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Netflix original movie starring Chris Hemsworth as a mercenary hired to retrieve the son of a drug kingpin who was kidnapped by a rival
in India. TONS of action and body count in this. Very entertaining!
A Comfort Zone is not a Life Sentence
Just watched "Pi" (1998). Difficult to sit through. Interesting story but just tedious to sit through. Couldn't wait for it to end.
E-A-T
We watched “Best Of Enemies” last night. It was a bit cliched, but overall, I liked it. Sam Rockwell was excellent in it. Taraji Henderson was a bit over the top at time, although she was portraying a real person so maybe it was accurate. Overall, I enjoyed it.
Captive (1980): low budget sci-fi about a pair of aliens, whose planet has been engaged in war with Earth for the last 2 decades, crashland on Earth, and take a family hostage.
Veteran actor Cameron Mitchell plays the older, more sadistic of the two aliens. He manages to kill two different pets (a dog and a canary) owed by the family, and engages in other behaviour that suggests he's not a particular savory characer.
David Ladd, son of western star Alan Ladd and ex-husband of Cheryl, plays the younger of the two aliens, who, we're told, was grown in a test tude. Mitchell's character keeps calling him "tuber". Lori Saunders, who some of you may know from her work on Petticoat Junction (just for the record, she played the same character also on episodes of Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres), plays a human woman who gets a little friendly, if you know what I mean, with Ladd's character.
The rest of teh cast is nobodies, but it looks the film's director, and I believe his sister or daughter (same last name) are among them.
Special effects are pretty decent for the era, I'm not sure if the outer space bits are stock footage, or if they actually some money to make them themselves.
One of the producers on the film (and also credited with directing some scenes) just happens to be Anne Spielberg, Steven's sister. She also later wrote Big, the Tom Hanks vehicle.
Needless to say, this ain't a great picture. It's reasonably entertaining, though I'm not sure I'll watching it repeatedly the way I have wiht certain other movies. The best thing about the film is it's musical score, which is mostly synth based. Lots of cool filter sweeps and such in the music. The score is credited to teh film's writer/director/producer Robert Emenegger, who apparently worked on a lot of low budget stuff back in the 70's and early 80's. Wikipedia gives his last credit as 1981. I'm not curious to see if I can find some Emenegger's other work.
Oh, one otehr thing: the aliens costumes appear to be leftovers from Logan's Run, as they're dressed like Sandmen!
Edit: I forgot to mention, it's on Prime Video, should you feel this looks like something you'll like.
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Watched Little Women last night. Very good.
"And this is the chorus.....or perhaps it's a bridge...."
for Costner, beside what was already noted, I also liked No Way Out
but then I always love government cover-up/conspiracy movies
3 Days of the Condor is one of my few "6 star" movies
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Costner; Mr. Brooks. Surprising little serial killer flick. Kinda Dexterish with William Hurt playing his dark passenger. I would've ended the movie just seconds before it ends, but, all in all a good little cat & mouse deal.
"That gum you like is going to come back in style."
One of my favorite Costner's is A Perfect World. More animated than usual , and a dynomite film.
Watched The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy of movies on Prime recently. Although it was 7 hours of subtitles, I found them quite entertaining.
A Comfort Zone is not a Life Sentence
The first one's probably been mentioned, but:
Prisoners (2013) - Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Very suspenseful abduction thriller/mystery. Not for the squeemish.
Remember (2015) - This is on Netflix. Can't recommend this enough. Very suspenseful, though you may not think so at first. Just watch it soon and avoid spoilers at all cost!
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson And The Band (2020). Simply amazing. Must see for any music fan. It even has a brief appearance by Peter Gabriel!!
What you're left with is a story of blinding light, success, drugs, and betrayal.
A worthy successor to The Last Waltz. Easily a 10/10
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What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it brings forth a sound (2112)
Adam Dalgleish Mysteries by P.D.James.
Very long episodes. Terribly good.
Cover Her Face
Shroud for a Nightingale
Black Tower
Death of an Expert Witness
Also Cracker.
When you watch British acting/series, you never again want to go back to American chucklehead.
Just finished Robert Eggers' The Lighthouse. Wow, I thought his The Witch was a twisted piece of work. This takes that to another level. The acting was just superb. Nine out of ten one-eyed seagulls.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...-witch-1250507
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
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