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ShaqFu:
The movie, from the synopsis sounds alot like Mean Gunns.

Is it worth watching?

lol...I think you mean "The Tournament" (2009), that's the one with similar plot to "Mean Guns" (1997). The is actually "Le tournoi " (2015), and Le Tournoi literally means "The Tournament" in French so i totally get the mix up . This particular one is French/Hungarian about chess and a little erotica.

The man has been pleading for a link to it for about a week now, and i said i should help out.

Years and Years (2019).


A clockwork orange and Black Mirror regen.....but on meth and steroids!.

I have been sitting on this since 2019 and i finally decided to give it a go and what a fking ride it was!. I have never been so enthralled by a pilot of a show in a while as this, a fast paced neatly written 1 hour intro into the subject matter that immediately sucked me in to digest the whole show in one sitting.

The show is set in the period between 2019 - 2032, projecting or "prophesying" if you will, on how fluid the world has/will become touching on subjects such as politics, sexuality, AI and CGI use, Climate change, economic collapse, Immigration mess etc. The Lyon family, a family based in Manchester, UK, set as the base for the various interloping plot lines that brilliantly touch on all these subject matters with a soothing and yet terrifying score to properly drive home the narrative. Some of the narratives of the show are already happening now!, like AI taking jobs, the mass immigration crisis from people developing countries 3rd world to developed countries, and it shockingly touched on the Russian - Ukriane conflict a bit, that I had to actually check that this show was infact made in 2019 and not 2023....just brilliant brilliant stuff!

BBC and HBO already make good shows on thier own respectively, but imagine them combining to make this? it's total flames and magic from start to finish.

Highly... Highly... recommended

9/10

MrKang:
Still no hope on this?

It's an extremely rare movie and only one pirated copy since to be available, the tiny problem is that, the last 7 minutes of it is cut off, so see if you can manage it.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PcEUjvSFYV4XQBOeCX_VA20E7vOZrdzZ/view?usp=drivesdk

Palehair:
Oh my friend,you underestimate the power of Television,some stars got their start on tv series but we will never know now

Keyword is some not all. Grant Gustin is not in the "some" area.

abduleez1:
I'm not really bothered about Ezra Miller and have been clamouring for his removal a long time ago. I've never once enjoyed his portrayal as Barry with the goofy. Weirdly enough, I liked his portrayal in Flash. I know the circumstances of the movie and I've stated it here many times.

My issue is with the somewhat hypocritical take with Jonathan Majors and how hush many peeps seem with his. I'm not saying he's guilty and hope he sorts this out as I like him as an actor long before his MCU debut sef.
I'm just not seeing peeps make funny statements like cancel the whole TV show, or not release it at all just like many were suggesting with The Flash. And I find that annoying.
Cc Palehair

Jonathan Majors has had a near perfect PR before the allegations hit, and when they did hit, they were plans to cancel him, There were small chatters that Disney might even consider recasting his character!. I did see vile tweets hurled at him, his saving grace somewhat was a strong rebuttal that came almost immediately as the allegations hit, and the rebuttal were legit, so people had to cool off the "cancelling", then more allegations hit, which actually requires a trial, but the previous legit rebuttal has bad people not so quick to judge this time around and let him have his day in court and see where it leads.

abduleez1:
Not everyone breaks out to the big screen.
Even at that these two actors name you dropped ain't good enough to me.

Asides those DC shows they featured in, they've done fvvk all in the industry. Nothing, nada, zilch!!! Actors like that, I don't take them seriously.

I like to see and hear success stories like Millie Bobby Brown etc.

lol that's was my point. Both actors i mentioned have no other notable works outside of thier tv characters.

Palehair:
We don't have to agree and I know it's impossible but two words "Grant Gustin"

A Grant Gustin casting would also lead to the likely outcome. Tbh he's a C list actor at best, i doubt he has any significant project outside of that show. And PS tv show fame and acting is different from movies, just ask Tom Welling and Stephen Amell.

abduleez1:
Ezra Miller was deemed guilty as charged last year with many journalists cooking tales by moonlight for headlines....
He was guilty despite his case not being in a law court at the time.

It was probably due to previous history of documented misdemeanors as far back as 2011 when he was filming for "Perks of being a wallflower". It was intense last year from Journos because his misdoings were happening more frequently and it involved some guilty verdict and restraining orders.

Looking back on "The Flash", i still insist it was not the perceived prejudice against him that made the movie fail so bad, it might be a small part reason but not the crust, infact i liked his performance and i believe i stated that in my review. In all honesty. There was the watery plot, the studio meddling, the seemingly inconsistent CGI, the general superhero cinephile fatigue no thanks to MCU spamming, the DCEU not actually pulling it's weight recently in terms of movie success, Zack Snyder "occultist" fans doing their own in one corner etc. This movie was "set up" to fail and i think a different controversy free actor playing Barry Allen would have ended up with the same likely outcome albeit maybe not as catastrophic as this.

What do you think? A different actor would have made a difference?

This looks like a bush plane.

SOZINN:
This dropped on digital platforms today.

