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"Unsane" - 8.5/10

Holy shit this movie is creepy. But because it's Soderbergh it's not you r usual type of psychological thriller. Also, the first few shots made me think the iPhone cinematography wasn't going to be good (or maybe they just looked different from the later ones), but he made it work rather well.

Can't remember if I mentioned "Game Night" or "Red Sparrow." Loved "Game Night" (8/10), and even Jesse Plemmons stole the movie! "Red Sparrow" (3/10) was dull and lifeless. Whatever the filmmakers and Lawrence thought they had here, they were wrong.

ratt_gang_member wrote:

Mojo wrote:Finally got around to seeing Three Billboards. I thought it was incredible until the last ten minutes. Their going off to be vigilantes just didn't sit right with me, but the rest was fantastic. The whole cast was incredible, it kept me on my toes from start to finish, and even though I didn't see any of the other Best Picture nominees, I can't see how they could have won. What a powerful movie.

I don't think they actually became vigilantes. You can see some doubt they were expressing.

I don’t, either. I still thought even the thought was goofy. I didn’t like her at all, though. Distraught mother or not, she’s psycho. Great character and I feel bad for her, but I still found her unlikeable.

The Greatest Showman 10/10.

Never really thought of myself as a lover of the 'Musical' genre, but with the fairly recent, La La Land, and now this, I'm hooked.
Of course, musicals are only as good as the songs in them. I wasn't disappointed at all, and the dance routines were absolutely superb too. Recommended.

The Darkness(2016) Kevin Bacon Paul Raiser, another movie about a creepy kid and evil spirits 5.5/10

Mission Impossible 5 :Rogue Nation(2015) Tom Cruise Alec Baldwin Jeremy Renner Simon Pegg Ving Rhames, Good action flick 8.5/10

The Book of Henry(2017) Naomi Watts Sarah Silverman. solid movie 8/10

Annabelle: Creation (2017) Anthony Lapaglia 5.5/10

New Wave : Dare to be Different (2017) Pretty great documentary 8.5/10

http://dtbdthemovie.com/

Justice League = 5/10 - Dog shit, there's some entertainment value but the story is full of holes and crap writing. An old Batman, Flash hasn't been in a fight, AquaFish and WonderHo with Superman who comes in at the end and they somehow beat up this galactic bad ass that took gods, demigods and every mythical society on the planet just to run off the first time.......Fail. Fish man sucked. The Terminator dude sucked, The bad guy sucked. The story sucked.

The Last Jedi = 6/10 - Entertaining, watchable but way too much wasted air time on some worthless scenes....Flying penguins, WTF was that vegan clip about, tastes like chicken! Felt like I was watching Battlestar Galactica meets Return Of The Jedi or a TV series that would go off on some useless story line. Kylo Ren's a conflicted bitch. Luke's a crybaby. Yoda was right he was too old to teach.......YOU FAILED HIM! Hope this is the last starwars movie, I'm guessing not. Rogue One was a pleasant ass kicker. This not at all.

Thor Rag = 6.5/10 - Best Thor movie by far "not saying much." The ending lacked, got worse as it went on but I loved Cate in the role and there was a lot to like about the flick. Didn't imagine I'd enjoy it or expect anything like it turned out but did...HULK in space, they could have easily wrote it in how he got there. Seen the writers quotes it was a quick adjustment they worked around.

Atomic Blond = 7.5/10 - Seen it a while ago, dig it. Bought the DVD walking out the check isle for the fuck of it and liked it. Charlize's does most every stunt, good sound track....Whatever, it's got a lesbo scene and a hot chick kicking ass..Action, like the time frame and a twist. What's not to enjoy.

The House = 4/10 - Didn't really watch is all the way through because it's a c level comedy. I've seen worse but wouldn't recommend.

Clouds of Sils Maria(2014) K Stew, Chole Grace Moretz Juliette Binoche, last K Stew movie i watched she was a personal shopper for some hot shot model and now she's a personal assistant for an aging movie star. Way to artsy for me and but for the old chick lovers Binoche showed Bush 6/10

Three Billboards in Ebbing, Missoura - I've been a big fan of Sam Rockwell since The Green Mile. An Oscar worthy performance. The rest of the cast were equally as great. Especially, McDermott.

DUNKIRK - I don't remember if we ever studied the events of Dunkirk in high school? Not, like how we studied Normandy anyway.

Also, it was probably Tom Hardy's easiest role: looking around inside a cockpit.

milk-milk-lemonade wrote:Three Billboards in Ebbing, Missoura - I've been a big fan of Sam Rockwell since The Green Mile. An Oscar worthy performance. The rest of the cast were equally as great. Especially, McDermott.

