outstanding! portman delivers a spectacular performance and really demonstrates her character range in this one. so the deal is, after going to space, portman is so blown away by the experience that everything back on earf becomes mundane by comparison. stupid little trivialities like marriage, picking the kids up from school, eating at denny’s, and whatever else you do on earf, start to feel small and meaningless. that’s the basic premise, and throughout the movie we see a general malaise overcome portman which serves to fuel her desire to get back up there where the shit’s real. eventually she’s betrayed by this other astronaut guy who gets her kicked off the list for the next mission, and this totally enrages her. i mean this chick is ALL ABOUT SPACE. she lives and breathes the shit. supposed to be based on true events and i remember vaguely something about it.
hey yo but you think about that. you think the banal routine of your little life is lame now, go to space and then come back. that’ll put your whole miserable existence into perspective. and don’t try to tell me it wouldn’t effect you because there’s plenty going on here on earf. no. you say that now only because you haven’t been to space. just look at portman’s face… look at her eyes. she’ll never be the same. you can’t unsee that shit, people.
36:40. Undercover agent wearing a wire talks with Richey about taking contracts. Tells the story of Richey once poisoning the hit’s hamburger with cyanide. The guy comes out and starts eating the burger. Richey waits. Any second now. But the guy keeps on eating the fuckin thing and doesn’t die. Lol.
Just finished watching The Heist, and having seen it before, it was even more entertaining the Nth time around - this post was from 15th December, but the pedant in me migrated it to here.
When museum security guards Charles, Roger and George learn that the authorities have sold some of the exhibits, they decide to steal their favourite artwork and replace it with a forged replica.
Initial release: 29 May 2009 Director: Peter Hewitt Initial DVD release: 27 October 2009 Producers: Morgan Freeman, William H. Macy, Peter Hewitt, Lori McCreary, Bob Yari, Rob Paris Production companies: Revelations Entertainment, Dog Pond Productions
^^^ hahaha go to 1:06:27. He teams up with an ex army demolitions expert who works a day job as an ice cream vendor. They call him ‘mr.softy’ after the ice cream truck.
Viewed this film about two weeks ago. I might have seen it before as it seemed familiar, but I cannot recall if I did, but it has to be the funniest film ever, as I couldn’t stop laughing from beginning to end, so 10 out of 10 for humour.
After his store’s watchman is murdered, Evan along with his neighbours forms a neighbourhood watch. They soon realise that the murderer is not a human, but an alien.
Initial release: 27 July 2012 (Canada) Director: Akiva Schaffer Box office: 68.3 million USD Budget: 68 million USD Screenplay: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jared Stern
Viewed this film last week… an enjoyable watch, that takes you on a journey of survival in a futuristic landscape, by stark barbaric means, and often unnecessarily so…
Riddick finds himself on a sun-scorched planet and tries hard to fight for survival. He stands up against a race of alien predators, more lethal than any human race he has ever encountered.
Release date: 4 September 2013 (United Kingdom) Director: David Twohy Box office: 98.3 million USD Budget: 38 million USD Film series: The Chronicles of Riddick
Mm-hm. I am irresistably drawn to everything strange, forbidden and terrifying.
And Rich was something very special in that regard and quite the enigma in many ways. Especially interesting was his absolute devotion to and affection for his wife and daughters. There’s a magnificent if paradoxical reversal of what is expected in a sociopath from an abusive family. I could go on all night about the klinsk… little nuances about this guy everywhere that really put him into an atypical category. Suffice it to say he wasn’t a bad dude. Rather he was a different, much more rare kind of good guy. An unordinary ‘good’ that requires an unconventional understanding of human nature and psychology. But I digress. Got more videos to watch. I’m on a binge tonight.
A slow beginning, so became background noise, but over halfway through, the pace picked up, and the viewing… riveting, those scenes from there on in, being a sight to behold.
