We use this as an ice breaker sometimes when we have staff meetings here at Stage 32 so I thought this would be a great way to break the ice and get to know one another! Feel free to comment where you're from and what you're watching or have watched recently or what you may be looking forward to checking out.
To introduce myself...I'm Brandy. I have been with the Member Help Team here at Stage 32 since this past June, so I"m fairly new here.
I'm here in California, and I just finished watching season 2 of "Only Murders in the Building" on Hulu. I love it! If you love a good and quirky "Wes Anderson" vibe but also love a good "whodunnit," you'll like it too.
Last film I saw in the cinema was "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice." As a die hard fan of the original film, I didn't go into it looking for a repeat of what had already been done. I'm glad some his the main character's story that was cut from the original story was included here and ya gotta love the nostalgia vibes brought on by the use of practical effects. Sometimes to move forward, you have to look back, knowhatimean?
I just saw the trailer for the upcoming version of "Nosferatu." The original film is over 100 years old so I'm excited to see who the filmmakers up the ante. I'm sure it was much easier to scare people in 1922 than it is now in 2024 lol I'm also looking forward to Blumhouse's production of "The Wolfman," as i am a diehard fan of the Universal Movie Monsters. I also really enjoyed the 2010 version with Benicio Del Torro. And Danny Elfman set off the drama nicely with an amazing score!
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Brandy Camille I have been an admirer of Pearce's work for many years and I am most impressed how he can master a lead role in a feature and then be a character actor with a small part in another and...
Expand commentBrandy Camille I have been an admirer of Pearce's work for many years and I am most impressed how he can master a lead role in a feature and then be a character actor with a small part in another and if you didn't watch the credits or investigate his IMBD page you would never realize it was him. An example is the "The Road" starring Viggo Mortensen. Great flick BTW. The Scrooge mini series was terrific and a dark but enlightening tale retold. And of course he was great in the role! Thanks for the reply Brandy!
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I just rewatched Orca after seeing it new in Theaters as a Jaws knockoff. But WHOA there, I remembered it being pretty good and Richard Harris and Charlotte Rampling gave great performances but my god...
Expand commentI just rewatched Orca after seeing it new in Theaters as a Jaws knockoff. But WHOA there, I remembered it being pretty good and Richard Harris and Charlotte Rampling gave great performances but my god, I have to say in all honesty,...it's better than Jaws. I'm serious. It made me cry. it made me feel. Sure we feel a lot during Jaws but it doesn't make us cry. When Harris foolishly slaughters a pregnant female whale, the Male watches helplessly as his mate and her fetus are slaughtered by a man. It's a revenge movie but you find yourself on the whale's side as he taunts the town pushing for a showdown with the man. it goes deeper. Harris's wife and child were killed by a drunk driver. He knows EXACTLY and I mean EXACTLY what the whale is feeling. The music is by Ennio Morricone who penned a haunting song called "We are One" that will leave you a helpless pile of tears on the floor. I am not kidding you. This one hits deeper than Jaws because this time the man is the monster.
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The original 1970 version of "And soon the darkness" is streaming on Kanopy. You can get Kanopy for free if you have a library card or you're a student. They're playing a whole slate of scary flicks f...
Expand commentThe original 1970 version of "And soon the darkness" is streaming on Kanopy. You can get Kanopy for free if you have a library card or you're a student. They're playing a whole slate of scary flicks for October. Worth a look. https://www.kanopy.com/en/saddleback/video/5646300
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I'm on my second script, which is a horror flick, so I've been watching a lot of A24.
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I watch SLOW HORSES because the writing is excellent. I watch What We Do In The Shadows for its wit. ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING because it is just plain fun and so very greatly produced. And that is about it.