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[Helico-pterFunk]

Box Office: ‘A Quiet Place II’ Promises Biggest Pandemic-Era Debut With Over $57 Million

"A Quiet Place II" is set to make a loud debut at the domestic box office this Memorial Day weekend.

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Cillian Murphy on ‘A Quiet Place Part II,’ ‘Peaky Blinders’ Impact and His Batman Screen Test

The actor shares why he wrote — but never sent — a letter of appreciation to John Krasinski and reflects on auditioning to play the Dark Knight for Christopher Nolan.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[godofwine]

If y'all haven't seen Army of the Dead on Netflix oh, check that shit out it's pretty dope

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

F9, new Pixar, and a third Conjuring bring blockbusters back this June

F9, Pixar's Lucas, In The Heights, a third Conjuring, and a lost George Romero movie are some of the movies coming this June.

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Even the Dark Knight was no match for the box office might of The Avengers

Four years after losing hard to The Dark Knight at the box office, Iron Man joined The Avengers and evened the score.

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Remember video stores? Our critics take a trip back to the Blockbuster era

A few weeks ago on Film Club, our critics reminisced about movie theaters, many of which are still closed because of the pandemic. But the multiplex will reopen eventually. What, by contrast, will become of the video store, which was endangered long before COVID-19? On today’s episode, A.A. Dowd...

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Film - Pop culture news, movie, TV, music and gaming reviews. | The A.V. Club

Everything you ever wanted to know about Film. News, stories, photos, videos and more.

www.avclub.com

 

[LennyNero1972]

A couple of quick reviews:

Wrath of Man - solid action, gangster flick that starts off slowly but pays off big by the third act. Not Statham's or Ritchie's best work but watchable still. I missed Guy Ritchie's "visual funk" from his earlier work but it wouldn't have fit the more serious tone of this film. 3 stars(***).

Spiral: From The Book of Saw - Okay at this point either you love or hate the "SAW" franchise so if you hated the others don't bother. Me on the other hand, loved the "SAW" movies and this is one of the better entries since it has A listers Chris and Sam. They both do what they do best and finally there is some humor in a "SAW" film. Highly Recommended for "SAW" fans. 3 stars (***).

 

[havelcok]

the unholy

dont even bother

wack wack wack

 

[godofwine]

If y'all haven't seen Army of the Dead on Netflix oh, check that shit out it's pretty dope

@lenny mean, it's a zombie movie, so you have to suspend belief and just enjoy it for what it is at some point

Is it the greatest movie ever? No, but was entertaining and held my attention

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

The Only Movie Watchlist You’ll Need This Summer

Here are 32 new films to see this season, whether you’re ready to return to theaters or want to stay on the couch.

www.theatlantic.com

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

the unholy

dont even bother

wack wack wack

The Unholy - Movie Reviews

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The Unholy

The Unholy follows Alice, a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her miracles, a disgraced journalist (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) hoping to...

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[Helico-pterFunk]

Slashers and Monsters and Gore, Oh My: Which Horror Subgenre Is the Best?

We divided over 1,000 horror films into five major categories to find out which subgenre most consistently delivers the scary goods.

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[joneblaze]

Spiral: From the Book of Saw




More laughs than scares

PRAISE: I cant believe it's been 4 years since the last SAW movie because the fims used to hit theatres every year.One of the good things about this horror flick is that Chris Rocks finger prints as producer are all over it.His brand of humor is infused in this movie about Detective Ezekiel "Zeke" Banks and his rookie partner take charge of an investigation into grisly murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city's gruesome past.
There are some good kills and laughs and sprinkle in some Samuel L Jackson for some trademark MF moments.
Gore is drawn out just enough to make the audience cringe and squirm.

PROBLEMS: Far to predictable, after 45 minutes it was obvious who the "new" Jigsaw was.Rocks acting was way off and forced in this one.
There is a hollow and amateurish feel to the whole movie. It felt like I was watching a low budget horror flick that pops up on The Movie Channel or SyFy.
All to brief moments from Mrs Jackson

Scale of 1 to 10 a 6½

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

For pure BGOL comedy ... make sure to bookmark @godofwine 's new movie thread too -

What are some of the absolute WORST movies you've ever seen (Either got up and left ot sat thru just mad AF)?

@Helico-pterFunk has 2 great threads, Good TV shows https://www.bgol.us/forum/threads/tv-shows-series-seen-any-good-ones-lately-please-feel-free-to-post-reviews-feedback.1063886/#post-20293977 And Good movies...

www.bgol.us

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Was just checking out a few things on Youtube, and happened across this trailer as one of the recommended vids. Looks good - gonna keep an eye out for it soon ...



