Hearing Nick Cage is in a movie is usually its death knell these days but this one looks fun! I will probably check it out.
2018 Movies & Tv Shows
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Hearing Nick Cage is in a movie is usually its death knell these days but this one looks fun! I will probably check it out.
Just watched Atomic Blonde and the movie isn't great, the only good thing out of it is the soundtrack. For you guys, it has nibble showing and lesbian sex.
Here is my latest update to my ranked list for 2017, from best to worst that I have seen.
We saw The Commuter today. And being that movie snacks will probably win the Thread of the Week, I ordered the Kiddie combo pack. Mini Popcorn with a mini Pepsi.
We saw The Post today with Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep. It was a pretty good movie. It showed how newspapers were printed back in the early 70's. I should have gotten a job as a Paper Boy
I want to check out The Post, but I'll probably wait till digital copy.
Yea it seems like a pretty easy job, just watch out for dogs.
Yea it seems like a pretty easy job, just watch out for dogs.
Since we saw The Post today, I decided to rent the Mark Felt movie that came out last year. It was a bit too slow for me to enjoy. I'm glad I rented rather than purchase.
There is a long, like 5 or 8 minute, single take fight scene in the middle of that movie that is amazing. It baffles me how they were able to film it.
I heard on my movie podcast, the hallway fighting scene was all shot under one take.
Probably one of the best moments from the movie, beside the soundtrack.
Movie round up!
I saw 2 good ones and a stinker over the past few days. First the good.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer - Oh boy did I like this one. It's probably a top 5 2017 movie for me. It's from the guy who made Dogtooth and The Lobster and like those it's kinda out there. Some doctor with the perfect family forms a relationship with a teen and that kid goes on to wreak havoc on his whole family. It's a little slow to start but not at all boring, more building the anticipation for when the hammer will drop. 5/5
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - I had no idea who created Wonder Woman. Apparently it was some college professor. This is mostly a sweet love story. The professor and his wife (Mr and Mrs Marston) teach psych and a female student they use as an assistant falls in love with the professor's wife. They wind up forming a family together and the professor gets the idea for Wonder Woman from living with the 2 women. There is a through line about the Wonder Woman comic being too sexual for the time and facing censorship but this movie is really about a loving polygamous relationship and its struggles. The neat part is that it's not about a man with 2 wives but more about Mrs Marston having both a husband and wife. It's very sweet and worth a watch. A million times better than the actual Wonder Woman movie that came out in the summer. 4/5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - I didn't like this one. I guess this was supposed to be a drama with some comedic elements but it just didn't work for me. I think the writer/director, as a British guy, watched a few too many episodes of The Andy Griffith Show as research into how to portray a police station on film. And the main character is a dick. You are supposed to feel bad for her cause her daughter was raped and murdered but she has a living second child that she seems to not care about at all, to the extent where she actually puts him in physical danger. There was one funny character. The main character's ex husband has a new ditsy girlfriend who is played 100% for laughs and is entertaining. I can understand why this is such an Academy darling though. It deals with rape, makes all cops and average citizens from middle America look like racists/incompetent assholes and the only people even slightly intelligent are women or minorities. Perfect Oscar bait. I would have given this a 1 but the last 15-20 minutes redeemed it a bit and are the best part of the whole thing. 2/5
I have a bunch more Oscar contenders to watch. Molly's Game, I Tonya, The Phantom Thread, The Shape of Water, The Darkest Hour and Call Me by Your Name are all still on deck.
I saw 2 good ones and a stinker over the past few days. First the good.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer - Oh boy did I like this one. It's probably a top 5 2017 movie for me. It's from the guy who made Dogtooth and The Lobster and like those it's kinda out there. Some doctor with the perfect family forms a relationship with a teen and that kid goes on to wreak havoc on his whole family. It's a little slow to start but not at all boring, more building the anticipation for when the hammer will drop. 5/5
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - I had no idea who created Wonder Woman. Apparently it was some college professor. This is mostly a sweet love story. The professor and his wife (Mr and Mrs Marston) teach psych and a female student they use as an assistant falls in love with the professor's wife. They wind up forming a family together and the professor gets the idea for Wonder Woman from living with the 2 women. There is a through line about the Wonder Woman comic being too sexual for the time and facing censorship but this movie is really about a loving polygamous relationship and its struggles. The neat part is that it's not about a man with 2 wives but more about Mrs Marston having both a husband and wife. It's very sweet and worth a watch. A million times better than the actual Wonder Woman movie that came out in the summer. 4/5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - I didn't like this one. I guess this was supposed to be a drama with some comedic elements but it just didn't work for me. I think the writer/director, as a British guy, watched a few too many episodes of The Andy Griffith Show as research into how to portray a police station on film. And the main character is a dick. You are supposed to feel bad for her cause her daughter was raped and murdered but she has a living second child that she seems to not care about at all, to the extent where she actually puts him in physical danger. There was one funny character. The main character's ex husband has a new ditsy girlfriend who is played 100% for laughs and is entertaining. I can understand why this is such an Academy darling though. It deals with rape, makes all cops and average citizens from middle America look like racists/incompetent assholes and the only people even slightly intelligent are women or minorities. Perfect Oscar bait. I would have given this a 1 but the last 15-20 minutes redeemed it a bit and are the best part of the whole thing. 2/5
I have a bunch more Oscar contenders to watch. Molly's Game, I Tonya, The Phantom Thread, The Shape of Water, The Darkest Hour and Call Me by Your Name are all still on deck.