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Coming Home In The Dark - Daniel Gillies, Matthias Luafutu, Miriama McDowell, Erik Thomson and a few others. Started OK with family on a field trip, beautiful scenes in NZ, but then the bad guys show up and movie drags on, what are they doing this for? Well much later we see it goes way back and the main bad guy holds a big grudge to the family's father. Think almost everyone ends up dead. A 1 1/2 on the Moizmeter, mainly for the scenery.
L.C.Stein wrote:That's a great felling :D
My husband has never watched Stargate SG-1, so I am re-watching (and he is watching for the first time) all the episodes. It is almost like new for me since I don't remember all the episodes (at least it's been like 15 years since I watched it :o).
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I'm watching Scrubs. I never really watched it when it was first on, only a few episodes here and there. I'm enjoying it after a fashion. I reminds me a lot of the stories my Ex would tell me about her work in the emergency department at the hospital.
THE GRUDGE - Andrea Riseborough, Jacki Weaver, Demian Bichir, and a cast of….never mind, ridiculous story of some horrible disease? that eats people up? Andrea is a detective investigating a horrifying find and story goes back to Japan where disease? started and was brought over to States. I love Andrea so she gets movie a 2 on the Moizmeter.
THE UNFORGIVABLE - Sandra Bullock, Vincent D'Onofrio, Viola Davis, Jon Bernthal, Richard Thomas. 20 years ago, Sandra is charged with killing a sheriff who came to evict her and her little sister. Altho the little sister actually killed the cop, Sandra takes the fall and goes to prison. She gets paroled, works 2 jobs but still has the cops sons after her. One wants to kill her and the other wants nothing to do with that. Eventually Sandra finds her now grown up sister and movie ends with their loving embrace. Confusing with all those flashbacks, are we now or then? A 2 1/2 on the Moizmeter.
THINGS HEARD & SEEN - Amanda Seyfried, James Norton, F. Murray Abraham, Natalia Dyer, Alex Neustaedter, Jack Gore, Karen Allen.
Amanda & husband James move from Manhattan to a house in upstate NY, where hubby has a teaching job altho all his credentials are phony. Amanda soon discovers the house is just slightly haunted as a murder took place there many years ago, and F. Murray is going to blow whistle on James. He won't have that and kills him and gets even nuttier finally killing Amanda. A 2 hour waste of time for me, a 1 1/2 on the Moizmeter.
Ayo I just watched the new Spider-Man Movie. As much as I'm not hype for the mcu or any of that, there is genuinely no movie.. or probably any other form of media that's managed to pull off what this one did at the scale that it did. I don't want to spoil for anything but sheesh I left the theater a couple hours ago and I can't stop thinking about it. Though I must admit, I have as much issues with it (in the larger context of the state of cinema) as I have praise for it (as a damn fine work of art).
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HUSH - Kate Siegel, John Gallagher Jr., Samantha Sloyan, Michael Trucco, Emma Graves. From 2016, Kate is totally deaf and living alone in an isolated house, gets a visit from friend Samantha who was being followed by a nutcase John, who then brutally murders her right outside Kate's window but she doesn't hear, then killer turns his attention to Kate. I couldn't understand why he doesn't go in as there are hundreds of windows begging to be smashed in, but no he stays outside and then murders Samantha's bf who shows up. Oh well, Kate will figure out her defense, ya think? A 2 on the Moizmeter.
CollierShoot wrote:Gintama is great but sooooo long. Easy to get fatigued. Hard to find good streams for it too :(
the Gintama anime. If anyone's got any recommendations that would be great. A bit stuck on what to watch next!
Watch Scrubs and Community and Farscape. They're all brilliant!
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Ron's Gone Wrong was pretty decent!
It's a Pixar thing I think?
The story is that this big tech company called "Bubble" (basically and Google/Apple stand-in) has made little personal assistant bots for kids. They act as smartphone robots that follow people about and post to social media for them…
-Interestingly Tannith Lee wrote about that in her 1976 book Don't Bit the Sun, but was a lot more clever and futuristic… Compared to that this movie isn't as farsighted, it's just based on a simple extrapolation from current trends with the yoth culture in isolation, while Lee's book was about how the whole of society would be changed.
The protagonist is poor and doesn't have a bot. And because of that he doesn't fit in or make friends etc… His dad and Granny get him a damaged one for his birthday. AT first he doesn't like it because it doesn't work correctly and connect to his social media, instead acting more like an actual friend who's interested in him rather than what he wants to project.
Eventually that changes how the other bots work too and everyone gets ones like his.It's a bit of a muddy social message (actually being friends is better than a social media popularity contest), but it's a but it's a fun film and makes you feel good.
comfort food for the brain.
I really liked that the company CEO was sort of based on Steve Jobs… with a bit of Larry Page and Bill Gates. Bill Gates head and Steve Job's turtle neck. But I think it was more Jobs because of the subject matter (the bots are basically the original iphone), and the fact that the real inventor of them (and previous CEO) is sort of pushed out and all this guy supplied was his garage for it to be built in and he just did the business stuff -(ie Jobs with the Lisa and Macintosh etc).
