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Inside Out (2015)
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In my business of Voiceovers I've often said to clients meet the little voices inside my head...well in 2015 that's exactly what Pixar set out to explore with "Inside Out".
It's a very clever film from the creators of "Up" (still one of my fave animations).
In this highly original movie young "Riley" is uprooted from her Midwest USA life and moved to San Francisco.
We get to meet her emotions - Joy (Amy Pohler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (Phylis Smith) as they conflict on how best to navigate all the changes: a new city, house, friends and school, even a disgusting pizzeria that serves Broccoli on pizza dough.
Peter Docter is the genius behind "Inside Out" both directing and co-writing this production.
The damn thing won an oscar and had over 100 nominations in other awards!
This movie even made me like Richard Kind as "Bing Bong", "Riley's" imaginary friend from her younger years.
Let's face it growing up can be bumpy for all of us and that makes this movie even more relatable.
Throughout life we are guided by our emotions and we don't always make good choices.
One of the things I loved about this movie is it acknowledges the power of Sadness...showing it's ok to be sad...it doesn't necessarily mean you are depressed, just that Joy isn't always in control.
Watch for: the end credits when we get an insight into how everyone (even cats & dogs) have a control centre in their minds headquarters.
"Inside Out" will make you laugh, cry and sigh.
If so it's done it's job on so many levels in this adventure, animation, comedy.
Do yourself a favour and check out the sequel "Inside Out 2" a stand alone movie, but it always helps to see the OG first.
#DisneyPlus.
Inside Out 2 (2024)
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Pixar Animation have achieved what few of the really big Hollywood Production companies can't do and that is create a decent sequel.
"Inside Out 2" is a more than passable way to make room for new emotions at the control desk.
All your faves from the first movie are back including Amy Pohler as the always cheerful, bubbly, optimistic "Joy", but now puberty has afflicted our heroine "Riley" (Kensington Tallman's voice).
Now she's playing for her school ice hockey team "The Fog Horns", which is actually a nice nod to one of my favourite Mel Blanc character voices for Warner Brothers from my childhood the Rooster.
"Riley" is hand picked for the try outs in a Hockey Camp with one of her heroes, "Valentina" voiced by Venezuelan actor Lilimar.
I love the construction sign: "Pardon our dust, puberty is messy!" as workers rebuild the main control desk for the emotions ahead of the new characters coming to this latest inception of "Inside Out 2".
I laughed out loud through a lot of this movie (sorry for party rocking)
It's a clever script from the writing team of Meg LeFauve, Dave Holstein and Kelsey Mann (also Director).
I applauded both the sarcasm and literal "brain storm" scenes and had a chuckle as one of the new additions, "Anxiety" (Maya Hawke) took a chill pill on a massage chair to drink a big cup of "Anxi e Tea".
Amongst the new emotions is "Ennui" fittingly played by French actor, Adele Exarchopoulous.
Even veteran Kyle MacLachlan is having fun as "Dad".
Part of the process of an animation is recording separately in voice over booths and isolated studios, so a lot of the cast hadn't even met during the making of the film.
It wasn't until marketing the movie they all caught up for the press tours.
Any one who has survived puberty with all its angst and other issues like, changing schools, making and losing friends etc should get on board this movie with their children for the Winter school holidays.
Which is why I'm giving this very relatable animation, adventure, comedy "Inside Out 2" a solid 7 stars.
The Exorcism (2024)
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What an excellent day to see an advance screening of "The Exorcism".
When you hear Russell Crowe is going to play a troubled actor "Anthony Miller" with a past of alcohol and drug abuse you immediately think this will be a stretch for Rusty who's never made a headline once over crazy behaviour.
Oh wait a minute...that Russell Crowe...well now that'll be super easy, barely an inconvenience!
It's not the first time Russell has fought off demons on the Big Screen either.
Hands up if you remember "The Pope's Exorcist" from last year?
In that horror film he played Father Gabriel Amorth, the Vatican's leading exorcist and put in a solid performance.
The crazy thing is he made this 2024 release "The Exorcism" in 2019 and this supernatural horror has been sitting on the shelves gathering dust for five years.
What makes this film even more intriguing is Director Joshua John Miller (brother of actor Jason Patric) is the son of actor Jason Miller (Academy Award nominated actor and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright), who played Father Damien in 1973's "The Exorcist".
In fact, "Anthony Miller" is the star in a remake they are filming of "The Exorcist" with only the names changed to avoid law suits.
