Recent theatrical viewings

M.10rda · October 16, 2026, 12:32:18 PM

Thanks, Rev! You weren't kidding about "one week only", but there is a theater playing it in downtown Buffalo and one south of the city (the other side from my northern neighborhood). Nice that the distributor didn't forget us!

Dr. Whom · October 20, 2026, 03:09:56 PM

The Devils (1971)

They played it over here as well, one week only. Actually four times only. I had heard of its reputation and boy, does it live up to it. It makes just about everything else look restrained and it occasionally strays into Monty Python territory. An unexpected face was Brian Murphy who would later go on to fame as George Roper. Also, the main inquisitor looked disturbingly like Warren Zevon. You have peak Oliver Reed and wild histrionics all around.

In my experience many of the 'decadent' movies I had heard about in my childhood years (Il Decamerone, Emmanuelle, La Grande Bouffe...) turned out to be rather tame when I finally got to see them. The Devils, on the other hand is anything but

M.10rda · October 21, 2026, 12:14:01 PM

I missed it (and have never seen it 'cause I was waiting for this very opportunity to see it completely uncut) but I did get to see Warren Zevon live back in '99. He was a cool guy.

Rev. Powell · October 21, 2026, 12:16:42 PM

Some locations have added another week of screening THE DEVILS, since it made a lot more money than anticipated.

chainsaw midget · October 26, 2026, 03:06:48 PM

Just got back from watching Street Fighter. It was a fun movie. Over the top, but they never felt like they weren't taking it seriously or that they looked down on the material.

Loved their Chun-li and their Blanka. The Guile was a bit bit dry. They also managed to do something next to impossible. They made Ryu feel like an interesting character.

The guy they got as M. Bison is no Raul Julia but he wasn't horrible.

Rev. Powell · October 27, 2026, 08:52:50 AM

WILDWOOD: After her baby brother is kidnapped by a murder of crows, a girl ventures into the Impassable Wilderness (with a geeky companion in tow) and ends up in an epic battle for the fate of the wood. Mostly stop-motion animated, but seamless, with no stuttering--it's a technical marvel--while the story is epic and surprisingly dark (this has the highest body count of any children's movie of the decade.) I could see someone rating this 5/5 (I certainly would have as a kid). I'm not sure about the marketing here; it's only being shown at matinees here, which means kids are in school and can't see it. I guess they're praying word of mouth will lead to an expanded release, but right now it's a financial bomb---that's also probably the favorite to win the Oscar for best animated film. 4/5.

Dalmatian Bobby Samaritan · October 28, 2026, 03:52:25 PM

Quote from: Alex on June 04, 2026, 09:28:18 AM(Skeletor in particular looked like he was wearing a body stocking with muscles drawn on). It was never going to be high art, but it is at least fun.

Skeletor is actually the one part of this so so movie that I think they nailed. Body stocking with muscles drawn on? Ok. Can you prove that or is this some kind of Freudian fantasy you have? Plus I don't even think Masters of the Universe is showing in the theatres anymore. And I don't know why because they are about to show that crummy new Avengers movie like in December with Dr. Doom. Doomsday or whatever. And that one, at least on the trailers I have seen he actually does like like some kind of dweeb with body stocking muscles drawn on.

Now I know why I choose to "inhabit" this forum. I still have my 20/20 vision. I must be drinking the right carrot juice and choosing not to go to tanning beds (inside joke from another forum don't ask. It involves dissing on Christopher Nolan too and I know how you guys worship him. If Masters of the Universe were directed by him, with or without Courtney Cox in it, it would be the greatest movie of all time. Doesn't Christopher Nolan in a way look like Eric Swalwell?

)

Jared Leto was an OG Skeletor. Maybe some strange lighting issues where he has to go back to Earth to where Adama works in that office and his mystique is basically held in check. But that could have just as easily been done to Sauron from the Lord of the Rings.

Alex · October 28, 2026, 04:16:11 PM

Quote from: Dalmatian Bobby Samaritan on October 28, 2026, 03:52:25 PM
Quote from: Alex on June 04, 2026, 09:28:18 AM(Skeletor in particular looked like he was wearing a body stocking with muscles drawn on). It was never going to be high art, but it is at least fun.

Skeletor is actually the one part of this so so movie that I think they nailed. Body stocking with muscles drawn on? Ok. Can you prove that or is this some kind of Freudian fantasy you have? Plus I don't even think Masters of the Universe is showing in the theatres anymore. And I don't know why because they are about to show that crummy new Avengers movie like in December with Dr. Doom. Doomsday or whatever. And that one, at least on the trailers I have seen he actually does like like some kind of dweeb with body stocking muscles drawn on.

Now I know why I choose to "inhabit" this forum. I still have my 20/20 vision. I must be drinking the right carrot juice and choosing not to go to tanning beds (inside joke from another forum don't ask. It involves dissing on Christopher Nolan too and I know how you guys worship him. If Masters of the Universe were directed by him, with or without Courtney Cox in it, it would be the greatest movie of all time. Doesn't Christopher Nolan in a way look like Eric Swalwell? )

Jared Leto was an OG Skeletor. Maybe some strange lighting issues where he has to go back to Earth to where Adama works in that office and his mystique is basically held in check. But that could have just as easily been done to Sauron from the Lord of the Rings.

*sigh* I didn't say he was, I said he looked like it. It was a comment about the CGI. Maybe your vision isn't quite as 20/20 as you thought if you couldn't figure that out.