Big jabs at Google because the kids are just seen as data to use to sell to advertisers… which was a big reason why Android was free to put on phones… But then Apple and Microsoft and everyone does this now anyway.
MARY - Emily Mortimer, Gary Oldman and a bunch of no-names. Couple buys an old wreck sailboat and rebuild it. Their 2 kids, along with 1 bf, and a friend of Gary's, set sail for Bermuda? Things quickly go wrong, boat seems to be haunted. The bf attacks Gary and is taken to hospital on some island. He soon kills himself. Then the friend goes crackers and Gary gets killed by some ghost? Emily gets the 2 girls off and she is arrested for murder? A 2 on the Moizmeter.
THE HOLE IN THE GROUND - Seana Kerslake, James Cosmo, Quinn Markey…Seana and her young son are renting a remote house in the middle of nowhere. There's a huge sinkhole in the forest near their house and soon Seana starts to think her son is not the same anymore. He's been replaced by a ghoul but can't tell unless you see him in a mirror. After a long crawl in the sinkhole she thinks she's saved her real son. They move to the city and new place is full of mirrors. Does she see anything weird? Guess not but goofy end when she takes a photo of her son riding a bike, and he's out of focus??? Have no idea what this meant, a 1 on the Moizmeter.
moizmad wrote:Had to watch that with my ex because horror films were the only ones she'd really like (I do NOT like horror films), but it looked quirky and interesting enough to explore.
THE HOLE IN THE GROUND - Seana Kerslake, James Cosmo, Quinn Markey…Seana and her young son are renting a remote house in the middle of nowhere. There's a huge sinkhole in the forest near their house and soon Seana starts to think her son is not the same anymore. He's been replaced by a ghoul but can't tell unless you see him in a mirror. After a long crawl in the sinkhole she thinks she's saved her real son. They move to the city and new place is full of mirrors. Does she see anything weird? Guess not but goofy end when she takes a photo of her son riding a bike, and he's out of focus??? Have no idea what this meant, a 1 on the Moizmeter.
It had promise but it didn't really get there…
It was like a crossover between horror and fantasy- or like a fantasy concept but a more "realist" horror interpretation.
Basically it's a doppelgänger theme.
It would probably have been better if they went more full on fantasy or more full on horror.
“Don’t look up” on Netflix.
It uses the old trope of an asteroid on a collision course with earth to make a hilariously damning indictment of American society and politics. Not only that, but it also uses the analogy of the falling comet to riff on the comedic aspects of global warming.
Spiderman no way home. Easily the strongest of the Spiderman films with Tom Holland even though it was very much a spectacle and barely slowed down through its entire runtime the plot and character work was really well done. Although it does rely on viewers being fairly up to speed on MCU movies and older Spidey movies, they do a decent enough job to stop it from being too inaccessible. Far better than I expected it to be.
Also watched black widow the other day… Quite full really, one of the worse MCU movies for sure.
Also watched Encanto the other day. And my opinion is almost exactly the same as Ozones, which is it's pretty and emotional and well done but also very shallow.
Oh and I watched the Hawkeye series which was pretty solid, far better than the black widow movie.
Witcher season 2. Definitely a step up from the mixed bag of season 1. I really enjoyed it.
Something I have more to say about any of the others though is…
The wheel of time.
I love the books, I've read them all several times. For those that don't know it's a huge series that makes the lord of the rings look like a pamphlet. Safe to say making a TV series is ambitious, but the author was one for giving a lot of detail and quite repetitive, realistically cuts could be made without damaging the story.
Ultimately the end result is a mixed bag. Some of the changes make sense either story wise or how times have changed since the 90s and modern tv sensibilities, but others… Hard to say. The worst part is they've had to cram the first book in to 8 hours when the story could really do with 10 or 12 Hours. Most of the SFX are well done except the season finale has some very wonky shots. The sets look great and the main cast are solid, overall I like it but not as much as I'd hoped to. Then again a lot of shows have wonky first seasons.
Detroiters: comedy series with a pretty unique tone. One of the creators/stars is Tim Robinson. I’ve seen his sketch show “I think you should leave” and it’s very odd and funny. I think I like The Detroiters better…I’m more a fan of story than sketch. Good stuff so far! A bit too high-energy for me to binge, but a nice gradual watch (at least so far!)
DREAM HOUSE - Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, Martin Csokas, Elias Koteas….from 2011, a bit confusing at times, guess some scenes are dreams, while others reality? Daniel & wife Rachel move from city to secluded house that seems a tad haunted where murders took place a few years back. We find out the murders were a mistake and Daniel's wife and kids were the victims but in Daniel's mind they are still alive and living in the house. Neighbor Naomi helps Daniel get better after the 2 bad guys (Martin & Elias) kill each other. Daniel writes a best-seller about the case. A 2 on the Moizmeter.
fallopiancrusader wrote:
“Don’t look up” on Netflix.
It uses the old trope of an asteroid on a collision course with earth to make a hilariously damning indictment of American society and politics. Not only that, but it also uses the analogy of the falling comet to riff on the comedic aspects of global warming.
