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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - November 05, 2026, 03:19:24 PM^^^ THE PRODUCERS is my favorite Mel Brooks joint.
HOKUM (2026):
From the writer/director of last year's very good ODDITY, who is creating his own cottage industry for celtic/folk-adjacent horror. Adam Scott quite shockingly plays a big jerk
named "Ohm Bauman" 
who has some spooky misadventures at an old hotel in Ireland. After watching THE WHISPER MAN and SEVERANCE and now this in the past few months, I guess I have to start referring to Adam Scott as "credible star of dark psychological horror/thrillers" instead of "loathsome unfunny ferret-faced Drag King Anna Kendrick". I mean he's still kind of loathsome and unfunny in his latter-day work, but because it's horror/thrillers instead of comedy that isn't really a problem.
Much of HOKUM is a one-hander following "Ohm" in a couple of confined locations. It particularly reminded me of horror video games, moreso even than the RESIDENT EVIL reboot, as Ohm has to find missing items, solve puzzles, make creative use of random objects, etc. I honestly don't hate the influence of the adventure/horror gaming genre on younger filmmakers - it provides some different beats than old school Horror flicks. HOKUM will also remind viewers of fellow hotel-horrors THE SHINING and 1408. I didn't like it as much as Kubrick's SHINING or even as much as ODDITY, and I didn't find it too scary, yet it was sufficiently spooky for Halloween-weekend viewing and has a bit more on its mind than a lot of genre films. Madame 10rda liked it more than I did. 3.5/5
HOKUM (2026):
From the writer/director of last year's very good ODDITY, who is creating his own cottage industry for celtic/folk-adjacent horror. Adam Scott quite shockingly plays a big jerk
named "Ohm Bauman" who has some spooky misadventures at an old hotel in Ireland. After watching THE WHISPER MAN and SEVERANCE and now this in the past few months, I guess I have to start referring to Adam Scott as "credible star of dark psychological horror/thrillers" instead of "loathsome unfunny ferret-faced Drag King Anna Kendrick". I mean he's still kind of loathsome and unfunny in his latter-day work, but because it's horror/thrillers instead of comedy that isn't really a problem. Much of HOKUM is a one-hander following "Ohm" in a couple of confined locations. It particularly reminded me of horror video games, moreso even than the RESIDENT EVIL reboot, as Ohm has to find missing items, solve puzzles, make creative use of random objects, etc. I honestly don't hate the influence of the adventure/horror gaming genre on younger filmmakers - it provides some different beats than old school Horror flicks. HOKUM will also remind viewers of fellow hotel-horrors THE SHINING and 1408. I didn't like it as much as Kubrick's SHINING or even as much as ODDITY, and I didn't find it too scary, yet it was sufficiently spooky for Halloween-weekend viewing and has a bit more on its mind than a lot of genre films. Madame 10rda liked it more than I did. 3.5/5
#12
Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Allhallowsday - November 05, 2026, 03:18:14 PMABBA GOLD
#13
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - November 05, 2026, 01:58:14 PM"Get Crazy" (1983)
The stage manager (Daniel Stern) of a Los Angeles concert venue struggles to mount the theater's annual New Year's Eve rock show, despite constant interference from musicians and their egos, unruly audience members, and a crooked real-estate mogul who wants to put the theater out of business so he can knock it down and put up a skyscraper.
A chaotic slapstick rock n roll comedy directed by Allan "Rock N Roll High School" Arkush, allegedly based on things he witnessed as an employee of New York's Fillmore East concert hall in the 70s. The cast is full of familiar faces like Mary Woronov and Paul Bartel, Malcolm McDowell, Ed Begley Jr., Stacey "Halloween III" Nelkin, and real-life rockers Lou Reed and Lee Ving of Fear. Funny stuff with a rockin' soundtrack!
The stage manager (Daniel Stern) of a Los Angeles concert venue struggles to mount the theater's annual New Year's Eve rock show, despite constant interference from musicians and their egos, unruly audience members, and a crooked real-estate mogul who wants to put the theater out of business so he can knock it down and put up a skyscraper.
