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Off Topic Discussion / Re: What are you cooking?
Last post by Leah - Today at 02:15:19 PM
Hot beef flavored ramen with two soft boiled eggs and furikake
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Bad Movies / Re: After Last Season (2009)
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 12:57:39 PM
Quote from: lester1/2jr on Today at 12:33:06 PM"8% liked this movie"

that's tough

8% seems awfully high. I'm not sure "like" is a term I'd use about this movie. It's no fun at all, but I am glad I saw it just because nothing like it will ever exist again.
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 12:50:59 PM
NO OTHER CHOICE (2025): After a paper-company middle manager is laid off due to radical downsizing, he decides to eliminate the competition for one of the few remaining jobs in his industry. OLDBOY director Park Chan-Wook's latest stylish black comedy is inspired by anxieties over automation and A.I. devastating workforces of the near future. 3.5/5.
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Bad Movies / Re: After Last Season (2009)
Last post by lester1/2jr - Today at 12:33:06 PM
"8% liked this movie"

that's tough
#5
Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 12:26:02 PM
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Bad Movies / Re: The Ultimate So Bad It's G...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 12:19:50 PM
re: Ben and Arthur. Per the wikipedia article it does seem like a potential "so bad it's good" movie. I don't see myself screening it anytime soon, though, so I won't be voting for or against it.

+ Hard Ticket to Hawaii
+ Glen or Glenda?
+ House of the Dead

10   Apple, The (1980)
11   Atomic Submarine, The (1959)
11   Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
10   Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965)
12   Beast with a Million Eyes, The (1955)
9   Ben and Arthur (2002)
13   Billy the Kid vs Dracula (1966)
10   Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle (2022)
15   Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
10   Blood Diner (1987)
11   Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)
13   Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things (1972)
10   Codename: Wildgeese (1984)
13   Conqueror, The (1956)
14   Dragon Lives Again, The (1977)
15   Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saves the World) aka Turkish Star Wars (1982)
13   Fatal Deviation (1998)
17   Glen or Glenda? (1953)
13   Gymkata (1985)
13   Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
16   Hobgoblins (1988)
6   House of the Dead (2003)
11   Howling Part 7: New Moon Rising, The (1995)
2   Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996)
2   Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954)
10   Maniac (1934)
13   Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
14   Message from Space (1978)
10   Miami Connection (1987)
13   Mommie Dearest (1981)
9   New Year's Evil (1980)
14   No Holds Barred (1989)
23   Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
6   Protector, The (1985)
10   Reefer Madness (1936)
10   Return of the Family Man (1990)
14   Robo Vampire (1988)
21   Robot Monster (1953)
22   Room, The (2003)
10   S.I.C.K. (Serial Insane Clown Killer) (2003)
14   Samurai Cop (1991)
11   Santa Claus (1959)
11   Sharknado (2013)
10   Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
21   Showgirls (1995)
14   Space Mutiny (1988)
12   Starcrash (1978)
19   Troll 2 (1990)
10   Wicker Man, The (2006)
18   Zardoz (1974)

Ranked:

1. 23   Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
2. 22   Room, The (2003)
3t. 21   Robot Monster (1953)/Showgirls (1995)
5. 19   Troll 2 (1990)
6. 18   Zardoz (1974)
7. 17   Glen or Glenda? (1953)
8. 16   Hobgoblins (1988)
9t. 15   Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)/Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saves the World) aka Turkish Star Wars (1982)
11t. 6 tied at 14   
17t. 8 tied at 13
25t. 12   Beast with a Million Eyes, The (1955)/Starcrash (1978)

2 at 9, 2 at 6, 2 at 2

Sortable spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JN0iqwwMsLY85NpLPULaMJGbTrVMoH8OLYecznVD3XE/edit?gid=0#gid=0
#7
Bad Movies / Re: After Last Season (2009)
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 11:03:37 AM
I didn't take the bait when WICKER MAN v2 was mentioned yesterday in another thread but now I'll take the bait. LaBute is (sometimes) a good writer but manifestly a terrible director. Like Mamet, he somehow made at least a couple of good (if simple) films - in LaBute's case, his first two. Everything from NURSE BETTY onwards seems insanely poorly made to me. He appears to take whatever job pays his bills. I don't think there was much intentional artistry behind the WM remake.

Some of my student films have ALS qualities. There's something about aesthetic flatness that appeals to young/amateur filmmakers. Hartley (who has made masterpieces) does flatness (because Godard did it); Mamet does flatness because, as he wrote in his book On Directing Film, "What's the best place to put your camera? Over There." Mamet truly believes that the script is everything and the film just comes together magically around a good screenplay w/ no other care or rigor. That's a very alluring idea for filmmakers who primarily identify as writers (like me). And somehow Mamet accidentally directed at least a couple very very good films (THE SPANISH PRISONER and HOMICIDE)... plus some decent ones and some stinkers.

Good Seagal joke!
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Good Movies / Re: What my hometown cinema lo...
Last post by Trevor - Today at 10:45:54 AM
Quote from: M.10rda on January 17, 2026, 06:30:35 PMIt's a cosmetics store...?

Yes, and a jewelry store as well.

I see they sell genuine fake Rolexes there too.

I wonder if they know the place's history? I doubt it. :bluesad:  :bluesad:
#9
Press Releases and Film News / RIP Bruce Leung Siu-Lung.
Last post by Alex - Today at 10:33:07 AM
Possibly best known for playing The Beast in Kung Fu Hustle, the veteran martial arts actor has died at the age of 77.
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Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by bob - Today at 09:59:31 AM
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