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Sat Nov 05, 2022 8:58 am
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Since I'm practically a walking IMDB, I have a few.
Favorite movie: Jurassic Park Other favs: SW OT, The Martian, 13 Hours, Top Gun: Maverick, Aliens, Molly's Game, Sicario, Man on Fire, Lions for Lambs (underrated, imo)
Great Scenes: Self-fight in Fight Club The making fun of Michael Bay scenes in Hot Fuzz Birth scene in A Quiet Place Chevelle chase in Jack Reacher Batman saving Martha in Batman v Superman Heath Ledger's monologues as Joker The opening background story in Molly's Game Mel Gibson's "comforting talk" in front of the TV in Signs Are you not entertained from Gladiator The time-travel argument in Avengers Endgame (I think it went over most people's heads)
My favorite writer is Aaron Sorkin, so anything by him I find really good.
I love catching really great shots from directors/DP that are subtle and most people don't get. Wife & I watched The English last weekend and when Emily Blunt is talking to Ciaran Hinds, the camera angles move at a particular point of dialogue, changing the shadows on the faces. I'm over the "long cut" shots or movies that do it (Bushwick/1917), since you can tell when a new shot happens.
Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:55 am
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Then, disaster struck. After legal battles over controversial copyright issues, NBC acquired control of the film in 1994. Since then, NBC has twisted the screws tight. Not only is no one else permitted to televise the film, but NBC usually only screens it once a year—on Christmas Eve, riddled with so many commercials that people are discouraged from watching.
Sun Dec 25, 2022 6:17 am
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What if we made a movie starring just character actors?
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Cast: James Garner - Jason McCullough Joan Hackett - Prudy Perkins Walter Brennan - Pa Danby Harry Morgan - Olly Perkins Jack Elam - Jake Henry Jones - Henry Jackson Bruce Dern - Joe Danby Willis Bouchey - Thomas Devery Gene Evans - Tom Danby Walter Burke - Fred Johnson Dick Peabody - Luke Danby Chubby Johnson - Brady Kathleen Freeman - Mrs. Danvers
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The Man Between (also known as Berlin Story) is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Carol Reed and starring James Mason, Claire Bloom and Hildegard Knef. The screenplay concerns a British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin, who is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.[3]
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