ATOT, Your Movies Are Here

[Perknose]

Just read the reviews on someone's "neglected movies of 2011" list. Aside from being really well-written reviews, it struck me how many of them might appeal to OT.

If you want to see all 10 immediately, google away. Ima just list 'em one by one here, as I think each deserves its 15 minutes of fame alone:

Numbah One11one1:

The Last Circus Alex de la Iglesia’s lush, rowdy killer clown comedy takes the typical European art-house film and drags it through a gallery of grotesques by its hair. Dateline: Franco-era Spain. Shy, sad clown (Carlos Areces) joins a circus and instantly falls for a beautiful, masochistic aerialist (Carolina Bang). Problem is, she’s the girlfriend/punching bag of the star clown (Antonio de la Torre). And so the two clowns battle it out for her heart, using giant sledgehammers, baling hooks, and machine guns. Part horror show, part historical demolition derby, this riveting atrocity exhibition is as visually inventive as a Terry Gilliam film but far more affecting than anything he’s put out in years. (Released in six theaters, now available on Netflix Watch Instantly.)

 

[mnewsham]

Might have to pay attention to this thread :hmm:

 

[BurnItDwn]

I saw The Last Circuis a couple of weeks ago, didn't get my review onto the review thread yet, but it was a VERY interesting film. Only thing even close to it IMO is Santa Sangre .... but these are quite different films.... It's available on Netflix Streaming 🙂 completely insane film! Also in some ways it reminded me of Hobo with a Shotgun...

 

[DaveSimmons]

Thanks, I saw the trailer for this on the Tucker & Dale vs. Evil blu-ray (fun, not as fun as it could have been) but didn't realize it was on streaming.

After The Last Circus, don't forget to watch Killer Klowns From Outer Space 🙂

 

[bfdd]

Tucker and Dale vs Evil is the best movie of the year.

 

[zinfamous]

I'm going to have to give this one a look

Though it is in some "non-English" language. I should warn you, Perk, that this excludes some 95% of the general OT illiterate movie-watching crowd.

^_^

 

[Perknose]

Next Up: The baddest dude in Kinshasa and a nun with a bad habit of choking in tough situations.

Viva Riva! The Democratic Republic of the Congo is underrepresented at the multiplex, and that’s too bad, judging by Viva Riva! Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s debut feature is a sexy crime thriller about one of the most dysfunctional countries in the world. Riva is a bad boy gas smuggler about to make a big score. Nora is a local crime lord’s girl who is all that and a bag of chips. No one’s ever told Riva “no,” so he figures Nora will ditch her cold-blooded sugar daddy if he can prove that he’s the baddest dude in Kinshasa. Viva Riva! gets a lot of mileage from setting a traditional crime flick in a country most of us couldn’t find on a map; it won best film, best director, best actress, best supporting actor, best cinematography, and best production design at the African Academy Awards. If that doesn’t convince you it’s worth checking out, how about this: In what other movie this year will you find yourself cheering on a nun as she totally chokes a dude out? (Released in five theaters, now available on Netflix Watch Instantly.)

This is yet another Netflix streamer.

 

[Qrilock]

Just watched The Last Circus a few weeks ago when my friends all got together for shitty movie night. That movie is kinda messed up, it was great!