The Sisters Brothers-7/10

Honestly not sure what to make of it. Kinda shifted gears a few times. It wasn't boring. The 4 main actors are all putting in good work and are intriguing to watch and interact. I'm just thinking the point of the movie flew over my head a bit.

EDIT changing the rating from a 6 to a 7. It's a good movie. And the cast keeps you intrigued. Just still not sure what the point of it was.

Bad Times At The El Royale - 7/10

I wanted to like it more. It starts good -- really good -- but it goes on too long and develops an overly complicated narrative. The film run 2 hours, 20 minutes but could have trimmed 20-30 of those minutes off.

I wouldn't let The Nun put you off checking out The Conjuring. Much better movie.

I've heard the main conjuring stuff is pretty good, as is one of the Annabelle movies. Just haven't gotten around to them.

Pulp Fiction - 8/10

Was a'ight

First Man - I would’ve enjoyed it more if it wasn’t for those meddling kids on their phone

Empire Records - So fucking '90s.

Have you watched it? What's your hot take?

Venom 6.5/10

Hotel Artemis - 3.5/5

This was neat. But I wish it could have went a little longer and had some more depth.

The Sisters Brothers - 7/10

The Graduate - 10/10

Not enough Simon and Garfunkel

Sinemia #6(and movie #100 in total since last September)Hallloween (2018)8/10 a couple of annoyances didn't detract from overall enjoyment. I didn't see the post credits part that's pissing some people off but I heard what it is and wasn't surprised.

Halloween - 8/10

The original is still the best but this is up there w/ H20 for 2nd best. I really enjoyed it.

8th Grade - 8/10

Burnham manages to have incredible insight for what growing up in 2018 is like. Its shot very well and it conveys social anxiety in a way that really resonates. The dialog is natural in the sense that its clumsy and human.

For a first time film maker its a great outing.

American History X - 8/10
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle - 7/10

I watched a tremendously bad film recently. Say It Isn't So with Heather Graham and Chris Klein. A film about incest, stroke victims, black amputees and bad parenting. It's probably the worst film in Heather Graham's career. Whenever anyone asks whatever happened to her you can look at 2000-02 at a period of exhaustingly bad decision making. Six straight stinkers in a row buried her badly.
I'm quite impressed she had such a long run of crap. Most of her films are lowest common denominator fluff but "Say It Isn't So" and "Killing Me Softly" are outstandingly bad.

Life - 8/10

That ending...

The Old Man & The Gun - 4/5

Robert Redford's last film/role. And he went out on a better note than Daniel Day-Lewis in Phantom Thread.

Halloween-8/10
Pretty good. Loved the way they framed Michael sans the mask. Also loved the simplicity of the story and the kills. Nothing fancy or overly produced. Good old fashion knife kills.

Also, the cast as a whole did a fine job and the story is much more character driven than I expected. There's a hint of a sequel but this was so good I'm not sure how you come back and further the story.

Moviepass #95 Sisters Brothers 5/10

This is probably one of the most conflicted movie rating I've done out of the 101 movies I've seen. I wanted to give it a 8/10. Acting was good I liked the story and it looked great...but...it was boring and the ending was a giant letdown. So..it gets a 5

Strong performances and a story about greed and consequences. The ending was magnificent and beautifully shot.

I get where Droford is coming from. I was conflicted about how I felt about it as well after watching.

WHAT A GAY ASS REVIEW

I get it's a source material issye but still

CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE SOME THOUGHTS

NVM bro! I see you gave some thoughts in subsequent posts!

After watching it I can't see how he got to 9/10. I'll stick a review up tonight.

Bad Samaritan - 2/4

A formulaic, humourless take on the "wrong one to fuck with" genre. I spent a lot of this film's duration thinking about how fantastic "Don't Breathe" was and wondering how many revenge thrillers lead by anti-heroes there were. This one is as generic as they come. Robbing the wrong guy. Why the wrong guy? He's a bad guy.
Stylistically it's derivative and appears to be more horror in tone than thriller however there are no effective scares and very little in the way of tension. I think a better effort could have been made with regards to the story structure and casting. I find it hard to sympathise with wankers and idiots and your protagonists are both. Kerry Condon is good, but Kerry Condon is always good. I find it hard to understand why this was made. This is a film without any substance or weight and it suffers from extremely bad character development, paint by numbers direction and a lack of addition to the already tired concept.