Lansky is an upcoming American biographical crime drama about the famous gangster Meyer Lansky, written and directed by Eytan Rockaway. It stars Harvey Keitel, Sam Worthington, AnnaSophia Robb, Minka Kelly, David James Elliott and John Magaro.


It is scheduled to be released on June 25, 2021, by Vertical Entertainment.

 

[joneblaze]

XTREME





RELENTLESS REVENGE !!

PRAISE: A dash of Gladiator (2000),a few pinches of Death Wish and a shot of adrenaline and you have Extreme a movie about A retired hit man along with his partner seeking her own vengeance and a troubled teen takes revenge on his lethal stepbrother.
Teo García is terrific in the lead role. Óscar Jaenada and Sergio Peris-Mencheta from Snowfall are great as unflinching and sadistic villains.I was shocked at how much the movie pushed it to the limit with the brutality
The action sequences are sharp and well choreographed. I enjoyed the realistic hand to hand combat.
This was an easy and highly entertaining watch if you like intense action this one is for you.

PROBLEMS : A couple of plot holes and a couple of scenes were beyond unbelievable.

Scale of 1 to 10 an 8½

 

[D24OHA]

Wrath of Man was pretty damned good.....a couple minor potholes.....

But pretty nice action....

Guy Ritchie isn't gonna revolutionize or reinvent shootouts....but the final action scene was good....I'd give it an 8/10.....

Probably gonna watch it again....

like his last film The Gentlemen....a solid effort nothing, groundbreaking but worth a second look

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Saw a couple of movies in recent days. North Hollywood and Don't Tell a Soul.

North Hollywood was easily the better of the two, but we already knew that going in having quickly glanced at reviews.

The former was a coming of age tell dealing with high school skateboarders' friendships. Had some heart to it, and good performances from the younger cast. The music / score was good too. Looked up a couple of tracks afterward. The movie may have even worked well as a limited series (say 6 - 10 episodes). I.E. - get some more of their back stories, and what moves they planned on making next. What was refreshing to see was the maturity in the characters. Calling their friends on shit & being honest with them. Usually you see that with older peoples' friendships and dynamics, compared to the high school crowd.

Don't Tell a Soul has more of a bleak feel. Good performance from Rainn Wilson in his limited scenes. Funny watching the scenes with the 2 brothers. I wasn't familiar with the older brother's work, but didn't think too highly of his acting. Whereas I know the other kid's work (Jack Dylan Grazer) and he's talented and believable. So in all their scenes together, he outshone (outshined?) his bro. Enjoyed some of the twists and turns later in the film, though you have to suspend your disbelief as it's a shorter film clocking in under 1.5 hours.

North Hollywood - Movie Reviews

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North Hollywood

NORTH HOLLYWOOD follows Michael (Ryder McLaughlin) as he tries to answer the question every high school kid faces when they graduate: What's next? Michael's best friends already seem to have it figured out; one is going to college, and the other is going to work, but Michael is caught somewhere...

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Pharrell Williams Boards Pro-Skateboarder Feature ‘North Hollywood’ As Producer

EXCLUSIVE: Thirteen-time Grammy winner and two-time Oscar nominee Pharrell Williams has signed on to produce the Mikey Alfred-directed drama North Hollywood, which is billed as being the first movie ever about becoming a pro skateboarder. The film was submitted to Sundance but was rejected...

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Don't Tell a Soul - Movie Reviews

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Don't Tell a Soul

A security officer falls down a hidden well while chasing two teenage brothers who stole more than $12,000. Desperate to get out, he soon tries to convince one of the siblings to set him free and save his life.

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[Helico-pterFunk]

Checked this one out yesterday. Strong ratings & aggregate score on Rottentomatoes. A family member recommended it. Ben Foster's always good in his roles. Credit to Thomasin McKenzie playing his daughter. She held her own throughout - believable and understated. I was only familiar with her work previously in Jojo Rabbit. Some of the later beats in the movie reminded me a bit of Nomadland.




Leave No Trace is a 2018 American drama film directed by Debra Granik and written by Granik and Anne Rosellini, based on the 2009 novel My Abandonment by Peter Rock.[3] The plot follows a military veteran father with post-traumatic stress disorder (Ben Foster) who lives in the forest with his young daughter (Thomasin McKenzie). The novel is based on a true story.[4] It premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, and was theatrically released by Bleecker Street in the United States, on June 29, 2018. The film received universal critical acclaim, with praise for the performances of Foster and McKenzie, and it is the most reviewed film to hold an approval rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Leave No Trace - Movie Reviews

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Leave No Trace

A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Ore., rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities, they are sent on an increasingly erratic journey in search of a place to call...

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[Flawless]

Infinites, very similar plot to Assassins Creed. It's a ok movie with a not to great plot and directing.
it reminded me a little of Wanted.

