Rate the last movie that you saw for the first time.

[Black Widow]

7

6

7

Now find something else to worry about

[slik]

Doctor Sleep - 9/10

I didn't have any expectations for this and I surprisingly really loved it overall. Works great as a sequel to The Shining. The story, acting, really everything just hits the spot. Mike Flanagan continues to impress (he did Haunting of Hill House on Netflix). Rose The Hat is one of my favorite horror villains in a long time.

[Black Widow]

Doctor Sleep - 9/10

I didn't have any expectations for this and I surprisingly really loved it overall. Works great as a sequel to The Shining. The story, acting, really everything just hits the spot. Mike Flanagan continues to impress (he did Haunting of Hill House on Netflix). Rose The Hat is one of my favorite horror villains in a long time.
I'm about to go see it and it better be worth wasting 2 and a half hours.

[RP]

Overlord - 8/10

Great movie.

[Black Widow]

I really enjoyed Doctor Sleep. Good acting from everyone.

[GD]

Jojo Rabbit - 9/10

[Black Widow]

Daddy Issues.

Wasn't expecting much but turned out i didn't regret watching it.

[Seanny One Ball]

Watching "Videoman" tonight, a Swedish film about a downtrodden VHS collector.
I'm basically looking into the future.


I'm still thinking about this wonderful film.

I hope somebody else takes the chance to see it, it was so note-perfect.

[Seanny One Ball]

Re-watching "Hunt For The Wilderpeople" to ascertain it's true value.

17 minutes in and it is quite reassuringly the best film that I have ever seen.

Just magic.

[GD]

Terminator: Dark Fate - 5/10

[slik]

PARASITE - 9/10

This plot is a trip, in a good way. The movie made me nervous multiple times for multiple characters. Some killer cinematography sneaks in too. If you see this, avoid spoilers for it.

[GD]

PARASITE - 9/10

This plot is a trip, in a good way. The movie made me nervous multiple times for multiple characters. Some killer cinematography sneaks in too. If you see this, avoid spoilers for it.

I didn't watch the trailer. It helped.

[Seanny One Ball]

Been looking forward to Parasite. There's nothing like a South Korean psychological thriller.
Snowpiercer and OKJA were a bit crap but The Host and Mother are incredible.

[ClockShot]

Parasite - 5/5

Fantastic.

[GD]

Ford v Ferrari - 9/10

[Seanny One Ball]

Le Mans 66 is called "Ford Vs Ferrari" over there.

Jesus Christ, do races that don't go round in circles just confuse America too much?

[Nicky Fives]

Le Mans 66 is called "Ford Vs Ferrari" over there.

Jesus Christ, do races that don't go round in circles just confuse America too much?

Yes.

[Seanny One Ball]

Spiderman: Far From Home - 4/4

From the hilarious and satisfying take on the "Blip" and the age disparity it creates to the wealth of situational visual gags, the opening of this film is as strong if not stronger than any Marvel film. The interplay between characters and the rapport of the cast is the strength of every great film and this has as much realism in interaction as an Alexander Payne film stripped of the undercurrent.
I particularly love how Tony Stark has become almost a deity and his little message to Peter is just lovely stuff.

Samuel L lays it on very thick as Nick Fury and I'm not really into it so I kinda wish he wasn't involved and Cobie Smulders looks like death warmed up, but those are the only two minor quibbles I have.
Thankfully Martin Starr was there to take the edge off and Ned as usual provides comedy relief for the comedy relief.

I think Zendaya is decent enough but I was more impressed with the girl who played Betty, I think MJ has been underwritten to an extent so hopefully they embed the character a bit deeper into the next story because she should be involved more.

Mysterio kept me guessing, Jake Gyllenhaal has that wonderful ability to turn on a sixpence that great actors should but only a few do or can. I'm glad to see him back in a Blockbuster, just to show he can pick whatever project he wants.

I loved it.

[Seanny One Ball]

Oh, I forgot to mention how immersive the CGI is when it finally comes to the trippy illusions. I would havd loved to have seen that in HD.
I think Mysterio is either the best or certainly one of the best villains in any of the individual Avengers films.

[Seanny One Ball]

I'm gonna be a cool teacher right now. You gotta stop doing that. It is weird. No more phones in the bathroom, urinals OR stalls.

[Seanny One Ball]

I haven't felt my Peter tingle for years

[Seanny One Ball]

Originally rated 3.5/4 but there's no way that it wasn't 4/4 for me really.
This was so good Iim still buzzing off the Spidey vibes.

Brilliant.

[Lock Jaw]

It's no Aquaman

[Seanny One Ball]

1/4 = 12.5% - 25%
1.5/4 = 25% - 37.5%
2/4 = 37.5% - 50%
2.5/4 = 50% - 62.5%
3/4 = 62.5 - 75%
3.5/4 = 75% - 87.5%
4/4 = 87.5 - 100%

I know that looks crazy but that's how I justify my 4/4 "perfect" scores.

[Seanny One Ball]

It's no Aquaman


You bloody loved Aquaman didn't you.
Good on you, it's great fun and I was planning on watching it again fairly soon.

It's too long though and Amber Heard and Nicole Kidman were awful casting choices

Still, it does have Willem Dafoe on a seahorse.

[Lock Jaw]

I'm just joking, leaning into the meme that I love Aquaman (which I did really enjoy it, but it was blown to meme proportions by Guru Dave).

I did love Far From Home too. Might finally have been a Spider-Man film to top the first two Tobey films for me.

[Seanny One Ball]

These are far better in my opinion. Spiderman is probably my favourite Avenger besides Ant Man now.

[Seanny One Ball]

Spiderman has arguably had the best two villains in the solo MCU films.

[Seanny One Ball]

One thing I noticed was a couple of quite subtle references to Flash having an awful lonely home life. I dunno why but when Peter uses Edith for the first time you can see Flash texting his mother or father saying he hasn't heard from them for days. Then at the end he gets picked up by a chauffeur and asks about them to a negative response.

These are moments that are not acknowledged but show how well fleshed out Spiderman's world is.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Samuel L lays it on very thick as Nick Fury and I'm not really into it



I think the reason that is done is because it actually isn't Nick Fury, rather another's attempt at imitating Fury.

[Destor]

The current iteration of slider-man is by far the best. The duality of the character is perfected

[Seanny One Ball]

I think the reason that is done is because it actually isn't Nick Fury, rather another's attempt at imitating Fury.


LOL, he's not solely an illusion.

[Destor]

LOL, he's not solely an illusion.
Its not nick fury. Its a skrull.

[Seanny One Ball]

Please tell me I don't have to go back and watch that fucking Captain Marvel again.

I'm not falling for that rib.

[Seanny One Ball]

Oh fuck, I didn't watch the post credits.

Right hang on and prepare for my humble apology, El Vaq.

[Seanny One Ball]

Sorry El Vaq, I was talking out of my arse.

