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Been a few weeks, but poll of the day time!
Which of these Alien movies is better?
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Trailers I saw before watching September 5:
Maria
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (seen it, āļøāļøāļøāļø)
Grand Tour
Becoming Led Zeppelin (for the third time)
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WARNING: The following review contains spoilers for a film that will be widely released in Australia on February 6. If you do not want to receive spoilers, please do not read this review.
MOVIE REVIEWS - September 5 (2024)
āWhen I was a kid my father used to say "Our greatest hopes and our worst fears are seldom realized." Our worst fears have been realized tonight. They have now said there were 11 hostages; two were killed in their rooms this morn-- yesterday morning, nine were killed at the airport tonight. They're all gone.ā
- Jim McKay, September 5, 1972
Directed by Tim Fehlbaum
Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum and Alex David
Starring:
Peter Sarsgaard
John Magaro
Ben Chaplin
Leonie Benesch
PLOT:
ABCās team at the 1972 Munich Olympics must work around the clock as terrorists hold the Israeli Olympic team hostage.
RATING:
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A very good thriller by Tim Fehlbaum. Loved the performances of the cast as well as the Oscar nominated screenplay. I also loved the suspense of the film as well as the way the film used actual footage of ABCās coverage of the 1972 Munich Olympics, where the events of the film take place.
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Academy Awards 2025 Nominations rant:
I was gonna make it a video but Iāll do a post instead.
There are a few decisions by the Academy for its 97th Academy Awards nominations that Iām not quite happy about, and Iāll list them here.
Best Picture:
Iām rather disappointed that some not so critically acclaimed films got nominated for this award, such as Emilia Perez and A Complete Unknown. The Academy should have taken critical response from Mexico into consideration for Emilia Perez, as that country believed it poorly understood its cultural representation and dialogue. They also criticised the songwriting and the use of stereotypes. If I were the Academy, Iād make a few changes. First, Emilia Perez and A Complete Unknown would not be nominated. I would instead nominate A Real Pain and Sing Sing instead of those. I would also replace Dune: Part Two with The Wild Robot, as that movie had more acclaim and was made by a major Hollywood studio, DreamWorks.
My pick for winner:
The Brutalist
Best Director:
I would only make one change. I would nominate Conclaveās Edward Berger instead of Emilia Perezās Jacques Audiard.
My pick for winner:
Brady Corbet for The Brutalist
Best Actor:
One change again. I would nominate A Real Painās Jesse Eisenberg instead of The Apprenticeās Sebastian Stan.
My pick for winner:
Adrien Brody for The Brutalist
Best Actress:
I would make one change for this one, but it was pretty difficult. I would not nominate Emilia Perezās Karla Sofia Gascon, and not because she is a transgender person. Again, I would take critical response into consideration. There were a few alternatives for Gascon, Mariaās Angelina Jolie, Babygirlās Nicole Kidman and Challengersā Zendaya. However, I would pick Kidman, not because sheās an Aussie like I am, but because she won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival.
My pick for winner:
Mikey Madison for Anora or Demi Moore for The Substance
Best Original Score:
One change. I would nominate Challengersā Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross instead of Emilia Perezās Clement Ducol and Camille.
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Announcement for 24/1/25:
Iām no longer going to make any message videos because it will probably get my channel terminated a third time, and I do not want that to happen AT ALL!
Thatās all the announcement for tonight!
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Seeing this movie tonight at the Cinema Nova in Carlton at 7:10pm
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Updated cinema visits:
Jan 24:
September 5 at the Cinema Nova in Carlton at 7:10pm
Jan 26:
Babygirl at the Cinema Nova in Carlton at 4pm
Feb 1:
Double Indemnity at the Classic Cinemas in Elsternwick at 2pm
Blue Velvet at the Lido Cinemas in Hawthorn at 8pm
Feb 5:
Mulholland Drive at the Lido Cinemas in Hawthorn at 7:30pm
Feb 7:
Iām Still Here at the Cinema Nova in Carlton at 6:30pm
Feb 11:
Mean Streets + After Hours Double Feature at the Cinema Nova in Carlton from 7pm
Feb 12:
Flow at the Cinema Nova in Carlton at 7pm
Feb 13:
Showgirls (30th Anniversary) at the Astor Theatre in St Kilda at 7pm
Feb 15:
Bob Dylan: Donāt Look Back at the Astor Theatre in St Kilda at 4:15pm
Feb 26:
Picnic at Hanging Rock (50th Anniversary) at the Cinema Nova in Carlton at 6:45pm
Feb 28:
Wake in Fright 4K at the Lido Cinemas in Hawthorn at 8pm
Mar 3:
Shoot the Piano Player at the Lido Cinemas in Hawthorn at 6:30pm
Mar 11:
Two English Girls at the Classic Cinemas in Elsternwick at 6:15pm
Mar 14:
Ran at the Lido Cinemas in Hawthorn at 8pm
Mar 21:
Deep Red at the Lido Cinemas in Hawthorn at 8pm
Jun 27:
Paprika at the Lido Cinemas in Hawthorn at 8pm
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Trailers I saw before watching Pee-Weeās Big Adventure:
Macbeth
Universal Language (third time I saw that one)
The Last Journey (third time I saw that one)
Flow (third time I saw that one, will see that movie)
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (third time I saw that one, May watch it)
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MOVIE REVIEWS - Pee-Weeās Big Adventure (1985)
Directed by Tim Burton
Written by Phil Hartman, Paul Reubens and Michael Varhol
Starring:
Paul Reubens
Elizabeth Daily
Mark Holton
Diane Salinger
Judd Omen
PLOT:
Pee-wee Herman, a childlike man in a grey suit with a red bow-tie, has a dream where he wins the Tour De France. He wakes up and makes breakfast with an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine, but has Mr. T cereal instead. Pee-Wee goes outside and enters a secret code to access a garage containing his heavily accessorized bicycle that he cherishes. His neighbor and enemy, Francis Buxton, wants the bicycle and offers to buy it. Pee-wee refuses; as he rides off, Francis warns him he'll be sorry for turning down his offer.
