PrattRules wrote:I just need to see Chicago, Terms of Endearment, and The Last Emperor and I'll have crossed off every best picture winner from 1975-current.

Also, i watched Unbreakable last night. It was quite good. Will check out Split soon.

the list starts at 1927 bub

Big Short was also nominated for Best Picture lmao gtfo

His list starts at 1975. Pay attention, Bucky.

Uncle Milty wrote:Watched 12 Angry Men first time ever when I couldn't sleep last night. Didn't realize how recognizable the cast is.

heard the Russian remake is pretty cool

Chicago is enjoyable. I like the songs.

Catherine zeta bone

PTOITWCFTPP wrote:Fantastic Beasts was not good.

Yes, it was.

Phred wrote:

PTOITWCFTPP wrote:Fantastic Beasts was not good.

Yes, it was.

Whatever became of Siskel & Ebert

I actually liked the first TMNT but the second one was really shitty

the kid Calogero in A Bronx Tale is a way better actor than the teenage Calogero. The latter seemed very wooden

unrelated but Who Framed Roger Rabbit still holds up as a masterpiece

Napalm wrote:the kid Calogero in A Bronx Tale is a way better actor than the teenage Calogero. The latter seemed very wooden

He also failed to learn the lessons that his character learned

In December 2005, Brancato was charged with second-degree murder for his role in a burglary in the Bronx, New York in which an off-duty police officer, Daniel Enchautegui, confronted two burglars and was killed in a shootout. Brancato was subsequently acquitted of murder, but was convicted of first-degree attempted burglary and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was released on parole on December 31, 2013. Co-defendant Steven Armento was convicted of firing the fatal shot in a separate trial and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Just saw the big short on Netflix streaming. 4 stars. Marisa tomei is looking good as she matures.

Some strange, good, but strange movies were made in the '70s. Among them was Winter Kills (1979), a black 'comedy' (definitely not "ha ha" funny, and eerily prescient seen from our current circumstances) loosely organized around a mashup of Kennedy conspiracy theories. John Huston in the Joe Kennedy role (and basically reprising the same patriarch who raised - and razed - Faye Dunaway in Chinatown), Jeff Bridges as Bobby/Teddy/all other Kennedys, and a supporting cast that includes Tony Perkins, Eli Wallach, Sterling Hayden, Ralph Meeker, Richard Boone, and Liz Taylor in a bit part - uncredited! - as a sort of mid-century Pearl Mesta.

But none of that is the strange part. The strange part is that the movie was produced by two drug dealers who found themselves behind on accounts due to mafia lenders to such an extent that one of them was murdered by said mobsters midway through the film's production.

Needless to say that brought production to a halt, and it took two more years for interested & presumably drug-free parties to round up the necessary dough to complete the already waaaaaaaay over-budget film.

It's not any participant's greatest work (but not anyone's worst), it was directed by a guy who never made anything else of note (William Richert, who did portray "Bob" in My Own Private Idaho), and probably was out of synch with its time given that production, uhm, hiccup. Strange, watchable, very much of the '70s.

Get Out was cool. Overrated but not bad. Liked the main dude, hope we see more of him

Logan was incredible. Hugh Jackman in the Last of Us movie please.

really liked Prometheus

Warszawa wrote:really liked Prometheus

Whoa I just finished this. Hadn't seen it in years. Ready for Covenant

Cruise confirmed Top Gun 2 will begin filming sometime in the next year. Hope it doesn't suck!

Baywatch is terrible but it's funny and all the hot people are in it. That's a net positive review