It's enough to make your head spin.
The inner film is being directed by Adam Goldberg as "Peter" and on all the scripts being studied by the actors the name for this movie is "The Georgetown Project".
So, it's no coincidence that the events for the original movie, the basis for this movie, happened in Georgetown, Washington DC.
I do love a good inside reference.
Crowe and Goldberg have been reunited after nearly 20 years since they filmed the marvellous "A Beautiful Mind" together.
In "The Exorcism", "Anthony" is slowly losing his beautiful mind to demonic possession that builds to a crescendo in the third act.
Meanwhile his on screen daughter Ryan Simpkins as "Lee" is freaking out that daddy is regressing to his old habits that put him in rehab while his wife, her mother, was dying of cancer.
The Catholic religion relies on guilt almost as much as demons do.
Watch out for: Sam Worthington as "Joe" who waits in the shadows and also David Hyde Pierce ("Frasier") as "Father Connor" a consultant on this fictional film and possibly an abuser from the deep, dark, troubled past of "Anthony".
This is no William Friedkin ("The Exorcist") script, but there's a lot to enjoy for horror fans in Crowes latest role, because he brings so much to the table and that voice rumbles your woofers and tweeters.
"The Exorcism doesn't suck rude body parts in hell.
The Watchers (2024)
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M Night Shyamlam's offspring Ishana ("Servant") is making her feature length directorial debut with this adaptation of A M Shine's novel "The Watchers", which she claims was begging to be made into a movie.
Former child star, Dakota Fanning, is "Mina" a young artist who gets stranded in a thick forest in Ireland.
After finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night, "The Watchers".
There are rules to follow in these dark woodlands and the concrete bunker and harsh consequences if you break the rules.
When the creatures are finally fully revealed late into the movie they have been created quite skilfully into these grotesque monsters of Irish folk lore.
The unseen threat was still way more scary than the reveal.
"The Watchers" are watching and could be living amongst us in a "Body Snatchers" type scenario and shares some of the set design concepts with "Cabin In The Woods".
You can't see them, but they can see you.
If you want a dark, claustrophobic, fantasy, horror, mystery and thriller movie then this might be your jam.
The typical Shyamalam twist (just like her daddy's signature trait) ending is predictable and not as terrifying as I was hoping for.
It will be interesting to see what Ishana's next project will be after a debut that showed plenty of promise and potential.
BTW M Night is billed as Producer overseeing the daughter he took to magical movie sets like "Lady In The Water".
Either way "The Watchers" movie has inspired me to read the audiobook of this people watcher "Mina" on Spotify and narrated by Jaqueline Milne.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
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"Furiosa" is the best origin story of this decade!
Don't even try arguing with me.
In nearly 2 and 1/2 epic hours (the longest Mad Max film ever in 45 years of the franchise) the renegade warrior "Furiosa"(Anya Taylor-Joy "The Menu") back story is laid bare.
This is before her encounter and team-up with Mad Max (who can be seen in one very cleverly edited shot played by Tom Hardy's stunt double Jacob Tomuri).
The British-American actress, Anya, is a huge fan of the franchise and her character long before she put ink to paper with the genius director George Miller (seriously no-one does spectacular like him except maybe another Aussie, Baz Luhrmann) and now she is literally playing in the same sand box as Charlize Theron.
Miller fell in love with Anya's acting and screen presence in "Last Night In Soho".
George believes any actor, like her, already trained in dance has a big head start for nailing movement on an action film set.
There's a tip for young players.
Meanwhile, Christopher Hemsworth was attracted to the role of "Dementus" because of the poetry & rhythm in his language...plus he gets some of the best lines in "Furiosa"...not that there are many lines because the director's mantra is "words slow down an action movie".
"Dementus"costume is no accident because it was inspired by dictators and conquerors throughout history.
The last and only other time I've seen Hemsworth this charismatic and unhinged was in "Bad Times At The El Royale" (also a great movie) and very Charles Manson inspired.
Chris endured fours in the make up chair everyday for this role.
Once you get past the initial shock of his prosthetic nose, teeth, wig and beard you just see the rise and fall of this warrior bikie leader and ignore the physical traits.
Don't worry the muscles are still there.
This is no dad bod Thor!
Aussie audiences can play spot the Aussie with everyone from Hemsworth, Lachy Hume as the new "Immortan Joe" honoring Hugh Keays -Byrne's who died 4 years ago, John Howard & Angus Sampson to David Field, former rugby league legend Ian Roberts and a fellow voice actor Lee Perry respectfully replacing the late Richard "Rick" Carter as "The Bullet Farmer".