[Destor]

Tsk tsk :nono:

[Frank Drebin]

The current iteration of slider-man is by far the best. The duality of the character is perfected

Slider man
Slider man
Does whatever a slider can

[Seanny One Ball]

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[RP]

I watched this movie called The Conspiracy.

Pretty damn good.

" Two young filmmakers select a crazed conspiracy theorist as the subject for their next project, but they soon come to believe that the man isn't as delusional as they originally thought. "

[Lock Jaw]

The Rocketeer - 8/10

Feel like I was "obsessed" with seeing this movie as a youth, but for the life of me I can't remember ever actually seeing it until now. I enjoyed it.

[Seanny One Ball]

I loved it when I was a kid

[Black Widow]

Dukes of Hazzard 2005

Was lame but i do like the show

[Seanny One Ball]

I always liked "Starsky and Hutch" with Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller. May watch tonight.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

The Emperor of Paris 7/10

Like a bloody Les Misérables, without the songs.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Speed 7.5/10

Even though I've seen the sequel many times, I've never seen the original. A good 90s action flick. Dennis Hopper hams it up as usual, as the bad guy.

[Seanny One Ball]

Jan De Bont should have done more after Speed and Twister but I think Speed 2 wrote him off.

He had his scalp ripped off by a lion too.

[Seanny One Ball]

Looks like Richard Kelly(Donnie Darko, Southland Tales) is directing a Rod Serling biopic. That's an interesting choice and quite a good one.
I wonder who he'll cast. Rod Serling looked 45 until he actually was so you don't want someone too youthful but they need to have a strong, sombre voice and powerful facial features.

Sam Rockwell or Patrick Wilson would be interesting.
I think Jason Patric would be a great shout based on look though.

[slik]

KNIVES OUT - 9.5/10

So fun and a good whodunit. Great cast, good story, funny. One of the best films of 2019 imo possibly.

[rez]

IT Chapter 2. Loved the casting...a lot wrong with it. Chapter 1 was def better. 6.5/10

[slik]

I watched this movie called The Conspiracy.

Pretty damn good.

" Two young filmmakers select a crazed conspiracy theorist as the subject for their next project, but they soon come to believe that the man isn't as delusional as they originally thought. "

I also like that movie :y:

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Frozen II-7/10

Not as good as the first one, and the plot is a little more complicated. There's no true, tangible villain. But it's beautifully animated, the new Elsa song is a great number, and if you've got a kid, like I do, they're going to love it. My biggest issue is the story they're trying to tell is actually an interesting one, but the limited run time forces the story to move at a break neck pace and some of the characters get pushed to the side.

Still, it's an enjoyable movie and credit to Disney for not phoning it in and insulting their target audience with something loud and dumb.

[Droford]

I finally got to John Wick 3. I liked it..but..it definitely feels like it's a sandwich filler movie where a bunch of stuff happens but not much important and it's just leading to #4.

8/10

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix 6/10

Definitely the weakest of the (most recent) series.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The Irishman-7/10

Definitely a good, but not great film. It falls short of Goodfellas, and my personal Scorsese fave, the Departed, but the performances here are captivating. 3 Hollywood legends in top form help move a film where timelines can get foggy and characters get lost in the shuffle due having so many to keep up with.

[Lock Jaw]

Knives Out - 9/10 was really fun. Loses a point for Daniel Craig's southern accent

[Seanny One Ball]

I'm currently watching Altered States.
So far it could go either way, William Hurt is fantastic but I'm not sure about Blair Brown at all. Nobody converses like that, not even a scientist. I feel like The GilmoreGirls ripped this speech pattern off and turned it into a whole show.

[Seanny One Ball]

The actual representation of other scientists in day to day conversation is very well done though. Bob Balaban and William Hurt look and sound like the people my folks used to have round for parties when I was growing up. A touch of pretention surrounds their intelligence.

[Seanny One Ball]

Fuck sake.

I'll have to write a proper review, this is nuts.

[Seanny One Ball]

This film has one of the best lines ever written in it.

"I'm trying to tell you I love you."
"I know that, and I'm trying to tell you this is an all bets are off kind of thing."

[Seanny One Ball]

Altered States - 3/4

A 1980's psychological acid science fiction/horror which delves wonderfully into some mysterious, unnerving visual horror. The story is pretty basic, a scientist decides to become his own test subject in his investigations into psychoactive substances and sensory deprivation similar to the real life experiments done in the 60's by various controversial scientists and hallucinogen advocates. After a progression of increasingly terrifying and realistic trips the scientist begins to experience tangible, physical reactions.

William Hurt and Charles Haid steal the show here as two colleagues with extremely opposing philosophies and outlooks towards this research. Bob Balaban and Blair Brown provide grounding support to the extremes of Hurt and Haid with strong if not spectacular or particularly taxing performances.
The dialogue flits between witty and heavily pretentious with the sort of abandon that a real conversation might, despite there being several instances early on of very pointed and almost angeringly unrealistic "philosophy spreading". It's fancy exposition and it's done early on in a way that you can forgive, however it does make me wonder(especially after reading up on this) is perhaps the director Ken Russell decided to trim the most infuriatingly out-of-touch lines just to streamline an already dialogue heavy film.
The troubled production history sounds worthy of a documentary, however the result is a film with enduring relevance as the mysteries of the human mind are as intriguing today as they were forty years ago - and for that matter so is Bob Balaban's seemingly ageless face. I say ageless... he has looked 60 for his entire life.

The technical visual effects and practical special effects are of a high standard for a film made in 1980 and despite containing moments that on paper must surely have seemed utterly absurd, it leaves you with genuine primal fear in a couple of very well executed moments.
And while all of this is good and of a high standard, I feel that the audio work in the film is of a superior standard to anything besides the lead performance.

I very much enjoyed this film but I feel that it is a step below classic as there needed to be more respite from the breathless, fast paced and annoyingly regular protracted speeches and exchanges.
I wanted more visuals and this is not a film that skimps on the visuals.

[Seanny One Ball]

I'm really surprised Ken Russell once made a good film.

Everything else I've seen of his was so dreadful it had to be turned off.

[ClockShot]

Motherless Brooklyn - 4/5

Not bad, Ed Norton. Not bad at all.

[Seanny One Ball]

Ed Norton is a treasure and it's a bit of a disgrace that he has been continually overlooked because of his bad reputation for dominating the creative side of the films he's in.

The man is a genius of his trade.

[Helmsphere]

The Peanut Butter Falcon.

8.5/10

God Damn It, I should never give anything with Shia Lebouif in it, This high of a score but it won me over.

If you're asking me if you should watch it, then just listen to the Star and

JUST DO IT!

[Frank Drebin]

Ed Norton is a treasure and it's a bit of a disgrace that he has been continually overlooked because of his bad reputation for dominating the creative side of the films he's in.

The man is a genius of his trade.

Please elaborate on his reputation. Never heard this before.

[Seanny One Ball]

Tony Kaye, the writer/director/creator of American History X hates him because Ed Norton fixed it and made a great film out of it, cutting and reshaping great chunks of the film that Kaye had envisioned.
Tony Kaye then went insane and I dunno if he has worked since. Kaye's version sounds like a real mess if you ever get a chance to read about it.