Pee-Wee goes to Chuck's Bike Shop. Dottie is an employee who has a crush on Pee-wee, but he does not reciprocate, claiming that he leads far too dangerous and incomprehensible of a lifestyle for her. As Pee-wee goes on a shopping spree, his bike is stolen, but the police are not overly concerned with the theft. Pee-wee assumes Francis took it, and confronts him, but Francis' father convinces Pee-wee that Francis was not responsible. Pee-wee offers a $10,000 reward for the bike. Francis, who did indeed pay to have someone steal the bike, is disturbed by Pee-wee's relentlessness and pays to have the bike sent away. That evening, Pee-wee holds an unsuccessful evidentiary meeting of friends and neighbors to find the bike, then rejects offers of help. He then visits a phony psychic who misleads Pee-wee into believing his bike is in the basement of the Alamo Mission in San Antonio and steals his wallet.
Pee-wee hitchhikes to Texas, getting rides from a fugitive convict named Mickey, and from Large Marge, the ghost of a truck driver. At a truck stop, Pee-wee finds his wallet is missing, and pays for his meal by washing dishes. He befriends Simone, a waitress who dreams of visiting Paris. As they watch the sun rise from within a roadside dinosaur statue, he encourages her to follow her dreams, but Simone tells him about her boyfriend, Andy, who disapproves. Andy appears and tries to attack Pee-wee, who escapes onto a moving train. Pee-wee arrives at the Alamo, but learns at the end of a guided tour that the building does not have a basement.
At a bus station, Pee-wee encounters Simone, who tells him she broke up with Andy and is on her way to Paris. She tells Pee-wee not to give up searching for his bike. Pee-wee calls Dottie and apologizes for his behavior. Andy spots Pee-wee and resumes chasing him. Pee-wee evades Andy at a rodeo by disguising himself as a bull rider. Forced to ride a bull, Pee-wee nearly sets a world record, but is knocked out. He visits a biker bar to make a phone call, and a biker gang threatens to kill him after he accidentally knocks over their motorcycles. He wins them over by dancing to the song "Tequila" in a pair of platform shoes, and they give him a motorcycle for his journey, which he crashes immediately.
He awakens in a hospital and sees on television that his bike is being used as a prop in a film. Pee-wee sneaks into Warner Bros. Studios with Milton Berle in Burbank and grabs the bike. Security guards chase him across the studio lot and through several active sets before he escapes. Pee-wee then discovers a burning pet shop and rescues the animals. The firefighters declare Pee-wee a hero, but the police arrest Pee-wee for his intrusion at the studio. They return Pee-wee to the studio to face Warner Bros. president Terry Hawthorne. After Pee-wee pleads his case that the bike belongs to him, Hawthorne decides to drop the charges and return Pee-wee's bike in exchange for the rights to adapt his story into a film starring James Brolin as "P.W. Herman" and Morgan Fairchild as Dottie. In the film, presented as a James Bond parody, the characters must retrieve their stolen motorbike ā which contains an important microfilm ā from the Soviets, after the US President telephones P.W. to let him know of the bike's importance to national security. Pee-wee has a cameo role as a hotel bellhop, though his voice has been dubbed.
Seeing the film at a drive-in theater, Pee-wee gives refreshments to the different people he met along his journey. He also encounters Francis, who tells reporters he is Pee-wee's best friend and that he taught Pee-wee how to ride. Francis claims to be knowledgeable about Pee-wee's bike, but sets off one of the bicycle's gadgets, catapulting himself into the air. Ultimately, Pee-wee decides to depart with Dottie, claiming to have already "lived" the adventure on screen.
RATING:
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A decent directorial debut by Tim Burton. Liked Reubensā performance as well as the humour, particularly the chase through Warner Bros. Studios.
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Seeing this movie tonight at the Cinema Nova in Carlton at 7pm.
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Will, DVD collector and sports fan
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