What movies have you seen recently?

The Beyond - Early '80's gory Italian horror movie about a woman who inherits a motel that's above a gate to hell. Lots of crazy scenes that make you unsure if you're seeing reality or a nightmare. Pretty crazy movie.

Carnival of Souls - I just heard there was a an early '60's black and white "horror" movie set at Salt Air outside of Salt Lake City. Being from Utah, and having been to several concerts at Salt Air, I had to see it. It's definitely dated, but has a really cool atmosphere, you can definitely see it influenced Romero's Night of the Living Dead, etc. Seeing all the old shots around SLC and the old pre-fire, pre-flood version of Salt Air was cool. There's a Criterion Collection Blu-Ray of this I'll be trying to pick up on sale.

Black Sunday - Another early '60's black and white horror movie, also Italian. I'd read people say this was one of the best looking black and white movies ever, and also one of the most atmospheric horror movies ever, it lived up to both. Really cool cinematography, awesome sets, gothic atmosphere, crazy use of shadows and light, and some cool effects for such an old movie. It's pretty much a Universal monster movie on steroids. I'm planning on watching this one again in October to get in the Halloween mood.
 
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Mile 22 - Average and Below Average

It’s Peter Berg so there’s always fun action. Marky Mark was a disaster in the film. I can’t remmwber a more annoying performance. Could have been better.
 
Cinderella Man - I really liked this movie in theaters. Watched it again last night and... I don't think it's aged particularly well. Renee Zelwigger sucks.
 
Searching 7.5 - It was good. Very decent acting by John Cho.

Looking Glass 5.0 - It started off interesting. When "The End" pops up in that stupid red font I guarantee you will say wtf.
 
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Interesting film, kind of conflicted with it to be honest. It has a ton of fun horror moments, but has quite a few mean spirited kills and the ending left me feeling kind of sad. I can only really recommend this to people who love shock factor pushed to it's absolute limits. It's not even part of the main PM series, as it's apparently a reboot. I haven't watched one of these since maybe early 2000s.
 
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Interesting film, kind of conflicted with it to be honest. It has a ton of fun horror moments, but has quite a few mean spirited kills and the ending left me feeling kind of sad. I can only really recommend this to people who love shock factor pushed to it's absolute limits. It's not even part of the main PM series, as it's apparently a reboot. I haven't watched one of these since maybe early 2000s.


I've wondered if using actors as the puppets with extreme Forced Perspective shots would work. I guess this is all stillhave the usual literal puppetry or some stop motion.

Or they should do Blade like that giant marionette Plainview posted.
 
I've wondered if using actors as the puppets with extreme Forced Perspective shots would work. I guess this is all stillhave the usual literal puppetry or some stop motion.

Or they should do Blade like that giant marionette Plainview posted.
It's kind of a mix, but you never really see them move on their own unless it's a motorized or flying puppet. Kind of a shame since the stop motion is great for things like showing them move around in-between shots, but the puppets are far more sinister and stealthy in this one.
 
A few I watched recently

Mission Impossible-Typical MI movie. Seems like Mummy is Tom' Cruise only mistep for a long time

Meg- Decent. Your typical jason Staham movie.

Antman- Decent. Villain is weak sauce though.

Anyway, its kind of uncomfortable every other Hollywood movie seems to be funded by the Chinese in some ways.
 
A few I watched recently

Mission Impossible-Typical MI movie. Seems like Mummy is Tom' Cruise only mistep for a long time

Meg- Decent. Your typical jason Staham movie.

Antman- Decent. Villain is weak sauce though.

Anyway, its kind of uncomfortable every other Hollywood movie seems to be funded by the Chinese in some ways.
It's the only way they allow bigger movies to be shown in China. If a Chinese company isn't an investor, they can't show the movie in China.
 
Finally saw Darkest Hour. Was very good. Was expecting a little more. It seems the entire movie was done in order to get Oldman that Oscar finally and I was totally ok with that.
 
