The "I'm watching/just watched *movie title* thread....

[coaster]

Watched Hidden Figures. It focuses on three African American women who work at NASA during the space race. While I enjoyed it, it really steered away from facts. Segregation in the NASA facilities did not exist at that time. Several teams worked tovether, and did not rely on a few women. Also, the use of original, blurry stock footage and a modern soundtrack took me out of the film, and its sad because I really enoy time period movies. Kevin Costner really phoned it in as well.
Still, I found the story inspiring and heartwarming, so I give it 3 out of 5 rocket ships.

[trostol]

Watched Hidden Figures. It focuses on three African American women who work at NASA during the space race. While I enjoyed it, it really steered away from facts. Segregation in the NASA facilities did not exist at that time. Several teams worked tovether, and did not rely on a few women. Also, the use of original, blurry stock footage and a modern soundtrack took me out of the film, and its sad because I really enoy time period movies. Kevin Costner really phoned it in as well.
Still, I found the story inspiring and heartwarming, so I give it 3 out of 5 rocket ships.

doesn't he do that for most of his films that aren't Westerns

[Ciardelo]

doesn't he do that for most of his films that aren't Westerns

I liked "The Postman" and "Dances With Wolves" was cool.

[trostol]

I liked "The Postman" and "Dances With Wolves" was cool.

Postman was decent if a lil long...Dances with Wolves is excellent..but again..its a western really lol

[ShayP]

Fences

It's the screen adaptation of a play by American playwright, and Pittsburgh born, August Wilson.  It is set in the late 50's in a part of Pittsburgh called the Hill District.  The movie is directed by Denzel Washington who also is the lead actor.  He plays an ex-Negro League baseball player who was a star, but now is a garbage man because he was too old when blacks were first allowed to play in the Majors.  His bitterness is hidden behind jokes and smiles but you can see he is suffering.  That has lead to mistakes and behaviors that affect everyone around him; especially his youngest son.

This is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time.  The depth of characters and overall mood of the time were perfectly captured.  Viola Davis plays the loving faithful wife and is worthy of an Oscar.  Quite frankly Denzel is worthy as well, both as an actor and a director.  The supporting cast overall is outstanding.  I was hoping for more baseball backstory but didn't get it.  Nonetheless it doesn't matter much in the overall scope of the film.  Throughout the movie you remain interested in each character.  It's not a "feel-good" story by any means even though it teases you. 

The movie is 2 hours and 19 minutes long.  It was a little slow in parts but I really wish it were 20 minutes longer.  I just felt the timeline seemed rushed as the movie came to a close and some more details could've been added.

To me, this was a powerful film and a potential classic.  I give it 4.5 out of 5 stars. 

[trostol]

watching O Brother Where Art Thou for like the billionth time...

[Ciardelo]

The Fifth Element for the 50th time for me tonight.

[trostol]

The Fifth Element for the 50th time for me tonight.

another good one

[Rix Gins]

  Stake Land, 2010, on Netflix.  A good zombie apocalypse movie.  First in a series, from what I understand.  A young kid witnesses his family being murdered by vampires, but is saved by a savvy, warrior man who just happened to be wandering by at the right moment.  The two hook up and head for a supposedly safe place called New Eden, up in  Canada. 
  Typical zombie filled adventures ensue.  Lots of stabbings, shootings, beatings, you name it.  One thing I noticed was that these zombie/vampires are more difficult to kill than the ones in The Walking Dead.  Supposedly a good stab to the heart will stop them but half the time they just keep charging.  The film's title is derived from the practice of making a sharp edged, basic vampire killing weapon...the ever reliable wooden stake.  The boy is taught how to make them by the older man, whose name is Mister.  I don't know why, but the kid likes to make his stakes pencil thin. They are easily swiped aside and broken by charging zombies.  He has better luck with a bow and some arrows.
  I liked the Mister character. He's a damn good fighter and likes hard liquor and cigarettes.  The kid was played by an actor who looked way to much like that kid in The Karate Kid, but otherwise, he did a good job of acting too. 
  I also liked the scenery in this movie.  Lots of nice outdoor, tree filled scenes.  I'm guessing that this movie was filmed up in Canada.  All in all, an OK zombie action flick.  I might watch the next one in the series if it shows up on Netflix.


