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Not sure if it's been mentioned here and a year old by now, but just watched Operation Odessa documentary on Netflix and 100% recommend
 
Watched an "odd" movie over the weekend, "War On Everyone". It didn't have much of a plot, the main characters were over-the-top corrupt cops whose only merit was that they weren't as nasty as the villains, there was no actual redeeming message, and it should've resulted in a feeling of a wasted 90 minutes, but somehow it was, at points, enjoyable viewing.

Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Peña are the corrupt cop leads. Skarsgård's character appears to be a loner with no moral center while Peña's character drops deep thoughts and trivia into conversations throughout, some of which provides the laugh content. Peña is married and apparently loves his wife who knows and apparently accepts, if not roots on, the corruption. The whole premise is ridiculous, the weak plot has gigantic holes and needless diversions that had me scratching my head as to what the relevance was, and I almost stopped watching a couple of times in the first hour, but by the end I realized I kinda like the two leads and what ends up being their blended family of victims and reformed hoodlums that they've taken to heart.

It grossed less than million worldwide when originally released. Based on Rotten Tomatoes scores, critics seemed to like it (61%) more than the general audience (37%).
 
Mano said:
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Dove said:
Point Blank (2019) - Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo and Marcia Gay Harden star in this crazy pursuit movie where bad guys are chased by good cops and bad cops.

Worth a watch.
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Is this the remake of the original?
 
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Wander (2020). New movie starring Aaron Eckhart, Tommy Lee Jones, Kate Winnick (swoon) and Heather Graham. This is billed as a thriller. But it is far from ordinary. Set in a small town in west Texas. Eckhart is superb as a former homicide detective who is really no longer exactly sane. How sane is or isn't he? Well that we don't know. There was an accident that left his wife non-functional and killed their daughter. Now he and Jones run a conspiracy theory podcast. Have they hit on something legit? Well, that is a big part of the story. Eckhart investigates, and it's quite fascinating to watch a guy who clearly knows how to investigate do so while being a hyper-paranoid, drug using conspiracy nut. What's real? What's not real? Is he an "unreliable narrator"?

Overall I enjoyed this, despite the heavy dose of weird. My wife probably found the weird a little too much. I'd give it a 3/4. The acting is quite good. Kate Winnick is worth a half a star just standing still on camera.
 
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Wander (2020). New movie starring Aaron Eckhart, Tommy Lee Jones, Kate Winnick (swoon) and Heather Graham. This is billed as a thriller. But it is far from ordinary. Set in a small town in west Texas. Eckhart is superb as a former homicide detective who is really no longer exactly sane. How sane is or isn't he? Well that we don't know. There was an accident that left his wife non-functional and killed their daughter. Now he and Jones run a conspiracy theory podcast. Have they hit on something legit? Well, that is a big part of the story. Eckhart investigates, and it's quite fascinating to watch a guy who clearly knows how to investigate do so while being a hyper-paranoid, drug using conspiracy nut. What's real? What's not real? Is he an "unreliable narrator"?

Overall I enjoyed this, despite the heavy dose of weird. My wife probably found the weird a little too much. I'd give it a 3/4. The acting is quite good. Kate Winnick is worth a half a star just standing still on camera.
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The Sound of Metal (2020) - Riz Ahmed stars in this really good movie. Pretty much in every scene and is really intense from start to finish in the 2 hours+ movie that is mostly a slow burn but doesn't drag.

He, a drummer, and his girlfriend (Olivia Cooke [Bates Motel]) are in small band touring in a sweet Airstream RV. Then, in an instant he loses 75% of his hearing. Then, all of it. He ends up on a property where deaf people live, learn and just exist happily. But not Riz, he wants cochlear implants so he can get back at it with his gf, who left him to go to Paris to live with dad. She left for his own good.

He ends up liking the deaf community for a while but sells all stuff to get the surgery and for some reason thought he was going to hear clearly. The sound of metal is the scratchy tinny sound of sounds through the implants.

Riz Ahmed's acting carries this film along with the guy who leads the deaf community.
 
The First Texan (1956) - What a boring night for me as I spruce up some cover letters.

Jack McCrae stars as Sam Houston who leads a rag tag group of Texans against Mexican armed forces.

It appears there are many historical inaccuracies. A slow burn but still kind of an interesting watch. Was on True Grit. The killer was commercial time seemed to equal movie time.

