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Meu Amigo Pinguim - Trailer Edição ao vivo online

A Paris Filmes divulgou, numa quarta-feira (13), o trailer legendado de “Meu Amigo Pinguim“, filme norte-americano inspirado em uma comovente história brasileira. Éder Matheus – Popeek. 13 jun 2024 A trama gira em torno de um pequeno pinguim perdido, que após ser resgatado de um derramento de óleo no mar, transforma a vida e a alma de João (Jean Reno), o pescador que o resgatou. Apelidado de…

[haneentifosa005]

I made something

[anajugmac]

BABY | Trailer Oficial

[homunculusalphonse]

ok the sonic movie 3 trailer is cool

buuuuuut i didn't rlly like shadow's voice.

[blogencenamais]

Filme nacional em cartaz - Estranho Caminho (2024)

Um jovem cineasta que visita sua cidade natal é surpreendido pelo rápido avanço da pandemia e precisa encontrar seu pai, com quem não fala há mais de dez anos. Depois do primeiro encontro, coisas estranhas começam a acontecer.

[phoebosacerales]

One thing a lot of people won't notice obout "Ainda Estou Aqui" is the use of the song "Jimi, renda-se" by Tom Zé in the beginning of the film and in the trailer. I'm no music expert, but I know this one is kinda like a critique of the foreign usamerican influence on Brazilian music and culture. He plays around a lot with english words, with how they sound for brazilians and he changes their meaning. Tom Zé is subverting things and making these influences submit to Brazilian music, hence the title "Jimmy, renda-se" (Jimmy, surrender) playing on the pronunciation of Jimi Hendrix's name.

This song is in there for a reason, the gringos won't get it, but the far-right dictatorships that were happening at the time in many Latin American countries were planted and supported by the US as part of the Operation Condor, a campaign of political repression and state terror against the supposed communist threat during the Cold War. Keeping in mind how the people involved with the movie are always emphasizing that this is, from beginning to end, also a story about the present and that's the usual tone in many of Walter Salles' films, remembering our military dictatorship is also about remembering our country's submission to american imperialism, which is still a problem, we did not win (and I could go on and on about how the military dictatorship and torture haven't reached an end in the favelas and actually got worse), and no wonder our far-right still has such weird patriotism that's contradictorily more about submission to the US. The threats of a new military coup in recent years are discussed in terms of this submission.

The use of “Jimmy, renda-se” being jammed out by the young people in the car in one of the very firsts scenes of the film could be understood as symbolic of resistance to american imperialism. And yet, before the song ends they get stopped at a checkpoint by the military repressive forces and have to surrender themselves to an agressive frisk.

[sonicmovieupdates]

Apologies for no updates again. Anyway, here are some stuff that I did posted on Twitter.:

A Brazilian candy company is doing a Sonic 3 promotion.:

More merchandise like phone covers and stickers are available to purchase.:

You can also play as Movie Shadow in a stage based on Tokyo, Japan in Sonic X Shadow Generations.:

Also, BMW Motorcycles did confirmed to work on the movie. They provide the motorcycle for Agent Stone. Also, the motorcycle that Shadow used to chase after Sonic is an actual bike. It is a Ducati bike.:

Also, today, I watched Transformers One. Sadly, my local theater didn't have the Sonic 3 poster, but they did play the trailer.:

[brokehorrorfan]

Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe will be released on November 28 via Arrow Video. The five-disc Blu-ray box set collects 10 films from Brazilian horror icon José Mojica Marins, better known as Coffin Joe.

It includes: 1964's At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul, 1967's This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse, 1968's The Strange World of Coffin Joe, 1970's Awakening of the Beast, 1971's The End of Man, 1972's When the Gods Fall Asleep, 1976's The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures, 1977's Hellish Flesh, 1978's Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind, and 2008's Embodiment of Evil.

Each disc has its own Blu-ray case with reversible artwork by Butcher Billy. They're housed together in a slipcase with a book featuring new writing by Tim Lucas, Carlos Primati, Jerome Reuter, Amy Voorhees Searles, Kyle Anderson, and Paula Sacramento, a double-sided poster, and 12 double-sided art cards.

