Recent Viewings, Part 2

[lester1/2jr]

I started watching The Golden Horde tv series https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9600798/ It's a Russian series about Russia and the mongols. Imagine if the Mongols came to your town and gave you 30 seconds to go get your things then you had to join them and be a warrior or a painter or whatever it is you do.

[indianasmith]

BAD MILO (2013)  Duncan is a stressed-out, miserable corporate drone with a wife who desperately wants to have children, a mom who is living with a new husband half her age, and a boss who has just promoted him to Human Resources so he can fire all his fellow employees.  The stress grows and gnaws at Duncan's gut and finally takes on the physical form of Milo, an angry little demon who crawls out of Duncan's rectum and eats the nearest source of his host's stress.  Yes, that's right.  Duncan has a cannibalistic demon living up his butt.   I won't say anymore because I don't want to spoil your fun!  Just . . . WATCH THIS!!!
5/5 on the Bad Movie Scale!

[Trevor]

Yes, that's right.  Duncan has a cannibalistic demon living up his butt.   

Oy 

[Rev. Powell]

Indy, you liked BAD MILO a lot better than I did. I wasn't impressed.

THE MADS ARE BACK: BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS: An evil brain possesses the body of a scientist; a good brain possesses the body of a dog to help avert nuclear catastrophe. The riffing is average, but it was nice to finally see this notable classic era bad movie. The post-movie guest is Dana Gould, a funny journeyman comedian who's worked on "The Simpsons," among other projects. 3/5.

[Alex]

Re-Elected.

A bunch of students come under attack on the 4th of July when all the dead presidents come back from the grave.

A film like this needs a lot more nudity to be more watchable.

[indianasmith]

MALIGNANT (2021) - One by one, a group of doctors associated with strange experiments in an asylum 25 years ago are being brutally murdered.
A young woman named Madison, recovering from the miscarriage of her child and the murder of her husband, somehow finds herself seeing the murders as they happen - but no one believes her when she tries to tell them.  Who is doing these killings?  Why can Madison see them?
All I can say is, tune in and hold on - MALIGNANT is a wild and deeply disturbing ride! 5/5

[Jim H]

A Quiet Place 2 - this is an alright follow-up to the first film.  But, it feels like part 1.5 if that makes sense, doesn't really add a lot more, increasing the amount of creature scenes just makes them less scary, and the suspense scenes that are here aren't as good.  Cast is still solid though, and I did like the Cillian Murphy character.  Decent afternoon watch I guess.

[lester1/2jr]

I attempted a dive into black Tubi. Plug Love was a ghetto romance with terrible acting and direction but lots of super low budget appeal. I got part way into it but all the awkward conversations reminded me too much of reality. The love interest's name is Thug Pain and according to my friend Lara he's "not even sexy"

I fared slightly better with Lot Lizards, a ridiculous movie about hookers and their alternately gullible and violent clients. There's no action just tons of ridiculous talking and strutting around. Occasionally they go into this hotel room and there's some terrible simulated sex and / or pimp slapping. One hour felt like 1,000 hours


"I'm the queen lot lizard in this motherf**ka you got it?"


???   / 5

[indianasmith]

THE GREEN KNIGHT (2021) - I really wanted to like this movie; I love the Arthurian mythos and like movies that explore the genre.  But this thing is a train wreck.  It's so dark you can't see what's going on half the time, the accents are thick and the lines mumbled, so the dialogue is hard to follow, and the story is disjointed and poorly laid out.  Plus the main character is a bit of a jerk.  That's two hours of my life I'd like to have back.  2.5/5

[FatFreddysCat]

After almost two years, my "Watch the James Bond Series In Order" marathon has finally reached the modern Daniel Craig era.

"Casino Royale" (2006)
Daniel Craig's debut as Bond is a big, stylish, splashy "reboot" for the whole series, showing James earning his "double-o" status and being sent off on his first big mission: the pursuit of a terrorist financier known as "Le Chiffre," which culminates in a high stakes game of poker in Morocco. A gritty, more realistic adventure than any of the preceding episodes and still the high water mark of Craig's tenure as 007.

"Quantum of Solace" (2008)
This one picks up exactly where "Casino Royale" left off, with Bond on the trail of the mysterious criminal organization behind the death of his beloved Vesper Lynd. His investigation takes him to South America, where a businessman has plans to take control of the water supply for the entire region. This one's a step down from the big, epic feel of "C.R." but it's a decent enough butt kicker in its own right.

[lester1/2jr]

things are heating up on "The Golden Horde" The prince of the village is ignoring his wife and being tantalized by one of the Tartar girls that Genghis Khan gave them. a real no no in the 13th century and even today

[Rev. Powell]

ADAM BY EVE: A LIVE IN ANIMATION (2022): A story about a friendship between two schoolgirls (Taki and Aki) and their shared dream of a one-eyed monster serves as a framing device for songs by the Japanese pop singer Eve, which turn into colorful psychedelic music videos combining anime and live action. The narrative is thin and functional; Eve's music seems good enough, although I'm far outside of the intended Japanese teen girl demographic; but the animation and visuals (by the studio responsible for the "Evangelion" reboot) are unquestionably top-notch. And it's only an hour. 3/5.

[Dr. Whom]

Things to Come (1936)

One of the first true SF epics. Clunky but impressive. It is really three set pieces: one in 1940 with the coming of the World War, which lasts 20 years and ends civilisation,  one in the postapocalyptic world of 1970 and finally the Brave New World of 2036. It is very only about ideas, with the characters merely being there to state opinions, all with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Yet for all that, the vision and execution remain impressive.
The middle bit is the best for me, with Raymond Massey prefiguring Michael Rennie's performance in the Day the Earth Stood Still, Ralph Richardson giving life to his character of a pint sized postapocalyptic Mussolini, and Margareta Scott's character (who does seem to wandered in from a sword and sandals movie on a nearby sound stage) being much more than a simple caricature.

Two things struck me about the final part:
even in the shoulderpads and helmets future of 2036, the old boy system still works.
you'd think they might have made the Space Gun a breechloader.

[Alex]

The Inheritance.

I put this on randomly and found it was a film set in Kyiv. The film itself was ok, slow-moving but atmospheric. Perhaps current events have lent it an extra poignancy. I couldn't help but consider what condition the buildings and people featured in the film are in now, only two years on from it being made.

[FatFreddysCat]

"Skyfall" (2012)
In Daniel Craig's third go-round as James Bond, 007 is put on the trail of a former MI6 agent turned cyber-terrorist (Javier Bardem) who's got a major grudge against Bond's boss "M" (Judi Dench). Oscar winning director Sam Mendes' sweeping espionage epic marks the franchise's 50th anniversary in style.