Archive for September 2023
13 posts from 01 to 25 September 2023.
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A good version of Suicide Squad and The Suicide Squad. This has a fantastic cold opening, you are literally dropped into the action, with miniguns rolling in the first minutes. The titular Predators don’t appear until the last half, and they remain bad hunters.
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This is less edgy, less gory, more silly all around. It does work as a standalone action film of politically questionable variety (like Ghostbusters), but the RoboCop baggage drags it down.
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What the fuck, literally! This is pure Cronenberg weirdness wrapped around sexually charged arthouse. There’s less talking than other films, but sometimes it is too much.
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I’d buy that for a dollar! A bit dated now, but still prescient. Mainstream big budget films where a strike is not really shown in a negative way are precious.
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The famous invisible aliens film is not as bad as it seems. Pretty tame for a Timur-adjacent film.
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This is an incredible mix of musical, stereotypical James Bond flick, and noir adventure, in that order. Mamma mia!
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Locke and key, a similar concept. A bit more dynamic, more Apple product placement, but moderately enjoyable. Naomi Watts as a mom is still weird, I watched Mullholland Drive too long ago, it tainted her image for ever.
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I was nun the wiser, but apparently The Conjuring dudes are trying to Marvel their way into a franchise? They seem about as successful, at least they are mostly standalone.
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Now that’s what I’m talking about. Makes Apollo 13 look like a home movie, and it’s not even about the effects. Just sheer moviemaking ability and great performances. It’s also not a sausage fest, unlike the whole Apollo program.
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CapCom, you shut up now because I’m talking here. Utter generic Ron Howard schmaltz about a better story than this film represents.
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It’s David Lynch all right, completely inscrutable. Explanations are futile, only questions remain.
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Ahh, the “good” old times, where a romcom about PUA was not a cancellable offence. This could be remade with the same script, but turning Will Smith’s character into an Andrew Tate-loving incel. Or have woman involved in the creative process at all.