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At the time Allen & Midler, the reigning Queen of Touchstone, playing a married couple might’ve seemed like a hit comedy recipe but Paul Mazursky’s talky play on Scenes from a Marriage never fully works. Watching a film that mostly takes place in a shopping mall is a welcomed nostalgia trip though.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 15d

Excellent Touchstone-adjacent read

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 6m

At the time Allen & Midler, the reigning Queen of Touchstone, playing a married couple might’ve seemed like a hit comedy recipe but Paul Mazursky’s talky play on Scenes from a Marriage never fully works. Watching a film that mostly takes place in a shopping mall is a welcomed nostalgia trip though.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 4h

While I’ve since seen SPEED a number of times theatrically, my first time was at home when it premiered on HBO in May of 1995 and nothing could’ve primed me better for it than the old HBO First Look featurette hosted by Dennis Hopper himself.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 3h

Bill Mather’s hauntingly beautiful matte painting of Gotham City for BATMAN RETURNS (1992). Flawless.

A snow-covered Gotham skyline at nighttime with the Gotham Zoo in the foreground. Black space in the middle of painting for projection.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 57m

You weren’t the only one

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 22h

Peter Weir wrote & directed this romcom specifically as a vehicle for Depardieu to reach English-speaking audiences & it paid off. It’s a sweet, simple romance built on a thin premise but the chemistry of its leads lands the plane. Plus I'm always happy to see Robert Prosky pop up in anything.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 3h

ACTION is wildly underrated and I believe it could’ve had a much longer life on HBO.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 3h

Bill Mather’s hauntingly beautiful matte painting of Gotham City for BATMAN RETURNS (1992). Flawless.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 3h

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 3h

Powdered Toast Man doesn’t have what it takes.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 3h

*nothing to see here*

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 4h

These specials really got me in interested in the behind the scenes process of filmmaking. They were like the precursor to DVD extras.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 4h

While I’ve since seen SPEED a number of times theatrically, my first time was at home when it premiered on HBO in May of 1995 and nothing could’ve primed me better for it than the old HBO First Look featurette hosted by Dennis Hopper himself.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 7h

Waterworld was great. There should’ve been more Waterworlds.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 8h

WYWS is very high up there for me as well.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · Dec 6

CON AIR and FACE/OFF were released 3 weeks apart in June of 1997.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 16h

When I saw the headline I assumed he was playing Voight’s character

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 17h

Well Worth the rewatch. Promise.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · May 16

I'm finally starting this project to watch the entire Touchstone Pictures filmography (every film associated with the Disney label whether through production or distribution) from 1984-2016 & share my thoughts on each release in this thread. Follow along as I revisit the hits, misses & obscurities.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 17h

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah, his shittiness tainted the legacy of this for me. But it does make NYC life look like a dream for sure!

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 19h

She was excellent in this as well!

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 20h

I was thinking the same thing. Within the first few scenes I clocked the score. The master doesn’t disappoint.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 22h

Peter Weir wrote & directed this romcom specifically as a vehicle for Depardieu to reach English-speaking audiences & it paid off. It’s a sweet, simple romance built on a thin premise but the chemistry of its leads lands the plane. Plus I'm always happy to see Robert Prosky pop up in anything.

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