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- Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:13 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: R.I.P. Rosalynn Carter
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10910
Re: R.I.P. Rosalynn Carter
Independent of politics, she was one of the most decent people ever to live in the White House.
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:13 am
- Forum: 2023
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2023
- Replies: 161
- Views: 2971311
Re: The Official Review Thread of 2023
The Exorcist: Believer This would probably have a 20-point higher Rotten Tomatoes score if it were just a standalone horror movie, and with a few small adjustments, it could be. On those terms, it would still not be good, but I think a lot, even most, of the hostility has been due to how it ties it...
- Sat Oct 07, 2023 2:42 pm
- Forum: The People
- Topic: R.I.P. Terence Davies
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14477
Re: R.I.P. Terence Davies
He was reportedly due to make another film this fall. I watched all of his movies last year, and he became one of my favorite filmmakers through that marathon. Nine features, and it's a beautifully symmetric filmography: Began with two autobiographical films, followed by two adaptations, followed by...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 7:20 am
- Forum: 2023
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2023
- Replies: 161
- Views: 2971311
Re: The Official Review Thread of 2023
I have not written about it, and I guess it has been more like 15 years since I've watched it, although I'm going to try it again since I have a week+ off starting this evening. (Although it won't be as laid back as normal, as I am now a cross country coach and we have three meets over the break.) I...
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 8:37 pm
- Forum: 2023
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2023
- Replies: 161
- Views: 2971311
Re: The Official Review Thread of 2023
Have not seen it in 10+ years, but I loved Darjeeling and find myself exhausted by everything he's done post-Grand Budapest.
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:42 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Post-Festival Predictions
- Replies: 32
- Views: 22942
Re: Post-Festival Predictions
Joker and A Star is Born both did Venice (and TIFF) but they both also opened soon after those festivals. Warner historically opens their Oscar hopefuls in early Fall and then reserves December for "entertainments" although they have had Oscar contenders released in December, obviously. (...
- Sat Sep 16, 2023 1:26 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Post-Festival Predictions
- Replies: 32
- Views: 22942
Re: Post-Festival Predictions
The Color Purple has test screened four or five times, which might be an indication that someone thought that there was something not working in that movie.
- Tue Sep 05, 2023 7:45 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: New Developments III
- Replies: 2992
- Views: 790693
Re: New Developments III
Beyond that, though, I don't really understand why any Republican is running as not-Trump when there are a half dozen of them (or more). Is it only to be his VP? I can't imagine him selecting anyone who was on that stage. Especially since none of them are willing to actually go against him in any r...
- Tue Sep 05, 2023 6:12 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: List of submissions to the 96th Academy Awards for Best International Film
- Replies: 23
- Views: 59168
Re: List of submissions to the 96th Academy Awards for Best International Film
Hamaguchi's film doesn't release in Japan within the eligibility window so was not eligible here, but should be next year. (Although from what I've read, I question whether they'll submit it then.)
- Sat Aug 26, 2023 6:18 pm
- Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
- Topic: Best Picture and Director 1972
- Replies: 49
- Views: 11205
Re: Best Picture and Director 1972
It sounds like The Emigrants benefited from a longer release window but we're lucky that even made it in (I assume, I haven't seen it yet). It is really great in my opinion! It and The New Land are pretty impossible to separate in my mind, and if you ever get a chance to watch them in pretty close ...
- Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:58 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: New Developments III
- Replies: 2992
- Views: 790693
Re: New Developments III
"Michael Burry has predicted 12 of the last 2 crashes."Sabin wrote: ↑Mon Aug 21, 2023 12:57 pm Michael Burry just bet $1.6 billion on a stock market crash
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/15/investin ... index.html
--Someone on Twitter
- Sat Aug 19, 2023 2:26 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: New Developments III
- Replies: 2992
- Views: 790693
Re: New Developments III
I mainly mean that a large part of his personality has been based on things like medical/vaccine conspiracy theories, which a large segment of the MAGA crowd is super into, and on trying to establish himself as a populist, anti-establishment outsider. (Although he's not, as a Kennedy.)
- Sat Aug 19, 2023 7:31 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: New Developments III
- Replies: 2992
- Views: 790693
Re: New Developments III
I think that one thing in Ramaswamay's favor is that he came in kind of unknown, at least to the masses; didn't come in with years of Trump associations like Pence or Haley. Doesn't have the issue of having taken a stance against Trump like Will Hurd or Christie (again) Pence. Hasn't built his whole...
- Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:52 pm
- Forum: The People
- Topic: R.I.P. William Friedkin
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3300
Re: R.I.P. William Friedkin
His Twelve Angry Men , which wasn't a play originally, but of course has been staged many times since the Lumet film was released, never leaves the courthouse, unlike Lumet's film which ends on the courthouse steps. He makes good use of that juror room. I prefer his film to Lumet's, although I do li...
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 7:31 pm
- Forum: The People
- Topic: R.I.P. William Friedkin
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3300
Re: R.I.P. William Friedkin
In my research on Coppola (now the earliest surviving Best Director winner), Friedkin has emerged as an interesting supporting character/antagonist to Coppola through that 70's run. Their careers paralleled each other's in interesting ways. He was considered for the directing job that Coppola ultima...