THE CINEMA LOUNGE

[Lily Adler]

Quantity + Softer fur. Not that I'm an expert or anything.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

'Annie' really should've been Carol Burnett's Oscar.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Dr.]

According to Deadline.com, these movies (dominated by animated sequels) are the “Most Valuable Blockbusters” of 2024:

1. Inside Out 2 — booking (allegedly) a $650M profit.
2. Moana 2 — $405M
3. Deadpool & Wolverine — $400M
4. Despicable Me 4 — $370M
5. Wicked (Part 1) — $230M
6. It Ends With Us — $207M
7. Dune: Part Two — $184.3M
8. Kung Fu Panda 4 — $178M
9. Mufasa: The Lion King — $175M
10. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — $123.6M

Honorable mention for small/low budget movies:

A Quiet Place: Day One — $83.6M profit

And the “least valuable” Blockbuster:

Joker: Folie à Deux — <$144.3M> loss

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[flickchick85]

Ok guys let's do better than The Lake House this time, pls.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Lost close to a stack playing baccarat. Finally decided to watch ‘Labyrinth’ for the first time, as this potent gummie kicks in. Bowie! I’m ready.

 

[Snow Queen]

 

[Link]

Remember how angry he was when Parasite won Best Picture? I wonder if Hollywood films will stop releasing here, since moronic tariffs like this will be retaliated against. Moviegoing is far too expensive as it is, people are barely going compared to what it used to be. We have a healthy local film industry that's entirely self-reliant, but the idea of not being able to see something like Dune theatrically is... disheartening to say the least.

A secondary thought that comes to mind is that he doesn't want foreign films to release over there because he can't control them. If he's gutting Hollywood next and bringing some kind of Hays Code back, foreign film industry clearly wouldn't be welcome in the United States.

 

[Sithborg]

Remember how angry he was when Parasite won Best Picture? I wonder if Hollywood films will stop releasing here, since moronic tariffs like this will be retaliated against. Moviegoing is far too expensive as it is, people are barely going compared to what it used to be. We have a healthy local film industry that's entirely self-reliant, but the idea of not being able to see something like Dune theatrically is... disheartening to say the least.

A secondary thought that comes to mind is that he doesn't want foreign films to release over there because he can't control them. If he's gutting Hollywood next and bringing some kind of Hays Code back, foreign film industry clearly wouldn't be welcome in the United States.

Voight has apparently been going around Hollywood talking about bringing production back to Hollywood. And this is the only way the orange idiot thinks of is the way to do it. Have no idea how it would work, because there is a reason art doesn't have tariffs.

Honestly, I think he just wants a way to ban movies like China or the Middle East.

 

[Sawyer]

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God, can the cholesterol just do its ****ing job already?

 

[Lily Adler]

God, can the cholesterol just do its ****ing job already?

Only because stupid zoomers were afraid trans people were making them less masculine.

 

[Sawyer]

Gonna need Tom Cruise to get on the phone and bully him into submission.

Use those Scientology powers for good.

 

[Sithborg]

Gonna need Tom Cruise to get on the phone and bully him into submission.

Use those Scientology powers for good.

Sad thing is, it would probably work and what he wants. I mean, even he has to know that Voight, Gibson, and Stallone aren't exactly top tier A list anymore.

 

[Drizzle]

Sad thing is, it would probably work and what he wants. I mean, even he has to know that Voight, Gibson, and Stallone aren't exactly top tier A list anymore.

Does he though? He's so ****ing delusional about anything and everything else that in his eyes he probably thinks that Scott Baio and Dean Cain are A-listers.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Orange favorite film is Sunset Boulevard.

Eh, give him cred there. Lawd. But I agree with bald @Sawyer , cholesterol working slow.

 

[Dr.]

Kevin Smith’s Re-Released ‘Dogma’ Acquired By Goodfellas For International Sales – Cannes Market

Kevin Smith’s Re-Released ‘Dogma’ Acquired By Goodfellas For International Sales – Cannes Marke

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The maverick Paris-based sales company has acquired international rights to the remastered 4K edition of the film, which is screening in the Cannes Film Festival’s Cannes Classics sidebar this year.

...Dogma is now due to be re-released on 1,500 screens in US and Canadian movie theaters on June 5...

 

[Black Narcissus]

The Island

Eh, I don’t hate it. One of them meh flicks, which are ok-isssh. I like the premise of it. I’m also salty to find out Scarjo wanted to do a topless scene, but Bay refused. Damn it all to hell.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[CaptainWagner]

Genuinely impossible to get a reading on The Phoenician Scheme based on Cannes reactions, because these critics keep acting like The French Dispatch and Asteroid City are interchangeable and how am I supposed to believe anyone who thinks that is engaging with Anderson's work on anything deeper than bare surface level?

 

[emielaen]

Yeah, If I see another person parrot this lame ass "parody of himself" take I'm gonna Liam Neeson 'em.

But for some they see it as a return to form and others seem to find it in tune with his later stuff; denser than his early stuff, overlapping over itself here and there. And Cera is great.

I'm excited regardless. People don't like Asteroid City despite it being extremely mesmerizing.

 

[CaptainWagner]

Yeah, If I see another person parrot this lame ass "parody of himself" take I'm gonna Liam Neeson 'em.

But for some they see it as a return to form and others seem to find it in tune with his later stuff; denser than his early stuff, overlapping over itself here and there. And Cera is great.

I'm excited regardless. People don't like Asteroid City despite it being extremely mesmerizing.

Yep. Most of the complaints I've seen so far are the same tired issues with Anderson's artistic style rather than the unique content of this new movie. And as someone who loved Asteroid City and was lukewarm on French Dispatch, I want to know which one its more like, so the people treating them like the same "type" of Wes movie is so incredibly useless...

 

[Black Narcissus]

One of the few euro critics who I trust hated the new Ari Aster. I’m not surprised as I haven’t been quite on board since Midsummer and even then, it was kinda ok. Another miss for the false bald prophet of horror.

 

[Black Narcissus]

The Last Crusade

A rewatch. Yup. This is by far my favorite Jones adventure. From Sir Connery, to the smokin German blonde fatale, to choosing the right cup etc. To young Jones intro. This was the last one, no more came after and that was that.