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This is based on the book by Charles Willeford I assume. I stopped reading it about 70 pages in. From your review, I sense the movie was true to the source material.

The author of the book this was based on is a fabulist of amazing proportions. There's a New Yorker article on it and he basically became a literary agent through carefully concocted autobiographical...

I saw it in the theater as a kid and probably a dozen times total. Every time I watch football I think about that scene where Akeem is telling Mr. McDowell about the Packers of Green Bay kicking an...

The movie started with a scene in Ethiopia but for the most part it didn't include too much controversial information about the acquisition of diamonds or in this case opals. What could have been...

Fair enough. I originally said the quality of his music doesn't have a bearing on the accusations of child abuse because I like his music but think he did terrible things, not because I don't think...

Yeah what is the topic? I haven't even seen the documentary that is the subject of the conversation....

I like a lot of his songs Nick. I don't think it has a bearing on any of the other stuff we're talking about. But I have Dirty Diana, Billy Jean and a few others on my playlist. Not everyone likes...

Talk about low expectations. A pedophile getting credit for the children he didn't molest? Getting credit for not killing the children he did? Come on Nick. He did awful things, which you acknowledge.

This will be my last post on this not because it's not an interesting conversation but because it is such a far ranging topic and it really relates to one docu on this thread.

I see what you're...

I came across a bit wooden there Nick. I think you clearly like Michael (I do too) and are more generous with him than those he was accused of hurting. Look for instance at what I quoted. Does this...

I read more carefully your distinction about wanting to go out with the carrot in your butt vs being compelled to. This looks a bit more like the irresistible impulse test. I'm not saying arguments...

Having mental illness does not mean a person is not in control of any decision they make. The legal standard for it makes some sense of the issue. Under the McNaghten test a person is only not guilty...

To be honest, I only watched a handful of movies last year. I've gotten back into reading fiction, mostly pulp fiction authors of 40-50 years ago. But when I watched older hollywood movies I tend to...

I understand what you mean. Even in his best movies he lays it on way too thick with the sentimentality, like he needs to editorialize an important moment instead of just letting the viewer get it...

It's certainly doable. The hard part is finding movies you're motivated to see. I was watching a movie a night a few years ago but then I found it would take me a half hour or more to find something...

I wanted to see it because I like the screenwriter Martin Mcdonagh a lot. His films aren't for everyone but he has an off-beat sensibility. What he does is simply different and often highly...

Wind River
I had been told it was good but didn't know what to expect. I thought the acting was very good, particularly Jeremy Renner's performance. It was understated at times, powerful at other...

Amazing. Thank God you speak Turkish or we'd have never figured that out. Screenwriter thinks he's so clever using everyday Turkish words for names. What's next. Someone thinking they can sneak an...

Agree with all of your points. But that still means there's been a lot of cheap stereotyping in Hollywood movies simply because so many are poorly done. No surprise that when a screenwriter or...

I saw the movie The Shallows. It is a decently reviewed movie about a surfer who is attacked by a shark. I'm generally an easy audience but it was a waste of time. Why does a shark spend a full day...

Very perceptive review about The Revenant. I read the book and decided not to see the movie on the basis of it. In the book, the revenge story is even less compelling, which is probably why Inarritu...

I also enjoyed the Drop although it did develop slowly at times. I was more intrigued by the performance of Tom Hardy than the movie. But when I looked at his filmography there were some recognizable...

I wondered about that but often it will be a movie like Ernest Goes to Camp or something I am pretty sure sucks. Still I don't know why a comment about whether the movie is any good wouldn't feel...

I saw ex machina. It is a story about a tech entrepreneur who created a robot with all of the mental and emotional attributes of a human. He invites one of his programmers to his very large estate to...

The Foxcatcher

This film outlines the relationship between the eccentric billionaire John Dupont and the celebrated American wrestlers Mark and Dave Schultz. While it is an interesting real life...