What's on your Daily Viewing List? (3 Viewers)

[Toronto Argonauts]

Tonight: Shadow of a Doubt

 

[Dave Moritz]

Obi-wan Kenobi
4K Digital / Dolby Vision / Disney +
Dolby Atmos 7.2.4

Pt 3, 4

Star Trek: Discovery
Digital / Paramount +
Dolby 5.1 upmixed to Auro 7.2

S1/E15 Will You Take My Hand ?

Fantastic Beast: The Secrets Of Dumbledorf
4K Digital / Dolby Vision / HBO Max
Dolby Atmos to Auro 3D 7.2.4

 

[Keith Cobby]

Last Year at (in) Marienbad - cinema as art!

 

[Robert Crawford]

We recently watched the John Alton Film Noir Collection from Classic Flix -- three films shot by John Alton on one disc.

T-Men (1947)
Raw Deal (1948)
He Walked By Night (1948)

All three feature narration. Both T-Men and He Walked By Night are done in a pseudo-documentary style in which the narration establishes the story are based on real cases. In Raw Deal, we get the internal monologue of Claire Trevor character. I find that sort of narration to be hit-or-miss. In this case, one hit and two misses.

We both agreed He Walked By Night was our favorite. It aired on Noir Alley a few years ago, so there weren't any surprises but it's a well done police procedural sort of story with a early appearance by Jack Webb. The narration added to the intensity of the hunt for a cop killer.

We disagreed on our second pick. I preferred Raw Deal, starring Dennis O'Keefe as an escaped prisoner. I liked the pacing of the story and Raymond Burr's performance as a crime boss. My wife found the ending "too sappy." The narration of the thoughts of Claire Trevor's character didn't add much.

My wife preferred T-Men about Department of Treasury agents investing a counterfeiting ring. It's an exciting story, but I was more distracted by the narration than she was. I thought it hurt the movie.

I'm a big fan on Anthony Mann's westerns, so it's nice to have these noir films on blu-ray. Mann is the credited director on the first two and worked with credited director Alfred Werker on the third.

I love all three films and never minded the narration in all three movies. It was Jack Webb's work in "He Walked the Night" which greatly influenced his future endeavor with "Dragnet".

 

[Robert Crawford]

This morning on iTunes in 4K/Dolby Vision. It looks better than any of my previous viewings of this movie. My 4K disc arrives on Tuesday so I'll be watching it again this week.,

 

[Keith Cobby]

House of Gucci - really enjoyed this brilliantly acted drama. Streamed on Prime and may now buy the Italian released 4k disc.

 

[DFurr]

Screened the newest SCREAM tonight. It was just so so. Nothing special. I read they are already filming Scream #6. Since the latest one did 140 million, I'm not surprised.

 

[John Sparks]

DVD is alive in my home theater!!!

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Jurassic World: Dominion
Originally Released: 06/10/2022
Watched: 06/20/2022
In theaters: 2:50 PM matinee showing on Screen 2 at Regal Colonie Center 13 & RPX

Recommended?

On What? You're looking for out of the experience. The ending of Fallen Kingdom set the stage to finally dive into the darker implications of John Hammond's mad science experiment. This movie sidesteps those interesting questions for a sort bizarre critique of corporate agriculture and provides answers that will be comforting to the younger members of the audience while being completely implausible for the adults in the theater. More even than Trevorrow's previous entry into this franchise, it's an adventure movie for kids rather than a horror movie for adults. On the plus side, the large cast of characters are mostly juggled well, and there are a number of entertaining and well-executed set pieces. But it definitely owes more to the Roland Emmerich school of filmmaking than the Steven Spielberg school of filmmaking.

My thoughts (which may contain spoilers) are available here.

 

[Keith Cobby]

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) - cinema as art (literally). Fine French film with a great ending, should be released on 4k disc.

Plus another random episode of The Persuaders (19, The Morning After).

 

[John Sparks]

Beautiful SD print. Glad I didn't spend double the money for the BD.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Kimi
Originally Released: 02/10/2022
Watched: 06/21/2022
4K UHD digital streaming on Apple TV app via Roku Ultra

Recommended?

Why? This taut thriller benefits from one of David Koepp's best scripts, pitch perfect direction from Steven Soderbergh, and a complex yet magnetic central performance from Zoë Kravitz. It's The Conversation meets Rear Window, updated for the 21st century. And at under 90 minutes, not a single moment is wasted. One of the best thrillers I've seen in a long, long time.

My thoughts (which may contain spoilers) are available here.

 

[Keith Cobby]

The Omen (1976) - watched this with my teenage son, he gave it 7/10, high praise indeed!

 

[DFurr]

Last night was 3 Hours Till Dead....Paramount streaming.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Originally Released: 05/02/2022
Watched: 06/23/2022
4K digital streaming on Disney+ ("IMAX Enhanced" Ratio)

Recommended?

On What? Whether Sam Raimi's distinctive style of filmmaking is an enticing enough draw for you, and whether you're all caught up on "WandaVision" from Disney+ and Spider-Man: No Way Home from Sony. A movie that is both largely inaccessible to new audiences, and oddly risk-adverse when it comes to seizing the possibilities that are opened up by a multiverse.

My thoughts from when I first saw the movie in theaters (which may contain spoilers) are available here.

 

[Thomas T]

 

[Dave Moritz]

Toy Story
4K Digital / Dolby Vision / Disney +
Dolby Atmos

 

[dana martin]

Last Night's Feature Presentation

both still dumber that dirt, and still funny after all these years!

 

[Dave Moritz]

June 24th, 2022 Friday

Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
4K Blu-ray / Dolby Vision
Dolby Atmos 7.2.4

 

[Thomas T]