A horde of missing children naruto running straight through people's homes to brutally dissect a sinister clown woman deserves better reception than that.
If more horror movies had third acts like that, I'd be raving about each and every one of them. But most don't stick the landing in such a glorious way, where it's earned and pays off the slow build of how you got there. Like a line of dominoes being carefully assembled for two hours, then set off.
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They did a great job with The Naked Gun sequel. There were a lot of clever jokes and visual gags. and Liam Neeson was the perfect choice for Frank Jr., and Pamela Anderson went ham in a good way.
It's available on Paramount.
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I watched a pretty good late 60s film Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. The movie is about 2 middle aged couples who are dealing with the changing sexual norms of the times. One couple is more open and the other is more conservative. It's a movie that could be a play, it has lots of quiet scenes with sharp dialogue. It starts Natalie Wood and Elliott Gould. Surprisingly it was James Gunn that turned me onto this film, he mentioned it in a video where he talks about some of his favorite movies.
I watched a pretty good late 60s film Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. The movie is about 2 middle aged couples who are dealing with the changing sexual norms of the times. One couple is more open and the other is more conservative. It's a movie that could be a play, it has lots of quiet scenes with sharp dialogue. It starts Natalie Wood and Elliott Gould. Surprisingly it was James Gunn that turned me onto this film, he mentioned it in a video where he talks about some of his favorite movies.
Had the chance to see 'Roofman' at the Landmark Mystery Movie starring Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst and Peter Dinklage based on the true story of Jeffrey Manchester who robbed 40-60 restaurants by breaking in through the roof and was noted for being mild mannered and giving employees coats to keep warm when he locked them in their refrigerators. Eventually was caught and sentenced. He proceeded to then escape prison and use his skills to break into and live in a Toys 'R Us in Charlotte NC (technically Circuit City IRL) while on the run and basically started a new life in the community nearby under a new name.
I thought it was really enjoyable with some strong performances. The bulk of it takes place in the 2000s and had some great throwbacks sprinkled throughout and it was crazy to see how much of the story was true.
I watched Lucky Number Slevin with my son this past week. I didn't remember much, but I know I enjoyed it when it came out so that's why I recommended it. My son loved it.
Something Wicked This Way Comes is streaming on Disney now, and it's an excellent Halloween movie - dreamlike and creepy.
It was made in that weird late '70s-early '80s period where Disney was making some very un-Disney stuff, which wasn't always successful but definitely interesting.
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The Colin Hanks directed John Candy documentary, I Like Me, on Amazon Prime is excellent. Hard to believe he's been gone for 31 years.
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White Nights is an 80s dance movie starring Baryshnikov as a Soviet dancer who defects to the west, but while flying over Russia his plane is forced to land and the Russians try and keep him. It also stars Gregory Hines and gave us the Lionel Ritchie hit Say You Say Me. Fantastic bit of 80s nostalgia with insane dancing. Would pair well with Rocky 4.
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I saw the original Tron at Jessy Macenzie's 10th birthday party in the mid 80's. I thought it looked cool.
When Tron Legacy came out, I absolutely LOVED it. Visually stunning, lots of practical effects to go with CG. As someone who has always enjoyed synth music, I consider it the all time best movie soundtrack. Light cycles, disc battles. I am literally typing this on a Tron Legacy Razer Keyboard and Mouse. Huge fanboy.
Went into Ares with as little knowledge as I could. I think I even skipped the trailers. I had heard that it had Jared Leto, and was "people from the grid come to our world", and basically expected it to totally suck.
Don't get me wrong, it's not high art. It's a 7/10 at best. But it is fun, and if you got anything out of Tron so far, you'll probably enjoy it. There are a couple of good callbacks to the earlier movies in the franchise.
The best part is (again) the soundtrack with NIN. The visual effects are fully competent and not slog. The plot is a step down from Legacy, but isn't nonsense.
Leto plays a stoic program so his wooden acting doesn't matter. The evil young white techboy villain is largely interchangeable with the one from Alien: Earth, but is actually motivated with reasons for doing things, as opposed to just being as annoying as possible.
All of the best parts take place on the Grid(s). That's where Tron has always hit it's stride.
If you saw any of Star Wars Acolyte and thought "boy I could really go for more of that witch actress!" then you'll like the evil program's performance more than me.
Every 15 years or so they make a Tron movie and it flops at the theatre and then builds audience over time. This one will probably just flop at the theatre. When it comes into the real world, it's just sort of clunky sci-fi cheese, and loses the beautiful aesthetics and setting that are so memorable.
If you're on the fence at all, I would encourage you to see it in the theatre in 3D (if that's your thing). The 3D is some of the best I've seen, and I really enjoyed it. With big sound and big picture...
Spoiler!
...the Recognizer finally became super ominous and spooky
...and the action sequences I thought were all well choreographed and laid out. I never got bored watching.
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