DUNKIRK - I don't remember if we ever studied the events of Dunkirk in high school? Not, like how we studied Normandy anyway.

Also, it was probably Tom Hardy's easiest role: looking around inside a cockpit.

Haven't seen Dunkirk. Don't remember studying that either.

Ready Player One. Great movie. Tons of 80's references. Didn't look at the time even once. 9/10

Global Meltdown (2017) Michael Pare Shitty made for Tv movie 4.5/10

Stockholm starring Ethan Hawke is a 9 out of 10. Hawke plays one of the funniest characters I've seen of late. Based on the Stockholm hostage crisis in 1973. Premieres on 4/18 at Tribeca and not sure the release schedule, but it's worth checking. I wouldn't be surprised to see Hawke get some awards buzz around it.

Inside Out (2015) I dont usually like those Pixar kiddie movies but this one was actually pretty good 8/10

The Shape of Water 4/10, generously.

I feel like I somehow got ahold of a joke copy, because there's no way this can be the movie everyone's raving about. One of the dumbest films I've ever seen. I'm almost in shock at how stupid this was in almost all respects. I rated it a four because the actors were genuinely good and Sally Hawkins describing Riding Nemo to her artist friend was amazing. So much emotion without words. It was truly an incredible bit of acting. But the movie itself was almost insultingly bad. This chatty bitch can't wait to spread her legs for a bit of fish stick, flooding her apartment and shit, then she and the Pine Sol lady are chatting it up like it's last night's episode of Carson. Ridiculous. This piece of shit lost to Three Billboards?

Girls Trip(2017) Jada Pinkett, Regina Hall, Queen Latifah and the girl who just stole the movie Tiffany Haddish she was hilarious , pretty funny movie 8/10

theglammerthebetter wrote:Girls Trip(2017) Jada Pinkett, Regina Hall, Queen Latifah and the girl who just stole the movie Tiffany Haddish she was hilarious , pretty funny movie 8/10

Of course, it was 2017, so it had to be full of black women. Every time one of them talks, I want to torture a circus animal, amirite?

Star Wars :The Force Awakens(2015) It finally aired on Tv this weekend, Even if Luke was only in it for like 30 seconds and the female lead was a poor man version of Keira Knightley i still enjoyed it quite a bit 8/10

The Child In Time (2017) I think its the 1st time ever ive watched a movie on PBS. Benedict Cumberbatch Kelly Macdonald, The timeline was so confusing the movie didnt make any sense to me 6/10

All Saints(2017) John Corbett, Got suckered into watching another religious movie blah 5.5/10

A quiet place

8.5/10

Very well done movie. Great performances all around. 90 minute movie, they made the most of a shorter run time.

EddieVanHeineken wrote:A quiet place

8.5/10

Very well done movie. Great performances all around. 90 minute movie, they made the most of a shorter run time.

I'd agree with this rating and description. An excellent movie which was quite tense and taut, and as you say, lean at 90 minutes. Krasinki hit this one out of the park, and the writing, direction and acting were great.

One song, fist bump & a 1/2 smile (2018): documentary on Steven Adler's role in the GNR reunion/ca$h grab.

theglammerthebetter wrote:New Wave : Dare to be Different (2017) Pretty great documentary 8.5/10

http://dtbdthemovie.com/

Excellent documentary. I watched it last week. It demonstrated everything that today’s radio is not.

I watched A Quiet Place yesterday, and I completely agree with what others said. I loved everything about it. For once, the “victims” in a horror movie are well-prepared and have clear strategies for survival. The acting was fantastic, especially given that it was basically a silent movie and all the tension came from the performances. 9/10

Paterno (2018) Al Pacino, Good movie that made Penn State students look like a bunch of morons 8/10

theglammerthebetter wrote:Paterno (2018) Al Pacino, Good movie that made Penn State students look like a bunch of morons 8/10

Oh yeah. They were definitely the assholes there.

How would you rate jerking off on public transit?

The Quiet Place.

6.5/10

Some good jump scares.
A lot of shit really didn’t make sense

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How did they still have electric and running water?
I understand why they wanted to have a baby, but given their current situation...really?
I thought there would be much more suspense and less creatures.
Where the fuck was all the sand coming from?

"Isle of Dogs" - 9/10

Another classic from Wes Anderson. He's on a roll. Stop-motion was great, just as it was with "Fantastic Mr. Fox," and the writing and voice acting are terrific as well.

"Super Troopers 2" - 7.5/10

Caught a free screening of this one with a Q&A. I think this one stands up to the original. I don't think of the original as a classic, just a really funny movie. This one fits that same bill as well. Not a classic, but very funny nonetheless.