I probably should not post this, viewer discretion is advised for strong language throughout. This is the trailer for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, a picture directed by Martin McDonagh of In Bruges fame. Normally, a trailer entices one to watch the movie, but this one is so good it just stands on its own. How could the movie be better than the trailer? It's a fricking masterpiece.
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Yes, great trailer. Looks like a great movie.
I recently saw a movie to recommend to our vast readership: My Life as a Zucchini. It's a Swiss animated feature. And I'm not quite sure why it was so affecting. Although I'm not alone. Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal calls it "touching, surprising, slyly funny and quietly subversive." And for people like Renee, who object to movies and plays that are too long, it clocks in at a little over an hour.
Your recommendation in in my queue. A couple of recommendations from my end:
This first one I hesitate to recommend especially for the younger crowd who are inexorably drawn to this blog like a moth to the flame. It is basically a titillating sexual tale played out in 'Victorian' Korea. The title is The Handmaiden. The plot and cinematography keeps it talked about in respectable circles. In the animation genre, April and the Extraordinary World was pretty good. I've seen two The Girl on the Train(The Girls on the Trains?), one with Nicki Aycox from 2013 and one with Emily Blunt from 2016. The more recent one got better reviews but I liked both (The first one gets a bit complex.) They are both completely different except for the titles. Lastly, I liked The Innocents about a convent during WWII.
I've seen three Academy Award nominees, Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight, and La La Land with La La Land being, by far, the more engaging of the three in my humble opinion.
I've heard of The Handmaiden and April and the Extraordinary World but really don't know much about them. I hadn't heard of either movie named The Girl on the Train. The Innocents we saw, and I highly recommend it. In fact, it may well be the best movie of 2016, certainly the best film I've seen in some time.
I've also seen your three Academy Award nominees. I was most moved by Manchester by the Sea. Of the other best picture nominees, I've seen Hidden Figures, which was a very enjoyable movie. You might describe it as Madmen Go to NASA (same time period). I also just saw Hell or High Water, also well done and worth watching. See it for Jeff Bridges.
Yes, I saw (and I think commented) on Hell or High Water before I had heard anything about it. It is an exceptional movie, and I feel I will like Hidden Figures when I get to watch it.
One not to add to your queue - The Lost City of Z. It seemed to have excellent reviews all around, the book was very engaging, and even though the previews made it seem less than stellar, Patrick and I just saw it last night. It's biggest issue was trying to decide what type of movie it was (historical biography, Heart of Darkness-esque tale of obsession, preview for Charlie Hunnam to show his movie chops before King Arthur arrives in theaters). And since it embraced bits of each of these, it failed at all of them.
Actually, Ted, at your recommendation, Sue and I saw The Drop. I must say, it wasn't at all what I expected. I thought that it would be some kind of action movie. It's really sort of a mood piece and, as in other crime dramas, creates a world that has its own cause and effect. Ultimately, it delivers and I join your recommendation.
Gandolfini is good as always, but I have a special place in my heart for Tom Hardy, also known for Mad Max: Fury Road and Inception. I especially liked him in the lesser known Locke.
The Drop is a great one. Based on a Dennis Lehane short story (who, by the way, is coming Holyoke tomorrow, so I am headed there to see what he has to say).
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