Let's Talk Movies #36 - 2020 - Yep it is a new decade

[ilovepaydays]

The Blade reboot isn’t coming next year.

They would need to keep a director first.

 

[Buzz]

Mahershala Ali will be in a nursing home long before that movie is even made!

 

[ilovepaydays]

Mahershala Ali will be in a nursing home long before that movie is even made!

IMHO, Mahershala Ali is too good of actor to be wasting his time NOW with a superhero film.
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Meanwhile, we are apparently getting a Bruce Springsteen biopic, and this guy will be playing “The Boss”.

 

[Tesla]

My daughter discovered Nimona on Netflix last week, and now my son is obsessed with it. I love it, too. What a stunning and glorious movie. I wish it had won the Oscar.

Nimona Official Trailer

 

[ilovepaydays]

Coming on July 2, 2025 - Jurassic World Rebirth.

 

[On My Own]

What is even the POINT of more Jurassic World/Park/Whatever.

 

[ilovepaydays]

What is even the POINT of more Jurassic World/Park/Whatever.

Probably for the same reason we’re scheduled to get Toy Story 5 in June 2026, and then Shrek 5 in July 2026.

I have a feeling that Summer 2026 will be a dud for movies.

 

[Kruss]

While on vacation this past week, I went to see Rear Window at the theater, celebrating its 70th anniversary. It was the first of the classic movies that I've seen in special movie theater screenings, and it was such fun. One of my favorite Hitchcock movies. Now I'm sorry that I didn't see Gone with the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird and My Fair Lady when they were at the theater for their milestone anniversaries.

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

While on vacation this past week, I went to see Rear Window at the theater, celebrating its 70th anniversary.

I meant to go to that at the local theater. The classic re-releases are one of the rare times I will spend money at a theater anymore. I just forget to check what's coming up. Oh well. Saves money.

 

[ilovepaydays]

And we already have standing ovations at the Venice Film Festival!

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Disclaimer

Maria - Angelina Jolie!

 

[MacMadame]

And we already have standing ovations at the Venice Film Festival!

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Disclaimer

Maria - Angelina Jolie!

Is it being held in Canada this year?

 

[Wyliefan]

While on vacation this past week, I went to see Rear Window at the theater, celebrating its 70th anniversary. It was the first of the classic movies that I've seen in special movie theater screenings, and it was such fun. One of my favorite Hitchcock movies. Now I'm sorry that I didn't see Gone with the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird and My Fair Lady when they were at the theater for their milestone anniversaries.

I've seen all of those except Mockingbird in previous theatrical screenings. So much fun. It's wonderful to watch Rear Window with a theater audience and feel the suspense ramping up all around you!

 

[ilovepaydays]

Is it being held in Canada this year?

LOL - Although it’s worth noting that the Toronto International Film Festival starts next week and we’ll see how well Anora and Conclave are received.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Searchlight Pictures just released the poster for A Complete Unknown.

Good gawd. This just screams: “TIMOTHÉE WANTS AN OSCAR!!!”

Keep in mind that we also have serious Oscar buzz for Daniel Craig (Queer), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Joaquin Phoenix (Joker: Folie à Deux), and Paul Mescal (Gladiator II), plus who knows who else.

If Chalamet ends up doing his career like Bradley Cooper, I’m going to be so disappointed.

 

[Jay42]

Timothée didn't direct this one at least so it's not like he's going full Bradley Cooper.

 

[Buzz]

Coming soon to a cinema near you!

Donald Trump biopic 'The Apprentice' sets pre-election release date

“The Apprentice” premiered in May at the Cannes Film Festival, where it immediately turned into a sociopolitical lightning rod. Trump's campaign blasted it as "malicious defamation."

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Cachoo]

I watched "Housewife, 49" on Prime and enjoyed it. It is based on the diaries of Nella Last, a woman riddled with anxiety until the activities surrounding WWII forced her out of her shell. By diaries I mean scraps of paper with a few of her thoughts she would send to a group called the Mass Observation Archive throughout the war. She lived with her husband and two grown sons who soon went their own way. The diaries show how she changed when she reluctantly started volunteering. I was not familiar with a lot of the cast but they were excellent and I loved seeing Nella change.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Coming soon to a cinema near you!

Donald Trump biopic 'The Apprentice' sets pre-election release date

“The Apprentice” premiered in May at the Cannes Film Festival, where it immediately turned into a sociopolitical lightning rod. Trump's campaign blasted it as "malicious defamation."

www.nbcnews.com

I’ve posted this before in regards to “Reagan” (opening this weekend), but IMHO, biopics about U.S. Presidents have either been insanely good or horrifically executed.

