The Movie Preview, Review, & Recommendation Thread pt. II

The Crow (2024) 7.5/10

Good cast, nice cinematography a tight script and storyline. Absolutely nothing original, but still fun.
 
Trap: I’m not a big M Night fan, but this seems like a departure from his usual vibe. Ridiculous plot, no real twists and a very pedestrian sleep walk through the script for everyone involved. Serial killer taking his teenage kid to an Arianna Grande concert learns that it is all an FBI sting to capture him.

Just started The Platform 2, which may be better than the first.
 
On one of the recent plane trips back from Korea, I watched "In The Land Of Saint and Sinners"

On paper, it shouldn't have worked, the plot is kinda ridiculous if you think about it plus it's on the squizzy little screen on the back of the seat with a crappy ear speaker, but I really thought it was good - maybe it was the free wine and G&T - or the acting but I ended up engrossed and impressed. Do your self a favour.
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In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023), starring Liam Neeson (film review)

I thought that Liam Neeson was going to quit making the tough-guy action films? It appears he shows no sign of stopping, but his characters are damaged and about to retire, or be retired. Finbar in…
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Liam Neeson went back to making senseless action movies for the money. I remember reading he admitted that after declaring he retired. He's getting old though. In Retribution he was sitting in a car most of the movie and the stunts and more demanding action sequences outside were done by others. He's not quite at the Harrison Ford stage where he has notable walking and muscle/weight retention issues.

Trap was filmed half a block from where I live. I see that stadium whenever I look out the window so I have zero intention to watch it. It's like people asking me to watch Sept 11th movies. I lived through it so I don't really need to be reminded of it.

I did watch Vanished into the Night on Netflix recently. I had no idea Annabelle Wallis spoke Italian but after the first few scenes she reverts back to American English (which for me is even more bizzare for her). It has some nice backdrops of Bari. I could not believe Riccardo Scamarcio is only 45. He looks a lot older.
 
fxh said:
On one of the recent plane trips back from Korea, I watched "In The Land Of Saint and Sinners"

On paper, it shouldn't have worked, the plot is kinda ridiculous if you think about it plus it's on the squizzy little screen on the back of the seat with a crappy ear speaker, but I really thought it was good - maybe it was the free wine and G&T - or the acting but I ended up engrossed and impressed. Do your self a favour.
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In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023), starring Liam Neeson (film review)

I thought that Liam Neeson was going to quit making the tough-guy action films? It appears he shows no sign of stopping, but his characters are damaged and about to retire, or be retired. Finbar in…
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I liked it. Worth a watch.
 
For the original Godfather, what do people here think is the reason Michael Corleone demoted/reassigned Tom Hagen from consigliere to "our lawyer in Vegas"?

I always thought because he heard the offer from Sollozzo and pressed Sonny to accept it. Somehow Michael picked up on that and doubted his loyalty during his plan to eliminate the other dons. But then Tom Hagen played along with getting rid of Tessio so he must have known something.

Then Godfather 2, Michael obviously trusts Tom Hagen because he's acting godfather if Michael doesn't come back from Cuba. I always assumed Michael accepted Tom has a blood brother but in that moment it didn't seem so.
 
Fwiffo said:
For the original Godfather, what do people here think is the reason Michael Corleone demoted/reassigned Tom Hagen from consigliere to "our lawyer in Vegas"?

I always thought because he heard the offer from Sollozzo and pressed Sonny to accept it. Somehow Michael picked up on that and doubted his loyalty during his plan to eliminate the other dons. But then Tom Hagen played along with getting rid of Tessio so he must have known something.

Then Godfather 2, Michael obviously trusts Tom Hagen because he's acting godfather if Michael doesn't come back from Cuba. I always assumed Michael accepted Tom has a blood brother but in that moment it didn't seem so.
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Michael sent Tom to Vegas because he was a crappy wartime consigliere and he had decided to whack Barzini and Tattaglia. Plus, it was to demonstrate that he was not his daddy’s figurehead and needed to choose his own and not recycle Tom. It also broke the link to Vito with Tom so Vito was excluded from the situation because he made peace with Barzini and Tattaglia. If Tom was still consigliere it would have blowback
 
I watched A Man Called Otto only because it showed up on Netflix. I haven't watched a Tom Hanks movie since he did that WW2 submarine one for Apple. Tom Hanks is basically playing Tom Hanks except his back story is he lost his spouse in a small suburban townhouse complex. He finds it pointless to live and finds different ways to commit suicide but somehow comes off as a do gooder like trying to jump on the train tracks and then saving a man who fell on the tracks instead. He chastises his neighbours and is generally grumpy to all the kids, moms, and men around. Most of his redemption story arc is with Marina Trevino. He helps her learn to drive, helps out with her kids, taking care of some cat, etc. It's all designed to be a tearjerker when the man passes on and his neighbours feel there is a void even after he bequeaths his possessions to them.