All 10 movies have been newly stored in 4K from the best available elements with original lossless mono audio (except Embodiment of Evil, which has lossless 2.0 and 5.1 audio). Special features are listed below, where you can also see more of the packaging.

Disc 1: At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul

Audio commentary by José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte, and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)

Video essay by Lindsay Hallam (new)

Damned: The Strange World of José Mojica Marins - 2001 documentary

Bloody Kingdom - Marins’ first short film with director’s commentary

Excerpts from early works by Marins

Trailer

Disc 2: This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse / The Strange World of Coffin Joe

This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse audio commentary by José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte, and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)

The Strange World of Coffin Joe audio commentary by José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte, and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)

Interview with film historian Stephen Thrower (new)

Video essay by Miranda Corcoran looking Coffin Joe as horror host (new)

The Strange World of Coffin Joe alternate ending with commentary by Marins

Trailers

Disc 3: Awakening of the Beast / The End of Man

Awakening of the Beast audio commentary by José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte, and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)

The End of Man audio commentary by José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte, and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)

Interview with Guy Adams on Marins’ esoteric aspects (new)

Video essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on the gender politics of Marins’ films (new)

The Awakening of the Beast alternate opening titles

Trailers

When the Gods Fall Asleep / The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures

Interview with Virginie Sélavy on surrealism in Marins’ work (new)

Interview with Jack Sargeant (new)

Interview with Embodiment of Evil co-writer Dennison Ramalho (new)

Footage of Marins at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival

A Blind Date for Coffin Joe short film

Trailer

Disc 5: Hellish Flesh / Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind

Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind commentary by José Mojica Marins, editor Nilcemar Leyart, Paulo Duarte, and Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)

Interview with Andrew Leavold on Marins’ place in '60s & '70s Marginal Cinema (new)

Video essay by Kat Ellinger (new)

Trailers

Disc 6: Embodiment of Evil

Audio commentary by producer Paulo Sacramento and co-writer Dennison Ramalho (Portuguese with English subtitles)

Interview with Dennison Ramalho (new)

Interview in which Ramalho pays tribute to Marins

Footage of Marins at the film’s premiere

Making Of featurette

Experimental Making Of featurettes

Multiple featurettes with commentary by Marins

Trailer

Additional contents:

Collector’s book with new writing by Tim Lucas, Carlos Primati, Jerome Reuter, Amy Voorhees Searles, Kyle Anderson, and Paula Sacramento

Double-sided poster with artwork by Butcher Billy

12 double-sided art cards

Cultural icon, anti-establishment statement, sadistic lord of carnival horror! With his long fingernails, top hat and cape, Coffin Joe was the creation of Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins, who wrote, directed and starred in a series of outrageous movies from 1964 to 2008.

Pre-order Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe.

[chrisgotitall]

HI LOVE

Your work is so sweet, I’m clinging to those oneshots for dear life🤞🤞🤞

I’m OBSESSED with the concept of makeup artists reader. She’s young and smart, has a degree but formal work feels dreadful, so she does make up instead. She meets him while working on west side story, and everyone behind the scenes is always dancing and joyful, and she’s Latina too so she just can’t help but join!! (Yes I am projecting 😒😒) like Rachel and Ariana are dancing to songs in Spanish and reader shows them some songs in Portuguese cus she is Brazilian. She teaches them how to dance to it and Mike it’s just watching from afar pretending he isn’t staring, while all the guys he knew before from the newsies cast are teasing him and maybe even flirting with her to spite him into finally making a move 👀👀 Idk it’s just a concept that lives rents free in my head and I thought you would enjoy

Take care💋💋💋

Your mornings start so well since you chose to work as a makeup artist on movie sets. You wake up, really early of course, but knowing you're going to the most beautiful job there is. You enjoy it so much. You like makeup first of all, then you like talking to people, you like getting to know them while preparing them for their scenes. It's amazing.

The movie you're working for right now is a movie musical, it's called West Side Story and it is by far your favorite working experience. Especially for the people. Most of the cast members are fellow Southern Americans so the atmosphere on set is like home.

They're always dancing and singing even before getting on set, they start from the makeup trailer.

They put music on: bachata, cumbia, salsa and they start a dancing party while getting ready for their scenes. It's truly awesome.

