Alita: Battle Angel - 5/10

Fighting with My Family 8/10 once you get over the timeline inaccuracies (Paige gets her first tryout at "Smackdown Live" and all the WWE logos used are the newer logo for instance, the movie itself was decent and didn't feel like WWE had it's hands all over it.

Green Book - 9/10....really enjoyed it. I'm sure they took liberties with the story, but it was good. Funny yet dramatic.

What was it I read today about Green Book on Cracked?
"A symphony of lies" apparently, and Mahershala Ali has apologised to Don Shirley's family over his portrayal.

Apparently Viggo Mortensen teaches him how to eat fried chicken and enjoy soul music.
Thank God he was there to help him.

However, in an interview with Variety Tony Lips' son said "It's unfortunate to me because I don’t want to hurt the Shirley family in any way. [Don Shirley and Tony Vallelonga] were together a year and a half and they did remain friends. There’s a lot of information [the Shirley family] doesn’t have, and they were hurt that I didn’t speak to them. But to be quite honest with you, Don Shirley himself told me not to speak to anyone. And he only wanted certain parts of his life. He only allowed me to tell what happened on the trip. Since [the family] were not on the trip—this is right out of his mouth—he said, ‘No one else was there but your father and I. We’ve told you.’ And he approved what I put in and didn’t put in. So obviously, to say I didn’t contact them, that was hard for me because I didn’t want to betray what I promised him [Dr. Shirley]."

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/g...ey-1203103114/

You have convinced me.
Poor oblivious Don Shirley, completely unaware of popular music and cuisine.

How To Train Your Dragon 3 - 9/10

I thought it was really good. I haven't seen the first two but might watch them sometime now.

Journey's End - 3.5/4

A stripped down WW1 dialogue-driven film with minimal action and great emphasis on tone, atmosphere and fantastic use of what little it has.
This is the sort of war film you would get from a director in the forties and fifties - no budget but a great script and access to proven talent.
This is no romantic rehash, nor is is dispassionate and cold. Unusually it is a heartfelt and realistic homage to men who's days were numbered and who's emotions were strained beyond temper.

Heavy going and incredibly unforgiving, a companion to Gallipoli in it's ability to infuriate and appal.

Taking the little one tonight. We loved that first 2.

Paddleton was extremely on the nose... Ray Romano puts in one of the all time great performances though so if you can handle the concept prepare for the old cliche that comedians do drama better than anybody.

I'd find it hard to fault the film, in fact it was honest and excellent in every way. I just did not like the way it made me feel nor the inevitability of the outcome. It is a hard film to rate for that reason.

I doubt I would ever watch it again despite the unassailable brilliance of Ray Romano's turn. He really is magnificent in it, I actually went in thinking Mark Duplass would steal the show yet again but this was all Romano.
Mark Duplass is on a crazy run of productivity lately. I hope he doesn't burn out or go nuts because he's the sort of guy any aspiring writers should look at. He's great.

It can get you thinking about life and the people you come across on a daily basis.
How many people do you know that could be one of those men?
What would it take for you to be one of these men?
How many TPww posters could pass for one of these men?

You could say that about almost any film

Fighting With My Family - 8/10

Very emotional. Took some "creative liberties" but very effective.

Get Out 7/10

Very emotional

Alita: Battle Angel - 3/5

Never seen the original anime so I really can't give an accurate basis for a review. But, I was bored and wanted to get out of the house. It was "okay". Probably safe to say it was better than Ghost in the Shell?

Jaws 3.

1st is clearly the best one.

Jaws 4, The Revenge does it for me.

Michael Caine emerges from water completely dry.
Mario Van Peebles at one point says "Michael stop bustin' ma boogie!" to the protagonist.

It has everything.

Fighting with my Family-7/10

Not the propaganda wwe film I thought it be. Pretty decent character movie, with Paige's brother Zack easily being the most intriguing and layered of characters.

The wrestling stuff was unsurprisingly campy, but it didn't make a joke out of it, and the cast did a good job of making good on their lines. Enjoyed it much more than expected even tho it fluffs the fuck out of Paige.

Glass 4/10 totally unnecessary, boring for 90% of the movie.

Saw "Pretty in Pink" for the first time. James Spader looks dashing.

You are sooooooo Duckie

I've had more than 1 person in my life tell me I am Duckie from Pretty in Pink before

I used to get Chandler Bing comparisons. We've all been hurt before.

Watching Dirty John: The Dirty Truth

This guy...

Can only feel sympathy for a few of these people... some of them come off terribly because they endangered their kids. The blonde should be too ashamed of herself to be in this. Terrible mother.

This guy though...

What moxy!

I don't want to victim blame here but this guy was shooting fish here until the fish started growing arms and pulling the trigger themselves.
This Deborah woman was trying to commit suicide by marriage essentially. She's just as nuts as him.

Whoah, the ending is dope.

Great story.
Love it.

What a way to end the story.

Watched that Hired Gun documentary about studio musicians. It's all fine fare but but why the fuck are they lionising Quiet fucking Riot of all people?

