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They Cloned Tyrone
2023
7.5/10
I just finished watching this flick tonight in my truck.
Netflix first dropped a teaser late last year that I posted earlier, for whatever reason they delayed releasing until this past week.
It’s a Sci-Fi/mystery film that plays out pretty well. And it’s a Black Sci-Fi film that people have been wanting.
Not gonna spoil it. But the plot plays around a number of conspiracies that are well known in the Blsck community thru-out America.
The film is overloaded with a bunch of visual references that Black folks will get and go over others heads if they are not familiar with the Black community. It also does a good job blending cultural references from the 1960s to current day all at once.
The film extensively uses the word “N*****”. It’s only used by the Black characters.
Synopsis
A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy.
2023
7.5/10
I just finished watching this flick tonight in my truck.
Netflix first dropped a teaser late last year that I posted earlier, for whatever reason they delayed releasing until this past week.
It’s a Sci-Fi/mystery film that plays out pretty well. And it’s a Black Sci-Fi film that people have been wanting.
Not gonna spoil it. But the plot plays around a number of conspiracies that are well known in the Blsck community thru-out America.
The film is overloaded with a bunch of visual references that Black folks will get and go over others heads if they are not familiar with the Black community. It also does a good job blending cultural references from the 1960s to current day all at once.
The film extensively uses the word “N*****”. It’s only used by the Black characters.
Synopsis
A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy.
Oppenheimer
Atomic Acting
PRAISE: Like everyone one else I mainly learned about the Atomic Age through history books. Of course there were a couple of documentaries I watched over the years and I just started reading the graphic novel The Bomb. But as far as movies about the Atomic Age I can only remember the involving at times movie Fat Man and Little Boy. This movie in the hands of Director Christopher Nolan is much more than the aforementioned and its a good and bad thing.
There are tons of actors in this film all bringing something to the table. At the forefront are Cillian Murphy as J Robert Oppenheimer
Emily Bunt as Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer ,Matt Damon as Leslie Groves ,Robert Downey Jr as Lewis Strauss,Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock, Josh Hartnett as Ernest Lawrence,Casey Affleck as Boris Pash, and David Krumholtz as Isidor Isaac Rabi
Oppenheimer was a complicated man with his leanings towards communism and his relationships with various women who came with there own complications and this is stunningly brought out in some key scenes.
It was interesting to watch how the race to build an Atomic Bomb felt like a fevered competition with Nazi Germany but evolved into a matter of life and death.
I really enjoyed how the film displayed that at first there were some that were not fully on board or Gung Ho about creating an Atomic Bomb.
Another great moment or various moments in the movie is when we see Oppenheimer being questioned about his ties to communism but the fact that they only sternly warned him about this during the bombs creation all adds up to fake outrage because they basically got what they wanted from him.
Nolan also includes some stripped bare moments that were really effective. I thought a lot of moments played really well especially ones about possible spies being among the makers of the bomb.
The acting is great and there are some good visuals.
PROBLEMS: I wish there had been more to what is given in the film about Oppenheimers complicated relationship with his wife Kitty . A couple of things are touched on but its as if Nolan said well yeah she experienced that lets move on. The pacing is definitely uneven making the movie feel extremely drawn out.
Scale of 1 to 10 an 8
They Cloned Tyrone
Classics,Comedy and Clones
PRAISE : This mix of genres,parodies of well known fads and nods to classic film making really worked for me for the most part. The story about an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy starts off basic but becomes much more. The three leads John Boyega, Teyonah Parris and Jamie Foxx are great. There are a lot of laughs to be had but there's a deeper message throughout the movie with a lot of The Twilight Zone ,A Clockwork Orange and Sorry To Bother you around its edges.But like I said before it's much more . The diversions of life in life that are in place to distract people from what's really important. All of this is mixed with a great soundtrack which is as diverse as the many genres that fill the movie. The film really never diverts from its societal issues message and that made me enjoy it even more.
PROBLEMS: There are some repetitive moments. The ending though laced with some good twists was partially predictable.
