From: arthur@alum.calberkeley.org   
      
   On 2/1/2026 10:40 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
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   I watched:   
      
   Boogie Nights (4K disc) 1997 movie written and directed by Paul Thomas   
   Anderson.  The movie has an all star cast, including Mark Walhberg as a   
   high school drop out who finds fame in the 1970s and 80s adult   
   entertainment industry before it all come crashing down.  The movie   
   holds up well, but how in the world did PTA get the soundtrack of   
   nothing but hits in this movie?   
      
      
   Magnolia (blui-ray) 1999 movie written and directed by Paul Thomas   
   Anderson The movie has an all star cast (about half of which returning   
   from Boogie Nights) and tells several interconnected stories with plots   
   too convoluted to try and summarize.  That's not to imply I don't like   
   the movie.  I actually like it a lot, but it would take way too long to   
   even attempt to try and summarize what happens in the movie.   
      
      
   Punch-Drunk Love (4K disc) 2002 movie written and directed by Paul   
   Thomas Anderson.  The movie stars Adam Sandler as a man with severe   
   anger management issues.  Philip Seymour Hoffman and Luis Guzmán who   
   were both in "Boogie Nights" and "Manolia" pop up.  Hoffman, playing a   
   conman out to get Sandler, and Guzmán playing Sandler's employee.  Emily   
   Watson also stars as Sandler's would be girlfriend.  This one is a bit   
   weird, but entertaining.   
      
      
   There Will Be Blood (blu-ray) 2007 movie written and directed by Paul   
   Thomas Anderson.  The movie stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a late 19th   
   century, early 20th century oil man who uses his adopted son to con   
   people out of their land.  Paul Dano also stars as a crooked preacher   
   who goes between helping Day-Lewis and standing in his way.  This is a   
   great movie.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)