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Neglify said:

I rate Frink's mom an A+-.

 B-+

That's a D++-, man.

Double D was the name of your mom's band.

ray_afraid said:

It's not as accessible as their bigger tits hits, but I find it more personal. More emotional, if you will.

More menopausal, you mean. 

Neglify said:

Yeah and their hit album was "Kickin' My Son to the Curb".

 :(

Matchstick Men (2003) -- B+

The Blue Lagoon (1980) -- A+

Tideland (2005) -- B

American Psycho (2000) -- B-

A Family Thing (1996) -- A-

Shadow of the Vampire (2000) -- B-

The Gold Rush (1925 version) -- A

Ray (2004) -- A+

Patton (1970) -- B

Dead Ringers (1988) -- B+

It's taken me too long to post this. Since May I think. So I'll keep it brief and limit it to the films I saw for the first time.

Journey into Fear (1943) - Solid faux-Welles pic. Not enough suspense. B-

Macbeth (1948) - Amazing real Welles pic. Great cinematography and set design. Must see. A

The Immortal Story (1968) - Intriguing and dark low scale Welles. Very good. B+

Tomorrowland (2015) - Underrated old school adventure flick. Falls apart in the third act, but still worth watching. B-

Mr. Arkadin (1955) - Intricate and engaging. Puzzling and thought-provoking. Good stuff. A-

Jurassic World (2015) - About as good as it could have been. Lots of fun. B

A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012) - Entertaining and quirky little flick. B-

Village of the Damned (1960) - Classic mystery and suspense film. Kitschy fun. B

Inside Out (2015) - Incredibly, um, emotional film. I laughed, I cried. A-

Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) - Premise wearing thin but still some giggles to be had. B-

Rattle and Hum (1988) - A pseudo-raw look at my favorite band. The interviews fall flat but the concert bits are electric. B

Ant-Man (2015) - There's some fun to be had but there's a lot of wasted potential. Mostly it's forgettable. C+

Trainwreck (2015) - Seemingly a change of pace for a rom com but not really. Funny and effective, but too long. B-

To Catch a Thief (1955) - A lesser Hitchcock effort. Sort of dull and predictable honestly. C+

Wet Hot American Summer (2001) - Hilariously hilarious. B+

Barbarella (1968) - Too good to be bad. Very amusing. B

Twice Upon a Time (1983) - Too bad to be good. Very boring. D

The Big Chill (1983) - Charming and touching. What more could you want? A-

Idiocracy (2006) - Spot on satire. Maybe too silly at times, but isn't that the point? B+

Valkyrie (2008) - An amazing story made empty. B-

Edge of Tomorrow (2014) - Much much better than it should have been. B+

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) - How can you not love this franchise? B

Things to Come (1936) - Not much story here, but an interesting look into the future (of the past). B-

The Stranger (1946) - Fantastic Wellesian suspense film. Good enough for me. B

Tommy (1975) - Very strange but also very captivating. Great music, obviously. B

Blackmail (1929) - Light on story but a lot of great Hitchcockian suspense here. B

Murder! (1930) - There is a story here but I'm not sure it makes any sense. The movie's okay. C+

Straight Outta Compton (2015) - Somewhat conventional, but engaging enough to get you into it even if you aren't weren't a fan of the music. B

Jaws (1975) - I said I wasn't going to do any movies I'd seen already but I did see Jaws on the big screen for the first time (in 35mm) and it was the best it's ever been. Thought it was worth mentioning. A+

Black Mass (2015) - The whole is less than the sum of its parts. Some great scenes and performance, but not quite a great film. B+

The Martian (2015) - Funny, compelling, insightful, inspirational, and really quite sensational. A great film. A- 

ray_afraid said:

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Took me awhile to get around to seeing this, but I knew I was gonna love it. I love MAD MAX and ROAD WARRIOR and all the reviewers I admire said they loved it.
I didn't love it. I'm not even sure I liked it...
The cars were very cool, the stunts were wild, the film had a great look to it...
But, even with all it's action, the film was just terribly boring.
I didn't give a crap about any of the characters and found them all to be dull as can be. Especially Max, whom you'd think would have a bit of charisma about him. But, none.

 My wife, who hates action movies, loved this.  I think she's right and you're wrong.

Yep. Turner Classic Movies thankfully played all of his films in May for his 100th birthday so I made sure to record all the ones I hadn't seen. Still need to get around to The Trial, Othello, Chimes at Midnight, and F is for Fake. I also rewatched The Third Man last night and it's as good as ever.

Interested to hear that Mr. Arkadin is rated so lowly. I think it's pretty great if occasionally hard to follow. But maybe it's been criticized based on lesser versions? I saw the 106min Criterion edit which is surely better than whatever hack jobs have been around for the last 60 years.

TV's Frink said:

ray_afraid said:

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Took me awhile to get around to seeing this, but I knew I was gonna love it. I love MAD MAX and ROAD WARRIOR and all the reviewers I admire said they loved it.
I didn't love it. I'm not even sure I liked it...
The cars were very cool, the stunts were wild, the film had a great look to it...
But, even with all it's action, the film was just terribly boring.
I didn't give a crap about any of the characters and found them all to be dull as can be. Especially Max, whom you'd think would have a bit of charisma about him. But, none.

 My wife, who hates action movies, loved this.  I think she's right and you're wrong.

Dreams (1990) -- B+

Planet of the Apes (1968) -- B-

Passions (1984) -- C

Gaslight (1944) -- B-

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) -- C+

Brazil (1985) -- B-

Helter Skelter (2004) -- B

Joe's Apartment (1996) -- F

Final Analysis (1992) -- B+

They Live (1988) -- A

DuracellEnergizer said:

TV's Frink said:

ray_afraid said:

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Took me awhile to get around to seeing this, but I knew I was gonna love it. I love MAD MAX and ROAD WARRIOR and all the reviewers I admire said they loved it.
I didn't love it. I'm not even sure I liked it...
The cars were very cool, the stunts were wild, the film had a great look to it...
But, even with all it's action, the film was just terribly boring.
I didn't give a crap about any of the characters and found them all to be dull as can be. Especially Max, whom you'd think would have a bit of charisma about him. But, none.

 My wife, who hates action movies, loved this.  I think she's right and you're wrong.

 

 Furry Road?

I don't know. I caught it on TV, and there was no mention made of which cut it was in the description.

!!!SPOILERS!!!

It ends with the main character a vegetable trapped in his own private mental world.

SPOILER ALERT!