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I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
I Saw the TV Glow
7.8 (111 ratings) director: Jane Schoenbrun actor: 贾斯提斯·史密斯 / 布里吉特·伦迪-潘恩 …
other title: 빛나는 TV를 보았다 / El brillo de la televisión …
Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.
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Leptirica (1973) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Leptirica
director: 焦尔杰·卡迪耶维奇 actor: Mirjana Nikolic / Petar Bozovic …
other title: 雌蝴蝶 / 蝴蝶 …
Story follows young man Strahinja who is in love with a local beauty Radojka, but their relationship has an obstacle - her father Zivan, who considers Strahinja as nothing but a loser. To prove that he's able to take care of himself and his future bride, Strahinja agrees to take vacancy in village mill... But, mill is known as a place where no one meets the dawn alive...
Nov. 26, 2024 watched
One of the things I liked most about this was the group of village guys just being village dudes and cracking wise with each other.
And I knew that girl was going to be trouble!
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Bottle Rocket (1996)
Bottle Rocket
6.9 (135 ratings) director: Wes Anderson actor: Owen Wilson / Luke Wilson …
other title: 바틀 로켓 / Roda Livre …
Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a harebrained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that somehow involves his former boss, the (supposedly) legendary Mr. Henry.
Nov. 24, 2024 watched
I was in the mood for something light and familiar and this did the trick. So many good lines said as asides that just kind of happen naturally in reaction to what's happening. It's a good'ne.
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Miller's Crossing (1990) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Miller's Crossing
7.8 (91 ratings) director: 伊桑·科恩 / 乔尔·科恩 actor: 加布里埃尔·伯恩 / 马西娅·盖伊·哈登 …
other title: 米勒的十字路口 / 黑帮龙虎斗(港) …
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Nov. 23, 2024 watched
Within minutes I was hooked and that feeling never left. I really enjoyed this fast-talking tale of double-double-crosses, and I can see how this Coen Bros. film likely influenced season 4 of *Fargo*.
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Gladiator II (2024)
Gladiator II
5.8 (105 ratings) director: Ridley Scott actor: Paul Mescal / Denzel Washington …
other title: 글래디에이터 II / グラディエーターII 英雄を呼ぶ声 …
Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.
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Eyes of Fire (1983) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Eyes of Fire
director: 艾弗里 克努斯 (Avery Crounse) actor: 丹尼斯·利普斯科姆 / 盖伊·博伊德 …
other title: 灵异传奇 / Ojos de fuego …
A preacher is accused of adultery and he and his followers are chased out of town and become stranded in an isolated forest which is haunted by the spirits of long dead Native Americans.
Nov. 17, 2024 watched
Visual effects are charmingly and inconsistently kinda all over the place.
I find the setting compelling and how it allows the story to unfold, especially when dealing with everyone's different levels beliefs.
A fun flick!
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A Real Pain (2024)
A Real Pain
7.3 (157 ratings) director: 杰西·艾森伯格 actor: 杰西·艾森伯格 / 基兰·卡尔金 …
other title: 리얼 페인 / リアル・ペイン〜心の旅〜 …
Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
Nov. 16, 2024 watched
A few really touching moments nestled between some grating ones in a movie that's a tight 90 but feels like a dragging 110.
But then again, I also teared up, so I don't know!
And then I also had to drive to the AMC Forum 30, and those cup holders with that soda? Now *that's* a real pain.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
6.9 (27 ratings) director: 西德尼·吕美特 actor: 菲利普·塞默·霍夫曼 / 伊桑·霍克 …
other title: 当恶魔知道你死前 / 贼兄弟连环劫 …
2007 US film directed by Sidney Lumet
Nov. 14, 2024 watched
I miss Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Marisa Tomei isn't given much to do but gives it her all anyway.
A few strange editing choices.
Ethan Hawke is hit or miss with me, and this one's a miss.
Albert Finney has one reaction to everything that happens and it's just to open his mouth about it.
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Conclave (2024)
Conclave
7.4 (228 ratings) director: 爱德华·贝尔格 actor: 拉尔夫·费因斯 / 斯坦利·图齐 …
other title: 콘클라베 / Konklave …
After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders until the process is complete, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could lead to its downfall.
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Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Eyes of Laura Mars
6.0 (6 ratings) director: 厄文·克什纳 actor: 费·唐纳薇 / 汤米·李·琼斯 …
other title: 神秘眼 / 凶眼 …
A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a killer.
Oct. 27, 2024 watched
While it's missing the visual flair of an Italian Giallo, most of the beats are hit on in this one, and I enjoyed it!
Also, with this and *The Fly* watched this week, I can confirm that the Critterion Channel currently has at least two movies featuring a woman that falls in love with a man who then asks her to kill him.
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Blood and Black Lace (1964) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Sei donne per l'assassino
6.7 (23 ratings) director: 马里奥·巴瓦 actor: 卡梅隆·米切尔 / 伊娃·巴尔托克 …
other title: 血与黑蕾丝 / Sei donne per l'assassino …
Isabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees' many vices, disappears, the masked killer begins killing off all the models in and around the house to find it.
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The Fly (1986)
The Fly
7.4 (245 ratings) director: 大卫·柯南伯格 actor: 杰夫·高布伦 / 吉娜·戴维斯 …
other title: La mosca / Fluen …
When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
Oct. 21, 2024 watched
This movie is quick and efficient and fun. Jeff and Geena are so delightful.
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Hansel and Gretel (2007) IMDb TMDB
Hansel and Gretel
director: 罗伯特·艾格斯 actor: Luke Allison / Isabella Pease …
Based on the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel is a dark and stylized, black and white, German Expressionistic silent picture featuring detailed design and an eerie musical score.
Oct. 19, 2024 watched
Gotta start somewhere.
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