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storrsroars said:
Watched Jay Kelly (Netflix) last night. Was wondering how a Clooney/Sandler combo would work. The storyline smacked of a Clooney vanity project. The acting was decent enough and there are a lot of stars involved playing the various enablers who basically ride Clooney's acting to successful careers of their own until they've had enough. In the end, neither lead comes off as much more than all words, no action.
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Saw it. That is basically it. Mildly entertaining. Billy Crudup, who seems to be good in everything, was very good in this. He should have had a bigger part.
 
Started watching Spinal Tap II: The End Continues Saturday evening. Less than ten minutes in I decided to move on, but after hearing the devastating news on Marty DeBergi (the late, great Rob Reiner), I decided I owed the movie another shot.

I won't spoil anything. There were quite a few cameos (this had been publicized for a while), many of the old gags were repeatedly referenced (which was to be expected), some parts were quite humorous but more were just lame or old and stale. It's worth the time invested on TV if it doesn't cost much but it wasn't close to the original.
 
nwhoopfan said:
"Wake Up Dead Man," the latest in the Knives Out series just hit Netlfix. Yikes. I hated it. None of the humor or cleverness of 1 and 2, and most glaring was none of the fun. It was just long and dreary. The characters really weren't interesting. This was a huge miss.
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Agree, it was not a good movie. Gratuitous hated of religion is never really funny or interesting but the stuff from Daniel Craig's character was simply insulting. It did the worst thing a movie can do, it was boring.
 
Palatine said:
Agree, it was not a good movie. Gratuitous hated of religion is never really funny or interesting but the stuff from Daniel Craig's character was simply insulting. It did the worst thing a movie can do, it was boring.
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I thought Brolin's character was really bad also. I can't count how many movies I've seen where a priest or pastor, etc. is basically evil incarnate. Hollywood just can't help themselves.
 
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)

Kurt Russell is on my Hollywood Mount Rushmore.

Here, he plays the coolest version of Santa ever. Darby Camp plays the cute true beleiver kid.

In jail, Santa belts out a song with Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul.

Christmas almost gets ruined. But the elves come yo yhe rescue.
 
One Battle After Another (2025) DiCaprio plays an aging terrorist (Bob) on the run. His group is working to let as many illegal aliens into the country as possible. In their spare time time they rob banks and murder people. These are the good guys. The military has no checks and balances and are after Bob for political and personal reasons. They are controlled by an elite group of country club white supremacists. They also kidnap and murder people. These are the bad guys. The movie is neither thoughtful or interesting. This is another dark comedy with no comedy and no socially redeeming values. It was, of course, critical acclaimed. It's not even well made. The story has plot holes and is not believable on any level. Zero stars.
 
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Palatine said:
One Battle After Another (2025) DiCaprio plays an aging terrorist (Bob) on the run. His group is working to let as many illegal aliens into the country as possible. In their spare time time they rob banks and murder people. These are the good guys. The military has no checks and balances and are after Bob for political and personal reasons. They are controlled by an elite group of country club white supremacists. They also kidnap and murder people. These are the bad guys. The movie is neither thoughtful or interesting. This is another dark comedy with no comedy and no socially redeeming values. It was, of course, critical acclaimed. It's not even well made. The story has plot holes and is not believable on any level. Zero stars.
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I had no interest in it previously, but you have further cemented my disinterest in seeing it.
 
Dove said:
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)

Kurt Russell is on my Hollywood Mount Rushmore.

Here, he plays the coolest version of Santa ever. Darby Camp plays the cute true beleiver kid.

In jail, Santa belts out a song with Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul.

Christmas almost gets ruined. But the elves come yo yhe rescue.
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Agree this is a Gem. The jailhouse rock scene is awesome
 
Just watched "Relay" on Netflix. Well done thriller, very enjoyable. Stars Riz Ahmed, Lily James, Sam Worthington, Willa Fitzgerald.

Ahmed is an intermediary. His clients come into possession of very sensitive documents that big corporations want back very badly. He arranges for the materials to be returned, while safety protocols are put in place to make sure the client is safe. Interesting cat and mouse game ensues.

I've thought at times Worthington isn't a very good actor, but he was quite effective in this. As long as he doesn't try to exceed his capabilities, he does fine. And of course having James and Fitzgerald both in it was not a bad thing at all.
 
The Forgotten Battle (Netflix - 2021) A really good World War II movie about the Battle of the Scheldt, a British/Canadian/Dutch and Belgian Resistance assault on the islands at the mouth of the Scheldt River to open up the port of Antwerp so allies could supply their attack on Germany. There are several different perspectives, including Dutch citizens, resistance fighters, Dutch collaborators, Germans and allied soldiers.

The setting is unique for a WWII movie, and the islands of the Scheldt estuary along with the coastal villages, are practically characters. The movie also illustrates the desperation of German occupation really well. Strongly recommend it.
 
ZooCougar said:
It’s actually not that bad.
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I also have somewhat of a rule about avoiding 3 hour long movies. I guess it clocks in at 2:42, so a bit under that threshold, but close enough.
 
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The Night Before

The day before we fly for the holidays, we watched this 2015 Rogen/Goldberg holiday comedy that I was not aware of until tonight.

Overall, it was fine. Funny, maybe too many Rogan “way too high” cheap laughs but Joseph Gordon-Levitt was very good and had some heartfelt moments too. Cameos from Mikey Cyrus and Nathan Felder were highlights and Michael Shannon as a weed dealer was by far my favorite character.
 
