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The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution | Trailer 1
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Uh, who decided to let Mel Gibson star in a movie called ‘Rothchild’?
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A new SAW film is headed our way from Chris Rock
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Pokemon: Detective Pikachu discussion
I wasn't too sure whether that movie warranted a Discussion Thread, given only Endgame got one here so far but… hey, I really liked the movie. The pokemon CGI was amazing. Storyline was not...
I wasn't too sure whether that movie warranted a Discussion Thread, given only Endgame got one here so far but… hey, I really liked the movie.
The pokemon CGI was amazing. Storyline was not half-bad (not great tho); somewhat predictable although with a nice twist I personally didn't see coming.
I'm not even a huge pokemon fan or anything, but this took me back to my childhood quite a bit. I really like how they mostly featured pokemon from the original 151, which made the movie very approachable to old-timers.
It also didn't feel awkward or childish or cringey or anything you might expect from, well, a pokemon movie. Loved hearing the theme music in the TV background early on. Loved pikachu's singing, that was pretty hilarious, felt like a nice place for the movie to poke some fun towards itself.
Coming out, I was reminded of how I felt after seeing the Warcraft movie: Seeing characters that have played such a special part in my life, being brought to a full-feature live-action. It's really a unique feeling. I guess that's why I'm looking forward to both Aladdin and The Lion King coming out this year; even though neither were as special as Warcraft/Pokemon, I still get chills thinking about the unbelievable CGI quality we get for what a few years ago we'd never have thought would go beyond plain animation.
I tried to keep the post body mostly spoilerfree but this is tagged spoiler so I guess go nuts in the comments.
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Rami Malek eyed to co-star with Denzel Washington in ‘Little Things’
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Which sites do you get your movie news/reviews from?
What sites do people use for movie reviews and news? I've been following movie news via the internet since the late 90s. I used to frequent sites like Coming Attractions and C.H.U.D. multiple...
What sites do people use for movie reviews and news? I've been following movie news via the internet since the late 90s. I used to frequent sites like Coming Attractions and C.H.U.D. multiple times per day.
For the past few years, I've mostly been using Twitter to follow news, but I'm trying to use Twitter less so I was curious where other people get their movie news...
This is just a quick list based on my bookmarks...
News Sites
- Birth.Movies.Death - For general movie news
- Bloody Disgusting - For horror specific movie news
Reviews/Thinkpieces
- Bright Wall/Dark Room - Good longform articles
- Horror Movie a Day - My go to reviewer for horror movies
- Jordy Reviews It
- Outlaw Vern - My go to reviewer to find out if an action/martial arts movie is worth watching
- Talk Film Society
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Disney announces dates for new Star Wars movies, MCU Phase 4, and more
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Avengers Endgame discussion thread, potential spoilers
I'm not sure how spoilers work here on tildes. I'd say just be wary of entering this thread if you haven't seen the film yet.
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Tab Murphy, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame, Gorillas in the Mist, Tarzan, and more, answers your questions
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Box office trackers can’t crack the MCU code
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Foster (2019)
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The ‘El Chicano’ Latinx superhero movie needed more of El Chicano
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Avengers: Endgame as explained by a first time MCU Viewer
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Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in ‘Star Wars’ films, dies at 74
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Sonic’s live-action design upset the entire internet, so the studio is changing it
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Detective Pikachu review — an absurdly silly, wonderful ride
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Movie scenes recreated with 'sexiest' New Zealand accent
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Who stole Dorothy’s ruby slippers from Judy Garland’s hometown? The inside story of the epic, thirteen-year quest to find them.
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Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Stolen Picture to adapt Ben Aaronovitch’s epic fantasy drama ‘Rivers of London’
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Robin Williams' daughter Zelda to direct "AMA (Ask Me Anything)" in feature debut
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"Avengers: Endgame" has shattered all box office records
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Virus | Official trailer
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Sinemia ceases service immediately within the US
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Why are modern Chinese movies so bad?
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The hyperbolic "battle" between Steven Spielberg and Netflix fizzles out, as the Academy announces no change to Oscars eligibility rules
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Gemini Man | Official trailer
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A collection of scenes from the MCU, explored
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What were the best recent suspense/horror movies you watched?
I'm in search for new ones to watch, but can't seem to find anything. I'm curious about what they are going to do with the new Child's Play reboot. Anyway, the ones i liked so far: Hereditary...
I'm in search for new ones to watch, but can't seem to find anything. I'm curious about what they are going to do with the new Child's Play reboot.
