Movie Thread

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Some decent entertainment...

Black Bag.
.star studded cast..spy thriller sort..Cate Blanchett and Michael Fasbender..good overall
The Last Showgirl.
Just what it sounds like, Pam Anderson plays a show girl w a laundry list of problems, Las Vegas show she has been in for years is cancelled, when she looks for other gigs she is older than all auditioning dancers, some people ask her how old she is, and her estranged daughter comes around as she is losing her job.. Not very upbeat but a decent movie.
Slingshot
Cause Affleck and Lawrence Fishburn..tired plot.. Guy has to go into hibernation chamber for space travel, he has memory and flashback issues, trouble telling reality from dreams.. Pretty good..
Holland
Nicole Kidman plays mild mannered housewife from Holland Michigan. Movie has decent plot,all good actors and has multiple times when you feel other movies like Blue Velvet and some of the soundtrack feels exactly like Body Heat from 1981!! Starring Kathleen Turner, William Hurt and Mickey Rouke..and lots of the scenes in the film look to be taken directly from the 2 older films..entertaining..

 

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Some of these things come creepy close to reality... Just saying..

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiCFdWeQfA&pp=ygUWYmVuIHN0ZWluIGJ1ZWxsZXIgY2xpcA%3D%3D

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Being There is a modern masterpiece.

 

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My favourite Kilmer performances were in Tombstone, Thunderheart and The Doors. Tombstone was an obvious classic and Thundeheart was very underrated.

 

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My favourite Kilmer performances were in Tombstone, Thunderheart and The Doors. Tombstone was an obvious classic and Thundeheart was very underrated.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MICPyrnGYwg&pp=ygUeaSdsbCBiZSB5b3VyIGh1Y2tsZWJlcnJ5IHNjZW5l

 

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The Batman (2022) three hours long but not boring. Good performance by Robert Pattinson with a different take on the lead role to Christian Bale. One of the better Batman movies but not as fast paced as the Bale movies. Also well acted by a good cast.

 

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After Earth (2013) maybe should have been titled Wake Me Up When It's Over ! Another pedestrian M. Night. Shyamalan movie with terrible dialogue and performances . Just a dull Sci Fi movie. Shyamalan peaked with his first movie in the 90's with The Sixth Sense and never approached that standard again. Signs was probably his second best movie. A Will Smith vanity project that never rose above the mediocre.

 

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Knock At The Cabin (2023) mid range movie from M. Night. Shyamalan. Not bad overall. The main idea in the movie will either irritate you or intrigue you. The acting was hit and miss.

No Time To Die (2021) pretty typical James Bond movie but not one of the better ones. Watchable with some good action scenes.

 

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You'll Never Find Me (2023) slow burn Australian thriller. Very dialogue heavy with really only two characters in the entire movie. Maybe the ending didn't meet the standard of the rest of the movie and it was open to interpretation. Worth seeing if you don't mind slow movies. For the first time co-directors it was a good effort, especially the sound design which was very effective.. The two performances were also very good.

 

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Dune : Part Two (2024) Visually good, the three hour run time didn't drag too much. Watchable and entertaining enough but not something I would rewatch. Not too bad but not one of my favourite Villeneuve movies.

 

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I highly recommend watching Presence. Very interesting, not sure all were evident on my first time. Lucy Lui plays mom with mentally damaged daughter after her teenage friend dies. It's a very subtle haunted house movie. Camera work is different than I have seen before.
The actual interior of the house is rather interesting.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pz3u5IfGsCQ&pp=ygUOcHJlc2VuY2UgbW92aWU%3D

 

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Master Gardener (2023) A movie that started out in one direction then veered off into darker territory halfway through. Not a bad drama and well acted by by Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver.

 

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The Passenger (2023) well acted drama. Dark and sometimes unpredictable. Good film but may be too bleak for some. Two troubled young men and the choices they make.

 

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The Sisters Brothers(2018) an offbeat western starring Joaquin Phoenix, John C.Reilly, Riz Ahmed and Jake Gyllenhaal. Very well acted with some great visuals. About two guns for hire that are supposed to do a routine job that turns into something more unpredictable. Worth watching.

 

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Sicario (2015) One of Dennis Villeneuve's best movies. A bleak story about how governments are losing the battle against the drug cartels and corruption. The sound design and cinematography are top notch and Benicio del Toro steals every scene he is in.

 

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Midsommar (2019) an unsettling horror/drama about some college students that travel to Sweden and become involved with a cult. A little on the long side but the final 40 minutes made it worthwhile. Some dark humour and impeccably made with a nice performance from Florence Pugh. Not your typical horror movie and all the better for it.

 

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Smile 2 (2024) one for the horror fans. Great performance from Naomi Scott. Longer and flashier than the original but not quite as good. Not bad overall.