Regarding Vengeance:

RIYL
Blindspotting
Fargo
Sorry To Bother You

VENGEANCE
Caught the late night showing of this wonderfully twisted little film with my pops.
His post viewing, parking lot assessment: "I liked that. It had a lot of depth. And that Ashton...

I am hit/miss with Gaiman.
Loved Neverwhere, both the BBC teleplay and the novel.
I thought Stardust the comic book was meh, but really enjoyed the film.
I was kinda non-plussed with American Gods...

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Dunno if I would call Titane fun…

My vintage one-piece Panasonic receiver/turntable has been on the fritz for more years than I can remember, so my room of vinyl has largely been collecting dust.

Last summer a buddy visited and...

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I dunno, I don't think it's too much to ask for a film to be both fun and good...
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I was also being kind of facetious about me needing to lighten up.
I have enjoyed a bevy of fun films over the...

Me, 3.
I watched 1&2 on a NF trial, then didn’t have the service again til this last year.
I already forgot what happened in 1&2 and kinda don’t feel like re-investing the time to watch em again...

TOM WAITS ANNOUNCES ‘ALICE’ AND ‘BLOOD MONEY’
20TH ANNIVERSARY VINYL RE-ISSUES
OUT OCTOBER 7, 2022

Tom Waits will be releasing limited edition vinyl of his albums 'Alice' and 'Blood Money' to...

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I was completely on the opposite side of the spectrum from you in regards to the 2018 flick…
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Q: You know what rhymes with Prey?

A: MEH

This was yet another pointless entry in a pointless franchise.
While I applaud that they made a Comanche version, I was rather surprised that it...

You beat me to it!
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Just read yesterday that they were offering a version in Comanche.
Planning to watch it this w/e, so didn’t read your review too thoroughly, but your mention of weak CGI...

High on my list and been on my radar for awhile, but sadly didn’t make it to the theaters around here (as far as I could tell it only played at one theater down near SF for one week).
So I gotta...

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I found this review of Bullet Train to be spot on.
The reviewer echoed a few things I mentioned in my previous post (although she enjoyed the annoying...

BULLET TRAIN
While this film certainly doesn’t reinvent the wheel in regard to action films, it is a highly entertaining diversion that knows how to integrate humor and alacrity into a cohesive...

CRIMES OF THE FUTURE
While by no means up there with the cream of David Cronenberg’s oeuvre, his latest endeavor is still heads and tails more interesting, perplexing, and thought provoking than 90%...

Gyllenhaal
(Gosling is too busy getting paid $12M to play Ken in the Barbie movie (what may yet be another example of Hollywood’s continued decline…)).

I DECLARE WAR
This is a cool coming of age story which takes Capture The Flag to gloriously intense levels.

RIYL
Lord of the Flies; Stand By Me; Super Dark Times; Son of Rambow

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Road House remake announced by Amazon Studios, proving again how Hollywood filmmakers are all too often bereft of originality.

Plus they obviously forgot about how both Road House 2 and the Point...

THE FP
Looking for something ridiculously stoopid ( as in stoopid fresh)?
Look no further than this 2012 gem that mixes Mad Max apocalyptical sheen with Dance Dance Revolution mayhem.
This is a...

MARTHA MACY MAY MARLENE
Long before she was the Scarlet Witch, Elizabeth Olsen did some creepy and cool indie film work.
This is an unnerving, slow-burn psychological thriller.

RIYL
Sound of My...

I fear he may already be skipping merrily down it…
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NOPE
The title says it all.

As in:
You The Movie Loving Maggots: “Hey Dookey, is Nope worth seeing?”
Me: “Nope.”

Further elaboration:
In regards to writer/director Jordan Peele, I thought...

PRINCE AVALANCHE
David Gordon Green's fantastic little indie film, IMHO, is one of those rare instances where the remake is actually better than the original (it is based upon an Icelandic film, A...

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MONSTERLAND - Hulu
I checked out the first two eps of this series the other night and it is interesting.
It uses urban myths and horror film tropes to tackle issues such as teen pregnancy,...

Remember, they used Zeppelin in the original teaser trailer for Thor: Ragnarok, too.

Since the Disney acquisition, Marvel has definitely been gearing films towards all audiences so they can reap...

THE GRAY MAN

NF continues their barrage of big budget generic and empty action extravaganzas with what should have been called THE MEH MAN.
In short, The Russo Bros. have delivered a bland and...

20,000 DAYS ON EARTH
Great, surreal docu about NicK Cave.
Really gets inside his head and provides intense insight into his songwriting and overall aura.
...

NON-FICTION
<it is listed as “expiring”, so I think it leaves the service at the end of July>

Olivier Assayas’s French language film is kind of in the vein of The Big Chill, but with less drugs...

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I seem to be in the minority in regards to The Endless.
I know a lot of folks who really liked it…

SUPER DARK TIMES
This is a warped coming-of-age psychological drama; it’s like a very twisted take on Stand By Me.

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THE ART OF SELF DEFENSE
This dark and often surreal comedy walks the line between deadpan brilliance and over-the-top outlandishness. On the surface, this is an absurdist jaunt into the life of a...

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I have yet to see their first film, Resolution, which ties into both The Endless and Synchronic…

Yeah, I posted about it on the Horror Films thread a few years back. May have mentioned it on the Amazon thread, as well (it seems to keep bouncing around streaming services).
It just popped up in...

SPRING
This is a nice, surprising little indie horror outing filmed in Italy and of a sub-genre I'm calling "strange romance.”
Here’s the short version: Cali kid falls into a rut so he takes off to...

FRESH
This psychological horror thriller may not reinvent the wheel, but it tweaks familiar tropes just enough to live up to its name.
While the set-up is a tad bit rushed and a little twee, once...

Hold The Dark
I had high hopes for this film given that it is directed by Jeremy Saulnier (The Green Room), but damn is this a convoluted mess of mediocrity.
It’s teeming with so much vague...

I usually try to only post up films that I have enjoyed here.
But lately I have been getting hella skunked by NF.
Beginning to believe that the reason they are losing money and subscribers isn’t...

I haven’t read any of those books…

That said, as an action film American Assassin was terribly meh.

Critics are slagging The Terminal List, but a few Maggots have said it is decent...

Hitting theaters tomorrow.
Most expensive NF movie to date: $200M budget.
Directed by Russo Bros (Avengers: Endgame).
Has been described as “James Bond meets Fast and Furious.”
Wonder if it will...

Two Gems From Scandinavia
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You’re gonna have to pay for ‘em, but they’re worth the $.
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BENEDETTA
Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven's latest effort carries all of his hallmarks, specifically generous bouts of sex and violence (it did not receive an MPAA rating, btw) tempered with lavish...

It was actually nominated for 14 and won 6, but who's counting?
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To put it in perspective, Speed Racer’s car only went Mach 5…

Dude had some seriously deep cuts beyond his The Godfather role:

El Dorado
The Gambler
Freebie and the Bean
Rollerball
Thief
Alien Nation
Misery
The Program

THE ASSISTANT
This richly textured little drama is the antithesis of Working Girl.
Quietly following a day in the life of the titular assistant, this film is a scathing, slow-burn indictment of the...

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Only thing missing from that pitch is a skiing sequence.
Since Iran is supposed to have some killer skiing, toss in a crash in the mountains that forces Maverick to make some ad hoc skis out of...