I loved the fact it uses a smaller boxy aspect ratio, as everything is framed so tightly together and made a lot of scenes feel unnervingly claustrophobic.
It makes great use of framing just enough of a main subject that you fear what might creep into the sides of it at any moment…
It didn’t take long for things to get spooky and hoo boy, Inde Navarrette did such a great job with it.
Her over-enthusiastic responses and mannerisms to convey her deep attachment Obsession with main character Bear were really well-crafted.
I read that the director told her not “to play as if posessed” but just incredibly invested in the relationship no matter what. Try faces in the mirror too, things like that.
It feels like a small-scale movie with big mysterious avenues it could pursue in the future with the Wish Willows – since with how heavily successful this movie is, I’m sure the studio will want a follow-up. Though I like where it stands as a scary-yet-blasé concept. The ridiculousness of the setup lends itself well to how fucked-up things get later.
It’s a twisted film that did a great job at being scary, had me tense with fear at times, even made me jump once (though that was an editing jumpscare, damn it) and tread the line between scary and funny with how over-the-top some of the scary reactions Nikki has when denied her one true love.
Great watch in a cinema, as tons of other people let out yelps and nervous chuckles at different moments. Also what an ending.
Don’t want to see this one again for a long, long, long, long time for sure. Yay yikes good job.
Just got back from watching Masters of the Universe. It was a confusing watch. The intro is cool, the bit on Earth goes on for too long and feels too silly in the wrong ways. Bits in Eternia drag on a bit as well, but somewhere around halfway to two thirds of the movie I just got invested, and then I just felt like it got better and better. By the end I was really happy with it.
I saw some worrying reports that the movie dealt with “toxic masculinity”, and I feared it was gonna be some cringy stuff, but i’d just say that it deals in what good masculinty is. There’s no sort of “ugh… men” kind of sentiment going on, just a sentiment of what is a healthy ideal for a man to strive for.
The movie isn’t a straight 100% adaptation of the cartoon (or any one interpretation), instead it takes from multiple sources and adds it’s own twists on it as well. I felt like it largely works.
This might be the first time in years that I’ve enjoyed Jared Leto in something. His skeletor is deliciously silly and over the top in all of the right ways.
If I had a nickel for every new movie I saw this year that’s about the enduring power of friendship and also an homage to other cinema, I’d have two nickels so far and it’s weird that one of them is Minions and Monsters.
Wow, yeah, this is a great fun film.
It’s a period piece 1920s movie about the Minions making it big in Hollywood. Lots of homages to iconic cinema of the time, lots of heart having your main minion be this artsy type who doesn’t get along with the “we must find a new evil ruler” of the gang.
Funny enough one of the main plot points is the main character seeking a Oscar. And I really think they might have a shot at the animated oscar this year.
Its a heartwarming silly film.
Also surprisingly lots of mature jokes, they even found a way somehow to use the word “Bastard” and one of the minions is named Dick. Because he is one.
(The leader of the tribe who is really bossy and gets on the nerves of the main character: his name is Dick.)
Tbh though the trailer kinda spoils the act 3 climax. Wish it didn’t.
Yup, surprisingly in a reference to a Humphrey Bogart film of the past, the words ‘Hansdome Bastard’ are used in this film.
Illumination got balls after all
Oh also I forgot to add what I was talking about here lmao, oops. Kinda posted this in a rush at the end of my break.
Anyway there’s a reasonable expl-
Right, the movie has a lot of surprisingly mature humour, especially involving the minion Dick.
Just got back from The Invite with Edward Norton, Seth Rogan, and Penelope Cruz. It is easily the funniest film I have seen in YEARS. Go go go to the theatre for it.
There is the plot unfolding at the palace in Ithaca, where the situation grows urgent as they await the king’s return, and there is the odyssey of Odysseus, who recounts everything to Calypso as his memory gradually comes back to him.
The editing style is the same as in Oppenheimer, featuring flashbacks and memories — which is entirely fitting here, given the long quest to find the way back.
I don’t think the R-rating is justified, as there isn’t much blood or graphic imagery. The monsters are very humanized, and the whole thing is highly polished and realistic, just like in all of Nolan’s movies.
Of course, there are adjustments that do not align with the original narrative, for the purposes of the script; I appreciated how other narratives are interwoven, for those who enjoy tragedies (Iphigenia, Electra…).
As for Scylla, I was expecting to see a hydra, but instead, we see something more like vicious vines (like in Predator: Badlands). Same here; Circe lacks enchanting charm. As for the sirens, they are barely visible, to serve the mystery, perhaps.
The Laestrygonians episode gave me chills, since it is so intense.
A film that leaves you full of energy!
(Nolan said her editor was ruthless, because an IMAX camera can only project three hours of film. And yes I understand Matt Damon when he says that it was the most difficult shoot of his career, but the greatest film.)
Well I just saw WEAPONS, and uh yeah wow that was a freaky-deaky good movie! Emphasis on freaky though, like WHOA gory horror.
I thought this movie was going to be an allegory on school shootings, but, after seeing the whole thing through I’m not sure I can ascribe its premise to that
This movie does some of my favourite stuff in stories, and that’s Parallel Narratives.