And they get in everybody, even the Jets, every crew member and makeup girls like you. And you dance with them, oh yes, you dance a lot with them. Ariana and Rachel just get you in cause they know you got it in you. The latino blood just floods in moments like these and it's beautiful to see, it's so joyful.

One time, tho, you decided to show them some songs from your native place specifically, just to throw in some portuguese jams. They enjoyed it so much and the party way even fuller.

It started cause the Sharks were the first that had to get ready, so they put some music up and then you put your music up.

But then it was the Jets' turn. While they were sitting in their seats you noticed that one of the Jets made Mike sit in the chair that's actually your place. You were dancing but then realized it's time to get back to work so you reach your place.

"Good morning" he says, smiling.

"Good morning" you tell him, smiling as well, "Ok, let's see what you need today" you say reaching for the paper that tells you what kind of makeup he'll need for his scenes.

"Oh this is gonna be fun, you can actually help me today" you say putting out a little package with black tint in it.

"Glad to" he says.

"You can take a bit of this and just smear it all over your hands" you say pointing at the package, "But before you do that you're gonna have to take the shirt off"

He looks up at you, "The tank top too?"

"No, just the shirt is fine" you say feeling your cheeks flaring up. He takes his shirt off and you start dirtying his face with the black paint since he's gonna shoot the scene where the first fight between Sharks and Jets happens.

You touch up his concealer, just now realizing how close to his face you are but luckily you made him look up.

"Okay, I'm done" you say.

"Thank you" he says, smiling again.

The way he looks at you makes you literally weak in the knees so you have to focus on tidying up the makeup desk to not look at him.

In the afternoon, another "party" started again and obviously you got in. This time you weirdly felt a heavy gaze on you, you looked around and saw Mike staring at you. You looked away and smiled to yourself, continuing to dance.

He was leaning against the wall, his arms crossed and he didn't seem to want to take his eyes off of you.

"Can I dance with you?" Kyle says. You accept and you dance with him. Of course he's a really good dancer even if this kind of rhythm isn't really his style.

You notice he has his head turned towards Mike and you shake your head to yourself.

"What's going on?" you ask him.

He smiles, "Just getting my boy Mike to make a move" he admits.

"Oh my god..." you laugh.

He makes you twirl and you laugh even harder.

"It's my job as a friend" he pulls you closer.

"I'm sorry, can I take a turn at a dance?"

It's Mike, standing between you two with his hand reaching out to you. Kyle smiles and holds his hands up.

"Sure... all yours"

Mike takes Kyle's place and makes you dance.

You smile at him and show him how samba is supposed to be danced. He learns really fast and you dance it together.

"You're wonderful" he says out of thought.

You look at him, very startled.

"When you dance... you're wonderful when you dance" he corrects himself.

"Oh... right"

"You're pretty wonderful too" you say, not really referring to his dancing.

He sighs, "I like you... I really like you, not just your dancing"

You smile at him, "I like you too, Mike"

[satoshi-mochida]

Urban Myth Dissolution Center launches February 13, 2025 - Gematsu

Mystery adventure game Urban Myth Dissolution Center will launch for PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC via Steam on February 13, 2025, publisher Shueisha Games and developer Haka Bunko announced. It will support English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, and Hindi language options.

In Japan, the PlayStation 5 and Switch versions will be available both physically and digitally for 3,740 yen. A 6,930 yen limited edition will also be available, which includes a copy of the game, an original board game for up to six players, the one-disc original soundtrack, a booklet, and a special box.

Here is the new key visual featured on the special box of the limited edition:

Here is an overview of the game, via Shueisha Games:

About

The Urban Myth Dissolution Center—your one-stop solution for researching and (dis)solving monstrous oddities, cursed relics, and dimensional anomalies! Take on urban myth cases as heroine Azami Fukurai, under the supervision of Ayumu Meguriya, Level S psychic and Center Director. The game is an episodic digital mystery adventure themed on multiple urban myths that roam the internet and presented in stunning psychedelic pixel art. The player takes control of Azami for the detective legwork, collecting circumstantial evidence and social network posts to unravel the truth behind each urban myth, the hidden pasts of each client, and why they came to encounter each oddity. Dis(solve) each myth and case to discover each episode’s resolution and unexpected consequences.