And some actress named Felicia Farr. Never heard of but WOWZA!!!!!!!!!
 
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Dove said:
The First Texan (1956) - What a boring night for me as I spruce up some cover letters.

Jack McCrae stars as Sam Houston who leads a rag tag group of Texans against Mexican armed forces.

It appears there are many historical inaccuracies. A slow burn but still kind of an interesting watch. Was on True Grit. The killer was commercial time seemed to equal movie time.

And some actress named Felicia Farr. Never heard of but WOWZA!!!!!!!!!
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I looked her up. She was in 3:10 to Yuma which I saw a long time ago but I don't remember it. Of course I just looked up that movie and I guess I saw the modern version with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale.
 
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November Man (2014). This movie was on Hulu, stars Pierce Brosnan in what is for him, his usual role. He's a CIA field agent Peter Devereaux , semi-retired. Before retiring, he trains some new guy. A bunch of stuff happens, which causes Brosnan to leave a gorgeous lakeside in Switzerland to go help get an agent out of Moscow. This is a very personal mission for him, it's a woman who is important to him. Do they explain how? No, not really. It all revolves around some new guy who is about to become the Russian President, and getting leverage on him. A woman played by the absolutely stunning Olga Kurylenko is the key to all of that. Who has to stop Peter Devereaux? The guy he trained of course. The story is utterly implausible and based on some absurd premises about the ability to control people. That said, it isn't completely awful. I was excited to see one of my personal favorites, the insanely cute Eliza Taylor (from The 100) make an appearance. I'll give this 2/4.
 
HuskyHawk said:
November Man (2014). This movie was on Hulu, stars Pierce Brosnan in what is for him, his usual role. He's a CIA field agent Peter Devereaux , semi-retired. Before retiring, he trains some new guy. A bunch of stuff happens, which causes Brosnan to leave a gorgeous lakeside in Switzerland to go help get an agent out of Moscow. This is a very personal mission for him, it's a woman who is important to him. Do they explain how? No, not really. It all revolves around some new guy who is about to become the Russian President, and getting leverage on him. A woman played by the absolutely stunning Olga Kurylenko is the key to all of that. Who has to stop Peter Devereaux? The guy he trained of course. The story is utterly implausible and based on some absurd premises about the ability to control people. That said, it isn't completely awful. I was excited to see one of my personal favorites, the insanely cute Eliza Taylor (from The 100) make an appearance. I'll give this 2/4.
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Speaking of Pierce Brosnan, he's had the chops for light comedy since he first hit it big in Remington Steele. He can certainly play the debonair leading man. But, his later career comedic role choices have been pretty danged good, even in smaller roles like Eurovision, Mamma Mia and The World's End. But my all time favorite Brosnan role is The Matador, where he went completely against type as the foulest, rudest, crudest, sloppy drunk hitman to ever hit the big screen. The plot is basically a businessman (Greg Kinnear) needs to make a sale to save his company. He meets a hitman (Brosnan), they get drunk and a plan hatches to eliminate the competition. The movie has its flaws (and Greg Kinnear is most of them as I found him less than convincing with his moral dilemma), but I still highly recommend it for Brosnan's over-the-top performance (one of his two Golden Globe nominations).
 
The Croods: A New Age - Good one for the kids. Colorful, snappy, humorous enough to keep anyone's attention. Are we in a golden age for kid's movies? I think so. Very few of the high profile, big budget, big studio flicks are egregiously bad, or even dull.

Underwater - Have a fun drinking game with this one. Drink every time Kristen Stewart lets out a big exasperated sigh while pensively taking her head into her hands. You won't make it past the 45 min mark. Everything was adequate, nothing more. Director William Eubank's (The Signal) career trajectory could go any which way. He's got a visual style that's appealing enough but the two movies of his I've seen are hollow and unremarkable.

Happiest Season - I guess this is the Kristen Stewart review edition. I'm not sure why anyone could cast Stewart in any role requiring even a modicum of charm. The entire movie is complete fluff but it could've been exponentially more enjoyable if one of the two leads (the supporting cast was competent enough) could emote more than some snarky emo glares.

Extra Ordinary - A bit of a quirky and slow start to go along with the extremely dry humor shouldn't deter you from enjoying this charmingly silly supernatural flick. It builds a good momentum by the second half.