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[21st Century Man]

Hostage to the Devil, the Malachi Martin documentary (currently on Netflix)

Although I listened to Martin on Art's show several times, I was never as impressed or convinced as Art was by what he had to say. The film interviews friends and former colleagues of Martin, who offer positive recollections about him. But I had to smile during the intro when one of his skeptics called him a "mythomaniac".

Yes, Art is there (sitting at his ham radio desk?) a few times, and also heard during various audio clips from his shows with Martin. I imagine Martin believed he was doing the right thing, and it seems he felt this was his calling.

As a non-religious person, the idea of adults engaging in exorcisms to chase away the Devil is of little interest to me. However, I think parents who subject their children to exorcisms is inexcusable, and abusive. Clearly children can not give consent, and I think it says more about the evil of the parents (and the exorcists) to subject children to such a frightening experience.

And BTW, the film was directed by someone with the unlikely name of, Martin Stalker.

Watched it tonight.  Couldn't help but be a bit disappointed by it.  It was rather disjointed and I think a narrator would have helped.  I also felt that much of Martin's life was given short shrift.  He worked for National Review for 15 years but that isn't touched on.  And  the one critic of Martin in the documentary had an ax to grind because he thought Martin fooled around with his wife.  I'd like to know more of his story.  I didn't know about the bit of a feud William Peter Blatty had with Martin.  The other stuff about his death was very interesting but not conclusive.  Nice to see Ralph Sarchie and Art interviewed.  However, the definitive Martin documentary has yet to surface.  Hopefully someone will do him justice someday.  2.5 out of 5 stars.

[Ciardelo]

Watching Netflix’s ‘Frontier’

"“Frontier,” a Canadian Netflix original debuting stateside this weekend, is a historical epic that capitalizes on the best features of prestige television...Especially for the average American viewer, the struggle to control the resources around Hudson Bay in the 1700s is unknown or forgotten history."

There are six episodes up right now.

Since there's Knudson's in my family tree, I'm digging it. 8 spades out of 10

[The King of Kings]

I just watched the first episode of the new series "Taboo".

I am a big Tom Hardy fan and he is great so far in this.

If you watch Game of Thrones there are at least 5-6 actors from that series in this series as well.

So far so good.

Definitely recommend it.

[trostol]

Watching Netflix’s ‘Frontier’

"“Frontier,” a Canadian Netflix original debuting stateside this weekend, is a historical epic that capitalizes on the best features of prestige television...Especially for the average American viewer, the struggle to control the resources around Hudson Bay in the 1700s is unknown or forgotten history."

There are six episodes up right now.

Since there's Knudson's in my family tree, I'm digging it. 8 spades out of 10

saw that..added to my list..hadn't heard of this project at all

[Jackstar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE0ZelSHZQU



EYEPYRAMID.EXE

[akwilly]

I saw the new underworld movie. It sucked ass

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Ladies They Talk About, a pre-Code women's prison movie starring Barbara Stanwyck on TCM. It's more risqué than I expected, even for the time, and so far has also had some surprising, creatively bizarre scenes. On now.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024238/

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

I admit I never did time in an early 1930s women's prison, but this isn't quite how I pictured them.


https://youtu.be/leJmtBjcVvU

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

I apologize for belaboring the point, but until seeing this movie, I had no idea that the cells in Depression Era women's prisons were almost indistinguishable from typical Swarthmore dorm rooms of the time.


https://youtu.be/bHor0e5iqBY

[Ciardelo]

I apologize for belaboring the point, but until seeing this movie, I had no idea that the cells in Depression Era women's prisons were almost indistinguishable from typical Swarthmore dorm rooms of the time.


https://youtu.be/bHor0e5iqBY

Who's the hottie smoking the cigar while she exercises? 