Anyway, the ones i liked so far:
- Hereditary
- Suspiria
- The Ritual
- Halloween
- The Clovehitch Killer
- The Void
- Gerald’s Game
- It
- Get Out
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The legend of Keanu Reeves
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Top 25 movies about journalism
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Disney+ launches on November 12 for $6.99/mo, plus new Marvel, Star Wars series
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Triumph of the will and the cinematic language of propaganda
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'A model of hope for the world': Twenty-five years after Rwandan Genocide, new film shows journey toward justice and healing
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Joker | Teaser trailer
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The DOJ antitrust division just warned the Academy about blocking Netflix from the Oscars
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Every Disney direct-to-video sequel, prequel, and mid-quel, ranked
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The Matrix at twenty: How the sci-fi gamechanger remains influential
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | Teaser trailer
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Dumbo review – Tim Burton remake lands with elephantine thud
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“The big error was that she was caught”: The untold story behind the mysterious disappearance of Fan Bingbing, the world’s biggest movie star
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Jussie Smollett case: Chicago prosecutors drop all charges against 'Empire' actor
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Jordan Peele’s 'Us' untethered $70 million from North American wallets this weekend
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Which Dracula film is most faithful to the book?
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Avengers IP, assemble: The wild, circuitous path to Marvel getting its own brands back
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In 'Hotel Mumbai,' grueling violence, depicted with cruel relish
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Revisiting Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with Michel Gondry and Jim Carrey
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I regret not seeing Solo in theaters
Spoilers for Solo follow - you have been warned. So a year after it's release and months after it went up on netflix, I finally got around to watching Solo. For context: for most of my childhood,...
Spoilers for Solo follow - you have been warned.
So a year after it's release and months after it went up on netflix, I finally got around to watching Solo.
For context: for most of my childhood, I was a huge Star Wars buff. I played Star Wars: Galaxies growing up, I was in the massive crowd that saw The Force Awakens opening night, I spent the better part of 2 years as part of a prerelease community for Star Wars: The Old Republic. There was a time where I could name nearly every planet of consequence in the canon and knew most of the expanded universe's timeline.
But the new trilogy has been... well, nothing. I found it to be a mediocre, hole-filled mess most of the time, too busy being Disney's Star Wars^tm politically correct safe-kid to actually be good movies on their own. Rogue One was an enjoyable exception, but still not particularly amazing... but the point I'm driving at is, the last couple of years, I've pretty thoroughly come down from the Star Wars high.
When Solo came out, I assumed it would be more of the same - panned by critics, it was presumably going to be another politically correct, lackluster, rehashed or nonsense story, this time using Han Solo's name as a marketing tactic. No desire to see a childhood hero Anakin Skywalker'd, I skipped it, and didn't even care to watch it when it popped up on Netflix.
Tonight, out of pure boredom, I decided to give it a watch and was surprised to learn that I couldn't have been more wrong. Which is to say, I enjoyed the crap out of it!
It had romance! Snappy writing! Memorable, enjoyable, non-trope characters (mostly!) Although it had some of the same flaws as Rogue One (namely that it started to drag on), it also had something that Star Wars hasn't truly seen since the original trilogy: heart and soul.
More importantly, it did something that no movie in the franchise has done since the original trilogy, and actually engaged me with the story. And this is where the spoilers come in.
First, credit where it's due: although the story tended to go on and on, at no point did I feel like any of it was unnecessary - it just felt like it was too constrained by being a single movie.
I was invested in seeing an actual romance in the story (since apparently ONLY Han Solo can do that), which saw a satisfying, and rather complex resolution. The dirty, street-level setting and story was an awesome break from the epic, world-shaking conflicts that the movies have clung to until this point (or whatever the hell The Last Jedi was). It was powered by characters, and I appreciated that.
To top it off, the reveal of Maul at the end of the movie was totally intriguing, and (IMO) beats any other reveal in the series hands-down. I was a fan of his appearances in the cartoons, and seeing him on the villain's throne in a movie, I think, would've made for a much spicier and more intriguing story than whatever/wherever/whoever Snoke was. From getting his ass kicked by the Emperor for the plot, to getting beat down by ol' Ben (for the plot), the guy's a damn competent villain that still hasn't had a real shot.
Don't get me wrong, it had its flaws: as mentioned, it was REALLY long, and I don't mean to imply that every character was perfect, or that the plot wasn't totally ridiculous in places. But the story was good enough, and the movie enjoyable enough, that I could overlook it, and that's more than I could say about the movies that caused me to not see it in the first place...
Which, to my final point, is the greatest disappointment: with the cancellation of all the non-trilogy entries in the series, it's safe to assume that Disney's learned all the wrong lessons from Solo.
Rather than attributing it's A- performance to the point that people just haven't much enjoyed their epics, remembered what happened the last time someone tried to do an origin story in the series, or were feeling Star Wars fatigue, and didn't go to see it as a result, they'll blame the format, the story, the stakes, the setting, the characters - all the things that made the movie worth watching at all.
So, with Episode 9 coming out sometime this year and us presumably going to see a mediocre conclusion to what has at this point been a completely mediocre and forgettable trilogy (with lightsabers!), all I can say is, Solo sadly will stand out in my mind as the only movie in this era that carries on the legacy of the originals. I'm disappointed, more by circumstance than anything. I think, had Solo come out 5 years ago, it would've been hailed as the proper return to the franchise that it deserved to be, far more than any of the other franchise entries have succeeded in doing since.
What'd you think of Solo, Tildes? Am I stark raving mad?
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Captain Marvel has made $760 million worldwide. $1 billion is in its sights.
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Triple Frontier has released yesterday, what are your thoughts?
IMDB
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