Scale of 1 to 10 an 8
Atomic Acting
PRAISE: Like everyone one else I mainly learned about the Atomic Age through history books. Of course there were a couple of documentaries I watched over the years and I just started reading the graphic novel The Bomb. But as far as movies about the Atomic Age I can only remember the involving at times movie Fat Man and Little Boy. This movie in the hands of Director Christopher Nolan is much more than the aforementioned and its a good and bad thing.
There are tons of actors in this film all bringing something to the table. At the forefront are Cillian Murphy as J Robert Oppenheimer
Emily Bunt as Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer ,Matt Damon as Leslie Groves ,Robert Downey Jr as Lewis Strauss,Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock, Josh Hartnett as Ernest Lawrence,Casey Affleck as Boris Pash, and David Krumholtz as Isidor Isaac Rabi
Oppenheimer was a complicated man with his leanings towards communism and his relationships with various women who came with there own complications and this is stunningly brought out in some key scenes.
It was interesting to watch how the race to build an Atomic Bomb felt like a fevered competition with Nazi Germany but evolved into a matter of life and death.
I really enjoyed how the film displayed that at first there were some that were not fully on board or Gung Ho about creating an Atomic Bomb.
Another great moment or various moments in the movie is when we see Oppenheimer being questioned about his ties to communism but the fact that they only sternly warned him about this during the bombs creation all adds up to fake outrage because they basically got what they wanted from him.
Nolan also includes some stripped bare moments that were really effective. I thought a lot of moments played really well especially ones about possible spies being among the makers of the bomb.
The acting is great and there are some good visuals.
PROBLEMS: I wish there had been more to what is given in the film about Oppenheimers complicated relationship with his wife Kitty . A couple of things are touched on but its as if Nolan said well yeah she experienced that lets move on. The pacing is definitely uneven making the movie feel extremely drawn out.
Scale of 1 to 10 an 8
They Cloned Tyrone
Classics,Comedy and Clones
PRAISE : This mix of genres,parodies of well known fads and nods to classic film making really worked for me for the most part. The story about an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy starts off basic but becomes much more. The three leads John Boyega, Teyonah Parris and Jamie Foxx are great. There are a lot of laughs to be had but there's a deeper message throughout the movie with a lot of The Twilight Zone ,A Clockwork Orange and Sorry To Bother you around its edges.But like I said before it's much more . The diversions of life in life that are in place to distract people from what's really important. All of this is mixed with a great soundtrack which is as diverse as the many genres that fill the movie. The film really never diverts from its societal issues message and that made me enjoy it even more.
PROBLEMS: There are some repetitive moments. The ending though laced with some good twists was partially predictable.
Scale of 1 to 10 an 8
Last Sentinel
2023
4.5/10
This is a fantasy, post-apocalyptic thriller I recently watched on tubi.
I will first say that this is an extremely slow burn film. This is not a film for anyone who suffers significantly from Movie ADHD.
The film has the same flow and pace as the original/remake of “Solaris”.
It also is a “Who-Done-It” as it plays out. The last 30 minutes I believe is intended to be determined by the viewers interpretation. Everyone who watches it should have their own idea of what happens at the end.
There are only 4 primary characters, so it is heavy in character development.
For the militants, there is interracial romance between a BM/WW.
Overall, it’s a interesting film, but it’s not for everyone.
Synopsis
In the year 2063, unchecked and rampant climate change has caused temperatures and sea levels to rise catastrophically. Surrounded by an endless ocean thousands of miles from home, four soldiers stand as the last bastion, defending their homeland from an invasion by an enemy they've never seen. Alone and uncertain as to what fate awaits them, the simmering tension amongst the crew escalates when a mysterious boat drifts into range.
2023
4.5/10
This is a fantasy, post-apocalyptic thriller I recently watched on tubi.
I will first say that this is an extremely slow burn film. This is not a film for anyone who suffers significantly from Movie ADHD.
The film has the same flow and pace as the original/remake of “Solaris”.
It also is a “Who-Done-It” as it plays out. The last 30 minutes I believe is intended to be determined by the viewers interpretation. Everyone who watches it should have their own idea of what happens at the end.
There are only 4 primary characters, so it is heavy in character development.
For the militants, there is interracial romance between a BM/WW.
Overall, it’s a interesting film, but it’s not for everyone.
