I watched Cosmic Sin last night because it had Bruce Willis, so how bad could it be, right? The answer is incredibly bad. Like maybe one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. Somehow it manages to completely avoid being comically bad, like Sharknado, and has literally no redeeming qualities. It’s kind of incredible.
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Those tickets to Mars aren’t gonna pay for themselves.
Any more picks from Hammer or Cushing?
Loved Twins of Evil.
Vampire Lovers and Lust for a Vampire are next then moving on to the Hitchcockian derivatives.
If you liked Twins then definitely try those other two you mention, they’re not as good but they are the same 70s exploitation kind of thing. Countess Dracula is another very enjoyable one in that vein and Captain Kronos is another 70s one that’s a little weird and pretty great.
If you want to try Hammer in its absolute pomp then may as well start with their versions of Frankenstein and Dracula from the late 50s. They did all sorts, though. There’s an early Oliver Reed one from the 60s that has a Hitchcock-y vibe that’s great, Paranoiac. If you enjoyed Cushing in Twins then Frankenstein Must be Destroyed is him doing that character as deranged as he ever did it, and if you fancy seeing a younger version as an almost action hero then check out The Abominable Snowman.
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I’m 5 minutes into The Hunt and love it already! Dennis! Dude from This Is Us!
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Deplorables whined about THIS!? (still fantastic, btw)
The Hunt owns. Best ironically fun movie I’ve seen in so long.
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I’m only 45 min in. Daughter came home so I’ll pick up tonight after dinner, bath, bedtime with playtime interspersed somewhere in the mix.
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I mean, they’re correct that the movie is deeply insulting toward MAGA folks, just maybe not in the way they think.
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Really enjoyed Death of a Chinese Bookie, gritty neo-noir portrait of a likeable degen that reminded me very much of Uncut Gems in a lot of ways. It’s shot in an unusual way, if you’re not feeling it within the first 20 minutes or so you might not want to stick with it.
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I’d rather not post only in here about Van Damme movies (even though Netflix added like 15 of them and my gf is slowly becoming addicted) so I won’t go on about “double team” and its final act in Rome’s Colosseum involving an angry tiger, a shirtless Mickey Rourke and a Coca-Cola vending machine 
Here are 3 movies I saw in theater last week :
Annette (Leos Carax). Musical movie with songs written by Sparks (an old US band, never heard of them but they are apparently famous). Simple tale-like story about a dysfunctional couple of famous artists and their newborn daughter. The movie almost lost me at several points but this was always followed by scenes which were so well-crafted and moving that overall I completely loved it (but several ppl left mid-film so not everyone feels that way 
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Benedetta (Verhoeven). A lesbian nun with visions of Jesus in 17th century Italy. Pretty good but weird film, not sure what to make of it. Verhoeven consistent in his refusal to pander to good taste or false subtlety lol.
Titane(Ducournau). Palme d’Or winner at Cannes. A lot going on in this movie, at the same time a serial killer film, body horror and dysfunctional family drama. Like I could give a 3 sentence description of the movie, where each sentence separately could be a good premise but this felt like too much and didn’t work very well for me especially after the first third.
(I liked the director’s first film “Raw” better. It had a perfect premise : young vegetarian girl accidentally eats meat and develops a craving for human flesh)
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And it co-stars Dennis Rodman! A++ trash movie.
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And he is constantly making basketball jokes even though his character is not supposed to have any relation to the sport… he also uses a giant inflatable ball instead of a parachute…
There’s also these 15 mins where jcvd is transported into a “the prisoner” type village for former spies…and he has this old friend there who helps him until the end but maybe betrays him but maybe not everyone laughs it off (I couldn’t figure this one out)
So little about this movie makes sense…the 90s were great 
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My enjoyment of a movie increases dramatically when a tiger shows up for no reason, I realized this watching Manhunter.
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‘Ash? Any word from you or Mother?’
No. We’re still collating.
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Stuck in an Indonesian ultra violent mode right now. Watched The Raid 1 and 2 and The Night Comes for Us.
Raid > Raid 2 > Night
Couldnt find an Indonesian version of The Raid 2, could only stream a copy with laughably bad English dubbing. I think that really hurt it in my eyes, the audio was just terrible I almost put it on mute. For some reason I didn’t really dig the action in Night, the main actor was kind of lame it needed more Iko Uwais. Julie Estelle though
Seems odd to get excited over a 415 year-old play that’s been produced for TV and film at least 20 times. But then again why not?
https://twitter.com/JamesGleick/status/1418264555722006537?s=20
Two developments changed the nature of Macbeth performance in the 20th century: first, developments in the craft of acting itself, especially the ideas of Stanislavski and Brecht; and second, the rise of the dictator as a political icon. The latter has not always assisted the performance: it is difficult to sympathise with a Macbeth based on Hitler, Stalin, or Idi Amin.
What about Trump? No, that doesn’t work either. Denzel’s good, but he’s not that good.
There was a recent film adaptation of Macbeth that was quite good.
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Watched this last night, not 100% I’d ever seen it before. As ctr mentioned it all takes place in an alternative New Orleans where you can stay upright and alive if someone unloads 50 bullets into your chest, but once you take a kick to the face you’re a dead man.
It’s very satisfying for fans of Jean-Claude or John, the first half an hour especially is about 50% slow motion. Then Lance Henriksen steals the second half with a wonderful scenery chewing bad guy performance. At one point JCVD sets his coat on fire and Lance looks utterly furious as he shrugs it off and screams to his henchmen to sort this shit out. Really great.
Also has this (warning extreme martial arts):
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