The Incredible Hulk film, Ed Norton went a bit mad and is possibly the reason it was so incoherent. I remember a lot of shit got thrown his way for his idea that Omar(literally the character of Omar from The Wire) had to be in it. There are apparently a few scenes of Omar that didn't make it.

There are other examples but if you watch Birdman his character is essentially an OTT parody of his reputation. Oddly everyone thinks the main parody is Keaton because of similarities with his career but that only goes so far. Norton in that film is basically playing himself to the Nth degree.

[Destor]

The Irishman - 9/10


the story telling here is truly excellent but the 4th wall is constantly shattered when all the CG industrial light and magic can muster can reshape their faces to appear younger but fails to hide the movements of its aging cast constantly giving it all away. It's this break in the immersion that keeps this from being Scorsese's magnum opus. There are several insrances where a tighter shot would have been preferable to better mask the issue but by using a more pleasing-to-the-eye wide shot is ruined as its all star cast hobbles away.


All in all its a great film, highly reccomend it, but the films goal, backed by a $200 million budget, is ultimately a failure.

[RP]

Paranormal Activity : Ghost Dimension - 5/10

They went hardcore on the special effects mixed with real camera effects. It looked a bit like shit. They had a hot mother and she didnt get naked. They had this huge tittied blonde who was hot as fuck and the tittied didnt come out. There was a good scene where they're watching an old vhs of some girl seeing visions and she's seeing them watch her on video. They should have went with that more in this movie. I like that.

[GD]

Pet Sematary - 1/10

I decided to check out the movie after listening to the audiobook (narrated by Michael C. Hall). It was a bad decision.

[Seanny One Ball]

Lithgow was good.

[GD]

Very restricted too. The whole movie is such a mess.

[GD]

Get Shorty - 7/10

[GD]

Knives Out - 9/10

[RP]

Blindspotting -10/10

One of the best movies i've seen all year. Would have won a Oscar if they had Spike Lee's name attached to it because white people love Spike Lee.

[Destor]

Guru dave doesnt rate movies. Migjt delete all his posts. Undecided

[slik]

Tony Kaye, the writer/director/creator of American History X hates him because Ed Norton fixed it and made a great film out of it, cutting and reshaping great chunks of the film that Kaye had envisioned.
Tony Kaye then went insane and I dunno if he has worked since. Kaye's version sounds like a real mess if you ever get a chance to read about it.

The Incredible Hulk film, Ed Norton went a bit mad and is possibly the reason it was so incoherent. I remember a lot of shit got thrown his way for his idea that Omar(literally the character of Omar from The Wire) had to be in it. There are apparently a few scenes of Omar that didn't make it.

There are other examples but if you watch Birdman his character is essentially an OTT parody of his reputation. Oddly everyone thinks the main parody is Keaton because of similarities with his career but that only goes so far. Norton in that film is basically playing himself to the Nth degree.

Tony Kaye went on to film Marlon Brando hosting acting classes and the videos to this day are forbidden from release by the Brando estate.





Some memories of the event — like the exact address of the warehouse in Hollywood where it took place — are a little hazy. It was, after all, 14 years ago. But nobody who was part of that extraordinary 10-day acting workshop ever will forget a single detail about Marlon Brando's entrance.


About 20 young acting students and a dozen established stars — including Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Edward James Olmos, Whoopi Goldberg and Harry Dean Stanton — had gathered to learn at the feet of the greatest thespian of the 20th century. He didn't disappoint. When the doors flung open, the 78-year-old Brando appeared wearing a blond wig, blue mascara, a black gown with an orange scarf and a bodice stuffed with gigantic falsies. Waving a single rose in one hand, he sashayed through the warehouse, plunked his 300-pound frame onto a thronelike chair on a makeshift stage and began fussily applying lipstick.


"I am furious! Furious!" Brando told the group in a matronly English accent, launching into an improvised monologue that ended, 10 minutes later, with the actor turning around, lifting his gown and mooning the crowd.


And that, it turned out, would be one of the more decorous moments of "Lying for a Living," the wild 10-day symposium.

If Brando caused a stir showing up in drag, Kaye's opening-day outfit was even crazier: Only months after 9/11, he came dressed as bin Laden, complete with turban and tunic. "[President] Bush had said, 'Don't let [9/11] stop you from being yourself; if [the terrorists] stop you from being yourself, they've won,'" Kaye tells THR. Jon Voight became so upset at one point he stormed out.





You can read more about it here:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/marlon-brandos-real-last-tango-801232

[Seanny One Ball]

That is phenomenal.

[ClockShot]

Knives Out - 4/5

Pretty slick whodunit. I'll agree with everyone else that Daniel Craig could've ditched the accent. Probably would have been better if speaking normally.

[GD]

Marriage Life - 10/10

[RP]

Does the wife fuck a black man in Marriage Life, Guru?

[Blue Demon]

Knives Out - 4.5/5. Yup, Daniel Craig's accent loses half a point. Fun movie overall.

[Emperor Smeat]

300: Rise of Empire - 3 out of 5.

The first 300 film was better than this one.

[slik]

Black Christmas (2019) - 3/10

I could never tell if this film was trying to be a parody or serious commentary on Toxic Masculinity/Woke Culture. It's so over the top on both topics IDK how anyone could tell. In fact, I'm just flat out going to spoil the ending of the movie below, when the killer's identity is revealed:



The killer whose been stalking the women is revealed to be an entire fraternity, who got sick of not being able to rape women and women not doing what they said so they got a English teacher to help perform a pagan ritual to make all them develop super strength and replace their blood with black goop. It's basically played up as the killer of women is "all men". Then there is
a big fight scene where women of various sororities beat up all the men who have super strength while Kevin Dunne shakey cam is in effect.




I would say, in general, not more than 3-4 minutes go by at a time without someone mentioning how toxic men are. The acting/plot/really everything is sort of 'bad and cheesy'....so in the sense I enjoy bad films I enjoyed it and had fun but it's also a truly terrible film. The song these women sing at a fraternity karaoke contest about how rape is wrong and the frat guys are evil was kind of funny, with all the men booing really over the top and the women in the audience cheering and saying "you go girl" and things of the sort.

[slik]

Richard Jewell - 7/10

Paul Walter Houser and Kathy Bates give tremendous performances in this. Yves Bélanger gives some really good cinematography too. Where I think the film gets in trouble a bit is playing up the FBI and Media as one-sided villains too much and portraying Jewell at times as so stupid/clueless it took me out of it a bit.

In the end, it's a Clint Eastwood flick and Eastwood is one of those guys who always delivers a certain quality of film, and once again, at age 89, he does that.

[Destor]

Marriage Story - 10/10


Adam Driver is flawless. Phenomenal performance. Film expertly encapsulates divorce. A+.

[Frank Drebin]

Not putting myself through that.

[Destor]

not all good film is fun but on the brightside there is a song;)

[Sixx]

Marriage Story - 10/10


Adam Driver is flawless. Phenomenal performance. Film expertly encapsulates divorce. A+.

