tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post6476937060428127696..comments2024-03-26T18:28:58.729-04:00Comments on Just a Cineast: Thursday Movie Picks #180: 2018 Movie things I'm looking forward toTed S. (Just a Cineast)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12394770582776749331noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post-67610127769817157212017-12-21T20:36:00.321-05:002017-12-21T20:36:00.321-05:00It is hard to keep up with the DVR when there are ...It is hard to keep up with the DVR when there are string of good movies showing and then the push when the thing gets close to full not to lose anything. Good luck catching up! <br /><br />I find FXM Retro so limited after TCM has spoiled me, they seem to show the same group of films continuously give them a rest for a bit and then trot them back out. With the immense library Fox has the slim pickins is disappointing. I keep my eye on it but it's rare I record anything off it. <br /><br />I don't go to the theatre to see film like I use to either, I did go to see the new Murder on the Orient Express a few weeks ago (it was a disappointment missing the fun and glamour of the Albert Finney version) but these three and in particular the last are ones I'm looking forward to.<br /><br />Oceans 8-Femimine reworking of the fun Brad Pitt/George Clooney heist flick Oceans 11 (though why they couldn’t find 3 more famous women to make up the original number is troubling) itself a reworking of the Rat Pack original. As long as it keeps that sense of humor this should be a jolly time at the movies with hopefully a smooth tie-in of Matt Damon’s character from the other film. <br /><br />Mary Poppins Returns-The magical nanny returns to help the children of the now grown children she cared for in the original classic. Apparently great care has been taken to protect the memory of the first with an amazing cast, including in some capacity Dick Van Dyke & Angela Lansbury (yeah). It will be tough to capture the special whimsy of the first but it will be interesting to see the attempt.<br /><br />Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story-In festival showing this documentary about the legendary movie star beauty who was sharp as a whip and an avid inventor (responsible for much of the basis of what is modern day internet technology) but whom was not taken seriously because of that same ravishing exterior has been acclaimed. She considered her beauty a cage from which she couldn’t escape and when faced with narrow minded comments about the improbability that a woman who looked as she did could also have a strong mind she replied “If I am a ‘new Hedy’ as some say, it is because they are seeing me as I really am, not looking at the outside of me.” Scheduled for a theatrical release early in 2018 this sounds fascinating. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com