Not sure if these have been posted on here, but they should be fun! First there's "Save the Cinema":
"Liz Evans is a hairdresser and leader of a youth theatre in Carmarthen, Wales, who started a campaign in 1993 to save the Lyric Theatre from closure. She and a local councilor will enlist the help of Steven Spielberg, securing a special premiere for 'Jurassic Park'."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_the_Cinema
Then there's Judd Apatow's "The Bubble", inspired by "Dominion" filming during the pandemic with the cast sequestered in a hotel, including a formally engaged Laura Dern/Jeff Goldblum couple played by Leslie Mann & David Duchovny, with Pedro Pascal and Karen Gillan in the Pratt/Howard roles.
Here's Duchovny on the film: "It’s a huge action movie. The basic premise is that we’re a group of actors...and we’ve done, like, six versions of movies called Cliff Beasts, that’s like an action dinosaur franchise, hugely successful. And we’ve come together during the pandemic to try to shoot another one, so we have to go into a bubble in order to shoot the movie. And then we start to realize that we really don’t like each other and we’re not enjoying ourselves. At some point we think about trying to escape from our own movie and our own selves.
It’s the madness of trying to film what is ostensibly a spoof of action movies, but the action in it is going to be really good! I mean, it’s got to be. It can’t be bad. So it’s a big film that we shot in London during the pandemic, with all the Netflix protocols, which worked out well. And there was lots of CGI… it’s big. "
And Apatow: " I’ve always joked about my disinterest in making an action movie or superhero movie. It’s just not my gift. I like them. I never think I’m the guy you would want making them. So it’s funny because 20 minutes of my movie is a dinosaur action movie… so I’m just figuring out how to do that right now… this is the first movie I’ve made where people get killed. I’m finally killing people."
[https://collider.com/jurassic-world-dominion-inspired-judd-apatow-movie-the-bubble/](https://collider.com/jurassic-world-domin
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I’m thinking particularly of the scenes where the protagonist Thomas Kretschmann protests when a German soldier is kicking a Soviet POW, when his entire unit hesitated to shoot a group of “partisans” including an actual kid in early puberty, and a point near the end when Thomas Kretschmann says he no longer feels bound by his military oath after seeing all the atrocities that the Germans have carried out.
All this gives the vibe of “we were just soldiers going to do our job on the front with honor and duty” and utter surprise, shock and disgust at how the Germans were actually carrying out the war. But were german soldiers really that naive and in the dark about what kind of war was being fought before they actually witnessed it at the front? And was the average soldier that revolted at what he saw?
Also, in the scene where they execute the “partisans”, one of the soldiers and the official ordering them to shoot say if they don’t obey they’ll also be executed. This is apparently at odds with the historial record from what I’ve gathered online, in that there is no single known case of any soldier executed for refusing to commit mass shootings of Jews or partisans. Can anyone confirm if the movie is total BS on this count?
What a simple, satisfying film! An seasoned sniper and some young hotshot overcome their differences and complete the mission. Action scenes are great, solid acting from Zane and Berenger, great set pieces. Even if all the reviewers didn't like it, it was exciting enough for a bored 14 year old boy.
Now that I'm reaching 30, I'm curious how it holds up now. As I was looking into it, I found out there are a lot of sequels.
The first Sniper movie wasn't well-rated, so I have no idea how they got the funding to keep making these movies. Part of me wants to check them out, part of me knows they will be worse and worse the further I go. After looking into the plots, it's very obvious these movies will have no depth or real story to them, but maybe the action will still be good? Maybe Berenger's character will keep the films exciting?
Surely someone else on this sub has seen these movies?
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Sniper
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Sniper 2
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Sniper 3
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Sniper: Reloaded
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Sniper: Legacy
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Sniper: Ghost Shooter
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Sniper: Ultimate Kill
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Sniper: Assassin's End
Great cast, story, soundtrack and great performances, it's still one of my favorite films, let alone one of my favorite 90s movies, hands down but sometimes, I feel like as solid as DeNiro's direction was, I feel like had Scorsese directed it, it would've garnered a bit more fanfare than it did. What do you think? Any fans of the film? What did you think of it? Any favorite scenes in the film?
"A Song For You" is a lost 1993 short drama film directed by Ken Martin and starring Christopher Thornton, Mark Ruffalo and Kathleen Noone. According to an IMDB page (which is the same as several other movie sites that list the film) the storyline is as follows:
"Twenty one year old Donny O'Brien, a recent college graduate, dreams of moving to Los Angeles to pursue a songwriting career. Only one thing stands in his way: an inability to confront the guilt associated with a car accident that left his mother mentally handicapped for the rest of her life. This is the story of how Donny comes to deal with his conflict and the unexpected wisdom he gains - both from his mother and his struggle to write a song for her."
And the cast:
Christopher Thornton ... Donny O'Brien
Mark Ruffalo ... Gus Davison
Kathleen Noone ... Mrs. O'Brien
Raye Birk ... Uncle Sal
Javi Mulero ... Runner
Stevie Nicks ... Herself
Stevie Nicks, frontwoman of Fleetwood Mac, is also listed under music department as the composer of the main theme. The film's runtime is listed as eight minutes and it is listed as being a color film.
That is all the information available. It is unknown if the film was ever shown in theatres or realeased, and it is unknown what song Stevie Nicks wrote for the film and what her involvement in the story was. If this is real then this short film would be Mark Ruffalo and Kathleen Noone's film debut.
I know of people who reached out to much-less-famous-then Mark Ruffalo back in 2005, along with Kathleen Noone about the film, but they never replied.
If anyone has any information or interest, it would be greatly appreciated.
I love Groundhog Day (1993) and I've seen it over a hundred times since it came out. However, I still can't get over finding out that Fred, the young groom -to-be to whom Phil bestows Wrestlemania tickets was played by a 21 yo, then unknown but now legendary actor, Michael Shannon, who would later play General Zod, Elvis, the Iceman, and many more. It's really him! It's such a different role but it makes me smile every time I think of it.
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