I would also add Open Range, I forgot about that one. The last fight was awesome.
Definitely a classic. I think it's the last movie I saw in the theaters with both my parents. All of us love that one. My dad is definitely a bigger western fan (think mom was just there for Costner lol) and Hostiles is one I've wanted to see that I'm sure he would enjoy as well.
 
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Infinity war 4k

A marvel film that holds up on 2nd viewing is a rare thing for me and it looks great in 4k.

Vision is still a weak bitch in these films it annoys me. Thor steals the film and Thanos still great.
 
Hocus Pocus - Being a couple months out from my favorite holiday, I've been in the Halloween mood. I'd never seen this before, but continually hear people call it one of the best Halloween atmosphere movies. It was a fun Disney take on "spooky". Maybe not the "Halloween classic" for me that so many others seem to feel it is, but it was not without its charm. I don't regret the rental.

Black Sabbath - The atmosphere, the lighting, the cinematography, the camera placement, the use of light and shadow, the soundtrack, the Karloff! Great classic, extremely fun to watch. Shudder rules.
 
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Watched Avengers Infinity War tonight. I liked it a lot, more than Ultron before it despite the massive character overdose.
The special effects were amazing and looked like it cost a gazillion dollars to make them over the course of movie.
 
Mission Impossible Fallout: I would rather watch a cat defecate on a Hibachi grill for two hours straight. Uninteresting characters take part in 17 five minute action scenes for two hours ad nauseum. One note paceing throughout. No memorable anything. Bleh.
 
Ghostwatch - A BBC mockumentary from the early '90's that resulted in a War of the Worlds type reaction from a bunch of watchers thinking it was real.. Fun watch.

The Autopsy of Jane Doe - Really good horror movie about father and son coroners performing an autopsy on a woman found dead in mysterious circumstances , crazy findings and circumstances ensue. Great actors, great director, quite unique. Good stuff, I recommend it.
 
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Summer of 84: I enjoyed this a lot! It's pretty much Stranger Things without the supernatural/sci fi. Captures 80's life pretty well.

I keep hearing / reading good things about this, I may need to rent it.

Upgrade - I thought the trailers for this looked absolutely terrible, so I was shocked to see so many positive reviews pop up for it recently. This movie is a crazy mix of Blade Runner, Robocop, body horror. Really solid mix of sci-fi, action, and horror. Worth watching, I enjoyed it quite a bit.
 
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Blade Runner 2049 - First thoughts after watching: 1. Why the hell didn't you see this earlier considering you love the original? 2. Why the hell didn't you see this in the theater? 3. Why the hell were you so worried it still wouldn't be good regardless of how positive the reviews were?
 
Summer of '84 - This one didn't connect with me as much as it is with others. They did a great job with the '80's setting, and it felt like a "bigger budget" effort, but I didn't like it as much as I'd hoped.

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- In the Halloween mood with it being September, thought I'd watch the "Thorn Trilogy" section of the Halloween franchise, since it's the part I've seen the least. I didn't even think I'd ever seen 4 and 5. Ironically, the movie opens up with some shots just outside my home town. How I'd never heard that a Halloween movie had parts filmed near where I grew up, I don't know. After I'd got about 60% into the movie, I'd realized I'd at least seen parts of it edited on TV before. Pretty big step down from 1-3, but still fun to watch and try to look for Utah landmarks.
 
Summer of '84 - This one didn't connect with me as much as it is with others. They did a great job with the '80's setting, and it felt like a "bigger budget" effort, but I didn't like it as much as I'd hoped.

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers - In the Halloween mood with it being September, thought I'd watch the "Thorn Trilogy" section of the Halloween franchise, since it's the part I've seen the least. I didn't even think I'd ever seen 4 and 5. Ironically, the movie opens up with some shots just outside my home town. How I'd never heard that a Halloween movie had parts filmed near where I grew up, I don't know. After I'd got about 60% into the movie, I'd realized I'd at least seen parts of it edited on TV before. Pretty big step down from 1-3, but still fun to watch and try to look for Utah landmarks.


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