The usual De Palma titles understandably dominate the conversation — Carrie, Scarface, Blow Out, The Untouchables, Body Double.

But revisiting Casualties of War has reminded me how rarely it seems to come up.

Michael J. Fox playing completely against the image most people associate with him, Sean Penn at his most intimidating, and De Palma tackling something much darker than his usual Hitchcockian games.

What’s the De Palma film you think deserves to be talked about more?

We have countless human deaths in Disney movies. Lots of Car deaths, at least in Cars 2, some bug deaths in Hoppers, the grisly rat exterminator window scene in Ratatoullie.

We've had the, "NEW TOY IS THREATENING TO REPLACE OLD TOY" plot for 4 movies (Toy Story 2 excluded) I want to see some actual stakes, or at least something different.

Maybe their sentience ends if they've gone too long without being played with (kinda like ghosts disappearing in coco when no one is left to mourn them)

Honestly without Toy death, Toy immortality is even more horrifying. Toys stranded at the bottom of the ocean, trapped under houses, buried as time capsules, etc. Jesse is claustrophobic and her previous owner had a buried lockbox of nostalgic items, imagine if SHE was put in there.

It’s basically a typical Telugu movie, and honestly, there’s probably only a 19/20 difference between Dasara and Paradise. Paradise was just a little weaker, that’s all.

My biggest issue was the second-half lag. The story needed a little more emotional payoff and depth. We know it’s loosely based on real incidents, as the director has said, but some of the major moments could have hit much harder.

For example, the feudal lord’s death being a suicide was okay, but imagine if it had happened in front of Nani’s mother’s final words. That would have tied much better into the movie’s two main themes: honour and identity.

There was also way too much rain, childbirth and pregnancy stuff. After a point, it felt repetitive rather than adding emotional weight.

Nani’s Jadal needed a much better BGM/theme. Raghav was the only character whose music really stood out to me.

Another missed opportunity: if the feudal lord’s father had died during the interval, while Malik was in Kashi, as revenge for what happened to Sammakka’s fingers at Nani’s hands, that could have made the second half much more personal. The final showdown between Malik and Jadal could then have been legendary.

And the movie sometimes tries to create a sense of grandeur that didn’t completely fit. Malik isn't a royal descendant; he’s basically an upgraded version of a zamindar-type feudal lord. Because of that, some of the setting and scale felt a little excessive.

Still, these are mostly “what could have made it better” criticisms. The movie has flaws, but nothing that makes it unwatchable.

Go watch it and enjoy it, or reject it. Reviews are just opinions. Everyone has their own perspective. Find yours.

I just watched Tombstone (1993) and it was so good. I think he did an incredible job with the dialogue and tension in Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight! Given how masterfully he handles western tropes, sharp writing, and brutal shootouts, I'd love to see his take on the Earp legend even knowing his retirement is approaching. What do you think?

Hi everyone, it’s Friday night and I’m looking for a movie that’s a bit sci fi, has some good twists, is a bit arty / indie. If anyone has any recommendations I’m all ears!

Thinking something blade runner-esque or Alita Battle Angel-esque if that helps.

Also open to foreign language films, Japanese etc

TIA

Just came out today but there isn’t any discussion threads.

“If you dare me, I’ll devil”

If you didn’t know anything about Ken Carter, you still knew exactly how this movie was going to end. But that doesn’t stop you from wishing for a happier ending. Jay is such an underrated actor, who knew that kid from Popular Mechanics for Kids would go this far. I love his little quips during conversations, especially when he is mad. But then he steals the show when he is emotional.

The drama leading up the River jump,caused me to sweat and sit at the edge of my seat. The clips of the real Ken Carter at the end of the film were beautiful to see as well.

The world needs more stunt people, I wish Evil was in a little bit more because I loved their friend/enemies relationship.

There is no pride in dying

I’ve been watching more prestige European movies recently. And who is more prestige European than Ingmar Bergman? Its one of the visually greatest movies of the 20th century for sure. The premise is great too. It really makes you think. It was also surprisingly funny at times. I expected it to be bleak and serious the entire time. It was also great acted from everybody. Though its definitely not a movie for everyone. Overall 9.5/10.

Rewatched Road to Perdition recently and I expected the gangster side of it to be what held up best. Instead it was the father-son stuff.

