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Yeah avoid it, thank me later.
Freaks and Geeks? Undeclared? 40-Year-Old Virgin? Knocked Up? Classic fun shit! Produced Superbad and Pineapple Express, too.
Got an email from Louis CK promoting his new stuff. The email is a few lines about his stuff but the rest is him recommending movies.
Just reading about De Niro slashing his wife's maintenance. Article is paywall, but moaning he basically needs to earn $15m a year to break even cos he pisses through so much cash, but will get half that this year. His hotels and restaurants are losing loads, so he's going to keep doing shite films and ads to pay the bills.
‘Poor’ Robert De Niro cuts his ex to $50,000 a month
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/poor-robert-de-niro-cuts-his-ex-to-50-000-a-month-7z7863fnx
‘Poor’ Robert De Niro cuts his ex to $50,000 a month
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/poor-robert-de-niro-cuts-his-ex-to-50-000-a-month-7z7863fnx
Damn that's sad. What an idiot.
Greyhound (Apple TV+ exclusive, I think)
Found it to be all a bit hmm, with little plot progression. If you read the synopsis, then there's nothing more to it than that, and if you don't read the synopsis (in advance) then you'll be at pains to wonder what all the fuss is about. It's a bit shallow.
However, if you like Tom Hanks, then it's watchable, but at the same time, it's nothing spectacular.
6/10
Found it to be all a bit hmm, with little plot progression. If you read the synopsis, then there's nothing more to it than that, and if you don't read the synopsis (in advance) then you'll be at pains to wonder what all the fuss is about. It's a bit shallow.
However, if you like Tom Hanks, then it's watchable, but at the same time, it's nothing spectacular.
6/10
no Bad Lieutenant?
Speaking of Bad Lieutenant the "remake/"sequel" has possiblely my favourite scene of all time
Read the first letter of every movie
Saw Old Guard
Looks like it can / will be a franchise for Netflix
Was really enjoyable even if a bit predictable at times (not all the time though)
Looks like it can / will be a franchise for Netflix
Was really enjoyable even if a bit predictable at times (not all the time though)
Was wondering about that. What would you compare it to?
The Dinner Party
A budding playwright and his wife attend a dinner party hosted by wealthy, cultural elites, who have promised to bankroll the writer's latest play to Broadway, but, in fact, have darker designs in mind for the couple.
Totally batshit crazy, but I loved it, slow burning, slow paced.
8/10
A budding playwright and his wife attend a dinner party hosted by wealthy, cultural elites, who have promised to bankroll the writer's latest play to Broadway, but, in fact, have darker designs in mind for the couple.
Totally batshit crazy, but I loved it, slow burning, slow paced.
8/10
Honestly I have no clue how to explain this. Im not great at comparisons. I was going to say one thing but I think it would spoil the movie for ya.
Unless you know about the comics I guess?
Where can I see this? Also, does it have rape in it? If so, my missus won't watch...
I watched Knock Knock last night. It was crap but kinda fun - Ana de Armas is so gorgeous, and Keane is awful in it, but it feels like a massive pisstake. Not necessarily recommended, but also not the worst 90mns I've ever spent watching a film.
Pretty pissed there's not much nudities (was there?)
The quinth flashback gives me goosebumps. Pretty fecked up thing, I'm happy that I'm mortal
I enjoyed it. Charlize Theron makes anything watchable, she's never really mentioned when people list them but she's a great action movie star.
I downloaded it, no rape no, but blood and a scene with implys a women has sex with a headless man.
I think thats fair. I was a bit iffy in her Fast n Furious performance though
That is a nightmare. Imagine that happening for 50+ years.
I was actually surprised that they managed to put a scene in for a sequel. They must have been really confident for that.
Cheers bud
Saw the 2014 Robocop remake this weekend. A big departure form the 80s original and pretty decent in its own right. A bit more run-of-the-mill though. Verhoeven's version was pretty special at the time and still stands out for its cynicism, I think. (It's also pretty gritty.) There is little of that left in the remake, which rather shows the usual Hollywood take on corporate greed. It's got some soul left though, and it's amusing enough throughout. Interesting role from Gary Oldman actually: I'm not used to see him playing a relatively simple good guy. (But can't say I know his entire oeuvre that well.)
Eh? It's awful. They stripped out all of the humour and core messages of the film, plus they ditched the ultra-vioelence to focus more on the emotional side of the story, which no-one wanted. Terrible, pointless remake.
Bitches leave.
Yes, well, it's pretty bland compared to the original, but I think pretty OK for a 2010s action film. I mean, what do you expect from an action film these days? Someone like Neill Blomkamp obviously cares about social issues and would like to do something with design and visuals in his work, but Elysium and Chappy anyway turned into pretty generic action films halfway through. So my hope for the genre is simply to be amused and not annoyed (which has become pretty common for me with some recent action films), and thus: boxes checked.
It probably would have been better for the remake if they had just pretended that it's something else entirely. Call it Policebot, stage it in Chicago, and say that any resemblance to 80s films about cops and robots is a total coincidence.
