tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34032535009264693742024-03-05T19:43:47.564-06:00Who put the "Pop" in Popkoff?San Diego, California: Where Culture is the only thing that's CheapPopkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.comBlogger168125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-9108065642481564702012-07-26T15:51:00.001-05:002012-07-26T15:51:24.901-05:00Men In Black 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jemaine Clement and Josh Brolin were both pretty good in this. There were fun bits here and there, but nothing too memorable.Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-64858322051611159102012-07-26T15:49:00.000-05:002012-07-26T15:49:10.580-05:00Sixteen Candles (1984)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I took Heather across the street to the Readings Town Square 14 to see
tonight because she had not seen since she was 12. The movie was
introduced by two Asian teenagers who were trying very hard to lead the
crowd in a fun game of movie trivia, but it was made increasingly
difficult by a row of women who were probably in their late 30's/early
40's but all acted much younger and much more immature. Plus, they all
looked like they should be a Rollergirl team. I digress, the
presentation itself was among the worst I've ever seen; a dvd blown up,
stretched out, and so so so dark. A movie should have presence on the big screen, should it not?Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-89042744887417642452012-07-19T14:37:00.001-05:002012-07-19T14:37:36.770-05:00Roadgames (1981)<br />
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Re-watch. Love this movie and love showing it to people. Showed it to my friend Carthy tonight. He thoroughly enjoyed it.Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-34640635719863362712012-07-19T14:34:00.001-05:002012-07-19T14:34:42.033-05:00Monsers, Inc. (2001)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Waited 11 years to watch it & I loved it. Very funny and sweet.Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-13971518136378426992012-07-19T14:32:00.001-05:002012-07-19T14:32:08.649-05:00Rear Window (1954)<br />
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I liked it, although I thought it was a bit long. Also, it's one of
those movies that even though I had never actually sat down to watch it,
I still felt like I had seen it. If you've never seen "Roadgames,"
which is essentially an Australian remake of this, you should check
it out.Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-82626466097819621002012-07-05T03:51:00.001-05:002012-07-19T14:28:30.179-05:00Possession (1981)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bizarre, passionate, and vibrant. Wicked wtf ending.Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-222570346387595922012-07-05T03:50:00.000-05:002012-07-19T14:28:04.655-05:00Ted (2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Meh...all I was hoping for was that it would be funny and it wasn't.Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-15279823876085797332012-07-05T03:48:00.002-05:002012-07-19T14:27:15.068-05:00Take This Waltz (2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A very very astute film about the perils of a long-term relationship. And full-frontal nudity to boot!Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-60635652589004500222012-07-02T14:43:00.002-05:002012-07-02T14:43:38.141-05:00The Driller Killer (1979)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was really good. Very funny and stylish, with a lot of heart. Not at all what I was expecting from the poster artwork.Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-33664587375840961112012-07-02T14:40:00.002-05:002012-07-02T14:40:14.083-05:00Summer School (1987)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Late night re-watch in honor of <a href="http://www.fright-rags.com/">Fright-Rags</a> new "Summer School" t-shirt.<br />
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<br />Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-312073884653286902012-07-02T14:32:00.001-05:002012-07-02T14:32:37.041-05:00Deathdream (1974)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Re-watch: Showing some new friends, they "liked it a lot."Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-29226774743536856282012-06-29T23:12:00.000-05:002012-07-02T14:36:15.902-05:00To Rome With Love (2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Better than I expected, though not great. 2 1/2 stars. Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-30703830669167997862012-06-28T17:09:00.002-05:002012-07-02T14:33:58.892-05:00The Hidden (1987)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Re-watch. One of the benefits of moving to a new town is making new friends, though it's been a slow process. One of the rewards though is being able to share your favorite things with new people. This went over well.Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-14305449946739149612012-06-27T00:20:00.002-05:002012-06-29T23:10:20.558-05:00Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was fun and fairly well-made. Reminded me a little of "Happy Accidents," in a good way. Also, admitted I have a crush on Aubrey Plaza.Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-69473502359132914882012-06-25T17:02:00.001-05:002012-06-27T00:17:40.084-05:00Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World (2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of my all time favorite movies is Don McKellar's 1998(9) Canadian Apocalyptic Comic-Drama, "<b>Last Night.</b>" When I first saw the trailer for Lorene Scafaria's "Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World," I couldn't help but note the strange similarities between scenes in the trailer and McKellar's film. The opening scene of the trailer features a Radio DJ uttering the line "We'll be bringing you our countdown to the end of days along with all your Classic Rock favorites," which instantly made me think of the DJ in "Last Night" opening the movie with "Coming up on the last night on the planet and you're listening to CKRT, the Top 500 Songs of All Time, with you right until the end."<br />
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The next scene in the trailer is of Steve Carell walking into a semi-abandoned office building, pointlessly going to work, which made me think of David Cronenberg's fate in McKellar's film. Cut to the scene in the trailer with the celebratory friendly gathering, in which the charming, but depressed leading man is being pressured by his friends to "hook-up" and avoid "dying alone." Then there's a distraught girl directly outside our lead's apartment, she needs help. Together, the two set of on a journey trying to help one another (in Mckellar's film, the lead only wants to help her). This stuff was all in the trailer. To be fair to the movie though, there are plenty of differences between the films, foremost among them being the fact this movie is much more of a "road movie" than "Last Night" is. <br />