 

[WorldEX]

Try story a Bernardus Andries "Dries" Riphagen (7 September 1909 – 13 May 1973) was a Dutch gangster and Nazi collaborator who is best known in the Netherlands for collaborating with the Nazi Sicherheitsdienst (SD) to locate as many Dutch Jews as possible and have them delivered to Nazi concentration camps during the occupation.

 

[WorldEX]

 

[joneblaze]

INFINITE ♾



INFINITE HEAD SCRATCHER

PRAISE: Mark Wahlberg brings his usual swagger and mannerisms to the table in this movie about the hallucinations of a schizophrenic are revealed to be memories from past lives where he obtained talents that he still has to this day.
The story is set up well enough and made me think about reincarnation and if I would go weary from it.
Some moments in the film reminded me of Highlander and Avengers: Infinity War.
I have to say I enjoyed Chiwetel Ejiofor's wicked performance, I felt it made the film more watchable.
There are great "MATRIX" like characters sprinkled through out the movie.
Jason Mantzoukas as Artisanwas was a hilarious stand out.Good action sequences, SFX and definitely some unique sadistic scenes.Oh and some cool technology was on display.

PROBLEMS: The movie starts to dig plot holes 20 minutes in.Usually Director Antoine Fuqua can work his way around holes like these but not this time around.
I felt like I was waiting for things to be explained but it never really happens its as if the writers said: oh don't worry uhmm we're getting a sequel.......yeah you will likely have to read the book on which the movie is based titled The Reincarnation Papers.
As the film goes along I felt one characters torturous plight could easily be resolved with all of the tech and.......oh well.....then we wouldnt have a movie.

Scale of 1 to 10 a 5

 

[MistaPhantastic]

INFINITE ♾️



INFINITE HEAD SCRATCHER

PRAISE: Mark Wahlberg brings his usual swagger and mannerisms to the table in this movie about the hallucinations of a schizophrenic are revealed to be memories from past lives where he obtained talents that he still has to this day.
The story is set up well enough and made me think about reincarnation and if I would go weary from it.
Some moments in the film reminded me of Highlander and Avengers: Infinity War.
I have to say I enjoyed Chiwetel Ejiofor's wicked performance, I felt it made the film more watchable.
There are great "MATRIX" like characters sprinkled through out the movie.
Jason Mantzoukas as Artisanwas was a hilarious stand out.Good action sequences, SFX and definitely some unique sadistic scenes.Oh and some cool technology was on display.

PROBLEMS: The movie starts to dig plot holes 20 minutes in.Usually Director Antoine Fuqua can work his way around holes like these but not this time around.
I felt like I was waiting for things to be explained but it never really happens its as if the writers said: oh don't worry uhmm we're getting a sequel.......yeah you will likely have to read the book on which the movie is based titled The Reincarnation Papers.
As the film goes along I felt one characters torturous plight could easily be resolved with all of the tech and.......oh well.....then we wouldnt have a movie.

Scale of 1 to 10 a 5

Spoiler: yeah, like this

Chiwetel's character wants to die, makes a bullet that can perma-kill Infinites and doesn't just kill himself? I was like WTF? Short film this biatch!

Oh well, good effects...and [Boston]Mahk Whallbuerg[/Boston] sux...with his pissed-off/confused one note-acting ass.

 

[joneblaze]

Spoiler: yeah, like this

Chiwetel's character wants to die, makes a bullet that can perma-kill Infinites and doesn't just kill himself? I was like WTF? Short film this biatch!

Oh well, good effects...and [Boston]Mahk Whallbuerg[/Boston] sux...with his pissed-off/confused one note-acting ass.

Spoiler

YES....or he used to be friends with his now enemies so get them to upload your memory or essence the same way he had tons of people uploaded in the wall in his house who were conscience of nothing !

 

[ViCiouS]

incredible fight sequences
some very original choreography

 

[ThaBurgerPimp]

Threading Needles is a cross between 'Crash' and 'Lakeview Terrace'. Kweku a young African man falls in love with a white woman in America. All seems to be going well until he is faced with two ruthless cops with no agenda, a white cop who despises what the couple represents and a black cop who hates what they stand for.

Seeing the White chick dressed in African clothes was a bit cringeworthy..

Oh and she didnt get neckid in this,but i remember she did in that Jailbait movie(of which there a thread from a long ago where the movie was discussed)

Jennifer Robyn Jacobs | Actress, Writer, Producer

Known for: Franklin & Bash, Chance, Lucia, Before and After

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[MistaPhantastic]

Went to see this at the theater:



So, the pitch meeting for this movie must have lasted about 20 seconds:
Producer: You know how we had Sam and Ryan go back and forth, trading insults while action happened all around them in the first movie?
Exec: Uh-huh.
Producer: Well, we want to do more of that except this time add much more Salma into the mix. She'll cuss and push up her boobs a lot. Oh, and we're going to amp up the violence and gunplay!
Exec: Why are you still standing here? Let's make this motherf......