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Making a movie about anything that glorifies police at this point however, especially a concept where tons of money is pumped into a project that militarizes the PD even more, would probably be seen as police funded propaganda
Policebot..love it.
It was in 2014 though, and the film is pretty critical of anything related to using robots for policing. (Or did I miss your point?)
The Old Guard (2020 Netflix)
A good popcorn watch. Nothing to critically acclaim, but keeps you entertained till the end. A bunch of immortals vs a mad scientist trying to crack their DNA "for good of mankind".
Charlize Theron seems ageless. Very good as a disillusioned leader of a gang of immortals. The rest of the team is unique and makes an impression on viewers on their own way. The plot seems a bit naive as some stuff seems obvious to us but not to the cast. The drama element is kept artful and realistic though the plot twists are a bit predictable. Good acting by all and taut screenplay.
Overall liked it. 7/10
The Hunt
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they've been chosen - for a very specific purpose - The Hunt.
Thought this was excellent, nice balance of blood and humour.
The lead actress Betty Gilpin was very good, Hilary Swank was also very good.
This for me was a rare thing of late, a good horror.
7/10
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they've been chosen - for a very specific purpose - The Hunt.
Thought this was excellent, nice balance of blood and humour.
The lead actress Betty Gilpin was very good, Hilary Swank was also very good.
This for me was a rare thing of late, a good horror.
7/10
Fantasy Island
It was not what I was expecting, the original series always had a element of fun, this did not.
Michael Pena was no Ricardo Montalban, there was a very good film in there somewhere, just not this one.
Having said that it was not terrible, there is room for improvement, I can see them doing more, be it another film or a series.
Liked the way they got Tattoo in at the end.
4.5/10
It was not what I was expecting, the original series always had a element of fun, this did not.
Michael Pena was no Ricardo Montalban, there was a very good film in there somewhere, just not this one.
Having said that it was not terrible, there is room for improvement, I can see them doing more, be it another film or a series.
Liked the way they got Tattoo in at the end.
4.5/10
I think thats fair. I was a bit iffy in her Fast n Furious performance though
That is a nightmare. Imagine that happening for 50+ years.
I was actually surprised that they managed to put a scene in for a sequel. They must have been really confident for that.
The F&F role was awful. Nobody can save that.
Quynh was the only loose end to the story, no wonder they put that scene im.
This was way better than the that car crash of a movie, Bloodshot.
The last half hour was so crap. If you don't like Keanue the movie is bad. If you don't find the crazy chicas hot the movie is bad. The one thing it got going for it or at least makes it different somewhat is that the older man is doing all the silly victim horror trope mistakes and the villain are young women.
Is The King on Netflix any good?
The Lodge
A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé's two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place.
I was looking forward to this, but OMG was I disappointed, I thought it was complete and utter rubbish.
the filming and music was decent, made the film feel creepy, but the rest did not thing for me, the acting was just rubbish and the Daddy has to be a candidate for worst Dad ever.
You would be better of watching The Thing instead
3/10
A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé's two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place.
I was looking forward to this, but OMG was I disappointed, I thought it was complete and utter rubbish.
the filming and music was decent, made the film feel creepy, but the rest did not thing for me, the acting was just rubbish and the Daddy has to be a candidate for worst Dad ever.
You would be better of watching The Thing instead
3/10
First Cow . Damn beautiful film. A low key yet richly textured frontier crime drama. It struck me while watching that Reichardt's cinema is all about class disparity and symbiosis, whether that be politics or gender, nature against the domesticated, wild and the tamed, animal and the human.
Unfriended: Dark Web
Solid watch, a lot better than I expected it to be. 7/10
Solid watch, a lot better than I expected it to be. 7/10
I know what you mean. I said the exact same thing as the bolded part. Shame as Goodnight Mommy is one of my favourite horrors so was expecting a lot from this.
The Old Guard
A covert team of immortal mercenaries are suddenly exposed and must now fight to keep their identity a secret just as an unexpected new member is discovered. I initially thought this would be like Bloodshot, which is probably the worst film I've seen this year but thankfully, it wasn't. Fun action movie and I always got time for the ageless Charlize Theron 6.5/10
Ah yes. Thanks for the correction on the title.
Curious to hear what you think. Maybe in the movie thread instead though
I think pretty decent is a somewhat generous way of describing it, but then again when the original film/franchise is so ridiculous to begin with it might be more difficult to make a parody out of it. Some good scenes though, I loved "The Rock", his head/neck movement was uncanny.
Haha yeah I guess I was feeling generous but the bar is pretty low for spoof movies. They definitely picked up on some things that truly are ridiculous in those movies or others like it. And yep that guy did a brilliant job. It's one thing to do a similar voice but to also get a lot of the mannerisms spot on is another thing. Need more baby oil!I think pretty decent is a somewhat generous way of describing it, but then again when the original film/franchise is so ridiculous to begin with it might be more difficult to make a parody out of it. Some good scenes though, I loved "The Rock", his head/neck movement was uncanny.
Yeah, it’s decent enough. It will be in the dreary, muddy medieval style Netflix has adopted with success. Also note it is based off the play not history, so don’t worry if any history nerd alarm bells go off.