Let's Talk Movies #35 – Sparrows and Panthers and Dinosaurs…Oh My!

[Cachoo]

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society is my favourite movie of the year so far.

I don't know if it is my favorite but I certainly enjoyed the performances and the story. Lily James is everywhere these days and that is not a bad thing at all.

 

[Cachoo]

Here's a movie that made the box office list last week, but wasn't on my radar so didn't make that week's playlist of new releases:

Hot To Trot - From imdb.com:



Trailer on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be2RX0urzi4

@Artistic Skaters
@cocotaffy
@kwanfan1818

I'm watching "Baby Ballroom" on Netflix and there is a competitive category for girls dancing together because there are not enough male dancers in the UK at least and ballroom dancer has exploded there to ten times the participants than a decade ago. I know this film is different from that but it seems natural to me that you would add adult same sex partners to the competition. I do wonder about the girl partners I see now who love dancing---Is the door shut on them if they want to continue as adults? I don't know.

 

[PeterG]

Tonight I finished The Divorcee (1930). It's part of a three disc set called "Forgotten Hollywood", put out in co-operation with TCM. Norma Shearer won best actress at the 3rd Academy Awards for her performance in this. It was also nominated for best picture, director and writing. It's a decent movie, but maybe I wasn't in the right mood for a movie this old. It's pretty much a filmed stage play. The performances are good but I didn't really find myself getting attached to any of the characters. When I started watching it a few days ago, I was reading about Norma Shearer at Wikipedia and found that to be a much more interesting story. Someone should definitely make a movie about her career and life.

No trailer at youtube, but here's a scene where Shearer's marriage crumbles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84nIautTL6o

 

[misskarne]

Have you seen Infinity War yet? If you haven’t make sure you watch it with a couple boxes of tissues nearby.

Not yet, but I'm spoilered to hell and back for it so I'm prepared Still have Doctor Strange and Thor: Ragnarok to get through before I watch it.

I don't like Age of Ultron, Joss Whedon completely ignores any character development that occurred in the other Marvel movies between Avengers and AoU and the movie ends up not making a lot of sense from a character perspective.

That's true, some of the character stuff didn't work at all - the difference between Tony in Iron Man 3 and Ultron is a bit, well...Stark. sorry!

Civil War was fine but it could have been better. The Russo's said their original plan for Cap 3 was going to involve a Steve and Bucky road trip of some sort and Zemo was still going to be involved in that plot.

That reminds me of the thing I forgot to add in my rant but that just made me shake shake shake my head.

Spoiler

The goddamn kiss between Sharon and Steve. What the actual fcuk was that. We had very minimal build-up between them, she's Peggy's niece and he's clearly still quite attached to her aunt, it just felt so forced and ridiculous. It was almost like Marvel looked at the plot and went, omg, we spend so much time on Steve's relationships with Tony, Sam and Bucky, and he spends almost all his time with them, we better shove some hetero action in here just in case! I actually would have liked it better just exploring those relationships and the road trip with Bucky and Steve.

My top 3 Marvel movies in no particular order are Captain America: Winter Soldier, Thor: Ragnarok and Black Panther.

Winter Soldier is probably my favourite so far, followed by the first Avengers movie and then Iron Man.

 

[Mozart]

I am not a romance fan at all but I just saw Crazy Rich Asians and loved it! So funny and sad at the same time

 

[PeterG]

Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 (crime) romantic drama with Clark Gable and William Powell. They star as two men who have been friends (and orphans) since childhood. They have grown up to be on different sides of the law...and both are in love with the woman they have also known since childhood (Myrna Loy). Mickey Rooney plays Clark Gable's character as a boy. (I'm not kidding.) I didn't find this movie to be as enjoyable as pretty much everybody else did:

7.2 rating on imdb.com
86% fresh for critics at rottentomates.com, and
70% fresh for critics at rottentomates.com

It just didn't stand out that much for me, other than the great cast. Even the Oscar winning screenplay didn't seem that exceptional to me.

 

[Jay42]

Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 (crime) romantic drama with Clark Gable and William Powell. They star as two men who have been friends (and orphans) since childhood. They have grown up to be on different sides of the law...and both are in love with the woman they have also known since childhood (Myrna Loy). Mickey Rooney plays Clark Gable's character as a boy. (I'm not kidding.) I didn't find this movie to be as enjoyable as pretty much everybody else did:

7.2 rating on imdb.com
86% fresh for critics at rottentomates.com, and
70% fresh for critics at rottentomates.com

It just didn't stand out that much for me, other than the great cast. Even the Oscar winning screenplay didn't seem that exceptional to me.

