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[Black Narcissus]

Kinds of Kindness


I’ve said this before, but I truly believe if he weren’t directing movies, he’d be some kind of prolific serial killer. Tis’ also quite freaky and artistically beautiful to see how his universe is perfect for Dafoe. Stone clearly trust him 1000%, as she always does things in his flicks that she don’t do in others. Jesse Plemons is the mvp for most of the stories here, but Margaret Qualley has put a spell on me for a while now. She is simply beautiful and fearless, while looking like an angelic-demon.

One of the best of the year for me.

 

[emielaen]

A ★★★★ review of Kinds of Kindness (2024)

Tell me what you do for lov—*dies* Control and compliance through the lens of sadistic sexual ritualism rooted in various levels of stockholm syndrome, power politics and cult-esque manipulation. Yorgos on his more surreal freak **** (Dogtooth, Sacred Deer), not his straightforward freak ****...

boxd.it

 

[Kane52630]

Dude belongs in the "That guy" hall of fame.

 

[Drizzle]

Dude belongs in the "That guy" hall of fame.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I just popped in here to say Netflix’s The Deliverance is the Best Film of 2024. It addresses religion, spiritual warfare and the occult all with racial disparity as a backdrop.

And they need to give Glenn Close her damn Oscar finally.



That’s all.

 

[Drizzle]

I just popped in here to say Netflix’s The Deliverance is the Best Film of 2024. It addresses religion, spiritual warfare and the occult all with racial disparity as a backdrop.

And they need to give Glenn Close her damn Oscar finally.

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That’s all.

Y'know, I always forget that she hasn't won an Oscar. I keep thinking she won back in the '80s. So I guess it's appropriate that Amy Adams played her daughter in that JD Vance movie.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Y'know, I always forget that she hasn't won an Oscar. I keep thinking she won back in the '80s. So I guess it's appropriate that Amy Adams played her daughter in that JD Vance movie.

Ha!

The fact that she, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Pfeiffer and Angela Bassett all never won competitive Oscars yet makes me feel some type of way.

 

[Drizzle]

Ha!

The fact that she, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Pfeiffer and Angela Bassett all never won competitive Oscars yet makes me feel some type of way.

Bassett losing last year still pisses me off. If she was going to lose to anyone from Everything Everywhere All At Once it should have been Stephanie Hsu, not Jamie Lee Curtis (much as I love JLC).

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Bassett losing last year still pisses me off. If she was going to lose to anyone from Everything Everywhere All At Once it should have been Stephanie Hsu, not Jamie Lee Curtis (much as I love JLC).

Exactly.

And Drizzy you and your damn profile pics.

 

[Drizzle]

Exactly.

And Drizzy you and your damn profile pics.

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What can I say, I've been in an Alien mood lately. Also works as a spooky season avatar.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Terminator Zero

Damn. It makes me happy to finally have some good Terminator content. Tis been 99 years or so. I also immediately thought of MEW for the female lead in a live action version, but I’m biased.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Black Narcissus]

Heh, I never thought the guy in funny games was going to be an auteur director and most likely be a front runner for best director at the Oscars now. Not in my bingo card at all. Can’t wait to see it from my home on streaming. Eh.

 

[Kane52630]

@Drizzle

Heh, I never thought the guy in funny games was going to be an auteur director and most likely be a front runner for best director at the Oscars now. Not in my bingo card at all. Can’t wait to see it from my home on streaming. Eh.

 

[Drizzle]

@Drizzle

We're Venice Film Festival guys, of course we give a 17-minute standing ovation to Almodóvar's The Room Next Door!

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Kane52630]

John Carpenter is out of his mancave for once

 

[Sithborg]

Best roommates (omg they were roommates) are back. And with it getting a US premiere at the end of the month, hopeful I will be able to get it before the end of the year.

 

[Kane52630]

Ah, Netflix. Where s**tty movies of the past get a second life.

Emma Stone’s Controversial 20% Rotten Tomatoes Flop Is Dominating Netflix

Aloha, the controversial movie starring Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper and Rachel McAdams, is having some unexpected streaming success.

collider.com

 

[flickchick85]

Ah yes, her Asian phase.

 

[Snow Queen]

Ah yes, her Asian phase.

Haven't we all had that?

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Kane52630]

Of those three, Batista for sure, and then Cena, but I miss when The Rock had that short period right before he was stuck doing the later Fast movies when it got silly and bland blockbusters and after he was busy doing kid movies.

He had Faster, Snitch, Fast Five, and I would also include The Other Guys.

Honestly, he could have been a more serious Jason Statham if he kept picking those mid-budget-tier roles.