Movies (and occasionally face slaps) (Part 3)

I barely remember Molly’s Game (though I liked it and would watch it again), but I will grant that the whole Tobey Maguire section of Babylon is the biggest thing I associate with that movie - which has some VERY high highs - being utterly bloated. If I mention “the Tobey Maguire part” of that movie, I’m always doing it with derision. I like that movie overall, but still.

I don’t think of him as a bad actor though.

I thought he was fine as Robert Downey Jrs new lover in Wonder Boys.

Wonder Boys was kind of a bust for me that I had strong hopes for. Can’t say I remember it at this point though; just saw it the one time when it was new and came away feeling disappointed. I see that it got pretty solid reviews, so perhaps middle-aged me should revisit it.

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Yes. You might identify a lot more with Michael Douglas.




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cinema is back

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they must be filming someplace great

That’s one of the most insane headline/lede combos I’ve ever seen.

Unless the pitch was ‘we’ll pay you $2 million to sleep in a casket, and when we wake you up you immediately get killed’, I can’t see how this happened.

Here are the bullet points:

  • Michael Caine

  • 92

  • Out of retirement

  • Vin Diesel’s

  • The Last Witch Hunter

  • Sequel

  • In development

  • Lionsgate

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Michael Caine loves acting, he’s probably doing it for fun and he doesn’t give a damn about the money or if the movie’s any good.

lol Michael has only been interested in money almost his entire career. He’s the original Nicolas Cage or Kevin Hart but probably closer to Kevin Hart. He’s literally one of the greatest actors ever and has never used any choosing discretion whatsoever.

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Maybe it has a great script tho. I’d hope so anyway. It doesn’t have to be Jaws Revenge just because he’s in it.

A great script? It’s a Vin Diesel movie.

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The Chronicles of Riddick is cinema.

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Of a sequel the original only had a 5.9 on IMDb

wtf indeed, jesus christ

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I’m telling you, the old man just wants to have fun being an actor again.

I’m telling you, he’s out of money

I have described the story to people who say they won’t watch it and they always gasp at the end.

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Didn’t watch it but I guessed who it was from the blurb that said “you’ll never guess who it was.”

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