The Unofficial Ongoing Current Movies in Theaters thread

[Like a Boss]

Black Mass: See it.

[PB]

Bone Tomahawk - a gruesome hoot. A muuuuuuch better written, filmed and acted version of The 13th Warrior.

[dookeyXXX]

Bone Tomahawk - a gruesome hoot. A muuuuuuch better written, filmed and acted version of The 13th Warrior.

Out of curiosity, where did you see this? As far as I've been able to determine, it has an extremely limited release (not even playing in San Francisco).

[raisingarizona13]

Just saw "Amy" at the AFI in Silver Spring. Really good, and based nearly completely on archival footage and home video. Walking out of the theater I want to beat the fuck out of her Dad and castrate her husband. What a wreck, what a shame, what a voice.

I really want to see this. She was an incredible singer. What was her Dad like?

So not in the theatre's right now but I just rented D-Train. I thought it was crazy good.

Last week my daughter and I saw Everest. She was on the edge of her seat biting her nails. It was fun.

[NoPostholio]

Out of curiosity, where did you see this? As far as I've been able to determine, it has an extremely limited release (not even playing in San Francisco).

it was released on itunes as well

[PB]

Out of curiosity, where did you see this? As far as I've been able to determine, it has an extremely limited release (not even playing in San Francisco).

Comcast <gasp>!!

[Benny Profane]

I was dragged into Bridge of Spies, not my choice, but I enjoyed it. Did not know until the credits rolled that Spielberg directed it and the Coen brothers wrote it. Does not get all Spielberg mushy and patriotic until the very end.

[Caucasian Asian]

Sicario - there is no reason not to see it
Went initially b/c emily blunt is my kind of brit - really surprised at how good of a film it is. Dark, disturbing and brutally honest about our drug policies. If you watched Narcos on netflix, it is almost like a movie continuation of that plotline. Benicio kills it - best supporting actor in the bag.

Wife and I decided to see it after we saw the trailer before Straight Outta Compton.

Del Toro is a badass. Brolin has come a long way since Goonies. Highly recommended.

[undertow2]

Bone Tomahawk - a gruesome hoot. A muuuuuuch better written, filmed and acted version of The 13th Warrior.

I rented this from iTunes as I love Westerns and have always liked Kurt Russell... I really liked the movie and many reviews are saying that this movie will be a cult classic... I will say this, the scene towards the end of the movie was without a doubt fucked up and one that was absolutely gruesome...

[NoPostholio]

^^^ I know which one you mean, and that was super fucked up and most gruesome thing I ever saw on film for sure - the dude from lost and the other guy from six feet under were great choices to side kick for Russell. Good movie.

[PB]

I'm guessing there's not any answer (supposed to be a mystery and all) but were the mini-pan flutes in the troglodytes throats forcefully implanted sans any semblance of surgery (as I'm assuming the head honcho's tusks were)??? If so ..... no wonder they were a small and dwindling tribe.

[NoPostholio]

no wonder they were a small and dwindling tribe.

That and their hankering for thigh meat -

[Marshall Tucker]

^ there are some factual firsthand accounts in Empire of the Summer Moon that I still can't get outta my head.

Native americans, they would fuck you, each other, anybody up. Slow and bad. Absolutely without any conscince.

[plugboots]

Empire of the Summer Moon would be a good movie

[NoPostholio]

Q was a bad ass and those fucks were more like outlaw bikers than indians.

[PNWbrit]

Q

Speaking of Q.

Spectre was a bit mixed. Superb opening sequence.... simply stunning... good opening credits too always important in a Bond flick... carried on pretty well until a gradual feeling of meh overtook by the ending. Not terrible but slightly disappointing.

[From_the_NEK]

Took the kids to the Peanuts movie this past weekend. I would say it was entertaining for the kids and for the adults. Good use of recognizable historic material (cartoon strip imagination blobs) that didn't feel at all out of place.

[dookeyXXX]

Went skiing in the a.m. then hit the $5 Tuesday in Reno for a double-feature.

