Recently watched movies 2025

[Stagnant]

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.

 

[HuskyHawk]

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.

 

[Dove]

Oh.What.Fun (2025)

Michelle Pfeiffer carries this movie where she is the do-it-all mom waiting for someone to ask if she needs help.

It's okay.

Dennis Leary is her wimp husband.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Oh.What.Fun (2025)

Michelle Pfeiffer carries this movie where she is the do-it-all mom waiting for someone to ask if she needs help.

It's okay.

Dennis Leary is her wimp husband.

I tried this one. I was annoyed by almost all the characters within 20 minutes or so, just didn't feel like continuing.

 

[nwhoopfan]

"Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken" (1991) is on Prime. Saw it when it originally came out on video, I think I watched it again several years ago, just saw it again. A young Gabrielle Anwar stars. Based on a true story. Set during the Depression. Young girl on her own in life, through perseverance becomes the featured performer in a horse diving act. I enjoyed it.

 

[CL82]

Apollo 18 (2011)

Yet another "discovered video footage" movie. Picture a mashup between Blair Witch, Alien, and Apollo 13, but on an incredibly low budget. That's this movie. It answers the burning question

Spoiler

what if the moon were inhabited by killer hermit crabs. Not giant ones, mind you. Just regular size killer hermit crabs.

It's not good. But it wasn't so bad that I didn't watch it to the end. I give it 3 out of 10. You know how they are some movies that you'll watch when nothing else is on? Well this is the one to watch if you're home sick and want something out in the background why you nap.

 

[storrsroars]

Argylle (Apple). I'd passed by the thumbnail for this countless times as I'd really never heard anything about it, and the premise seemed dumb and derivative. But on this snow day in Pittsburgh I decided to give it a try. It is dumb and derivative. It is also very funny and ridiculously entertaining, especially the sequence with the colored gases, which essentially the same effect director Matthew Vaughn used in the exploding heads scenes in the original Kingsmen, and again in the ice skating sequence, which I'd love to know how it was filmed. Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell make a great team as the leads. Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara, Henry Cavill, John Cena, and Samuel L. Jackson all have important parts. There are much worse ways to waste a couple hours.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Argylle (Apple). I'd passed by the thumbnail for this countless times as I'd really never heard anything about it, and the premise seemed dumb and derivative. But on this snow day in Pittsburgh I decided to give it a try. It is dumb and derivative. It is also very funny and ridiculously entertaining, especially the sequence with the colored gases, which essentially the same effect director Matthew Vaughn used in the exploding heads scenes in the original Kingsmen, and again in the ice skating sequence, which I'd love to know how it was filmed. Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell make a great team as the leads. Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara, Henry Cavill, John Cena, and Samuel L. Jackson all have important parts. There are must worse ways to waste a couple hours.

Never took itself at all seriously, which is what saves it really.

 

[Dove]

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

This one still brings the laughs. The scene where Clark dances with the baloney sandwich while ogling Christine Brinkley kills me.

 

[HuskyHawk]

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

This one still brings the laughs. The scene where Clark dances with the baloney sandwich while ogling Christine Brinkley kills me.

It’s funny that she was considered out of Chevy’s league (although Beverly D’Angelo is a knockout) and then she married…Billy Joel.

 

[Dove]

Neighborhood Watch (2025)

Jack Quaid and Harry Dean Morgan star in this pretty damned decent movie about a mentally ill guy (Quaid) who sees a young woman get abducted. At least he thinks he did. He convinces Morgan, a neighbor, to help him search for her.

This is my second Quaid movie that I really liked. Novocaine was an absolute delight.


A good watch.

 

[nwhoopfan]

This is my second Quaid movie that I really liked. Novocaine was an absolute delight.

Have you seen "Companion?" He's in that as well.

Yeah he's putting together a nice career.