It goes across different characters perspectives of the same events so it goes back to certain scenes but with a different context and angle. Love that stuff, feels so satisfying to my brain.
The overarching mystery of the kids missing was a good hook.
Lots of spooky moments with unsettling characters just… standing or sitting in weird states. Ooh.
And then as the curtain pulls back and the movie stops pulling its punches, oof, freaky sad stuff happens.
The climax though was a lot of fun and cathartic (then it gets kinda grisly again) but yeah, whew, load off my shoulders. Good movie, reccomended
Amy Madigan got an Oscar nomination for this movie despite her quite limited screentime. Really good for her! I wouldn’t say I was WOWed by her performance specifically, but hey good for her for being so creepy
Apparently they’re making a prequel for this movie called Gladys, so… okay, sure, dunno if I wanna see MORE freaky stuff involving her but OK!
Kinda wanna see Zach Cregger’s previous movie Barbarian which got buzz, but I also think it might get really gory and freaky… hmm.
He’s got a Resident Evil movie coming in Sept! Hope that’s good!
I saw The Odyssey in IMAX. I liked it, despite being three hours long it didn’t really feel like it. It’s very exciting and really commands your attention, there are several sequences that were incredibly intense with that loud, booming score that Nolan has come to be associated with. It has amazing visual composition, there’s a lot of space in the shots they choose that really lend a grandiose sense to the scenery and world. The shots at sea were particular standouts.
Now, this might be because I didn’t have much familiarity with Homer’s The Odyssey before going in, but the story didn’t really emotionally resonate with me. Most of the biggest character moments didn’t really hit me, and I have mixed opinions on the ending. Odysseus exoressed regret for what happened at Troy, speaking with disdain and judgement for the massacre and the cheap tactic they used to accomplish it, then he solves his problems with another massacre a few minutes later. It felt a little contradictory, but I’m open to the idea that there’s nuance that I’m missing.
I plan to see it again in theatres, just because it was so watchable and such an amazing visual journey. See it in theatres while you can, this is definitely made to be watched on a big screen.
It’s a small film about two young women heading out to climb a 2,000 foot TV tower in the middle of nowhere. Once at the top the ladder collapses, leaving stranded on top of the tower.
This is a minimalistic survival movie that kind of had me hooked, at least more than I expected.
It does have a silly moment near the end where one of the characters eats vulture meat to “gain energy” when really she’d just gain massive shits .
After watching the film I did some research and to my utter dismay I found out that there’s no “duty to report” law in the U.S.A. Meaning if you, for instance, see someone in a situation where they will die without help, you don’t even have a legal obligation to call 911.
There is an exception to this, although sometimes depending on the state: you are (usually) obligated to report instances of child abuse, which can also include trafficking and sexual assault. Failure to do so is itself a crime.
It’s not much, a bare minimum really, but if you’re going to make reporting at least one type of distress mandatory, that is probably the best one.
This movie is the best looking of all the new Spider-Man movies.
This movie feels the most like a Spider-Man movie of all the new Spider-Man movies (and arguably full stop).
This movie has the best looking web-slinging of all the new Spider-Man movies (and arguably full stop).
This movie has the best fight choreography of all Spider-Man movies, full stop.
This movie has clear Insomniac Marvel’s Spider-Man (the video game) vibes in all the right ways.
I thought it was quite good, though a big disappointment is that the real villain isn’t a known Spider-Man villain… really… it’s Bill Metzger of Damage Control, who I think is made up for the movie
Actually he is a character from the comics. Looking him up it seems like he was a rando bigot-of-the-week in an X-Men run with no prior association with Damage Control, it looks like Magneto killed him by throwing him into space. I have no idea why they want my GOATs in Damage Control associating with anti-mutant people
A few weeks back I watch The Odyssey. It’s one of the best films I have watched in the last decade along with Dune Part 1 and 2. It was a beautiful film from start to finish.
Today, we droppede the little one off at my parents to catch an early screening of Spider-Man: Brand New Day and then picked up afterwards.
A week ago, I had zero interest in watching another MCU film. I hadn’t watched a MCU film in the cinema since 2019 with endgame. Which was in the grand scheme of things, a good film, nothing more. Black Panter the year before left me like the majority of MCU films unsatisfied. But something changed, something peaked my interest, after it reach 1 billion in 6 days.
Even rewatched No way Home Yesterday again to built up, a movie that was extremely disappointing. It was better on a second rewatch though.
But A Brand New Day, was one of the best Spider-Man films I had the pleasure of watching, if not one of the best MCU film I watched. Really enjoyed, it felt like a Spider-Man film. New York played such major role in overall tone of the film. The Suit was a real suit, not another awful Iron Man jr. suit.
On a side note, I also watched Drive again. Beautiful film, I had “watched” it before. But it was around release, after renting it from Blockbuster with a friend. Sadly I feel asleep back then, it was the last movie out of 3-4 on a movie night. Been listening to the soundtrack lately while commuting to work on bike or in car.
Just caught Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma, and it’s giving The Secret Agent a good run for its money as being the best film of 2026 so far. I think I’d still just about plump for The Secret Agent with a Silverballer to my head, but TSADACM is right on its heels.
gory horror.
