The Movie Thread

[RGMike]

Just got home from seeing Inception, and decided to check in here to see what y'all had said about it. And am surprised that there's been precious little mention of it at all. Or did I miss something? Anyway, I really loved it. Very engaging sci-fi thriller--I was on the edge of my seat for nearly the entire film. Even Ellen Page was good in a part that was as far from her Juno role as it could be. Thoughts?

have not seen it yet -- a 2-1/2 hour movie is something I have to make time for on the weekend, and so far I haven't been able to work it in. Also, I've been told to see it in IMAX so I've been waiting for the crowds to die down a bit.

Just came from finally seeing it. Loved it; def one to see a second time. Worth the IMAX surcharge too.

Meanwhile, there were displays in the lobby for a 3-D Yogi Bear 'toon opening at Xmas (Justin Timberlake *IS* Boo-Boo. Seriously). But...  Gayest. Tagline. EVAH: "Good Things Come in Bears". Uh, really?

[RGMike]

Landmark is closing the Clay in Pac Heights. 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/23/DDOI1EVQGV.DTL&type=movies

[RGMike]

Meanwhile, there were displays in the lobby for a 3-D Yogi Bear 'toon opening at Xmas (Justin Timberlake *IS* Boo-Boo. Seriously). But...  Gayest. Tagline. EVAH: "Good Things Come in Bears". Uh, really?

turns out someone else noticed it first:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/05/yogi-bear-given-unintenti_n_672547.html

[Tinka Cat]

Meanwhile, there were displays in the lobby for a 3-D Yogi Bear 'toon opening at Xmas (Justin Timberlake *IS* Boo-Boo. Seriously). But...  Gayest. Tagline. EVAH: "Good Things Come in Bears". Uh, really?

turns out someone else noticed it first:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/05/yogi-bear-given-unintenti_n_672547.html

oh my!  the illustration just has to be seen, too!

[RGMike]

oh my!  the illustration just has to be seen, too!

someone's having a pic-a-nic with their, um, basket.

[RGMike]

Landmark is closing the Clay in Pac Heights. 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/23/DDOI1EVQGV.DTL&type=movies

Went to the Embarcadero yesteday to catch a 5:00 show of Lebanon -- the box office was closed and I was directed to the conncession stand to buy my ticket there. Landmark has done this at smaller theaters on occasion, like the Clay and the Bridge, but that's the first time it's happened to me at their flagship Embarcadero. Things are indeed tough all over.

[RGMike]

Right now on the RetroPlex cable channel, a real '70s relic: Gas-s-s-s, Roger Corman's 1970 satire about what happens after a chemical mishap kills everyone over 25 and "the kids" take over. Sort of a (very) poor man's Wild in the Streets, starring Cindy Williams (!) Ben Vereen (!!) and "Tally Coppola", who later changed her name to Talia Shire. With music by Country Joe & the Fish!

[Gazoo]

Right now on the RetroPlex cable channel, a real '70s relic: Gas-s-s-s, Roger Corman's 1970 satire about what happens after a chemical mishap kills everyone over 25 and "the kids" take over. Sort of a (very) poor man's Wild in the Streets, starring Cindy Williams (!) Ben Vereen (!!) and "Tally Coppola", who later changed her name to Talia Shire. With music by Country Joe & the Fish!

Did you watch it?  Where'd it fall on the OMGWTFLOL-meter?

[RGMike]

Right now on the RetroPlex cable channel, a real '70s relic: Gas-s-s-s, Roger Corman's 1970 satire about what happens after a chemical mishap kills everyone over 25 and "the kids" take over. Sort of a (very) poor man's Wild in the Streets, starring Cindy Williams (!) Ben Vereen (!!) and "Tally Coppola", who later changed her name to Talia Shire. With music by Country Joe & the Fish!

Did you watch it?  Where'd it fall on the OMGWTFLOL-meter?

I saw it decades ago on commercial TV. The local ABC affiliate in NY, Channel 7, had a package of "hip" movies that they used to show on Friday nites at 1am, right after  the network ran "In Concert" (they had Night of the Living Dead, some foreign stuff, etc) and they showed Gas-s-s-s a few times. It's not very good, more interesting as a historical footnote than as a film. Makes Wild in the Streets look like The Godfather.

[RGMike]

Landmark is closing the Clay in Pac Heights. 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/23/DDOI1EVQGV.DTL&type=movies

the Clay gets a reprieve:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/29/DDH31F5FD5.DTL&tsp=1

[RGMike]

on TCM: Pal Joey with Sinatra and Kim Novak, which I'm kind of amazed I've never seen.  San Francisco in the '50s -- hot cha!

[RGMike]

To celebrate the film's 35th anniversary (!) The Castro will be showing a digitally restored print of Tommy on Monday.

[ggould]

To celebrate the film's 35th anniversary (!) The Castro will be showing a digitally restored print of Tommy on Monday.

When I saw the original premier at the Paramount, it felt like I was in the Castro on halloween walking through the crowd in the lobby!

[Wayback]

Over the weekend I caught "Machete" with Danny Trejo, Robert DeNiro, Steven Segal, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Lindsay Lohan.  Reminded me of '60's spaghetti westerns/early 70's pulp fiction/kung-fu films, tongue-in-cheek action.  Despite violence it's non-stop action with humor too. 
Film trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIxcVzwLR1k

NY Post review via video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFxHAFYA1pY

Review in Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2010/09/03/robert_rodriguezs_machete_is_a_cut_above/

[RGMike]

The fine docu Who is Harry Nilsson (and why is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) which I saw 3-1/2 years ago at SF NoizePop, finally getting a brief theatrical release; look for it on DVD soon.

http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/movies/10who.html?ref=movies

And today at the Roxie, a Phil Spector docu:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/10/MVPP1F9TPK.DTL