HaramabeBomaye wrote:Cosby wrote:Imagine a mental Cage Superman film though! Might be just the antidote to the recent efforts.Liveinadive wrote:I dont want to live in a world without mental Nic Cage films.
After the atrocity of B v S, I'd gladly take a bat shit crazy Nic Cage Superman film.
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The Entire Cast of Once Respected Actors for “Collateral Beauty”
nick_md wrote:I was surprised by how frowned upon smoking is in L.A. Fuck those cunts. Seriously.
Jaco wrote:Man, I hate awards. Whether it's film, games, design, music or whatever. They're basically bought and sold and anyone that thinks they're an actual indicator of importance/quality seriously needs a reality check.
Diluted Dante wrote:I think it was Adam Ruins Everything that pegged an Oscar nomination at about 10 mill.
Sorry, bad sentence structure. i know you all know what filmy films are....the bit after was my review.krs wrote:Don't patronise us with your explanations; we know what filmy films are.
poprock wrote:No Best Actress Oscar nomination for Amy Adams. I’m scandalised.
bad_hair_day wrote:Jaco don't go dissin Kylie, I'll scratch your eyes out.
tin_robot wrote:I watched "Miss Sharon Jones!" last night. (Netflix) I usually avoid film or TV that's medical in nature as it feels a bit too much like being at work, but I've always enjoyed Sharon Jones' records, so I thought it would be interesting to find out more about her.
Turns out she was amazing. (The past tense there is missing from the film, which was made before she died, and when she was seemingly in remission, a cloud that inadvertently hangs over the whole film.) It's a slightly odd documentary - it clearly started life as an attempt to show the journey from being a woman deemed "too small, too fat, too ugly and too black" to make it, to being, well, a singer who makes it.
Instead that story is pretty much reduced to a pre-titles montage, and the documentary instead follows her battle with pancreatic cancer. It does a damn good job of doing so too. It helps that Jones is, for the most part, good company - a clearly somewhat indomitable woman who's used to life throwing stuff in her way, and adept at pushing right back. Which is why the brief moments when she succumbs are so damn heart-wrenching.
It also catches the effect it has on those around her - genuinely terrified on behalf of their friend, but also all too aware that their livelihood is intrinsically tied up with her fate. Her journey through the Hell of Chemo, and out the other side is told is told with a level of honesty you often don't see in such movies - and there's a scene of properly bad doctoring that I shall have fun showing our students in future.
If you've any interest in either the music, or the story, it's worth a look.
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