The Patriot Act

By the director of Thor: Ragnarok, Taiki Waititi.

Alpha-8/10

Gonna go home and cuddle my dogs now

It (2017) - 5/5 Streaming on HBOgo

A lot of the time I will hear about a movie that is rocking the box office or getting rave reviews from movie goers and just let it slide by me. That is okay because when it lands on me it lands at the right time for me. I've been on a Stephen King fling since I've been obsessed with "Castle Rock" and It is one of the few Stephen King adaptations I've not seen. I have seen the mini series from the 90's with Tim Curry and I really enjoyed the effort when I was a kid. For a contemporary horror film this really has it all, tons of amazing special effects, jump scares, comedy and solid story telling. I would recommend to any horror fan, especially those afraid of clowns.

I have decided to alter my rating scale to be based on my expectations for the genre. It is not fair to compare a movie like "It" to say "The World According to Garp".

Steaming on what service?

Moviepass #87 Meg 7.5/10 I surprisingly liked it

Was also able to check in after midnight for Happytime Murders even though its not one of MPs 2 movies for Thursday but fuck it

It's called "DVD Hard Copy"

Retro

What the hell does that post even mean? "Hard copy"?!

I think you're looking too deeply into an off-the-cuff comment that clearly means "I watched a physical copy of the movie, I did not stream it."

I wasn't prepared for an investigation so I apologise for mistaking a soft copy for a hard copy.

Zero Dark Thirty 7/10

Moviepass #88 Happytime Murders - 6.5/10 there's a somewhat decent cop movie hidden behind all the Muppet humor. But the problem is it feel like they keep whacking you over the head with the sane jokes. Post credit stuff is neat to see how they pulled off the Muppets.

Wait what do you mean soft copy?

The Dark Half (1993) - 2.5/5 Rented from Vudu for $3.99

I've continues my plow through Stephen King movies which brings me to the prequel to Needful Things "The Dark Half" starring Timothy Hutton and Michael Rooker. The story begins with a child writer who has a compulsion to write but this seems to bring a great pain in his brain. Once the pain gets bad enough he is taken into surgery to remove what is believed to be a tumor but it's not a tumor at all, but his twin that seems to have started to re-grow inside of his head. Once removed all is well. We catch up later in life and the boy has grown up to be Timothy Hutton and he's a professor who writes under a pseudonym that is very famous. The books he writes are filth but they make a lot of money. When his secret identity is compromised he decides to come out of the closet and kill off his false identity which bring unto his family and friends a world of horror. I really enjoyed this movie but it isn't great, however the acting and film making is good for the gene and time. I rate it low because it's not a knockout of a movie because the story itself is kind of stupid, but I did enjoy it.

2001: A Space Odyssey (IMAX) - Classic

The Death of Superman-7/10

Never read the comic but this was pretty good. Starts out with Clark struggling with his duality between being Lois' boyfriend but keeping his Superman identity a secret. A giant meteor meanwhile crash lands on earth and the being inside of it goes on a killing spree. You know what happens from here.

It was really good. Particularly the fight scenes. So damn good and better than both BvS and the live action Justice League.

Stay tuned as there's like 4 post credit scenes.

That's next on my list.

Hard copy = paper documents
Soft copy = digital media files

Is this the one with Rainn Wilson voice acting because from the cover alone I have nearly bought that a few times.

I've never made it through this movie without falling asleep. I've tried at like 7 or 8 times, probably more.

Needful Things (1993) 3/5 Streamed via M4UFree (some website I found since I didn't want to pay for this movie)

This is a fairly popular Stephen King book turned into critically panned movie staring Max Von Sydow and Ed Harris. I really enjoyed it. Sometimes it's best to ignore the reviews and just go for it. This movie is right up my alley tons of fun. Castle Rock, a new Antique Dealer has moved into town. Everyone who visits him seems to find exactly what they "need" to make them happy. The catch is that the dealer will offer a way to possess the item via task than payment. Shortly you find out that each task seems to create a web of chaos that ultimately dissolved the town into madness. I would highly recommend this to those watching Castle Rock on hulu. Nowehre near as bad as the reviews say it is. The movie features Ed Harris as Sherrif Alan Pangborn (a character featured in Castle Rock and also The Dark Half), and honestly I didn't love him in the movie which is odd because he is a fantastic actor but he didn't nail this part for me. Max Von Sydow however is fucking awesome and evil and scary and I loved him.

