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Movie: Backdraft

Two Chicago firefighter brothers, who don't get along, have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Feb 8, 2024 - 8 comments

Fargo: Bisquick  Season 5, Ep 10

A man frees a tiger so the tiger can finish her fight. This does not mean the man is finished with her. [more inside]
posted by Stanczyk on Jan 17, 2024 - 53 comments

Fargo: The Useless Hand  Season 5, Ep 9

The tide turns.
posted by stopgap on Jan 10, 2024 - 26 comments

Fargo: Blanket  Season 5, Ep 8

Roy's campaign continues; Indira takes a stand; Witt tries to help.
posted by neilbert on Jan 3, 2024 - 23 comments

Fargo: Linda  Season 5, Ep 7

Dot takes a fantastic journey. (CW for this episode for graphic depictions of domestic & child abuse.)
posted by fight or flight on Dec 28, 2023 - 21 comments

Fargo: The Tender Trap  Season 5, Ep 6

Lorraine calls things off, Gator asks questions, Wayne makes a surprising discovery and Indira offers a new perspective.
posted by fight or flight on Dec 21, 2023 - 8 comments

Fargo: The Tiger  Season 5, Ep 5

Dot creates diversions, Roy meets his match, and Indira helps a new friend.
posted by fight or flight on Dec 14, 2023 - 19 comments

Fargo: Insolubilia  Season 5, Ep 4

Munch makes a bold move, Indira and Witt have questions, Wayne takes a fall and Gator disappoints.
posted by neilbert on Dec 6, 2023 - 14 comments

Fargo: The Paradox of Intermediate Transactions  Season 5, Ep 3

Dot and Wayne protect their home; Roy neutralizes an obstacle; Witt suspects foul play; Gator makes a move.
posted by neilbert on Nov 30, 2023 - 29 comments

Fargo: Trials and Tribulations   Season 5, Ep 2

Roy attempts to reset the "natural order of things" and Lorraine becomes increasingly suspicious.
posted by neilbert on Nov 23, 2023 - 23 comments

Fargo: The Tragedy of the Commons  Season 5, Ep 1

After an unexpected series of events lands Dorothy "Dot" Lyon in hot water with the authorities, this seemingly typical Midwestern housewife is suddenly plunged back into a life she thought she had left behind.
posted by neilbert on Nov 23, 2023 - 7 comments

Movie: The Jacket

[TRAILER] Amnesiac Gulf War veteran Jack Starks (Adrien Brody) can't explain why he's been found at the scene of a murder. Ordered to a mental hospital, Jack is subjected to Dr. Thomas Becker's (Kris Kristofferson) unusual treatment plan, which involves mysterious injections, sensory deprivation and confinement in a straitjacket. Locked away on his own, Jack discovers he can travel to the future, where he's compelled to help a onetime acquaintance (Keira Knightley) and investigate his own odd fate. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 3, 2023 - 3 comments

Movie: Flesh+Blood

In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors - commoners. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on May 15, 2023 - 5 comments

Movie: The Hitcher

While transporting a car from Chicago to San Diego, Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) picks up a hitchhiker named John Ryder (Rutger Hauer), who claims to be a serial killer. After a daring escape, Jim hopes to never see Ryder again. But when he witnesses the hitchhiker murdering an entire family, Jim pursues Ryder with the help of truck-stop waitress Nash (Jennifer Jason Leigh), pitting the rivals against each other in a deadly series of car chases and brutal murders. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 26, 2022 - 5 comments

Movie: Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. At the center of the film is Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer who faces-off with the resolute Mr. Hand, a man convinced that everyone is on dope. [more inside]
posted by box on Jun 7, 2022 - 21 comments

Movie: The Woman in the Window

An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors, only to witness a disturbing act of violence.
posted by ellieBOA on May 14, 2021 - 12 comments

Movie: Annihilation

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don't apply.
posted by phunniemee on Feb 23, 2018 - 117 comments

Movie: The Hudsucker Proxy

After Hudsucker Industries President Waring Hudsucker (Charles Durning) commits suicide, the senior executives -led by the seniorest of them, Sidney Mussburger (Paul Newman)- install naïve business school graduate Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins) as President in a play to drive the stock price down. Meanwhile, fast-talking reporter archetype Amy Archer (Jennifer Jason Leigh) tries to figure out what’s going on.
posted by Going To Maine on Dec 21, 2017 - 29 comments

Movie: The Hateful Eight

In post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunters try to find shelter during a blizzard but get involved in a plot of betrayal and deception. Will they survive? [more inside]
posted by naju on Dec 26, 2015 - 89 comments

Movie: eXistenZ

The Inaugural Constructed Reality Film Club (CRFC) Thread!: eXistenZ (1999), by David Cronenberg. eXistenZ tells the story of a game designer, Allegra (Jennifer Jason Leigh), who becomes trapped inside of her own creation. She is accompanied by marketing trainee, Ted Pikul (Jude Law), as they embark on a disorienting and mind bending journey across multiple intersecting realities, enabled by the disgustingly lovable Metaflesh Game Pod. [more inside]
posted by codacorolla on Oct 13, 2014 - 11 comments

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