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by Rusty
Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:55 am
Forum: General
Topic: Movies
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Re: Movies

:810: 129 - The Holdovers (2023) - 8/10 - Paul Giamatti stars as a teacher at a private boarding school in Massachusetts as Christmas approaches in 1970. He is tasked (punished) with chaperoning the few boys who remain on campus over the Christmas holidays. One of the boys in particular stands out a...
by Rusty
Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:05 am
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Topic: Movies
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:610: 127 - May December (2023) - 6/10 - Natalie Portman stars as an actress who inserts herself into the lives of a couple (Julianne Moore and Charlie Melton) who have been married for 23 years in a relationship that started when the wife was 36 and the husband was 13. The actress stirs things up q...
by Rusty
Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:21 am
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Topic: Movies
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:310: 122 - The Idiots / Idioterne (1998) - 3/10 - A group of people try to embrace their inner idiot by going out in public and acting as if they are mentally disabled. I didn't like it at all, though I can see why some might. :6510: 123 - R (2010) - 6.5/10 - The film starts with Rune being taken t...
by Rusty
Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:02 am
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Topic: Movies
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:310: 116 - People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart (1967) - 3/10 - This is a sex comedy about a man who follows a dancer to Brazil. It jumps in and out of role play and fantasies with different characters ending up suddenly in bed. The plot jumps around a lot and is fairly nonsensical. Visually...
by Rusty
Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:20 am
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Topic: Movies
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:610: 112 - Silent Heart (2014) - 6/10 - A family gathers together to celebrate Christmas early with the understanding that the elderly mother will be committing suicide after they leave due to her terminal disease getting worse. It's a serious subject, but the film is overly melodramatic and the tw...
by Rusty
Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:41 am
Forum: General
Topic: Movies
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Views: 1221943

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:5510: 106 - The Ballad of Carl-Henning (1969) - 5.5/10 - Carl-Henning is an immature young idiot who works at a dairy. He always seems to be fooling around and doing one dumb thing after another. The movie isn't really all that great and I didn't care what happened to Carl-Henning during the film. ...
by Rusty
Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:12 am
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Topic: Movies
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:710: 99 - Lars Ole, 5c (1973) - 7/10 - Lars Ole is a grade school boy who uses his mother's credit at the bakery to buy treats for kids in his class to try and fit in. The film is almost documentary style as it follows the kids in class, on the playground, and elsewhere. Some parts are more interes...
by Rusty
Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Movies
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Views: 1221943

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:710: 93 - American Symphony (2023) - 7/10 - Jon Batiste works on composing his American Symphony while also supporting his wife who is undergoing treatment for leukemia. He also has his job as a tv bandleader, the Grammys, and more. The music, people, and story are all interesting, but I thought th...
by Rusty
Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:59 am
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Topic: Movies
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:6510: 88 - The Adventures of Picasso (1978) - 6.5/10 - This surrealist comedy about the life of Pablo Picasso seemed kind of dumb at first, but I soon started to enjoy it and found a number of the antics amusing. It went on too long, though, and I started losing interest in it, though some of the g...
by Rusty
Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:16 pm
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Topic: Movies
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:7510: 84 - Eat Sleep Die (2012) - 7.5/10 - Rasa is a 20 year old who works at a factory and lives with her father. Her father has a number of ailments and doesn't speak Swedish nearly as well as his daughter so she looks after him as well. When the factory lays off a number of employees, including ...
by Rusty
Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:29 am
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Topic: Movies
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Views: 1221943

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:6510: 82 - Children's Island (1980) - 6.5/10 - Reine is an 11 year old boy who doesn't like his mom's boyfriend. He rebels against being sent away to a summer camp by pretending to go, but instead wandering around Stockholm, meeting a variety of people and having a few adventures. The kid is also o...
by Rusty
Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:45 pm
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Topic: Movies
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:7510: 77 - Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) - 7.5/10 - There is plenty of action and I like Hayley Atwell's character here. The story is decent, but not as entertaining as some of the earlier entries in the series. Still, it is a fun movie. :710: 78 - The Creator (2023) - 7/10 -...
by Rusty
Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:44 am
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Topic: Movies
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:7510: 75 - Bobi Wine: The People's President (2022) - 7.5/10 - This documentary covers several years in the life of Bobi Wine, a musician/politician in Uganda who tried to dethrone the President of Uganda who has been in power since 1986. There's plenty of corruption and strongarm tactics employed ...
by Rusty
Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:07 am
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Topic: Movies
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Views: 1221943

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:510: 68 - Roland Hassel (2012) - 5/10 - A retired police detective and his friends are somewhat obsessed with the 1986 murder of the Swedish Prime Minister. They do quite a few re-enactments and Hassel tries to access police documents as part of his effort to solve the case. This film is a continua...
by Rusty
Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Television Favorites!
Replies: 2235
Views: 757011

Re: Television Favorites!

20 - Ways of Seeing (1972) - John Berger serves as host for this series which looks at art and how its meaning and uses have changed in an era where photographs can copy art and easily so that it reaches a wider audience. Gender roles also serve as a prime topic for discussion. It was very interest...