What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

We're No Angels with Bogart, Peter Ustinov and Aldo Ray. Joan Bennet returned to the screen in this movie after her scandal, she was great in it, they all were.
 

It was on my movie bucket list, but I finally got to see On the Waterfront starring Marlon Brando. I sort of knew what to expect as I heard the "I could've been a contender" thing 100 times, but seeing it with more context got me more emotionally involved. Really liked it.
 

The Professor and the Madman on Netflix. It was about the compilation of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
 
gennie said:
The Professor and the Madman on Netflix. It was about the compilation of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Oh thanks for reminding me! I wanted to see that but forgot to write it on my 'must watch' list & forgot it completely!
 
Pepper said:
@gennie
Do you recommend this movie? I glanced at the critic ratings and they were underwhelmed!
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I enjoyed it but my taste in movies rarely follows the crowd. If I had looked at cast prior to watching, I probably would not have because neither Sean Penn nor Mel Gibson are at the top of my favorite list but both were good here.

I was attracted to it because I was curious about the process of actually putting a dictionary together and it was based on fact although I hope some was overly dramatized.
 
gennie said:
I enjoyed it but my taste in movies rarely follows the crowd. If I had looked at cast prior to watching, I probably would not have because neither Sean Penn nor Mel Gibson are at the top of my favorite list but both were good here.

I was attracted to it because I was curious about the process of actually putting a dictionary together and it was based on fact although I hope some was overly dramatized.
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@gennie We are soul-mates! I agree, exactly! 🙃
 
KenMill said:
It was on my movie bucket list, but I finally got to see On the Waterfront starring Marlon Brando. I sort of knew what to expect as I heard the "I could've been a contender" thing 100 times, but seeing it with more context got me more emotionally involved. Really liked it.
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Recall kids in 4th or 5th grade who saw it in the movies were all abuzz saying that Brando told the priest (Malden) to "Go to hell!".
 
What I watched yesterday, 1/3/21:

Burn Country (2016)

After being exiled from Afghanistan, a former war journalist settles in a small town in Northern California and takes a job with a local newspaper. But when he attempts to cover local crime, he stumbles into local corruption that puts himself and others in danger.

I didn't have a clue what was going on with respect to the "local corruption." Didn't like it.
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Straight A's (2013)

Pressured by his deceased mother's ghost to return home to the family he abandoned, a former addict grabs a bag of pills and a sack of marijuana and hits the road to Louisiana.

I liked it, especially Ryan Phillipe's performance. They call it comedy/drama but it's far more drama than comedy.
 
Hope Gap with Annette Benning on Netflix. Definitely a chic movie. No car chases, bombs, super heroes or spice. Good story and beautiful scenery.
 
On PBS, the elegant Glenda Jackson starring in 'Elizabeth is Missing.' In it, Glenda is an Alzheimer victim solving two mysteries at once; one from her past and one from her present. Her dementia has a role in all this.

Oh, I have always loved Glenda Jackson! She is now an old lady. Like me, only she's older and has way more wrinkles. Her eyes, her beautiful eyes, are as beautiful now as in her youth. Still gifted and talented. What a joy to see her act again! She has been in UK politics for years as our Brits can tell us.
 
Last night I watched The Killing of a Sacred Deer. I didn't like it. However, I predict the kid who played Martin the weirdo, Barry Keoghan, is going places. His performance was stellar!
 
"A Killer Among Friends." A true story about the murder of a teen-age girl by two of her best friends.
And I just learned that the two murderers (Karen Severson & Laura Doyle) were released from prison several years ago.
 
"Marie."
An incredible true story of a woman who revealed corruption & bribery in the Government & the parole system in Tennessee.

Ousted parole-board chairwoman Marie Ragghianti (Sissy Spacek) blows the whistle on corruption in 1968 Tennessee.
 
Last night I watched "The King of Staten Island" which I had wanted to see for awhile. Well, seems I could have waited, but I didn't know that. IOW, so-so.
 
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