Synopsis
In the year 2063, unchecked and rampant climate change has caused temperatures and sea levels to rise catastrophically. Surrounded by an endless ocean thousands of miles from home, four soldiers stand as the last bastion, defending their homeland from an invasion by an enemy they've never seen. Alone and uncertain as to what fate awaits them, the simmering tension amongst the crew escalates when a mysterious boat drifts into range.
Oppenheimer
The movie was flawed, but the acting, directing and writing was so good it made me overlook it.
Between Thomas Shelby, Iron Man, Matt Damon and Emily Blunt...
Go ahead and give RDJ best supporting actor, and Murphy and Blunt nominations.
The highs make up for some of the lows. It sort of throws you in and expects you to know who characters are, and the time jumping can be confusing. The pacing for a three hour movie was good, it only really seemed to drag in the very beginning and it sort of gives you two endings.
One of my favorites of the year.
I can't believe people are going out in droves for this considering the subject matter. Christopher Nolan is a star unto himself. It's like all these actors heard who was doing it, and who was in it, and wanted to be a part of it regardless of how much screen time they had.
I need to go ahead and finish this last season of Peaky Blinders.
The movie was flawed, but the acting, directing and writing was so good it made me overlook it.
Between Thomas Shelby, Iron Man, Matt Damon and Emily Blunt...
Go ahead and give RDJ best supporting actor, and Murphy and Blunt nominations.
The highs make up for some of the lows. It sort of throws you in and expects you to know who characters are, and the time jumping can be confusing. The pacing for a three hour movie was good, it only really seemed to drag in the very beginning and it sort of gives you two endings.
One of my favorites of the year.
I can't believe people are going out in droves for this considering the subject matter. Christopher Nolan is a star unto himself. It's like all these actors heard who was doing it, and who was in it, and wanted to be a part of it regardless of how much screen time they had.
I need to go ahead and finish this last season of Peaky Blinders.
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Thanks for the review.
And regarding Peaky Blinders ... we enjoyed the final season. We got to the show several years late, so we caught up over the course of 6 or so months, and got to watch the final season in real time.
Box Office: ‘Barbie’ Scores Massive $93 Million, ‘Oppenheimer’ Adds Huge $46 Million in Second Weekends
It’s a “Barbenheimer” world, and we’re just living in it. The collective force of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” continued to rule the box office in thei…
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i gotta watch this
The daughter from Everything Everywhere All at Once (Stephanie Hsu) is one of the co-leads ...
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Joy Ride critic reviews
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two quickies
The Beanie Bubble
I love a success story especially if a person or people turn an idea into billions. Zach Galifianakis is nearly unrecognizable as real-life toy titan H. Ty Warner, Co creator of the Beanie Babies. He turns in a great performance along with Elizabeth Banks,Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan.
It was great to watch the build up with what would become a craze for kids and collectors and the quirkiness of Ty as he romances a couple of the ladies and puts his foot down about where he thought the company should go. When the movie reaches its last 30 minutes it leans more towards a path of agenda, slapstick and farce. Still a charming and interesting watch.
Scale of 1 to 10 a 7½
Fire and Ice
I can't remember if I have ever watched at least 15 minutes of this 1983 animated film before this weekend. I remember the ads for the movie and music. The combination of the art and animation of Ralph Bakshi and Frank Frazetta is great. It's a Heavy Metal magazine story that comes to life with salty and tough dialog, sub human creatures,prehistoric animals and characters that reminded me of characters from Conan and Tarzan.
The dialog is sparse though . I even wondered how a couple of characters bonded in a short time because they barely spoke a few sentences to each other. It was funny how some characters are introduced but only have brief moments to either be sinister or bark out some orders. Still a fun ride.
Scale of 1 to 10 a 7½
The Beanie Bubble
I love a success story especially if a person or people turn an idea into billions. Zach Galifianakis is nearly unrecognizable as real-life toy titan H. Ty Warner, Co creator of the Beanie Babies. He turns in a great performance along with Elizabeth Banks,Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan.
It was great to watch the build up with what would become a craze for kids and collectors and the quirkiness of Ty as he romances a couple of the ladies and puts his foot down about where he thought the company should go. When the movie reaches its last 30 minutes it leans more towards a path of agenda, slapstick and farce. Still a charming and interesting watch.
