Teh_Diplomat 2,054 Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Quote As kids, Destyne Butler Jr and Kenneth Sims Jr dreamed of boxing glory. Both found early success as youth boxers on the South Side of Chicago – Butler demonstrated enough promise at age 12 to merit a profile in the Chicago Tribune, in which he proclaimed his intent to box in the London Olympics, to front a Wheaties box, to haul in winnings. Sims’s determination to box in the 2012 Olympics caught the attention of German film-maker André Hörmann, who made a documentary short on him and his coach – his father, Kenneth Sims Sr – in 2009, with the intent to make a feature film on the two boxing prodigies. Quote But plans change. Sims failed to qualify for the London Games, a crushing defeat Hörmann captured on camera, while Butler fell into a burglary ring conducted by a then mentor; he was arrested for residential burglary of Chicago-area homes in 2012, at age 18, and spent four years in prison. And Hörmann’s film, Ringside, for which he and cinematographer Tom Bergmann moved to Chicago for 18 months in 2013, morphed into a nine-year odyssey of two divergent fighters in and out of the ring. The 93-minute film, which will air on Showtime, is a time-lapse portrait of two steely father-son bonds, two paths of redemption and revision, two families for whom boxing has served as both community and anchor. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Delita 698 Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Damn that looks great. Ima def check that out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ike★ 2,906 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Knives Out is up on amazon prime. I loved it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Delita 698 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Someone recommended knives out to me awhile back. I’ll watch it eventually but I ain’t in no rush since I really didn’t like Looper very much and I hated The Last Jedi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Twinblade★ 3,899 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Has anyone seen spike lee's Da 5 Bloods on netflix? Its getting really good reviews https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/da_5_bloods Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Twinblade★ 3,899 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Btw, anybody into zombie horror shows should give Dead Set a watch on netflix. I only stumbled onto it because it was one of the earlier works by the creator of Black Mirror. Its a surprisingly fun mini series and im surprised it didn't go on for longer than 1 season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Delita 698 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 34 minutes ago, Twinblade said: Has anyone seen spike lee's Da 5 Bloods on netflix? Its getting really good reviews https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/da_5_bloods I’ve been wanting to watch that since I saw the trailers. Looks great and am going to watch it today Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jehurey 3,230 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Watched Spotlight. Fantastic film. when i was younger, I had a genuine belief that working in the news was an exciting job, because you are finding what is happening in the world. But, it just feels like it can be horrific, almost like janitor work. Because the moment they start finding evil shit, you can tell that they wish they didn't find it, but they know its their obligation to keep digging. And then the powerful people in their town are starting to levy subtle at them, they almost get defiant. These kinds of journalists are fucking heroes. Then I just saw Prisoners. This is the only major Denis Villenueve film I hadn't seen yet, I had read that it was really good. All of those slow-moving dreadful scenes in Sicario originate from here. I think its very good. The only complain I will say is that there are 2 or 3 plot contrivances that have to exist in order for the movie to have as many twist and turns as it does. I don't think the story is that tight, but its a good story. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cooke 2,026 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 (edited) I'm re watching the Hannibal series.. Fuck this was a good show. Edited June 14, 2020 by Cookester15 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-GD-X★ 7,731 Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Cookester15 said: I'm re watching the Hannibal series.. Fuck this was a good show. It was fantastic. Visually stunning too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Delita 698 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Da 5 Bloods was an awesome movie. My only complaint is it could have been a bit shorter instead of 2 1/2 hours. The nod to The Wire was hilariously out of nowhere. Once I saw Clay Davis and Lester freamon as 2 of the main characters i should have expected it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Angelfish 93 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Saw a couple of films recently: Hard Boiled - for a film pretty much built on slow motion sequences, I was really impressed with how effective they used the effect without fatigue setting in. Bones - starring Snoop Dogg. I've never seen this before. It definitely doesn't take itself too seriously and if you are OK with that in a horror film, it might be worth a look (particularly for Snoop Dogg and Blaxploitation film fans). Hobo with a Shotgun - I enjoyed the energy and eccentricity of the villains in this film in particular. Again, probably not for everyone but you can sometimes sense that a film has had a lot of passion poured into it and I feel like this is one of those types of films. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Twinblade★ 3,899 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 On 2020-06-14 at 10:29 PM, Delita said: Da 5 Bloods was an awesome movie. My only complaint is it could have been a bit shorter instead of 2 1/2 hours. The nod to The Wire was hilariously out of nowhere. Once I saw Clay Davis and Lester freamon as 2 of the main characters i should have expected it It was good. II didn't realize until the very end that The old french guy was Jean Reno boy does he look different now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-GD-X★ 7,731 Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 (edited) i like this spin on the groundhog day formula Edited June 18, 2020 by -GD- BLM 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jehurey 3,230 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I am switching over to another cable company, so the new hardware probably arrives this Monday. The only real thing left on my DVR is all four seasons of the gritty Canadian cop drama, 19-2. .........and some random recordings of nudie clips that I would've recorded, and Tombstone (obviously). So I have about 4 days to knock out the entire 38 episode run of 19-2 and then I can unplug my DVR. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Twinblade★ 3,899 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 New Peninsula trailer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-GD-X★ 7,731 Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Twinblade said: New Peninsula trailer God damn! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cooke 2,026 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) On 2020-06-14 at 1:02 PM, -GD- BLM said: It was fantastic. Visually stunning too Ok so I didnt know there was a 3rd season haha. Fuck yes! I thought the end of season 2 was the end lol Edited June 19, 2020 by Cooke (not admin cant help Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-GD-X★ 7,731 Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Cooke (not admin cant help said: Ok so I didnt know there was a 3rd season haha. Fuck yes! I thought the end of season 2 was the end lol Season 3 is great!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sergio Perez SP11 173 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 The Great on Hulu is really good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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