I was kind of bored by it. I'd rather watch other movies with the same people. The Thin Man, Libeled Lady, Wife vs Secretary. I just realised those are all William Powell & Myrna Loy but it is late and I should probably be sleeping so I'm having trouble remembering Clark Gable movies that I have seen because I haven't seen that many. Mogambo is probably one of my top 20 movies though.

 

[Vash01]

I watched 'The man who knew infinity' on DVD. It is based on the life/career of Indian Mathematician Srinivas Ramanujan. Very good movie but I had to watch it twice to fully understand it. I don't always understand the British accent. That, combined with Mathematical terms that I was not familiar with, made it difficult to understand it during the first viewing. For the second viewing I used the subtitles. . I enjoyed the movie.

Jeremy Irons as the mentor Mr. Hardy and Dev Patel as Ramanujan were both good. The story takes place in 1914 England and India. I had only heard Ramanujan's name as a mathematician, but knew nothing about his life or his work. He did not have a college degree but he went to Cambridge university and became Fellow of the Royal Society. That was a very big honor. Although I love Mathematics, I am not familiar with the branch of Math he worked on. It was nice to see equations instead of violence on the screen.

Ramanujan sounds like Mozart - a genius, who knew he was right, but he was very intuitive. Like Mozart, he had a short life. His mentor was pushing him to explain how he arrived at that point. The interaction and contrast (man of faith vs Atheist) between the two is interesting. Jeremy Irons is very convincing as a Mathematician at Cambridge U.

This movie was released in 2015. That is fairly recent. I had not heard of it. I accidentally stumbled upon it while doing a search on Netflix. I am glad that I did.

 

[cocotaffy]

Response #1: Oh, it's a MUCH more enjoyable movie than mother!

Response #2: I dare you to like Hereditary. Go on. I dare you.

Ok I failed to raise up to your dare. It was more enjoyable than mother (in that I didn't fall asleep at least ) but it did run for far too long and we forwarded a bit at the end. I don't know what people are going on about this movie being so scary. I've seen much scarier than this. It was more gross at times than anything else and went down the ridiculous and laughable road at the end The first part was enjoyable enough till

Spoiler

the horrendous girl's death

because I found the teenage girl character intriguing. But after that, it just went downhill quickly and frankly Tony Collette was overacting. Maybe she was trying to live up to the ridicule of the scenario.
Is there anyone else who found the settings (house, wall papers and such) and the atmosphere just at the beginning of the movie though giving a David Lynch/Twin Peaks vibe ? Of course, it doesn't even compare but I just felt the director was trying to emulate that style which is such a tall order. Anyway on to some other film or we might finally catch up on to season 2 of Handmaid's tale.

Just remembered I watched Adrift the other day. Not very good and quite boring movie even though it only runs for 1 hour and a half. The leads have zero chemistry together which makes this story totally unconvincing. Shailene Woodley isn't the greatest actress imho, very bland in how she expresses her emotions. Sam Claflin isn't much better. If you're gonna watch a movie about survival then I highly recommend the movie Tracks, excellent acting by Mia Wasikowska and Adam Driver, now this was such an enthralling slow burn of a movie.

 

[watchthis!!]

Battling Sexism Controversy, Venice Film Festival Paves Road to Oscar
https://www.thedailybeast.com/battling-sexism-charges-venice-film-festival-paves-road-to-Oscar

The Venice Film Festival just opened on August 29th. It runs until September 8th. Lots of interesting things in this article. Tough to pick out just one thing to mention, especially with the problem of only one movie directed by a woman has now happened two years in a row. But on the positive side, towards the end of the article they mention a strong number of female-led movies. Looks like we have some interesting movies to be released this year.

 

[aftershocks]

I missed the AFI tribute to George Clooney in June. I just came across this clip of Amal Clooney's heartfelt speech honoring her husband:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo77E67IhlE

 

[PeterG]

The 39 most anticipated movies for the rest of 2018
http://www.businessinsider.com/39-most-anticipated-movies-for-the-rest-of-2018-2018-7

I was disappointed when Sacha Baron Cohen was no longer set to play Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody. Unsure about Rami Malek as his replacement. We'll see. I want to be blown away by this movie. So I'm remaining cautious. I hope my reservations are wiped away by an amazing movie.

