clovis has the LaserDisc
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Hamnet (2025)
Give Jessie Buckley the Oscar (opinion subject to change if I see something mind-blowing, obviously.)
So far my experience with Chloe Zhao had just been sitting through boring-ass Nomadland and sitting through easily the most boring MCU movie (Eternals), so Iâm glad this one didnât bounce off me in the same way. Thereâs some more slow shit in it, and I donât think the final act is satisfying enough to allow the film to achieve greatness, but it has a gangbusters lead performance from Buckley and I really liked everything going on visually in this.
3.5/5
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Uhhh lol racist much
Let Us Prey (2014)
Rookie cop Rachel is about to begin her first night-shift in a neglected police station in a Scottish backwater townâunaware that the arrival of a mysterious stranger will lead to a night of violence and terror.
One of those indie horror movies you take a chance on and are pleasantly surprised is any good. This has a GREAT opening credits sequence. Really sets the mood a lot like the opening sequence in The Invisible Man.
But best of all. You know whatâs better than Al Pacino as the devil? Sir Davos as the devil! Starring Liam Cunningham, who played Davos Seaworth in Game of Thrones.
This is very violent.
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Anyone remember those OATS Studios shorts from several years ago? Anyway, this was my favorite. Horror/ sci-fi, 22 minutes long, Dakota Fanning killing it
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Yeah those ruled, big recommend from me.
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The Deep House (2021)
While diving in a remote French lake, two YouTubers who specialize in underwater exploration videos discover a house submerged in deep waters. Their dive turns into a nightmare when they discover the house was the scene of atrocious crimes.
The Deep House should have been a 4/5 horror movie. It is a refreshing experience right up there with The Descent and Donât Breathe for movies that actually scared me, but while this movie is well paced and effective, it just doesnât have that special touch to elevate it above a soft 3/5. Even that might be a little too high. The script just isnât as good and creative as those movies.
Admittedly, I am not a fan of possession stories, and while thatâs ultimately a tiny part of the movie, it did make me jlawokay.gif.
This does take a minute to get started, but once they go underwater, the movie gets tense and never lets up. Worse than getting trapped in a cave.
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A couple of the guys at Slashfilm loathed this movie and cited a couple other zero star reviews. Made me second guess my anticipation a little.
Yeah, given my history with Zhao movies I was spooked by some of the negative feedback on this after the initial hype. But as big festival darlings with subsequent mixed reactions go, it pretty easily cleared Sentimental Value for me.
Unfortunately it doesnât come close to the very best movies of the year for me, but I do think itâs just on the outskirts of my top 10 so far for the year.
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Honestly, itâs dumb budget horror but I kinda liked Deep House.
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Canât decide if I should go see Wake Up Dead Man or Kill Bill the whole bloody affair today?
I am kind of a fan of dumb budget horror to tell you the truth. It needs to be good for what it is, no zombie strippers or anything silly, but this is an area where you are likely to see someone trying something new.
Hadnât really thought about the fact that no women are method.
Except for these ones:
Meryl Streep, Charlize Theron, Jessica Chastain, Lady Gaga, Hilary Swank, Natalie Portman, and Kate Winslet
There are likely numerous others, as well.
None of those are method in the way she is talking about.
Also
Stewart makes it sound like sheâs describing method actors but what sheâs describing are a-hole actors.
True method is inhabiting your character. Many of the actors who do method are difficult to work with and would often be described as a-holes. Any actor who forces you to address them as their characterâs name is doing method.
Maybe the common thread of why women actors donât do this is because fewer women actors are a-holes. The level of pre-production prep most method actors do is probably not appealing to Stewart. Sheâs being reductive of an already much maligned process that continues to win Oscars for its practicers, as recently as last year.
Nah.
Fewer women actors do this because women do not have the same social privilege of doing so.
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When it comes to being a star of the movie, I think I might disagree. Theyâre chosen for a reason. Natalie Portman may not call what she did for The Swan method acting, but the people who designed method acting would.
Stewart was clearly talking about the school of method of people like Brando, Strong, Bale, Day-Lewis, Leto ect. Staying in character all the time, demanding extra concessions from crew, going to extremes to research backstory and for body modification.
Sure some actresses have done one or two of those but there is no example that fits in the list I just gave. That is Stewartâs point.