Pop&Coffee’s Film Reviews

79 Films have been rated or reviewed by Pop&Coffee.

Ponyo (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) (2008): Sweet, impossibly innocent, and beautifully rendered. It's difficult not to feel pure joy as all of the sea creatures swim across the screen.; DVD $34.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95
Total Recall (1990): Solid Arnie–performance, as far as that goes. Stellar visual fx; classic kitsch sci–fi that I'd recommend to anyone.
Out of the Past (1947): A slimy Kirk Douglas, a cool–as–silk Mitchum, and Greer as the perfect femme fatale. Visual poetry by Tourneur as he tells the tale of a man falling by his poor choices. The best noir you never saw.
Tampopo (1986): This is a great movie about being in love with food, and the desire for perfection. Reverent without being serious, stylish without feeling laboured, and filled with bottomless charm.
F for Fake (1974): Orson Welles could read a road side diner menu out loud and it would be worth watching. The fact that this movie also happens to be a compelling look at the nature of fakes, trust, and the nature of value makes this a must–watch.
Last Boy Scout, The (1991): Shane Black too self conscious to be clever. Bruce Willis doesn't phone in so much as send a telegram. Damon Wayans. This isn't the worst 90s action movie I can think of, but that's the highest praise I can think of and that's pretty sad.
Soylent Green (1973): Even though everybody alive knows the shock ending, this movie is better than expected. The dystopian setting has a lot of cool details, and Edward G Robinson is as good as Charlton Heston is terrible.
Fly, The (1986): Come for the gross–out body horror, stay for the lovingly crafted relationship between Davis peak–fox Goldblum. You could bill this movie as "rom–com where everything goes horribly wrong, and even the most vile character finds a moment of heroism."; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Smokey and the Bandit (1977): This is a mostly garbage movie saved by a pretty great Jerry Reed soundtrack and some super rad belt buckles. It gets a bonus point for answering the question, "where the hell did baby boomers get their misguided concept of masculinity from?"

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