I just watched that ! LOVED it
Im gonna put it on my top movies like Zardoz and Idiocracy
"The Kindergarten Teacher" on netflix with Maggie Gyllenhaal. A teacher is unfulfilled with her family and life at home and often escapes to her poetry classes. One day one of her 5 year old students begins pacing back and forth reciting a peculiar poem in the classroom sparking obsession.
I enjoyed this film, I felt it had strong acting and the poetry art/scene was a lot of fun to watch. The little boy was very adorable and believable in his role. Surprising ending, not sure if the film would be for everyone though.
I'm re-watching Hunter, the old TV cop show from 1985.
It's not bad really. It's well written, punchy and fun.
The obvious influence for it was Clint Eastwood's dirty Harry, who the main actor really looks like, but they very quickly soften that after the first episode.
Initially he's a badarse who likes to shoot first and doesn't care about the dirty scum criminals… but that just doesn't hold for long. He's got too much brains and heart for a moron persona like that.
It's reasonably woke for its time, there's decent representation for the time. The team up with him and his lady partner is a team of equals. They're both as tough as each other.
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I can't help but compare it to Miami Vice which was another cop show that began a year earlier in 1984. Miami Vice is a LOT flashier and the stories are far deeper and more serious and darker. Hunter is still serious but lighter.
Miami Vice is something we base our idea of the 80s on: big hair, pastel and neon clothes, fancy cars, awesome fashion, mansions, rock stars, fancy parties, cocaine everywhere, amazing hair, headbands,amazing architecture, cool art aerobics, great suits, great bodies…
That existed in the 80s but it was a VERY small part of it.
Hunter is what the 80s were really like: brown and beige everywhere, bad fashions, receding hair, bad perms, bad suits, shitty tweed sports jackets, shitty old cars, crappy run down dirty cites… It's a joy to see that all again <3
The Witcher: season two. Though I thought season one was a hot mess, I must admit that the first season had some emotional texture. It was all melodramatic bathos for sure, but you could feel an emotional connection with the characters. Season two reads more like a brittle history lesson. There's lots of convoluted storytelling, but it's incredibly dry. I found myself fast-forwarding through a lot of it out of sheer boredom. This season also firmly cements Henry Cavill's status as the Fabio of the 21st century!
Animated series Centaur World and Kid Cosmic on Netflix.
Centaur World was excellent. It reaches a series conclusion in two seasons. At first, you get the feeling that it wants to be Adventure Time, but it stands alone in its own right. It is mostly musical numbers. It's self-aware, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, but the plot is heavy and, at times, dark. Tbh, it's my favorite kind of story with a light mood/characters but heavy content. Synopsis: A soldier's horse ends up in an alternate world due to a magical artifact and tries to reunite with her rider (and then take on the evil being that is causing the war).
Kid Cosmic is less intense, more of a kid story. I love the art style. The characters are likeable. Each season is stand-alone but has a continuity link. Synopsis: A comic-obsessed kid in a small desert community finds space rocks that imbue their possessors with super powers. He forms a superhero team with his neighbors to take on aliens that want the stones.
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I also watched Archive 81, which is outside my usual genre. I guess it's horror? I was drawn in by the concept of unraveling a mystery in old VHS tapes. It gets supernatural pretty quickly. The characters are interesting and pacing is good, so it managed to hold my interest through to the end.
So now I'm RE-watching Russian Doll. I love time-bending stories.
PRISONERS - Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman, Paul Dano, Terence Howard, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo, Maria Bello, David Dastmalchian. From 2013, 2 young girls disappear and frantic parents go on the hunt. Detective Jake leads investigation, many leads go nowhere but finally one girl is found alive and Jake focuses on Melissa, who has the other girl alive, they have a shoot-out and he kills Melissa, takes girl back to her mother. Now where's father Hugh? Will Jake find him? A real good watch for me, getting a 4 on the Moizmeter.
I watched The Man From Hong Kong the other day.
This is a 1975 kung-fu movie made in Australia with some scenes in Hong Kong.
I had NEVER heard of this. It was super stereotypically a 1970s kung-fu film,with all sorts of bloody, violent deaths from men in big hair, tight shirts and giant flares.
Including Samo Hong! - Jacki Chan's fave guy.
George Lazenby, first James Bond is also in this as the badguy boss and he's awesome. He's like Burt Reynolds with class.
And Hugh Keays-Byrne is ALSO in it, as a good guy policeman. (Toecutter from Mad Max and Immortan Joe in Fury road). He plays a vice cop who dresses undercover… SO that means he literally looks like a hobbit for the whole film!
-Green long sleeve shirt with lacing at the collar and a brown belt at the waste so the shirt tales hang under it. He wears an American sheriff badge on it, he also wears brown flares, and he hair is super shaggy and curly. He's a hobbit.
The movie was Ok. Nothing special except the above mentioned stuff with the actors and Australia. It's just a pure 1970s kung-fu beat-em up with plenty of blood, fiery explosions, terrible punch SFX, and henchmen being slaughtered.
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