Film 📽️ THE CINEMA LOUNGE

[Enriquespy]

Dang, what a silly, yet fun enough mess was Hellboy 2019. I wish I had seen this when I was 13 and less critical. David Harbour was the best choice made in this movie tho.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Black Narcissus]

 

[Kane52630]

Mckenna Grace's a real one.

 

[Kane52630]

It took me forever to realize this song is not by Trevor Something.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Road House (remake)

I honestly don't know what Gyllenhal is doing with taking some of these roles. His talent is above this, but at the same time if he is going to sleep walk through most of it, he should try better. I don't know. Mcgregor seemed like he had fun and quite frankly! I'm disappointed about Jake not matching his crazy, and we know damn well that he can. This didn't have none of the fun as the original. Patrick Swayze knew what kind of cheesy garbage that was, but he made it fun. This was plain jane, a waste. Eh.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Bald @Kane52630

Hearing great things about Azrael.

 

[Kane52630]

Bald @Kane52630

Hearing great things about Azrael.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Kane52630]

If he was still alive... I wonder what Roger Ebert thinks.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Kane52630]

New month, new four favorites. Considering there are a few action movies in April...

This month: single building/bottle action films

 

[Black Narcissus]

The Greatest Love Story Never Told

Jennifer Lopez making of documentary of her film. I won't see the actual film itself, but this documentary is an incredible rabbit hole into the ego bath of a former popular artist. Yes, memes aside, this is kinda funny to watch. Ben Affleck literally tells us the viewer that this isn't a great idea. He also sighs in a way of defeat and support for his wife-a look that reads as ''What the hell! We survived Gigli'... We can survive anything type face. Also, all them stories about her being awful to ppl I believe after seeing this. There is a moment on here, in which Affleck shows some kind of spark about the filming cameras and gets excited, he tried to explain certain lenses to JLO, but she with a straight face tells him she doesn't care and won't hear it, while walking away. So many poor assistance trying to get her to choose the best texture for mud.

This woman put 20 million of her own money into this and its glorious to watch what a strike out. A strike out in which everyone around her kinda knew it was coming. That booty still lookin' good tho. Eh.

 

[Black Narcissus]

A rewatch.

Hitchcock would approve.

@flickchick85

 

[Kane52630]

Billy Dee Williams Says Actors Should Be Allowed to Wear Blackface

"If you’re an actor, you should do anything you want to do," Williams said during a podcast appearance this week.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Drizzle]

 

[Dr.]

 

[Kane52630]

A pretty good discussion with the CEO of IMAX.

 

[Babillygunn]

Billy Dee Williams Says Actors Should Be Allowed to Wear Blackface

"If you’re an actor, you should do anything you want to do," Williams said during a podcast appearance this week.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

I love Billy Dee Williams. He is one of my all time favorite actors. But even he admits that his family was part of the “black bourgeois” such that he hasn’t experienced as extreme of prejudice as some other African Americans. Maybe this is a topic that he should refrain from as he may have very different experiences from others.

 

[emielaen]

Idk who here would've seen or heard about this, but if you're into weirdo ****, check out Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World by Radu Jude if you can find it somewhere. He's a Romanian madman provocateur. The film is absolutely insane and potent and monumental.

 

[Kane52630]

The conundrum of rating movies.

 

[Kane52630]

Yeah apparently in my world (letteboxd) Jingle All The Way gets the same rating as The Shawshank Redemption without hesitation.

 

[flickchick85]

The conundrum of rating movies.

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I just had the same conundrum. It doesn't feel right, does it?

A looooooong time ago I attended a talk with Roger Ebert (pre-illness and jaw surgery) where he kinda put this into perspective. During the Q&A, someone jokingly gave him a hard time about giving The Santa Clause 2 three stars while he gave some more prestige-y movie I can't remember (so we'll just call it Prestige Movie) 2.5 stars. They were like, "so does that mean you really feel Santa Clause 2 was a better, more worthwhile movie than Prestige Movie"? And he said he scores movies based on how good they are at being the type of movie they're trying to be. So he said those scores meant he thought The Santa Clause 2 was better at being a Santa Clause movie than Prestige Movie was at being a Prestige Movie. That kinda made movie ratings make a lot more sense to my teenage brain.

 

[Spider-Fan]

A looooooong time ago I attended a talk with Roger Ebert (pre-illness and jaw surgery) where he kinda put this into perspective. During the Q&A, someone jokingly gave him a hard time about giving The Santa Clause 2 three stars while he gave some more prestige-y movie I can't remember (so we'll just call it Prestige Movie) 2.5 stars. They were like, "so does that mean you really feel Santa Clause 2 was a better, more worthwhile movie than Prestige Movie"? And he said he scores movies based on how good they are at being the type of movie they're trying to be. So he said those scores meant he thought The Santa Clause 2 was better at being a Santa Clause movie than Prestige Movie was at being a Prestige Movie. That kinda made movie ratings make a lot more sense to my teenage brain.

I never heard him say that, but I have more or less always looked at it that way lol

 

[Kane52630]

Sony in Talks to Join a Bid to Buy Paramount

The company and Apollo Global Management are discussing a joint effort, even as Paramount conducts exclusive merger negotiations with Skydance.

www.nytimes.com