Scale of 1 to 10 a 7½
Fire and Ice
I can't remember if I have ever watched at least 15 minutes of this 1983 animated film before this weekend. I remember the ads for the movie and music. The combination of the art and animation of Ralph Bakshi and Frank Frazetta is great. It's a Heavy Metal magazine story that comes to life with salty and tough dialog, sub human creatures,prehistoric animals and characters that reminded me of characters from Conan and Tarzan.
The dialog is sparse though . I even wondered how a couple of characters bonded in a short time because they barely spoke a few sentences to each other. It was funny how some characters are introduced but only have brief moments to either be sinister or bark out some orders. Still a fun ride.
Scale of 1 to 10 a 7½
this was pretty entertaingThe daughter from Everything Everywhere All at Once (Stephanie Hsu) is one of the co-leads ...
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i'm gonna assume it was a copy of Girls trip
guess i check that out soon
Talk to Me
I didn't know much about it other than it being A24
I'm not the biggest fan of conjuring/possession movies, but this was well done. The accents might be hard to understand at first. It had a unique spin on it, and the make up was well done and didn't look low budget. It wasn't really scary to me, but has some jump scares and there's a lot of tension.
It continues a strong year for horror.
I didn't know much about it other than it being A24
I'm not the biggest fan of conjuring/possession movies, but this was well done. The accents might be hard to understand at first. It had a unique spin on it, and the make up was well done and didn't look low budget. It wasn't really scary to me, but has some jump scares and there's a lot of tension.
It continues a strong year for horror.
‘Talk to Me’ Is the Best Horror Surprise of 2023
Directors Michael and Danny Philippou explain why they sacrificed $1 million in funding to secure a no-name star—and how they made the possession tale so terrifying.
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i haven't been this creeped out in a long time
i gotta watch something else to change my feelings
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The Top 5 Scariest Summer Movies and ‘Talk to Me’ - The Ringer
Sean discusses ‘Talk to Me,’ the horror movie of the summer, and his five scariest summer movies (1:00), before being joined by the directors of the film, Danny and Michael Philippou (10:00). Then, he is joined…
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“We’re Feral. It’s Just Who We Are.”
After racking up over a billion views on YouTube, Danny and Michael Philippou, the daredevil twins from Down Under, have set their sights on Hollywood with a horror movie that’s garnering rave reviews
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Is ‘Talk to Me’ Elevated Horror? What Does That Even Mean?
The Philippou brothers’ debut feature film is the latest horror movie to earn unexpected plaudits and box office success, joining a canon whose boundaries have grown increasingly blurry
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The ‘Barbie’ Deep Dive With Greta Gerwig!
The ‘Barbie’ director joins to break down the world-building in the film, the cultural phenomenon this movie created, and so much more!
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Will Hollywood Try to Make Barbenheimer Happen Again?
The double-barreled debut of ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ has brought back movies and the monoculture—and there’s nothing Hollywood loves more than a sequel
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Oppenheimer: The Genius, the Film, and the Project That Changed the World
Richard Rhodes, author of ‘The Making of the Atomic Bomb,’ discusses the real-life story of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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i was telling my brother about this shit yesterday and how it got under my skin@dbluesun @Complex @joneblaze
The Top 5 Scariest Summer Movies and ‘Talk to Me’ - The Ringer
Sean discusses ‘Talk to Me,’ the horror movie of the summer, and his five scariest summer movies (1:00), before being joined by the directors of the film, Danny and Michael Philippou (10:00). Then, he is joined…www.theringer.com
“We’re Feral. It’s Just Who We Are.”
After racking up over a billion views on YouTube, Danny and Michael Philippou, the daredevil twins from Down Under, have set their sights on Hollywood with a horror movie that’s garnering rave reviewswww.theringer.com
Is ‘Talk to Me’ Elevated Horror? What Does That Even Mean?
The Philippou brothers’ debut feature film is the latest horror movie to earn unexpected plaudits and box office success, joining a canon whose boundaries have grown increasingly blurrywww.theringer.com
if you aren't going to the theater wait for a hd version to come out
i watched a cam and i'm sure i would've been even more horrified if i was watching in hd
Thanks - agreed. Waiting on a few better quality movies to arrive online.
