figure out what was happening. I'd taken my son to an IMAX re-release before part 2 for my second viewing and was pretty hooked. Part 2, in the theater, features a sandworm riding scene that just blew me away. Also some of the loudest movies I've seen, with, uh, Tron: Ares also up there (which isn't very good, but has provided a nice entryway for the 9 year-old to ge

Not putting any thought into this, but here's an ungainly copy/paste job of my watches since 2020: You watched this film 12 times 9 times 8 times 6 times 5 times 5 times 5 times 5 times 4 times 4 times 4 times 4 times