He can never be flawless with that fucking face.

[Seth82]

Clue - 4/5

such an amazing cast from Tim Curry to Lesley Ann Warren to Christopher Lloyd & more.

Tim Curry as usual is his amazing self as the butler Wadsworth. He was the MVP of the movie.

[Seanny One Ball]

Tim Curry is wheelchair bound and likely not long for this world.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Was watching Home Alone 2 with my brother, who told me the same about Curry. Sad.

[Destor]

His stroke was like 6 years ago. He's since done a lot o f voice work. Unless somethings happened in the past few days his health in fine...?

[Seanny One Ball]

He doesn't look good though.
I mean, find a recent picture and tell me he has five years left in him.

He's in his 70's anyway.

[Sixx]

I just checked out his pic. He had a stroke?

His face looks that way.

[Seanny One Ball]

Yeah he had a bad one in 2012

[GD]

Midsommar - 9/10

[Simple Fan]

Joker 9/10. Great movie I was hoping for a bit more violence though.

[Destor]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker- 7/10


pacing issue plague the film and keep it from being satisfying. Extremely busy film and due to that nothing has the weight it should. Theres a lot to like here tho. Poe finally feels like a fleshed out person id want to go on adventures with. The conclusion to the major arcs are mostly satisfying. Its the technical failings of the writing that hold the film back

[Destor]

Extremely wicked, shockingly evil and vile- 7/10

[Seanny One Ball]

I've been debating watching that.
I still think the Ted Bundy film from 2002 is an underrated film. Sure it almost turns into a pitch black comedy at points but I doubt anyone will ever find an actor that looks as much like the real Ted Bundy and who is willing to throw caution to the wind like that.

[Simple Fan]

Rise of Skywalker 7/10

[slik]

CATS - 1/10


Sadly, CATS is not The Room 'so bad it's good, bad'.

Nearly plotless, weirdly hypersexual and asexual at the same time, dystopian, antromorphic, off-key, incoherently strange disaster, where every choice made onscreen is the wrong one. For about two minutes I thought the critics might be wrong and the tone/production design were interesting. Fifteen minutes into the movie I knew it would be the weirdest film of 2019.

CATS has The Razzies in the bag. It's never boring, I'll give it that.

[Destor]

Sounds exactly like the play (awful)

[slik]

I have no clue why this is one of the most successful musicals on Broadway of all-time. It doesn't really have a plot, and what little plot it does have never explains any of it. The music, minus 'Memory' isn't memorable or good. I actually thought Memory was outdone by the new song added to the movie, 'Beautiful Ghosts'. It was more interesting to listen to (and it doesn't help Jennifer Hudson oversings everything and has constant snot hanging out of her nose - CGI snot or real, no clue - but good lord it's distracting).

[Destor]

The play, i think, succeeded because it was a visual spectical tourist could go see. Like a mindless vegas show but for new york. It was never good and when i heard they were bringing it to the screen my immediate reaction was "are they going to write a plot?"



...and then i saw the trailer and realised they were going to try and sell the visual spectical...big oof

[GD]

Ghost World - 8/10

[GD]

A Hologram For The King - 7/10

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker-6/10

Meh. Big meh. Felt like a jumbled, over stuffed mess racing to get to its ending. The Big reveal that ties Rey intothe heart of the Skywalker saga is admittedly lame and is a complete u-turn from the overall theme of the second film.

Palpatine being back never tried to make sense or explain itself. Kylo Ren just kinda happens with no build or gusto to his arc coming to a finish, Leia was useless, and was more of a hindrance to the story by being forced into it.

It didn't feel like it retconned everything from TLJ, but it did feel like a conscious change in tone and direction and because they chose a completely different direction, instead of building off the last film, this one feels disjointed and not like a sequel at all.

[Lock Jaw]

Parasite - 8.5/10

Was P good.....

[Lock Jaw]

Men in Black: International - 3/10

Was P bad.....

[GD]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - 5/10

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Rise of Skywalker- 8/10

[OssMan]

Watched some movie called Jelleyfish Eyes... weird Asf... japanese augmented reality shit... mad fuckin weird

Cool music tho...

[Seanny One Ball]

Please watch The Calamari Wrestler and tell me what you think of it.

[Seth82]

Oh God - 8/10.

George Burns and John Denver were a great fun duo in this film.

I hadn't watched it in years. it was one of my favorites as a kid.

[GD]

The Farewell - 9/10

Ready Or Not - 7/10 (wondering if this is Slik Certified Fresh)

[slik]

I did enjoy Ready or Not!


Ready Or Not - 8/10

This is a very fun horror movie. Loaded with dark humor and good scenes, a strong performance from the lead actress too.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Knives Out-10/10

God I fucking loved this movie. The performances are so great. Stellar cast making themselves ridiculously worthy of your hate. Ana de Armas as a sweet, good hearted nursecaught up in an impossible situation, is so damn likeable. And the end twist was great even if a little obvious.

Also, i loved Daniel Craig as the overly theatrical southern PI.

[PapaGeorgio]

Border 3.5/5 - The subtitles I had for the movie were a bit trash at times, but the film was great enough I didn't even need them to be good. I really enjoyed the vibe and turns this movie had. Can't stop thinking about that penis.

Chained for Life 3/5 - Technically as a movie, I felt it had some flaws but overall I enjoyed the layers of movies within a movie. Adam Pearson was great in this, I think he'd be hilarious in something with a The Office UK Vibe to it.

[Triple A]

Uncut Gems - 10/10

Amazing. My favorite movie of the year. Very anxiety-inducing throughout. Felt "on the edge of my seat" for the entire movie and was freaking "amped up" afterwards... S0 good

The musical score was also incredible at adding to the uneasy feeling throughout

[Damian Rey 2.0]

My brother had the same anxiety inducing comments about watching it. Prob gonna check it out soon.

[slik]

The Grudge (2020) - 6/10

Predictable and slow at times, but not the worst.

[Triple A]

Parasite (2019) - 10/10

Freaking great...

[Fignuts]

https://i.imgur.com/xX5ckdU.png

[GD]

https://i.imgur.com/xX5ckdU.png

It's disheartening that you think that Schindler's List is pro-nazi propaganda. Sad.

[Fignuts]

https://i.imgur.com/223Zjkl.png

[Destor]

Aladdon (2019: ) 3/10

[Lock Jaw]

Aladdon (2019: ) 3/10

Aladdon? Is that like the cheap black market remake of the remake?

[Helmsphere]

Ready or not - 8/10

[Destor]

Aladdon? Is that like the cheap black market remake of the remake?
Sorry its Aladdong. Its the porn remake of the remake

[Destor]

Coulda done without the magic carpet ride

[Seanny One Ball]

I haven't watched a new film for ages. I need to get back at it.

[Lock Jaw]

1917 - 7/10

Was pretty alright. Thought that the single take thing was going to lead to a lot of "tension", and it did at times.... but at others it was just like "I get the point get on with it". Also distracted me a bit via always looking out for where they hid the cuts.

