Movie Review thread.

[magicrectangle]

American Mary

The official blurb is:

The story follows medical student, Mary Mason, as she becomes increasingly broke and disenchanted with the surgical world she once admired. The allure of easy money sends Mary into the world of underground surgeries which ends up leaving more marks on her than her so called 'freakish' clientele

I wasn't really sure when I sat down to watch it what kind of movie it was going to be at all. Supposedly it is a "horror/thriller" movie, but usually horror movies are filled with gratuitous blood and guts, the plot mainly existing to navigate you from guts to boobs to guts again. That's not what American Mary is (although there's a decent amount of blood). What it is, is a sort of surreal look at the odd twists that life can take. I'm not sure if it was supposed to be disturbing or not, but I actually found it uplifting in an odd way.

If you liked Fargo or Sweeny Todd, there's a pretty decent chance you'll like American Mary. They're not really the same kinds of movies, but they have the same aesthetic sensibility.

9/10 from me.

[Leopold Stotch]

Just watched Charade with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, a light piece of fluff which also had Walter Matthau, James Coburn and George Kennedy co-starring - how's that for a cast? I enjoyed it, it was an anodyne for some of the grimmer films I've seen recently. A whodunit with a whimsical romantic subplot and the witty-banter-dialogue so beloved of that era of film-making.
Funny true story, a well known Leopold on these very forums suggested an Audrey Hepburn film would be just what I needed - I already had this one on my playlist so - great minds think alike

What's amusing is I was thinking of that one. ^^ I saw that one recently and enjoyed it.

Charade is a fun one, if you wanted to watch something of a similar cast, there's How to Steal a Million which was a bit more 60s silliness with Hepburn and Peter O'Toole

I think I started that one, but never finished.

[BobCox2]

Just watched Charade with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, a light piece of fluff which also had Walter Matthau, James Coburn and George Kennedy co-starring - how's that for a cast? I enjoyed it. What a ride.

"Charade with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn"




I ate Jello with Cary Grant in his house in Palm Springs as a child and ...
Audrey Hepburn

Sigh...

UNICEF etc...

[LozHinge the Unhinged]

"Charade with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn"

Indeed.

I ate Jello with Cary Grant in his house in Palm Springs as a child and ...
Audrey Hepburn

Sigh...

UNICEF etc...

I think that is one of the oddest reminiscences I have ever heard of, Bob. Kudos.

[BobCox2]

Dam straight - his house got trashed by a party when he was out of town in the 60's and my Grandma got hired to house-sit.

I'm Dead serious, I ate Jello made by my Grandma with Cary Grant in his summer house when I was a kid in the 60's.

Bill Cosbys been trying all his life, but he is not going to top that.

[stillman]

She made the jello out of Cary Grant?

[jmervyn]

She made the jello out of Cary Grant?

It's the extra cartilage, calcium, and protein that makes it extra-nutritious. I hear it's available in Kuru flavor.

[BobCox2]

Fe Fie Fo Fum.



I love Ettins

[Ash Housewares]

it looks so dumb, and by that I mean the looks, the visual style doesn't quite jive with me, but not every movie has to be made with me in mind

that said I have no idea if it will actually be good, hopefully the people whom it is intended to please will be pleased

and uhoh dondrei, the recent ex-cop murder spree happening in my neck of the woods has prompted me to start posting in the mmochamp general OT forums, will I survive or will the psychotic moderators have their way with me?

[BobCox2]

I love LAPD.

Talk about looking dumb.

Lets shoot everyone in a blue titan truck.

Jack the Giant Killer indeed.