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Oh, I agree, I was just making a reference to the movie, where Nimona sees a picture of Todd, describes him as being "punchable", and Barrister says he's "extremely punchable."
A ★★★ review of Child's Play (1988)
"I've got a date with a six year old boy." The plot of this movie revolves around one Andy Barclay (Anthony Vincent). After his mom Karen (Catherine Hicks) gets him a Good Guy doll, his babysitter and her friend Maggie falls to her death out of her kitchen window. Andy claims his doll, Chucky...
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Jason X was terrible taken to a whole new level. It did have a handful of good kills though.
A ★★ review of The Mother of Tears (2007)
"There's nothing wrong with your mind, Sarah. It's the world that's gone crazy." The plot of this film follows a woman named Sarah (Asia Argento). After an archaeologist uncovers an ancient urn and sends it to her boss/boyfriend Michael (Adam James), she and a co-worker decide to open it because...
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See, Jason X is actually one of my favorite Friday the 13th movies. It knows it's absolutely ridiculous and stupid, and runs with it.
A ★★★★★ review of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
"So, what were you going to be when you grew up?" This film didn't have as much of a troubled production as some of the other Friday films, but it wasn't completely without issues, chiefly due to conflicts between director/screenwriter Tom McLoughlin and producer Don Behrns, due to McLoughlin...
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American Fiction 8/10
One of the awards-bait films of the year stars Jeffrey Wright as an author and professor who's very full of himself and his strong opinions about literature and about and for black people. While facing family and money problems he blows off steam by writing a parody of a the kind black fiction he hates, which of course becomes genuinely successful.
I had some trepidation going into this one because it's about ISSUES and DIVERSITY and it's almost a comedy and that stuff is rarely actually funny or interesting but this one was pretty good! What I appreciated is that while it's trying to say something it's not taking itself too seriously, and in fact if the main character learns anything throughout the film it's going to be to not take himself too seriously (that's not a spoiler it's pretty much the vibe from the get-go).
Sterling K. Brown plays his brother and my wife recognized the love interest from Living Single and Issa Rae plays the successful author or represents everything he thinkgs he hates. Trigger warning if, like me, you ever had to deal with old folks with dimentia as that is a subplot.
Many laughs were to be had watching Wright's intellectual type dude pretend to be a stereotypical thug in order to promote his book and persona, and Brown delivers that expected emotional bombs, the deserved reputation that actor got from This Is Us- a show I never even watched but knew about.
One of the awards-bait films of the year stars Jeffrey Wright as an author and professor who's very full of himself and his strong opinions about literature and about and for black people. While facing family and money problems he blows off steam by writing a parody of a the kind black fiction he hates, which of course becomes genuinely successful.
I had some trepidation going into this one because it's about ISSUES and DIVERSITY and it's almost a comedy and that stuff is rarely actually funny or interesting but this one was pretty good! What I appreciated is that while it's trying to say something it's not taking itself too seriously, and in fact if the main character learns anything throughout the film it's going to be to not take himself too seriously (that's not a spoiler it's pretty much the vibe from the get-go).
Sterling K. Brown plays his brother and my wife recognized the love interest from Living Single and Issa Rae plays the successful author or represents everything he thinkgs he hates. Trigger warning if, like me, you ever had to deal with old folks with dimentia as that is a subplot.
Many laughs were to be had watching Wright's intellectual type dude pretend to be a stereotypical thug in order to promote his book and persona, and Brown delivers that expected emotional bombs, the deserved reputation that actor got from This Is Us- a show I never even watched but knew about.
I watched this again (for some reason,) this time with tempered expectations and focusing more on the dialogue and not waiting to see sand worms every 5 minutes, and... it's not as bad as I thought it was the first time. Still wouldn't put it in my top 10 of Sci-Fi movies, but certainly not the egregious affront I initially took it for. It's a slow burn of a movie, obviously intentionally so since they had at least a Part 2 in the works, and with this better understanding, I will likely see Part 2 when it comes out.
I watched it again this weekend as well, but I'm coming from a very different place. Had seen both prior attempts to film Dune, have read all the books. And I'm still not sure about this version. Really looks good, but... Really cast well, but... Really good score, but... Really good adaptation, but... It seems like for every area in which they did well, there is one glaring exception. Easiest to explain, is the cast. Nearly everyone was perfect. Isaac, perfect Leto. Momoa, perfect Idaho. Brolin, BORN to play Gurney Halleck. The problem is this is Jessica and Paul's story, and they are the weakest casting links.
Still, looking forward to Part 2. Although, fair warning... the part of the story covered by Part 1 is easily better in both prior attempts to put Dune on film, than will be covered by part 2. I, frankly, can't believe they ended the first part with Paul dueling Jamis. That NEEDED to be how they started Part 2. And to separate that from the scene distributing Jamis' water... has already killed what should have been one of the more meaningful scenes in the second movie. Plus, the callback to "may thy blade chip and shatter" will now fall very short in the final duel as well.