The Urban Myth Dissolution Center

The Urban Myth Dissolution Center is a privately owned institution specializing in adaptive research (both onsite and online) and collection, as well as psychic divination by Center Director Ayumu Meguriya, of the numerous urban myths that dot the offline and online worlds.

Characters

Azami Fukurai – “Anything to help a friend!” The game’s heroine is a newly hired full-time, part-time member of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center’s staff. Working the Center’s cases inevitably makes anomalies and oddities part of her working day. She is able to see others’ intentions and residual thoughts through her glasses.

Ayumu Meguriya – “Another oddity, seeping through.” Center Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and Level S psychic. He avoids onsite research due to his wheelchair but can divine oddities’ true forms with his clairvoyant abilities.

Jasmine – “Who’da thunk, I’m actually serious about this one.” Real name: Yasumi Tomarigi. Onsite Operative at the Urban Myth Dissolution Center. Her unmotivated part-timer attitude hides an unexplained wealth of skills including driving, close combat and surveillance ops.

Watch a new trailer and the opening movie below.

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[brunetteeowynsworld]

I JUST WATCHED TRANSFORMERS ONE AND IT WAS SO GOOD 😭

Minor spoilers ahead

I love how the relationship between Orion (Optimus) and D-16 (Megatron) was built, I could feel how angry Dee was when he found out the truth and how sadden Orion got when he saw his best friend change completely.

I loved the world building, I loved how they referenced other continuities like the relationship of Orion and D-16 actually being friends before, something from the Prime series, how the Matrix turned into dust and later Primus giving it to Orion, a referenced from the second live action movie, the designs that reminded me of G1, and the respect they had for them.

Its truly the best Transformers movie I have seen so far. My only complaints are regarding of the dub from my country (Brazil). Bee's voice sounds like a teenager and given his job, I don't think a teen should be working that close to trash, and Starscream's voice sounded like Mushu's Brazilian VA (it did got slightly better in the last line he spoke "All hail Megatron" due to his voice glitching), bit overall its a good movie and I'll watch it again.

Edit because I forgot to add: What I also liked was the Primes designs, especially grandpa Alpha Trion, Zeta Prime and Megatronus, and how their deaths affected the group (especially how it affected D-16 since Megatronus was his idol), and I'm pretty sure they got devastated when they learnt Alpha Trion died, especially Orion.

Also, me and my friend Wasp were so excited for this movie that back when it only had 1 trailer we were already making plots and ocs for future roleplays. Yes we were that crazy for this movie XD.

[livingjhoply]

so here's a list of 5 movies to watch while waiting for Red, White and Royal Blue movie 🎬

1 - 10 Things I Hate About You

the american enemies to lovers™ it has the sassy, the drama, the young love and the great comedy romance, just what we need to prepare our romantic and queer (because who didn't had have a bissexual awakening with Stiles and Hedger back then?)

2 - Hamilton

because...dã??? You don't have to be into musicals and stuff, it's a great "live movie?" I don't know how to explain but it's funny, it's happy and sad. And if you're into "history, uh?" kind of thing, that's the movie. and I don't need to say that the Alex has a LOT (including his bi ass) in common with Alexander Hamilton.

3 - Imagine Me & You

It's the romantic movie and it's british (for balance) and it's ✨gay✨ (sapphic to be more precise) its the kind of movie that you finish whit you heart warm and soft. When I was like 15 and watched for the first time, I was sure that I was a lesbian (the bi thing wasn't even a option, thanks God for the clarification and more information on queernees along the time).

4 - Hansome Devil

I genuinely didn't remember Nicolas Galitzine I or this movie (because that was a time where I will watch a bunch of queer movies withoutreally absorbing a thing) but then rwrb trailer came out and internet did what always, also the movie has Andrew fucking Scott ???? (Like, have you see him as the hot priest in fleabag??)

Anyway, It's is a queer movie about finding yourself and learning how to speak up, and Nick is so young and looking like a baby there. It's a must watch.

5 - The Way He Looks

because I'm Brazilian and have been watching queer movies for almost 15 years now (most of then internacional) but this one it's is in my language and til this day its my favorite, for some many reasons, that I will need another list in another post to tell u about. Anyway, it really pays off with the sweetness, and yeah, if you watch it. It will change your life. Like changed mine.