David Tennant obviously wanted to play against type and it's a pity that he looked sinister enough to be interesting and then was given nothing to do besides the usual charming psycho routine.

I suppose if you have never seen a revenge thriller with an antihero protagonist then this may entertain but amongst the other genre titles this is just a step above Death Wish 3 and a fair few down from Don't Breathe or even the new Death Wish remake.

Halloween (2018) 6.5/10

Hostiles - 3/4

A powerfully storied yet slightly repetitive western with an incredible cast all working well enough to overpower the unrepentantly cliche'd delivery. Yes it's obvious in parts, even down to the blatantly copied dialogue from "Unforgiven"("I've killed just about everything that walked or crawled") but it is an offering in homage to the genre and you can tell it's all done with honest intentions.
Christian Bale plays a war weary army captain against Wes Studi's cancer beaten, battle scarred Cheyenne chief with Rosamund Pike tagging along as the damsel in distress. Support is provided by none other than Jesse Plemons, Ben Foster, Adam Beach, Stephen Lang and Rory Cochrane. It is packed with proven talent and none of the support is wasted, each plays an important part in the story so it has a very well established tone and rapport amongst the talent.

Unfortunately the story is entirely predictable. It's a tale of opposition, forced cohesion and ultimately redemption with an air of uncertainty.
You can connect the dots from the first introduction of each character but you're being given great performances across the cast so it's like having a top chef cook you a tasty burger. It's safe in practiced hands but it shouldn't knock your socks off if you have eaten out before.

Pacific Rim: Uprising - 2.5/4

This is Power Rangers. This is a Power Rangers film. Cheesy, kitsch and saccharin in all of the usual places but a lot more fun than I would have thought based on reviews. John Boyega is great and Burn Gorman and Charlie Day are fun but there is far too much thoughtless robot violence with questionable logic in all fundamental aspects of the plot so you can see Del Toro was nowhere near it. Still it's worth watching if you like big outlandish action films and it's not like it detracts from the admittedly bonkers original so for what it was I enjoyed it well enough.

Halloween - 7/10

Solid.

Sounds like the second film what was what I thought the first was going to be.

Blue Iguana - 0/4

The only film ever to truly and completely waste Sam Rockwell and the only film I've ever seen him in where he brings nothing interesting to the table. He's trying with what he was given but man is he off key in this horrendous film.
Equally wasteful is it's misuse of the talented and hilarious Ben Schwartz as his criminal cohort.
The script is trash, the scene set ups are without care, effort or integrity and the finished product looks about as coherent as The Room. The person who made this film didn't care about what they were making. This is as bad as it gets.
There's a terrible woman in this film, absolutely awful she is. I think about 50% of that is the director's fault but if this piece of shit was released under the title "Unfunny Cunt Eats Noisily" it would be much more honest.

This is one of the worst films I have ever seen. I think it's about a heist but it's really a collection of pointless fight scenes, "comical" crime plotting and honestly at least six protracted scenes of this cow slurping down various food stuffs with the audio noticeably increased and focused so as to guarantee you will get angry with it.

This is the most idiotic film in the world and I got all the way through Heather Graham in Say It Isn't So the other week so for fuck's sake.

I have rarely been made as angry as I am now by this utter turd and I'm glad because it will be a long time before I buy an unproven quantity ever again.


If I wanted to listen to some cow masticating I'd visit my fat gran more often.

Mid90s - 8/10

Bad Times at the El Royale-8/10

Very fun, well acted suspense thriller. Love the way they flesh out the characters and tell each of their stories. Jeff Bridges is wonderful, John Hamm was great, Bill Pullman's kid is great, and Chris Hemsworth plays a cult leading tool.

Curse of the Demon (1957) - Pretty Good. Director Jacques Tourneur was smart and was like "Let's not actually show the Demon monster, it's 1957, it's going to look like shit". But the studio went ahead and added footage without him knowing, and it was a big rubber demon monster, whatever. Cool sequence where the monster is just a plume of smoke and his footprints just appear in the ground... looked kind of Lynchian. Kate Bush sampled this movie on "Hounds of Love" tell your friends.