Curious to see how the new Halloween movie will turn out. Feeling kind of excited to see a 59 year old Jamie Lee Curtis face off against Michael Myers. Really good news is that the director is David Gordon Green who has mostly done really wonderful small-scale independent dramas (that I have really enjoyed).

And will The Girl in the Spider's Web finally bring success (in North America) to a filmed version of one of (any of) Stieg Larsson's novels? It's directed by Fede Alvarez, whose previous directorial effort was the excellent crime-horror-thriller, Don't Breathe.

Last night I rewatched the film 'Reuben, Reuben' from the 1980s and must say, it has totally withstood the test of time.

My reason for re-watching the film was that it about a poet with dental woes, and I am currently having dental woes. But it was also a most wonderful film! The protagonist is a charming, alcoholic Irish poet who is spending time on the East coast of the US giving poetry readings and just hanging out. He also beds a lot of the bored local housewives. One of these housewives happens to be the wife of the local dentist, and our protagonist needs to the see the dentist. In addition, a complication arises with a much younger local woman he got involved with.

Tom Conti received an Oscar nomination for this film. Competition was steep that year and he did not win - but his performance in this film is masterful and brilliant.

It is rare to find a film that stands the test of the time, but this is one of them. It is so very bittersweet and captures so much of what life tragic, but nevertheless always beautiful.

I can't remember if I responded to this post or not. If I did, sorry for the repeat! I'm not drawn to anti-hero movies. So I struggled with the first half of this movie, but enjoyed it more from that point on. Conti does a great job with this kind of role. Shame he hasn't had any roles that have kept him in the public eye...some of his recent roles include "Prisoner" in The Dark Knight Rises and "Manu" in StreetDance 2.

 

[Kasey]

I was disappointed when Sacha Baron Cohen was no longer set to play Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody. Unsure about Rami Malek as his replacement. We'll see. I want to be blown away by this movie. So I'm remaining cautious. I hope my reservations are wiped away by an amazing movie.

I'm the opposite. I got on board once I heard that Rami Malek is starring. He's wildly good!

Of the others, I hope that "A star is born" turns out to actually be good, and not just a Bradley Cooper vanity project. And I'll probably go see "First man".

Isn't there supposed to be a movie about Ruth Bader Ginsberg coming out before the end of the year? (Fictionalized, not the documentary)

 

[PeterG]

Isn't there supposed to be a movie about Ruth Bader Ginsberg coming out before the end of the year? (Fictionalized, not the documentary)

"On The Basis of Sex" will be released on December 25th. Felicity Jones (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) will star as Ginsburg. The movie co-stars Armie Hammer, Kathy Bates, Justin Theroux, Jack Reynor and Sam Waterston. It will be directed by Mimi Leder, who has so far direction episodic television (winning two Emmy's for ER). Others shows she has directed include The Leftovers, Shameless, Nashville, Smash and The West Wing.

I'm the opposite. I got on board once I heard that Rami Malek is starring. He's wildly good!

I love Rami Malek in Mr. Robot. But then I saw him on a talk show...and he's exactly the same as that character. Here I thought he had created a brilliant, awkward characterization...but that's just him. So I'm concerned we'll see Mr. Robot singing Somebody To Love...

 

[peibeck]

Speaking of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, if you are in the US or Canada, CNN is airing the documentary "RBG" tonight on television (9 p.m. ET, 8 Central, check your TV schedule for mountain and Pacific times).

 

[cygnus]

I have discovered a new podcast called "The Best Pick" where 3 minor British/Irish people in the film/theatre industry talk each week about a Best Picture Oscar winning movie, chosen randomly. It's amusing and interesting- and the selection of movies for the past 90 years give a good idea of the movie trends/ideas at the time, and also a fascinating retrospective of the movies not chosen and why, and whether or not the winning choice holds up.

http://bestpick.libsyn.com/

 

[PeterG]

Norma Shearer, part 2. One year later (and four movies later, they kept actors busy back then), in 1931 Shearer gets her third (of six) Oscar nominations for best actress. And boy, did she deserve this nomination. A Free Soul is the name of the movie and it is BRILLIANT. Gut-wrenching. Shearer plays a free-spirited woman who is drawn to an underworld leader, played by Clark Gable in his first major role. Gable is also fantastic in his role. The two meet when her lawyer father (best actor Oscar winner for this role, Lionel Barrymore) defends Gable in court. Shearer is drawn to the charismatic Gable, but he (and the world he lives in) prove to be more than she can (and should) handle. Meanwhile, Barrymore is struggling with alcohol, so Shearer makes a deal with him to leave Gable if Barrymore stops drinking. Father and daughter leave the city to get away from all bad influences. You'll have to watch (and you SHOULD watch this movie) to see what else happens (and boy, does a lot else happen).

