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cressida-jayoungr · 6 months
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One Dress a Day Challenge
October: White Redux
Addams Family Values / Joan Cusack as Debbie Jellinsky
I've been seeing a bunch of memes about the transition from September to October today, so this seems like a good choice to start out the month. Debbie wears this white dress during her early days with the Addamses, while she's winning them over with her sweet-as-pie persona. She subtly projects efficiency by suggesting an old-fashioned nurse's uniform--perhaps also with just a touch of nautical style with the buttons and the hint of a sailor collar.
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stdeeoftheknife · 5 months
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happy 30th anniversary to one of the greatest animated films of all time!! 🎃🎄
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astolfocinema · 3 months
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The Remains of the Day (1993) ---------------------------------- dir. James Ivory cin. Tony Pierce-Roberts cs. UK
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adamwatchesmovies · 6 months
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
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While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...
I know the 1990 and 1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films have their fans but they have limited appeal to anyone who isn't a child or who didn't see them in their youth. I might've stirred some controversy with my criticisms of the first two movies but not this time. No one's stepping forward to defend Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III.
When Leonardo (voiced by Brian Tochi), Donatello (voiced by Corey Feldman), Raphael (voiced by Tim Kelleher), Michaelangelo (voiced by Robbie Rist), and their friend April O'Neil (Paige Turco) come into contact with a mystical scepter, they are sent to 17th century Japan. There, they discover a kingdom torn apart. British arms dealers led by Walker (Stuart Wilson) are in talks with the wicked Lord Norinaga (Sab Shimono). As the conflict between Norinaga and his enemies heats up, the Turtles must recover the scepter and return home before it's too late.
The disappointments come hard and fast with this threequel. Yes, Casey Jones (Elias Koteas) may be back but his character has nothing to do, which is why he’s given an ancestor (more on that in a moment) for April to fall for. Shredder and the Foot Clan are nowhere to be found. Instead, we get a different opponent than before… but let’s take a look at the film’s antagonist. It’s just some guy with 17th-Century firearms - hardly an upgrade or escalation from the Super Shredder and the herculean mutants our heroes battled previously. Instead of looking at the numerous nemesis from the comic books or television series, we get this lame tale of the Turtles going back to the past. They, they immediately begin a deluge of pop culture references. About 80% of their dialogue consists of gags referencing what was in during the 90s. Unless you've got a time machine and are watching this film in 1993, it's like a period-piece within a period-piece.
The most frustrating aspect of the film is how easy it would be to improve it. For example, the scepter can’t quite send people back to the past. It actually takes someone from 1603 and makes them switch places with another person who weighs the same as them 300 years in the future. When they swap, they wind up in each others’ clothes. That's just unnecessarily weird and convoluted. Are we supposed to believe the turtles weight as much as a normal human? Why the clothes swap thing, and why is it so inconsistent? Or are the Turtles’ masks glued to their faces? You know the real reasons; it's so the heroes can wind up in samurai armour. You read that right. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are sent back to the time of ninjas… and are transformed into samurai. What?!
You might be willing to give the half-baked love story between April and Wick that goes nowhere, the bland villains or the inconsistencies between the previous films a pass because it's a movie for children. What about the humor, then? No? I'm not surprised. Sometimes, the jokes are so bad you can’t even tell if they’re jokes, or just bad writing. The best example is a scene in which April spots Casey’s ancestor in a dungeon. “Casey?” she asks, seeing the similarity. Then, she turns and spots a rat. “You look familiar too”. Is she actually implying that this rat is Splinter's ancestor? If she is, I hope someone was buying lottery tickets that day because all the planets in the solar system were in perfect alignment for these people to all wind up in the same place at the same time.
Never before have the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles been as annoying as they are here. None of them get any substantial character development, which means you’ll still wonder which one of them is which unless you've memorized their mask colours. It’s like the movie knows it’s just taking advantage of the fans at this point, which is why they’ve cut all the corners they could. I don’t even think they gave Splinter any legs. TMNT III is easily the worst of the bunch. It does hardly anything right. (March 5, 2021)
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vorpalfae · 6 months
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Hocus Pocus [1993] 🔮⋆˖⁺‧₊☽
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greengableslover · 7 months
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The spell was broken. My uncle learned to laugh, and I learned to cry. The secret garden is always open now. Open, and awake, and alive. If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.
THE SECRET GARDEN (1993) dir. Agnieszka Holland
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celluloidrainbow · 7 months
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GENDER TROUBLEMAKERS (1993) dir. Mirha-Soleil Ross & Xanthra Mackay What happens when two Transdykes get sick of non-transsexual's uninformed representation of their sexualities and their lives? They grab their 8 millimeter home video camera, their last 200 bucks, and come up with an uncompromising in-your-face flick about their shitty relationships with gay men and their unabashed attraction to other trans women. (link in title)
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humanismo-nostalgico · 9 months
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Alguien dijo una vez; si deseas algo muchísimo, déjalo libre. Si esto vuelve a ti, es tuyo para siempre. Si no es así, entonces es algo que no vale pena.
