Seen a Good Movie Lately?

[todeen]

End of another summer. What has everyone been watching? Here's what I've seen while not teaching.
Young Woman And the Sea (2024)
Across the Universe (2007)
Twister (1996)
The Fall Guy (2024)
Dune v.1 (2021)
Pure Country (1992)
Jack Reacher (2012)
Captain America (2011)
Spiderman Homecoming (2017)
Marvel: Infinity Wars (2018)
Marvel: Endgame (2019)
Batman: Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Rewatching series: Rings of Power (Amazon)

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[irv]

Been watching "The Black List" Netflix series lately and it has been great so far.
I had no idea this series began in 2013 but sadly was ended last year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PveqHsANmI

[gonefishin]

My goodness, there have been some fantastic movies mentioned. "The Verdict" several times and for good reason - one of my favorites.

Here a couple of great movies, maybe not big at the box office, but fantastic and well worth the watch:

"The Three burials of Melquiades Estrada"

If you like Tommy Lee Jones and Barry Pepper this one you have to watch.

"Valdez is Coming"

Burt Lancaster in one of his best roles.

"American History X"

The best movie Edward Norton has ever made.

Check them out, WARNING - "American History X" is not for children!

[edtiques]

I went to see the new Aliens movie a couple weeks ago. I thought it was an OK movie. Not really a big fan of that franchise though. But my buddy thought it was a very good movie and he's a fan of those movies.
We were going to see Beetlejuice Beetlejuice this weekend but putting it off until next Saturday because we're going to Fenway Wednesday for the Sox game.

Madame Web was probably one of the worst movies I've ever seen in the theater. I slept for a hour and a half during it and still saw too much.

Two fairly recent movies I would recommend would be "Violent Night" and "Bullet Train". Both did very little at the box office when they came out last year, but I thought they were really entertaining.

Both movies are Action/Comedy movies that are pretty violent.

Here's a trailer for Bullet Train:

https://youtu.be/0IOsk2Vlc4o

And for "Violent Night":

https://youtu.be/a53e4HHnx_s

[D. Bergin]

One of the funnest action movies I've seen in recent history is "Nobody" with Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad).

Came out during the early part of the pandemic so "nobody" really saw it until it hit their streaming platform.

Odenkirk makes a strangely compelling action star. Just imagine Saul Goodman stepping in for Keanu Reeves in kind of an anti-John Wick movie, if you can possibly imagine that.

Trailer below:

https://youtu.be/wZti8QKBWPo?si=UQ-wjb7WdI4G3Z0S

[edtiques]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

One of the funnest action movies I've seen in recent history is "Nobody" with Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad).

Came out during the early part of the pandemic so "nobody" really saw it until it hit their streaming platform.

Odenkirk makes a strangely compelling action star. Just imagine Saul Goodman stepping in for Keanu Reeves in kind of an anti-John Wick movie, if you can possibly imagine that.

Trailer below:

https://youtu.be/wZti8QKBWPo?si=UQ-wjb7WdI4G3Z0S

I think I might have to watch this, it seems like it is probably my type of movie. The trailer looked pretty good. Thanks for posting it!

[pclpads]

Not contemporary, but just watched on TCM - again! - "Chinatown" - with Jack Nicholson. It's about 50 years old, but still a good one.