[tilbageidanmark]

MOVIES I WATCHED THIS WEEK # 218:

2 BRAZILIAN MASTERPIECES BY WALTER SALLES (BOTH WITH FERNANDA MONTENEGRO):

🍿 The day before the Oscar ceremony, I read this Slate review "The Year’s Most Urgent Best Picture Contender Is the One Almost No One Has Seen", so naturally, I had to watch it right away.

"Based on the true story" of Brazil military dictatorship of the 70's, the powerful I'M STILL HERE tell of how people continue to live under a authoritarian rule - so basically, it's 2026 America. It's one of the scariest movies I've recently seen. I love how heroic the woman-mother becomes just by surviving with dignity. Also that the two actresses who played the mother were mother and daughter in real life. 9/10.

(Also interesting to read that being a heir to the largest bank in South America, Salles is "the third richest filmmaker in the world" after Lucas and Spielberg, and is worth US$4.5 billion).

🍿 “If you ever miss me, take a look at our little portrait. I say this because I fear that you'll forget me as well. I miss my father. I miss everything. Dora.”

Walter Salles moving drama CENTRAL STATION from 1998 was "voted by the Brazilian Film Critics Association as one of the greatest Brazilian movies of all time". It also awarded Fernanda Montenegro, the 'grande dame' of Brazilian theater, the first ever Brazilian nomination for 'Best Actress'.

A bitter retired teacher who writes letters for illiterate customers takes on an emotional road trip together with a poor 9-yo orphan.

The trailer. Best emotional film of the week - 10/10.

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SWING GIRLS (2004) is a joyful, Japanese comedy, about a useless, lazy group of high school girls who form a big band and learn to love swing music. It's a silly, happy affair that is guarantee to put a big smile on everybody's face, with the cute-as-a-button Juri Ueno. The trailer. 9/10. (Poster Above)

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The wonderful Vicky Krieps plays a married French woman who is dying of a rare lung disease in MORE THAN EVER (2022). As she struggles with her inevitable mortality, she decides to leave her loving husband behind and travel to a remote spot in Norway, to spend the rest of her days there. The trailer. [*Female Director*]

There were other Scandinavian dramas where people travel north to deal with the final questions of life and death, 'Exit plan' with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, 'Northern Comfort' with Timothy Spall, Etc.

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“Dying is one of my least favorite things to do...”

As I stated many times here, Don Herzfeldt's 16-min. short WORLD OF TOMORROW (2016) is my second all-time favorite movie. I've seen it dozens of times and I can never get enough. But I didn't want to watch the two other episodes he made about Emily Prime. First, because I refuse to watch sequels, and I regret watching the few I ever did. And secondly, because I wanted to save something good to look forward to in the future.

I finally saw WORLD OF TOMORROW EPISODE TWO: THE BURDEN OF OTHER PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS, in which Emily Prime is swept into the brain of an incomplete backup clone of her future self. And I am shattered with emotions. Like The Godfather Part ll, (the only exception to my 'No Sequel Rule'), this masterpiece is as perfect, and maybe even more perfect than the original. 10/10.

I am going to stinge-binge and wait at least a week for Episode No. Three!

One of the greatest appeals of these stories are the two voices: Obviously 4-yo Emily herself living in the present and minding her own business, but also Julia Pott's mechanical voice as Emily 6. With time, these voices are going to be enshrined among the greatest voices of all cinema. Therefore I am going to next watch Julia Pott's 'Summer Camp Island' series!

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TWO HALF-TIMES IN HELL, my 4th by Hungarian Zoltán Fábri is a gripping prisoners of war camp drama. To celebrate Hitler’s birthday, a soccer match is organized between the Germans and a group of Hungarian political prisoners, one of whom is a famous pre-war football star. Like in a few other movies this week, the final few minutes provided a completely unexpected plot twist. John Huston re-made this 20 years later as 'Escape to victory'.

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LUIGI COMENCINI X 2:

🍿 (I recently saw his 'The Sunday Woman'.)

