Recent Viewings, Part 2

[Rev. Powell]

I'm a big fan of DARK CITY.

[M.10rda]

I am, oddly, a big fan of GATTACA... might be the Ethan Hawke movie I like the most. (That is a short list, of course.)

[M.10rda]

PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION (2026):
Another pick by Madame, apparently brand new thus the first 2026 film I've seen. Like TRON: ARES, I didn't think I could make it for the duration, but it was inoffensive->charming enough that somehow I endured through the closing credits. Two extremely attractive late 20somethings struggle to overcome their differences and misunderstandings in order to unite romantically and stay that way - you are shocked to read this plot synopsis, surely!

Screenplay vacillated between sincerity and insipidity. There's some cute humor, some dumb broad humor, then parts where everything gets weirdly serious. The direction is mostly steady enough to endure those tonal shifts and the film does look very nice. The leads and young support are all nobodies or people who I probably have seen on some TV show my wife has watched, but the fabulous Jameela Jamil is in a few scenes and Alan Ruck & Molly Shannon appear for five minutes as the female lead's parents in a funny bit involving condoms and prescription drugs. It was earnest, charming, and uninsulting enough to our intelligence that I ended up getting some hand-holding and smooching out of the deal at the end of this flick, which doesn't usually happen at the end of horror movies... so!

3/5
Also this is practice trying to write shorter reviews.

[Trevor]

Nude on the Moon (1961)

That's my biopic 😳😉😉🐢