Movies

[Bennnnn]

You should compile a Letterboxd list!

The Sound of Summer (French/Japanese cicada body horror)
Soooo many Ghiblis (as many have already mentioned)
Horror in the High Desert & HitHD: Minerva
The Endless
Resolution
Spring
The Outwaters
Ava (2017)
Summer of 84
Tremors

I've been fixated on doing pretty much the exact opposite of what you're asking for with my growing Winter Horror list. (It's the Wisconsinite in me.)

Yuletide Holiday Horrors & Chilly Winter Thrills

When the weather outside is frightful, stay inside where it's (hopefully) safer than whatever's happening on screen in any of these spine-chilling, snow-laden winter horror movies and thrillers. Need a new seasonally appropriate genre watch? Hit "Shuffle" in the Sort By dropdown above and hunt...

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That’s my end goal, to make a complete letterboxd list of my favorites. I’m still compiling and making a watchlist.

 

[Bennnnn]

Saw The Fellowship of the Ring Extended in theaters yesterday with a packed house. It was amazing. And remarkably I did not get up to use the bathroom once.

 

[Bennnnn]

I don't know if they all qualify for what you're looking for but here's a few i only watch during the summer (minus some which has already been suggested):

Rear Window
Spirited Away
Predator/Predator 2/Predators
Seven Samurai
Mad Max: Fury Road
Indiana Jones movies
The Dollars Trilogy
Once Upon A Time In The West
Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
The Darjeeling Limited

The Bridge On The River Kwai
Roman Holiday
Black Hawk Down
Rango
Tremors

Good list here. There’s a number I haven’t seen at all. Strangely I have never seen the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I need to see that one. I have Once Upon A Time In Hollywood on my list. I think that’s like a perfect hangout summer movie - with a dash of violence thrown in.

 

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My Friday night.

Wife and I watched this last night and really enjoyed it. It's nice to see Powell get a role with a little more range on it than just hot guy/douche guy. I didn't realize Adria Arjona was Bix from Andor. She was great as well. They had really good chemistry together.

 

[LiamGallaghersBucketHat]

It would be nice if AMC would allow either myself or my wife to add our daughter to our A-List accounts. We typically buy candy at the dollar store or drug store, but not always.
We bring our water bottles and get our large popcorn with free refill. On Tuesdays, tickets are $6 each.

Fun Fact: My daughter has only tasted soda once when she was about 3 or 4 and made this bitter beer face and we don’t keep it on the house.

 

[Hemotep]

I want more moves like this.

 

[The Denmarkian Wonder]

 

[EvanBenner]

Took a breather from festival screenings to catch up on a few recent-ish releases.

Lord of Misrule was a huge misfire. Folk horror dressing can't make up for a themeless narrative and not a single rational character among the bunch. It's The Wicker Man without the mystery and zero energy/conflict behind the town's practices. The sound design was also a legitimate mess. (e.g., Whatever "rabble rabble" crowd effect they used was totally disproportionate to the amount of people in scenes and mismatched their energy.) Disappointing.

Stopmotion on the other hand was painstakingly well-crafted and original. Novel, slow-burn horror with something to say about the struggle of craft, crises of confidence, and the search for one's own creative voice. Ace psychological horror and body horror. Delightfully discomforting.

 

[ranbalam]

Finally got around to watching Harold and Maude with my wife, who had never seen it. It was probably my third time, but first in at least 20 years. I didn't tell her anything about it, so about halfway through she said "I'm not sure what this is supposed to be." But by the end it all makes sense of course. Such a beautiful film.

And, I had totally forgotten the quick glance Harold got at Maude's tattoo signifying that she was a concentration camp/holocaust survivor which is an important detail when looking at her character in whole.

 

[LiamGallaghersBucketHat]

Watched 2 documentaries over the weekend.

1. Jim Henson: Idea Man

What a lovely tribute to a man who overworked himself because he was in love with his work. He was not without flaws and it is unfortunate that his life was cut short because he didn't practice self care. It was hard to keep it together, so make sure you have some tissues to the side.