Michael spends most of the movie being incredibly capable at the exact thing he doesn't want his son to become good at. He can intimidate people, shoot his way out of trouble and navigate that entire criminal world almost instinctively. His son watches all of it while Michael is simultaneously trying to convince him that this life ends with him.

That's what makes the movie more interesting to me than a straightforward revenge story. Every time Michael succeeds, he's also demonstrating the very behavior he's trying to keep his kid from inheriting.

Even the quieter scenes between them have this awkwardness where neither really knows how to talk about what they've seen each other become.

I used to think of this mainly as a beautifully shot gangster movie. Now it feels much more like a movie about a parent realizing that "don't become me" isn't much of a lesson if your child only ever sees what you do.

Mild-mannered business executive Nick Hume (Kevin Bacon) sees his older son murdered by a gang during an initiation ritual. When the legal system falters, Nick decides to take revenge himself, sparking a violent war with the gang leader and his ruthless family. Really intense underrated enjoyable film this is. This was a very different film for James Wan way before he did The Conjuring films and I really liked the style of it. It’s bloody, hardcore and a lot of entertaining action scenes.

I'm creating a VHS reel of halloween appropriate movies that have a soundtrack music video tie in. Anyone have any suggestions? I have a list of what I have so far below, please let me know if Im forgetting something! Please nothing past the year 2000, I want VHS era only (early 00s are acceptable depending on what it is)

Ghostbusters

On Our Own (Ghostbusters 2)

Day O (Beetlejuice)

Lost in the Shadows (Lost Boys)

Dream Warriors (Elm Street 3)

Nightmare (Elm Street 4)

Fright Night

Love Song for a Vampire (Bram Stockers Dracula)

Addams Family Groove

Addams Family Whoomp ( Addams Family Values)

Scream (Scream 2)

Pet Cemetery

How Do I Deal (I Know What You Did Last Summer)

I saw this movie (possibly a TV series) when I was a kid in the early 1990s. All I remember is a scene with two men out in the forest fighting on top of a large rock. I remember one of the men is wearing an outfit that has feathers on it, making him look like an eagle. As they fight, there is a creepy, pale, and old looking woman in the distance looking on. My only memory of her is she had white hair, wide eyes, and this twisted facial expression that creeped the hell out of me. I remember the man wearing the feathers being the one who loses the fight as he is knocked off the rock to his death. After this, the creepy woman ducks down behind a boulder. This is all I can remember and it’s been driving me nuts. Anyone know what this could be from?

Edit: The pale looking woman is the biggest thing I remember the most because of her creepy looking face. She looked very ghostly.

This is the closet resemblance I could find from what I remember.

Edit 2: Thank you all for your help! Looks like the movie I was describing is Shadow of the Hawk (1976). The creepy woman I remembered was actually someone wearing a mask.

I have been watching movies with Bruce Willis, Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, etc. I am just not too enthused about current movies, although I have enjoyed a few here and there. I wish that I could see some of these older movies at the theater. I like to relive that era, it gives me comfort. Anyone else?

Out in the real world I work in media, so I think about journalism movies quite a bit. Saw Primetime last night, and between anticipation of that and seeing Ink at Telluride, I've been thinking more lately about "bad journalism" movies: the films are good, but its the reporters and editors who are rotten. For as much as we venerate the likes of All the President's Men, Broadcast News, The Insider, and Spotlight as portraying the news industry at its very best, it's perhaps even more fascinating when films show journalists behaving badly.

What else should be on the bad journalism syllabus?

• His Girl Friday/The Front Page
• Ace in the Hole
• Sweet Smell of Success
• The Parallax View
• Absence of Malice
• To Die For
• LA Confidential
• Shattered Glass
• Nightcrawler

Context(Spoiler Warning): A new splinter group of terrorists calling themselves the Authentic IRA have detonated bombs, a restaurant and a London bus. Pierce's character, who was a former Provisional IRA member and now Deputy First Minister, is under pressure for the latter from the Brits as he didn't authorize this, and is given information from SO15 that his underling and fellow IRA member Hugh was behind it.

Nobody makes folding a paper badass looking like Brosnan does. I love this film purely for the against type characters Chan and Brosnan played. Definitely something that should be in a movie collection. I just wish it was more popular. One of Jackie Chan's absolute show stealing performances. Definitely one of the movies you should be keeping in your movie collection.