A Free Soul also received a third Oscar nod, for director Clarence Brown. I have no idea why it did not get a best picture nomination as well as a nomination for best adapted screenplay. The movie is very intense, and while it has some of the melodrama see in early films, it has many more genuine moments that bypass the melodrama and stand up very well in relation to great drama see in film today. The father-daughter moments took my breath away. (And made the spots below my eyes damp...!)

Wikipedia mentions that this movie is a "pre-Code" drama, meaning some of the subject matter that the Hays code later kept from being shown in film is here in all it's gritty real-ness. Alcoholism, physical abuse and a woman proudly claiming her powerful identity are shown dramatically before censorship wiped these kinds of subjects out of the movie world for many, many decades.

There is no trailer at youtube for this movie, but this scene is powerful, where Shearer begs her father to get away from the city (and the alcohol that is killing him):

"A Free Soul" clip 4.mp4

 

[scooter]

We saw Crazy Rich Asians yesterday. Quite good, but the book is better.

 

[skatesindreams]

Norma Shearer, part 2. One year later (and four movies later, they kept actors busy back then), in 1931 Shearer gets her third (of six) Oscar nominations for best actress. And boy, did she deserve this nomination. A Free Soul is the name of the movie and it is BRILLIANT. Gut-wrenching. Shearer plays a free-spirited woman who is drawn to an underworld leader, played by Clark Gable in his first major role. Gable is also fantastic in his role. The two meet when her lawyer father (best actor Oscar winner for this role, Lionel Barrymore) defends Gable in court. Shearer is drawn to the charismatic Gable, but he (and the world he lives in) prove to be more than she can (and should) handle. Meanwhile, Barrymore is struggling with alcohol, so Shearer makes a deal with him to leave Gable if Barrymore stops drinking. Father and daughter leave the city to get away from all bad influences. You'll have to watch (and you SHOULD watch this movie) to see what else happens (and boy, does a lot else happen).

A Free Soul also received a third Oscar nod, for director Clarence Brown. I have no idea why it did not get a best picture nomination as well as a nomination for best adapted screenplay. The movie is very intense, and while it has some of the melodrama see in early films, it has many more genuine moments that bypass the melodrama and stand up very well in relation to great drama see in film today. The father-daughter moments took my breath away. (And made the spots below my eyes damp...!)

Wikipedia mentions that this movie is a "pre-Code" drama, meaning some of the subject matter that the Hays code later kept from being shown in film is here in all it's gritty real-ness. Alcoholism, physical abuse and a woman proudly claiming her powerful identity are shown dramatically before censorship wiped these kinds of subjects out of the movie world for many, many decades.

There is no trailer at youtube for this movie, but this scene is powerful, where Shearer begs her father to get away from the city (and the alcohol that is killing him):

"A Free Soul" clip 4.mp4

Fact of interest:
In early Hollywood, it was not uncommon for even the biggest stars to make half a dozen movies a year. The average shooting schedule was about six weeks. It is amazing that so much high-quality material; still valued today, appeared.

Some good news:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/04/entertainment/wizard-of-oz-stolen-ruby-slippers-found/index.html

 

[watchthis!!]

It's so nice to be taken by surprise by a movie that is so much better than you expected. Such is the case for fantasy romance Every Day which came out earlier this year. I was actually thinking I had picked up the movie about the girl who could only go outside at night and meets Arnold Schwarzenegger's son. Wrong movie! This one is about a girl who has an incredible day with her boyfriend only to find him acting nonchalant and occasionally surly the next day...like his regular self. But then she meets someone else who does a few things which remind her of the special day she had spent with her boyfriend. So the premise of this fantasy film is that she has met someone whose being moves from one person to the next every day at midnight. This person refers to themselves as "A". A has learned to deal with life this way, taking each day for what it is worth. But on this day when A is in the boyfriend's body, A is drawn so strongly to his girlfriend, Rhiannon. So the whole movie is about how do you make a relationship work when you are in a different person's body each day? The story is so well written. I definitely recommend this one.