Thank goodness George, his cast and crew had it in them to make "Furiosa" epic from start to finish including the vehicles, stunts, sound design, script, narrative, vistas, story arc and editing.
"Furiosa" fills in the blanks from "Fury Road" (2015)
about "Gastown", "The Bullet Farm", "the Abundant Place", "the Citadel" and so much more!
Ladies and gentlemen's!
Start your engines!
Run don't walk to see this at your local cinema in all its glory.
IF (2024)
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I'm probably not the right person to review this movie because I am an adult male and I feel this movie is skewed at females of all ages (especially mothers) and young boys and girls who will watch this more than once to get the twist.
IMHO "IF" started out creepy with paedophile overtones, but turns into a mushy, sweet movie about how everyone outgrows their imaginary friend (hence: "IF") from childhood.
This is definitely not to be confused with the recent horror movie "Imaginary" that's a way different sub-genre.
The cast is ridiculously talented starting with Cailey Fleming ("The Walking Dead" girl) as "Bea" who's helped by Ryan Reynolds (the biggest kid in Hollywood) who brings a childlike quality to his character "Cal" that's both funny and vulnerable.
"Cal" is the "Willy Wonka" of this imaginary land.
Meanwhile John Krasinski as "Dad" is showing off his first non horror directorial gig whilst also playing a very real father figure to "Bea" as they both deal with broken hearts.
I love that this movie reunites Carell and Krasinski from "The Office" because they have a special bond after making hours of quality TV together.
The "IF" voice cast is next level including Steve Carell, the late Louis Gosset Jnr (final film) Amy Schumer "Gummy", Jon Stewart "Robot", Sam Rockwell "Guardian", Christoper Meloni "Cosmo", Richard Jenkins "Art Teacher", Matt Damon "Flower", Bradley Cooper "Ice", George Clooney "Spaceman"etc and even Brad Pitt in a non speaking role as "Keith"...apparently it's an in joke.
If you're looking for a computer animation to rival Pixar that's something magical this could be IT...I mean "IF".
The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)
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Horror film lead actors are by definition the dumbest characters in any genre of movies.
The Strangers Chapter 1 young leads are no exception.
They open doors without looking through peep holes first, they have absolutely NO peripheral vision, they fall down and injure ankles during chase scenes and that's just for openers.
The pretty/handsome couple in this reboot to 2008's "The Strangers" fit every one of these horror tropes better than OJ's glove.
In the course of just over 90 minutes the young couples Beemer breaks down in a tiny town in Oregon(actually filmed in Slovakia)
BMW owners know this is par for the course with their German vehicles.
This forces the groovy young things (Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez) into a sleepover in an Air B&B cabin in the woods.
For those playing at home my philosophy has and always will be, "nothing good ever happens in a cabin in the woods"!
It's here that three masked wack jobs (possibly locals from the town) terrorise the sinful singles.
They don't need a reason it's just because they were home.
Should have put a ring on it is what JLO would have advised them to do before dropping into this "Hills Have Eyes" backwater community.
It's not often I back the killers in a movie, but these lead characters are so dumb they deserve to die...hard.
(See what I did there?)
The most successful Finnish film director in the history of Hollywood, Renny Harlin, is in the big chair for this slasher horror.
So why isn't the final project more successful.
It feels at times like its director is on debut after completing a Uni course and not the same man who gave us a "Die Hard" movie for goodness sakes.
One of this movies saving graces is the vinyl rock classics playing out in real time on the cabins old school stereo.
Styx "Best of Times" is the perfect soundtrack song to propose to your girlfriend to under better circumstances.
Wait for the end credits and a bonus scene that will link this movie into the remaining 2 parts.
"The Strangers Chapter One" is the first part of Renny's trilogy that's already been shot 2 years ago during a 52 day shoot.
Here's hoping it gets better because it's not Harlin's first pass at horror.
Better still hurry and watch the OG on Tubi before it expires at the end of this month, it's so much better!
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
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Fast forward many generations or to be more accurate about 300 years from "War for the Planet of the Apes" to a brand new trilogy in this universe that started in our real world in 2011 with "Rise" followed by "Dawn" and "War".
"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" proves no one can stop the reign!
