The UK becomes collateral damage in a nuclear war between the US and the Soviet Union. I have not been completely ok since I watched this several days ago. It's so immersive that when I finished watching it, I was amazed to look out my front door and find that the world was still there.

I (30M) went into this Hitchcock marathon having been under the lifelong impression that AH was a spooky horror specialist a la Psycho/The Birds (is this relatable?) and here’s how it panned out. Roast me, AMA, I would love to elaborate!

Top

1. Rear Window
2. Rope
3. Rebecca
4. North By Northwest
5. Notorious

Bottom 22. Man Who Knew Too Much (34) 23. The Wrong Man 24. Stage Fright 25. Torn Curtain 26. Suspicion

Surprises

1. Vertigo. Idk I just thought it was kinda in the same vein as most of his slightly-preposterous-but-happy-to-go-along-for-the-ride pics :/
2. Lifeboat/I Confess/The Trouble With Harry. Not my favorites but interesting palate cleansers to the typical stuff.
3. Suspicion. An incredibly bleak viewing experience that I’m surprised to see ranks so high amongst fans??
4. Spellbound. Outrageous beginning to end but I thoroughly enjoyed.
5. Notorious. A perfectly paced and balanced romantic thriller that I didn’t know existed.

I was overwhelmed when putting this marathon together and just kinda decided arbitrarily to do… a lot… but if you wanna cover greatest hits while getting a feel for his evolution I’d recommend (in order):

1. The 39 Steps
2. The Lady Vanishes
3. Shadow of a Doubt
4. Rebecca
5. Notorious
6. Rope
7. Rear Window
8. The Trouble with Harry
9. Vertigo
10. North by Northwest
11. Psycho
12. The Birds
13. Frenzy

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Along with Tombstone, the two best westerns of the 90's for me. Eastwood is fantastic as the outlaw having to do a job one last time for the sake of his kids, and he's superbly supported by a vicious Gene Hackman as Little Bill and Morgan Freeman as his friend Ned.

My favourite line was "It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. Take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have."

Anyone else seen this and what's your thoughts?

Plot: When prostitute Delilah Fitzgerald (Anna Thomson) is disfigured by a pair of cowboys in Big Whiskey, Wyoming, her fellow brothel workers post a reward for their murder, much to the displeasure of sheriff Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman), who doesn't allow vigilantism in his town. Two groups of gunfighters, one led by aging former bandit William Munny (Clint Eastwood), the other by the florid English Bob (Richard Harris), come to collect the reward, clashing with each other and the sheriff.

I had never heard of this movie until yesterday. Watched with a buddy last night. A solid black comedy (apparently a box office flop). De Niro plays a convincing (terrible) comedian who is delusional and will stop at nothing to get his ‘shot’.

I read that there was going to be a different director at first, and that Andy Kauffman was suggested to play Pupkin and Sammy Davis Jr to play the established comedian.

I remember when I worked at Tower Records in high school I would always see the case for this when I was stocking the DVD section and idk I thought it looked like a dumb romantic comedy or something.

Well all these years later I finally got around to watching it. It's not dumb and it's not a comedy and it's pretty good.

I mean for the first like hour or so it was a little slow. You know it's a nice story but a little basic maybe. It's kind of like a combination of She's All That and Dinner For Schmucks but a serious version. I actually have a story about She's All That but that's a story for another day.

Also everyone keeps acting like Lili Taylor is so ugly but idk they must be watching a different movie or something cuz like idk she's like obviously not at all but whatever everything is subjective I guess. Also E.G. Daily is like the winner of the ugly girl contest like ok. You put her in a wig and suddenly she's the ugliest girl in town sure.

But besides that yeah I liked the movie just fine but like nothing really special. Then just when you think it's over it goes on for like another 15 minutes and then I was like oh ok actually I love this movie.

Well anyway this is a really good movie and River Phoenix and Lili Taylor are great in it. Also Brendan Fraser shows up in a small part always exciting to see him!

Well this movies great check it out!

Timecop is a 1994 American science fiction action film directed by Peter Hyams and co-written by Mike Richardson and Mark Verheiden. Richardson also served as executive producer.

Van Damme was a staple of the 90s. This movie is a bit cheesy, not the best but works for nostalgia.

A typical bad 80s slasher movie. But it probably has one of the best theme songs of all time!

T2 Trainspotting led me to this ride and I’m not mad about it. Lots of music, solid cast with Bale, Collette and Mcgregor. Never heard of it before tonight when I stumbled upon it. I like anything that takes you to decades past. Anyone seen this movie? Give me your take.

This movie is just so Aladeen. As an Indonesian that was also born in 2009, the tragedy jokes weren't as dark and more lighthearted to me. This movie is just a hoot and a half from Sacha Baron Cohen's performance as a sort of Mr Bean x Saddam Hussein, to just the idea of a middle eastern dictator gets lost in the West.

My favourite scene has to be the one in the helicopter where he talkes about the Porsche 911 and it gets mistaken for a second tragedy. All in all, this film is just stupid and mindless and a 10/10 on that Sunday afternoon when you're just in the mood for a quick laugh.

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An absolute classic for us 80's kid that still hold up today.

Starring Lucille Ball, William Holden, Janis Carter, James Gleason, Frank McHugh.