I'm more surprised people in suburban US actually acknowledge their neighbours much less know them.
 
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There's new aliens - what happened to the old little green men?
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This one?

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Although that movie has someone closer to the types of music you post in the music thread.

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Liam Hemsworth isn't Thor anymore and now shags a 57 year old Laura Dern in Lonely Planet.
 
The Substance 2024

Great cinematography and solid performances from the three leads in a rather cliched modern fable about beauty, aging and Hollywood. If you wanted to see Demi Moore in full nude flirty years ago, your wait is finally over.

5.5/10
 
Movies coming out this month.

Gladiator 2. What else can be said when Russell Crowe’s character and physical appearance died since a quarter century? Denzel Washington who is older than Djimon Honsou in present times features. An 86 year old Ridley Scott directs.

Juror No. 2. A 94 year old Clint Eastwood directs.

But don’t worry we have the next generation covered. One of Denzel’s sons directs and one of his son stars in The Piano Lesson.
 
Canary Black with Kate Beckinsale. It's the classic I'm married to someone who doesn't know I'm a spy. It even comes with a plot twist that is completely predictable because you've seen this movie a thousand times before. It looks filmed entirely in the Balkans with a slightly better production value than a made for TV movie. There are countless action sequences where you wonder how Beckinsale can continue on in the movie without a wink of sleep or rest. For example, her husband is shot after being beaten up in torture and somehow still walks around to cover with a handgun for her.

A lot of British actors (+ 1 actress) in the movie but they all had to do American accents. Could have been easier to just ask them to speak naturally.
 
I watched My Old Ass. I only heard about it when the film festival was in town. I think I read an article about the main actress. Anyway, it's all filmed in cottage country of girl dying to get away from her family and farm to go to uni in the city. She meets a boy. Her older 40 year old self comes and gives her some advice and tells her to avoid the boy. The rest is pretty predictable. It took awhile for the movie to get going because the first 1/4 was just girls getting high in the woods, small town life, and random lesbo scenes.
 
Michelle Yeoh is in the new Wicked movie. She's really cashing in on her Oscar to get as many roles as she can.
 
Christmas in Rome. It is December so I succumbed. Did Lacey Chabert always have f$cked up jaw/teeth?

Samuel Page. I didn't know succumbed to TV movies. I remember him as the deadbeat husband for Joan in Mad Men.
 
It looks like Netflix is trying to give Hallmark a run for its money on B-level Christmas rom-coms with past the expiry date stars.
 
Watching Our Little Secret on Netflix. People wear suit and ties to home Christmas parties in the States?
 
Canadian media seems to be unhappy Dune 2 is not being nominated for much in the Golden Globes.

When I watched it, it seemed formulaic. Up until the one on one duel to the death at the end.
 
The Heretic is a masterful psychological suspense and horror film. Hugh Grant delivers his best role yet in this wonderfully ominous and literally dreadful production. 8/10
 
In a recent interview he said he liked these roles. He said he was difficult to deal with in real life, and was prone to tantrums which was the opposite of his affable rom-com characters that he kept being cast for.

I guess it's good he finally hit his stride when he hits his pension age.
 
Kraven the Hunter bombs and makes barely 4x more than an Interstellar re release.

Maybe this is finally a sign to stop churning out derivative comic book crap and/or the 60th reboot.
 
Fwiffo said:
Kraven the Hunter bombs and makes barely 4x more than an Interstellar re release.

Maybe this is finally a sign to stop churning out derivative comic book crap and/or the 60th reboot.
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Probably killed AJT’s shot at being the next Bond, too.
 
I watched Carry On last night. It’s big and it’s dumb and full of cliches. It’s the perfect action Xmas film, in the tradition of Die Hard 6/10
 
I saw Meet Me Next Christmas. Christina Milian has a great smile. Not sure about the rest of the movie. If you're going to shoot a New York movie in Toronto, at least change or blot out the street signs.

I am going to subject myself to Red One next.
 
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