So in fact it's more of a prequel, but includes the story arcs from the rebooted trilogy, whilst also being a clear nod to the original Charlton Heston/ Roddy McDowall 1968 "Planet of the Apes"
Director Wes Hall didn't want a direct sequel to "War for the Planet of the Apes".
Instead the director jumped centuries ahead in the timeline to prepare for the next instalment and trilogy.
This new movie opens with Caesar's burial ceremony, which feels very Native American or even Nordic.
Then it flashes forward to explore what's become of Caesar's legacy, his ideas, his values and especially his motto for all Apes.
The CGI and Blue Screen are next level.
Goofs: Bunkers that still have power after 3 centuries, are still shiny and need no housekeeping.
Plus sea water that rises above sea water level.
"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" is the first to be shot in IMAX and would look even more awesome screened in that format.
I saw an advance screening in XD with new Laser Projection and was blown away by the VFX with city scapes transformed into jungles, ballparks reclaimed by nature, beaches littered with washed up rusting hulks of ships and high definition Ape facial expressions.
BTW. This is the first modern Ape movie shot without Andy Serkis, but it does star Kevin Durand ("The Strain"), William H. Macy ("Shameless") and Owen Teague ("Bloodline").
Watch out for: One of the most iconic death by birds scenes since Alfred Hitchcock.
Now I can't wait for the reboot of the '68 version where apes are reading, bearing guns, governed and all the crazy stuff that made this concept so fascinating to me as a youth.
"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" has blown my mind.
Its message is about how society functions better with decency, morality and compassion...valuable things that the OG Caesar taught his clan and passed on through many generations...because together we are strong as a society, not divided.
"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" is like "Mad Max: Fury Road" with Apes and you're getting the big picture.
What a wonderful day...to see a movie where you'll believe Apes can swear!
Boy Kills World (2023)
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All aboard this action epic, "Boy Kills World" where everyone and I mean everyone is packing.
A feature based on a short film by Moritz Mohr and Arend Remmers.
Which is the trend now for getting your projects signed onto big production and distribution deals...usually played out at a film festival where the power brokers descend.
You just know Sam Raimi had a hand in producing this almost 2 hour crime, thriller.
"BKW" is a deeply, dark, ultra violent comedy with a higher death count than all the John Wick movies combined!
The story arc follows "Boy" (Bill Skarsgard "It") a deaf, mute who adopts the voice from a video fighting game called "Super Dragon - Punch Force".
"Boy's" inner voice is none other than comedian and voice actor H. Jon Benjamin ("Archer", "Bob's Burgers")
Just like a video game this movie has Boss Levels that need to be conquered in different scenarios to fulfill "Boy's" destiny and revenge for his whole family being slaughtered during a ritual in a world where "The Culling" exists to reduce the number of opposition to the ruling family.
Sound familiar Putin?
As time goes on while "Boy" is honing his one man army skills in the jungle under the guidance of a mystical Shaman (Yayan Ruhian) who saved his life post firing squad and hanging:..The Culling" has evolved into a Game Show hosted by wonderful South African actor Sharlto Copley as "Glen".
"BKW" was actually filmed in Cape Town, South Africa.
And this gore fest now chooses random villagers and is sponsored by a breakfast cereal company to legitimise it.
Basically corporations now sponsor mass murder in a dystopian future.
Watch out for: Famke Janssen ("X-Men") as "Hilda" the patriarch of the terrifying "Van Der Koy" family, who looks amazing at 60 and is bat s*&t crazy.
"Boy Kills World" is not over till player one, "Boy", dies or wins.
The fight scenes are beyond brutal and would even make Korean filmmakers blush.
Revenge films are big in 2024.
Think "Monkey Man" meets "Hunger Games" and you're in the zone.
Insert crazy action montage!
Tarot (2024)
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They say your fate is in the cards in this 2024 "Tarot".
A bunch of students rent out a cabin in the woods, in this case it's a goddamn mansion and a creepy one at that.
The only woodsy thing these people do is light a fire outside the formidable gated mansion to tell fireside stories and play games.
However, inside is where they turn up the supernatural heat with a tarot reading of everyone in the group using a found set of cards in the basement (where else?).
It must be an overseas thing, because few homes in Australia have a basement or even an attic where accidents can happen.
Who will be next to die in this at times corny teen horror/slasher, supernatural flick?
Well they seem to die in the order of the first reading to last, a lot like seating positions in "Destination".
