Haven’t watched in in a long time, but I recall liking Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Rotten Tomatoes says it sucks, so maybe I won’t re-watch so I can pretend it’s still good
Haven’t watched in in a long time, but I recall liking Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Rotten Tomatoes says it sucks, so maybe I won’t re-watch so I can pretend it’s still good
John Carpenter's The Thing has only a 85% rotten tomatoes rating while Talk to Me is at 94% on RT.....I really liked Talk to Me but the Thing is on the Mt. Rushmore of horror movies. Lesson is don't always go with Rotten tomatoes
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Your classic 80s underwater sci-fi horror that gets overshadowed by The Abyss. The movie proudly wears its influences on its sleeve, delivering a fun, campy experience despite being a blatant rip-off of Alien and The Thing.
The film lacks originality, yet it's still an entertaining popcorn flick. The creature effects aren't groundbreaking, but are effective enough. The dialogue . . . oh man, it's bad.
It’s a B-movie through and through, but it’s that very quality--along with the over-the-top monster moments--that still makes Leviathan so much fun to watch.
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I re-watched Halloween 2018 yesterday, and it was pretty good. The good parts are really good, Michael felt like a force and seeing him go home to home killing was really well done. Some of the kills were also great , the strobe light death especially was effective. Also Laurie Stroud being a complete badass and being prepared for Michael was a neat idea and a good direction to take. However , I found the dialogue didn't match the tone of the film. It felt like the writers just watched an MCU film and wanted to add in a bunch of one liners or random jokes that didn't land for me. Also this felt very much like a legacy sequel, similar to The Force Awakens or Jurassic World. There was a bunch of fan service sprinkled throughout the film that took me out of it. This is about in the middle of the franchise for me, a solid reboot.
Your classic 80s underwater sci-fi horror that gets overshadowed by The Abyss. The movie proudly wears its influences on its sleeve, delivering a fun, campy experience despite being a blatant rip-off of Alien and The Thing.
The film lacks originality, yet it's still an entertaining popcorn flick. The creature effects aren't groundbreaking, but are effective enough. The dialogue . . . oh man, it's bad.
It’s a B-movie through and through, but it’s that very quality--along with the over-the-top monster moments--that still makes Leviathan so much fun to watch.
Easily one of my faves from the era.
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I just watched Lady in White from 1988. It’s like a Halloween version of A Christmas Story with a little To Kill a Mockingbird thrown in. Not unenjoyable but strangely wholesome and gruesome at the same time.
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Normally I only watch horror movies in October but I have been dying to watch They Shoot Horses Don't They, and I was finally able to find it for a decent price.
Wow this film, I know I always rave about films BUT this one is legitimately one of the greatest films ever. During the great depression there emerged a new craze marathon dancing. Couples would dance continuosly until one couple was left standing. Sometimes these contests would last 1,000s of hours and it became so dangerous that the government outlawed them. The movie follows different desperate couples as they compete in one of these contests, and you follow along their trials and tribulations. Such a fantastic film it was nominated for 9 Oscars back in the day, I highly recommend it yowza yowza yowza
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If you have it on Shudder make sure to check out V/H/S Beyond. I went to a screening the other night and was not disappointed. This is a highly underrated series, and everyone seems to assume it's just cheap schlock. In actuality the series is only getting better, and I love seeing what the directors can make with a shoe-string budget. This one features stories revolving around aliens and "close encounters". The last entry is actually written by horror vet Mike Flanagan. All five stories leave their mark, and honestly the entire series is worth checking out. Matter of fact critics themselves are finally picking up on this, as the RT rating sits at 89%... I love that the wraparound story involves the Farrington House urban legend.
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I went and saw Megalopolis because I love movies, and knew it was going to be one of those rare times where I was going to be alone in the theatre.
I loved it.
I fully acknowledge that it is full of the hubris of a celebrated filmmaker doing a passion project basically for himself. I also would suggest that there is no way it ever should have been made, and certainly not at the expense it was. The audience for it doesn't exist.
You would need a deep love of Shakespeare, a post secondary classics degree, and a significant interest in civics in order to enjoy this film. You also need to relish in philosophical discussion, slow moving symbolism, and be ok with the general objectification of women in narrative as "Madonna/Whore" narrative.
Coppalla clearly made this movie for himself, and has something he wants to say. It's obviously a flop. But it's not bad - it's just that most audiences aren't interested in the above.
There are certainly a number of super goofy bits where it's way too on the nose. It also feels like a good hour has been cut out. Some characters simply vanish at the halfway mark.
I expect it'll be a film studies cult classic, and one of the biggest box office losers of all time.
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Watched My Old Ass yesterday. Another favourite for me. Set in Canada, too.
Just a wonderful story, great movie, perfectly cast/acted.
If you're going to watch it, you should probably do it ASAP. Because it's good, of course the basic bitches will be too busy watching crappy super hero movies to bother with something of substance, so it'll last maybe a week in theaters. I was the only one in the theater yesterday.
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Hellboy: The Crooked Man is terrible. It's barely a feature film. More like a fan film.
They've really fumbled this IP since ditching Del Toro and Pearlman after the 2nd. David Harbour's wasn't great but somewhat passable as a Hellboy movie.
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We saw 'White Bird' on Sunday and enjoyed it, I'm always a sucker for holocaust survival stories. It's not quite as harrowing / gut-wrenching as many others, but well made and well acted by its young leads.