Quiet Riot are a fifth rate Slade cover band. I'm too bothered by the effusive praise for such a terrible band to continue the movie now.

Fighting With My Family - 9/10

I thought it was good. Lots of heart and humor. There's some liberties taken for narrative purposes, but that's to be expected. My least favorite part was probably the end when Paige debuts on the main roster. All the stuff w/ her and her family is solid, great chemistry between the actors.

I enjoyed it!

Tulip Fever 6.5/10

Guru Dave you should watch "Jeff Who Lives At Home" if you haven't already. It's yet another Duplass bro's movie, one with plentiful whimsy.

I'm currently watching the documentary on flat earthers, "Behind the Curve."

Jesus.

Don't you listen to Joe Rogan?

I do.

These flat earthers do not seem to be doing themselves any favours by appearing in this documentary.

Of course, I am a round Earth shill, so what do I know.

The shape of Earth is timecube.

Always.

Greta - 7.0/10

Isabelle Huppert is the best part of the movie, as always she is bouncing off the walls fascinating to watch. Didn't love the movie, Didn't hate the movie. Some plot issues put it in the middle.

Andrew Berends died friday.

https://editspecialists.com/andrewbe...orial/website/

Apparently it was suicide since he was dealing with Parkinsons Disease

Beyond The Curve - 7/10 (Netflix)

An interesting documentary about the most notable people behind the Flat Earth movement. It hints at Patricia Steere being independtly wealthy but never explains where the wealth comes from. Gets into the psychology of why people (likely) believe the Earth is flat - and why they won't ever (likely) change their mind, with interviews from scientists. Mark Sargeant comes across as a loveable everyman. AJ Styles being interrogated by Daniel Bryan for thinking the Earth is flat on SmackDownLIVE makes a brief appearance.

Watched it last night. The end is hilarious.

I'm no big Mission Impossible fan but the new one has a fight scene in it that is easily one of the most exciting, fun and cool things I have seen in a movie for a long time.

It was like The Raid 2: Berandal but all they had were five minutes in the toilet.

Top action!

Fighting With My Family - 4.5/5. It was good, and didn't treat wrestling as dumb or anything, and didn't treat people who may be non fans as an outsider or whatever.

Knowing that Cruise is a crazy person and does a majority of the stunts add to the tension. The last movie was a solid action movie.

Captain Marvel was underwhelming. The mid credit scene was good.

Captain Marvel - 8/10

It's much funnier than the previews would lead you to believe. Brie Larson is good, she and Samuel L Jackson have terrific chemistry. GOOSE is a scene stealer. Talos is a good villain. Marie/Carol the 'emotional heart' of the film. As a Marvel movie, I'd put it somewhere in the middle of the pack.

Didn't click with me at all. Feel like Wonder Woman is still the gold standard as far as female superhero movies are concerned.

Wonder Woman is a good film but people are having a laugh if they think it's anything more than a superhero movie about a stupendously fuckable broad.
It's nothing new.

The movie was trying to do way too much. The protagonist was not at all sympathetic and shows no vulnerability at all. Brie’s portrayal was disappointing considering what she’s capable of. By Marvel standards, it was ridiculously bland at best. The way they handled her amnesia, past life and relationships was also subpar. There are some “cool spots” here and there but overall, it was a major letdown.

I think it's apples and oranges to WW tbh

Wondy is a much more emotional film and totally different. And yes, WW is a much better movie.

I wouldn't say Carol is 'not vulnerable' in this film, I'd say she was given about the same treatment as Tony Stark in IM 1. She's a smart-ass who has some chops, whose biggest adversary is really internal.

If that's the case, they failed miserably. They couldn't accomplish a fraction of what they did with RDJ and his portrayal of Tony Stark.

They almost ruined "Come As You Are" for me.

This movie isnt about her being vulnerable in a physical sense. She deals with some things internally though. I agree with Slik as they gave her the Iron Man treatment.

7.5/10 for Captain Marvel. The first half was as much of a cookie cutter Marvel movie as you can get. The second he really stepped it up and threw in some good curveballs.

Captain Marvel

10/10

The Other Boleyn Girl 6.5/10

Light fluff, but Scarlett Johansson is scrumptious as always.

Raiders of the Lost Ark - 94%

First time watching an Indiana Jones movie. Very good. A lot of fun.

Disappointed that Karen Allen didn’t have a bigger movie career because she was probably my favorite part of the movie.

Howards End (1992) 8/10

Not to sound like a girl (Guru Dave), but Emma Thompson is enchanting in it, and I can see why she won an Oscar for her performance.

Karen Allen was the quintessential attainable girl next door type. I can only name this and Scrooged off the top of my head as films she starred in though.

Hmmm

No shame in acknowledging how graceful she is.

Madea's funreal

What a piece of Shit movie but i expected nothing less.

She was also in the most recent Indiana Jones film, but of course, she was an old braud in that.