Dead of Night (1945) - I liked this for the most part as well. About an architect that has to consult on some renovations and starts to realise that he has dreamt what's happening. All the guests at the house start telling stories and the movie turns into a proto Twilight Zone anthology film. Story about a dummy and at one point they get a little kid to play the dummy... kind of funny/unsettling

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Bad Times at the El Royale - 3.75/5

Very Tarantino-esque. Had that feel, plot, everything going with it. Only thing that was missing was more bullets and blood flying about.

Not enough F or N bombs

Blue Iguana was unfavourably compared to those mid 90's Tarantino rip-offs that kept appearing but that is a false comparison. There's no similarity in structure or style.

It's just outright dreck and I'm still mad about it.

I hope you guys read this because I don't want anybody to have to go through that shit.

After rewatching this I have to re-appraise the ending as wonderful and myself as an idiot for not paying enough attention. There's nothing murky about it. In fact I'd say this is a 3.5/4 film.

First Man - 4/5. Good movie about Armstrong and the years leading up to the moon landing. Fairly good acting and direction.

There Will Be Blood - 9/10

I enjoyed it a lot.

I picked up Scott Pilgrim for £0.50 today. Prepared to give it a sober chance.

Also I FINALLY got a copy of Rent. This is a musical I have been waiting to see for about 15 years and I stumbled upon a copy today. A productive DVD hunt all in all.

I'm going to love Rent, I can feel it. 7 minutes in and we're onto song two already.

Where is the rent? I must have the rent! Dollars, cents, and nickels, I need them all right now!

Taye Diggs has a pretty good voice for an actor. I liked him in it.

Moviepass #96 Bohemian Rhapsody 8/10 I'm not a huge Queen fan or even really familiar with the history but it was still a really decent movie

Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 6/10

Feel asleep for about 20 minutes during it, not a good sign.

Pyewacket- 7/10

Good slow burn indie horror flick

Mid90s - 7.5/10

Mid90s was ok. The acting was good & Jonah Hill shows promise as a director - but I wish the story was stronger.

The ending felt abrupt but the relationship between the siblings did a number on my soul. It felt too real.

In the heart of the sea 7/10

Money Monster 6.7/10

A Star Is Born - 7/10

Watching "Tag".

This has some big laughs in it. I find myself laughing, contemplating the joke and laughing again a lot. Good comedy chops on everybody involved, Renner was a perfect choice for this. Kyle Chandler plays a similar role in Game Night but he's written as far less likeable.

Jake Johnson throws away two of the funniest lines I've heard in years in this film. The man is just naturally gifted with comedy.

"That's what you get!"

I skipped Tag due to the reviews. Seems like a good time on edibles.

Well I thoroughly enjoyed it. The ending was quite nice, I got worried for a while.

Rec 3 - 7/10

I get why people don't like it. As a sequel to the first two, it fails completely. But as a stand alone campy gorefest, I found it delightful.

Tag - So much fun!

Bohemian Rhapsody: 9/10 - Fantastic

The Nutcracker & The 4 Realms: 5/10 - The wife dragged me to this one, couldn't really get into it and not a huge fan of most of the live action Disney movies....

First Man - 4/5

Suspiria-7/10
Weird as fuck was my initial take away. The premise is interesting enough. It was a slow burn, but the climax really let loose. I didn't know how to feel about it until everything came together at the end, but I liked it as an odd, off the wall movie.

The way it's shot seems very retro. The tone, pacing, angles and music do a nice job of setting a really unnerving vibe.

I wanna watch it after eating edibles next time. Feel like watching it high would enhance the experience.

Have u seen the original Suspiria before?
I've gathered this one is 'very different' visually

The original is very colorful (it's from the late 70's)


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The all female cast age is in effect and we're kicking off with:

Oceans 8
Suspiria

At this rate new feminism will be dead in a year.

I look forward to Cool Hand Lucy, especially the egg scene.

I haven't seen the original. This film went the opposite direction with the color. Gives it a really weird vibe.