MISUNDERSTOOD (1966) is a serious melodrama about the British Consul to Florence, who's left with a 6 yo and and 11 yo boys, struggling with the death of their mother. The older diplomat is cold and reserved, and especially the older brother suffers gravely at the lack of love he receives from his father. It's sad and sentimental. The trailer.

It was re-made in 1982 with Gene Hackman as the father - Maybe another day...

🍿 In the brutal Marxist allegory THE SCIENTIFIC CARD PLAYER (1972), aging multi-millionaire Bette Davis and her butler-chauffeur Joseph Cotten travel to Rome every year, to play the card game Scopone with destitute couple Alberto Sordi and Silvana Mangano. The garbage collector and his cleaning lady wife are so poor, that they believe that one day they will be able to beat the rich lady, and escape their lots in life. It's a pipe dream that doesn't end until their last Lira is lost.

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(From the same list of ’Foreign Language Noir’), the Spanish thriller THE RED FISH (1955) about the nefarious disappearance of a mysterious son. Was it a suicide, an accident or murder? It opens on a dark and stormy night outside an off-season Gijon hotel, and is full of twists and surprises. 5/10.

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"To die as a martyr is to pump blood into the veins of society!"

I read much about the acclaimed graphic novel PERSEPOLIS, but was disappointed that the version I saw was in English. I thought it would be a metaphor for the history of modern Iran, seen through the eyes of a Marxist punk girl, and it did start like that. But it ended up a with too many unfocused details of the creator's personal autobiography. All in all, it was repressive and depressing. The animation style was unique though. 4/10. [*Female Director*]

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2 "CAGES OF MADWOMEN":

🍿 "Our leader, Berthier, has died.. In the arms of a woman... A prostitute... An underage prostitute... Underage - and black!..."

The original French flamboyant farce LA CAGE AUX FOLLES about the drag queen dance club in Saint-Tropez. Many of the most popular tropes about gay representation in movies, the outrageous camp gay culture, the squeamish, effeminate Drag Queens, the need to pass as straight, were played out here in full. With a score by Ennio Morricone!

🍿 "...Joining Jay Leno on The Tonight Show with his guests Yasser Arafat and Kate Moss..."

The American re-make, THE BIRDCAGE, is a good example why even when they are "Okay", remakes are never an improvement, and at the very least um-necessary.

There were 3 items that were different in that louder version: Gene Hackman's sweet tooth, the secretary who reads Nietzsche between calls, and Hank Azaria as "Agador".

I re-watched it in order to scratch some more of the Gene Hackman's itch. ♻️

🍿 A surprising extra: In THE LAST MILE, Nathan Lane plays a stage manager, as he encourages a new soprano on her first performance in Tosca at the Metropolitan. The incomparable Bernadette Peters is the nervous debutante. A 15-min gem written by Terrence McNally for Public television's 'Great Performances 20th Anniversary Special' in 1992. 9/10.

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A TALKING PICTURE, my 2nd feature by renown Portuguese 'Elder Statesman' Manoel de Oliveira was disappointing. It opened promisingly as a leisurely travelogue, a cruise that a history professor takes with her 8yr daughter around the Mediterranean. But then, that's all it was: The mother explained the historical sites they visited, as you would to an intelligent 8 yo, and then they moved on to the next location. Then there was 2 long conversations taking place at Captain John Malkovich's table between Catherine Deneuve, Irene Papas and Stefania Sandrelli, but they were stilted, pedestrian and completely uninteresting. And 'Then', in the last 8 minutes, there was an announcement that terrorists have planted a bomb on the ship, and everybody had to escape. And only the mother and daughter died in the explosion!

I understand that de Oliveira was 95 when he made it [and he would continue to direct for another 12 years!] - but in spite of what some people say, I really didn't get his point here!

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2 (+1) PARISIAN MELODRAMAS:

🍿 My 95yo mother recommended the 2014 adult drama MY OLD LADY, and I initially dismissed it as a middle-brow Netflix fare. But after watching it, I changed my mind. Kevin Kline is a 58yo miserable asshole, who inherits a large apartment at the Marais part of the city. He's also broke, and with his last moneys, he travels to Paris, hoping to be able to sell the place, and cash out. But then complications arise, and the story turns - sometimes successfully, sometimes not - into an dark, intricate tale about how grown ups still carry the traumatic burden of their childhood. The trailer. 7/10.

