the net - pretty much exactly what you want from a 90s techno thriller starring sandra bullock, some good fake websites and computer ui. it becomes the fugitive for a while which is less fun, and what happens to all her chatroom pals? we never even get to meet cyberbob?? but redeemed a lot by the decision to have the big showdown take place at the Moscone Center, and gains some effective suspense points from the bit where it seems like it might be about to set up dennis miller as the romantic lead.
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When I used to have to hide YouTube links in PowerPoints as a backup in case the computer I got saddled with couldnât play the directly embedded videos, Iâd do it with a little pi sign in the corner of the screen.
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last of the 90s old movies with The Rocketeer
wow an adaption of a comic book, the blocking gives it away. I forgot about the shot from W.C. Fieldâs point-of-view as he leers at Jennifer Connellyâs cleavage. which would have been plain old pandering in the comic? but the lingering camera movement makes it so much worse in the film. thereâs more male gazing, less egregious
rest of it is fine, Timothy Dalton goes full Nazi agent accent in the final scenes? his characterâs the worldâs 3rd best actor and yet they decide to ham it up?? sure ok
was Alan Arkin ever young? casting director must have loved character actors, non-stop âhey, that guyâ. nearly every action/special effect scene is also a comedy scene & Arkin plays it straight every time
the special effects are pretty dated, some nice tricks to hide the smoke & mirrors. the real star of the effects is âgetting a bunch of old biplanes to race around, 20 metres off the groundâ. which they did the old-fashioned way
should have had a sequel just for more opportunity to use the reconstruction of the Bulldog Café
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itâs bad. albert pyun adapted a streets of fire fan fiction his wife wrote (almost every pyun movie she has written is terrible though not for lack of him trying) because she was mad that ellen and tom cody donât get together at the end of the movie. and he loves his wife a lot I guess. people throw this word around a lot with bad media but it is genuinely nearly incoherent. but it is dedicated to his dogs at least! incredibly late era director filmmaking
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Watched Night of the Comet for the first time in 20 years or so. ItâsâŠfine. I forgot how boring the back end of the movie is, when they kinda abandon the whole âtwo lone teen girls in a post apocalyptic empty LAâ (the fun part of the movie) for âwe ran out of budget and made a laboratory set using a dark hallway and a blue light bulbâ (the boring âwe gotta find a way to end the storyâ part of the movie).
Still in awe of Catherine Mary Stewartâs hair in this movieâŠpeak 80s hairdo.
Also watched Novocaine last night. Itâs alright. Plays up the whole âhapless guy who canât feel pain vs. guys very good at dishing pain outâ as youâd expect. Knew exactly how the last kill was coming but it still made me kinda sick to my stomach.
Glad that one guy is getting roles outside of âSpider-Manâs friend.â Nobody deserves to be in MCU jail forever.
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The Adventures of Mark Twain is infamous for the section based off âThe Mysterious Strangerâ where satan tells a bunch of kids life is meaningless but it also has a pretty good airship, some decent laughs, and the claymation is done by the same studio that did The California Raisins. At one point they have to gain altitude so they throw a bunch of stuff out of the balloon and they threw out a Paige Compositor, which got a guffaw out of me.
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Had to check the scene out again:
I appreciate Satanâs casual introduction
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rip joe don baker
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@iguferon and I gotta re-watch framed
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A guy I met at the Pacific Rim 2 premiere does extremely good cosplay, and recently did a pretty jaw-dropping Mysterious Stranger costume:
Definitely worth a look through the tag on his tumblr:
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where eagles dare is still one of the best movies ever i mean come on clint eastwood richard burton and a hot blonde blow up like 45,000 pounds of explosives kill 300 nazis and escape from a burning castle in the fortnite battle bus. i dont even care that its 2.5 hours long. i was here for it the entire time. thanks for showing me that one like 20 years ago dad
when they drop that guy off the side of the mountain it looks like hes dying for real which is so fucking awesome. amazing dummy shot. crazy ass cable car stunts. love it
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I, uh, I watch Shin Masked Rider and it was alright?
IDK.
Tokusatsu stuff isnât really my wheelhouse, but I was mostly entertained from beginning to end. Couldâve used a bowl of popcorn, I guess.
Also watched Transformers: One a couple weeks ago and was genuinely surprised at how good it was, particularly as a fan of the IDW Transformers run (All Hail Megatron, More Than Meets the Eye, & Lost Light).
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I may watch one or two of the movies mentioned here:
Not gonna watch Joysticks again. Itâs one of those ones that turns the meter arond twice before landing on good if that makes sense. Free on youtube was the best way to watch it but it seems like they charge for it now. It was free in 2022. If you can find it free and donât mind really rude and crude itâs a definite watch once in my book. It has the uncle from Napoleon Dynamite playing a psycho goth gang leader and Joe Don as the main villain.
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Black Ghiandola. A short zombie film Anthony Conti made with Sam Raimi for the make a wish foundation. Itâs pretty good. The script is both awkward and aware the way a script like a sixteen year old is bound to be. In turns beautiful and tragic.
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going to be obsessed with the rivette movie joan the maid from here on until I die. felt like every other shot was composed in such a way to force me to remark on how perfect it all was, for two and a half hours straight.
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finally sat down and watched The Heroic Trio
I am a stupid baby and my brain has been forever programmed by reasonable Hollywood standards where I expect the movie to start at 0 and slowly ramp up
this film opens cruising at 60 and then just keeps going faster and faster and it never stops or lets up some how despite only being 90 minutes itâs over in a blink because you never get a chance to breathe or stop, you can only witness and cheer on everything
as much as I wanted to immediately follow up with Executioners, I needed to lie down for 20 minutes after finishing Trio, it simply was too powerful
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Its so amazing. You made the right call not immediately watching executioners. Its still good but it pales in comparison
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Heroic Trio was like a USA Network staple in the late 90s. Itâs so good!