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Us Funny follows Jim as he goes down "memory lane" remembering various key moments in his life with Julia; when they met, a dinner together. It is all beautifully portrayed by both Cummings and Bales, who excel in their roles. Cummings in particular has such a talent to portray a natural vulnerability, which is something that often comes up in his works.

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The above quote is the plea from Grace (Annie Hamilton) to her family as she prepares to introduce her boyfriend, Cory (Joseph Lee Anderson). Her plea might seem loaded with guilt and shame, but the preceding 5 minutes of the short have already shown us a bit of how her family is.

Cory Comes to Christmas is another Jim Cummings short film where he shoots it all in one take. The skill he shows to move the camera around the house as we meet all these characters is tremendous. However, it is Hamilton's performance what carries the short as we see her run the gamut of emotions.

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State of Grace (1990) - lemme tell you somethin; this was never as tight as The Departed (another undercover-cop crime drama it usually gets paired with) but kept me mostly engaged throughout, thanks to the performances of Gary Oldman, Ed Harris and R.D.Calls to a lesser degree (bro seemed like an aging Ron DeSantis from some angels lol)... shoutout to Robin Wright for her character got the least from the screenplay (as females usually do with this type of movie) but damn she looked smoking. 6/10.

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AKA Skinny Bitches Who Don't Wear Black, this pretty much had everything that makes me not a fan of Hollywood musicals. Of course there's a line, because I loved Umbrellas of Cherbourg. This film had a similar charm and visual appeal, it just wasn't at striking and it lacked the emotional impact. I didn't know Gene Kelly was in this, that was a nice surprise which helped. It has a chance to make the bottom end of my ballot.

I've seen only Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Tim Burton's remake. I guess this movie was not that near to Dawn and it felt actually a bit "not that different nor interesting". But I can say, I wasn't bored at all. The movie gives a feeling like this is a really familiar story, but it is not that bad actually. The characters, especially the main character, are good and some elements are keeping you in the movie. And somehow you like it at the end. They managed to find something about animal-human priorities and relations again. I don't know how long they can keep doing this. I think I can keep watching Noa, but the story needs a bit more diversity.

6.8/10

Romeo is Bleeding (1993) - This took a (long) while to get fun... but when it did, it was fun.

My boy Gary threw himself into pretty much everything didn't he... For every role I've seen him in for this recent mini-marathon of mine he completely reinvented his looks and his voice (which totally helped shaping his performances) and imbued the screen with his gusto, his energy... here, he's not fit for the detective with a great wife and a loyal side-chick part of his character (that kind of charisma requires an American type of chin perhaps; a Fred MacMurray or a Michael Douglas for the 90s), but he kills the "man in trouble" side which overtakes the second half of the ride... Similiarly I thought Lena Olin's presence was exaggerated in her sexuality and confidence, until it reached a degree where that became the point of it all. It became so unhinged that all I could do was to enjoy the sleazy high I was on, before crashing down to that surprisingly sad closure. He was dumb, she was the terminator.

Unhinged stuff. Will re-watch someday... 5-6/10.

Wait, so are you comparing Les Demoiselles de Rochefort to Hollywood musicals? Not sure I follow that line of thought.

Umpteenth Rewatch....This was the movie that I'm pretty sure made Will Ferrell a star. He plays an arrogant news anchorman during the 1970's whose world is rocked when a female anchor (Christina Applegate. This is another movie that people really love or really hate. This movie still makes me laugh out loud, it's like Blazing Saddles funny in my humble opinion.

1st Rewatch...Fans of the Anthony Hopkins film Magic will have a head start with this slightly cheesy nail biter that stars Allison Williams as robotics engineer who designs a doll/robot that takes on a life of its own. The movie provides scattered boos and chuckles, but it just leaves too many questions unanswered. It was only released two years ago and there's already a sequel.

"I love lamp."

Did you like it's sequel?

3rd Rewatch...This near brilliant comic confection works thanks to a smart story, a terrific ensemble cast, and a gifted veteran in the director's chair. This American version of the French play and film La Cage Aux Folles stars the late Robin Williams, the gay owner of a Florida drag club where his lover (Nathan Lane) is the headliner who is visited by his son (Dan Futterman) who informs him that he is marrying the daughter of a conservative Senator (Gene Hackman) and that he is coming for dinner the next night. The son then informs Williams that he has to tone down the house and Lane haas to leave town for a few days. The late Mike Nichols masterfully directed this splashy comedy that unfolds slowly but not too slowly. On this fourth viewing of the film, something really stuck out for me tis time...Val, Dan Futterman's character. is really kind of a jerk. He just swoops in with no warning, announces his engagement and demands that his father change everything about themselves and one of them he actually demands to leave the house! I wouldn't have put up with that crap from my son, but it's still a fantastic movie which also featured the only opportunity to see Gene Hackman in drag..

I liked it but not as much as the original

Umpteenth Rewatch...I've loved this movie ever since I was a kid. This musical version of The Philadelphia Story stars a breathtaking Grace Kelly, as Tracy Lord, preparing for her wedding to a milquetoast named George Kittredge, but finds competition for her affections from a reporter named Mike Conner (Frank Sinatra) and her ex-husband, Dexter (Bing Crosby). Kelly generates chemistry with both of her leading men and Celeste Holm and Louis Calherrn steal every scene they're in. And you can't beat that Cole Porter score "I Love You Samantha", "Little One", "Now You has Jazz", "What a Swell Party This is", "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", "You're Sensational;", and the Oscar-nominated "True Love." A sparkling musical comedy that doesn't have the bits of the original movie, but still provides pretty solid entertainment.

Yes, the old classic musicals.

An excellent musical for someone like me who doesn't generally like musicals. The film's heart won me over in the first scene. The characters are likable and I cared about them, so a bit of emotion. None of the fancy choreography that I'm not a fan of, but rather a more realistic take. The music itself is solid, and I thought the early song from the girl as she walked the street at night was exceptional. The ending was not expected and just right.

now I don't mind a good choreography, but this might just be my #1 musical ever.

The Firm (1989) [Re-watch]... Won't forget the first time I discovered this memorable TV-film (thanks to TotalFilm's recommendation of it) a good ten years ago... The torrent file I had downloaded back then offered no subtitles, so while I appreciated the grittiness of what I was witnessing I didn't get that the story was about "Football Hooliganism"; a term I hadn't heard about until recently... but tonight with this watch on Youtube I found out at last, just exactly how meaningless the circle of violence depicted here is. In around just one hour, Alan Clarke and Oldman give us a captivating and raw slice of a (miserable) life of a self-destructive manchild in the form of Bexie; and his minions who sheepishly follow him. Well, the ones who never wake up anyway. 7/10.

刺青 (Irezumi) is over 50 years old, and still a knockout.

In what might essentially be described as Japanese noir, Ayako Wakao plays one heck of a femme fatale, a deadly geisha whose destiny appears to be cast as soon as she's forced to have a freaky giant spider tattooed on her back.

A simple summary of the plot mechanics wouldn't quite do the movie justice, as much of the pleasure it offers stems not from knowing what happens, but watching it happen bit by bit.

Ayako Wakao is reportedly still alive (she'd be about 90 now) and one simply has to wonder what amazing stories she might have to tell about the making of this movie.

Exiler96 have you tried I.D (1995)? I think it's arguably a better film but with the same topic.