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A Welsh folk horror film. A slow burn with interesting storyline.

Mud (2012)

This is a film that shouldn't really work. About an obsessed fugitive that befriends 2 teens who find him beguiling. The film isn't really about Mud (character, excellently played by Matthew McCounaghey) though his story is the lynchpin to this. Its about Ellis(Tye Sheridan, wonderful) and, though he is streetwise, coming to terms with adult issues. In ways Mud (the character) is an escape for the lad. I really liked this, it *does* work besides my misgivings.
A strong

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) - Lewis Milestone: 9/10

The original is still the best

Hawaii (1966)

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Night at the Museum (2006)


Another neighborhood outdoor movie to take my daughter too. A rewatch for me, and the concept of this movie is definitely cool. Everything else is pretty average though. I'm not even sure if I remember seeing any of the sequels...

The First Omen - (2024)

6/10

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Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk (2020)





I made the mistake of watching this before bed, which had me not getting to sleep right away due to this documentary making my blood boil. Nothing like a decades long culture of child abuse of pretty much every kind to put the mind at ease, yea? I put this on because I had spent the last couple of weeks cheering on our women's gymnastics team in the Olympics, as well as watching replays of past routines from the past few decades.

I had read about this case when it was happening, but I hadn't dun into the details of the case because this stuff tends to really piss me off. Can confirm it still does!

The film draws connections all the way back to Nadia Comaneci and the Romanian couple that coached her squad, and how once these coaches defected to the US, they brought with them the normalization of abusive training techniques, both physical and mental. Soviet era methodology was abusive? Color me totally unsurprised.

Many of the gymnasts that came forward about Dr. Larry Nassar's sexual abuse link this normalization of abuse by the Karolyis as a key factor in how Nassar was able to get away with this stuff for so long, with organizations such as the Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics colluding to both cover up and downplay the assaults, and according to several gymnasts, even the FBI took part in colluding to cover it up. Totally disgusting.

The only silver lining I could find was that now that all this stuff has been exposed, and places like the Karolyi's training facility have been shut down, the treatment of these athletes has improved immensely, and more attention is paid to preserving their mental and physical health.

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Looking forward to this. Huge fan.

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Alphaville 9.5

Madame Web
5/10
This would've been better if the heroines died only ONE time.

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Polarized (2023)
Interesting film about a Canadian woman who works in a fruit growing facility getting the sack after complaining about working standards. The family that own it are a moneyed Palestinian family and are trying to expand into the local area to own a "proper" farm. Her own family's farm has been foreclosed and despite this she strikes up a relationship with her female boss when she apologises and get's her job back. After which they fall in love. It's not quite UK Channel 5 material and the performances are good. It's well paced if predictable (culture clash). Pretty decent watch.

The Godfather Trilogy
A month ago, I started watching this, and wanted to see it in chronological order, despite seeing all the movies about 20 times before I turned 25... Last night, I wanted to watch the "modern" part from Godfather II because after 15 years, I figure I might know some references, and this was the movie that started my love for movies.



After telling myself I'd probably never see Godfather III again, I actually saw half of it last night, and just finished it... If you took the first two movies (script, music, scenery/action) put them in a blender, you'd get this movie. But it was better than I thought it would.



Michael (Al Pacino) was not recognizable to me from the second movie.. Even though he was very cold, he was also "cool", but he was a little dopey or over-dramatic. It was also odd to see Dianne Keaton (who looked a foot taller than him) constantly throw digs at him. Don Luchesi with the biggest French accent was something that always bugged me, as if he was the only actor left on Earth. I even found a website from 24 years ago I used to check out (this time for the script, but not all is translated).. I even remember talks of a fourth part at that time.



I'm sure I'll never see this again. But maybe the next movie I do watch will also be from my past. I can't think of any other movies I want to see.

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Those last two moves you mentioned are on my Worst 3 I have ever seen.

Pather Panchali 9.
Incredible effort bearing in mind the lack of budget.

Harlem is Heaven (1932) Watched on Tubi. A musical with an all black cast. The story isn't great, but there are some highlights. The dancing is good and there is an entertaining fight scene between two women.

Freud (1962)

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Galaxy Quest - (1999)

I haven't been watching a whole load of old favourites lately, but last night I watched a short documentary about the making of Galaxy Quest, and it really put me in the mood - despite the fact that I pretty much know the movie off by heart nowadays. I still laughed enough to annoy my cat, who just wanted to rest peacefully on me. From conception, casting, writing onwards, there's not a single thing it gets even a little wrong. Every joke lands - and if it were a gymnast's routine it would get a 10.0 from me, with Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell and Enrico Colantoni all worthy of individual mention for their comic performances. It's a great film even if you put aside the fact that it's such a loving ode to science fiction fans (very specifically Star Trek, but more generally a fan of anything really.) This is one of those films where the chips fell and ended up in all the right places, with Dean Parisot (not one of cinema's greats) the right person at the right time to direct, and a better choice than Harold Ramis regardless of the fact that he was a better filmmaker. Sometimes, you are simply put on this Earth to create the one masterpiece - (and yeah I know, Parisot does have an Oscar to his name for a short film he made.) There aren't many films like this one that I'll give this kind of score to - but it gets the score because of the fact that, in my mind, it's absolutely perfect. Nothing would better it. Any change would be to it's detriment. I absolutely love Galaxy Quest - with a passion.

10/10

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I've seen Galaxy Quest countless times. It's so quotable.

"That was a hell of a thing."

"Miners not minors!" "You lost me."

"Look around, can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?" "A lathe? Get off the line Guy!"