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What Else I’ve Been Watching - December 2018

Reviews to Come.

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[justinvictor7]

From Die Hard (1988).

[80smovies]

Die Hard

[deggowaffles]

Die Hard (1998) directed by John McTiernan

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Die Hard (1988) dir. John McTiernan

“Come out to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs…”

[80smovies]

Die Hard

[justinvictor7]

Die Hard (1988)

[justinvictor7]

I haven't seen Die Hard (1988) in forever but a Christmas day viewing demonstrates that it totally deserves its reputation as a classic. It's got a great premise, a fun group of baddies, chaotic, bloody action scenes, and striking Jan De Bont cinematography.

The script is chock full of quotable dialogue, especially between Bruce Willis as McClane and Alan Rickman as Han Gruber. Both stars are doing some of their most iconic work here and they're really well matched as two different types of guys. McClane is certainly no coward, but his monologues reveal an everyman's sense of incredulity, fear, and doubt which juxtaposes well with Gruber's unflappable confidence. I think Rickman's performance is so memorable in part because he never lets us see him break. He has no doubt that he will win the day until he's falling out a window to his death.    

I also have to give some love to Reginald VelJohnson, who really lends the movie a ton of heart. I even teared up a little bit when he and Willis finally meet in person and embrace at the end. Their shared joy and relief in that moment really underscores the humanity at the center of the movie.

It's hard to believe McTiernan helmed Predator and Die Hard in back to back years and that they were only his second and third movies.

[rooeymara]

Happy New Year. 

Carol (2015) dir. Todd Haynes

[connerys]

You don’t know why you are attracted to some people and not others. The only thing you really know is you either are attracted or you’re not.

Carol (2015) dir. Todd Haynes

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Carol (2015) dir. Todd Haynes

[justinvictor7]

The poster for Todd Haynes’ Carol (2015). Review to come? Possibly maybe.

[bongjoonhoe]

They spared you.

Hold the Dark (2018) dir. Jeremy Saulnier

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Hold The Dark (2018)

Dir: Jeremy Saulnier

DP: Magnus Nordenhof Jønck

[justinvictor7]

The poster for Jeremy Saulnier’s Hold the Dark (2018). Review to come.

[olvaheiner]

Laissez Bronzer Les Cadavres (2017) Dir. : Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani

[artfilmfan]

Let the Corpses Tan (Bruno Forzani & Hélène Cattet, 2017)

cinematography: Manuel Dacosse

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Let the Corpses Tan - 2017