Watching
My last 10 watched from Letterboxd.
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THX 1138
Visually interesting but otherwise tedious to sit through, even with its short run time. Fully expected a tie fighter to appear in the last shot.
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War Machine
Elements of several great sci-fi movies mashed up into a fairly bland, CG-heavy mess. Ritchson has great 80s action hero energy but even his broad shoulders can't carry this thing.
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Stand Up Solutions
Exactly the kind of unhinged performance art/stand up you'd expect from Conner O'Malley if you've seen him in literally anything else. Some great material spoofing the AI craze ahead of its time.
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BlackBerry
Revisiting this after Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie and enjoyed it even more this time around. I feel like people slept on this, largely because who gives a shit about BlackBerry? Glenn Howerton’s unhinged performance is the highlight but there’s a lot of great work here from the ensemble, including Matt Johnson. I remember being like “who is this guy?” the first time I watched this and was surprised to learn he also directed it. After NTBTSTM, Johnson has become someone who I need to see everything he’s ever done and will do. “I’m from Waterloo, where the vampires hang out!”
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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
A wildly fun and inventive adventure about the power of friendship. Guaranteed to leave you with a grin and wondering how the hell they pulled it off. Truly a work of mad genius.
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
I found this to be kind of a bore even though I enjoyed Tim Roth, Gary Oldman and Richard Dreyfuss. There are some funny bits but overall it’s a little dry and at the end of the day I’m just not well versed enough in Shakespeare to appreciate the finer points. Though having just watched Hamnet recently I did do a Leo pointing at the TV when they acted out the climax of Hamlet. Fun seeing two Game of Thrones actors from their younger days, too.
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Send Help
This is Cast Away except Wilson is a real piece of shit. (But also Tom Hanks is a real piece of shit.) There’s not a single likable character in this entire movie, including Rachel McAdams, who somehow gets more attractive the longer she is stranded. Still, I had a lot of fun. The execution of the premise is great and Sam Raimi’s signature flourishes add a lot to the mix. There were several moments where I was straight up cackling in the theater. Solid.
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The Outfit
Pretty run-of-the-mill crime/revenge movie but Duvall is fun to watch as Macklin. Great name. MACKLIN.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
RIP to Robert Duvall who is in this for a hot second. This was one of his most popular movies that I hadn’t seen and, well, ok. Not sure what everyone was so paranoid about in the 70s but this is a pretty solid thriller with a fun cast. It runs a little long but that last shot is amazing.
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Harold and Maude
Delightfully charming. Had a lot of fun with this and particularly laughed my ass off at Harold’s third date. Felt like Wes Anderson owes his whole schtick to this movie.