Goddess4Real said:

Havent seen CTA2 yeat but Wesley seems to be on a roll. He stole a lot of scenes in Dolemite is My Name. Good to see him coming back a little bit becasue he's a pretty decent actor who's been in some good stuff.

This is more of a documentary:

It's shown on HBO and is about Tiger Woods. The obsessive influence of his father and to a somewhat lesser degree, his mother, was disturbing. The parents left almost no room for Tiger to experience anything other than golf. It is a tragedy in some respects.

EmmaMcG said:

Goddess4Real said:

Coming 2 America (2021) Not as good as the OG, but still entertaining (loved the nod to Prince ), to Wesley Snipes who nearly steals the movie. I give it a 4 out of 5

Just watched Coming 2 America last night. The original is in my top 5 comedies of all time. I can't say I'm disappointed with the sequel because I wasn't expecting it to be any good anyway. It's not terrible but it suffers from the same problems as a lot of modern comedies. Actual jokes have been replaced by shouting. The actors seem to think that if they shout their dialogue it makes it funnier. It doesn't. It's annoying. Leslie Jones is the main culprit. I've only seen her in two movies (both remakes or sequels to my favourite comedies) and she was absolutely awful in both. Eddie and Arsenio are on decent form but far from their best. I personally hated the Gett Off performance and feel that it perfectly sums up this movie as a whole. When Oha sings in the original movie it's this ridiculous moment but played very low key. In the sequel, his "performance" is too wild, too over the top. Any and all subtlety is left at the door in favour of obnoxious, over the top nonsense. There are some funny moments in there. The guys in the barbershop are a highlight. What's here doesn't detract from the original, which remains one of my favourite comedy movies but I'll likely never watch this sequel again.

I hate that

Caught this over the weekend;



It started off a little slow... but then you get into it.
The storyline, plot, acting and special effects were great.
I really enjoyed it!

4 out of 5

onlyforaminute said:

Nomadland 3/5. It is not the book. Very neutral and heartwarming about unique people from the American heartlands living untethered travelling around America.

I liked the movie, but REALLY enjoyed the book more. I think it would have worked better as a documentary, leaving the character narative out and just focusing on the stories of the real people living this life and how they got there.

thekidsgirl said:

Double Indemnity (1944)

Have to confess my bias for the genre of Film Noir. With that said, this movie set the standard and is the definition of the genre.

The things I loved about this movie: historical aspects, Los Angeles in the 40s, the lighting, the hair styles and most importantly, the way they spoke in this film. Every good movie needs good writing and this has that as well. Then the legendary cast with Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson.

Thriller until the end, the movie has got a dark overtone from the beginning. The writing and the story were engaging and kept me in. These classic BW films that have been restored look so good that it's almost like an effect in some shots.


out of

EmmaMcG said:

luv2tha99s said:

i'll give it a 7/10.

If you have 3 hours to spare (w/a WC break), check it out.

S2DG said:

Double Indemnity (1944)

Have to confess my bias for the genre of Film Noir. With that said, this movie set the standard and is the definition of the genre.

The things I loved about this movie: historical aspects, Los Angeles in the 40s, the lighting, the hair styles and most importantly, the way they spoke in this film. Every good movie needs good writing and this has that as well. Then the legendary cast with Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson.

Thriller until the end, the movie has got a dark overtone from the beginning. The writing and the story were engaging and kept me in. These classic BW films that have been restored look so good that it's almost like an effect in some shots.


out of

One of my all time favorites--a true classic.

And God Created Women (1956)

Juliette (Brigitte Bardot), an 18-year-old orphan with an insatiable appetite for pleasure, is living it up in sun-drenched St. Tropez. As she shakes the town to its very core, her naive husband, Michel (Jean-Louis Trintignant), endures every insult known to man on his doomed quest to tame her. Visionary auteur Roger Vadim directs this naughty international phenomenon, which showcases Bardot in her first breakout role.

It's a beautiful, provocative film, and Bardot is as compelling as any actress I've seen in classic film. I can see how people revere it, particularly for one of the most memorable dance sequences I've seen in a movie, but in 2021, it strikes me as equal parts regressive and subversive, but entertaining all the same.

.25


Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

Bill O'Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) infiltrates the Black Panther Party per FBI Agent Mitchell (Jesse Plemons) and J. Edgar Hoover (Michael Sheen). As Party Chairman Fred Hampton ascends (Daniel Kaluuya), falling for a fellow revolutionary (Dominique Fishback) en route, a battle wages for O'Neal's soul.

One of the best films I've seen since Moonlight. Stanfield, Kaluuya and Fishback all shine. Wonderfully paced, suspenseful and touching.

.5

The Joker Non-spoiler review:

Over all Great acting. I feel that the isolation and madness could have been shown in a quicker and NOT drawn out way. The depiction of Joker needed a little bit more ambitious and together aspect that the actor and director didn't give him. It was more of a man's dissent into madness than an origin story of Joker. The Joker does have madness and chaos in him; they simply forgot to showcase the genious in him.

2.5 out of 5 stars (for script and direction choices.).

namepeace said:

And God Created Women (1956)

Juliette (Brigitte Bardot), an 18-year-old orphan with an insatiable appetite for pleasure, is living it up in sun-drenched St. Tropez. As she shakes the town to its very core, her naive husband, Michel (Jean-Louis Trintignant), endures every insult known to man on his doomed quest to tame her. Visionary auteur Roger Vadim directs this naughty international phenomenon, which showcases Bardot in her first breakout role.

It's a beautiful, provocative film, and Bardot is as compelling as any actress I've seen in classic film. I can see how people revere it, particularly for one of the most memorable dance sequences I've seen in a movie, but in 2021, it strikes me as equal parts regressive and subversive, but entertaining all the same.

.25


Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

Bill O'Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) infiltrates the Black Panther Party per FBI Agent Mitchell (Jesse Plemons) and J. Edgar Hoover (Michael Sheen). As Party Chairman Fred Hampton ascends (Daniel Kaluuya), falling for a fellow revolutionary (Dominique Fishback) en route, a battle wages for O'Neal's soul.

One of the best films I've seen since Moonlight. Stanfield, Kaluuya and Fishback all shine. Wonderfully paced, suspenseful and touching.

.5

I read that they were doing a movie about Fred Hampton but missed it's release.

Thank you namepeace, just added this to the list.