You absolutely need to see the first one first. This movie is a companion piece to the first one. They do a lot of flashback scenes and a few dream sequences, so this is a bit more comedic than the first movie. They basically made this movie for everybody who liked the first one. At one point, I wondered just how much script there was and how much was ad-libed because they are all "doing their thing" to the tenth power. It was also nice to see Antonio and Salma do scenes together again.
Are there plot holes? Hell yeah. Nobody watches this kind of movie for the plot and nobody who likes fun would complain about the holes. It starts out on one mission and flips to the main mission and filters into the usual buddy action-comedy. If this were the least bit serious, it would get shredded but if you like Sam "motherfuckin'" Jackson, Salma Hayek and Ryan Reynolds, then you should see this. For my first movie at the theaters in a long time, it was worth it. It was between this and "A Quiet Place 2" but I wanted guaranteed enjoyment so I chose this. I think that's what they were thinking when they made this movie: let's just give them exactly what they want (minus Salma's tits out - you're not getting that). There are plenty antics to go around. It almost gets annoying at one point but the fun is the ride.
If you stay to the end past the credits, there is one final "ha" moment. It has nothing to do with the main characters and its not a scene with dialogue, so if you miss it, it won't matter.
I'm not sure if it was just me being glad to be back in the theater or if the movie was just that good, but I enjoyed myself and I think I chose wisely for a theater movie.
I went to a matineé but I'd pay full price for this...but not if you haven't seen the first one.

 

[DWBass]

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard last night. Pretty good.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Thanks for the new updates, everyone.

 

[godofwine]

Happy Endings

I fucking LOVE this show. If you haven't seen it, it's funny as shit. Such great chemistry by the cast. Very funny.

It's on Hulu, so you can watch the entire series. If you don't like it I will cash app you $1

Silly, stupid, good dialogue too

 

[godofwine]

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard last night. Pretty good.

Is there a way of seeing this shit without going to the theater? I don't know if I trust theaters yet

 

[DWBass]

Is there a way of seeing this shit without going to the theater? I don't know if I trust theaters yet

I'm sure BGOL will have it shortly. The theater we went to was basically empty. I think I saw maybe 2 other couples.

 

[Supersav]

I'm sure BGOL will have it shortly. The theater we went to was basically empty. I think I saw maybe 2 other couples.

It's already out on the web

 

[MistaPhantastic]

Is there a way of seeing this shit without going to the theater? I don't know if I trust theaters yet

If you torrent, yes.

Spoiler: see it

The Pirate Bay - The galaxy's most resilient bittorrent site

 

[godofwine]

I'm sure BGOL will have it shortly. The theater we went to was basically empty. I think I saw maybe 2 other couples.

It can't be Cam though. I cannot do cam movies

 

[godofwine]

It's already out on the web

If you torrent, yes.

Spoiler: see it

The Pirate Bay - The galaxy's most resilient bittorrent site

I tried. I got about 33 seconds into the movie. I can't do CAM movies. Its like watching a movie and your eyes are 3/4 closed

There is no HD in HDCAM.

It's so hazy it's like Snoop Dogg is smoking weed in front of me and blowing smoke into the air between me and the movie oh. I don't see how people can watch cam movies. It's just not good

The last time I saw a cam movie I swore I would never watched it like this again. I was in Kuwait and Spike Lee came out with the movie with Denzel Washington, Inside Man

People were passing this bootleg DVD around and when I finally got it I put it in my computer and the camera was so off center it said the movie starred Denzel Wa

I guess that's the Asian Denzel.

Thanks, but no thanks

I did find a copy of Infinite with Matk Wahlberg that's crystal clear. Watching that now oh, not too bad so far

 

[Supersav]

I tried. I got about 33 seconds into the movie. I can't do CAM movies. Its like watching a movie and your eyes are 3/4 closed

There is no HD in HDCAM.

It's so hazy it's like Snoop Dogg is smoking weed in front of me and blowing smoke into the air between me and the movie oh. I don't see how people can watch cam movies. It's just not good

The last time I saw a cam movie I swore I would never watched it like this again. I was in Kuwait and Spike Lee came out with the movie with Denzel Washington, Inside Man

People were passing this bootleg DVD around and when I finally got it I put it in my computer and the camera was so off center it said the movie starred Denzel Wa

I guess that's the Asian Denzel.

Thanks, but no thanks

I did find a copy of Infinite with Matk Wahlberg that's crystal clear. Watching that now oh, not too bad so far

Nah there is a non cam version out