[slik]

Underwater - 7.5/10

Stylish - but average - flick, would recommend streaming one day since it's a breezy 90 minutes. Not sure why it wasn't advertised this was a very HP Lovecraft film since it really is. Alien meets Lovecraft meets the Ocean meets K-Stew.




Cthulhu is the big bad of the film in all his angry glory

[Triple A]

Mandy (2018) - 7/10

Obviously very influenced by David Lynch movies... but not as good or strange or funny. Very very cool visually and some sweet specific parts, but found myself bored for a chunk of it and the story was pretty standard. Would have been better if it was like 30 mins shorter.


Hereditary (2018) - 6/10

Was fine... I liked it but not that much. Maybe it was overhyped to me. The story felt pretty standard again, but I did like the twist on it. Felt bored for a lot of it though... I don't really like horror movies...


Get Out (2017) - 6/10

Same as above, maybe my expectations were too high. Felt like a pretty average/standard movie to me and "nothing special." Even without the hype, I would have probably given it the same rating... Was "alright" / "pretty good."

[rez]

Aladdin (live action)

I liked it. 8/10

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

The Grey 6.5/10

Standard Liam Neeson film.

[Black Widow]

Bad Boys for Life.

Pretty fun but if you are a pretentious movie snob don't see it just so you can bitch.

[slik]

Weathering With You - 9/10

Really great animated film. Nice story, gorgeous animation. Sort of a modern day fable/romance. Would recommend.

[OssMan]

Samurai Cop

funny bad movie... watched with some friends... funny enough

saw Arrival... liked it... friend was saying it was "life affirming"... agree it was powerful... all these ppl kept telling me i would like it cus its about language and stuff... guess they were right, took me long enough

do Youtube documentaries count for this thread... i watched The Platform Master about that guy Ulillillia, that guy who has that mad weird voice and spends 2000+ hours playing Disgaea and Bubsy 3D... interesting... slow... weird

also Fighting in the Age of Loneliness... not that into MMA but very cool seeing why it is popular... history... sad

[Triple A]

Fighting in the Age of Loneliness was really good...

[rez]

I watched Togo on Disney+ last night. Not gonna lie..I teared up. 10/10

Fuck Balto

[ClockShot]

1917 - 4/5

Someday, Dean-Charles Chapman is going to survive to the end of a TV series or movie. Someday.

[Seanny One Ball]

Enemies Closer - 2.5/4

"Jean Claude Van Damme goes mad in the woods" would be a fine alternative title for this bafflingly put together but fun and enjoyable action film. It's also a pretty spot on synopsis of the film itself.
Okay, lets count the ways in which this film turned my expectations on their head and surprised me with some genuinely ballsy decisions even for a B Movie:
-Tom Everett Scott plays a Park Ranger that is secretly a badass former soldier or marine or something. If you know Tom Everett Scott then this is the ultimate in playing against established type. Well, at least until...
-Orlando Jones appears as an antagonist then turns into a protagonist and doesn't supply one laugh in the entire film. Again playing a secret badass but this time not an army one, because he's a black comedian he gets to be an ex convict who isn't funny. He appears to be even better than Tom Everett Scott's guy is at fighting, so that's good because they end up fighting against a whole gang!
-Jean Claude Van Damme takes a sharp heel turn very early into the film and immediately begins destroying people and things then hitting some surprisingly classic one-liners. This wouldn't be unusual for James Bond but Jean Claude Van Damme is traditionally lacking in charisma despite his hick kicks. However the unhinged mania in his face when he does it is just magic and I can't stress that enough. Jean Claude Van Damme can be hilarious now that he's older and wiser, especially when he gets the right material and direction. In this fairly violent film he is put to good use doing lots of action spots and firing off zingers and insanity like he's been coked up and hasn't been to bed for a week. Of course they surround him with a gang of incompetents which makes his ability much more obvious and gives his personality a chance to pop out for a change.
-There's some pretty hilarious stuff involving a traitorous woman and the way it is dealt with cracked me up, especially given the current social climate and opinions with regards to beating women rounds the face(as equals).

I can't say it's a groundbreaking film, nor can I say that it's as much fun as that dancing scene in Kickboxer but it has it's charm and it made 80 minutes disappear from my lifetime with the greatest of ease. It appears that this film was one of the few involved in the Van Damme renaissance from a few years ago so I will have to get involved in the Kickboxer sequels and that film he made about being himself in Belgium because I can dig it when he's actually acting.

[Helmsphere]

Seanny shouldn't you be watching Stargate?

[Seanny One Ball]

I downloaded it and watched it that night. I thought I had posted saying as much but apparently not.

It was alright, Jay Davidson and James Spader were the best things about it but Kurt Russell was woefully miscast. I think they overdid the flat top army hairdo so badly it became a flat top fade.

Then I thought about Kid N Play for ages.

[Seanny One Ball]

I watched "The Night Listener" last night.
I think Slik would enjoy it for Toni Colette's unsettling performance.
Also based on fact.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

I downloaded it and watched it that night. I thought I had posted saying as much but apparently not.

It was alright, Jay Davidson and James Spader were the best things about it but Kurt Russell was woefully miscast. I think they overdid the flat top army hairdo so badly it became a flat top fade.

Then I thought about Kid N Play for ages.

The series was better.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Uncut Gems-9/10

100 mph pacing keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time. Sandler is frenetic and the movie was seemingly shot with the idea of matching his energy. I didn't expect it to be a commentary on gambling but that's what I took from it. Highly entertaining but also an exhausting watch due to Sandler being so good and high energy with it.

[GD]

Girl House - 0/10

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Ad Astra 7/10

A slow, low-key film, but I found my attention did not wander.

[GD]

It looked beautiful on the big screen.

[GD]

Watching "Shutter Island" for the first time. There's something off about the acting.

[GD]

Shutter Island - 6.5/10

[Destor]

Lion King 2019- 6/10


Does nothing better than the original. Not a single thing.

[slik]

Gretel & Hansel - 7/10

A+ Visuals

C- Pacing

Feels a bit Jodorowsky at times (it's big on visual symbolism)

[GD]

Uncut Gems - 10/10

What a fucking ride...Jesus Christ!

[Seanny One Ball]

End Of Watch - 3.5/4

Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena star in a “found” footage police procedural with as much behind it in natural charisma and acting ability as it does in plot substance and realism. Two LAPD police officers self document their daily routines as they uphold the law in their community until they are hit listed by the gang that they are working to put away. It is a perfect blend of genres and the underlying theme of justice at any cost has been updated to feel more like "justice at all costs" and I think that was a marvellous decision by the director David Ayer.
The plot is not the highlight of this film, the working relationship and friendship between the leads is and as far as acting chemistry goes this is some of the finest work I have ever seen from Pena and Gyllenhaa. Emotionally explosive and chillingly prescient, this is a jigsaw as beautiful when disassembled as it is completed. A masterfully made dramatisation of cop shows with an ante up every few scenes just to keep your journey to the end as emotional as possible.
Michael Pena could easily have walked away with an award for this performance as it is the best use of his smart-ass schtick that he has become so famous for outside of comedy roles. I could watch this film all day long, it is as close to “Training Day” as any film has ever gotten so far.