Trailer for Every Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqoAMfe_rPM

 

[PeterG]

Robert Redford on Retiring From the Screen: ‘I Felt My Time Had Come’

In the article, there is mention of his role of Forrest Tucker in his final film, The Old Man & The Gun:

Tucker robbed 17 banks, was caught 17 times, went to prison 17 times and escaped 17 times. It was too delicious a story to turn down. “And I can also relate to that,” Redford quipped.

Another article mentioned that Redford hasn't necessarily retired from directing.

So what is your favourite Robert Redford performance? Some of my favourites (in rough order):

1. Electric Horseman
2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
3. The Company You Keep
4. Brubaker
5. All The President’s Men
6. Lions for Lambs
7. The Way We Were
8. The Last Castle
9. The Clearing
10. Out of Africa
11. All Is Lost
12. Our Souls At Night
13. An Unfinished Life

 

[Cachoo]

My Redford list:

1. All The President's Men
2. The Sting
3. The Way We Were (Hubble, Hubble, Hubble....)
4. The Electric Horseman
5. An Unfinished Life
6. The Horse Whisperer
7. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
8. Three Days of the Condor
9. The Candidate
10. Jeremiah Johnson

 

[Kruss]

Redford more recently played a character in Captain America: Winter Soldier. Did a great job.

 

[Kasey]

Wow, no love for "The Natural"...well, except from me!

I just watched The Quiet American, from 2002 (I guess a remake from a previous film in the 1950s). Very well done, Michael Caine remains his impressive and brilliantly talented self. Brendan Fraser could indeed actually ACT once upon a time, and he is at his best in this film. A lot of underlying subtext in this one, and extremely well done.

 

[PeterG]

Trailers For Movies Released 2018-09-01st
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuI4-fSHhipQMYyYsKDXH673n1djcyYET


September 7th - Peppermint (Wide) – Action thriller with Jennifer Garner and John Gallagher Jr. [The Newsroom]

September 7th - The Nun (Wide) – Horror mystery thriller with Demián Bichir and Taissa Farmiga

September 7th - Sierra Burgess Is A Loser (Limited - Netflix) – Romantic comedy drama with Lea Thompson, Alan Ruck, Loretta Devine and Chrissy Metz

September 7th - God Bless the Broken Road (Limited) – Drama with Jordin Sparks, Robin Givens and Kim Delaney

September 7th - Hal (Limited) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics…but as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature played out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce.”

September 7th –Next Gen (Limited - Netflix Film) – Animated adventure with Jason Sudeikis, Michael Peña, David Cross

September 7th – Alright Now aka Songbird (Limited) – Drama with Cobie Smulders. From imdb.com: “A rock musician enrolls in college after she breaks up with her boyfriend and her band falls apart.”

September 7th - Mara (Limited) – Crime horror thriller with a new cast. From imdb.com: “Criminal psychologist Kate Fuller is assigned to the murder of a man who has seemingly been strangled in his sleep by his wife and the only witness is their eight-year-old daughter, Sophie…”

September 5th - Bisbee ‘17 (Limited) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “An old mining town on the Arizona-Mexico border finally reckons with its darkest day: the deportation of 1200 immigrant miners exactly 100 years ago. Locals collaborate to stage recreations of their controversial past.”

September 7th - Cold Skin (Limited) – Sci-fi horror adventure with a new cast. From imdb.com: “In 1914, a young man arrives at a remote island near the Antarctic Circle to take the post of weather observer only to find himself trapped in a watchtower besieged by deadly creatures which live in hiding on the island.”

September 7th - I am Not a Witch (Limited) – Drama with a new cast. From imdb.com: “Following a banal incident in her local village, 8-year old girl Shula is accused of witchcraft. After a short trial she is found guilty, taken into state custody and exiled to a witch camp...”

September 7th - City of Joy (Netflix Original) – Documentary. From Netflix: “Women who’ve been sexually brutalized in war-torn Congo begin to heal at City of Joy, a center that helps them regain a sense of self and empowerment.”

September 7th - Age of Summer (Limited) – Comedy with a new cast. From imdb.com: “A determined teenage boy struggles to find acceptance within the Jr. Lifeguards of Hermosa Beach while juggling relationships and challenges in the summer of 1986.”

September 7th - Diane (Limited) – Horror crime drama with a new cast. From imdb.com: “When a disabled war veteran discovers the dead body of a beautiful singer in his back yard, his fascination with her photographic image soon turns to obsession.”

