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I have been waiting for this movie since I read the book, and I read the book as soon as it came out. The Shining is one of my favorite movies,...

Was he the tortured soul who poured out his immortal longings into dignified passages of stately music, or was he just an old poof who wrote tunes?

Just missed observing the 30th anniversary of it coming down.

Of all the tributes I've seen so far, I like this one best.

Evidences:

... It took seven decades and a lawsuit, but in the village, the peaceful village, the lion sleeps tonight.

... as a promotion, MGM is letting you have some of the old (but still in copyright) TV shows for free. 8)

Just a general purpose thread.

I recently started bingewatching Homeland on Netflix. It's not a new series, but in a way that's better if you...

Needs its own thread. :coolspecs:

Opening gambit:

First of all, congrats to the publicist hired to promote this movie. You have done an admirable job.

The trailers are all tantalizing. Critics...

Anyone else watching this?

It's pretty fucking good.

Is Shelby an English name or an Irish name? I would think English, but I can't be sure.

Newest trend in superheros: vulgar and obscene. IOW, it's alright to say fuck .

A former Special Forces operative turned mercenary is subjected...

Talk about fucking drama queens.

What if you could watch every episode of Breaking Bad and Stranger Things 50 percent faster?

That’s a feature...

They have actually started shooting. I wasn't sure it was going to get this far.

Two things I hope for:

- That they will keep references to other...

We definitely need one. So let me start with this nice hijacking of what the Froggies call art pompier (not sure how to translate that:...

Placeholder for either Kudos or a ritual disembowelment of the upcoming film

We will also have awards for spotting minorities or other...

No, not the shitty 2013 movie, the legend.

My question regards the criticism by samurai and monk Yamamoto Tsunetomo regarding the delay of the...

Figured we could use a thread for music that doesn't necessarily fall into the Bluesy category or others.

I just came across this youtube channel...

Dark Crimes (2016) is a Jim Carrey movie on Netflix.

I haven't watched it because, while I like some of what Jim Carrey has done, it only has a...

A real American national treasure.

In Japan they have a concept of living national treasures . Well Dolly is an American living national treasure.

I stumbled across this a while ago - thought I'd share. Well, I like it, anyway.

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As a newbie, am I allowed? I can't find any opera threads, so I thought I'd start one. Not that I am a fantastic fan - I just like a good tune and a...

This is a movie from Good Korea. I don't care much for foreign language flicks, mostly because I generally never watch a movie so much as listen to...

So as most of you no doubt know, Alex won't be with us much longer. Jeopardy! happens to be the only game show I like; the only one I can still...

Not for reviews though a curt sucks would be ok. I am just trying to get a list of what is coming since the first screening can lead the release by a...

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For me, I decided to to leap into that series where people have been waiting for ages for the next book to come out. No, not that one with the...

I've been using cable and a pc. Cable for TV, the PC to access Amazon and netflix and downloaded movies.

Should I have one of those other things?...

I have not. Quick show of hands please.

TV Ratings: Emmy Awards Sink 33% to Record Low
Variety

Sunday night’s hostless Emmys on Fox were...

Netflix Co-Founder’s Crazy Plan: Pay $10 a Month, Go to the Movies All You Want

As movie theaters struggle with tepid sales, Mitch Lowe has an...

In it's third season now.

Season 1 was pretty good but suffered from the over complication that a lot of spy story's do. Tinker Tailor was the rare...

The new one sucked. This is sad because I LOVE me some Kaiju and hate to see a bad one

The plot was nonsense (even for a movie with a giant fire...

Tom Cruise stars in impassioned PSA against motion smoothing

Alongside outspoke motion smoothing critic, Christopher McQuarrie

First, let's get...

What causes a production where each of the actors in another separate production tried really hard but didn't do quite the proper job, but in this...

Story is the guy's dad is a mid-eastern despot. Guy ran off at 16, became a DR, settled in Cali.

He goes back for his nephew's wedding

Cue Not...

I mean the British of course, but then the French came in and messed it up.

in your mouth

Seems like all the new stuff is a thin rehash of the old stuff. We started re-watching.

Currently:

Project Runway from Season 1 Episode 1 to season...

This is reserved for the objectively really shitty viewing choices out there. A word or two of explanation is desirable.

The scale goes from Shitty...

Let's sing along. :)

Duce, Duce, Duce gli anni di luce ...

Mike Tyson: Mussolini's My Inspiration. I Get Why Hitler Liked Him. (TMZ)

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So I watched the trailer to see what all the fuss is about. Is this sort of thing likely to inflame the hatred and division in America or is it just...

She was a girl from Birmingham
She just had an abortion
She was a case of insanity
Her name was Pauline she lived in a tree

She was a no-one who...

Though I am not sure the Japanese attend any memorials that involve other countries:

Epic Battle Of The Pacific, Forgotten In Japan
Kirk Spitzer...

New on Netflix

Astronaut Niko Breckenridge and her young crew face unimaginable danger as they go on a high-risk mission to explore the genesis...

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was kind of disappointing. The last 45 minutes or so were pretty good. The two hours leading up to that point...not so...

Not much else going on in movies this week, so I watched the J.R.R. Tolkien biopic, creatively titled Tolkien today.

It was...moderately...

Watched this last night. I would appreciate discussing it with someone who has watched it. If you havent, do. Then come back.

I would like to...

Netflix is teaming up with DC Comics and Neil Gaiman to bring us a production of Sandman, a comic series by Neil.

Another Neil Gaiman property...

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--J.D.

Just came back from the new Child's Play movie. I wasn't really a fan of the original and remakes tend to suck so I had low expectations going...