This movie is a true comedy gem. Lucy is at the height of her hilarity, and the rest of the cast is right there with her. I watched it on FETV, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a very enjoyable, light-hearted comedy that is suitable for everyone.

(I’m sorry, I know it’s been posted before. But more people need to see it)

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I love the Marx Brothers. I remember they used to have a marathon of them every New Year’s Eve

Re-watched this afternoon, sorta creepy when you factor Phoenix family were in a cult.

just finished "Mrs. Miniver" an hour ago. the movie was quite interesting and dramatic. Greer Garson (Mrs. Miniver) gave her everything for the role. with Walter Pidgeon (Clem), they were so funny and lovely couple!

the movie describes their struggles during the World War II. the bomb scenes and the family's troubles were well staged. Richard Ney (Vin) and Teresa Wright's (Carol) dialogues were my favorite! the ending was sad, where >!Carol died in such a pitiful way while the whole family was waiting for Vin's return!<

and kudos to whoever had the idea to make the flower show scenes in the movie! they were such a fun to watch.

Yeah I know what you're gonna say this isn't an old movie well I don't think it's an old movie either, but according to the rules this one just turned ten years old and it came up in myyoutube feed so I thought I'd revisit it.

Do you remember when this came out? There was so much hype it was a pretty big deal. I remember I was living in a warehouse with a bunch of anarchists in Los Angeles and there was so much hype they even set up a projector and stuff to watch it and they didn't ever watch anything.

Well you know usually when a movie gets all hyped like that it ends up being a little underwhelming. Well I remember not really liking this that much when it came out so let's see how it did ten years later.

I'm about the same age as Seth Rogen and the gang and most of their movies I've really loved but this one still didn't really do it for me.

I mean I liked it ok you know. There were some funny moments and stuff but I kind of think this would've been better with some different people in it? Or like I feel like James Franco wasn't the best guy to play his part maybe?

Ben Schwartz shows up for a minute in the beginning as a pr guy and I know he wasn't a big enough star yet but I kind of think he would've killed that role as the gossip talk show host guy.

I wonder if all that stuff with Kim Jong Un really happened or if they thought maybe this wasn't gonna be their best so they dumped it on streaming. It would be cool to see a documentary or something about all that some day.

Well you know I wasn't bored or anything when I watched this just like compared to some of the other movies this crew made like knocked up and superbad and this is the end, this one is probably towards the bottom of the list. But hey it's still fun enough to maybe wanna watch it on YouTube every ten years or so. Thanks everybody!

Opening in 1961, we know it’s the past because it’s black and white!, a woman is giving birth and apparently loses her child. Cutting to what we presume is the films present day, 1982, we see several young women in virginal white gowns having just graduated outside their sorority house. The House Mother, Mrs Slater, has had enough of the young women’s fun, and before you can say ‘torn waterbed’ the girls pull a prank with deadly consequences.

Mrs Slater, (Lois Kelso Hunt), the House Mother, has had her voice obviously dubbed, apparently the director, Mark Rosman, wanted someone huskier. She rules the roost with an iron ‘cane’, a slightly unhinged person not tolerating her charges behaviour. Although it’s the girls deranged prank that sets off the insanity, alongside storing a body in a dirty outdoor pool to deal with later so they can party first.

For the most the film is light on gore when you compare it some others of the genre, it has a couple of interesting ‘kills’ and in some places there’s still plenty of blood but again, it all feels a bit tame, barring one amusing toilet scene.

Acting wise two of the group of sorority sisters, Vicki, (Eileen Davidson), the sociopath who sets the events in motion and Katherine, (Kate McNiel), the only one with common sense, are standouts. Everyone else are carbon copies. Plus a third act Dr Loomis wannabe, Dr Beck, (Christopher Lawrence), adds little and exists purely as a tool for exposition.

An interesting enough entry in the slasher cannon, let down by a slight softly softly approach to the carnage and a sudden abrupt ending. Completists only.

Candy is a 1968 sex farce film directed by Christian Marquand from a screenplay by Buck Henry, based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, itself based on Voltaire's 1759 novel Candide. The film satirizes pornographic stories through the adventures of its naive heroine, Candy, played by Ewa Aulin. It stars Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn, John Huston, Walter Matthau and Ringo Starr. Popular figures, such as Sugar Ray Robinson, Anita Pallenberg, Florinda Bolkan, Marilù Tolo, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Umberto Orsini and Enrico Maria Salerno also appear in cameo roles.

Every now and then I watch a movie that when the credits roll I kinda facepalm and wonder why in the ever living fuck I didn’t watch it earlier.

The Town is a movie I avoided because it looked like a Heat/The Departed mash up and also came out about the time most of my friends were into Sons of Anarchy which I found pretty lame and was kinda burned out on crime movies.

Fuck 2010 me.

This movie was incredible. Nothing short of incredible. Ben Affleck and Jeremy Renner absolutely kill in their roles. Both of them, it’s easily some of their best work.

The life they bring to their roles (also Blake Lively straight up kills her role) is supremely authentic. They walk talk act like hoodrats from Charlestown, and the whole movie is SO much more than a heist flick.

I dare say, as much as I loved Heat, I found The Town to be a much more compelling human story that also was an incredibly exciting heist flick.

Don’t know why I thought it was a good idea to watch this today. It’s essentially a drama about the nomination of a presidential candidate at their party's national convention. Reminded me of “Ides of March.”