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    • Coin
      Coin last edited by

      Vivarium is good, creepy sci-fi. Don't watch it if the isolation and feeling of inescapable solitude of quarantine/pandemic life gets to you easily, though.

      "Excuse the hell out of you. He's a bag of dicks. I'm a carefully curated box of cocks." -- to @GirlCalledBlu upon being misrepresented.

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      • Wretched
        Wretched @Coin last edited by

        @Coin Haha...haha...ha.. ahhhh life in the U.S.

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        • Auspice
          Auspice last edited by

          I'm a touch under the weather today (sinus infection) and needed something light-hearted to watch (been watching a lot of horror and mystery stuff lately). I chose Enola Holmes and I'm really glad I did.

          It was fun, it was cute, and man, Millie Bobbie Brown is already an amazing actress. I really look forward to seeing more of her.

          Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.

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          • Wretched
            Wretched @Auspice last edited by

            @Auspice I too enjoyed this one.

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            • Arkandel
              Arkandel Admin @Wretched last edited by

              I'm not going to say that New Mutants failed because of its special effects budget. There were certainly more issues than that with the movie.

              But if you are going to make an X-Men film you should have the budget to do it justice, else why are you making an X-Men film with characters who can turn into a wolf, transform themselves into fiery energy, fly, etc when it will look worse than most modern TV shows?

              • He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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              • Lotherio
                Lotherio @Arkandel last edited by

                @Arkandel said in Good or New Movies Review:

                I'm not going to say that New Mutants failed because of its special effects budget.

                This is good to be aware of, I was looking forward to it, but maybe I'm no longer in a rush to see it.

                In other news, The Devil All The Time was enjoyable. It was reminiscent of a Robert Altman work due to a lot of named actors appearing in even small roles, but it was good. It was a whose who of a newer generation and coming up actors. It all worked out pretty good , it wasn't just a pan through a restaurant with like Stallone having dinner in a random scene. All the roles were good, but I was glad to see Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley) in this one.

                I'm just a surge protector doing my job, sir.

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                • Arkandel
                  Arkandel Admin @Lotherio last edited by

                  @Lotherio said in Good or New Movies Review:

                  Harry Melling

                  Watch The Queen's Gambit if you haven't. He has a great role in it. The dude can act.

                  • He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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                  • Ganymede
                    Ganymede Admin @Arkandel last edited by

                    @Arkandel said in Good or New Movies Review:

                    I'm not going to say that New Mutants failed because of its special effects budget. There were certainly more issues than that with the movie.

                    What a waste of talent.

                    “It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.

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                    • Lotherio
                      Lotherio @Arkandel last edited by

                      @Arkandel said in Good or New Movies Review:

                      @Lotherio said in Good or New Movies Review:

                      Harry Melling

                      Watch The Queen's Gambit if you haven't. He has a great role in it. The dude can act.

                      I've been considering starting that, this further convinces me, I'll give it a go.

                      I'm just a surge protector doing my job, sir.

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                      • Coin
                        Coin last edited by

                        The Queen's Gambit is very good.

                        "Excuse the hell out of you. He's a bag of dicks. I'm a carefully curated box of cocks." -- to @GirlCalledBlu upon being misrepresented.

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                        • Lotherio
                          Lotherio last edited by

                          Cosmos (2019) was actually really good. At parts it touches on campy and the music is a bit much. But then again, the only part they spent money on was the score, so they got what they paid for too.

                          This movie really shows a good use of the language of film. The score is a good bed of sound (Altman) despite at parts being bit overly dramatic. Otherwise, they are really good with elements. Good use of Chekhov's gun and no big MacGuffins that seem out of place. So simple and good awareness of the science (mostly, it falls apart a little but the film language is balanced); the guys had some experience I believe with documentaries in the realm of radio astronomy (them or a parent maybe).

                          I'm in a phase of everything I see look like a bad rehash in various genre without contributing much new. This was a good one for me to see during this phase.

                          I'm just a surge protector doing my job, sir.

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                          • boneghazi
                            boneghazi last edited by

                            Do you like horror movies? Gore? Black humor?
                            How about the Power Rangers?
                            Psycho Goreman is for you.

                            The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

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                            • Lotherio
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                              I guess I'm the only one watching new movies.

                              Raya and the Last Dragon is really good for me. Its a combination of a few showings from recent animated series and blended it well for me (broken/mixed/'non-trad' family structures, etc.). Could the various cultures combined into the movie have had more time/showing, yes. The over all message at its heart presents well without being a slap to the face; kindness starts within, or be the change you envision don't wait for someone else. I really liked it is all.

                              I'm just a surge protector doing my job, sir.

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                              • Cobalt
                                Cobalt Tutorialist last edited by

                                Willy's Wonderland is fantastic and I wish I had weed to smoke just before watching it.

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                                • Cupcake
                                  Cupcake @Cobalt last edited by

                                  I just did a rewatch of How to Talk to Girls at Parties and am genuinely surprised at how much I liked it the second time around.

                                  "If you stand for nothing Burr, what will you fall for?"
                                  -- Hamilton: An American Musical

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                                  • silverfox
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                                    I am 20 minutes into the Zach Snyder's Directors Cut of The Justice League and it is already a million times better than the 2017 version.

                                    Thank goodness.

                                    THIS is the DC world. No stupid slapstick comedy, no out of character wittiness. This is the DC comics I loved as a child and would stay up at night reading from my father's collection. It wasn't always particularly hopeful, but the stories were something I craved.

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                                      • Wizz
                                        Wizz last edited by

                                        I have not had as good and consistent laughter throughout a movie as I did while watching Werewolves Within in quite a while. It's absurd and quirky, and the two leads were fantastic. If you enjoy horror comedy, check it out!

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                                        • BloodAngel
                                          BloodAngel Banned last edited by

                                          Pyscho goreman. That was a trip throwback to classic Torma style grindhouse. Also, can't get that song out of my head.

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                                          • Ganymede
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                                            Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is amazing and the best MCU movie yet.

                                            “It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.

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