2. Sr.

This was interesting look at the career of Robert Downey Sr. whose movies I have not seen. And also a tribute from Jr. I appreciated the fact that both did not hide from their years of drug abuse. This also ended on a somber note and you may need tissues as well.

 

[The Denmarkian Wonder]

 

[Hemotep]

Under Paris was a surprisingly decent shark movie.

 

[EvanBenner]

Under Paris was a surprisingly decent shark movie.

watching it next monday!

 

[ayayrawn]

 

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Maybe there's hope for my Alamo Drafthouses in DFW after all. Maybe this will lead to them reopening some locations because I can't imagine Sony wouldn't pass up a large market like DFW.

 

[ayayrawn]

Maybe there's hope for my Alamo Drafthouses in DFW after all. Maybe this will lead to them reopening some locations because I can't imagine Sony wouldn't pass up a large market like DFW.

Glad that Alamo will survive but the fact that Sony is who bought them probably isn't great. It was illegal for studios to own movie theaters for 71 years for a reason. What's going to stop Sony from ONLY showing Sony films and minimizing risk in their productions? What's to stop Disney from buying all the other theater chains and them becoming exclusive Disney hubs? Already huge corps getting bigger and more powerful I don't think will end up a good thing long run (or even the short run really)

 

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The alternative is chains closing down which Alamo was well on its way towards. They were already in Chapter 11 after Covid until a private equity firm bought them up. I don't think their fortunes really improved significantly since movie houses haven't fully recovered from the downturn. I'm sure there will be a downside and maybe Sony movies will definitely get preference at Alamos. I don't think Disney or other studios are really in a great position to buy up other chains. Alamo was ripe to be purchased. That's not the case for AMC or Cinemark. I'll say I think this is good for Alamo employees who were looking to unionize or already have unionized in some cities. Sony already has to deal with unions due to both their movie and music arms. There was a belief that a contributing factor in the DFW franchisee declaring bankruptcy is the staff was making plans to unionize. That could be BS but it was brought up by people who would have a little more knowledge than just conjecture.

 

[kvetcha]

Welp, I hope this doesn't change the things I love about the chain.

 

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Welp, I hope this doesn't change the things I love about the chain.

According to the article, the Alamo is still running itself. It will be under Sony as a new department. I would think they will still be able to run with what works like preshow and fun programming. I'm sure Sony movies will get more upfront exposure and specific events but I highly doubt Sony is going to cut off other studios especially if it's a movie they think will be a hit. Smaller movies probably get a smaller run or specific markets but that's not all that different from Alamo not buying certain films. Godzilla Plus One was only here in town for about a week. Only certain Alamos in DFW got The Boy and the Heron. I know this because we wanted to go see both with our Season pass and were unable to when both were supposed to be in theaters.

 

[Bull Shannon]

Glad that Alamo will survive but the fact that Sony is who bought them probably isn't great. It was illegal for studios to own movie theaters for 71 years for a reason. What's going to stop Sony from ONLY showing Sony films and minimizing risk in their productions? What's to stop Disney from buying all the other theater chains and them becoming exclusive Disney hubs? Already huge corps getting bigger and more powerful I don't think will end up a good thing long run (or even the short run really)

There are already huge issues with Disney (maybe other studios as well) writing in long theatrical runs into their contracts; if a theater licenses a new release they're obligated to run it for a certain amount of time, which isn't necessarily a good business decision and requires the theater to gamble on the movie appealing to the public for up to a month. It results in a model where you pay a mint to screen Captain America 8, so you have to hype it up and flood your screens with it up front to try and get that opening-weekend audience to recoup the cash you're going to lose four weeks later when you're staring down the barrel of an empty Captain America 8 screening room.

The opposite end of that model is what Alamo does: it's cheaper and more profitable to license out one or two two Terminator 2 screenings, pack the house out, and profit off cheeseburgers and beer. I'd imagine/hope Sony knows which side their bread is buttered on and doesn't mess with that.