1. Crimson Peak
visually stunning, incredibly opulent gothic/grand guignol soap opera/ghost story directed by Guillermo del Toro. If you dug The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth, then you will probably dig this, too.

2. Sicario
Echoing what most everyone else above has said about this film: go see it.
Incredibly intense, well-written, well-acted action film. Several scenes are nail-biting. Excellent use of visceral ambient music/sounds to heighten the mood of anxiety and adrenaline.
The cinematography is nuts.
I'd also highly recommend the director's (Denis Villeneuve) previous film, Enemy. (fwiw, he's also supposedly been tapped for a Blade Runner revival).
Brolin and Del Toro absolutely own the film, though Blunt holds her own quite nicely.

[dookeyXXX]

There is no reason not to see The Martian.

Finally got around to seeing The Martian today.
While the phrase "There is no reason not to see it" appears to be Meadow Skipper's defacto review quote (), I have to heartily agree.
Ridley Scott really hasn't made a shitty movie during the span of his career. Sure, some have been more hit and a few have been a little miss, but overall he's a consistant muhfuh behind the camera.
I really enjoyed The Martian and would say that next to Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, this is the best big budget, popcorn gorging big picture I have seen all year. Thoroughly engrossing. I could quibble about the epilogue ending, which, imho, was highly unnecessary, but that's really the only problem I had with the film. Hell, I had man tears welling up in my eyes during the MAV takeoff at the end.
I did keep having flashbacks to childhood viewings of Robinson Crusoe on Mars, though.
But, I digress.
Very solid, well-made flick that holds your attention from start to finish. Of the 3 movies I've seen at the cineplex this week, it was the only one that after about 20-minutes nobody in the theater was whispering, rustling candy wrappers, or loudly munching popcorn, which, to me, says a lot (i.e. everybody in attendance was transfixed, which is a hard thing to accomplish these days at the movies).

[Meadow Skipper]

Finally got around to seeing The Martian today.
While the phrase "There is no reason not to see it" appears to be Meadow Skipper's defacto review quote (), I have to heartily agree.

Yeah, I stole it. I'm a sucker for a taut, to-the-bone summation.

I pretty much share PNWBrit's thoughts about Spectre but I'm a little more generous about the last part - I was pleasantly entertained at the very least all the way through. But the opening sequence fully crushed.

[dookeyXXX]

^
trying not to read anything about Spectre until I see it.
On target to check it out early next week.
That said, since I have quite a few friends who are critics, I've unwittingly seen a few comments about the film on FB.
I have to admit, I enjoyed Casino Royale.
But I was left rather non-plussed by both Quantum of Solace and Skyfall, the latter I felt was torn between creating a new Bond mythos and paying tribute to the old (Connery/Moore) one and as such it never quite found it's own voice.

However, I feel blessed this week. I managed to see 3 movies in the theater, all of which were solid, plus I got to ski each of those days, too, so it was the pop culture-outdoorsy intersection of goodness.

[MTT]

I also liked Spectre,

You could punch holes in this that and the other
But its another very good action movie.

[davieboot]

The past few Bond movies have been so good that I have a hard time imagining Spectre can up the ante. I loved Skyfall. I suspect that some of the negative reviews are because Spectre is not as good.

[PB]

Does organized religion have ANY redeeming value????

Searchlight: superbly done - while the actors are all completely up to the task of this achingly scandalous story they do not in any way distract from the central, powerful story. This is understated storytelling at its best.

To answer my own question: religion is merely the structure that weak, greedy people use to achieve their goals; its certainly not the only structure. The most damning aspect of organized religion is that it promises so much but delivers so little.

[Flyoverland Captive]

Saw the Hunger Games finale tonight. If you've seen the first three, go see it . If not, don't bother. Lawrence is excellent, but the story really drags; so many potential side stories that got ignored in favor of more scenes of people in dark tunnels. I get that it's trying to stay true to the book, but so much wasted potential...