What movies are you watching?

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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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It's never painfully schmaltzy, but I wouldn't necessarily seek it out. It's a really good Christmas movie, I'd say
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Hey I love Wonder Boys hey
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Wonder Boys is good
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Argo has lost his damn mind
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bart wrote:Wonder Boys is good
What a nice cast!
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Yeah I kinda feel like the trailer was enough for me. Didn't feel like I needed to see the movie after watching it.
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tommy wrote:Argo has lost his damn mind
The Marvels bit is a joke, but, yeah, I didn't find much to gush over in Holdovers. It's a really good Christmas movie, and that's an important niche
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Is Die Hard a top 5 Christmas movie for you?
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070832/

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The best Christmas movie. We watch it every Christmas Eve, around noon.
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Is Die Hard a top 5 Christmas movie for you?
I love Die Hard. Didn't use to think of it as a Christmas movie, but it does sort of work that way if you want it to.
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Anders wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Is Die Hard a top 5 Christmas movie for you?
I love Die Hard. Didn't use to think of it as a Christmas movie, but it does sort of work that way if you want it to.

I've changed my stance on Die Hard. It is a movie set at Christmas, not a Christmas movie.
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Should I watch All the Presidents Men tonight? I've never seen it
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Thanks Trag. Missing sounds great - I love Sissy Spacek and Jack Lemon - but it's not available online.

I'm in the mood for some Robert Redford, so maybe I'll finally watch Condor.

The rest are getting added to my list.
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watch all the presidents, put your feet up and open a bottle of beaujolais
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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