🍿 MR. MORGAN'S LAST LOVE (2013) is a similar Parisian drama about a foreigner in Paris. 80 yo widower Michael Caine befriends a cute young cha-cha instructor, because she reminds him of his dead wife of their youth. It's always pleasant to see him 'walking and talking', especially when accompanied by a Hans Zimmer "French" score. The sentimental relationships were all over the place, and in the end, ended up a bit like 'My old lady' with bad parents and dysfunctional kids. 5/10.

It includes the line "Have your IQ dropped dramatically since I've left?" which I discovered and blogged only a few weeks ago, without knowing its origin! [*Female Director*]

🍿 MOSTLY MARTHA, an earlier offering from the same German director Sandra Nettelbeck who did 'Mr. Morgan'. A little known 'Food-Porn' romance, about a workaholic female chef who has to take care of her 9 yo niece, when her sister dies. Predictable but sweet. Extra point for using Paolo Conte's Via Con Me at a crucial moment. [*Female Director*]

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"And ring up the Crescent Dancing Academy and cancel my Rumba lesson."

Another disappointing first watch: Hitchcock's 1940 FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT. A piece of Yankee WW2 propaganda which started out very strong, but stopped after the famous Dutch windmill scene. A lot of patriotic War and Peace nonsense, mixed with sappy romance. It did end on a completely unforeseen plane crash in the middle of the Atlantic, in which all the good guys miraculously survived. 3/10.

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I only discovered the bittersweet coming-of-age comedy I LIKE MOVIES (2022) because it has a 💯 score on Rotten Tomatoes. It's a Canadian 'Superbad' clone. An obnoxious 17-yo cinephile works at a big-box video rental store, and falls for the charming, slightly older female manager. The overweight, awkward boy didn't have enough of Jonah Hill's charisma to play his overbearing self in such a cringey way.

This was my 2nd film by Chandler Levack (after her trans-drama 'We Forgot to Break Up'). [*Female Director*]

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2 SHORTS BY ANDREW CHESWORTH:

🍿 ONE SMALL STEP (2018) was one of the fairy tales that Adora and I watched together most frequently♻️. Luna Chu, a little Chinese-American girl, who dreams of conquering space, and her loving dad the old cobbler who makes her first moon boots. It was nominated in 2018 for the short animated Oscar, but lost to Bao. Always 10/10.

🍿 His simple follow-up THE BRAVE LOCOMOTIVE (2023) was a 'Little Engine That Could' story geared for very young audiences, with Andrews Sisters score.

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I was amazed by "mentalist" Darren Brown, when I discovered him decades ago, and I've seen most of his shows. With his 2013 THE GREAT ART ROBBERY I think I've had enough. It's obvious that he feeds the British TV-watching public palatable bits of mid-brow entertainment, he's basically a 'Wanker'. 5/10.

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THE SHORTS:

🍿 Re-watch ♻️; Krzysztof Kieślowski's powerful TALKING HEADS was a masterful exercise in introspection; Individuals from age 1 to 100 answered 2 simple questions: "Who are you?" and "What do you want?".

TALKING HEADS 2021 was inspired by that documentary, and copied the format. Since Covid prevented face to face interactions, it was conducted via video conferencing. They interviewed Kieślowski's co-workers, or people inspired by him; Joanna Kulig, Irène Jacob, Agnieszka Holland, Ramin Bahrani, Etc. But it didn't have the Oomph.

🍿 "I always put Linda first. I once even gave her the last bite of my chicken sandwich."

Now that Nicolas Keppens was nominated for the Oscar last week (for 'Beautiful Men'), I went back to watch his crazy WILDEBEEST from 2018. A fat Belgian couple get lost on an African Safari. ♻️.

🍿 SISYPHUS, my first film by Hungarian animator Marcell Jankovics. Nominated for the Oscars in 1974. When you imagine a Sisyphean task, this is what it really is. 8/10.

🍿 ONE THOUSAND CRANES (2010), Julia Garner's first film. She's a young runaway, living on a roof in Brooklyn.