Film: Indecent Proposal (1993)
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Tokyo Blood (Sogo Ishii, 1993)
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stretchbrock · 9 months
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Bedevil, stylised as beDevil, is a 1993 Australian horror film directed by Tracey Moffatt, the first feature directed by an Aboriginal Australian woman.
The film is a trilogy of surreal ghost stories. Inspired by ghost stories she heard as a child from both her extended Aboriginal and Irish Australian families, Moffatt created a trilogy in which characters are haunted by the past. All three stories are set in Moffatt's highly stylised, hyper-real, hyper-imaginary Australian landscape.
BEDEVIL (1993) dir. TRACEY MOFFATT
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cressida-jayoungr · 4 months
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One Dress a Day Challenge
November: Oscar Winners
The Age of Innocence / Michelle Pfeiffer as Countess Ellen Olenska
Year: 1993
Designer: Gabriella Pesucci
In contrast to May, who tends to wear delicate pastels in her evening gowns (with one notable exception), Ellen frequently dresses in deep jewel tones. She is wearing this gown for her introduction in the opening sequence of the movie, at the opera. I just adore the interplay of the stripes going various directions, and the quilted-looking trim. The "buckle" ornaments on the sleeves are interesting too; I've included a close-up.
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mcpirita · 5 months
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NINJA SCROLL, dir. Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1993)
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zanephillips · 1 month
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Dream Lover (1993) dir. Nicholas Kazan
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adamwatchesmovies · 1 year
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Schindler’s List (1993)
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I came into Schindler’s List guarded. I wanted to like it, but was afraid it wouldn't live up to my expectations. Would it feel like homework? What if it was too sad to be enjoyable? I feared for nothing. This picture is everything you’ve heard, and more. It's cinema at its best: rich characters, powerful emotions, and unforgettable imagery. You don't have to have seen every movie ever to know it's one of the greatest ever made.
Based on the true story, Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) sees the Nazi displacement of Kraków’s Jews and sees an opportunity. By employing the little-demanding Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley) and other Jewish Workers in his factory, he can make a small fortune. As World War II rages, he witnesses to the horrors of concentration camps until, one day, he can no longer bear to watch idly.
At 197 minutes, the screenplay by Steven Zaillian is perfection. The time we spend with Schindler allows us to see true change the way it happens in real life. It’s not really one single moment; it’s little things that slowly chip away. When Schindler finally realizes he’s surrounded by monsters and decides to act, it’s a decision so organic and so real. This realism is present in others as well, with special attention given to Kingsley’s Itzhak Stern and Ralph Fiennes as Amon Göth. Fiennes is particularly engrossing because he's so evil but never in a cartoonish way. You're always unsure of where his character is going next. There’s so much tension when he’s on-screen, and to get to know him as we do here is both a heartbreaking and frightening experience.
I know over 3 hours SOUNDS like a long time, but here, it isn’t. The picture is perfect just the way it is, because you get lost in it. You’re enraptured watching the situation escalate in German-occupied Poland. Because of the length of the arcs, you kind of become acclimated to what's shown - in the same way these people would have been. Then BAM! The film pulls out an earth-shattering moment that makes you realize how truly horrifying this historical event was. No textbook summary or journalist’s photo could compare to the scene - if you've viewed the movie, you know the one - where colour is introduced in this otherwise black-and-white film. That choice by director Steven Spielberg is so powerful you can never forget it. Not only because of what it means then, symbolically, but also for what it means in the end.
Schindler’s List is subtle, masterfully acted, and rich with emotion. I don’t want to praise it beyond reason and leave others to be disappointed by it, but it changed me. Partially, the transformation came from the powerful story and layered characters. The impeccable craftsmanship at work and the undeniable passion in every single frame are equally responsible. Right up until the very end, I was hungry to see more. Now that it’s over, I’m not sure how I feel. The final shot is one that has left me in turmoil because I’m not sure if it’s the best scene in the film, or the worst. I don’t know if that makes any sense, but feelings often don’t. Schindler’s List made me feel so many things at once. I can't wait to see it again. (On Blu-ray, August 4, 2017)
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Ford Explorer Limited XLT "Jurassic Park," 1993. Explorer 07 was one of seven Ford SUVs prepared by George Barris for the original Jurassic Park movie. EXP 07 didn't feature physically in the film, it appeared on Ray's browser as a Safari Tour Ride vehicle as he highlighted EXP 04/05, which were destroyed in the movie.
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