I loved the atmosphere Perkins set up -- the cinematography is exactly how I like my horror movies to look. the film does a great job keeping you tense for 2/3 of the narrative, then it sadly breaks down.

the whole final few sequences would have been doubly effective with less monologue and exposition shots. but the repeated and exact telling of what happened sucks all the suspense out of the air.

looking forward to The Monkey, though.

I'm so old that this is almost a nostalgic time period for me. The Office winding down, Ed Helms riding The Hangover rocket to lead roles, fourth-wall references to The Wire back when people knew what that was, John C. Reilly in his peak ham era, and the move itself being as formulaic as anything similar from the 80s or 90s.

it's not great, but it sort of has a cheesy earnestness that makes it enjoyable. time capsule movie.

I gave it a shot despite hating the first one, and lo & behold, this one fucked me, too. It feels like Arthur and the movie itself gave up right before the courtroom explosion and kept giving up, until the end.

Fucking enormous waste of time.

I don't really think it all works, and it's definitely too long, but taking the uniquely American fantasy that deluded individuals use to gun people down and exploring it through the uniquely American expressions of the Great American Songbook and the classic Hollywood musical... I thought that was fascinating. I wish they'd pushed the musical numbers to be even bigger and more fantastical... but ultimately I more or less enjoyed it.

I also really liked the different take on Harley, making her a rich kid pseudo-revolutionary content to rage against the machine without ever putting anything at risk. It's not "the Joker and Harley" as we know them... but hey, if we're going to keep trudging up the same IP over and over, I'm happy for people to try something more audacious like this with it. (After this tanked, they won't be allowed to again... but it's a nice idea!)

Also the movie looked and sounded great. That tracking shot after the explosion was absolutely bonkers.

way better than I expected. Harrison Ford, Luke Tennie and Lukita Maxwell are so good in this.




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It's just one of those movies that is a great way to spend 90 minutes and super well executed on the premise with decent names in it that somehow can totally get lost in the deluge of content that comes out so quickly and is forgotten.


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

shame ole boy died.

saw Green Room in theaters and still one of my favorites, probably the best Saulnier

Watched years ago on a whim and was surprised.

A great through-story like the first season and some good episodes in between. I hate they waited this long to barely graze the nipple of mutants. I feel like if they had an additional episode or two, they could’ve done a What If of something from X-Men ‘97.

And wish they had one or two episodes that included the X-Men and/or mutants, that was a wasted opportunity.

liked it, didn't love it. unnerving but gets a little hokey towards the end. great soundtrack though.

Very good.

Ive seen people call it boring and too slow, but I like it

If there is any movie that shows that I do not have the ability to turn a movie off after an initial time investment it's Deep Rising. That movie was absolute shit but I watched the first 30 or 40 minutes and was just like, "Well, I guess I'm watching the whole thing."

Also saw the last hour or so of Passenger 57 (again) and Wicked and S3 of Reservation Dogs in late December.

so there are *significant* narrative and script issues here -- the explanation montage at the end is straight out of a '90s network crime drama, and Barry Keoghan's character is thinly assembled -- BUT

being at Saltburn makes you forget a lot of that. Rosamund Pike being dissociative and hilarious, Farleigh starting karaoke battles (did not realize he was the poor chap strung up in Midsommar), the beautiful tracking shot through a dozen rooms at the mansion, music video segments tied to mid-2000s artists -- I wanted a whole movie of different visitors interacting at the Saltburn summer camp.

since it aired.

Started last month, and im on season 5 now. My biggest takeaway that I dont remember feeling originally is how much I despise Brenda. For a show full of people who are fairly miserable, she's outright exhausting. Brenda deserves all that Skylar White hate.

Really enjoying the rewatch though. Trip seeing all these actors pop up randomly from shows that will come later

It's good, old-school, corny sitcom shit, but I love it as an alternative to watching Martin/Living Single/Good Times on repeat on regular cable.

If nothing else, they've mastered the end-of-season cliffhanger.

yes this movie has some major flaws and definitely misses a greater calling midway through, but I have a soft spot for these kind of stories. the cast is excellent if a bit underused as a whole, with everybody seemingly in orbit around Woody's derangement.

I enjoy Saulnier's films -- still not sure why people hated "Hold the Dark" so personally -- and he brings his usual brooding tenseness and underlyingly evil characters, which combusts combust into graphic violence, to the party.

that said, the last 40 minutes kind of sucks. it's like the Netflix executives got involved and it became fairly typical and stupid.

Aaron Pierre is a magnetic lead, he should definitely be in more things moving forward.

