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Bomber Harris (a BBC movie, about Arthur Harris, chief of Bomber Command of the RAF from 1942 until the end of WW2, starring the late, great, John Thaw).
The Stepford Wives (1975)
More 70's goodness. More a methodical paced thriller than outright horror. A slow burn that suspensefully builds to a dramatic climax. Best watched with as little prior knowledge as possible...
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More 70's goodness. More a methodical paced thriller than outright horror. A slow burn that suspensefully builds to a dramatic climax. Best watched with as little prior knowledge as possible...
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Red Sparrow (2018)- This is an excellent spy thriller, very different than Atomic Blond, lower energy, slower burn, more traditional, a lot of classical music instead of heart pounding 80s rock, but never the less tense and excellent. I read the trilogy which takes the reader to the top of the Russian government.
I went and saw The Wild Robot. It is strictly a film for children. It is a fairly good adaptation of the children’s book but nothing more. If you have little one that need to be entertained it is a nice film but teens and adults will probably be bored.
Frankenstein (1931)
Over 90 years on still entertains...
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Over 90 years on still entertains...
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Conclave. Maybe the best movie I saw this year. I give it a 7 out of 10. I would have given it 7.5 but the plot twist at the ending was so typical of Hollywood. The story and acting is very good. No nudity, violence, or action but the story was told so well it didn’t matter.
I saw Smile 2 and its best part is when I realized I’m glad I didn’t see Smile 1.
Godzilla (2014). The scenes with the little Japanese boy in the red cap was superfluous to the plot. But I bet someone banged on the table to keep those scene because the boy in a cap was iconic in the Gojira series. My kids couldn't understand why I was all excited seeing a kid in a cap. Chalk it up to Dad being weird...again.😑
There were several things that detracted from the enjoyment of the movie. 1) The Muto didn't cause hurricane force winds from taking off. Come on, man. And 2), the female Muto carried fertilized eggs before meeting up with the male Muto. Finally 3) Gozilla was supposed to be an apex predator that feed on the Muto. It didn't eat the Mutos.😒
There were several things that detracted from the enjoyment of the movie. 1) The Muto didn't cause hurricane force winds from taking off. Come on, man. And 2), the female Muto carried fertilized eggs before meeting up with the male Muto. Finally 3) Gozilla was supposed to be an apex predator that feed on the Muto. It didn't eat the Mutos.😒
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She wastes more oxygen by worrying about oxygen
Oxygen is vastly overrated.She wastes more oxygen by worrying about oxygen
I'm not a movie buff at all, much less a horror movie buff, but last night a channel featured Poltergeist, which I'd watched a few decades ago, football was done, so I watched it again.
Good flick. Decades later it still pissed me off near the end, house was declared Clean, Mom ran a tub of hot water, the camera kept focusing on the water valve, then the drain, she relaxed into the tub, but nothing happened!! Bastids!
It took off again when she got to her bedroom, but what an odd suspense build-up, in the tub, that never materialized. There's probably a word for that.
Good flick. Decades later it still pissed me off near the end, house was declared Clean, Mom ran a tub of hot water, the camera kept focusing on the water valve, then the drain, she relaxed into the tub, but nothing happened!! Bastids!
It took off again when she got to her bedroom, but what an odd suspense build-up, in the tub, that never materialized. There's probably a word for that.
If you're a fan of the Dark Knight version or the campy 1960's version or the original DC version, you'll want to give this movie a pass. If you're an anime fan who likes movies with a plot, you'll want to pass too.
This is a Batman remake (aka fan fiction) of the Dark Knight using every anime trope in the book: gang of five (Power Rangers), giant robots, transforming giant mecha, combining giant mecha, super human ninja fighting techniques, Sengoku (Warring States) era, isekai and more. While it sounds awesome, it only sounds awesome.🤨
Every villain except the Joker become nothing more than glorified mooks.😒
It's bad.
If you're a fan of the Dark Knight version or the campy 1960's version or the original DC version, you'll want to give this movie a pass. If you're an anime fan who likes movies with a plot, you'll want to pass too.
This is a Batman remake (aka fan fiction) of the Dark Knight using every anime trope in the book: gang of five (Power Rangers), giant robots, transforming giant mecha, combining giant mecha, super human ninja fighting techniques, Sengoku (Warring States) era, isekai and more. While it sounds awesome, it only sounds awesome.🤨
Every villain except the Joker become nothing more than glorified mooks.😒
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RIP Terri Garr
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RIP Terri Garr
Teri Garr, star of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie,’ dead at 79 | CNN
Teri Garr, an Oscar-nominated actress known for her work in films like “Young Frankenstein,” “Tootsie” and “Mr. Mom,” has died, according to her manager.
The School for Good and Evil (2022)- Mediocre Disney-like fairy tale story. Not sure what its point was.
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The movie was tamed down some. The YA book series by Soman Chainani is a bit more edgy.
Transformers (2007)- The first and arguably the best of the franchise. A well defined and executed story about a conflict involving opposing groups of alien AI come to Earth with a high humor quotient. Definitely a Michael Bay high energy production. The integration of CGI into live action is impressive almost 2 decades later.
Amazing Mechanics 🙂
Spoilers I’m open to discussion about the premise.
Ok, it’s a fantasy story, 2 schools side by side, one good, one evil designed to maintain a balance between good and bad in the world. At the end, they combine the two schools into one because good and bad need each other? Evil is legitimized as a theme?I understand the idea that we as humans are both good and bad, but I don’t buy the philosophical idea that evil has a legitimate place in human endeavors. It holds us down, it undermines us. At best it should be recognized as something undesirable, and maybe the story‘s point is we should acknowledge this aspect of ourselves, but my impression from this story is the idea that evil is something to be promoted on the same terms as good? 🤔