What movies have you seen recently?

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Monsters University

Prequel to Monster's Inc. Mike and Sully meet for the first time at the university to become Scarers.

That's right - typo on my part.

"Through A Glass Darkly" by Ingmar Bergman - a writer distances himself from the pain of his daughter's mental illness by examining it coldly. The film was well written and acted, but it didn't really do much for me. Having rarely dealt with mental illness myself, I often find it hard to know what to make of characters who are hallucinating. I'd probably be a bit like the father in this film and deal with it by being coldly objective.

"A Boring Afternoon" by Ivan Passer - old men sit around at a bar talking about futball and complaining about the younger generation. This is a mildly amusing 13 minute short subject. If it were any longer, I don't think I could have sat through it. Nothing much to say about this one.

"Chafed Elbows" by Robert Downey Sr. - The IMDb description reads "A welfare recipient marries his mother." Which does actually describe the film to some extent. The Hulu description claims that it "has something ot offend everyone" which is usually my description of "Forbidden Zone". Anyway, this film is comprised mostly of stills and follows the main character through various absurd encounters. I enjoyed it a lot, but I like rather offbeat films.

A bit of a mix:

Superman III - Never saw it all the way through til this week. Maybe I shouldn't have watched it..

Flatliners - Found a scene where Keither Sutherland was technically dead and being pounded in the chest by Kevin Bacon more funny than I should have.

The Running Man - Have to watch this one every year. Junkfood Sci Fi!

The Bridges of Madison County

Clint Eastwood movie where he stars as a photographer who comes into the life of a housewife while her family is away for four days during the 1960s.

"The Silence" by Ingmar Bergman - two sisters, one with her 9 year old son, travel by train through a part of Europe either still at war or just getting over it. One sister is sexually adventurous and the other is intellectual and sickly. They quarrel with each other and the boy watches. I had a hard time getting into this film. Maybe it shows in my description, but I can't say I really had a clue what was going on. I wouldn't say this is necessarily a bad film, it just was dealing with issues I have no connection to.

I recently watched Captain Phillips. It was the most badass move I have ever seen. Everyone reading this should go watch it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Phillips_(film)

Rear Window

Hitchcock movie where a photographer who is wheelcheer bound with a bad leg spies on his neighbors from his window and becomes convinced one of them has murdered his wife.

Carrie ver. 2013 just this Halloween. It was awesome!

Horror of Dracula (1958) and Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Even though both films were only about 80 minutes long, they managed to keep my interest throughout the whole films. I liked the acting especially from Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. The supporting cast were also good. The sets were fantastic to look at. Overall, I liked both of these films alot.

End of Days (1999)

Horror thriller starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as an alcoholic and retired ex cop that must protect a young woman (Robin Tunney) from Satan (Gabriel Byrne) with New Years Eve quickly approaching. If Satan succeeds in consummating with this woman, the world will end.

It's not an Oscar-worthy flick, just switch your brain off and enjoy.

I had just moved into an apartment in downtown Los Angeles when this film was shot (L.A. Was being used as a stand in for New York) they were shooting some scenes with helicopters and a lot of machine gun fire over thanksgivings day weekend. I remember it was quite loud.

When the film was released, it played in the theatre which was the bottom floor of my building (the Million Dollar Theatre at 3rd and Broadway - visible in "Blade Runner" across the street when Pris first meets J.F Sabation). It's the only film I ever saw in that theatre (usually it was used as a church or closed due to safety violations) Anyway, the experience of watching the film was made immeasurably better by the fact that it had Spanish subtitles.

I agree, you really don't want your brain turned on while watching it.

City Slickers

After a man has a mid-life crisis, he goes on a cattle drive vacation with his two friends.

I'll take your word for it then, at least you got to experience a lot of booms and bangs

Django Unchained (2012)

Quentin Tarantino's Academy Award winning western during the antebellum era of the Old West about Jamie Foxx's freed slave, who treks across the country with Christopher Waltz's scene-stealing dentist/bounty hunter to rescue his wife from Leonardo DiCaprio's cruel and maverick plantation owner.

To put it mildly: Absolutely awesome, Waltz steals each and every scene with his charismatic one-liners and even Samuel L. Jackson shines as a house slave faking an injury until the finale.

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City Slickers II

One year later, Mitch finds a treasure map in Curly's hat and seek to find the buried treasure with his brother and his friend Phil.

Ender's Game

Brilliant sci-fi movie with Harrison Ford as a military official overseeing a military training school for unusually smart children.

The title character is sent to a "Battle School" in outer space where he trains with other children, but is often bullied by other trainees for being the youngest of his siblings and for having a high IQ.

Despite the movie being adapted from Orson Scott Card's 1985 novel, you will NOT regret buying a ticket for "Ender's Game."
Just sit back and enjoy this movie.