HIM (Peacock). If this is what Jordan Peele does with a big budget, don't give him a big budget. This is supposedly a football movie. It is not. Lots of blood & gore. And just weird and disturbing. I did not care for nor root for a single character in this mess.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
The Night Before

The day before we fly for the holidays, we watched this 2015 Rogen/Goldberg holiday comedy that I was not aware of until tonight.

Overall, it was fine. Funny, maybe too many Rogan “way too high” cheap laughs but Joseph Gordon-Levitt was very good and had some heartfelt moments too. Cameos from Mikey Cyrus and Nathan Felder were highlights and Michael Shannon as a weed dealer was by far my favorite character.
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I get bits and pieces of this mixed up with the Harold and Kumar Christmas movie.
 
Palatine said:
It's worse, I was being nice.
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It’s not your bag. It was perfectly watchable and had some really funny moments. The chase scene in the hills was really unique. Not really really earth shattering at all like some suggested but it was good movie. Maybe you just don’t like cinema?
 
Saw Marty Supreme early on Saturday. Our own Kemba Walker (and Tracy McGrady) makes a cameo appearance as a Globetrotter. With the award buzz the movie is getting maybe he can add Oscar winner to his resume if it wins best picture!

As far as the movie goes, incredibly stressful, very similar vibe to Uncut Gems if you liked that you will probably like this.
 
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Eddington (2025)

First off. If you choose to watch this movie then do everything in your power to turn off your politics.

I think at least that this movie is mostly about how we are all on our screens too much, and we only consume things that agree with support our beliefs, so basically you end up with people in the same space existing in effectively different realities.

Phoenix plays your typical dipshyt Sherriff Joe type guy. Except he thinks the Covid restrictions are causing people to be jerks.

Pedro Pascal plays a small town limo lib type Mayor. He’s all in on Covid restrictions and bringing in economic development to his town. Like Phoenix, he’s also misguided but not totally wrong.

Phoenix decides to run against Pascal for Mayor. And things really go off the rails because Phoenix is an incompetent Main Street Rube and because of “forces” instigating things.

The movie really picks up steam when some mysterious “Antifa” like goons show up in a private jet. The identity is left unclear, are they some Soros backed group or a false flag? Either way they are up to no good.

I give it 2.5 of 4 stars. Anything with Pascal gets docked .5 automatically.
 
ZooCougar said:
It’s not your bag. It was perfectly watchable and had some really funny moments. The chase scene in the hills was really unique. Not really really earth shattering at all like some suggested but it was good movie. Maybe you just don’t like cinema?
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How could tell from a car grill a half a mile behind her that this person was after her and not some random driver?
 
ZooCougar said:
Maybe you just don’t like cinema?
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She was fine. I appreciated her willingness to cross party lines. It seems like that's in Arizona thing.
 
CL82 said:
She was fine. I appreciated her willingness to cross party lines. It seems like that's in Arizona thing.
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That’s the thing. She was actually really into Lockjaw. Pal thinks it was a love letter to terrorists but it tried to be kind both sides are bad.

The French 75 people were clowns. The only competent character was Benicio Del Toro.
 
Palatine said:
How could tell from a car grill a half a mile behind her that this person was after her and not some random driver?
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Suspension of disbelief and that’s not that far.
 
ZooCougar said:
That’s the thing. She was actually really into Lockjaw. Pal thinks it was a love letter to terrorists but it tried to be kind both sides are bad.

The French 75 people were clowns. The only competent character was Benicio Del Toro.
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No question both sides were bad. But the film picked sides and the terrorists were the good guys.
 
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Palatine said:
No question both sides were bad. But the film picked sides and the terrorists were the good guys.
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I think the film picked the side of protecting the kid. I mean it’s clear that it’s not the same USA as ours. So you are liberated a bit too.

The fact that they handed out an award named after Nathan Bedford Forrest made it pretty clear.
 
I watched Bugonia. I have been wanting to watch it for a while now. It finally arrived on Peacock today; so I got to see it.

It is a strange movie. But it has some excellent attributes. The acting, the screenplay, the directing, and the score are all top notch. I liked it. A-
 
The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)

:yawn:

Kurt Russell, shock(!!), carries this bore of a sequel. It starts off badly and actually improves as the action picks up.

Some runaway elf turns human because he loses his Chritmas spirit. He seeks revenge on the north pole.
 
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Arthur Christmas. Discovered this gem last year. Animated with a great cast including James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy and others. Santa is a family tradition in this one, am inherited title. Broadbent is the current Santa, Malcolm Claus. He’s too old and can’t keep up. The elves and his eldest son Steve (Laurie) do all the work. Steve has masterfully upgraded the technology and operations at the North Pole. Arthur is the much younger Claus son (McAvoy). Events occur that demonstrate that Arthur truly has the heart of Santa Claus and the love of kids and spirit of Christmas.
 
The Housemaid. There are things that don’t work when you really take a step back and examine them. But it was very entertaining. And the two female leads did really good work.
 
Marty Supreme. Agree with @Coult it’s stressful and mostly unpleasant, like Uncut Gems, which I hated. This is better than that. The acting is good and the ping pong is phenomenal. But I really struggle with any movie that has 12 people in it you see regularly and all but one is an A hole, jerk or is otherwise unlikeable. The first hour is particularly painful. Credit to Chalamet who evidently played a lot of ping pong and learned to copy Marty Reisman’s style. Just as he did with Bob Dylan. The real Marty seemed like a more likable guy though. Inside the Chaotic True Story Behind 'Marty Supreme': All About Real-Life Table Tennis Legend (and Hustler) Marty Reisman A bit too long, especially in the cinema.
 
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