This is an excellent film and one that I will watch again because I know it will feel like I'm meeting up with some old friends.

[Lock Jaw]

Lion King 2019- 6/10


Does nothing better than the original. Not a single thing.

Can agree with this

[Seanny One Ball]

Re-watching the original and classic Pink Panther franchise is a joy and I encourage everybody to get in on the action.

A Shot In The Dark may be the very pinnacle, but the others are all still charming and hilarious. Just ignore "Trail" because it's a travesty and reusing outtakes is bullshit.

[Seanny One Ball]

Here's some trivia: William Peter Blatty of Exorcist fame co-wrote the screenplay for A Shot In The Dark.
How good is that?!

Writing two of the best genre films of all time. No wonder he lived so long. The universe kept him around for a reason.

[Seanny One Ball]

I need to see The Ninth Configuration now. I meant to get that last year but slacked off.

[Lock Jaw]

Never seen any of the Pink Panther movies.... saw pieces of one of them once I think

[Seanny One Ball]

Please watch "A Shot In The Dark" at your nearest opportunity. You will probably laugh so hard you get a skid mark.

[Lock Jaw]

Not available on any streaming service I have.....

[Seanny One Ball]

It will appear as if by magic someday, and you will be ready for it.

[slik]

Birds of Prey - 8/10

I have Zero clue what Warner Bros was doing with the trailers for this movie -- The movie is a blast. Funny, hyper-violent (Deadpool levels), some really cool af fight scenes and fight choreography.

Margot Robbie and Ewen McGregor are both great, you never want to take your eyes off either one.

[Triple A]

Re-watching the original and classic Pink Panther franchise is a joy and I encourage everybody to get in on the action.

I remember renting the original Pink Panther movie from my local library when I was a kid and feeling pissed off that it wasn't a cartoon or at least like a Roger Rabbit half-cartoon and watching it for like 10 minutes then fast forwarding through it and not seeing a single cartoon...

[Seanny One Ball]

The cartoon was alright but mostly for the incredible intro. Obviously it was born of the film but honestly, do yourself a favour and watch "A Shot In The Dark" if you ever get the chance.
It's just magic.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, I used to watch the cartoon and definitely remember being confused one day when my dad was watching the movie on TV and it was not a cartoon.... he was trying to say how funny it was, but punk young kid me was not interested.....

[Seanny One Ball]

There are 6 Peter Sellars "Pink Panther" films and only the last one is bad. Sellers was dead by then so they just used a bunch of outtakes and made a dreadful hash of it.
I have a box-set but it only has 5 of them, it does include the dreadful last one though so no idea what went on with that...

[Seanny One Ball]

It was a rights issue... How boring.

[Seanny One Ball]

I like it when he calls Cato a "sneaky little yellow pimp".

Classic racism.

[Seanny One Ball]

Finally watching "Train To Busan" for the first time.

[Seanny One Ball]

This is freaking awesome

[Seanny One Ball]

A stunning indictment of fear, mob mentality, and the bystander effect.

[Seanny One Ball]

That child actor... What a performance.
That's two straight hours of goosebumps.

[GD]

Attempted to watch Mystic River last night and fell asleep in less than ten minutes. Seems very basic...

[Seanny One Ball]

It's not a film that'll bring you any joy.

[GD]

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) - 7/10

Quite an enjoyable movie. Hated the 4D experience.

[Lock Jaw]

You know what had a good 4D experience?

Aquaman. :shifty:

[GD]

You know what had a good 4D experience?

Aquaman. :shifty:

My friend did complain about how "subpar" the experience was as compared to Aquaman.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, my 4D experience was essentially me thinking that it would probably just be a big waste on a lot of movies..... Aquaman was good in it though.....

Looked at what was playing in 4D last time I went back home to Toronto, but it was Star Wars, which I thought would just be a big waste

[Lock Jaw]

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) - 8/10

Was actually really fun. Loved the final fight scenes/climax of the movie. I really want a sequel that focuses more on Black Canary/Huntress. Feel like its weakness was not giving them enough time to shine compared to Harley Quinn.

Also still have my gripe about Cassandra Cain.... there was absolutely no reason at all to make that character be Cassandra Cain. Might as well just have made her be Misfit or Black Alice or someone.....

[slik]

Googled this after it won the Oscar for Best Short film and decided to give it a watch.

If you have 20 minutes would recommend!

The Neighbor's Window - 8/10

Funny and Touching


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[Damian Rey 2.0]

Get Out-8/10

Caught on to what was happening pretty early on. But it's a fun ride that's filled with awkward scenes and a satisfying ending. Not as good as "Us", imo, but still a very good film for Mr. Peele.

[OssMan]

Parasite So good baby 10/10 baby gotta watch it again but cant bring myself to baby... so tense... truly truly mad...

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Ready or Not 6/10

Bride marries into a rich family, and as a tradition has to play a game of hide and seek, except her new family hunt her down with weapons, looking to sacrifice her to the Devil.

Little in the way of tension, and the forced humour falls flat. It's alright if you want to kill 90 mins.

[GD]

Unbelievable, El Vaq!

[Triple A]

Midsommar (2019) - 8/10

Very good. Felt very uneasy throughout, which I always enjoy. Liked it a lot better than Hereditary because I didn't feel bored at any point. Good...

[Triple A]

Watched two other Safdie brothers movies (guys who made Uncut Gems)

Both good. Very "New York" characters... Felt like I "know" them


Good Time (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846232/) (2017) - 8/10

After a bank robbery goes wrong, a guy tries to get his "slow" younger brother bailed out of jail. Entertaining...


Heaven Knows What (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3687186/) (2014) - 7/10

Centers around a heroin-addicted girl and her "adventures" in NYC with other characters. Based on the real life of the main character, who also plays herself in the movie. Good acting... a lot of the actors were real people basically playing themselves.

[Triple A]

The Strange Thing About The Johnsons (2011) - 8/10

This is a short film (29 mins) from the director/writer of Midsommar and Hereditary

lol... I recommend this. Very fucked, reaching into comedic territory. Good...

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[slik]

Midsommar (2019) - 8/10

Very good. Felt very uneasy throughout, which I always enjoy. Liked it a lot better than Hereditary because I didn't feel bored at any point. Good...

I think Toni Collette deserved a Oscar nom for Hereditary....such a fantastic performance.

Midsommar is overall a more consistent film though. Florence Pugh is also a really great actress.

[Seanny One Ball]

Watching "Joker".

Long ass review to follow.