This one holds a special place in my heart, partly because it’s the first one I saw and it left an impression on my fondness for horror in general. I also think it’s probably where the series peaked, with the whole theme of “crazy kid was actually telling the truth!” as a punchline. It’s here where Jason went “full monster” and the franchise embraced the absurd. It was fun, suspenseful, grotesque and often comedic while still holding true to the campiness of it all.A ★★★★★ review of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
"So, what were you going to be when you grew up?" This film didn't have as much of a troubled production as some of the other Friday films, but it wasn't completely without issues, chiefly due to conflicts between director/screenwriter Tom McLoughlin and producer Don Behrns, due to McLoughlin...
As someone who's not read any of the books and only saw the '80s version once about 30 years ago, this film is effectively my introduction to the material; without your calling out the flaws, I wouldn't have noticed them. I'm going into Part 2 with zero expectations, though the trailers do seem to have a lot more of the action I expected from Part 1. My goal for Part 2 is simply pay more attention to the dialogue, and appreciate the spectacle when they allow for it.
A ★★★★½ review of Child's Play 2 (1990)
"Snap out of it! You act like you've never seen a dead body before." One thing I have to give credit for the Child's Play series for, and what I should have mentioned in the first one, is that unlike many horror series, this one has one consistent person behind the story, Don Mancini. Whatever...
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I am not much a fan of anything, but i REALLY liked the Dune-Books (The first bunch). But i think the whole thing is better written than filmed. The strong point is the setting, the CONCEPT. Makes you think about the "forces" at work. (Politics and Religion, saviour-types and the damage potential/ power of "important leaders"), human nature, transhumanism and the "worth" of humanity)
As a movie/miniseries it is just a few hours, just a few cool scenes.
One point which i felt missing is the explanation what a Mentat (The Human calculator guys advising the duke/baron) truly are, WHY we have those guys. This fails to mention that Paul also has mentat-training. (I think one of the point of the series is that Paul as the focal point of the first three books is also a focal point of ALL extremes in the world: Powerful, wise, charismatic politician, mentat training, still "fully human" (loving family, empathy, moral code), spice-sensitive (Future-Vision), genetic ancestor memory of all ancestors (past vision), manufactured religion backing/using him.
But yeah all that doesn't come off in the movie. Also doesn't convey how much "superhuman" some of the "players" are. (The dialogue between the Baron Harkonnen und his Dark Mentat about how good a human calculator the Baron is and how much better a Mentat is still. The weird perceptive and manipulative powers of the Sisters. (Full Body control never comes up, except the martial arts))
Ah well, of course i will watch the second Dune (A Few things will come up there) Oh and Paul better cry at the start of the movie... that scene was SOOOO missing in the first part.
And I get why. Part 1 was already pretty exposition heavy. For someone like me, already very familiar with the setting, I thought they did a pretty decent job getting in enough to intrigue folks who weren't familiar. But at the same time, some of the people I watched it with kept asking me questions about this and that and commented that without me there... they probably would have been lost. Example, when the lasgun got used I was asked why everyone didn't have one... and for that matter, why was everyone primarily using swords? So I had to explain that shields make swords more effective than guns... and lasers VERY unadvisable.
A ★★★ review of The Mummy Returns (2001)
“It’s only a chest. No harm ever came from opening a chest.” “Yeah, and no harm ever came from reading a book. You remember how that one went?” This film, naturally, is a sequel to the first movie, following Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) and his now-wife Evy (Rachel Weisz), continuing to do...
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Wanted (2008) - I remember seeing this in the show with my parents and older brother. I still love this movie. It was one of the last Matrix clones to come out and not suck. This was also made during the time when nearly everyone and their grandad were trying to be Jason Bourne. It's also like looking into a late 2000s time capsule of sorts. I actually find this adaption better than the source material. The source material sucks and should be avoided. The only flaw I can give this movie is that they weren't able to get Halley Barry to play as Fox, but even that does not bother me at all. I actually watched earlier in the middle of last year, and forgot to a post up.
Yeah, not as good as the first, but still decent..A ★★★ review of The Mummy Returns (2001)
“It’s only a chest. No harm ever came from opening a chest.” “Yeah, and no harm ever came from reading a book. You remember how that one went?” This film, naturally, is a sequel to the first movie, following Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) and his now-wife Evy (Rachel Weisz), continuing to do...
A ★★★ review of The Mummy Returns (2001)
“It’s only a chest. No harm ever came from opening a chest.” “Yeah, and no harm ever came from reading a book. You remember how that one went?” This film, naturally, is a sequel to the first movie, following Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) and his now-wife Evy (Rachel Weisz), continuing to do...
I love both movies about the same, but I will say the CG aged so much worse in Mummy Returns.
A ★★★★ review of Videodrome (1983)
“After all, there is nothing real outside our perception of reality, is there?” The plot of this film follows Max (James Woods), the president of a television station that specializes in...rather unsavory programming. Coming across a tape called Videodrome, and watching it with his...
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I am not quite sure what I just watched.