You'll be wishing it's "The Joker" of this pack "Paxton" (Jacob Batalon)
The film "Tarot" is based on the book "Horrorscope" by
Nicholas Adams. (nice word play Nick)
All the horror tropes are rolled out for this movie, with plenty of jump scares. This film is known after the book title in the US.
Who will be the final girl?
You'll have to wait and see if there even is one as they play out this horror movie like painting by numbers.
The closing song ironically is "I can't believe I survived", but I won't tell you if anyone does survive, because that would be a spoiler alert.
All is say is this movie fatefully only deserves a 5/10* due to its predictable plot and mediocre acting.
But hey what do I know, it's currently #4 on the Australian Top 5 Box Office and took in nearly 1/2 a million dollars on debut.
The Lesson (2023)
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In "The Lesson" we learn a few handy life lessons.
Good writers borrow,
Great writers steal.
Devious ones do much worse.
At the end you'll be asking who's teaching whom?
Starring the wonderful Richard E. Grant, the gorgeous Julie Delpy & the talented Daryl McCormack.
Daryl as "Liam is a young author working on his first novel and to boost his living conditions takes a tutoring position at the estate of a legendary writer (Grant as "J. M. Sinclair") and Julie as his wife "Helene" who has her own agenda.
Whilst Stephen MCMillan is their bullied, brow beaten, spoilt rich boy son "Bertie".
"The Lesson" was Alice Troughton's directorial debut of a feature length film.
She was born to direct and what a wonderful cast to herd like cats.
I love a good psychological thriller and Hitchcock was the master...this movie takes a leaf out of his style of genre.
"The Lesson" is a slow burn thriller, but totally worth the pay off.
Here Today (2021)
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You never know who's going to change your life or which movie might change your life.
2021's "Here Today" written, directed and starring Billy Crystal ("City Slickers") could do just that for you.
Over nearly 2 hours it sensitively deals with an ageing comedy writer living with dementia.
Along this journey we meet "Charlie Burnz" co-workers on a hit cable TV show, his grown children and grandchild plus a woman (Tiffany Haddish "Girls Trip") who becomes his friend and helps him through the challenges he faces.
We also discover his past, his dead wife (Louise Krause "The Dive") and so much more in this incredibly moving masterpiece of filmmaking on a topic that is often too dark for comedy, but it works well in "Here Today".
Most of us have been touched by some family member, loved one or friend who has succumbed to this insidious disease.
The sooner we find a cure or even medication to deal with dementia the world will be a much happier place.
If you don't laugh or shed a tear during this film you have no heart.
This is one of the best Billy Crystal projects in decades.
The Fall Guy (2024)
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It's high noon on the edge of the universe in "The Fall Guy" a movie that's been done before a lifetime ago as a TV series in 1981, before my son was born.
So, what is with Hollywood's obsession with remaking old TV series?
Wasn't 112 episodes from the 80's enough for most of us?
A lack of creativity would be the answer.
Still it was shot in Sydney.
Meaning at the very least it employed a lot of Australian cast and crew which is great for our local film industry.
Play the drinking game "Spot the Aussies and Great Australian Landmarks" and you'll be inebriated before you leave the cinema.
The chemistry between the two stars is palpable and a chance for the biggest stars form "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" to unite on the big screen.
Ryan Gosling is the titular stuntman as "Colton Seavers" in this big budget adaptation.
Although this is not the best project to choose after his role as "Ken" in 2023's smash hit.
It's not the first time Gosling has played a stunt performer, remember "Drive" from 2011?
Meanwhile Emily Blunt plays "Jody" the director of the movie within the movie and does her best in this lightweight action, comedy, romance with fast talking repartee between the two.
Watch out for: Aaron Taylor-Johnson ("Bullet Train") as "Tom Ryder" the star of this fictional movie.
And also "Ted Lasso" favourite Hannah Waddingham as the Producer of said film.
Plus the TV show's famous vehicle, the GMC K-2500 Wideside.
Director David Leitch started his career as a stuntman in movies like "Blade".
No one is calling this Oscar bait even though it stars 3 Oscar nominees, but it is what it is a fun, not always funny movie, that is an escape from your everyday so you can forget about your worries, shocking news headlines, the cost of living etc for just over 2 hours. (at least 30 minutes too long)
Blink and you'll miss it: Six million dollar man SFX during a slow motion fight scene (due to Lee Majors ("The Six Million Dollar Man ") playing the OG "Colton Seavers".
There is plenty of foreshadowing of later events in "The Fall Guy".
