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Post by dfunked on Aug 11, 2024 16:50:42 GMT
It's like being a Sonic fan. "Maybe this next game will be good..."
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Post by apollo on Aug 11, 2024 16:51:40 GMT
Borderlands was fucked from the start with the awful casting and the stupid low age rating for the film (and Randy "snakeoil" pitchford was involved)
The new Aliens film trailers do make it look good (thats how they get you) but I am hoping its good and think there is positive buzz on early showings, it can't be worse than the last 2 shitty prequels, AVP films, Alien whedon one right?
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Post by rawshark on Aug 11, 2024 17:06:17 GMT
I honestly can’t remember a thing about Alien Covenant. That was the most recent one, right?
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Post by Jambowayoh on Aug 11, 2024 17:10:57 GMT
I honestly can’t remember a thing about Alien Covenant. That was the most recent one, right? It was shit. I don't know if it was as worse as Borderlands. Can someone confirm?
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Post by apollo on Aug 11, 2024 17:21:08 GMT
I honestly can’t remember a thing about Alien Covenant. That was the most recent one, right? its better this way and yeah its the most recent one
Also it has the weird line where David says "I'll do the fingering" to the other david android (talking about his flute of course)
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Post by Danno on Aug 11, 2024 17:40:36 GMT
Borderlands had MORTAL KOMBAAAAAAT written all over it from the get go. You need a lunatic to make a movie out of that. Give it to Yoko Taro and edit out the teenage butts sort of thing
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Post by Whizzo on Aug 11, 2024 18:55:05 GMT
I honestly can’t remember a thing about Alien Covenant. That was the most recent one, right? It was shit. I don't know if it was as worse as Borderlands. Can someone confirm? Borderlands wasn't up to much but it didn't potentially destroy a franchise.
Hopefully Romulus is a course correction, it can't be worse than Prometheus/Covenant. surely? I'm glad Ridley Scott is only a producer.
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Post by rawshark on Aug 11, 2024 18:57:09 GMT
To be fair, if AVP2 didn’t kill the franchise, nothing will.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Aug 11, 2024 19:27:12 GMT
Wicked Little Letters (netflix) What an absolute delight. Jessie Buckley, Olivia Coleman and a stacked cast of British comic actors in a charming film about a small town where someone has been sending offensive letters. Its funny, charming, everyone delivers and its only 100 minutes long including credits. What a breath of fresh air.
Just watched, thoroughly agree. What a brilliant film to wash away the unpleasantness that was Starve Acre the day before.
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Post by brokenkey on Aug 11, 2024 19:28:59 GMT
I've heard very good things about Romulus. Very. Good. Things
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Post by zisssou on Aug 12, 2024 8:39:16 GMT
As much as I love the Alien franchise. What else can they do? it's all been done to death. Just move on. It's like Terminator. It's been done. Stop now.
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Post by zisssou on Aug 12, 2024 8:39:54 GMT
Ban Star Wars as well. And the MCU. Just stop.
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Post by Tomo on Aug 12, 2024 8:47:28 GMT
As much as I love the Alien franchise. What else can they do? ENGINEERS BLACK GOO FLUTE ANDROID EROTICA The possibilities are endless. You just need to wake up.
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Post by zisssou on Aug 12, 2024 8:58:01 GMT
As much as I love the Alien franchise. What else can they do? ENGINEERS BLACK GOO FLUTE ANDROID EROTICA The possibilities are endless. You just need to wake up. Newt survived. Lives on a planet. She's been living with a chestburster for 5 years, until she gets pregnant and then Xenomorphs attack the planet imprisoning every human. The last shot pans out with the Statue of Liberty... oh god it was Earth all along. Planet of the Aliens.
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Post by rawshark on Aug 12, 2024 8:59:52 GMT
Start integrating xenomorphs into society. My pitch:
Alien 5
Larry the xenomorph works as a young doctor but is struggling to make ends meet. After being caught out by traffic for the umpteenth time he’s told he’s on his final warning. Adding to his stress, he and his wife are having trouble conceiving as none of their eggs are producing facehuggers, but they can’t afford the IVF.
Then one day, Larry finds Jesus. The rest writes itself.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Aug 12, 2024 9:09:32 GMT
X-Men
But the X-Men are xenomorphs.
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Post by zisssou on Aug 12, 2024 9:11:40 GMT
I'd watch that.
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Post by hicksy on Aug 12, 2024 11:36:35 GMT
Sting
Love webs? A little by the numbers but fun! Watch it!
7/10
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Post by malek86 on Aug 12, 2024 21:59:57 GMT
Perfect Blue
I'm not sure why it took me this long to watch one of the most famous anime movies ever, but there it is. And it's good. Even if I didn't get much of that second half. I have a lot of questions, but it was still a very powerful movie.
9/10
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Post by Whizzo on Aug 12, 2024 22:28:15 GMT
Cuckoo - Cineworld Secret Screaming
Welcome to Bavaria, see the Alps, see the trees, get the fuck out of the hotel resort as quickly as possible. To say much about the film would spoil it a bit but it starts with something very odd going on in a German house that leads to a family relocating from England to help set up a new resort for Dan Stevens's creepy Herr Konig. The family is a mixed bunch, two Americans being father and elder daughter (the main character Gretchen played by Hunter Schafer) and the English stepmother Beth (Jessica Henwick*) and Gretchen's half-sister the silent Alma. It's quite odd from their arrival and I thought it was set in the eighties given the age of the British car and it looked like that vibe but they've got smart phones too.