Probably going to see Mission Impossible on the big screen before it exits theaters in late-August or sometime-September.
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Virus
1980
5/10
I watched this on tubi yesterday evening while eating dinner. It’s on a number of free streaming sites.
It’s a pandemic, disaster, post apocalyptic film.
I will say with this film for the first 30 minutes, if you are one of those cats that think the Covid Pandemic was some sort of conspiracy, you will enjoy the first 30 minutes of this film. It’s almost like the producers/writers got into a Time Machine and came to the year 2020 to get research for the script.
About 40 minutes in, the film goes into post-apocalyptic mode. At this point there are 855 men and 8 women. They tap into this plot somewhat, but should have spent more time with it.
The movie slows its pace down and becomes boring and predictable. But what saves it is the ending.
The film was produced/made in Japan based on a Japanese novel. The film is overloaded with well known and recognizable B-List and D-List American actors. It’s pure comedy watching Chuck Conners country ass play a British submarine commander. And there are Japanese actors that should be recognizable from 60s/70s Godzilla flicks.
Synopsis
Survivors of a worldwide catastrophe attempt to rebuild civilization from their Antarctic stronghold.
1980
5/10
I watched this on tubi yesterday evening while eating dinner. It’s on a number of free streaming sites.
It’s a pandemic, disaster, post apocalyptic film.
I will say with this film for the first 30 minutes, if you are one of those cats that think the Covid Pandemic was some sort of conspiracy, you will enjoy the first 30 minutes of this film. It’s almost like the producers/writers got into a Time Machine and came to the year 2020 to get research for the script.
About 40 minutes in, the film goes into post-apocalyptic mode. At this point there are 855 men and 8 women. They tap into this plot somewhat, but should have spent more time with it.
The movie slows its pace down and becomes boring and predictable. But what saves it is the ending.
The film was produced/made in Japan based on a Japanese novel. The film is overloaded with well known and recognizable B-List and D-List American actors. It’s pure comedy watching Chuck Conners country ass play a British submarine commander. And there are Japanese actors that should be recognizable from 60s/70s Godzilla flicks.
Synopsis
Survivors of a worldwide catastrophe attempt to rebuild civilization from their Antarctic stronghold.
@dbluesun @Complex @joneblaze
The Top 5 Scariest Summer Movies and ‘Talk to Me’ - The Ringer
Sean discusses ‘Talk to Me,’ the horror movie of the summer, and his five scariest summer movies (1:00), before being joined by the directors of the film, Danny and Michael Philippou (10:00). Then, he is joined…www.theringer.com
“We’re Feral. It’s Just Who We Are.”
After racking up over a billion views on YouTube, Danny and Michael Philippou, the daredevil twins from Down Under, have set their sights on Hollywood with a horror movie that’s garnering rave reviewswww.theringer.com
Is ‘Talk to Me’ Elevated Horror? What Does That Even Mean?
The Philippou brothers’ debut feature film is the latest horror movie to earn unexpected plaudits and box office success, joining a canon whose boundaries have grown increasingly blurrywww.theringer.com
I can't believe they made it for less than $5 million
It doesn't look cheap at all
The body horror was top notch
Talk to Me
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‘After the Bite’ Review: HBO’s Cape Cod Shark Attack Doc Is Admirably Restrained
HBO gets in on Discovery's Shark Week action with Ivy Meeropol's look at the aftermath of a fatal 2018 shark attack in Cape Cod.
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Gonna check out this movie later this month ...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
This is just an enjoyable film.
It's an hour and 30 of enjoyment. It's nothing complex and it's easy to understand. Very kid friendly. It takes you back to your child hood. It's action and comedy.
It's rare that I wish a movie was longer.
This is just an enjoyable film.
It's an hour and 30 of enjoyment. It's nothing complex and it's easy to understand. Very kid friendly. It takes you back to your child hood. It's action and comedy.
It's rare that I wish a movie was longer.
Glad you liked it. Thanks for your take. Just listened to PCHH's review, and their panel enjoyed it too ...
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