He was in a movie called “Brother” that came out not too long ago, which is where a first saw him. Quite a thorough actor.

Looks like there’s a lot going on. I kinda felt from the first shot “Something is off about this lil town.”

Can’t wait to see how the rest of it turns out.

a very welcome surprise.

Love it so far.

Kinda wish I hadn't seen that, because now I'll be expecting for there to not be a resolution at the end of however many episodes they release.

For whatever reason during the holidays I was watching Taylor Sheridan shows. Made it through Landman and the first season of Lioness. The former was decent, and I oddly enjoyed the latter. I tried with the second season of King of Tulsa, but gave up mid-episode. Shit was just too stupid and regressive.

I really do need to commit to watching Severance.

I watched them on video on demand, bought em for $5 each but they're both on Tubi for free

the first one has possibly the best action fight sequence I have ever seen.

yes I just said that.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

I can't even remember why I stopped watching this dead in the middle of the first season. I got back in the groove trying to get this QA automation project set up, and it's amazing. The whole CV franchise on Netflix has been more fun than most of the games.

I was a kid when Cool Runnings came out so I'm not mad at this movie. I'm ambivalent on Waititi but he hits the right pitch here.

light and enjoyable 100 minutes, with some heart.

Straight yuck. Another one where the trailer tells the whole movie and then the movie has to pad itself for time.

After "Wicked", this is my gf's strike 2 for picking movies.

Felt like an Aaron Sorkin wannabe film. There was no drama or reason for it to exist. Putting clunky music over a kinetic film doesnt make it worth watching. I liked the actors playing the various SNL cast members but it just didnt feel entertaining to me.

Both were great.

The Apprentice - Good. Excellent performances. Such a villain origin story.
All The Streets Are Silent - Can't believe I'd missed this over the years. Loved it though.
Heart Eyes - A fun theater experience, but I'm glad I got this on AMC A List.
A Real Pain - Perhaps my fav movie of the Oscar contenders.
Conclave - I liked it a lot. Didn't LOVE it like a lot did but great performances and really fucking compelling.
One of Them Days - Outstanding. Feels like a Friday for the new generation.
Y2K - I loved this so much and Kyle Mooney is such a weirdo.


Just started Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix. Know I'm late but...what a fucking weird show already (2 eps in).

And I do watch a bunch of unscripted and/or reality trash - Southern Charm, Southern Hospitality, Scamanda, The Traitors, and Summer House...all of which are on right now, so that makes Thursdays and Fridays fuckin rip.

Very engaging story of two Palestinian refugees in Greece.

this was a really difficult watch for me, even as someone who has enjoyed overly long, obtuse Russian movies (Tarkovsky). the cinematography is both amazing and claustrophobic, with a "narrative" that barely exists.

premise is really cool -- scientists travel to another planet that also has humans, but their civilization never progressed past the Middle Ages due to anti-intellectualism (lots of artistic suffering in Mother Russ) -- but at three hours, a lot of tedium for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zMPyWa2kVs

Really liked this one

It was pretty mild. Very respectful, and didn't get too messy. I never knew he was on Sesame Street. And, he was super cool with Richard Marx, which was surprising.

Already a true crime head but this is actually the most compelling hour of true crime video I've seen in soooo long. It had so much I wanted to know more about.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDPRuz1qPhY&t=20s



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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

I had instant interest when I saw the trailer for two reasons 1) the show was created by the same person that helmed Peaky Blinders and 2) two of the focal characters happen to be Jamaicans. Did a little reseach on IMDB.com and its even better that one of the actors is actually from Jamaica; the other is British but has Jamaican grandparents. The Jamaican accent for the British actor fades in and out in terms of authenticity, but the accent is better then the majority of Jamaican accents on dramatic shows. I'm sure 90% of folks won't care about that detail, but it matters to me.

The show seems to delve into bare knuckle boxing in early British times; around the time Jamaica was fighting for independence from England based on an early flashback from one of the main characters. Steven Graham from what I can tell is one of the big bads of the show. Another main character leads to gang of female thieves called the Forty Elephants; it appears the lead character has a crush on one of the Jamaican bare knuckle fighters.

Three episodes in of six that are currently available on Hulu; I believe six more are scheduled to drop in the summer to complete the first season.

Took me 2 nights to get through it. The parts without Chris Hemsworth are super boring.

I liked Longlegs and this is another enjoyable one from Perkins, albeit much lighter tonally

some absolutely stellar cameos and small bits that were hilarious

the "act" of the monkey loses tension quickly so it was smart to lean into the dark humor

This shit is GOOD. Packed with lore and references. Some good changes to what you're used to from standard Spidey content.