With the help of technology, Callum learns that he is a descendant of a society of Assassins. He travels back in time to learn about his ancestor and acquire skills to defeat an evil organisation.
Release date: 1 January 2017 (United Kingdom) Director: Justin Kurzel Film series: Assassin’s Creed Box office: 240.7 million USD Budget: 125 million USD
Having seen this film many times over the decades, it’s kitsch cinematic style and filmography never fail to entertain… from the costumes to the acting, it’s all big-n-bold and full of beautiful people.
Flash and Dale are skyjacked aboard Dr. Zarkov’s rocket ship. The trio are drawn into the influence of the planet Mongo, controlled by Ming, who has been testing the Earth with unnatural disasters.
Release date: 10 December 1980 (United Kingdom) Director: Mike Hodges Featured song: Flash Budget: 35 million USD Screenplay: Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Despite having solid field training, CIA analyst Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) has spent her entire career as a desk jockey, working hand-in-hand with dashing agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law). Using high-tech equipment and a hidden earpiece, Susan is the guardian angel who helps Bradley avoid danger. However, when Bradley is assassinated by Bulgarian arms dealer Rayna Boyanov (Rose Byrne), Susan wrangles her way into her first undercover assignment to help capture Boyanov and avenge Bradley.
Release date: 23 May 2015 (United Kingdom) Director: Paul Feig Featured song: Who Can You Trust Box office: 235.7 million USD Screenplay: Paul Feig
Both are outstanding, but excel in different ways. No spoilers, here. Parasite is about current times and is masterfully calculated and structured. The Lighthouse takes you to another time and which you’ll also probably need subtitles for. The Lighthouse is a more experiential and cinematically beautiful experience. If I had a critique of Parasite it would be that, while clearly skillfully composed, it is a bit too forced perhaps undermining its point. For The Lighthouse, it’s the opposite - I’m not sure that I totally get it - but it captures something so intriguing that it is the one I’m likely to watch multiple times.
you know interracial paring in the media is still a fairly new thing so it’s going to strike most of us as odd and some of us as unsettling. but i’ll tell you what. i just watched this movie, and the last thing on my mind was what color they were. and why was that? because what transpired between these two people was so extraordinary that all i was able to see was how human they were. perhaps that’s what it takes to imagine getting beyond the racial divide; extraordinary things that bring out the human spirit and make things like ‘race’ an insignificant triviality in light of them. problem is, real life is not made of such extraordinary things, and when they do occur, it’s always an exception. but the point remains and you only need to see it once, if even in a hollywood movie. there are circumstances that, if brought about, make people of any race equally human if and when some struggle demands it. and that’s why racism still exists today; because those folks haven’t been given an opportunity to experience extraordinary circumstances in which someone’s ‘race’ would be the least of their worries. life is too easy. that’s why the races are still fighting.
anyhow, this was a great movie and i’m gonna ruin it for you. so these two are on a plane over the mountains and the sonofabitch crashes in the middle of nowhere. now they gotta fight to survive. and what happens when two people fight to survive together? they fuckin bond, that’s what they do. they fuckin bond like no bonding you’ll ever do unless you go through the same shit. and when they get back to the world, that ‘everyday life’ they used to have don’t mean nothin no more. i mean you can’t just walk away from someone you almost died with, someone who saved your life, after saying ‘okay that was pretty intense. well, take care now, bye-bye then.’ no. that’s not how it works in extraordinary circumstances. you’re gonna hunker down with that person for the rest of your life, and what color you happen to be means fuck all.
The best dystopian thriller I’ve seen in a minute. Being a Jim Carey fan I remember making a mental note to see it when it came out, after watching the trailer. But I totally forgot about it like six months ago. Just tonight I happened upon it at a Redbox rental… but I didn’t know it was that movie because Carey wasn’t on the cover picture. A few minutes into it I see Carey pushing the shopping cart through the desert and I’m like ‘holy shit that’s that movie I wanted to see!’ luck of the draw man.