BTW, here’s the Rotten Tomatoes so far on Reagan. I’m still undecided on whether I want to see it.

 

[peibeck]

What is even the POINT of more Jurassic World/Park/Whatever

Obviously, it's looking at Johnathan Bailey for two hours.

 

[Wyliefan]

I’ve posted this before in regards to “Reagan” (opening this weekend), but IMHO, biopics about U.S. Presidents have either been insanely good or horrifically executed.

With few exceptions (Lincoln was really good), they tend to be either hagiographies or hit jobs. I'm not interested in either.

 

[On My Own]

Obviously, it's looking at Johnathan Bailey for two hours.

I wish I knew who that was.

 

[ilovepaydays]

I’ve posted this before in regards to “Reagan” (opening this weekend), but IMHO, biopics about U.S. Presidents have either been insanely good or horrifically executed.

BTW, here’s the Rotten Tomatoes so far on Reagan. I’m still undecided on whether I want to see it.

Update - I went and saw Reagan this afternoon. Mainly because I looked at my AMC app and I saw that my Stubs membership gave me a free large soda and popcorn for my birthday month and it's 8/31. Because we are still in it's opening weekend, I will put my review in spoiler.

Spoiler: My Review of "Reagan"

Overall, I give Reagan a 6.25/10. I didn't totally hate but I didn't totally love it, either. Full disclosure: Reagan was the first U.S. president I that remember - I was a during the 1980 election. Like all politicians that are flawed, there were things about Reagan's presidency that I like and don't like. But I don't want the discussion of this movie to get too political; there's an entire Politically Incorrect section here to do that.

The movie opens with President Reagan giving a speech to the AFL-CIO on March 30, 1981. Which, yes, goes into the assassination attempt. The movie then jumps to Present Day in Moscow and the premise of the film. A young Russian intelligence operative visit a former KGB officer (played by Jon Voigt; I'll call him KGB Voight because his character is fiction). KGB Voight is asked "How can we bring Mother Russia back? What brought her down?" KGB Voight answers, "That Mother Russia is no more. She was defeated by one man." The basic premise is that KGB Voight had spied on Reagan from his actor days in the 1940s to the end of his presidency. KGB Voight knew Reagan was dangerous, but no one in the USSR would listen to him.

The movie jumps around in the timeline - from Present Day to the 1940s actor/SAG days to Reagan's childhood in the 1920s to the 1960s forward. If you don't like movies that "jumps around" like that, you will really dislike this film. There were apparent tidbits about Reagan I hadn't ever heard about. Apparently, in the 1940s, Warner Brothers tried to get Reagan to dismantle the SAG from the inside. When Reagan refused and became head of the SAG, WB started a campaign to try and label Reagan as a communist. While Reagan was Governor of California, there was a UC-Berkley protestor that camped out in his front yard. Reagan started a friendship with him and he ended up being his speechwriter who wrote the "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" line in the 1987 Berlin Wall Speech. Reagan's relationship with U.S. House Speaker with Tip O'Neil was a bromance (After 6pm, they could enjoy a drink or a card game)? And the "Star Wars" Initiative was really just an intentional ploy to make the USSR get destroyed by going bankrupt in the arms race?

And there's a big jar of jelly beans. Everywhere. In almost every shot of Reagan while he is President.

The movie ends with the young operative leaving KGB Voight realizing that "Mother Russia can only move forward". There's then some brief somber moments of Reagan decline from Alzheimer's disease. The ending credits feature footage of Reagan's funeral (I didn't know that both Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev visited Reagan's casket while it was lying in state at the U.S. Capitol.) and photos and epilogues of all the mentioned people in the film.

Overall, the movie was RAH! RAH! and only got into the positives about Reagan. It got a bit sugary at times, but I've seen movies about U.S. Presidents that were way worse (Oliver Stone's "Nixon" and "W." comes to mind). And while I thought that some parts of the movie was entertaining, I wouldn’t watch it again.

 

[peibeck]

I wish I knew who that was.

He's best known for being in "Bridgerton" and "Fellow Travelers," and is in the upcoming movie version of "Wicked."

ETA: I misspelled his first name, it's Jonathan (no "h.")

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Update - I went and saw Reagan this afternoon. Mainly because I looked at my AMC app and I saw that my Stubs membership gave me a free large soda and popcorn for my birthday month and it's 8/31. Because we are still in it's opening weekend, I will put my review in spoiler.

