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Helico-pterFunk

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joneblaze

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Saltburn




Tolerance Testing

PRAISE: This story is similar to The Talented Mister Ripley but turned up a few notches in which
A student is invited to an eccentric classmate's estate for an exciting summer.
Right from the start I will say this movie IS NOT for everyone. If you ever watched shows like OZ or P Valley you may be able to watch the full two hours of it.
The cast including Barry Keoghan as Oliver Quick ; Jacob Elordi as Felix Catton ; Rosamund Pike as Lady Elspeth Catton, Felix's mother ; Richard E. Grant as Sir James Catton, Felix's father and Carey Mulligan as "Poor Dear" Pamela are all very good.
I liked how there was this level of underestimation that was displayed and characters were as shocked and taken aback as I was when they realized they didn't have the upper hand and that they weren't above a character. There's a lot of underlying anger ,angst,sadness and resentment in the ultra eccentric characters in the movie that made them even more interesting. I accepted some of the surreal craziness that happened in the movie. There is a lot of dark humor which I liked for the most part.To watch a character not only slowly be revealed and realized was fun. Director and writer Emerald Fennell the woman behind Killing Eve and Promising Young woman is still providing shock and entertaining stories.

PROBLEMS: The last 30 minutes were predictable for the most part.There were some things I couldn't get on board with. I've watched some crazy movies and TV shows over the years that had many off putting scenes but some of the scenes in this film were to over the top for me. I definitely gagged and put my head down a few times.

Scale of 1 to 10 a 7




Silent Night






Silence and Violence

I have to give this movie points for trying something different in the revenge and avenge genre. The story is about A grieving father enacting his long-awaited revenge against a ruthless gang on Christmas Eve.The way this movie chooses its unique path calls upon Joel Kinnaman as Godlock to be very expressive and i think he did a very good job with that.
Director John Woo brings his signature style to a lot of the action sequences. I really enjoyed a standout action sequence that I thought was coming to an end but picks up again. There are some great and bloody kills.

PROBLEMS: There's no real character development. At times it felt like I was watching a remake of the mediocre 2018 version of Death Wish. Even at a slim hour and forty minutes portions of the movie are so dwelling and drawn out I actually became bored. I wish it had maintained the hyped up pace of the movies opening.

Scale of 1 to 10 a 6½
 

Helico-pterFunk

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joneblaze

Rising Star
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May/December





Immoral Imitation

PRAISE: This movie is definitely loosely based on Mary Kay Letourneau who was a sex offender and teacher who pleaded guilty in 1997 to two counts of felony second-degree rape of a child. The child, Vili Fualaau, was 12 years oldNatalie Portman is very good as Elizabeth Berry
an actress shadowing and slowly but surely absorbing Gracie Atherton (Julianne Moore) who like
Letourneau was jailed but maintained a relationship with Fualaau and had children with him.Elizabeth attempts to get to the core of who Gracie is and was.Theres a coldness and predatory way about her which drew me into her character as she pushes things to the limit for
Her upcoming movie role as Gracie. Moore also does a great job as Gracie . She's used to all of the disgrace,disgusting threats she's received over the years but she's still very fragile at times.
As Joe Charles Melton does a terrific job as a man who had to grow up fast because of the choices he made as a child. He's a mix of maturity and immaturity and I thought this played out well in his various scenes with Moore who in a way still treats him like a child giving him little errands and slightly scolding him at times.He does chafe at having to be a pillar of strength for Gracie.Cory Michael Smith (completely didnt recognize him from his former role as The Riddler in Gotham) is great as Georgie, Gracies first born son he is the embodiment of how the family was effected by his mother's affair. Director Todd Haynes and writers Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik do a great job of showing the repercussions of what happens to the family members of two people who had such a highly Immoral affair.


PROBLEMS: There are a couple of things the movie touches on and I really wish they had been explored more because I think it would have brought out more of how unsure a character was.

Scale of 1 to 10 an 8½
 

Helico-pterFunk

Rising Star
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Helico-pterFunk

Rising Star
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Helico-pterFunk

Rising Star
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Complex

Internet Superstar
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Godzilla Minus One



Hollywood should be ashamed of themselves.

This movie cost $15 mil. All these Godzilla, King Kong and Transformer movies with humans in it that you don't care if they don't live or die. With dumb plots and annoying people.

The humans and character development are the best part of this. I actually like the story dynamic as much or more than Godzilla fucking shit up.

Top 10 for the year for me. The buzz was well deserved.
 