They are still running this Insidious gimmick in 2023? The franchise is average at best.

Palehair:
Obviously Johnny Depp

oh.. Johnny Depp already lost libel case technically meaning he was guilty at the time before he was blacklisted unlike Jonathan Majors who has hasn't had his day in court trial so he's presumed not guilty till it is proven otherwise.

abduleez1:
This same ideology wasn't applied to someone some time ago.

Who?

abduleez1:
So painful losing him at such a young age.
Person wey him papa just die.... He follow am a week after.

One of the beautiful attractions of Euphoria and why that show clicked. Dude had great potential.

I hearing rumours that he topped himself cuz of the immense sadness from burying his dad last week and his past battles with his mental health.

His character on show totally mirrored his real life...sad sad man.

abduleez1:
Interesting list...

I've since abandoned planning movies and TV series with the monthly format with the realisation that I'm mostly always gonna fall short of meeting at least 65% requirement.

I just pick and choose now what tickles my fancy or the mood I'm in.
Tho I've had a great run this month.

Maann. Surprisingly, July has been the only month i have been able to do any proper curating that i followed through. The other months prior have been total disarray and apathy. So we are basically in the same boat. Too many stuffs to see man and combining it with "adulting" is a real hassle, so just work with any formula that best suites you.

July cinematic dump 💐💚. mad run, few misses but mostly hits 🎯 and side bonus: I was able to throw in the monthly "Interstellar" re-run 🌟💫

Joyland (2022).

Pakistani Cinema has my heart once again 💚.

Bold, daring, emotional and heartbreaking best describes Saim Sadiq's debut feature. The movie has a firm grip on the subject matter with unshaken audacity to address a/a soon to be problem in a developing 3rd world nation. The movie tries to define a lady's place in a seemingly generational gap that is immersed in patriarchy and toxic masculinity, while streaming down a gripping plot, then the final 25 minutes takes a sharp turn into a really uncomfortable zone culminating in a gut wrenching final act.

The acting and directing was fantastic, and it's no surprise that it was Pakistan's entry at the Oscars last year for Best foreign language film.

"Joyland" is a total top shelf material 🌟...an absolute indie gem💎.

8/10.

One final ride gents

Octopusssy:
This is worth the watch. Action packed and very interesting

Exactly!. I have been putting off for a while only to see it and discover it was actually quite good. I liked the futuristic tech theme too.

ShaqFu:
I'm yet to see WandaVision and Loki. So far what I've watched seem good. Though I didn't really like Hawkeye, all the rest were nice.

I enjoyed Secret Invasion, patiently waiting for the season finale. 👌

WandaVision and Loki the first batch and they were actually good. I skipped Hawkeye and FAWS tho.

Upgrade 2018

7/10.

Baddestguyp:
Glad I didn't waste my time on Secret Invasion...
It's currently rated as the worst MCU show of all time from what I hear
212m shîtfest

If even Marvel fanboys are bashing it, then it has to be minus -10/10

I wonder how people actually thought Marvel would make a good series?
Moon Knight no do una?


Out of all series you think Marvel can do...na spy series?
Anybody that ever expected anything from that show is a clown 🤡🤡🤡

WandaVision and Loki were good. No?

10thDentist:
Where can I get this please?

One of my favourite true crime stories. It is based on a real life story of the "Rotenburg Cannibal", that put out an ad for a voluntary fellow to indulge in some cannibalistic fun and some dumbo actually answered the ad and it all went gruesome from there, including severing the p£nis of the volunteer for both of them to eat, but the "meat" was too tough, so they cooked it with some spices and garlic, but it got burnt so they fed it to a dog. He then proceeded to kill the volunteer, decapitating his body, and storing it in the freezer, and preceded to eat the meat over a period of time. He videotaped it all, but the video tape was too gruesome to release. He's currently doing time but he's supposedly reformed now and attending church and leaving the prison for excursions, White justice system is something else!.

The movie itself was banned in Germany, but was released underground in the US, with only very few copies available so seeing a copy online is elusive af. I streamed it off a site some time ago, i will drop the link below and see if you can use it.


https://www.effedupmovies.com/cannibal-2006/

Slim02:
What’s the meaning of LIFO

Last in First Out.

abduleez1:
Nope.


E be like say the docu you might be thinking would be She Said.

I've downloaded that one along with this a long time ago during the Academy campaign. I'm just bringing myself to watching them now.

lmaoo yes...I think it's "She said" i was thinking about, i saw this and i thought it was the part 2 of it and i just skipped it 🤦🏿‍♂️😅

abduleez1:
Women Talking..... 5.9/10

I don't know what the director was cooking but this is a feminist movie through and through.
It tells the tales of women of a small colony who are brutally oppressed by men in the community. They are beaten, raped, treated like slaves in the community the other men choose to look away and support their fellow gender.

The film had a weird way of depicting almost all the men as evil vile creatures. It's a kinda deep story with a social commentary about how women are treated in some circumstances and the odds being stacked against them. Their relationship with the men and their subservience.
Funny how the only man that one could term "good" would easily qualify as a "simp" in some circles.

