Movies (and occasionally face slaps) (Part 2)

and be nice

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Hope you like those as much as I do. Iā€™m planning to take advantage of the Best Picture rerelease to get in a theater viewing of Past Lives this weekend too even though itā€™s not a movie that screams for a huge screen. Otherwise Iā€™ve seen all the BP nominees in the theater until I get to Zone of Interest. Zone of Interest is playing at a nearby arthouse starting this weekend, but Iā€™d sure like my local AMC to add it soon instead.

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https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1750277253496213789

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That sucks. Why you gotta pee in my Cheerios? :joy:

Gyllenhaal needs to play a weirdo. I think I made my wife watch Zodiac and Nightcrawler in the same week and she doesnā€™t look at him the same anymore.

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https://twitter.com/okimstillhungry/status/1750199998648844610?t=guCMiI4yl7UnTD3dffDC8w&s=19

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Iā€™m in the same boat except nearest place to me was an hour away, but I just checked today and one of the local amcā€™s seems to have it starting next thurs Feb 1st so hopefully I can see it next weekend, been wanting to see it badly

Also has anyone seen perfect days?

No, but definitely want to. I see itā€™s coming near me on 2/23 to the same place getting Zone of Interest in my area, but again no idea on AMC. That one and The Taste of Things are both pretty high on my anticipation list among foreign-language films.

Yea same here itā€™s coming to the one thatā€™s an hour drive

I donā€™t know if Iā€™ll be able to watch Zone of Interest. Just sounds too depressing.

Sort of feeling same.

Obviously the concept for Zone of Interest is super dark, but I havenā€™t gotten the impression from descriptions of it that it will rate among the most depressing films Iā€™ve watched.

My biggest misgiving probably comes from the fact that itā€™s a Jonathan Glazer film, and his other highly lauded film Under the Skin just didnā€™t work for me despite many thinking itā€™s a masterpiece.

Still, definitely going to see Zone of Interest when I can.

Just bought tix for Dune 2 on imax feb 25.

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American fiction was great.

I busted out laughing during the whole heā€™s got a gun scene at the end

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Watched Thelma & Louise for the first time. Man, I figured I would enjoy the movie, but this was excellent and surpassed my expectations. Great lead characters, great chemistry between Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon (much less chemistry between Sarandon and Michael Madsen, but thatā€™s a relatively small consideration), really strong pacing as the movie starts off at a good quality level that only ever incrementally increases as the movie goes along. Ending is pretty legendary for good reason. High marks pretty much all the way around. ā€œPretty muchā€ because Christopher McDonald was an overacting buffoon every time he was on screen. I forgive everyone for his performance. 4.5/5.

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Thanks for mentioning this! Just did the same and scooped some of the last prime viewing seats.

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Looks to now be confirmed as a fully wide release next week. So obviously Iā€™ll wait a week now.

https://twitter.com/a24/status/1750902137586926002

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https://twitter.com/EmmaTolkin/status/1750688429397229626?t=rqJ2L8a2n02VrceKUkkPvQ&s=19

I havenā€™t seen this yet, but itā€™s written and produced by some of Stuart Gordonā€™s old crew, so Iā€™m confident it will be fun if you like classics like Castle Freak and Reanimator.

https://x.com/TheJoeLynch/status/1750924041534460202?s=20