The first of my posts of favorite television series. It goes back to Julius Caesar so this one is the oldest in terms of its period, and definitely high in overall quality of everything from acting to set dressing. Well grounded characters living their lives in the day and based on history, what are your thoughts on the HBO show Rome?

Perfect gif of homelander 😂

Long live the Prince Charles. Long live physical media. Long live cinema.

I am tired of endless scrolling, I need an easy way to decide what movie I should watch , help!

In more recent months, I've seen "Obsession" praised as one of the best films of the decade. I don't necessarily disagree it's a good movie, but I think its plot and screenplay are not that good. For me, the movie is watchable almost entirely because of Inde Navarrette's performance as Nikki. -Heath Ledger as The Joker comes to mind as well-

Her portrayal is immaculate. I genuinely can't imagine a better casting choice for the character, and her performance is what makes the movie a good piece of art. -Ron Perlman as Hellboy. Can't get enough of him-

Are there any movies that make you feel a single actor or actress saved it by miles? Films where, without that one performance, the whole thing might have fallen apart?

To put it very very simply, Digger is a “weird” movie, it is absolutely not for everyone. That being said Inarritu & Tom Cruise made something special for cinema, it’s just so unique & separate from other films. It’s like a willy-wonka esque fever dream about billionaires & political tyrants in the modern age.

And as much as people don’t like Tom Cruise for science reasons, he’s the reason why DIGGER works so well.

All I'm saying is, I'm just glad this movie exists. It's strange, ambitious, and completely its own thing. That's the kind of art I can appreciate.

Official Trailer

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I very recently watched the movie Conspiracy (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266425/) and today I saw Naza in cinema https://naza-documentary.com/

Those two movies very perfectly compliments each other.

Without spoiling too much.

Both describe the mechanics and procedures of genocide and how to organize it in a way that people can perform the genocide by separation of duties, "just doing my job" and also in a way with plausible deniability.

One big difference is the ending of Naza.

Highly recommend.

Naza is an intensely well made movie.

Nobody spoke after the movie. People say shell shocked. A feeling that moving was breaking a taboo. That moving would make it real.

After several minutes people walked out. Silently. Still shell shocked. Beautiful. Like a fire.

Together with the recent revelations about the warnings about October 7 and Bibi not acting on them, watching Conspiracy before or after makes the two movies a perfect pair.

If you have watched NAZA, what did you think about the ending?

I had a feeling that the ending underlined perfectly the way you as a viewer of the confessions of the IDF people in tel aviv far from the actual ground in Gaza, got lulled into the same distance from the actual horrors on the ground that the whole Israeli society has gotten lulled into. That is NOT an excuse. But the director hits hard with the ending that this could happen to the viewer too. Or do i over analyze?

I recently had the chance to sit down with Olivier Megaton, the French filmmaker behind Taken 2, Taken 3, Transporter 3, and Colombiana.

I've been a fan of these films for years, so it was interesting getting to hear his perspective on making them, working in Hollywood, and how his background as a graffiti artist influenced his career as a director.

We covered quite a bit, from his early days in France to directing some of the biggest action franchises of the 2000s and 2010s.

Curious what everyone thinks of his films, particularly Transporter 3 and Colombiana.

Thanks to the mods for letting me share!

I have just watched Bones and All and I fell in love with this movie. I am very impressed by the range of Luca Guadagnino as a director. He has a gift for telling horrific stories in a gentle and beautiful way.

While watching the film I thought "This is a coming off age story!". Bones and All is a shocking film. I was disgusted and moved at the same time. But the gruesome subject matter is told with so much gentleness and beauty. It made me reflect on society and my own struggles as a young adult.

I want to emphasize that Mark Rylance is giving one of the most creepy and mesmerizing performances that I can think of. There are only 3 big scenes with him, but each is hypnotic and tense, culminating is the creepiest drop of saliva in movie history. But it would be a shame not to mention Michael Stuhlbarg, who also has an incredibly scary scene at the campfire. A scene that lends the film its title.

Many people seem to believe that the cannibalism is a metaphor for addiction. I was rather seeing some criticisms of modern capitalistic societies. A system that forces people to play by the (exploitative) rules of capitalism, which has to grow and be fed constantly to function. A system that "eats" a large amount of its people, the poor and unfortunate. But that might quite well be a false interpretation. What seems to be clear though is, that the cannibalism stands for growing older and accepting (or not!) the compromises of the real world. I myself kept thinking of my own life, how I had dreams that I could never fulfill. "We have to do it" Lee says. Like I had to come to terms with life, find a job, earn some money and play by the rules - giving up some of my own freedom. "eating" some of my own dreams and desires. Lee and Maren decide to try to live like normal people. Shedding those desires (hunger, greed) and only do, what makes them happy and be free.

And there comes Sully, deformed and twisted by all the hunger and loneliness he had to endure. He knows how to survive - but not how to form a meaningful relationship.

"Friends call me Sully". And he is the only person calling himself Sully, speaking of himself in third person, because nobody else does. He is his own and only friend. His feelings get mixed up with his hunger in the end. Eating somebody (especially an eater) you love seems to be the highest spiritual sensation an eater can have. And I do think that Stuhlbarg and Brad were planning on eating Lee and Maren - Bones and All.

And I do think that her mother had the same uncontrollable urge to eat Maren. Again, the confusion of love and hunger. "A world free of monsters". Her mother saw herself as a monster, not because she was an eater, but because she knew she was gonna eat Maren, if she doesn't disappear.

Before I conclude, I want to also praise the music by Reznor and Ross. The intensity of the scene where Maren finds out the secret of Sully in the old ladies home is also a result of the hypnotic percussion that supports the acting - again, masterfully played by Rylence.

Even days after I have watched this film, i still can't get it out of my head.

"Beautiful, beautiful brown eyes..."

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Guilty Confession

1. A complete unknown 9.the fast and the furious 8.lords of dogtown 7. Tokyo drift 6.les samurai 5. The untouchables 4. Casino Royale 3.fight club 2. Heat 1. Scarface (1983)

I watched Altered States last night, and while reading up on it, saw that John Dykstra had clashed with director Ken Russell, and was let go from the project. The same thing had happened on Star Wars, where he was let go by George Lucas. Yet I recognize his name as a leader in 1980s special effects. So - what's the story?