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Right. Because the polar ice caps are melting on their own.

I really tried to watch this but I just didn't make it.

Hounds of Love (2016)

Kansas City Confidential - 1952 heist noir directed by Phil Karlson (who also helmed another torn-from-the-headlines crime drama titled The Phenix City Story) and starring John Payne as Joe Rolfe, a hard luck ex-war hero working as a floral delivery driver. When the film opens a mysterious Mr. Big type has a bank under surveillance and is keeping track of the daily armored car schedule as well as Rolfe's deliveries to the flower shop next to the bank. Being careful to don a mask, he calls in a trio of small time criminals one by one and, knowing that each have their reasons for leaving the country, lays out his plan for the robbery along with a precise set of instructions. They are to wear masks at all times. That way there is no danger of any one of them squealing on the others.

The three are played by well known actors. Jack Elam plays Pete Harris, a degenerate gambler wanted for murder. The others are Lee Van Cleef as ladies man Tony Romano and Neville Brand as the surly and violence prone Boyd Kane. I really felt this casting was ideal and that they made for a perfect trio of heavies.

The crooks use an identical delivery truck so Rolfe takes the fall for the heist and not only loses his job but undergoes numerous beatings at the hands of the cops trying to get him to confess. The insurance investigator finally relents and tells the cops to let him go but offers Joe a crack at the 25% insurance reward if he can bring in the real perps. Anxious to clear his name he finds out that Pete Harris has left the country and is in Tijuana, Mexico.

The plot and the overall mood sort of switch gears as the rest of the movie takes place down south. Rolfe follows the bread crumbs to Harris then his contact information to a fishing resort where the other two are biding their time waiting for Mr. Big to show up with their share of the loot. This being a prime example of noir there's plenty of intrigue and double crosses and tough guy bravado and enough narrow escapes and beatings to fill half a dozen regular dramas. It's the sort of movie that's worthy of being tracked down and crossed off a list. It also inspired Tarantino to make Reservoir Dogs. This was better of course.

90/100

absolutely awesome movie seen before but its been awhile, i broke out the projector to watch it. 8/10!

The French Dispatch (2021)

Very pretty. Very Wes. Very hectic. Very stop start. Very 7.6/10 .

Your review reminded me of this:

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I deserved it. Lazy writing.

I had heard that Alanis was not happy with how this turned out but I can't for the life of me figure out why? I thought she came across great. She seemed wise beyond her years. Covers Alanis from childhood to motherhood. Pretty interesting.

I watched it last night, and my wife and I really liked it. It was a well made documentary, and Icke's beliefs are very thought provoking. In the main I couldn't find anything that I found fault with. Actually his views tie in very nicely with the conclusions of many theoretical physicists like Brian Greene (Columbia), Lee Smolin (Perimeter Institute), Michio Kaku (City College NY/CUNY), and others.

His views on who is running the world, along with politics, big business, big tech, and social media are pretty self evident. I think many people are starting to see that it is not whom we thought it was. Anyone paying attention can get plenty of fodder for research.

The metaphysical aspects he shares seem to be the result of an initial spiritual experience. Those can be very powerful and meaningful. Of course all of it is opinion. Like as in religion, there are no facts. In the end it's up to the individual to believe whatever makes sense to him.

But it's pretty obvious to those who take the time to think about it, that there's much more going on than we see on the surface.

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Brightburn - (2019)

Brightburn screws a few things up, but it's premise is so interesting that I forgive it it's missteps and try hard to pretend they don't exist. After all, it clearly defines itself as a kind of horror b-movie and has it's fair share of effective moments. The whole film is basically asking, what if Superman had grown up and been a serial killer instead of an all-around nice guy? Jackson A. Dunn is indeed a creepy kid - there are shades of Damien Thorn about him - and when we notice his character Brandon Breyer keeps weird pictures of human anatomy, organs and surgery with his jerk off material we're scared of him and disgusted. We're pretty sure Clark Kent never touched himself, let alone...that. When Breyer, a boy from another world raised exactly the same way superman was, finds his powers, he starts doing bad things. What chance will the world have?

Whenever Brightburn decides to do all-out horror though, it falls flat a bit. Some unimaginative CGI, and asinine ideas made me wish the film stayed away from that unnecessary aspect. Also, one aspect of the plot, that :



And yet, despite that, I have such an enjoyment for this movie that I have to give it a high rating. Call it a guilty pleasure, or whatever else, but I'm still a fan. *winces in expectation of being heckled*

8/10


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Teenage Paparazzo - (2010)

Adrian Grenier is moderately famous, and as such he has to face the paparazzi to the 'as usual' annoying extent. But occasionally, there'd be a paparazzo that would disarm not only him, but others among the rich and glamorous - a 13 year-old boy, who had just taken it upon himself to be one. Grenier decided he'd be an interesting focus for a movie himself, and set about making this documentary. Teenage Paparazzo takes a look at fame as a whole, and our obsession with it, from all points of view. What was interesting with this film was the changes that happened to Austin Visschedyk - the by then 14 year-old paparazzo who Genier was making the film about. He'd been interviewed by many news networks by then, and offers were pouring in for reality TV shows and other television series. Fame took an ugly hold of him, to the dismay of his family, and Grenier starts to realise he's doing serious damage here. I'll leave the conclusion for anyone interested enough to watch this. Interesting enough to be worth the time.

6.5/10

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NIGHTMARE ALLEY: A lavish, gorgeous and deftly handled remake of an odd noir classic. Del Toro heightens the unreality through his garish and stunning aesthetics, while adding a heaping dose of noir tropes that were largely absent from the original. He also corrects and perfects the ending. With an all star cast delivering the right performances for this genre. Just the kind of great, mature, star driven genre flick everyone complains they don’t make anymore so it will certainly flop against Spider-Man. A shame.

4.5/5

Insidious (2010)

The Titan 2018

2048 as earth approaches extinction, the planet of Titan is seen as the last hope for humanity’s survival, a fighter pilot volunteers to be part of an experiment on 14 test subjects to alter their body so they can live on the low oxygen planet.

This was going quite well as a metamorphosis kind of tale and was quite enjoying it but as it neared the end I realised that’s all it was, I thought it was going to have bigger ambitions and we’d see a trip to Titan but disappointingly remains earth bound.. Also couldn’t understand why all test subjects had spouses except for the purpose of the film, in reality they’d sure choose single people without much to lose.. still it was half decent I’d say





I love Brightburn, seen it twice.. Im with you on it being a guilty pleasure.I didn’t think the horror elements fell flat and liked the cgi of what I can remember so probably liked even more than you.

Got to see it in theaters tonight havnt actually sat down to watch in along time noticed some things i hadnt before.

The first act was paced too fast but the ideas were good.

The second act was great everything slowed down and you felt like you could finally relate to characters.

The 3rd act ( after the security guard/swat shootout which was silly) was what really made the movie! Switched gears so hard i felt like i was watching another movie.

The Matrix 7.5/10

loved it and was sooo happy get to see trailer of dr strange multiverse of madness.

i saw the trailer for this and was surprised alfred molina and j.k simmons were back, was toby in it? i had heard that was a thing.


Appreciate the only in cinemas tag at the bottom.

i know im glad Alfred is back his my fav villiaN . well i wont spoiled it so u gotta watch the movie and see it urself hope i wasnt rude