What MOVIE(s) have you been....seeing? watching?

Apple TV+’s CODA is absolutely derivative. Child has an interest well outside of the family’s expectations. They pursue it, overcome resistance and step into their own lives. It’s been done with the well-heeled families and immigrant families.

Now it’s been done with the hearing and singing daughter of a deaf family, and it’s excellent. There are no surprises, but it doesn’t matter when everything is so well executed. The setting, both small town Massachusetts and a deaf home, are fully realized. Acting is great top to bottom, which is a treat I didn’t recognize any names.

Appreciated too that the movie never stoops to be an after school special and explain the deaf experience. It just looks at their lives and lets them exist. They’re not victims or tokens. Just a particular fishing family.

A Haunting in Venice in the theatre. By and with Kenneth Branagh and a thoroughly great cast, this is an old school mystery and an hommage and an ensemble piece and the right amount of spooky.
My biggest fear going in was how a lanky Kenneth would interpret an ageing slob from Belgium, which was unfounded. It looks like some people had so much fun making this.

Nodens wrote: My biggest fear going in was how a lanky Kenneth would interpret an ageing slob from Belgium, which was unfounded.

As this is his third run at the role, he should have it down by now.

A large number of internet critics seems to disagree, or maybe they just hate the guy on principle, hard to tell. What did you think?

Nodens wrote: A large number of internet critics seems to disagree, or maybe they just hate the guy on principle, hard to tell. What did you think?

To be honest, I've only seen Orient Express, and I don't know anything about the character as a whole. From what I was told, the book this movie was based on did not have a haunting, nor did it take place in Venice, so to me, it doesn't really matter. New editions of stories (read: reboots) can do whatever they want as far as I'm concerned, including changing up characterizations.

Saw the new Paw Patrol movie. We really enjoyed it. Say what you want, but I so appreciate the positive messages of kids movies and tv shows.

Later on, I watched The Northman. I didn’t expect the movie to be what it was. It’s very good, and after this and The Witch, I am a fan of the director. But what a fucked up movie.

Have you seen The Lighthouse? I would say that's Eggert's best film. Similarly fucked up.

Not yet, but I will!

Rewatched Dredd last night and I'm still mad I was unable to see it in the theaters. I plan on watching Dog Soldiers this weekend, complete with the Onion Knight screaming, "THERE WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE ONE!"

I'd watch the shit out of a DREDD TV series.