Helico-pterFunk

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Helico-pterFunk

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joneblaze

Rising Star
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Leave the World Behind




World Woes

PRAISE : The mindset of a character, the soundtrack and a stunning visual pulled me into this movie about A family vacation on Long Island being interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a blackout. As the threat grows, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis.
The talents of the cast including Julia Roberts as Amanda Sandford ; Mahershala Ali as G. H. Scott ; Ethan Hawke as Clay Sandford and Myha'la as Ruth Scott kept me anchored to this movie.
I like that the movie gave me another reason not to stay at an Airbnb.
There are good setups in the story weaved in with the mistrust and mysteriousness of the characters.Who was telling the truth? Who was holding back information? All done well !! I liked the bluntness of a couple of the characters. There's some dark humor and cold responses I really enjoyed.
There are a lot of truths in writer and director Sam Esmail's script about life when something like a pandemic or terrorist act effects the entire world. Despite prejudices some people can forget them and actually embrace the person or people they prejudge.
People do indulge and wrap themselves up in things that bring them pleasure whether it's watching a movie or TV show ,listening to music, cooking etcetera to escape the horrible news of the day or a great tragedy that has befallen them.

PROBLEMS: There were a couple of moments that were supposed to be extremely suspenseful but I found them to be very funny. I'm not sure what the extremely abrupt ending was trying to say. Hold on to the simple pleasures in life? In the end all we have is each other? Either way all I could do
was laugh


Scale of 1 to 10 a 7½
 

Helico-pterFunk

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blackbull1970

The Black Bastard
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The Magician
2005

6.5/10

I was looking into the series “Mr. InBetween” cuz I was getting ready to watch it being nothing new is on due to the strike.

I discovered that this film is a somewhat prelude to the series and that the Producer/Writer/Director/Actor Scott Ryan who stars in this film and Mr. InBetween had used this film as a basis for his character in the series.

I watched it last night on tubi.

It’s a interesting film that is filmed in a documentary style with the camera mainly focused on the main character and what he is up to as a hitman.

It’s a slow burn movie, but proceeds at a good pace from start to end. The whole film is mainly character development. It’s also filmed in a dark, grimy style which helps with the realism.

Humor is light and not LOL funny.

I plan on starting the series today.

Synopsis

An Australian hit man (Scott Ryan) hires a film student to document his life.

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Dirtylakerie

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I'm on vacation again, and watching movies. I've watched at least 8 movies so far. Some memorable, others not so much.

TUBI

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This was a decent movie to watch. There is some all around bad acting. But to me it was tolerable. It wasn't the worst movie I've seen. Definitely not the best. But I would recommend this movie.

The mail lady




This movie fall into the category of a alright decent movie. But absolutely dumb ass ending.

I gave a pass to the over and bad acting. But the ending was fucking dumb.
Despite all that I would recommend this movie. Who ever watches this can judge for themselves. How they think of the movie.

Roku

Transmutators




This movie is a straight up Trainwreck :lol:

At the title screen, my first thought was oh it's a transformer rip off. Well it kind of is and isn't. It's basically an alien invasion type of sci-fi movie. The story is alright. The low budget special effects is horrible. But it doesn't take you out the movie. I would say check this weird ass movie out.

Netflix

The package



I only finally decided to watch this because of the viral snippet from the movie. Most of this was actually funny. The there was definitely some super white boy humor in this, that wasn't funny. It's most likely I won't be watching this again. But I would recommend it.

I got more reviews to come.
 

joneblaze

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Fast Charlie





Fast Fun

PRAISE: I appreciate quick films like this that have a good level of entertainment value. The story about a mob fixer who teams up with a troublesome newbie that leads to trouble and possible romance.
Pierce Brosnan still has charisma and then some as Charlie there's even a nice James Bond nod in the movie. His chemistry with Morena Baccarin reminded me of the same chemistry Sean Connery had with Catherine Zeta Jones in the movie Entrapment.
There's a nice poignant feel to see James Caan in his last film role.
Sharon Gless has a fun cameo that has to be seen to be believed.
The movie slowly evolves into that one person against many,get revenge and avenge movies that I love.
There are some really good kills in this movie that are laced with dark humor.
The action sequences and one really unique one are well choreographed. The movie is about as easy going as the big easy it's based in which added to the nice flow of it.

PROBLEMS: A character has so much clout and attainable muscle on deck so a move he makes didn't make sense. There's a generic feel to some of the movie.

Scale of 1 to 10 a 7½
 
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