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The Platinum for Singularity is rough to get - it had annoying multiplayer trophies when they weren't needed. I guess at some point I'll go back and finish up Lollipop Chainsaw and work on El Shaddai for platinums.

Movies today.... The Married Woman (Mubi, leaving at the end of the month) The Book of Mary / Hail Mary (Mubi, leaving at the end of the month) Abigail (saw at the theater) For Ever Mozart (Mubi, leaving at the end of the month)

Trailer felt like Taika Waikititi doing a Transformers movie. I mean that's slightly better than Michael Bay doing Transformers. The jokes in the trailer felt like jokes I've seen before. We just need Christopher Nolan to make a Transformers movie now. Or Wes Anderson.

The Limey will be on there as will Girl Interrupted, Bringing Out The Dead (!!!!!), Ghost Dog, Go, and The Insider. I may end up watching every single 1999 movie that's added in a week, seriously.

Yeah, most of the ones leaving Criterion Channel this month are ghost/heaven movies. Except for Love Unto Death (which was okay), most of the ones I've seen are stone cold classics.

More movies today...all on the Criterion Channel, all leaving this month. The Ghost And Mrs. Muir Love Unto Death Here Comes Mr. Jordan A Matter Of Life And Death

Movies today.... Cowboys & Aliens (leaving Netflix at the end of the month) Irena's Vow (saw at the theater) Heaven Can Wait (1943) (leaving Criterion Channel at the end of the month)

Movies today.... Norte: The End of History (Mubi leaving on Thursday, watched this off and on over the weekend and today) The Zookeeper's Wife (Netflix, leaving after today) Horse Money (Mubi, leaving after Thursday)

I'm going to be so fucking broke with Pekinpah, Farewell My Concubine, and Perfect Days (!!!). I'll pass on Risky Business unless it shows up on the Criterion Channel.

Movies I saw today... La Chimera (saw at the theater) Civil War (saw at the theater)

Movies today - was out of town most of the day so I didn't watch as much: Neighbouring Sounds (leaving Mubi next week) Play Misty For Me (leaving Netflix at the end of the month)

The Beast is one I'll try to find tickets to see - only one theater in Atlanta is showing it so I'll have to go to Plaza Theater to see it. I can see Apple or Netflix spending the money to have Megalopolis on their services instead of it playing in theaters.

Movies on Friday Rebels of the Neon God (Mubi, leaving Wednesday) Monkey Man (saw at the theater)

John Hughes has a lot of other influences too - George Lucas from American Graffiti spring to mind for me for the teen movies and Fellini springs to mind as well for the Vacation movies he wrote, but I think it's more of the fact that he has "Chicago as a character" like Scorsese and Cassavetes have "New York City as a character" in their films. How he accomplishes it is vastly different - Cassavetes is more of a frame of reference than an actual influence like it was for Scorsese.

Yeah, I'll have to seek out the other Cassavetes movies. I'm not really a fan but at the same time there is a lot of what he does that I see in other movies later - I wonder if John Hughes' movies like The Breakfast Club or Sixteen Candles or Ferris Bueller's Day Off or Scorsese's movies like Casino and Goodfellas would be slightly different if it weren't for Cassavetes. Maybe it's a bit of a stretch for his influence. Criterion Channel has a few of his famous ones - although it's missing quite a few and missing most of his '80s work. Love Streams is part of Criterion collection but not on the channel yet. I may just need to get them on Blu Ray when I get a chance.

More movies today.... Lagaan (leaving Netflix next week) Rush (leaving Netflix next week) Stray Dogs (leaving Mubi next week)

It was thrown away for me with it's obvious Taxi Driver lifting except Travis Bickle inspired a bunch of people at the end.

More movies today... Whiplash (leaving Netflix at the end of the month) Husbands (leaving Criterion Channel at the end of the month)

I ended up getting a copy of Satantango on Blu Ray. I also got Happy Hour on Blu Ray too. Both of those movies together is over 13 hours of movies and a test of endurance and will. I still think about The Turin Horse after seeing it. I'm finding that for movies if I'm engrossed in it, I lose all sense of time. If it doesn't capture my interest or feels like work to watch, I don't bother (The Unspeakable Act was that for me until I finished. When Night Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism I couldn't even finish after over an hour). Although it's not remotely similar, Bela Tarr reminds me of Lars Von Trier in a lot of ways - both are about stretching the limits of filmmaking in different ways. Lars Von Trier seems to be about shocking his audience and commentary about the sad state of the world while Tarr shocks his audience differently with the commentary as well. I was surprised with Silver Linings Playbook because David O. Russell tends to be hit or miss with me. As I mentioned earlier, I loved American Hustle. Amsterdam was too disjointed for me. Yet Silver Linings Playbook stuck the landing and really committed to it despite some obvious shortcomings. I'll have to watch Joy as well. Jennifer Lawrence honestly seems to be the perfect actress for Russell - her characters always seem sure of themselves and aren't afraid to push back when they don't like something.

Buddy of mine is mad there isn't a statue or a lightsaber or an actual item for the Gold and Ultimate edition. I told him I thought this is basically Ubisoft's last shot as a publisher. He'll still get it day 1 though.

Movies today...having to turn in early due to an early start tomorrow. The Unspeakable Act (leaving Mubi next week) Femme (saw at the theater)

Movies today.... The Turin Horse (Mubi leaving next week) Silver Linings Playbook (Netflix leaving at the end of the month)

Sundowner is a poor choice of words (my bad on that due to the connotations). It's more accurate to say that if you are going out to enjoy nightlife in Atlanta, you won't find bars being accessible past 1 am. Most of them close at 2:30 am but half the time they are wrapping up for the night at 1 am.

Judging by how Brandi Rhodes did on the mic in AEW, she should be kept far far away from a mic in WWE. Although I dug the "HHH Conan The Barbarian" intro with Cody Rhodes as Homelander. Maybe next year he can get dudes in Revolutionary War outfits to fire muskets into the air for his intro. Or he comes out in a Captain America like outfit but close enough to not get sued by Disney.