Great smaller movies that deserve a wider audience . .

jimdgoulding · « **on:** 22 Oct 2012, 11:07 pm »

2 Days in the Valley. Clever crime satire with lots of plot intrique and humor. I believe this was Charize Theron's first movie as hit man James Spader's crime partner, Danny Aeillo (probably misspelled) as a nice guy about at the end of his rope, Teri Hatcher who does battle with Theron, literally. This is a good one very few saw. Suggest you not be one of them. I got a bunch more but you first. Cheers.

S Clark · « **Reply #1 on:** 23 Oct 2012, 12:13 am »

"Dead Again". Englands foremost modern Shakespearean acting couple, Kenneth Braghnag and Emma Thompson in an LA dectective thriller. It's stunning just to listen to the man carry off the whole California sound and style so effortlessly... and it's a very good movie.

ltr317 · « **Reply #2 on:** 23 Oct 2012, 01:39 am »

Both 2 Days in the Valley and Dead Again are excellent. Saw both of them when they first came out.

timind · « **Reply #3 on:** 23 Oct 2012, 02:11 am »

That Thing You Do. I've seen this movie 20 or 30 times because my daughters watched it over and over. Just a lighthearted film that makes you happy. Never tire of it.

django11 · « **Reply #4 on:** 23 Oct 2012, 02:52 am »

Great idea for a thread! How about a musical? "Once" . Here is a song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoSL_qayMCc

Letitroll98 · « **Reply #5 on:** 23 Oct 2012, 03:05 am »

"Fandango", a very early movie (1985) for Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson, and Sam Robards. A great college road movie with a sweet ending, a fantastic part for character actor Marvin J. McIntyre as Truman Sparks, and music by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays, Kieth Jarrett, Cream, Elton John, Blind Faith and others. A must rental if you can find it anywhere.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #6 on:** 23 Oct 2012, 06:40 pm »

Nice work, fellas, and I haven't seen a single one. Here's two personal favorites that I've mentioned elsewhere on AC:

Thick as Thieves with Alec Baldwin as a professional crook and record collector who listens to the Swingle Singers and Monk. Very funny flick with my man Andre Braugher and a bunch of very nutty characters;

Montana with Kyra Sedgewick as a gangster who is being set up by her boss's right hand man. You'll love "Kitty" (the boss's sex toy) who gets our girl in a world of shite.

Clever and very funny flicks.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #7 on:** 8 Nov 2012, 09:32 pm »

FYI, my daughter ordered Thick as Thieves for my birthday (I loaned my first copy out and can't remember to who) from someplace in Europe. It's such a gem. She has a good mind on her she does. Another oldie but goody black comedy is The Wrong Box with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and a host of a bunch cameos including a priceless one by Peter Sellers. Probably the first ensemble crime movie is The Friends of Eddie Coyle with guys like Robert Mitchum and Peter Boyle, etc. Gritty and original stuff directed by the man who directed Bullitt a year or so earlier. It was re-leased about a year ago. Ya'll done? Come on now.

rockadanny · « **Reply #8 on:** 9 Nov 2012, 02:42 pm »

I have a bromance for Mark Ruffalo lately. Three very good flicks to see:

You Can Count on Me.
The Brothers Bloom.
What Doesn't Kill You.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #9 on:** 9 Nov 2012, 03:56 pm »

You Can Count of Me was the first movie with him that I've seen. Good one, too.

ajzepp · « **Reply #10 on:** 10 Nov 2012, 12:28 am »

Bubba Ho-Tep
The Station Agent

thunderbrick · « **Reply #11 on:** 10 Nov 2012, 01:44 am »

The Loved One with Rod Steiger, among others, from back in the 70s. Scathingly funny satire.

Who can forget "Harold and Maude?"

The Secret of Roan Inish based on Irish folk legends.

A dated British political satire, "Whoops! Apocalypse! but be sure to get the version with John Clease

wushuliu · « **Reply #12 on:** 10 Nov 2012, 02:56 am »

Quote from: S Clark on 23 Oct 2012, 12:13 am

"Dead Again". Englands foremost modern Shakespearean acting couple, Kenneth Braghnag and Emma Thompson in an LA dectective thriller. It's stunning just to listen to the man carry off the whole California sound and style so effortlessly... and it's a very good movie.

+1, an overlooked classic.

SoCalWJS · « **Reply #13 on:** 10 Nov 2012, 03:45 pm »

Quote from: timind on 23 Oct 2012, 02:11 am

That Thing You Do. I've seen this movie 20 or 30 times because my daughters watched it over and over. Just a lighthearted film that makes you happy. Never tire of it.

That Thing You Do is a big favorite for me and the wife. Seen it too many times.

If you haven't already....

Make sure to see the extended "Fan Edition" with several deleted and extended scenes as well as a completely different spin on the ending. Gives much better insight as to how things happened and what the characters were like in the band before Guy joined. Little details that seem out of place in the regular version (example: Guy carrying a box of reel to reel tapes at the end when they are checking out of the Hotel) are explained.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #14 on:** 10 Nov 2012, 08:07 pm »

Two Australian movies deserving of a wider audience to me are Lantana and The Hard Word. The latter features Guy Pearce and two fellows playing his criminal enterprizing brothers. The Aussie actor featured on the new stateside TV show- Longmire- is a particularly nasty caper planner. Great writing.

Lantana is an ensemble piece with guys like Anthony LaPaglia as a police detective (who is an Aussie also, if you didn't know) and Geoffery Rush who is someone hurt by the goings-on. Again, great writing.

Most really good movies can stand multiple viewings cause they are that good, I think you would agree. The Pelican Brief is one of those as an example to me. Check these movies out or be a dufus. They qualify.

Delta Wave · « **Reply #15 on:** 10 Nov 2012, 09:06 pm »

Quote from: Letitroll98 on 23 Oct 2012, 03:05 am

"Fandango", a very early movie (1985) for Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson, and Sam Robards. A great college road movie with a sweet ending, a fantastic part for character actor Marvin J. McIntyre as Truman Sparks, and music by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays, Kieth Jarrett, Cream, Elton John, Blind Faith and others. A must rental if you can find it anywhere.

Fantastic movie!

silver_strings · « **Reply #16 on:** 10 Nov 2012, 09:33 pm »

My dad bought a pirated movie in downtown (no moral lashings please I didnt buy it) it was an action movie from Korea about a tsunami hitting seoul. It was so great, the characters and the action were amizlinly portayed, I never though I would enjoy a movie that wasnt in english so much. I cant remeber the name though

kenreau · « **Reply #17 on:** 12 Nov 2012, 05:43 pm »

Just watch "Headhunters" on DVD. A small, low budget, but very well executed thriller from Norway with subtitles and english over dub.

Movie Info: (cut and paste from RottenTomatoes)

Headhunters stars the talented Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as Roger, a charming scoundrel and Norway's most accomplished headhunter. Roger is living a life of luxury well beyond his means, and stealing art to subsidize his expensive lifestyle. When his beautiful gallery owner wife introduces him to a former mercenary in the possession of an extremely valuable painting, he decides to risk it all to get his hands on it, and in doing so discovers something which makes him a hunted man.

Received a 92% on the Tomatoe meter and two thumbs up from me.

Kenreau

ajzepp · « **Reply #18 on:** 13 Nov 2012, 05:06 am »

Yep, Headhunters was great...saw that one a few weeks ago.

Delta Wave · « **Reply #19 on:** 13 Nov 2012, 05:23 am »

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Light Years
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The Last Supper
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