Manson Family Vacation - 4/4

This is so brilliantly written that I only knew fully what it was about when it ended. For a steadily paced film with no great tricks or flash that puts a lot of value in the script. That the two lead performances were up to the standard of the writing says a lot about the actors themselves. Jay Duplass is as solid an actor as you'll find but he brings a lot to this one. It's easy to highlight Linas Phillips as the stand out but I think the subtlety of Jay's performance brings out the very best and most likeable version of the character Phillips is playing. The best way I can say it is that the film is as open and honest as the relationship between the lead characters, which is to say that the truth comes out in the end... not a moment before.

I think the ending itself serves as a way to hurl perspective into a situation which none of us would be prepared for, and it does so in a split second through a fence with a look that hit me for six.

I should say it's not a big fiery twist ending or anything, this is an almost purely emotionally driven film and the situation is a strange familial one, certainly not a strangely familiar one...

Fighting With My Family - 7.5/10 - The best WWE Films production since See No Evil.

Captain Marvel - 8/10 - Enjoyed it, but despite not ever having read the comics, I found it fairly predictable.... Lots of good action and humor as always and set up the next movie in April quite well....

Lol can you explain the circumstances behind you going to see this movie

Yeah...why would you even see that movie considering your stance?

Date wanted to see it

Ironically or does she not know about your bigoted views?

Captain Marvel - 3.75/5

It was good. But, Brie Larson. Just didn't fit with me as Marvel's tough bitch Carol Danvers. I kept thinking back to Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road and nobody could play that role than her.

Captain Marvel 7/10.

Another decent movie churned out by the Marvel-Disney Industrial Complex

Damn you guys! I’ll have to go again.

Linas Phillips might be my new favourite actor.

This guy has it.

Linas Phillips in Rainbow Time gives the best performance of a developmentally challenged adult that I have ever seen.

It's a strange film, absolutely brilliant in terms of awkward tension and frustratingly honest in it's depiction of a man who can be very difficult to live with. The laughs are truthful and again, honest. It is a story with it's heart right up in front and it asks nothing more than patience and understanding.

This is a laugh out loud film and it's as forthright as any film I can remember seeing. It pulls no punches and actually embraces the aspects of character that other film makers may balk at when offered the script.

The plaudits belong to Linas Phillips for this little masterpiece. This is how you make independent films.

Rainbow Time - 4/4

Not yet but plenty of other fish in the sea if it's a issue.

Captain Marvel-7/10

It was good from an entertainment standpoint. But it's forgettable.

That friendship angle and the emotion they tried to tie it to felt really tracked on and cheesy. It just didn't land. And honestly, neither did Marvel. Larson was good at times but I don't feel we really watched her character grow.

The villains and their plot were also meh. Extremely uninteresting and just kinda there.

Overall, I enjoyed it as passable entertainment but it falls short of the best Marvel films and isn't anything memorable or groundbreaking.

Green Book - 9/10

Viggo Mortensen is a national treasure.

The Remains of the Day 7.5/10

Are you on a Merchant Ivory kick right now?

The Remains Of The Day is their best work in my opinion. I like how buttoned up and restrained Hopkins is.

Paddleton - 7/10

Ray Romano was really good.

I'm on a early 1990s Emma Thompson kick at the mo, but I may watch more Merchant Ivory films.

I'll be watching Sense and Sensibility on Sunday.

Triple Frontier 6.5/10

Saw Captain Marvel again. Enjoyed it more. Still feel Larson was flat.

Tremors: 7.5/10
Termors II: Aftershock: 7/10
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection: 6.5/10
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins: 6/10
Tremors 5: Bloodlines: 5/10
Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell: 5/10

Apollo 11 -- 7/10

Great restored footage of the crowds and people gathering to watch Apollo 11 and inside the control room/takeoff. Really gives the most accurate look at people alive at the time in that sense, than anything else. Space shots all things you've seen before. A good look at Apollo 11 from liftoff to return home.

Girl with a Pearl Earring 7/10

Captain Marvel.

6/10. Meh

Finally!

Hell or High Water was really good.

Sense and Sensibility 7.8/10

I want to watch the Kenneth Branagh/Emma Thompson version of Much Ado About Nothing, but neither Amazon, Netflix or Google Play (the UK websites) have it available to stream.

LOL come on man there is a big difference between Tremors, and ALL of the sequels, which as you pointed out do get worse and worse. It's more like 7.5/8ish for the first one and then II has to be like 5.5 and then the rest are at least 4 at most. That first one is so good though.

Wow random, I have it on DVD.

It wasn't a masterpiece or anything.... Was a good fun average movie, then the second was also a good fun average movie, then 3 on were still fun enough movies, but increasingly slipped below average.

I think Jordan X knows how you feel about Tremors a bit better than you do mate.

DAMN.

Get out my head, bro

You know who I like in Tremors? The annoying asshole kid that returns in the third or fourth one. He was great.

Sabrina Spellman's teacher is in one of them, she's Bert's sister IRL.
The girl from Jurassic Park is too.

All of those people are in the third one. Back To Perfection was the last one I still liked. The fourth was bad. Never saw 5 or 6 because I bought the quadrilogy boxset like a jerk.