#millennium films

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'The Expendables 3' - A Franchise Killer

WRITER’S NOTE: This review was written in 2014. I was really looking forward to the third “Expendables” movie ever since I saw the teaser trailer which was scored to the theme for “Bridge on the River Kwai.” None of the films in this franchise will ever be mistaken for high art, but they bring about a much-needed nostalgia workout which many of us have for the action movies from the 1980’s.…

[zegalba]

Millennium Actress (2001) directed by: Satoshi Kon

[beingharsh]

Millennium Actress (2001), dir. Satoshi Kon

[vizual-demon]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

(2011) dir. David Fincher

[pedroam-bang]

Docking Bay 327 - Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

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🚨 MOVIE ALERT: 🚨

Satoshi Kon's Paprika and Tokyo Godfathers are both free to watch legally on YouTube right now!

Paprika is a surrealist action film about dreams that inspired Inception. It is absolutely excellent (although I strongly recommend you check the content and rating to make sure it's something you're comfortable with; they rated this R for a reason).

Tokyo Godfathers i haven't seen yet, but it's about this group of homeless people who find an abandoned baby on Christmas Eve. It is apparently very sweet and I'm looking forward to watching it!

Kon's other films include Millennium Actress and Perfect Blue.

Millennium Actress is phenomenal as well (and is available to watch on Crunchyroll right now) - it's a very cool surreal retelling of a fictional famous actress' life, and a meditation on how love drives us. (A few more thoughts on it on a different alt here.)

Perfect Blue I haven't seen yet, but I've heard it's amazing and also horrifying; and I've heard that like with Paprika:Inception it directly inspired one or two popular live action Western movies. As far as I can see, right now you'd have to rent it to watch it.

Anyway, go forth and jump into some great anime!

[techs-mechs]

Millennium Falcon pulled into a Death Star landing bay.

[cinematicjourney]

Millennium Mambo (2001) | dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien

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Again and again. As if under a spell or hypnotized... she couldn't escape. She always came back.

Millennium Mambo (2001) dir. Hou Hsiou-Hsien

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altho it's nice to see something shot in crisp clear full-colour, I think the only john linnell state songs shows available being videotaped on b&w shaky cam in 1999 give them a certain charm. this is found footage.

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Original Art - Star Wars #050 Pg 14 (1981) by Al Williamson And Tom Palmer

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'The Expendables 2' - More Fun Than Its Predecessor

WRITER’S NOTE: This review was written in 2012. “The Expendables 2” is the kind of dumb action movie fun we have come to expect from the likes of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis among others famous in this particular genre. Clearly everyone involved in its making was simply out to give action fans what they want, and while there are no real surprises in store, it is…

[64hellboy]

Millennium I (2009)

[beingharsh]

Millennium Actress (2001), dir. Satoshi Kon

[vizual-demon]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

(2011) dir. David Fincher

[pedroam-bang]

John Conrad Berkey - Return Of The Jedi: Death Star Battle (1983)