[GD]

kool

[Helmsphere]

Fantasy Island - 7/10

Not a bad flim that is not deserving the horrible reviews. Found it entertaining.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Eagerly awaiting Seanny on Joker

[Seanny One Ball]

"Joker" - 4/4

I wasn't excited to see this until I was holding it in my hands. I suppose besides the troubled production history I had no detailed knowledge of it and no clue as to how the plot would be treated or how the story would be adapted this time around.
I feel confident after seeing it in full that this wasn't what anyone could have expected when they went in.
I wasn't expecting to watch an almost Freudian character study with a sympathetic take on a presumed monster. I wasn't expecting to empathise or to agree with any political or social themes but such is the quality of the film that I have to admit that I did start to wonder towards the ending just how easily reality can be twisted into folklore like that.

From the moment the film gets going you know you are watching from Arthur's point of view, everything feels a little bit off. Everything in Arthur's life is like a worse version of reality. You know Gotham is a shithole from Batman, but Arthur's Gotham is even shittier. Arthur gets one broke parent, no millionaires with private butlers here. In fact Arthur's whole life, from the way he is treated as a child to the way he is unsure of everything about himself as an adult until he finally emerges is in direct opposition with the Batman character we all know.
Arthur sees himself as the underdog and it is hard to argue in this film. His neuroses are alive on the screen, visions and versions of events can't be trusted. I was particularly enamoured with the girlfriend fantasy, I thought the way that pitch-perfect and was used to full effect. He's not out to hurt anyone, but he will because he just can't see himself honestly. He is his own unreliable narrator.
Joaquin Phoenix was physically incredible in this role, he could rival Christian Bale for The Machinist with what he does to himself here. Not only is he physically perfect though, he has every idiosyncrasy refined to an unsettling, sea-sick degree. He becomes a nervous, emaciated, misanthropic anti-hero here and in the midst of some truly appalling violence he emerges a just and true champion for those that would follow him into the Gotham of the future.

Some say there are two sides to every story but that seems low to me even just counting Joker's side.

[Seanny One Ball]

I couldn't be bothered writing more, I'm too tired from work :(

[Lock Jaw]

Seanny's descent to madness begins with long work days

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Fucking stellar review, Seanny. Didn't disappoint.

[Nicky Fives]

Sonic - 6.5/10 - Decent, an above average film that was better than I was expecting. Had some decent comedy and is definitely set up for a sequel, and by the looks of the box office numbers from the weekend, could very well be in the cards.

[Destor]

Once upon a Time in Hollywood: 9/10


a reserve the right to change this based on how i feel after a second viewing.


the misdirection might be the most brilliant piece of writing ive ever seen. Audiences are told prior that its about the mansons so you enter the film with built in drama but NONE of the tension is generated by the film itself; its all created by the veiwer so when the film subverts that expection and reveals that "once upon a time" was literal its a wild revelation. Never seen anyone work an audience like that.



I would hate to have the factoid spoiled prior because my concern is without the premise established externally the film has no stakes and potentially no plot.10/10


while its true that the tension dies on repeat viewings what remains is its wonderful characters, acting, cinematography, and stage design. This is a film that gets richer over time as the individual flavors and nuances are able to shine after youve stripped the plot away.

[Destor]

The Godfather: 10/10


one of those movies thats its "how have i never watched this?" ADR from that era can be jarring at times and it does suffer from the fact ive seen decadesof films that built off what was done here but its objectively a work of art.

[Destor]

The Godfather pt2 - 10/10


what a hauntingly dark journey this was. Truly outstanding. The subplot of Don Vito in his youth juxtaposed with the final scene really highlights who Don Vito was and why all 4 of his children ultimately fail. Each are an incomplete vestige of their father. Sonny is his rage, his fearlesaness. Tommy is his loyalty. Fredo is his love. Michael is his cunning.


But each son is incomplete. Theyre swallowed by the shadow of their fathers greatness and all ultimately are alone because of it.

[Lock Jaw]

Waiting for the Pt 3 review now....

[Destor]

The Godfather pt3- 6/10


well...this was unfortunate. Im not sure which was more egregious the incest subplot or the helicopter machine gun attack. Feels like Puzzo wrote this while watching diehard on vacation in Kentucky. All the subtlety, nuance and symbolism from the 1st two films are gone and what is left is a cartoon version of the previous entries. The fact this was penned by the same hand is baffling.

[Destor]

Oh and Mary, whike cute, cannot act. At all. Shes so bad she could have been cast as captain marvel.

[M-A-G]

Got a chance to sit down to watch "The Cabin in the Woods" finally. Not something I'd watch again but it's a blast. They should've kept more a mystery but I don't have that much to complain about. 3 out of 4 stars.

[Destor]

Im a big fan of Cabin. I could gush over it for hours. And have.

[Destor]

The Cabin In The Woods-9/10. Kind of brilliant.

cabin in the woods: 10/10 fuckin marked for the whole thing

Cabin in the Woods: As above 10/10. Loved the whole thing.

Alien Nation: 7/10. Checking out the TV series now too.

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Oh..my..fucking.god. I was expecting to be disappointed.. But prepare to get brainfucked again. This movie well, let's just say that the premise is much like Cabin in The Woods then it turns out to be a fucking horrific darker version of Marty McFly's Back To The Future storyline.. Yes, maybe I'm wrong to say it or just being generous.. And why am I saying that? Well, spoilers ahead if you wanna read or just go see it for yourself.


A. 3 strangers all had similar car fucked up accidents.. Samantha, the woman in the coat says she came from 1962 and is driving through Hampshire to go to the hospital cos she's giving birth with hubby, while the bad-ass 80's chick grocery robber Jody claims it's 1985 and she was on her way to Seattle, while Tom, the main guy says his car got stuck in a ditch and was on his way to South Dakota and it's the year 2011.

B. Samantha says she's from 1962 era cos she hasn't seen the new currency of money that was printed in 1980's on Jody's coat while she is from 1985. And Tom, well, his coat was made in 2011. Also, they even noticed the cabin had a radio that looked like it was used from World War era, plus, a bomb shelter with food/beans and liquor all dating back to fucking 1930's and 40's. All of the labels on it are in GERMAN. WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT ALL ABOUT!??!

C. Then comes another character who's a German soldier with a rifle gun and taunts the 3 strangers that all of them had the same lockets with a picture of the woman that looked like she's 30 plus... WHO THE FUCK WAS THAT?

D. And it turns out Samantha the coat woman is the one in the picture, then tells Jody, that she gave birth to a daughter with the SAME FUCKING FIRST NAME!!! And the last name unfortunately is German as well. Neumann. Also, it's later revealed the German soldier is the FATHER of the mother who gave birth to the future 80's bad-rebellious chick Jody!! HOLY FUCKING SHIT.

E. Everytime the characters try to escape the dark woods outside the cabin no matter where they go, they end up back in the cabin. I like how one of them references the fucked shit like they're in a Pac-Man level game or in a Deliverance movie.

I won't tell the ending.. I could go on and on about it.. Man, never have I enjoyed a film that's sooo fucking unexpected, I didn't see that one coming.. Also, pay attention to what happens in the start of the movie with the grocery guy being held at gunpoint and the characters keep on asking "WHAT'S IN THE SAFE?!?" Then, POOOF!! You're in for a fucking surprise.