[21st Century Man]

Ladies They Talk About, a pre-Code women's prison movie starring Barbara Stanwyck on TCM. It's more risqué than I expected, even for the time, and so far has also had some surprising, creatively bizarre scenes. On now.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024238/

I have it on one of my Forbidden Hollywood sets that Warner has put out.  Volume 5 to be exact.  Great film.  One movie I want to see but is said to be lost is Convention City which is one of the most notorious of the Warner pre-codes.  It is on my short list of great lost films that I want to see along with London After Midnight and She.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

I have it on one of my Forbidden Hollywood sets that Warner has put out.  Volume 5 to be exact.  Great film.  One movie I want to see but is said to be lost is Convention City which is one of the most notorious of the Warner pre-codes.  It is on my short list of great lost films that I want to see along with London After Midnight and She.

It just occurred to me that after the Code was scrapped, my parents talked a lot about the days when "movies were movies," but now I understand why my grandparents never expressed an opinion on the subject. There wasn't much Nana and Grampa hadn't already seen on the big screen.

[KevinIsAHybrid]

Movies are Illuminati! They are used to brainwash the masses!

I am the rebel, kEvolution. Mimic Octopus Man.

I watched 'Underworld: Blood Wars. The werewolves decided to invade the land of the vampires. The vampires feel doomed. So they ask the fugitive, Selene, for help.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKHL5PyAPzs

I myself show similarities to an a lycan and a vampire.

Here's me as Fire Foxman!







Also, here is me as Lamprey Vampire!

[KevinIsAHybrid]

I saw the new underworld movie. It sucked ass

It was made for the money.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od3cjyHctjo

But I will also say the movies are Illuminati. The dreaded Illuminati puts predictions of the future. These Lycans and Vampires are actually based on the two races of Reptilians shapeshifters.

One of them is Alpha Draconians, bird-like lizard aliens.



The other race are Native Terrans. They evolved from dinosaurs and live underground.

[KevinIsAHybrid]

Alpha Draconians



www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sumer_anunnaki/reptiles/reptiles84.htm






May 8, 2012 - The Alpha Draconians are the oldest known reptilian race in our galaxy. They are, in fact, the only genetic line of their kind that is not extinct.


Reptilian Interview: “We are the native terrans” | Crazy Developer Blog



machsoftwaredesign.com/blog/?p=32






Oct 4, 2013 - We are the native terrans and we live on that planet since millions of years. We are mentioned in your religious writings like your Christian Bible ...

[Jackstar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pqyb713TvM

[Jackstar]

https://archive.is/3MmsY


I enjoyed this film, but not half so much as I enjoyed this analysis:

In contrast, of course, we have one minor Jewish role, that of lawyer Syd Felder. Miller calls him after the death of his mistress, and Felder’s first reaction is the moral one: Do what is right and turn yourself in. (Felder is played by Jewish actor Stuart Margolin.)

Shut it down. They live.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

I was halfway watching The Racket from 1928 on TCM, and there's a night club scene early on with a guy who's a dead ringer for Paul Reubens. The resemblance was amazing, and he even had a few Pee Wee facial expressions. I couldn't find the actor, and the movie isn't available on YT, but maybe 21st CM can help identify him.

[Ciardelo]

Sneaky Pete

10 episodes streaming free on Amazon Prime right now. I loved it. It has a lot of the actors from "Justified" and also guest stars Bryan Cranston from "Breaking Bad." I would wager that if you liked those two shows you're gonna love Sneaky Pete. Stay out of the IMDB message boards to avoid spoilers.

9 cons out of 10

[21st Century Man]

I was halfway watching The Racket from 1928 on TCM, and there's a night club scene early on with a guy who's a dead ringer for Paul Reubens. The resemblance was amazing, and he even had a few Pee Wee facial expressions. I couldn't find the actor, and the movie isn't available on YT, but maybe 21st CM can help identify him.

I tivo'd the film on my DVR and plan to watch it soon.  I think I'm going to transfer it to a DVD as it is not available for purchase anywhere.  I saw bits of it before but only recognized Thomas Meighan.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

I tivo'd the film on my DVR and plan to watch it soon.  I think I'm going to transfer it to a DVD as it is not available for purchase anywhere.  I saw bits of it before but only recognized Thomas Meighan.

I'm pretty sure the nightclub scene with Pee Wee's doppelganger is in the first twenty to thirty minutes. I tried to find him in the IMDB credits, but they don't have pictures of most of the cast.