Yes it is

The book of Needful Things has one of the funniest chapters I have ever read in it.

What goes on in that chapter?

A paedophile gets trapped behind a couch while breaking into someone's house and gets squashed against a wall when they sit down.
I was howling when I read it, Stephen King is a remarkably funny man when he wants to be.

LOL they left that out of the movie, totally gonna get the book at the library next week hahaha.

Murder on the Orient Express (2017) - 7.5/10

I enjoyed it well enough. Kind of made me think while I was watching it "hmmmm, I kind of wish I was reading this book instead". Also, the braud I thought was Keira Knightly for the whole time was actually Daisy Ridley.

Your review was good, I enjoy Needful Things in any form. The book is just so much better though.

Yeah! It's definitely not an easy watch and requires a lot of patience. The third act is a "mind fuck" and you'll leave with more questions than answers. And not even in a Nolan fashion. I hyped myself up for the viewing via going through a couple of essays and learning more about Kubrick's intent. If you were intend to go watch it, choose the 70mm film option over digital IMAX.

Dogma - Amusing

I enjoyed it for what it was.



P.S. Have you guys watched Mallrats? What's your take on it?

Mile 22 -- 5/10

Mark Wahlberg was laughably bad. I had no idea Ronda Rousey was in this, Ronda was Ronda. The plot is both predictable and the ending is really bad.

I liked it when I was 14 but I highly doubt I would enjoy it now. Never liked Dogma that much, the Damon/Affleck scenes were good though. Mall rats was my favorite Kevin Smith as a kid. Didn’t like Chasing Amy and Clerks very much.

How come?

No joke this is my older brothers favorite movie. He used to have coffee in the morning to the soundtrack, especially the opening with the apes freaking out. He’s weird.

Summer of '84 - 8.5/10

Really terrific suspense thriller. Rear Window meets Stranger Things.

Batman: Under the Red Hood - Throughly enjoyable.

A lot of drama that I wasn't expecting.

If you're referring to the movie itself



And if you're wondering about the formats, Digital IMAX is limited to two 2K projectors working in tandem. 70mm film retains more information due to its size and analog nature. The colors and blacks are richer. While it can't be quantified, enthusiasts / nerds suggest that the resolution is comparable to that of 12K.

Haider - A bit too intense.

Kashmir and Hamlet.

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Molly's Game 7.5/10

Iko Uwais was pretty much on a leash the entire movie, right?

I fully expected him to slaughter 25 people in a span of 2 minutes The Raid style.

He got to 'do stuff' in 2 scenes but they made both scenes shaky cam so it was hard to know what was happening...really weird decision imo

Ghost Stories - Excellent

Is 99 cents on iTunes at the moment. Quality film.

I watched that last night after buying it for £10. It was excellent until it lost its way and delivered a double bluff ending that made the conclusion murkier than necessary.

All in all a very strong film but far closer to the morbidly comical than the genuinely terrifying.

Paul Whitehouse and Martin Freeman were absolutely wonderful. I am delighted to see Paul Whitehouse in films now after so long on television.

Why the fuck would spell check try to correct that? Fucking arrogant.

The Happytime Murders - 5/10 - If you like inappropriate, stupid comedies, you will at least tolerate this. Not as good as Team America or Sausage Party (animated, not puppets, but same general idea). Could have been better, but I don't feel like I wasted my money seeing it in theaters....

Papillon (2018) - 3.5/5

Super Troopers 2 7/10

I liked it, and felt it was funny, but not nearly as funny the original, but still worth the watch, I highly doubt I will watch it over and over again like the original.

Crazy Rich Asians-7/10

It got a few good laughs out of me and some chuckles throughout. Pretty predictable and formulaic but well acted with likeable characters.

Crazy Rich Asians - Adorable.

stop

Wait, unless by adorable you mean lame and retarded?

No it was good. And Gemma Chan, who plays the rich guy's empathetic and grounded cousin, is a smoke show.

It's about the usage of the world "adorable".

I have a shitload of reviews to do but my phone company has fucking cut me off over some bill they took the money for and claim I never paid.

Mother cunts

A Quiet Place was good though, not as good as Don't Breathe but it had a superb second half. I think I'd have given that a close to perfect score if the family weren't so detestably stupid in it at predictable moments.