8/10.

A Cabin In The Woods 10/10

Fucking loved it. Had no idea what to expect as I purposely avoided reading anything about it except that 'it was good'.

[Triple A]

I'll check it out...

[Destor]

The Godfather pt3- 6/10


well...this was unfortunate. Im not sure which was more egregious the incest subplot or the helicopter machine gun attack. Feels like Puzzo wrote this while watching diehard on vacation in Kentucky. All the subtlety, nuance and symbolism from the 1st two films are gone and what is left is a cartoon version of the previous entries. The fact this was penned by the same hand is baffling.

Oh and Mary, whike cute, cannot act. At all. Shes so bad she could have been cast as captain marvel.
To the films credit the climax is well constructed and Michael gets what he has coming to him in poetic fashion.

[slik]

I also liked Cabin in the Woods

[Destor]

Midsommar -7/10


Tension and cinematography are good but the films broad strokes are very paint by numbers. This i could ignore if it were for the issue of the films central point: Dani is burdened by Christian and she needs to "clense the evil."



For 3 years this character emotionally blackmailed him to stay with her and yet its her who is the captive based off...him not attending to her emotional needs? And that at its core is the moral of the fairy tale we have here.



Its a fine film as far as the tone it aims to set but as a piece of writing its rubbish. Clearly written by someone who had been hurt and hastly wrote through the tears to make a point thats selfish and tone deaf. The films true saving grace is its alegory is so muddled that most viewers wont even catch the story at all.

[Lock Jaw]

Cars - 8/10

Dunno.... always avoided this franchise and everything to do with it because it seemed "dumb"..... but.... I actually enjoyed the movie.... Pretty "standard" Pixar story of "character gets lost and then learns a life lesson/becomes a better person" though....

[Seanny One Ball]

I bet Gary Numan's hit track "Cars" was in that film

[rez]

I'm watching Drinking Buddies right now...how did I not know this existed? Revolution Brewery <3

[GD]

I remember enjoying that movie.

[Frank Drebin]

If I'd known Anna Kendrick was here at that time, I'd be dead of sepsis by now after letting her shit in my mouth so much.

*RP post

[Frank Drebin]

That's really going to touch a nerve with Seanny. He think Anna Kendrick is an "ok looking bird" but not "hot".

[Destor]

Loveme some Kendrick

[rez]

I give it a 9/10. Loved they didn't go for the sappy ending. gg they're such alcoholics lol

[Lock Jaw]

Ratatouille - 9/10

Really enjoyed it.... though Disney+ gave me the French version again...... although I didn't realize it until the end credits when it was all in French, because I just assumed all the other text in the movie was in French because it WAS in Paris.....

[M-A-G]

All this talk of Anna Kendrick reminds me of the time when out of the blue I had an intimate dream about her. I've legitimately only seen two movies with her in it and didn't really pay her any mind so WTF?

[M-A-G]

Im a big fan of Cabin. I could gush over it for hours. And have.

I could gush over the chick that played the lead for hours.





OK, maybe not HOURS. Maybe twice within one weekend.

[Seanny One Ball]

That's really going to touch a nerve with Seanny. He think Anna Kendrick is an "ok looking bird" but not "hot".



She's plenty hot.

She's just not Blake Lively hot

[GD]

That kiss in "A Simple Favor" was wicked.

[Destor]

She's plenty hot.

She's just not Blake Lively hot
I dont know who that is

[M-A-G]

Ratatouille - 9/10

Really enjoyed it.... though Disney+ gave me the French version again...... although I didn't realize it until the end credits when it was all in French, because I just assumed all the other text in the movie was in French because it WAS in Paris.....

"Ratatouille" is boss. The depiction of France is gorgeous and Janeane Garofalo kills it with her role. The bit about the sous chef giving several stories about why he was in prison is hilarious, too. It's easily in my top 5 of Pixar films.

[GD]

Attempting to watch Louis CK's "I Love You, Daddy".

[Seanny One Ball]

I dont know who that is

She's probably not hotter than Anna Kendrick anymore anyway.

[ClockShot]

The Gentlemen - 3.75/5

Nice rebound for Guy Ritchie after that King Arthur dud. But, it's the same old tricks and style he always turns out in his movies these days.

[GD]

Attempting to watch Louis CK's "I Love You, Daddy".

This movie was uncomfortable to watch at times. It felt self serving and mundane at times. It wasn’t that bad.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Birds of Prey-7/10

Few too many characters, but Margot Robbie is so damn good and captivating. Ewan McGregor as an insecure, narcissistic, childish and needy Black Mask was also a fun villain. It's a fun, hyper violent and briskly paced good time. Shame it's not getting more box office results.

[Destor]

Incredibles 2 - 7/10


i really love this world, characters and mythos. I follows the rythm of the original but its still fun. Would unquestionably watch another.

[Destor]

Also mad props for how they acknowledge the difference between legality and morality. Not that the first film didnt. But still. Its nice.

[Destor]

Downton Abbey: The Motion Picture- 7/10


Not particularly needed. Steps on the toes of the final season a bit. Still nice to be back with these characters all the same. Story is charming as always. Not sure how i feel about the franchise continuing. Feels like its explored everything worth exploring.

[M-A-G]

Incredibles 2 - 7/10


i really love this world, characters and mythos. I follows the rythm of the original but its still fun. Would unquestionably watch another.

It's a good film and all but it's missing two major things that make it not as good as the original: a villain with the charisma and presence of Sindrome and a good reason as to why not age the characters. It's still not bad. I can watch that Jack-Jack/raccoon fight for ages.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The raccoon scene is great but I agree. I didn't mind the idea of picking right up where they left off. But the movie does lack the compelling villain of the first.

[Blonde Moment]

Color out of Space 7/10
A pretty good Lovecraftian movie with rumors of it potentially being part of a shared universe.

[Destor]

It's a good film and all but it's missing two major things that make it not as good as the original: a villain with the charisma and presence of Sindrome and a good reason as to why not age the characters. It's still not bad. I can watch that Jack-Jack/raccoon fight for ages.

The raccoon scene is great but I agree. I didn't mind the idea of picking right up where they left off. But the movie does lack the compelling villain of the first.
The first film is a 9/10 no question

[GD]

Pan's Labyrinth - 9/10

[Destor]

Knives out - 8/10


A brilliant who-done-it with some of the best misdirection ive ever seen.

[GD]

Fruitvale Station - It was difficult to watch. Michael B Jordan's acting was stellar.

[slik]

Onward - 8/10

Pixar knocks it out the park, er Quest, again.

Onward was terrific and makes you laugh and while taking a sword in the feels.

[Destor]

Jojo Rabbit - 9/10

[GD]

Sleepy Hollow - 6/10

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Dora and the Lost City of Gold-7/10

Surprisingly funny, self aware and almost spoof like live action take on the cartoon, following a now teenage Dora as she tries to navigate awkwardly thru adjusting in high school only to be sucked in to another adventure.