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Finally updated my profile and added a snail mail address (I did rent a P.O. box a few months ago), so if you want to write me a letter or something, you can do so now.

Ugh, this week is so packed. Resumé-writing yesterday, my first attendance at a feminist workgroup meeting today (it was awesome!), tomorrow going out for dinner with the person I have a bit of a crush on. Not to mention I have to work overtime at my office and had a mean headache since yesterday afternoon but for reasons unclear to me it is gone now. Nothing planned for Friday yet (good!).

What movies have you seen recently? Any recommendations? Anti-recommendations?

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Strongly recommend

Trumbo (2015) "In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gryhSJxx7I

and Hail, Caesar! (2016).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMqeoW3XRa0

Saw both recently: both very good! ^_^

Oh those look good indeed, thanks! Plus I like Bryan Cranston. This weekend is perfect for watching movies.

"The Duke of Burgundy": like a somewhat weird take on 1960s erotic movies. Beautifully shot and utterly devoid of men.

"Deadpool". not quite as good and/or edgy as I had hoped it would be but still more than funny enough.

"Beti and Amare": either a fairytale or a metaphor. I really liked it. (THere's triggery stuff in there, though.)

"Hail, Caesar" I thought was very solid but not one of the Coen's best IMHO.

If you like horror films: "Starry Eyes".

Thanks a lot, those all look interesting! I watched Deadpool a few weeks ago and was entertained but also angry afterwards, if that makes sense. I agree that it's not as edgy as it could have been/was marketed as. My thoughts on it are still mostly amorphous, though.
Yes I like horror films a lot! (I mean, on principle - a lot of horror is garbage, as with any other genre.) Starry Eyes will likely be the first thing for me to watch this weekend.

What are your amorphous thoughts and why were you angry? Was there too much damsel-in-distressing for your liking?

The damsel-ing was part of it, yes -- and afaik they used to have a line in the trailer where she said "I've played many roles, but damsel in distress isn't one of them", so good thing they changed that. Idk, I don't have the energy rn to give details about the other reasons, sorry.

I watched The Phantom most recently. I have seen it before, but remembered nothing about except Billy Zane is in it and he has exceptional eyeliner. Anyway, it's a good superhero film that doesn't take itself too seriously (and also Mr Zane looks like he had a ball filming it, which always helps).

The internet says Batman versus Superman is a bad film. I have no idea but I don't want to watch it anyway.

What about you, what films have you seen recently?

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The Phantom looks like fun, I haven't seen it -- I think esp. in the early days of superhero/vigilante movies a lot of stuff passed me by.

I feel like a few years ago I would probably have been excited for B.vs.S.? But now I'm just ... meh. And I've read so many negative reviews, even from people who wanted to like the film.

Hm I have watched a lot of movies but I didn't make a list and now it occurs to me that I probably forget 50% of what I've seen. I remember "SICARIO" though, a depressing and at times brutal movie but very good. Still want to write a review sometime. Uh, I saw "In & Out" and was disappointed (esp. after everyone and their dog hyped it as soooooo creative and mind-blowing), similar for "Deadpool". Also, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is a great blockbuster movie and I'm giving it accolades for what it does right, but I... just don't feel much for Star Wars anymore? Idk if that's sad or not. (Probably not.) Oh, and the "Poltergeist" REMAKE is utter shite, never ever watch it. I only watched it to kill time and I still felt robbed of those 90 minutes.

Yeah, there's a lot of early superhero films I still haven't seen.

I know absolutely nothing about In & Out, but I'm secretly pleased that you weren't keen on Deadpool (everyone I follow on twitter thinks it's the best). I know what you mean about Star Wars, and I just have no desire to watch TFA right now.

I only watched it to kill time and I still felt robbed of those 90 minutes.

I feel like that about a bad film I watched that allegedly had dragons in it.

... and by "In & Out" I meant Inside Out, the Pixar/Disney movie. "In & Out" is a 90s coming-out comedy with Tom Selleck in a minor role. I apologise for the mix-up.

Haha yeah I'm also internally grateful for everyone who doesn't think Deadpool is the best and funniest and originalest superhero movie ever.

No worries! Ahhh yeah, Inside Out got hyped a lot from what I remember. There were loads of people on tumblr going "OMG THIS FILM! IT EXPLAINS EMOTIONS SO WELL!" I feel like I should add something else here, but I'm very tired and can't brain too well right now. Anyway, I got bored of hearing about it, I think is where I was going with this.

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