Logan Lucky - I do love a good heist flick and this fit the bill, not sure why it took me so long to get around to it. My only issue is that Soderbergh has this surgical precision to his filmmaking that at once seems like a perfect fit for the heist films he seems to enjoy making while also ironically taking some of the suspense and tension out of them. The stakes never seemed in doubt, which makes it feel like the FBI agent postscript wrinkle was glaringly tacked on just so everything wasn't so neat and tidy.
 
storrsroars said:
Speaking of Pierce Brosnan, he's had the chops for light comedy since he first hit it big in Remington Steele. He can certainly play the debonair leading man. But, his later career comedic role choices have been pretty danged good, even in smaller roles like Eurovision, Mamma Mia and The World's End. But my all time favorite Brosnan role is The Matador, where he went completely against type as the foulest, rudest, crudest, sloppy drunk hitman to ever hit the big screen. The plot is basically a businessman (Greg Kinnear) needs to make a sale to save his company. He meets a hitman (Brosnan), they get drunk and a plan hatches to eliminate the competition. The movie has its flaws (and Greg Kinnear is most of them as I found him less than convincing with his moral dilemma), but I still highly recommend it for Brosnan's over-the-top performance (one of his two Golden Globe nominations).
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I'll have to rewatch The Matador.
The Thomas Crown Affair was a fun movie. No Escape with Owen Wilson and Lake Bell was an intriguing movie with Pierce playing a good role.
 
If you haven't seen it already, add "The Foreigner" to your list of Pierce Brosnan movies. Stars opposite Jackie Chan. No humor at all, deadly cat and mouse game between two men who are more than they initially appear.
 
Sicario (2015) - Finally saw this movie for the first time. Why are drug cartel movies so gripping?

Emily Blunt is excellent. Benicio Del Toro is a stealth, emotionless machine. I kept looking for a funny scene with Pierce Brosnan but it never came.

Great movie.
 
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Dove said:
The First Texan (1956) - What a boring night for me as I spruce up some cover letters.

Jack McCrae stars as Sam Houston who leads a rag tag group of Texans against Mexican armed forces.

It appears there are many historical inaccuracies. A slow burn but still kind of an interesting watch. Was on True Grit. The killer was commercial time seemed to equal movie time.

And some actress named Felicia Farr. Never heard of but WOWZA!!!!!!!!!
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Kolumbo said:
I looked her up. She was in 3:10 to Yuma which I saw a long time ago but I don't remember it. Of course I just looked up that movie and I guess I saw the modern version with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale.
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The original "3:10 to Yuma", starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin is one of my favorite westerns. I've seen it a bunch of times, and to me it is a must see movie. In the original "3:10 to Yuma" Felicia Farr plays a bartender who attracts the attention of outlaw Ford, and she does quite well with that role, no question about it. Like Ben Wade, the character Glenn Ford plays, you take notice of her.

The remake with Russell Crowe is a good film, but to me it is not in the same class of the original. The remake tries to flesh out a story that really doesn't need fleshing out. The original movie is a spare bare bones story that is very to the point.
 
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Dove said:
Sicario (2015) - Finally saw this movie for the first time. Why are drug cartel movies so gripping?

Emily Blunt is excellent. Benicio Del Toro is a stealth, emotionless machine. I kept looking for a funny scene with Pierce Brosnan but it never came.

Great movie.
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Please let this be an attempt to start a "funny scene with Pierce Brosnan" meme and not you mistaking Josh Brolin for Brosnan.

Unfortunately, the followup, "SIcario: Day of the Soldado", wasn't nearly as gripping, and was even less humorless.
 
dbmill said:
The original "3:10 to Yuma", starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin is one of my favorite westerns. I've seen it a bunch of times, and to me it is a must see movie. In the original "3:10 to Yuma" Felicia Farr plays a bartender who attracts the attention of outlaw Ford, and she does quite well with that role, no question about it. Like Ben Wade, the character Glenn Ford plays, you take notice of her.

The remake with Russell Crowe is a good film, but to me it is not in the same class of the original. The remake tries to flesh out a story that really doesn't need fleshing out. The original movie is a spare bare bones story that is very to the point.
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Thinking about it, the original "3:10 to Yuma" may be my favorite western that was not directed by John Ford, Howard Hawks, or Sergio Leone.
 
