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Phantom Thread
8/10
Surprisingly, the last movie of his career supposedly and it's a more restrained Daniel Day Lewis. For a Paul Thomas Anderson movie, it's pretty straight forward. His movies always have a sense of dread underlying as each scene unfolds, but this one I didn't feel that way. The girl who was his muse was very good.

The Post
7/10
Well acted by everybody, but the story the way the movie told it was lacking.

Darkest Hour
8.5./10
Gary Oldman again in top form. Somebody out there will make a master edit between this and Dunkirk as they are interrelated and take place pretty much at the same time.

I,Tonya
8/10
I enjoyed this quite a bit. Everybody was great in it. It was told in a manner similar to Goodfellas.

EddieVanHeineken wrote: I,Tonya
8/10
I enjoyed this quite a bit. Everybody was great in it. It was told in a manner similar to Goodfellas.

Was debating on seeing this, Robbie has gotten a ton of praise but She looks and sounds nothing like Harding from the clips i've seen, it's kind of distracting even the trailer, I still will probably watch it, I just hope everyones right because Harding was so thick and athletic where Robbie has longer skinny legs for someone playing a skater, Janney looks like she nailed it.

Paddington. 8.5/10

I needed a few laughs and something far less serious considering the state of the world and this did a good job. Great job by all the actors. If you need something to make you laugh and smile, this might be for you. And check out Fawlty Towers as well.

Kong - 6/10

DemonFilth2001 wrote:IT - liked it much better than i thought i would

8.5/10

+1. I'd even go a 9 maybe. Great soundtrack too...

Dead Draw(2016) Gil Bellows 5/10

Cocaine Godmother (2017) Catherine Zeta Jones, not bad for a Tv movie, would have liked it better with R rated sex scenes 6.5/10

stocknsocks wrote:Paddington. 8.5/10

I needed a few laughs and something far less serious considering the state of the world and this did a good job. Great job by all the actors. If you need something to make you laugh and smile, this might be for you. And check out Fawlty Towers as well.

There is a film of Fawlty Towers at the cinema!

Or you just talking about the TV show? Because it has not aged well.

Phantom Thread - 7/10

pieceofme wrote:

stocknsocks wrote:Paddington. 8.5/10

I needed a few laughs and something far less serious considering the state of the world and this did a good job. Great job by all the actors. If you need something to make you laugh and smile, this might be for you. And check out Fawlty Towers as well.

There is a film of Fawlty Towers at the cinema!

Or you just talking about the TV show? Because it has not aged well.

The show. It’s aged okay with me but you’re right because most people wouldn’t understand the humor now. Attention spans have shortened since then.

Caustic Queen wrote:Mother -2017 - 1/10

Piece of shit film trying to be symbolic and deep and biblical.

That was a terrible movie, a waste of great actors, Aronofsky said He wrote it over a weekend, it shows. Never bought the excuse that Lawrence insulted Trump so people boycotted it. She never even mentioned him and only echoed what Aronofsky said, it was basically a stupid Adam and Eve story dealing with Mother natures wrath...global warning, Whatever it sucked!!!!

You're Not You(2014) Hilary Swank ,Josh Duhamel, Emmy Rossum, Ali Larter, Ernie Hudson, Marcia Gay harden 6/10

Gifted (2017) Chris Evans Octavia Spencer 6.5/10

Eden Lake - 6/10

Peacock - 6/10

"Fury." Sad, bloody, brutal, scary, interesting. That young boy is a great actor! Also, Brad Pitt is a hunka, hunka burnin' love so I give it an 8.

"Phantom Thread" - 8.5/10

Terrific movie. After the disappointing "Inherent Vice," PTA has challenged himself with an English period piece. It's beautiful and intriguing all around. If this is Day-Lewis' swan song, it's one hell of a capper.

"A Futile and Stupid Gesture" - 7/10

David Wain's take on the book about the creation of National Lampoon. This was made for Netflix, and the lack of budget and a somewhat unremarkable video look drops this down a bit, but overall it's light and breezy, with a variety of great comic actors. Will Forte and Domhnall Gleeson star as National Lampoon co-founders Doug Kenney and Henry Beard, and what the movie gets right is the sense of total irreverence everyone on board had, including those who would go on to "Saturday Night Live" or their own solo careers.

The Definites (2017) Hipster bullshit 4/10

Unforgettable(2017) Rosario Dawson Katherine Heigl Not much to this one except their epic cat fight 5/10

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) Elizabeth Olsen ,Good movie even if have no clue what happened at the end 7.5/10 , nice rack for sure

Baby Driver(2017) Jamie Foxx Kevin Spacey Jon Hamm Good shit 8.5/10

Who Can Kill A Child? - 5/10

Pathology - 6/10

Crazy Heart (2009) Jeff Bridges Colin Farrell Maggie Gyllenhaal Robert Duvall good movie 8/10

The Story In Their Eyes - 7/10

The Florida Project - 4/10

I did not find the supposed "Epic ending" very epic at all.
I didn't even notice the cinematic change until it was pointed out to me.
The biggest problem though was finding no empathy / sympathy for the child, so her tears didn't move me as they would have needed to drive the point of the story home. And I wanted something bad to happen to the mother..
I give it a 4 because I did enjoy some of Willem Defoe's scenes.


Cats Kills - 7/10
I liked this B Flick.
The acting was a bit lacking, but oh well. I did not predict the outcome.


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Killing Hasselhoff(2017) Ken Jeong, David Hasselhoff, Jon Lovitz +a ton of cameos including the Bieb 6/10

SebastianLeeDanzig wrote:Moonrise Kingdom (2012) - 6/10:
I'm just not getting warm with Wes Anderson. All his shit is enjoyable and looks nice and you see all his usual cool actor friends, but I forget all about the next day. I couldn't tell you one thing about Royal Tenenbaums, Darjeeling Limited or Life Aquatic anymore, which I remember I all kinda liked. Well, at least there was some hot pre-teen make-out footage.

In Bruges (2008) - 9/10:
I heard about this film so many times and always dismissed it as some boring artsy shit I wouldn't care about. Turns out it's awesome and funny as hell. Even though, or maybe precisely because I loathe these old picturesque Belgian/Dutch channel towns myself and I don't give a fuck about the Irish either.

In Bruges is a great fucking movie. Glad you finally saw and it appreciated for what it is. Hookers, horse tranquilizers and a midget . A hint of a nod to Don't Look Now. I need to watch it again. I know people like to rag on Farrell, but he was really good in this. Intermission is another film where he plays a similar type of character, though not as "lovable". The setting of Bruges really works, because of the juxtaposition of an ancient picturesque city and the coarse characters and violence.

Bon Cop Bad Cop 2(2017) 8/10