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As for upcoming stuff, I'll go see Onslaught tonight. Looking forward to Resident Evil in a couple weeks. There's a whole bunch of prestige and foreign language festival films that'll come out by the end of the year, but I assume most of them won't be in your interest zone. I'll be taking the MCU-loving kids to the extended Avengers: Endgame rerelease, and then Doomsday and Dune 3 dropping the same day still doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.

I logged 47 movies in August, possibly the most I've done. Some thoughts on a two-week stretch: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat: I'd started this like a year ago, and finally got around to finishing the back half of it. Useful history lesson and pretty interesting style to tell it in. The Fast and the Furious - 25th anniversary in the theater with Jason. Still a film I enjoy, despite the rest of the franchise. Jason had a good time, but hasn't asked for any of the sequels yet. Maybe his taste is better than mine. Mo' Better Blues - Never seen, unintentionally pairing extremely well

Here's my last month of movies, sent to one of two friends who partially gives a shit. The watching-with names are my kids, generally. You don't get my expansive Odyssey thoughts that are another thousands words. I think only 3 of these were streaming, the rest either in theater or blu rays/4ks. The Outlaw Josey Wales - 4.5* - Really good! I've been so pleasantly surprised at most of Clint's movies (8 in the last 18 months) Not much since the 90s, but they hit a sweet spot of Movies for me. Catch Me if You Can - 4* - Runs a bit long and slogs a bit at points, but the first half

"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