Thursday night openings are pretty standard in the US, I think.
Occasionally theaters offer even earlier showings (Materialists was an early access screening through Alamo), but this was just a standard opening night even though the schedules tend to list Friday as the official opener.
If Canada does not do Thursday night releases, I sorely underestimated what a frozen hellscape that strange land is.
Seeing Materialists this weekend. Its funny, my wife always hated the theater. Then she discovered the Cinemark movie club. I love that she canât pass up a deal.
Apologies but this made me chuckle.
Whatâs the difference between women and men?
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item she doesnât need.
A man will pay $2 for a $1 he needs.
I also remember reading an article a long time ago that folks will drive 20 minutes to save $10 on a $60 shirt.
But if the car dealership across town has the same car we want for $500 less we canât be bothered to make the drive.
Everyone is illogical about money somehow. The mental gymnastics to justify buying or not often does not math.
Sinners will hit Max on July 4.
Thought Sinners was A+ but also I legitimately liked Phantasm even more, so I guess my brain is completely broken.
I loved asteroid city, found phoenician mid for anderson. 6/10 from me. No big emotional moments.
On the other hand, 28 years later was incredible. The end really hits.
Thursday releases are standard here, my showing of 28 years later was completely sold out. Probably only really started id guess like 2012 range?
If clovis generally goes to landmark over cineplex maybe they do it less? But cineplex is our dominant chain.
Torn about 28 years later. You all are raving but I really hate zombies. I love post apocalyptic survival stories with zombies as a background but fighting and killing zombies is just boring to me. I could watch a zombie movie where a single zombie never dies and enjoy it.
Did you see 28 Days Later???
Shaun of the Dead is the GOAT zombie movie, fight me.
The 1968 Night of the Living Dead is still creepy as hell.
Also partial to I Am Legend and 28 Days Later.
Iâm not entirely sure. If I did I donât recall it well.
Itâs free to stream on Pluto. I would watch that one first. Itâs an amazing film. And Iâm speaking as someone who is tired of zombie stories.
Cool. I will check it out.
Past Lives
9.5/10
I loved this movie. Reading reviews this is what stuck with me the most
The movieâs modesty â its intimacy, human scale, humble locations and lack of visual oomph â is one of its strengths.
For a directorial debut, to be so confident to be so restrained is remarkable. It made this more of a story about these people, more than a movie.
I thought Past Lives was just ok, but if you liked it, I would strongly recommend watching some Wong Kar Wai films if you havenât already. 2046, In the Mood For Love, Days of Being Wild, Chungking Express.
In early high school when I had no context for movies at all and I would just pick random movies at the movie store and 2046 was one of the first ones I picked. I was entranced at something that wasnât a standard cinematic mainstream movie.
Especially as I get older, I get transfixed on how many different paths or roads there could have been in life. I am going to Japan soon and just around my hotel there are hundreds of restaurants that look amazing. Everywhere I go, I can imagine myself living or having lived there.