To say much more could spoil things a tad but if you're interested in seeing a disturbing horror and not a slasher I'd certainly give it a look.
Never seen Euphoria or anything else she's been in but Hunter Schafer has the weight of the entire movie on her shoulders and she does a very good job in playing a protagonist that in all honesty is a bit of a prick but you do slowly figure her out.
*Jessica doesn't use martial arts at all so that maybe a disappointment to fans of her Netflix series appearances.
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Post by simple on Aug 12, 2024 23:46:45 GMT
Save Yourselves! (All4)
Indie-comedy about a pair of hipsters trying to survive an alien invasion while on a technology detox retreat in the woods. But better than that sounds. Its a very breezy watch, a 90 minute movie that feels more like a single episode of television.
Its all about the chemistry between John Reynolds and Sunita Mani as the leads really. If you buy it then the movie works, if you find them highly irritating then you’re probably in a for a rough ride.
Its fun though. Nice to have something so lightweight as a palette cleanser between all sports and crime thrillers we’ve watched recently.
Think somewhere between the less depressing episodes of Girls or the earlier (good) episodes of Search Party and a 2000s indie rom-com for the general vibe.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Aug 13, 2024 8:00:59 GMT
Pepe (at a cinema)
A biography about one of Pablo Escobar's escaped hippos, told from the viewpoint of the hippo. It's weird, but not in the way I was expecting it to be. It's very experimental, the hippo is very into existentialist philosophy for some reason.
7/10
Santosh (at a cinema)
An Indian police procedural about a new female constable investigating the murder of a Dalit girl.
It's pretty outspoken in its feminism and scathing critique of the caste system, which I found pleasantly surprising. And it's a great crime drama too, with great, nuanced performances. (and some pretty grim scenes too, might be best not to watch if you're squeamish)
Highly recommend.
9/10
Trap (at a cinema)
The new Shyamalan movie, starring Josh Hartnett and a bunch of far, far worse actors. Including one of Shyamalan's daughters, in a fairly prominent role!
In seriousness, I liked the first 45 minutes or so. There is a killer, there is a concert, and there is a trap. It's one of those simple premises that completely falls apart if you think about it too much, but I was successfully brought on for the ride.
And then it falls apart a bit, not least because other actors get the chance to play across from Hartnett, and woof... they're really, really fucking bad.
But Hartnett is great, the plot is dumb trashy fun, and at a svelte 90 minutes I didn't feel as if my time was wasted. I just wish the back half of the movie had kept up the momentum of the front half.
6.5/10
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Post by Jambowayoh on Aug 13, 2024 9:26:22 GMT
I had read that Trap was essentially just a vehicle for his daughter. That's some high quality nepotism right there.
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Post by Bill the kidding on Aug 13, 2024 10:13:56 GMT
Josh Hartnett is great. Just watch Penny Dreadful again instead.
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Post by britesparc on Aug 13, 2024 10:42:31 GMT
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning (2023) ***** Saw this at the cinema and whilst I had a good time, I felt like the Cruise/McQ formula was beginning to wear thin. I don't know what's changed in a year, but sat at home I got sucked into its incredibly propulsive and phenomenally well-staged action. Yes, the plot about a rogue AI is a bit bobbins, but at the same time it's probably the creepiest and tensest Mission's been since the first film; everyone knows the assignment, everyone delivers their A-game, and like I say the action's incredible. (Paramount+)
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Aug 13, 2024 10:46:32 GMT
I had read that Trap was essentially just a vehicle for his daughter. That's some high quality nepotism right there. He really took the wrong (right?) lesson from After Earth
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Post by robthehermit on Aug 13, 2024 10:50:59 GMT
A History of Violence
Mobster turned diner owner kills some people.
It was alright, a bit slow perhaps.
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Post by zisssou on Aug 13, 2024 11:19:28 GMT
That's one of the better 'newer' David Cronenberg films too. I say newer it's nearly 20 years old. Fucking hell...
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Post by brokenkey on Aug 13, 2024 11:31:46 GMT
I've heard very good things about Romulus. Very. Good. Things Twitter has a bunch of early review out for this today:
#AlienRomulus is a bonkers roller coaster ride through the previous six Alien movies, using bits of all them, to tell a focused, mostly standalone story filled with glorious gore & scares. It gets better as it goes along, ending with a phenomenal big swing of a third act.
ALIEN: ROMULUS is thrilling, terrifying, stunning, and unforgettable. Fede Alvarez is one of my favorite directors and he did not disappoint. It’s so gross. And SO GOOD
ALIEN: ROMULUS: Has all the great hallmarks of what you would expect in an Alien flick but never feels like it’s pandering to nostalgia or fan service…and even goes into a crazy new direction. Fede Alvarez & the cast just gave birth to summer’s best movie
HOLY MOTHER OF XENOMORPHS #AlienRomulus ABSOLUTELY FUCKS!! yall do NOTTT understand!!@fedalvar thank you so much sir for the love and attention that went into this film as it is a masterclass in continuing an iconic franchise!!THAT ENDING!! RIDLEY WILL BE BEYOND PLEASED!!!
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Post by Vandelay on Aug 13, 2024 11:37:49 GMT
Has any film that has had overly hyped twitter preview reviews ever turned out to be good?
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