CouchPotatoFilmFest

A visit to @drafthouse to see Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn in Matt Shakman’s THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS!

Rewatching Thomas Salvador’s VINCENT N’A PAS D’ECAILLES (2014), which was our Saturday night feature on Oct. 20, 2018 for our Fall 2018 CPFF, and the 39th film we ever screened.

Seated @ParamountAustin to see Michael Schultz’ CAR WASH (1976) on the big screen! “A comedic take on the daily life of car-wash employees, chronicling their hopes, fears, joys, dreams, and tribulations, and meeting some eccentric customers along the way.”-IMDB

Tonight’s random film for Movies Most Mondays is Clint Eastwood’s SULLY (2016), starring Tom Hanks as Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger!

Continuing my rewatch of the films of the Fall 2018 CPFF with John Boyega and Jodie Whittaker in Joe Cornish’s ATTACK THE BLOCK (2011), which was our Friday film on Oct. 19, 2018, our 38th ever, and aside from some remote screenings over COVID, our most attended film ever.

Seated @ParamountAustin for Kathryn Bigelow’s STRANGE DAYS (1995), starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, and Juliette Lewis! Film 366 of my #1001movies (no. 944 of 1245) “A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999.”-IMDB

The random film from my collection for Movies Most Mondays tonight is Ken Annakin’s BATTLE OF THE BULGE (1965), starring Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, and Dana Andrews !

Rewatching Nico Mastorakis’ horror film THE ZERO BOYS (1986), starring Daniel Hirsch and Kelli Maroney, the second feature on our second night of our Fall 2018 CPFF on Thursday Oct. 18, 2018, and the 37th film we ever screened.

Rewatching Thom Eberhardt’s horror comedy NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984), starring Catherine Mary Stewart and Kelli Maroney! This was our second night feature for our Fall 2018 CPFF, on Thursday 10/18/18, and the 36th film we ever screened!

An evening @drafthouse to catch James Gunn’s SUPERMAN, starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult!

Seated @ParamountAustin to watch Sam Peckinpah’s THE WILD BUNCH (1969), starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, and Warren Oates! Film 365 of my #1001movies (no. 522 of 1245 on the list)

For Movies Most Mondays the random pick is a childhood favorite, Mike Hodges’ FLASH GORDON (1980), starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol, Ornella Muti, Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed, and Max von Sydow as Ming the Merciless!

Starting my rewatch of the films of the Fall 2018 CPFF with our opening night film on Wednesday October 17, 2018 and our 35th film ever, Nicolas Roeg’s THE WITCHES (1990), starring Anjelica Huston!

While it won’t be the death of me, these Criterion flash sales might be the bankruptcy of me…

Watching Gareth Edwards’s JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH @VioletCrownATX and fleeing from dinosaurs with Scarlett Johansson is not a bad way to spend a Saturday night.

Fireworks cancelled tonight due to rain but luckily there were fireworks in F1: THE MOVIE @drafthouse tonight!

Film 364 of my #1001movies (no. 355 of 1245 on the list), Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) @ParamountAustin tonight!

For Movies Most Mondays tonight the random film from my collection is Martin Scorsese’s SHUTTER ISLAND (2010), starring Leonardo DiCaprio! “Two US marshals are sent to a mental institution on an inhospitable island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient.”-IMDB

Closing out my rewatch of the films of our Spring 2018 CPFF with maybe my favorite comedy of all time, Savage Steve Holland’s BETTER OFF DEAD (1985), starring John Cusack, which we screened on Sunday April 15, 2018, the 34th movie we ever screened.

Watching Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson in Renny Harlin’s THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (1996), which was the fifth feature of our Spring 2018 CPFF we watched on Sat. April 14, 2018, the 33rd film we ever scheduled.