I’ll give it a worth to see.
All That Jazz (1979) - I saw it once, maybe 4 years ago and it blew my mind. I could not understand how a movie this great wasn’t more recognizable by the public at large, though maybe that happens to most semi-depressing movies. The recent rewatch with others was equally great, and hit me differently in spots. I strongly recommend this Bob Fosse semi-autobiography (dark comedy, musical that doesn’t seem like one) for film lovers; it could be more difficult to sit through for an average movie watcher.
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Saturday Night on Netflix
Had a hard time remembering this morning what I watched last night.
I have a hard time believing any of that happened. So, great historical fiction, I guess.
Oh, I believe people told stories about it that were depicted here.
I think I’d rather have more background than simply the 90 minutes before the start. How did they pick the cast, how it got greenlit in the first place. Probably a book about it, though.
One thing is for sure, that first show was extremely disorganized.
Article from LA Times, I can copy if needed:
More of most of the same, not paywalled:
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning at the theater. Wow, was that longer than it needed to be. A 25 minute plane sequence? I also thought there were a lot of very implausible events along the way that I won’t go into. More that you usually get. One surprise twist in the Arctic was well played. Wrapped it up nicely, although the ending was incomplete. I guess Michelle Monaghan was not available for a final cameo.
only implausible, not Impossible? well that’s disappointing
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Bruce Springsteen’s No Nukes Concert (1979).
Yeah, he’s always leaned leftward.
Friday night watched 12 Monkeys hadn’t seen it in years and it holds up pretty well.
Put me in the mood for lunatic Brad Pitt so finally got around to watching Snatch again. That movie has so many hilarious characters, and his ridiculous accent just cracks me up every time.
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Watched Tombstone on … Max? Maybe Netflix.
It’s alright. I hear Val Kilmer was so Method that he contacted Tuberculosis.
Ballerina at the theater. A spinoff from the John Wick world. John even has a role in this one, but is is all Ana de Armas in this one. Wild action, creative killing scenes, especially the ice skate and flame throwers. Set it up for a sequel. Really enjoyed it. Supposed to take place in a time line between JW3 & JW4. Lance Reddick has a small role and taped it shortly before he passed.
I just watched Fight Club on HBO for the first time since college. Definitely edgy in a way that’s just kind of funny / cringey now but for the most part holds up really well.
Tempted to go see 4K version of “Dogma” but it will be a bit of a trek or a late show. I can wait for it on streaming, I guess.
Watched “Becoming Led Zeppelin”. Good. Some rare footage, but a lot of the footage was studio album songs synched to video that was obviously not the song. Possibly AI-edited?
Interviews were good, even one of John Bonham from an unknown source.
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Morgan on Max. Stars Kate Mara and Anya Taylor-Joy from 2016. Anya is a humanoid with some sort of special DNA, etc. She has attacked one of her handlers and Kate is sent in to essentially terminate her. Much mayhem ensues. Not bad.
I Don’t Understand You at the theater. Stars Nick Kroll who I don’t really enjoy and Andrew Rannells who I supposedly saw in Book of Mormon on stage. They are a gay couple celebrating their 10th anniversary while waiting to try and adopt. They head to Italy about a month before the baby is due. They speak no Italian and most of the folks they meet speak no English. Lots of mild misunderstandings for a while. Then the seemingly never-ending deaths start. Pretty funny, comedy, not horror at all although there are a bunch of jumps.
The Phoenician Scheme at the theater. If you love Wes Anderson, this is one of his most Wes movies I’ve ever seen. Every single frame is so Wes, it is wonderful. No idea what the movies was about, but I really liked it. Reading some on-line reviews and I’m still not sure. Could be an indictment on Trump/Musk, on capitalism, on communism, on corruption, on religion. The list could go on. All the assassination attempts and plane crashes are great. Michael Cera was amazing. Mia Threapleton was absolutely wonderful. Bill Murray plays God.
“Enola Holmes” and “Enola Holmes 2”. Netflix. They were alright.
Nonnas - Netflix - 4/5 stars
Vince Vaughn plays a guy who looks to open a restaurant after his mother passes away. His vision is to hire local “grandmothers” and older ladies (“nonnas” in italian) to be the chefs cooking up their special homemade style dishes. The problem: he has no experience in business (let alone running a restaurant). He gets his best friend to help out.
Based on a true story. Lots of fun watching the bickering and the characters connecting.
you have my attention.
Dead Shot on Showtime. Set in 1975, Northern Ireland and London. A pregnant woman is accidentally killed and the Irish terrorist (?) comes to London looking for the guy who did it. This guy was a soldier and was grabbed by Mark Strong to work for the British government trying to crack down on Irish terrorism. Pretty bleak all around.
The Life of Chuck at the theater. Very odd movie with Tom Hiddleston as Chuck (adult) and Jacob Tremblay (youth) and Mark Hamill as the grandfather. It explores the idea of what happens to our memories when we die. Very deep and moving. Would highly recommend. There are three acts and they are shown in reverse order. Works really well.
Hitman: Agent 47 on Hulu. An old stand by and it still works. Genetically designed assassins/soldiers.
Materialists at the theater. Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal exploring the mathematics and monetary value of love and marriage. Pretty good.
Prime Minister at the theater. A documentary on Jacinda Ardern, the former PM of New Zealand who led them through a terrorist attack and COVID 19. I knew very little about her, but learned a lot. Very well crafted and they had a ton of behind the scenes footage. Well worth the time spent, especially if you know little about her.
Rewatched the 1998 Through the Looking Glass, which I strongly recommend if you want the authentic experience, though I don’t necessarily recommend wanting authentic experiences.
Was making plans to go see Bride Hard from the folks at Pitch Perfect. 13% on RT from reviewers and only 55% from regular folks. Hard to find much worse reviews these days, so not going to the theater for that.
That made me look up the quotes on imdb. I like this one - “When a movie is so dire you begin to suspect you’re in for a bad time before the title card drops, you cling to what tiny scraps of fun are to be found like shards of wood in a shipwreck.”