What movies have you seen recently?

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Mockingjay

Alien Nation (1988)

At the moment I'm watching a documentary on Amazon called "Neurotypical". There's some Aspies on it explaining to NT's their thoughts on small talk, not being able to recognize social cues, etc. It's an hour long and I have about 30 min left. Very interesting.

"Punchline"----Tom Hanks, Sally Field, John Goodman, Daman Wayans----not bad.....

(AllMovie)

I've never even heard of this movie. Is this a matter of a formerly well known actor making second rate films in his latter years, or is it actually good?

It's somewhat low-budget and I think it went straight to video here, but it certainly isn't second rate. I bought it because I like heist movies and I saw that there was one starring Brendan Fraser and Colm Meaney selling for $5 on eBay, and I couldn't resist. Reading this review of the Blu-ray, in which the critic gave it a 4 out of 5, didn't hurt my decision.

I wasn't expecting too much, but it was a pleasant surprise. It's not really a heist movie per se; it's a semi-comical farce involving American and Irish gangsters in which everything goes absurdly wrong for everyone involved. It vaguely resembles Guy Ritchie's crime flicks, but In Bruges may be a better comparison, both in budget and tone.

The title and cover art are misleading; they make it seem like a gritty action drama, but the original title and poster reflect the film more accurately:



It's nothing you need to trip over yourself to see, but I'd certainly recommend it, especially if you like the movies I compared it to. Not as good as In Bruges, but in the same league at least.

Rear Window

Last night
RiffTrax doing Snarknado 2 via live streaming.

Funny funny funny

The Babadook

ba BA-ba DOOK! DOOK! DOOK!

"If it's in a word, or it's in a book, you can't get rid of the BABADOOK."

Slow West.

A young man from Scotland travels through the American west in order to meet the woman, named Rose - who he has never met - but believes he loves. Early on, he becomes acquainted with an outlaw (MIchael Fassbender), who offers to lead him for pay to find his lady love. Unknown to him, the outlaw is after the bounties on the heads of Rose and her father. And worst, there are other men of violence who also want to collect on the reward.
Very good western.

Splice

(IMDb)

Kiss Me Deadly

I love the title. Anyway, I watched it last night on Turner Classic Movies. A delightful romp of thugs, women, beautiful convertibles, mystery, and murder, or as I prefer it, "moyda." A 1955 film noir film featuring Mike Hammer. Unfortunately, I fell asleep, but I recorded it, so I'll have to watch that the last half hour today. The movie didn't put me to sleep. It was just a long exhausting day.

"Don't stand too close to the window, or someone might blow you a kiss." (pssst. the kiss is a bullet!)

Minions

If you see it, stay to the very end. I did not see it in 3D, but I could tell that the makers were having fun with the 3D at the very end.

national treasure book of shadows.