Mano said:
Logan Lucky - I do love a good heist flick and this fit the bill, not sure why it took me so long to get around to it. My only issue is that Soderbergh has this surgical precision to his filmmaking that at once seems like a perfect fit for the heist films he seems to enjoy making while also ironically taking some of the suspense and tension out of them. The stakes never seemed in doubt, which makes it feel like the FBI agent postscript wrinkle was glaringly tacked on just so everything wasn't so neat and tidy.
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That's a sharp write-up, and I agree that the "stakes never seemed in doubt". But I was rooting for the good guys so much I didn't mind.
 
dbmill said:
The original "3:10 to Yuma", starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin is one of my favorite westerns. I've seen it a bunch of times, and to me it is a must see movie. In the original "3:10 to Yuma" Felicia Farr plays a bartender who attracts the attention of outlaw Ford, and she does quite well with that role, no question about it. Like Ben Wade, the character Glenn Ford plays, you take notice of her.

The remake with Russell Crowe is a good film, but to me it is not in the same class of the original. The remake tries to flesh out a story that really doesn't need fleshing out. The original movie is a spare bare bones story that is very to the point.
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Originally, Mangold wanted to cast Kid Rock as the unredeemable bad guy played by Ben Foster. I think that might have been interesting. I enjoyed both versions.
 
Wander (2020) - Wow. I'm thinking Eckhart is Oscar worthy here. What a mind-blowing performance. See HuskyHawk's write-up on this one. My wife checked out on it, tho. But not me.

Crazy end-of-movie realty twisting going on.
 
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I think I saw "Firefox" when it was first released (1977), but I would've been fairly young. I've seen it once or twice since then, but it's been a long time. Holds up fairly well considering how old it is. Clint Eastwood stars and directs. He's a hotshot Vietnam War pilot suffering from PTSD. Recruited on an intelligence mission to steal a new state of the art fighter jet from Russia. Fairly tense throughout. Just getting to the plane was long odds with a lot of people putting their life on the line, and then it was really just starting. It's probably worth revisiting one a decade or so.


edit--what the heck, I swear I saw 1977 somewhere, but it came out in 1982. That makes a lot more sense, it would've been more age appropriate for me to see it in theaters at that time.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
I think I saw "Firefox" when it was first released (1977), but I would've been fairly young. I've seen it once or twice since then, but it's been a long time. Holds up fairly well considering how old it is. Clint Eastwood stars and directs. He's a hotshot Vietnam War pilot suffering from PTSD. Recruited on an intelligence mission to steal a new state of the art fighter jet from Russia. Fairly tense throughout. Just getting to the plane was long odds with a lot of people putting their life on the line, and then it was really just starting. It's probably worth revisiting one a decade or so.
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I saw it back in the day as well. I remember it being pretty so so. The soundtrack while Eastwood is in the plane is notably bad, if I recall correctly.
 
The Little Things. (2021). Thank you HBO Max for giving me new release movies at no charge. This one stars Denzel Washington and Rami Malek. Jared Leto is good in a supporting role. Denzel is a sheriff‘s deputy out near Bakersfield CA. Malek is a homicide investigator in LA county. Denzel is sent back to his old squad in LA on an evidence run and meets Malek, the new guy doing what he used to do. There is some tension initially and they ask Denzel to accompany them to a crime scene. Things unfold from there as Denzel sees connections with an old case, the one that drove him out. It’s good. Acting is solid all around. Tension holds throughout. I’d give this a solid 3/4 stars.

Radium Girls (2020). Rented for $5. My wife read the book, loved it. She did not like the movie. The core story is true, and compelling. Young women painting watch dials with radium and getting radiation poisoning, and American Radium knew. Read the book. The movie tells that story, sort of. It’s annoyingly supplemented with lots of things not in the book, including, yay, communism, isn’t it wonderful! Yay, black and white people working together against a corrupt government in the 1920s, in New Jersey! Ooh, the Tulsa massacre, let’s bring that in too, if only we were all communists, those kind of atrocities would never happen. And certainly communists never let people become irradiated and cover it up. :rolleyes: Should have been a good movie, but instead became a platform for propaganda. The story itself deserves better. 1.5/4 stars.
 
Rapture-palooza - awful, almost unwatchable, the reason they invented fast forward, zero stars.

 
Palatine said:
Rapture-palooza - awful, almost unwatchable, the reason they invented fast forward, zero stars.

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She‘s so cute though. Something about her.
 
Palatine said:
Rapture-palooza - awful, almost unwatchable, the reason they invented fast forward, zero stars.

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At least it has Anna Kendrick. I remember her from The Accountant.
 
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