What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

[Bats123]

Beau is Afraid-8.5/10
Evil Dead Rise-8/10

This weekend shall be known as The Mommy Movies Weekend

 

[Frodo]

The Accused (1988)

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[Immortalfire]

Men In Black

 

[chintai80]

i recently watched all of the original 5 planet of the apes films.
they are all free on youtube!

before that, i had only seen the first one with charleton heston.
and liked that one a lot.
the 4 sequels don't reach the level of greatness as the first film, but man, did i really enjoy this series.
each film was entertaining and engaging in their own way, where they would go in a direct direction while continuing an over-arching story.

there's aspects of it that are dated including the makeup effect work which would be considered cheesy now, and each subsequent sequel would cut the budget making each film look cheaper and cheaper.
but i got past all that because the story and themes they were dealing with were so good and relevant.

this is probably one of my favorite sci-fi series now.

and now i have to watch the new rebooted trilogy, i haven't seen those yet. but i hear good things about them.

(i have seen the tim burton remake before -- which i thought was ok but forgettable.)

 

[Sculder]

Era ora / Still Time (2022)
Falling Hare (1943)

 

[Frodo]

Witness

 

[CaptainWagner]

Frida (2002) d. Julie Taymor

I wish so badly that a version of this existed that Harvey Weinstein's grimy fingers never touched. As is, it teeters on the verge of masterpiece, but winds up stylistically uneven and disappointingly "normal" for the bulk of its runtime. Salma Hayek and Alfred Molina are amazing, and they manage to hold it together to make a still quite good biopic. (Rodrigo Prieto's camerawork and Elliot Goldenthal's score are also standouts.) But it hurts to see just how overtly corrupted by studio interference Taymor's vision is. The movie is at its best when it leans hard into the surreal, blurring the lines of reality between Frida's life and her art. But those wonderful moments are drowning in conventional tropes (and no mustache!) that just leave you wishing for more. 3.5/5

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Batgirl0202]

8/10

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For

 

[MilkmanDan]

Kiss of the Spider Woman

 

[Sculder]

Furies (2022)
Britney vs Spears (2021)

 

[Prison Mike]

Wyatt Earp - 3/5

Scream VI - 3.5/5

I feel like Hayden Panettiere got some Botox or plastic surgery done. She was sounding a little off from before.

 

[Frodo]

Twilight (1998)

 

[Closerframe]

Evil Dead Rise: 7.5/10
Beau is Afraid: 9/10
After Hours: 8/10
Cruising: 7.5/10

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Frodo]

Consenting Adults (1992)

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: The Greatest Adventures of All (1983)

Animated 'movie' which although released direct-to-video (the copy I watched was actually a scan of the original VHS), had a special premiere at Mann's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles. It's a compilation of three episodes of the original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe TV show; Diamond Ray of Disappearance, Teela's Quest, and Colossor Awakes, and runs at just over an hour. The three storylines aren't connected (they weren't even adjacent when originally broadcast), but there are some effective framing and connecting sequences, as the Sorceress addresses the audience to give background on some of the characters - via Castle Grayskull's secret 'Gallery of Living Pictures'!

The animation looks a little cruder than that of He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword (1985) which I watched a few days ago (What Was the Last Movie You Watched?), and (like that movie) the voice acting is very obviously 'Saturday morning cartoon'. But the stories themselves are pretty good and imaginative (my favourite is probably Teela's Quest - written by Paul Dini of BTAS fame - which hits the heartstrings a little more than the others). Interesting that the child friendly PSAs the TV broadcaster was required to append at the end of each episode are all absent from this version. Enjoyable (and a good, convenient primer for anyone who has never seen the show). 7/10

 

[Frodo]

Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Luigi]

Sick

The extended chase sequence in the middle act is just *chef's kiss*. If only the rest of it was just as exciting.

7/10

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

They're really pushing the 'catfight' angle on that poster, aren't they!