What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

"Upgrade" Amazon Prime with Camilla Mendez and Marisa Tomei. Art lovers will love it. A new favorite movie of mine.
Edit...apparently there is another older movie by this same name that is horrible...don't watch that one.

 
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StarSong said:
Not a movie, but a series called "Resident Alien" on Netflix (originally on SYFY channel, I think). DH and I find it dark, funny, occasionally grisly, but thoroughly engaging, similar to how "The Sopranos" managed to often be all of those things.
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We just started watching this. It dark, in a funny way. We like it so far.
 

StarSong said:
Not a movie, but a series called "Resident Alien" on Netflix (originally on SYFY channel, I think). DH and I find it dark, funny, occasionally grisly, but thoroughly engaging, similar to how "The Sopranos" managed to often be all of those things.
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Tried watching it last week but not my cup of tea :(
 
Having a hard time finding something to hold my interest. Movies (series) I TRIED to watch but gave up on: Resident Alien, Life, Begin Again, Vera (too dark and depressing for me), Grown Ups, Everything Everywhere All the Time, and many more :(
 
Colleen said:
Having a hard time finding something to hold my interest. Movies (series) I TRIED to watch but gave up on: Resident Alien, Life, Begin Again, Vera (too dark and depressing for me), Grown Ups, Everything Everywhere All the Time, and many more :(
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Try 'Who is Erin Carter" on Netflix.
 
StarSong said:
What did you think of this movie, Dill? I wanted to love it, but found the story thinner than thin, far-fetched, with a decidedly unsatisfying ending that explained very little - what was up with deer, flamingos and lack of other humans? Long Island beach towns are mobbed over summer.
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There were aspects I enjoyed, but overall it felt to me that a good story had been rejiggered, abridged, and then padded out. It wasn't short, but I agree that so much story seemed to be missing entirely.

The ending was abrupt, but I think only a bit more was needed if more meat was in the preceding story. The lack of other people was completely unexplained, like the Teslas and the animals and pretty much everything. The Kevin Bacon scene went on far too long for what little it contributed. I'm still not sure what was actually supposed to be going on at all.
 
I'm in the first season of the reimagined reboot of "Lost In Space" (2018 Netflix). I like the 1960s show as a kid, though I preferred the early seasons before it became more campy to appeal to a broader audience.

The newer show changes a lot of things, though the core characters are the same... just totally different. :ROFLMAO: Heck, even the ship is different, now one of many large shuttle pods to a mother ship in orbit.
 
Colleen said:
Having a hard time finding something to hold my interest. Movies (series) I TRIED to watch but gave up on: Resident Alien, Life, Begin Again, Vera (too dark and depressing for me), Grown Ups, Everything Everywhere All the Time, and many more :(
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Have you tried the Amazon series "Hanna" (2019-2021)? It recaps and goes beyond the movie "Hanna" (2011), so you don't need the movie first. They are two adaptations of the same story. It's a little bit "Orphan Black" crossed with the "Jason Bourne" movies.

Have you tried "The Expanse" (2015-2022) yet? It's grounded science fiction (no teleporters or magic ship gravity or ray guns) covering a period beginning something like 200 years from now. The first season is noire in tone. It feeds you information rapidly, even words on displays matter, and it might only work for you if you watch it as a sponge soaking everything up.
 
I think it was "The Queen" or "The King's speech." I own these movies but if they come on TV I seem enticed to watch them again.
Today I am watching " Glory"-using my DVD of the movie but it is often on TV during Black History month.
As a student of War myself (AMU), this is a true story that I have watched many times, and it always fills me with pride over what the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts did....

"The saga of the first black fighting unit in America's civil war is an inspiring testament to courage, the human spirit, and the value of freedom."
Per amazon Prime video


More info here:
Why 'Glory' Still Resonates More Than Three Decades Later
 
Tin Man (TV Mini Series 2007) ⭐ 7.0 | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

It's too long but it is an interesting story.
A good cast.

Tin Man is a 2007 American television miniseries co-produced by RHI Entertainment and the Sci Fi Channel that was broadcast first in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel in three parts. Starring Zooey Deschanel, Neal McDonough, Alan Cumming, Raoul Trujillo, Kathleen Robertson, and Richard Dreyfuss, the miniseries is a reimagining of the classic 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, with science fiction and additional fantasy elements added. It focuses on the adventures of a small-town waitress named DG who is pulled into a magical realm called the O.Z., ruled by the tyrannical sorceress Azkadellia. Together with her companions Glitch, Raw, and Cain, DG journeys to uncover her memories, find lost connections, and foil Azkadellia's plot to trap the O.Z. in eternal darkness.
 
seadoug said:
I watched Ordinary Angels at the theater last week. It was touching, and Hilary Swank was great as usual.
There were some sniffles in the audience.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ordinary+angels+trailer
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I'm interested in seeing that based on what the lead actors had to say about the movie and from what I saw of the preview. That Alan Richton is in it doesn't hurt. I'll wait for it to stream though.
 

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