Spoiler: My Review of "Reagan"

Overall, I give Reagan a 6.25/10. I didn't totally hate but I didn't totally love it, either. Full disclosure: Reagan was the first U.S. president I that remember - I was a during the 1980 election. Like all politicians that are flawed, there were things about Reagan's presidency that I like and don't like. But I don't want the discussion of this movie to get too political; there's an entire Politically Incorrect section here to do that.

The movie opens with President Reagan giving a speech to the AFL-CIO on March 30, 1981. Which, yes, goes into the assassination attempt. The movie then jumps to Present Day in Moscow and the premise of the film. A young Russian intelligence operative visit a former KGB officer (played by Jon Voigt; I'll call him KGB Voight because his character is fiction). KGB Voight is asked "How can we bring Mother Russia back? What brought her down?" KGB Voight answers, "That Mother Russia is no more. She was defeated by one man." The basic premise is that KGB Voight had spied on Reagan from his actor days in the 1940s to the end of his presidency. KGB Voight knew Reagan was dangerous, but no one in the USSR would listen to him.

The movie jumps around in the timeline - from Present Day to the 1940s actor/SAG days to Reagan's childhood in the 1920s to the 1960s forward. If you don't like movies that "jumps around" like that, you will really dislike this film. There were apparent tidbits about Reagan I hadn't ever heard about. Apparently, in the 1940s, Warner Brothers tried to get Reagan to dismantle the SAG from the inside. When Reagan refused and became head of the SAG, WB started a campaign to try and label Reagan as a communist. While Reagan was Governor of California, there was a UC-Berkley protestor that camped out in his front yard. Reagan started a friendship with him and he ended up being his speechwriter who wrote the "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" line in the 1987 Berlin Wall Speech. Reagan's relationship with U.S. House Speaker with Tip O'Neil was a bromance (After 6pm, they could enjoy a drink or a card game)? And the "Star Wars" Initiative was really just an intentional ploy to make the USSR get destroyed by going bankrupt in the arms race?

And there's a big jar of jelly beans. Everywhere. In almost every shot of Reagan while he is President.

The movie ends with the young operative leaving KGB Voight realizing that "Mother Russia can only move forward". There's then some brief somber moments of Reagan decline from Alzheimer's disease. The ending credits feature footage of Reagan's funeral (I didn't know that both Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev visited Reagan's casket while it was lying in state at the U.S. Capitol.) and photos and epilogues of all the mentioned people in the film.

Overall, the movie was RAH! RAH! and only got into the positives about Reagan. It got a bit sugary at times, but I've seen movies about U.S. Presidents that were way worse (Oliver Stone's "Nixon" and "W." comes to mind). And while I thought that some parts of the movie was entertaining, I wouldn’t watch it again.

Virgos rule

 

[On My Own]

Does anyone else think Emma Watson's accent sounds stupid in Little Women? (yes, it's from 2019, whatever)

 

[ilovepaydays]

Virgos rule

WAIT. I thought I was a Leo (Not that I understand astrology and what each “sign” means, anyway).
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Meanwhile, at Telluride:

“Saturday Night” has apparently received the biggest applause so far.

Ralph Fiennes is officially now a Best Actor front runner for “Conclave”.

 

[Tesla]

WAIT. I thought I was a Leo (Not that I understand astrology and what each “sign” means, anyway).

Depends on your birthdate.

Astrological sign

 

[ilovepaydays]

Box Office Mojo - U.S. Domestic Box Office: Weekend 35.

Deadpool & Wolverine still did almost $20M in the !

If the total including tomorrow (Labor Day) jumps a lot, I’ll post an update.

Notable opening next weekend: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and we have the start of The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival !

 

[ilovepaydays]

Coming soon to a cinema near you!

Donald Trump biopic 'The Apprentice' sets pre-election release date

“The Apprentice” premiered in May at the Cannes Film Festival, where it immediately turned into a sociopolitical lightning rod. Trump's campaign blasted it as "malicious defamation."

www.nbcnews.com

Well, apparently, there are now doing a kickstarter.

 

[Aussie Willy]

Bit late to the party but I saw D&W on the weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it. Ryan and Hugh just do not take it at all seriously hence the audience can have a great time with it. And there is so many nods and winks to previous movies but also cultural references. And the soundtrack worked so well with it.

Didn't see anyone mention Emma Corrin who played Cassandra Nova. She was great as the No 1 bad person in this.

Overall having gotten a bit sick of the Marvel movies (just seem to focus on how much destruction can be done) this was back to form (whatever universe it is).