September 7th - The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (Limited - Netflix) – Mystery thriller with a new cast. From Netflix: “In 1930s Paris, an actress famous for her gory death scenes at the Grand Guignol Theater contends with a mysterious stalker and ghosts from her past.”

September 7th - Kusama: Infinity (Limited) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “Artist Yayoi Kusama and experts discuss her life and work, from her modest beginnings in Japan to becoming an internationally renowned artist.”

September 7th - Nelly (Limited) – Drama with a new cast. From imdb.com: “Inspired by the life and works of Nelly Arcan, a sex worker turned international literary star, lost between irreconcilable identities, whose life ended tragically.”

September 7th - The Favorite (Limited) – Drama with a new cast & John Schneider. From imdb.com: “Inspired by the true events of Luke Benjamin Bernard. His spiritual and physical transformation is told through the life of two brothers.”

September 7th - Susanne Bartsch: On Top (Limited) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “A feature documentary exploring NYC culture through the influence of nightlife legend Susanne Bartsch.”

September 7th - Five Fingers for Marseilles (Limited) – Thriller western from South Africa. From imdb.com: “Lives change forever when Tau, the young lion, kills two corrupt policemen in a South African shanty town.”

September 7th - School of Life (Limited) – Comedy drama from France. From imdb.com: “In 1920s France an orphan is adopted by a rustic couple who work for a rural landowner. Left to himself, he soon comes under the spell of the local poacher.”

September 7th - The Apparition (Limited) – Drama from France. From imdb.com: “A journalist is sent by the Vatican to investigate a young girl claiming to be visited by the Virgin Mary.”

 

[Japanfan]

Robert Redford on Retiring From the Screen: ‘I Felt My Time Had Come’

In the article, there is mention of his role of Forrest Tucker in his final film, The Old Man & The Gun:



So what is your favourite Robert Redford performance? Some of my favourites (in rough order):

For me probably The String and Butch Cassidy.

But for the sheer beauty of him, I can't think of few movie character as handsome as Gatsby played by Robert Redford. And yes, the costumes of the time did help.

 

[skatesindreams]

Wow, no love for "The Natural"...well, except from me!

Loved it; you aren't alone!

Applauding Cachoo's list.

 

[PeterG]

I've mentioned before that I had a long list of movies I've seen but haven't posted about. Decided to put them in order of year of release, so I'll go decade by decade and see if I can get caught up. So...on to 1935...

The Bride of Frankenstein. I think I wasn't expecting much because when that movie title comes into my head, all I could think about was Madeline Kahn! So I was expecting something cheesy, but instead was pleasantly surprised. I found this to be a very strong movie. It was directed by James Whale, whose later life was made into the movie Gods and Monsters, which starred Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser and Lynn Redgrave. The Wikipedia entry for James Whale is definitely worth a read. Some other movies directed by Whale:

Frankenstein (1931)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Show Boat (1936, with Irene Dunne, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan and Hattie McDaniel)
Port of Seven Seas (1938, with Wallace Beery, Frank Morgan, Maureen O'Sullivan)

 

[DannyCurry]

I eventually made time to go and see "Crazy Rich Asians" at Disney Springs AMC theater. I went to the 1st session, trying to avoid noisy popcorn eaters but somehow I didn't know it was a dine-in theater !! So, when I saw the tables and the ketchup bottles, I was quite shocked lol. Honestly, other viewers ended up not being that loud, even though they were indulging on their burgers and HUGE popcorn buckets.
Plus, I definitely enjoyed having plenty of room for my legs (I'm not even tall, but in French theaters, sometimes the space for your legs is so tiny). I also liked the "don't talk, don't text, don't ruin the movie" announcement before the movie. Anyway, not awful conditions after all.
Then, I very much enjoyed the movie. Of course, the book enables more twists and character developments but overall, I found the essence of the characters was transcribed (or adapted) well enough : dreamy Nick, hilarious Peik Lin, perfectly dragonish Nick's mom. There were a few parts that I wished had not been "simplified" for the movie, especially Astrid's story, as well as Rachel's mom's.
And the past week in the Disney bubble must have vanilla-ed me even more, because I got teary-eyed twice.
Okay, let's just admit it, I almost loved it, haha.

 

[Vash01]

I definitely want to watch 'Bisbee'. Visited the town 20 years ago and took a tour of the copper mine.