Nah. Gemma Chan is fucking hot

She was so graceful and elegant :heart:

Stripes - Very enjoyable. Sean Young is beautiful.

If I remember correctly, Gemma Chan was in an episode of Sherlock, and also in the Sci-Fi tv series, Humans.

Sean Young was beautiful

I would italicise the word but she really was and I suspect Hollywood is to blame for her emotional and physical ruin.

Uh oh. I haven't gone that rabbit hole yet. Gonna Google her now.

Some Harry Potter garbage 2/7

Sinemia #1 Searching 8.5/10 once i got past flashbacks of seeing Unfriended: Dark Web this was a solid movie with a pretty good twist.

So I signed up for Sinemias 3 for $10 plan to compliment my moviepass 3 for $10. Ill end up getting 7 movies a month for $20 cause every 5 movies I see ends up getting me a free movie through Regal.

You didn't review the movie

Droford, why didn't you choose AMC A-List over Sinemia?

I give that purchase a 4/7

I don't have AMC Regal is only movie theatre within 30 miles any direction

I'm seeing little Stranger later on tonight

The rare movie I'm seeing 100% blind no reviews/trailers/who's in it/what its about

100% bald

The Huntsman: Winter's War 6/10

Brothers Grimsby not terrible but not good either 3/7

Moviepass #89 The Little Stranger 3/10 a non scary haunted house movie. One of the worst movies I've seen in the year I've had Moviepass

Searching - 9/10

Great mystery, lots of plot twists.

On with my Stephen King binge...

Thinner (1996) 1.5/5 Stars

The story is about a fat lawyer who kills an old Gypsie with his car while getting a blowjob from his wife. When his relationship with the town judge and police work in his favor, he gets off with no conviction. Then an old man Gypsie appears and curses the fat man by touching his face and saying "THINNER". Day by day he begins losing weight. Eventually he realizes that he was cursed by the Gypsie and seeks to find him to release the curse. The acting is this movie is really bad, especially from the lead actor Robert John Burke. I've noticed on a lot of campy Stephen King movies that making a likable or sympathetic lead character is not a priority. Which is interesting as a viewer, and I would imagine has to be purposeful. There is so much camp about the movie that it actually adds to the enjoyment factor, because if it took itself seriously it would get a much lower rating from me. Worth a watch for a dumb fun horror movie.

Graveyard Shift (1990) .5/5 Stars

The story is of a rat infested textile factory that is completely condemned but the owner pays off an inspector to keep it open. Slowly the employee's who are hired to clean the infested basement go missing. Eventually a drifter hero travels to town and takes the graveyard shift at the factory. After proving himself he is given the double pay holiday clean up shift to clear out the infested basement within a week so the owner can double his workload for the factory. The hero joins a cleanup crew who slowly start to die from some kind of giant bat/rat creature. The creature looks horrible a total joke, and unrealistic on every level. The owner played by Stephen Macht (and the best performance of the movie by far) stars off as a dick head but somewhere in the second act turns into an all out villain, I would assume because the movie monster was so lackluster they felt the needed to at more bad guys to the movie. This movie is trash, not really worth your time even for curiosity.

Truth Or Dare - 5/10 - Not a huge fan of horror, but this one was alright. Fairly predictable and the ending was not that great.

Happytime Murders - 6/10

Some good zingers the first half, but nothing 'great' the second half

Calvary 6/10

BlackkKlansman - 4.5/5

See I love Calvary but I could understand if it was maybe a bit too dark for some, unless you just didn't like it for other reasons.
Still, I think chris O'Dowd and Brendan Gleeson are amazing in it. Domnhall Gleeson has a brilliant wee cameo too.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MO: 4.5/5. Very well acted and written. Great story to it, though I think it loses a bit as I feel it probably exaggerates small town life.

It's one of my all time favorite movies.

Ideal Home - 4/4

Steve Coogan and Paul Rudd play to lovers who are forced to cope with the sudden and unexpected arrival of their estranged grandson.
Without saying too much about this film it is just fucking fantastic, so watch it and I won't have to bother selling it to you. It really is just class.

Brendan Gleeson was great; it just didn't keep my attention.

