The Woman in the Window (Netflix, 7 out of 10). In a few ways similar to Rear Window, but in others very different... no spoiler in this review. Amy Adams somehow changed her appearance for 99.99% of this film, along with Gary Oldman with a bit of overacting, Anthony Mackie with a bit of an invisible role, and Jullianne Moore smoldering hot in her role (I admit it... I'd stalk her if I could. Seriously, sixty freaking years old and she looks like she is in her twenties). OK, back to the review... yea, Jullianne Moore.
re: Woman In he Window borrows from many, achievements few. this has all been done before and better. kinda like covering a classic song, if you can't sing it better, at least, have a fresh original take. 4/10
ooooohhh....now I'm intrigued. Regular-acting Gary Oldman is fantastic, Overacting Gary Oldman is amazing (see: 5th Element, Leon, True Romance, etc...)
The Whole Truth (on Netflix, 4 out of 10). Usually like courtroom dramas but this one seemed like a poor man's Scott Turow or John Grisham. Made worse by Keannu Reeves wooden performance and Renee Zellweger's well, creepy performance. The only saving grace of two hours... Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Second movie I have seen her in the last few weeks (previously, Miss Sloane with Jessica Chastain). Wow... stunning.
tried to watch Good Morning Vietnam last night on HBO Max. Couldn't get through it. Robin Williams holds up alright but the plot (what little of it there is) moves along so slowly that I just couldn't stay interested in it.
Watched "Leap" on the plane yesterday. It's about the Chinese National Women's Volleyball team. I did not think a movie about women's volleyball would make me tear up multiple times. I give it a B.
I think it is. It's your typical underdog sports movie but I don't know why this one hit the feels for me.
Wanted to watch Godzilla vs. King Kong. But I cannot pay 30$. Understand the need to charge it, but it's so ridiculous. If they want $30 from me it has to be epic good.
Blade 2 on HBOMax 6.66 /10 I'm going back and watching movies I didn't know had a sequel. I knew Blade had a sequel since I've seen bits and pieces of Blade Triinity. But I never saw the second part even after being a huge fan of the first. I was impressed with the new take on the engineered vampire genre. I went as far as accusing the makers of "The Strain" of copyright infringement. Ha. Turns out Del Toro was behind Blade 2. Who knew. Almost as good as the first Blade I thought.
Good review. I watched it not long ago. The 1955 dog is named Copernicus. He's a totally different dog. Someone else mentioned Back to the Future a month or so ago in some "greatest ever" thread. I thought the poster was a little out of his mind, but I rewatched it and, while it didn't have me loling nearly as much as I once did, I'm not sure I disagree with him. I would give it a 10/10, and not just for nostalgia's sake. The material is light but the script, directing, cast... all are just excellent. They could've stretched some scenes out and added a few more jokes though. Back to the Future II, on the other hand, is trash. It had a few moments, yes, but so much of it felt recycled. After watching part III, I realized that II is basically just the first half of III. Maybe that wasn't Zemeckis's intent, but I feel better thinking about them that way. So, Back to the Future II gets a 4/10 from me. Back to the Future III finishes strong and gets an 8/10.
Back to the Future should not work as a movie, but it does. Marty has everything. He's cool, he has a hot girlfriend, and he has a car. All he really does is change out his parents for superficial ones and gets a new truck. There's no real journey and I don't know what message it wants to send. It's a good movie though. I don't exactly know why. But it has to be the charisma of Michael J fox and the supporting actors.
Seriously? It’s a classic, Os. Maybe you were just in a mood. Happens to me sometimes. I disliked Midway for some reason the first time I watched it and said so here. Something about it bothered me. Must have been in a mood. Weeks later I gave it another shot and loved it. Watched it again recently and still loved it. Go figure.
somehow I missed Last of the Mohicans all along the way since it came out in 1992. It popped up on Amazon prime, watched it, enjoyed it. I see why it is acclaimed. I thought some of the Hawkeye dialogue was a little weird, particularly at the beginning of the film, but by the end Lewis's performance seemed pretty natural. I also understand why they filmed the movie in North Carolina, but the rhododendron kind of distracted me every time I saw it. Still pretty impressive film. 9/10
Imagine going to a strip club and the lead dancer is fifty. Spoiler Hustlers! That movie was not good -- 5/10
Fun fact: In the scene where Marty is wearing a yellow radioactive suit and blasting a Walkman of Eddie Van Halen guitar sounds at his younger Dad in bed, that is actually Eddie Van Halen in the suit and not Michael J Fox.