Great performance from Claire Foy and Rooney Mara tho.

It woulda been great if not for being painfully boring.

was this not a docu? 😳

SOZINN:
Lady Bird (2017) - 65%

Anywhere was possible for Greta to take me. I'm not sure why she decided to depict the life of this ungrateful loser. I hope she receives what she justly deserves on her quest to enjoy adulthood by attempting every other potentially dangerous habit. I was concerned for her mother the entire time.

It seems you missed the central theme and motif of the flick, Chief.

Kaycee7:
Asteroid City 7.5/10

Can now relate to the sentiment of "If you've seen one Wes Anderson movie, you've seen them all". This felt like another chapter in The French Dispatch but with a different theme and setting. I'm not mad about it. It's well on brand for creators to use a familiar storytelling style. Add to that the fact that Mr Anderson knows how to utilize this style fully to serve his intentions.

Asteroid City's major theme revolves around transition. It's a story within a story that features a coming-of-age subplot, a short romance subplot and dealing with grief, to name some.

This didn't really connect with me like The French Dispatch did. It's still a pretty good movie but not one I'd recommend to someone who's skeptical about watching it.

My exact sentiment the other day . Man wears monotony like a badge of honor. Already copped it tho, so i might as well just see it.

Re: Pirates of the Carribbean : On Stranger Tides (2011).

Jack Sparrow: The Fountain does test you Gibbs. But better to not know which moment maybe your Last. Every morsel of your entire being alive to the infinite mystery of it all. And who's to say I won't live forever, hey? Discoverer of The Fountain of Youth. I have no say in it, Gibbs. It's a pirate's life for me. Savvy!

My favourite movie encoding guys recently did a re rip of this franchise from a proper source and i just had to indulge again cuz it's quite frankly one of my faves and comfort set of movies.

This looked nothing like Gore Verbinski's first 2 run, as you can evidently tell from the onset,there is a change of personel at the helm but it still retains the charm, comic and charisma that the franchise is known for and this is squarely down to Johnny Depp as the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow, one of the truly great casting in modern cinema!

A standalone sequel, the plot itself is modest, A quest to the get the fabled "Fountain of Youth" first discovered by the Spanish conquistador Ponce de León, familiar foes and friends and some new introductions races against time and tide to get to it.

Don't let the critical reviews fool you, it is a decent watch, far far better than the 2017 run. It surprisingly made bank, amassing about 1bn American greens at the B.O. albeit in a era when Cinema movie going was still a proper thing.


Bar the 2017 fiasco, it's a decent franchise overall and this was my personal 3rd best in the line up. Hearing thoughts of a reboot irks me, imo any reboot without Johnny Depp is DOA, and even if he's signed for another run, i don't think they can hit these heights again. It is just perfect as it is now.
I can't recommend enough.

7/10.

Kaycee7:
Hollywood looking at this sub like

You know this...Bob Iger and the likes must crumble

Born2Freak:
The Transformers movie was just mindless fun. Same as Fast X- one watches it for the action set pieces and the big budget graphics. The plot is inconsequential.

Why would you say that I only watch movies to flex on other people?

Or are you the only one that understands the art of movies?

You that went to watch Barbie, you are now judging me on Tramsformers?

Lol....I cannot laugh

So you have never cussed out people for not going to the cinema to see movies on this thread before? really?.

Anyways G. Anything that floats your boat, i just hope one day you get tired of all these antics and leave it be.

"They Cloned Tyrone" (2023).

A rare Netflix W.

Barbenheimer fever might have relegated this to the background but i was able to sieve through the noise and see this and boy it was a refreshing watch.

A "good black" movie is somewhat of a rarity these days, heck a good any movie is a rare find these days! but this was a very good black satirical sci fi that looked like something straight from the mind of Jordan Peele. Uncle SAM seemly wants to "erase" black folks through some diabolical sci fi means that creates the platform for values such as "black community togetherness" to shine through in the most funniest way possible.

John Boyega is the star of the show, with the vocab and the swagger of an American thug that you'd almost forget he's British (or Nigerian if you will) and special praise to Jamie Foxx, he was the comical relief and he nailed it to perfection. he's such a gem all rounder, ngl he was his presence that attracted me to the flick in the first place, so sad what has been happening to him health wise but I'm upbeat after seeing the video he shared today looking like himself again.

A fantastic watch, an expected gem when you actually pay for good writers and hire the best actors to deliver. Highly recommended.

8/10.

abduleez1:
WB are trying to make their stupid Warnering decisions again.

Pushing Dune 2 to 2024 because of strike and co is dumb. It literally has just the Marvels to contend with in November and it looks the better also coming from a strongly accepted original.

Then there's the more stupid decision of moving Aquaman 2 from December. That film literally has the best date of almost all movies this year. No blockbuster competition asides some genre movies which are mainly WB movies themselves.

My own problem is that, why they don't just sit with these people properly and end the strike. If the strike continues, it's only going to cause more problems as more projects will be pushed further causing major disruptions. The only movies going ahead now are those past post production, and 2024 slates will be heavily distorted.