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So going into the movie, you have to believe me when I say that I tried very very hard to remain objective while viewing "Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World." And to it's credit, for much of the movie, I was enjoying myself, for the most part. Keira Knightly was pretty bad in the movie, especially when she cried. Usually when people cry in real life, they're either in pain or trying to manipulate someone. When she cried in the movie I didn't believe she was in pain, nor did I find her convincing enough to be manipulated by her.<br />
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I was really hoping to like this movie more, if for no other reason than that I like Steve Carell and want him to make good movies. That being said, I liked him in it, but overall I thought the movie was a 2 1/2 star effort.<br />
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As far as remaining objective went, I felt like I was doing a pretty good job until the last 15 minutes or so. The ending of the movie, while not the exact same, bore enough of a similarity to send me fuming from the theater as the credits rolled.<br />
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On a side note, how much do I love "Last Night?" When I was programming for the Austin film series, Cinema41, the first movie I chose was "Last Night," and we even finagled Don Mckellar himself and Cinematographer Doug Koch for a Skype Q&A. Here is the Q&A in it's entirety.<br />
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The life of character actor Richard Lynch has always interested me. Classical trained at The Actors Studio, young Richard Lynch allegedly tripping on Acid, set his head on fire, resulting in numerous facial scars. Where some might think this would have ended his career, it actually resulted in a new career as a reptilian villain in numerous films such as "Invasion USA," "The Sword & The Sorcerer," "Bad Dreams," "God Told Me To," and many more, including the underrated "The Baron." He always brought a sense of class to the movies he was in, even if they didn't always warrant it.<br />
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RIP Richard LynchPopkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-91112940514335495072012-06-21T12:56:00.000-05:002012-06-21T12:56:13.314-05:00The Usual Suspects (1996)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Re-watched this in the hotel room in Vegas, while waiting for Heather to wake-up.Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-35260728763069786002012-06-18T15:30:00.000-05:002012-06-21T13:13:41.197-05:00Susan Tyrrell (1945-2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Goodbye Susu, thank you for all the great performances. The two Q&A's of yours that I was fortunate enough to witness were unbelievably endearing and entertaining. The screening of "Nightwarning" at The Last Night at The Alamo is among my favorite all-time screenings.<br />
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RIP.Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-80160007254190318222012-06-14T15:16:00.001-05:002012-06-14T15:16:39.381-05:00Hard Eight (1996)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Re-watch: Just as great as ever.Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-90579320376647504652012-06-14T15:06:00.001-05:002012-06-14T15:06:11.792-05:00Lookin' to Get Out (1982)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Directed by Hal Ashby and written by/starring Jon Voight, "Lookin' to Get Out" has all the makings of a forgotten gem, but in this case, there's a reason it's forgotten. In some cases, when a movie has a deeply flawed character with few, if any, redeeming qualities, it is still possible to overcome the problem of having an unlikely lead. In this movie though, it's just too hard. Possibly due to the pacing which starts of cracklin' but quickly loses steam. It's a catch-22, making a movie about a flawed character, but still investing the audience in that character. <br />
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Positives: cool opening credits, Burt Young, and the nice Vegas scenery.Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-83535790452626658292012-06-14T14:41:00.001-05:002012-06-14T14:41:15.613-05:00Honeymoon In Vegas (1992)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We're getting ready to go to Vegas this weekend for our 4 year anniversary, so this week we've been watching movies set in Vegas. I haven't watched this in about a decade. Good stuff.Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-46051032501498200262012-06-13T14:04:00.001-05:002012-06-14T14:11:34.872-05:00The Silent Partner (1978)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Re-watch: Showed this to some new friends, it's easily in my Top 10 Favorite movies. I could watch it once a week and never tire of it. Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403253500926469374.post-51862501695354223512012-06-13T13:55:00.003-05:002012-06-14T14:10:10.739-05:00The Color of Money (1986)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Watching this the other day for the first time on a double feature with "The Hustler" boded well for this one considering how ready I was for something a little more fast-paced at that point. I'm as much of a Scorsese fan as anyone else. This film, like "The Hustler," had it's moments and it fun seeing familiar faces pop-up like Forrest Whitaker and Iggy Pop. Newman is very good in it, particularly in the 3rd act. Cruise on the other hand just doesn't gel with Scorsese in my opinion, maybe it's the hair which is out of control.<br />
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Overall, I kind of felt the same about "The Color of Money" as I did the "The Hustler," solid, but nothing I'd watch again anytime soon. In the realm of Scorsese, it felt particularly disappointing. </div>
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Obviously this is a classic, but to be honest, watching it the other day was really difficult. It just felt unnecessarily long, especially in the middle. Popkoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17340509258043633816noreply@blogger.com0