Movie Recommendations - not necessarily too hot

I liked "Land" about a woman escaping her grief and the world by moving to a remote cabin. The fact that someone came to teach her the skills she needed was a bit too convenient. But Robin Wright is such a good actress that it all worked for me.

 

Appreciate it. I'm fine. Mild case and I'm fortunate to be able to take time off and work from home.

 

I really, really liked Licorice Pizza. The two leads are first time leads (Philip Seymour Hoffman's son and one of the sisters from the music group Haim) and they are great. The cameos are fun, especially Bradley Cooper.

Another slice of life film I enjoyed was C'Mon C'Mon. Joaquin Phoenix is excellent as usual and see if you can figure out where you know the actress from who plays his sister? It took me a few minutes as she looked familiar.

Other favorites from the year:
Get Back (probably my #1)
Dune
Pig
Power of the Dog
The Green Knight
Riders of Justice
Sparks Brothers
CODA
The Last Duel

 

That is the third time I have seen someone recommend Licorice Pizza. Will have to watch it.

What did you think of The Green Knight?

 

I loved it. It was one of those "building" type of films as I was unsure of where it was going at the beginning. Good ole fashioned fable.

 

I liked the Green Knight, but people I know who are real dorks about the poem hated it. I thought it was faithful enough while being a little weird and interesting.

 

Sometimes my favorite movie flip flops between Dumb And Dumber and Snatch.

If you've never seen Snatch, give it a watch.

 

I had no idea what to expect or anything about it. For the most part (unless I'm familiar with source material), that's how I like to watch movies. No trailers for me.

 

I knew it was an A24 movie going in, so it was going to have an art house vibe.

 

Bring this thread back for the Oscars. Anyone have new recommendations?

 

Mentioned it on the Oscar thread, so this is repetition, but loved The Worst Person in the World (Norwegian - streaming), Bergman Island and I’m Your Man (German), both on Hulu, and thought that Windfall that dropped on Netflix last weekend was solid

 

Also daughter told me a lot of industry buzz to see how this does and what it draws. Wide release April 8. Lot of love in the industry but unsure it will sell. 96% RT

Everything Everywhere All at Once: release date, reviews, trailer, cast and everything we know about the Michelle Yeoh movie

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture...m_term=2022-03-25T11:01:56&utm_source=twitter

 

Already weighed in on Licorice Pizza, my fave of the year. Not usually a "feel good movie" guy but CODA was irresistible and stayed with me for days. Saw Free Guy about a month ago. That was a lot of fun. Binged on Paul Thomas Anderson movies after we saw Licorice Pizza. Watched West Side Story Friday night. Didn't connect with it at all. Saw Belfast last night and really enjoyed it didn't leave the kind of after-glow I got from CODA and Licorice Pizza.

Saw this trailer at the Music Box Theater when I went to see Licorice Pizza. Looks fun.

 

I really enjoyed:
Licorice Pizza - Rented on Vudu
Mitchels Vs the Machines - Netflix
Turning Red - HBOMax
Antlers - Movies Anywhere(bought)(HBOMax)
Last Night in SoHo - Movies Anywhere(bought)(HULU)
The Last Duel - Movies Anywhere(bought)(HBOMax)
The Harder They Fall - Netflix
The Power Of The Dog - Netflix

 

I just saw Sandra Bullocks new one “Lost City”. I recommend. Very amusing with some lol scenes. Good date movie.

 

We saw that today. Formula, but entertaining

 

I have gotten into movies that have historical components. The following are movies and series that I’ve watched recently and really enjoyed. They aren’t necessarily recently made. Some are with subtitles.

Movies
Blood and Glory - Boer prisoners of British in Boer war

The Beast of War - Soviet tank in Afghanistan

Beneath Hill 60 - Australian miners become WWI sappers

Into the White - two WWII British and two German airman have to survive together in Norwegian frozen wasteland

Ali and Nino - Azerbaijanis wanting to be free as Bolsheviks attack

Kodachrome - father and son travels to last Kodachrome processing lab (Ed Harris and Jason Sudeikis)

Copenhagen - imagined meeting of the ghosts of physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg to discuss the real meeting they had during WWII (Stephen Rea and Daniel Craig)

Shershaah - Indian soldier in Kashmir; a little propagandistic

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain - true story of famous painter who made cats acceptable as pets as he went crazy (B Cumberbatch)

Series
Valley of Tears - Yom Kippur war

The forgotten army - WWII Indian soldiers captured by Japanese at fall of Singapore equipped by Japanese to free India from British

Our Boys - hunting killers of Palestinian boy

Zodiac - hunting zodiac killer

Fauda - Israeli undercover police track down Palestinian terrorists

Prisoners of War - Israeli captives return home

 

@phatGator, what are you using to watch these movies? Are you streaming them?

 

Yes, I’m streaming these. I always start with Prime Firestick and search there. Some of these are on prime itself, and sometimes Prime sends me to Netflix, Hulu, HBO max, or one of other apps like IMDb, Tubi, and Pluto. The latter ones are free but have commercials.

I forgot a few from my recent list:
A Street Cat Named Bob - man saved by cat

Counterpart - The same people in parallel dimensions

The journey - the meeting of IRA and Ulster leaders that led to peace in Northern Ireland

 

Finally watched Ford vs Ferrari. Really dug it. I got a big kick of the Henry Ford character.