🍿 THE TELL-TALE HEART was a 1953 Gothic horror short, about a deranged killer who hid his landlord's corpse under the floor boards. Based on the Edgar Allan Poe story, it was the first cartoon ever to receive an Adult-Only X rating in the UK. James Mason narrated. 1/10.

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THROW-BACK TO THE ADORA ART PROJECT:  

One Small Step Adora.

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(ALL MY FILM REVIEWS - HERE).

[heliphantie]

"Inside Out 2"

I've watched “Inside Out 2”, and there’s my notes:

Conflict expands on themes of first movie, and if the moral of first was, difficult and discomfortable emotions and memories are as important for personal growth as positive ones, here it is about not giving away basic emotions and good memories even while growing and building personality and ambitions. I’d say conflict of IO was executed in better organized form and it was easier to follow as it unrolled, but it’s a general flaw of sequels. It wasn’t so bad.

Interestingly, antagonist is motivated by striving for better future, which mainstream media usually reserves for protagonist. As someone who is critical to “destroy the past, build future on the ruins of it” philosophy pushed by media as role model, I can say I welcome this twist in formula. Pixar in general seems to handle “Well-Intentioned Extremist” trope decently, be it antagonists or antiheroes. Even characters who could be villainous in regular media defied expectations. (I honestly expected Val ending to be “bad influence”, in typical fashion for “cool kids” trope, but she’s ended to be sympathetic character throughout the movie and not the source of conflict.)

Main 5 kept (mostly) together for the length of movie gives room for interactions and dynamics that were limited in first one. Breakout star, unexpectedly for me, is Anger, he had the funniest scenes. I generally like the characters like that (Grumpy the dwarf, octopus Hank, Gabo in Wish… you got idea), but can’t say he was enjoyable to this extent in first movie. Maybe he just better works as foil for someone with opposite personality, rather than with somebody like Disgust and Fear.

Speaking about antagonists, I felt there was potential in Envy, even guessed if she ends to be twist villain before the first trailer. In the end, new emotions somehow turned less interesting personality-wise compared to old ones. There are still opportunities for the franchise unfolding, so likely their spotlights are in due course.

References/memetic moments in regard to first movie are scarce, but ones that happen are fairly unexpected (like cameo of certain brick joke), and don’t linger too long. There is also some shipteasing sprinkled over (but not too overt), which wasn’t a thing in original. (Mount Crashmore was a biggest surprise, by the way.)

One thing carried on from IO is, fairly hilarious one scene wonders, my favorite is one that wasn’t spoilered by promos, you know which if you have seen it) Worthy successor of Brazilian helicopter pilot. (I feel fans are going to have a field day with them…)

Another unexpected moment is the scene that seems to be an explicit dig at industry of which the movie is a product. Animators that rebel when main five encourage them to let imagination run free as opposed to following demands of Anxiety who’s obsessed with sticking to trends in pursuit of success. One can wonder what it was about…

Conclusion: enjoyable movie, which doesn’t even seem forced, as it happens so often with sequels. It even appears to left open for further expansion, and I smell mini-series, maybe? It’s a good concept to be mined, frankly.

Oh, and I’ve got idea I couldn’t wait to work on so I didn’t wait for the movie to get released and started it in advance and almost done with. So… does it count as fanart if it doesn’t involve the setting and characters of thing, but deals with central concept of it? Anyway, soon.

[polkadotjohnson]

I hate dubs, hate them. No matter the country of origin I'm always watching movies/series in the original audio.

So they released Late Night dubbed trailer for brazilian portuguese and it's more painful than I was expecting. And Jack calls the audience his "little owls" and it sounds soooo cringe and sounds like amateur work (Gus sounds okay though) (Gus is always cool)

Also apparently we're calling the movie "Interview with the Demon" because apparently when we go cringe it's either go big or go home I guess

See for yourself

By the way, I wonder what they're doing with D'Abo since his name quite literally means "devil" in portuguese... maybe they'll just change his name to Deville or something....

[tsukimefuku]

Not enough is talked about how people traumatized by military regimes in Latin America established a particular cycle of generational trauma in their families. The atrocious effects of these dictatorships are still felt to this day by people who never even lived through these govts.

Please watch “I’m Still Here”, a new Brazilian movie about our “years of lead” (I am so not ready to watch this, just the trailer had me sobbing)