I watched Infinity War last night. it was excellent as I expected though

The humour was pretty high in this one. Drax as usual gets some of the best laughs but overall they were spread out pretty fairly.
I enjoyed it a great deal, hopefully the next one is not one big retcon.

Do I need to watch all the series before this to "get it"?

You don't have to

You should probably see the last four or five but it's not going to change anything. The movie comes straight out into action as if you've missed out by sitting waiting between films.

You don't need to in order to "get it".... but certainly to "fully appreciate the scope".......

I'd recommend at least Avengers, Civil War, and Thor Ragnarok. Maybe a Guardians movie just so you know who those characters are.

Isn't it always great when you spend like fifteen to twenty minutes typing out a post about how awesome the whole thing was and then your stupid cunt Mac decides to disconnect from the internet and you lose every word?

I sure appreciate it.

Used to sometimes lose E-fed posts like that and it was the absolute worst...... especially if someone else would then continue off the post you wanted to continue off of, making your whole idea/post unusable so you can't even retype it......

Searching - Excellent.

RIFT (Icelandic thriller) - 8.5/10 (on Shudder)

A cousin to "A Dark Song" and "Don't Look Now". Mesmerizing cinematography. Not for everyone, narratively speaking. I'm going to spend some time debating the last twenty minutes in my head.

I am the Pretty Thing that Live in the House (2016) on Netflix - 2/5

A Hospice nurse in her late 20's moves in with an elderly novelist nearing the end of her days. They live alone in a nice home, that is haunted with the ghost of someone who used to live there. The premise is as simple as it gets and so is the movie. It's quite scary at times if you are afraid of the dark, I started the movie late at night and turned it off when it gave me the spooks early on. However when I picked the film back up and made it to the finish line I was left feeling like "oh that was cute". Not a legendary horror film by any stretch but interesting. There are only about 5 actors in the movie and I'm not sure that I liked any of them. But the film did give me the spooks due to the camera work holding certain shots long enough to make you feel creeped out so I give it 2/5.

The Babadook (2014) on Netflix - 3/5

I've been recommended this movie for a few years now and Slik pushed it on me to try so I gave it my attention. The film is about about an Australian family, mother and son who have lost the father in a car accident. The child is as most children would be being raised in the wake of a tragedy like that, totally off the walls insane. The mother does her best to cope with her son's behavior problems until the entrance of a certain book changes everything. The Babadook is a book that foretells a horror story of a monster who haunts you in the darkness, it has some cliche elements to it which actually make it even more terrifying. Everything turns on its head when the elements of the book seem to actually be happening to this family. I'm sure most of you have seen this film but the horror of the story is actually a metaphor for the grief in the loss of the father. The manifestation of the loss into a physical terrifying monster is pretty smart. I've read a lot of reviews on this over the years and I didn't enjoy it as much as most, simply because the lack of color in the film and the one set location was so dark and grey. Grey tends to bother me in a film. Though I do think that is appropriate when trying to envelope a story in grief.

A Dark Song (2016) on Netflix - 5/5

I've been on this horror kick after getting so into Castle Rock the past month. Slik recommended this amazing film to me and oh man I am so glad I watched it. The story is of a woman who wants to conduct a sort of long form seance/ritual with a guy who seems to know how to do this sort of thing. She harbors a deep tragedy and seeks to resolve her feelings through contacting the dead. The acting and cinematography are incredible. I applaud those who worked on this film, it's beautiful in its horror and drama. This belongs in the same category as a film like The Shining. Really fantastic. If you haven't seen this and want to see a really great psychological/ritualistic horror film please check it out.

Heathers - Weird

The Voices (Ryan Reynolds) - Total Mindfuck

The Greatest Showman: 8/10

Somehow I had no idea this was a musical and was just expecting a "period piece biography" film....... Enjoyed it for what it was, but do kind of wish it expanded on a lot of things instead of song montaging through a lot of bits......

You didn't know that it was a musical?

The biggest musical for years?

The Nun - 2/10

Just behind SlenderMan for the worst horror film of 2018 and easily the worst film in the The Conjuring franchise. It's plotted like a cheesy blockbuster, and it doesn't work, at all.

I saw a shit horror film the other day called The Orphanage. I think it was Spanish. Terrible. Just terrible.

No one told me.

I had heard one of the songs from it before, though. Just didn't know it.

I actually love that movie lol.