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#21

Games / Re: Movie Title Chains

Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:05:24 AM

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025)

#22

Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...

Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:02:49 AM

"It Goes On" by Westside Cowboy. Alt-country band, but from England. Not bad, but honestly doesn't sound very "country."

#23

Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...

Last post by bob - Today at 07:53:49 AM

#24

Good Movies / Re: Movies that you never "got...

Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 07:44:24 AM

I'm almost afraid to read the book. I love the film, but I know if I read it I'll end up hating the film.

I'm almost afraid to read any of Bret Easton Ellis's other books 

I remember frequently having to put AMERICAN PSYCHO down and walk around the room a bit before continuing !

So, I ended up reading another book by Ellis. The Shards.

They've made a TV show about it starring Wes Bentley from Yellowstone and the son of Richard Gere and daughter of Cindy Crawford.

The show is produced by Ryan Murphy of American Horror Story

my brother told me he's read his latest one and enjoyed it... not sure if that's the same one

[Tropic Thunder]

#25

Bad Movies / Re: movies that namecheck anot...

Last post by HappyGilmore - Today at 07:07:43 AM

Tropic Thunder references a few movies including Crocodile Dundee and Freaky Friday.

South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, Brooke Shields talks about Blue Lagoon

#26

Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...

Last post by chainsaw midget - Today at 06:49:43 AM

#27

Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2

Last post by M.10rda - Today at 06:18:34 AM

Supergirl (2026)
Not bad. Nowhere near as bad as some are making it out to be. 

I had no idea about how "some" were making it out to be, nor about its poor box office.
I haven't had 3 hours to go to the drive-in and watch it, but I'd been excited and am bummed that much of the spin is anti-DC (not a novel thing), anti-Gunn (unsurprising), and anti-female (the stalest $#!t ever).

I really don't think it should have bombed like it did.  And yes, the criticisms made by a certain type of online personality have gotten even more annoying and bothersome at this point.   

SUPERGIRL (2026):
We finally watched this on Prime - and paid for the rental, and I don't regret it. I think it's Better, or at least an easier movie to enjoy, than 2017's WONDER WOMAN (which I liked) - and maybe for that matter better and easier to enjoy than Gunn's lore-dense SUPERMAN (ditto). The action is terrific, the SFX are terrific, there are a handful of gorgeous shots (courtesy of the director of LARS AND THE REAL GIRL, of all things). A lot of the screenplay (from a first-timer) is deft and well-handled, a bit of it is OTN and could've used a light polish. Milly Alcock (who I disliked on "House of the Dragon", though honestly I checked out of that early) is a sympathetic and multi-dimensional Supergirl; Jason Momoa is an ideal Lobo. (Madame commented at one point that she thought he was doing Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, and indeed - comic book Lobo unquestionably lent inspiration to the titular BEETLEJUICE and then became more like Keaton's character after the movie was a hit. As in Gunn's GOTG3 and SUPERMAN, the antagonist is truly despicable - a positive thing, I think, in this kind of movie.

In spite of some sub-Gunn needle drops, I'm unsure what a legitimate condemnation of SUPERGIRL might be. We saw Supergirl for 30 seconds in SUPERMAN, thus maybe the smarter move would've been to develop her as a supporting character in that film. But Gunn promised (for better or worse) to do two things w/ his DC movies - one, to refrain from making any one film dependent on another (mission accomplished here) and two, to exploit different genres. On the latter point one might object that Supergirl isn't much of a superhero movie (neither was WONDER WOMAN) - but it's a great sci-fi action movie.

I imagine the final reasonable objection would be that SUPERGIRL wears its non-comic influences on both sleeves and its back - w/ Daenerys Targaryen's great-grandmother and Khal Drogo aiding a defenseless Arya Stark on a revenge mission against Immortan Joe's army of steampunk r@pists - but as an enormous FURY ROAD stan and the world's biggest (o.g.) GAME OF THRONES stan, I am immune.    4/5

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Press Releases and Film News / RIP James Lew, martial artist ...

Last post by Archivist - Today at 01:07:25 AM

If you've watched American martial arts movies, you've seen James Lew. He acted and performed stunts in movies since the late 70s, like Charlie Sheen's Hot Shots, Jeff Speakman's The Perfect Weapon, Brandon Lee's Showdown in Little Tokyo and so many more. He leaves a 50 years legacy of action and perfection.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lew

https://www.blackbeltmag.com/post/james-lew-an-unforgettable-life1952-2026

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#29

Bad Movies / Re: movies that namecheck anot...

Last post by zombie no.one - August 24, 2026, 10:56:29 PM

there is absolutely loads of stuff in the commercial foodchain which should never be within a zillion miles of our digestive systems, I don't think that's even a conspiracy theory at this point... have we gone full Soylent Green? wouldn't actually surprise me... shame I love processed food so much 


steeerrrrrrring it back on topic, there's a movie called SON OF RAMBOW. the plot is 2 kids try to make a movie inspired by FIRST BLOOD.

they definitely watch bits of it on a tv, and their home-recorded VHS copy has FIRST BLOOD scrawled on it... I just can't remember if anyone says the title. I'm leaning towards yes

#30

Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2

Last post by indianasmith - August 24, 2026, 09:22:35 PM

"Strangely entertaining crap" describes a LOT of the movies we watch here!