What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

The last movie??? The 1960s "Cleopatra". It was pretty bad. One scene was really sucked- supposedly this boy was Caesar's kid, but he had a distinctly Italian accent. Now, exactly how can a kid raised in ancient Egypt have an Italian accent?
I admit Liz. Taylor was great in the role.
 

Marcy Sheiner said:
I saw a movie with that plot exactly, except it wasn't Spanish, but American. Can't remember the name of it or the actors but I remember loving it. Maeve somebody was in it.
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I think I saw that too because I was wondering if I was going to rewatch something I already saw. It didn't seem the exact same. I enjoyed both of them a lot!
 

Opus, 2025, starring Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich, 1 hr., 44 min. I thought it was awful. I mainly wanted to see it for Ms. Edebiri but even she couldn't save it. I think they were trying to do what the movie The Menu did (which I didn't like either).
 
The Monkey. I hated it and couldn't bring myself to finish the last 30 minutes. For one thing, it was much too bloody.

I was disappointed because that's one of my favorite Stephen King short stories. Oh well.
 
Marcy Sheiner said:
I watched Odd Man Out a few nights ago. It's about the IRA in the 30s (had no idea they went back that far), starring James Mason. It was boring but for some unknown reason I watched the whole thing.
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It's a very good film noir, but I found it to be too bleak. IOW I didn't like the story, but I admired the film. It was a great performance by James Mason, which really put him on the map.

I'm a fan of director Carol Reed, who went on to do The Fallen Idol (1948), and then the great The Third Man (1949). He uses telltale black & white settings and unusual camera angles. His superb DP, Robert Krasker, worked on both "Odd Man" and "Third Man", which was a match made in heaven.
 
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