Moviepass #97 Overlord 8.5 - absolutely insane

Moviepass #98 (final movie) Girl in the Spiders Web 7.5/10 was really entertaining and never really lulled but I didn't like how it ended compares to the buildup

Outlaw King 6.5/10

Meh, it was okay.

Top 5 of 2018 so far

Star is Born
Tag
Quiet Place
Annihilation
Overlord

If A Star Is Born is on the same level as "Tag" then your picks of the year are hastily formed.

Overlord - 8/10

Pretty fun, genuinely tense. A good way to combine WWII and Nazis and Zombies.

Ww2 and Nazis come already combined.

True

The theater started playing The Grinch and it took ten minutes for them to get the right movie going. One guy seemed 'fucking pissed' bc he stood right up and turned around and yelled 'Are you fucking kidding me' very dramatically like this was the worst moment of his life.

Maybe it was. Everyone has problems, slik. Just because that was the worst thing that's ever happened to him doesn't mean it doesn't matter to him, you monster.

Zombies r monsters

He sounds like a hero

Greta Gerwig is incredibly beautiful. I felt the need to say that.

Haven't seen Tag, but Jeremy Renner is in it, so thumbs up.

Even though the premise sounds stupid as fuck.

Tag was great fun

Outlaw King - 3.25/5

I'll take Braveheart anytime.

Pet Sematary - 8.5/10

Creepy as fuck

Can You Ever Forgive Me? - 8.5/10

It turns out crime does pay...
Good -- Funny too. I bet Melissa McCarthy gets an Oscar nom.

Atonement 8/10

Overlord - 6/10

Had a good time. Have seen better war / zombie films.

Swiss Army Man - 4/4

This is a masterpiece of acting, direction, score/soundtrack, cinematography and script. Swiss Army Man is one of the best films ever made and I will love it until the day I die for taking a ridiculous premise so honestly and so fantastically at the same time. It is a feast of witty dialogue and timelessly low-brow sight gags amidst a brilliantly intelligent script. I cannot remember the last film I saw that I think is wonderful in every way, possibly it was Ideal Home or The Man Who Wasn't There but quite honestly this is better, it's funnier and more touching than countless treasured classics, both contemporary and of the past.

I'm struggling to think coherently as superlatives flood my mind in admiration for this ballsy, beautiful, peculiarity. Paul Dano has been a formidable actor since he was a kid and he has grown into a powerhouse, reliable isn't the word for him. He is consistently brilliant in everything I see him in. Daniel Radcliffe is an excellent performer and he gives probably the strangest role he will ever play real heart alongside never ending superb physical acting. He and Dano were both child actors and here they are as grown men in a film about corpse surfing that isn't even remotely tasteless or misjudged.

I loved every second of this perfect film and I encourage everybody to track it down and watch it. I am delighted to have seen something so brilliant. This is the quintessence of tightrope walking between humour and pathos and it is balanced faultlessly in a way that nobody reading the synopsis could possibly predict.

I remember hearing about this before it was made and I laughed. Then years later, today I saw it and I laughed so much more. Marvellous.

Boy Erased - 8.5/10

Great performances from Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton and Lucas Hedges. Good film.

Widows - 9/10

Eighth Grade - 9/10

So awkward and 'on the nose' about the early teen years. Good film.

Allied 7/10

Started watching Hereditary, figured it's only 8pm so I'll beat the jump scares before it's dark.

Well that was incorrect to say the least. I've just seen something that made me scream and grab my hair. I don't know what's going on... I feel uneasy and a bit sick.

The young guy and Toni Collette give this thing seriously intense performances... this film is like breathing in an iron lung. You get one good inhale before you have to hold your breath for an uncomfortable period of time, heart beating like a hummingbird made of antimatter.

Jesus Fucking Christ this film is completely nuts.

It's like a terrifying version of a family clear-out where everybody gets their shit off their chest and pat themselves on the backs but then mum goes last and she just destroys them all with her laundry list of umbrage.

Where the fuck is this thing going now?

I think I need to watch this film.

It's scary and that's all I can really say for sure

This is a great horror film because I feel anxious, I don't know where it's going or what comes next and there is no discernible bad guy yet. It's as atmospheric as The Exorcist and that's really saying something.