Friday, January 17, 2025

Movies for February 2025: The Brutalist and The Last Showgirl

      Nic Bentley will host our meeting at noon on Feb. 5 at his home with a Zoom option. We will discuss:


The Brutalist (2024)

           
     When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.

     Director: Brady Corbet
     Writers: Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
     Stars: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce


The Last Showgirl (2024)


     A seasoned showgirl must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run.

     Director: Gia Coppola
     Writer: Kate Gersten
     Stars: Pamela Anderson, Brenda Song and Kiernan Shipka



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Scores for January 2025 movies:

Wild Target (2010) 4.7 (9 votes)

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Sunday, December 15, 2024

Movies for January 2025: Wild Target and The World's Fastest Indian

    Dean Hiser will host our January meeting, which will be a week later than usual at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 8, because New Year's Day falls on the first Wednesday.  The meeting will be at Dean's house with a Zoom option, and we will discuss:

Wild Target (2010)

     A hitman tries to retire, but a beautiful thief may change his plans.

Director: Jonathan Lynn
Writers: Lucinda Coxon and Pierre Salvadori
Stars: Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt and Rupert Grint

The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

      The story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, which helped him set the land speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967. 

Director: Roger Donaldson
Writer: Roger Donaldson
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd and Lain Rea

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Scores for December 2024 movies:

Conclave (2024) 8.2 (9 votes)
Ghostlight (2024) 8 (9 votes)

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Sunday, November 10, 2024

Movies for December, 2024: Conclave and Ghostlight

     Bill Graves will host our Dec. 4 meeting at 7 p.m. at his house with a Zoom option, and we will discuss the following movies:

Conclave (2024)

    When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church. 

Director: Edward Berger
Writers: Peter Straughan and Robert Harris
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow

Ghostlight (2024)

     When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.

Directors: Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson
Writer: Kelly O'Sullivan
Stars:  Keith Kupferer, Katherine Mallen Kupferer and Tara Mallen

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Scores for November 2024 movies:

My Old Lady (2014) 6.9 (9 votes)

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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Movies for November, 2024: My Old Lady and Tea with the Dames

      Hugh Heinsohn will host our Nov. 6 meeting online at 6 p.m., when we will discuss the presidential election results and the following movies: 

My Old Lady (2014)

     An American inherits an apartment in Paris that comes with an unexpected resident.

Director: Israel Horovitz
Writers: Israel Horovitz and Jonathan Mason
Stars: Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas and Maggie Smith


Tea with the Dames (2018)

     Dames Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith get together for tea to reminisce and discuss their acting careers.

Director: Roger Michell
Stars: Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins and Judi Dench

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Movies for October, 2024: The Master and Searching for Sugar Man

      Carl Carlson will be hosting our Oct. 2 meeting at 7 p.m., and we will be discussing:


The Master  (2012) 

A naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future -- until he is tantalized by a Satanic cult and its charismatic leader.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams

Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.

Director: Malik Bendjelloul
Writers: Malik Bendjelloul, Stephen "Sugar" Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom
Stars: Rodriguez, Stephen "Sugar" Segerman and Dennis Coffey


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Scores for September 2024 Movies

The Peasants (2023)  6.3 (8 votes)

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Friday, August 9, 2024

Movies for September, 2024: The Peasants, and The Monk and the Gun

      Don Nugent will be hosting our Sept. 4 meeting at 7 p.m. at his home, and we will be discussing:

The Peasants (2023) 

     Jagna is a young woman determined to forge her own path in a late 19th Century Polish Village -- a hotbed of gossip and on-going feuds, held together, rich and poor, by adherence to colorful traditions and deep-rooted patriarchy.  

Directors: DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman
Writers: Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont, DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman
Stars: Kamila Urzedowska, Robert Gulaczyk and Miroslaw Baka
     

The Monk and the Gun (2023)

     An American travels into Bhutan in search of a valuable antique rifle and crosses paths with a young monk who wanders through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.

Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji
Writer: Pawo Choyning Dorji
Stars: Tandin Wangchuk, Tandin Phubz and Kelsang Choejay


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Monday, July 8, 2024

Movies for August, 2024: The Crime is Mine, and Kinds of Kindness

     Jon Lee will host our Aug. 1 meeting at 7 p.m. outside at his home, and we will be discussing:

The Crime is Mine (2023)

     In Paris, 1935, a young actress has just been acquitted of murdering a famous French producer. This is where the story just begins. Is she really innocent? Or has she gotten away with murder?

Director: Francois Ozon
Writers: Francois Ozon, Philippe Piazzo and Georges Berr
Stars: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Rebecca Marder and Isabelle Huppert

Kinds of Kindness (2024)

     A man seeks to break free from his predetermined path; a cop questions his wife's demeanor after her return from a supposed drowning; and a woman searches for an extraordinary individual prophesied to become a renowned spiritual guide. 

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Writers: Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou
Stars: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe

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Scores for July 2024 Movies

Rear Window (1954) 7.6 (8 votes)

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A Gentleman in Moscow  (2024)

 






    

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