A chaotic slapstick rock n roll comedy directed by Allan "Rock N Roll High School" Arkush, allegedly based on things he witnessed as an employee of New York's Fillmore East concert hall in the 70s. The cast is full of familiar faces like Mary Woronov and Paul Bartel, Malcolm McDowell, Ed Begley Jr., Stacey "Halloween III" Nelkin, and real-life rockers Lou Reed and Lee Ving of Fear. Funny stuff with a rockin' soundtrack!
#14
Games / Re: Movie Title Chains
Last post by Rev. Powell - November 05, 2026, 10:58:04 AMI swear I posted this days ago, but I don't see it:
#15
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - November 05, 2026, 10:41:50 AM"The Producers" (1967)
A down-on-his-luck theatrical producer (Zero Mostel) and his accountant (Gene Wilder) concoct what they think is the perfect get-rich-quick scheme: produce a Broadway show so terrible that it flops on opening night, then run off to Rio with their investors' money. However, their production -- a pro-Nazi musical called "Springtime For Hitler" -- becomes an unexpected hit, leading to panic and mayhem behind the scenes.
Mel Brooks wrote and made his directorial debut with this slapstick showbiz comedy classic. Brooks later adapted it as a legit Broadway musical in the 1990s, which was then re-made as a new film with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in the 2000s.
A down-on-his-luck theatrical producer (Zero Mostel) and his accountant (Gene Wilder) concoct what they think is the perfect get-rich-quick scheme: produce a Broadway show so terrible that it flops on opening night, then run off to Rio with their investors' money. However, their production -- a pro-Nazi musical called "Springtime For Hitler" -- becomes an unexpected hit, leading to panic and mayhem behind the scenes.
Mel Brooks wrote and made his directorial debut with this slapstick showbiz comedy classic. Brooks later adapted it as a legit Broadway musical in the 1990s, which was then re-made as a new film with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in the 2000s.
#16
Games / Re: Answer the question with a...
Last post by Rev. Powell - November 05, 2026, 10:06:24 AMWhat's your favorite African animal?
#17
Bad Movies / Re: The Killer Tomato movies
Last post by M.10rda - November 05, 2026, 09:49:53 AMYeah, it's nothing personal. I'll watch it one day if I live long enough. My OCD really compels most of my viewing choices these days, as having 120 years of interesting films to watch was pretty paralyzing for a lot of my adult life. For decades I tried to just watch each new/current year's films - but that was hundreds of films to watch per year, and eventually I slipped many years behind, and was missing out on many classics from the 20th century. Sooooooo... now I'm just gonna' try to work myself up through film history one decade at a time until I reach modernity, or die. 
In the absence of my wife's stabilizing influence, I'd likely watch very few modern films, ever. A good friend has urged me to play the video game DISCO ELYSIUM for several years, assuring me (as many many critics and players have) that it's the greatest video game ever made and that I will love it. I'm sure he's right, and as each year passes and I don't play it, he grows more and more outraged. But I am a slave to my neurodivergence!
In the absence of my wife's stabilizing influence, I'd likely watch very few modern films, ever. A good friend has urged me to play the video game DISCO ELYSIUM for several years, assuring me (as many many critics and players have) that it's the greatest video game ever made and that I will love it. I'm sure he's right, and as each year passes and I don't play it, he grows more and more outraged. But I am a slave to my neurodivergence!
#18
Television / Re: What TV Shows Are you Watc...
Last post by M.10rda - November 05, 2026, 09:42:47 AMIt's got good taste in old DOCTOR WHO episodes, at least.
#19
Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Rev. Powell - November 05, 2026, 09:13:44 AM
"Late Loop" by Andy Stott. Good stuff for chillin' out.
https://youtu.be/LddAm6WD1ZQ?si=uw9cbznA5bLj-DmC
#20
Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by bob - November 05, 2026, 08:27:35 AM