The ripper soundtrack opens with Kiss and AC/DC and just keeps pumping out the classic metal bangers.
Please avoid the terrible playlist someone has made on Spotify calling itself "The Fall Guy" (Soundtrack) because it's not even remotely close to the true soundtrack.
Listen out for: the original TV series theme song in the closing credits sung by Lee Majors who has a cameo in this motion picture version.
Even Heather Thomas, the original "Jody", makes an appearance.
Stay for the end credits where you get a sneak peek at the movie within a movie they've been making, "Metal Storm" and meet the real stuntmen and women behind "The Fall Guy".
This flick celebrates the art of stunt performing at every opportunity and could be a fun date night where you'll find yourself reciting some of the lines to your partner on Valentine's Day.
Who knows maybe this movie could convince the Academy to add a "Stunt" category next year?
Abigail (2024)
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When I saw the new horror film "Abigail" was dedicated to Angus Cloud as "Dean" I did a deep dive into this young actor.
Cloud died at just 25 allegedly due to an accidental drug overdose and the scar on his head is real from falling into a construction pit in his teens and nearly dying in real life ten years earlier than when he did in 2023.
So, unfortunately Angus never saw the movie "Abigail" released at cinemas.
At least he got to star as "Fezco" in the streaming series "Euphoria".
"Abigail" is a better than passable or even good horror movie with a few twists and turns that you or may not see coming in this creepy old seemingly haunted house.
It has some highly original kills in this gory, monster horror flick...there's something about a ballerina's tutu covered in blood splatter that screams horror!
Check out the talent in this casting.
Giancarlo Esposito ("Breaking Bad") as "Lambert" who organises the kidnapping of a rich man's daughter for ransom money...$50 million to be exact.
To hide their true identities each kidnapper is given the pseudonym of a famous Rat Packer.
Hence Kevin Durand ("The Strain") is "Peter", Dan Stevens ("Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire") is "Frank", and Melissa Barrera is "Joey" and so on.
Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin's and Tyler Gillett's experience with the "Scream" franchise gives both of them the right background to bring "Abigail" off the pages of Stephen Shields and Guy Busick's script.
In the third act Steven's character get to deliver one liners reminiscent of maniacal Jack Nicholson's "The Joker" in the "Batman" movie or "The Shining".
Listen out for: The main theme from Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake", which was also used in the opening titles of "Dracula" over 90 years ago.
But as "Frank" says near the end of this film, "I fu&@ing hate ballet!"
Watch out for: Skinny dipping in the indoor pool long before the new Deadpool movie and Alisha Weir's dancing as "Abigail", she is a truly remarkable Tiny Dancer doing most of her own ballet and stunts.
She is only a child, but she delivers.
The Radio Silence production house have a genuine winner on their books.
Lots of blood in this genre is normal, but this is pretty extreme and reminiscent of Sam Raimi's buckets of blood in "Evil Dead" and I'm not saying it like it's a bad thing.
It's way better than I anticipated after so many less than ordinary horror movies in 2024.
If you must see a horror movie watch this one on date night.
Prepare yourself for "Ready or Not" on steroids...or imagine if the reality series "Traitors" was a horror film where the Faithful turn on the Traitors and each other...now you're getting the picture.
Back to Black (2024)
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The posters say "Back To Black" is about Amy Winehouse's music, her life and her legacy.
However, this is not the greatest biopic I've seen this decade because it focuses more on Amy's love life & marriage, alcohol and drug abuse, her family and occasionally we get an insight into her rocketing music career.
The film delves into the life and career of Winehouse, beginning with her early days in the early 2000s as a North London jazz musician performing in a small club and culminating in her rise to world-wide fame as a five time Grammy Award winning singer with songs like "Rehab" and "Back to Black".
Authentically some scenes were filmed at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, outside Winehouse's first flat in Camden Town, and at Primrose Hill.
Marisa Abela was born to play "Amy Winehouse".
She is the highlight of this Sam Taylor-Johnson directed movie.
Doing all the singing in this film herself, also training extensively to mimic Amy Winehouse's vocals.
Eddie Marsan is great as "Amy's" dad "Mitch".
You hardly see Juliet Cowan as the mother "Janis", whilst UK screen Lesley Manville is "Cynthia" her Nan whom "Amy" worshipped and inspired her love for vintage fashion, hair and music.
Jake O'Connell is bad boy "Blake" that she marries and divorces.
One of "Amy's" biggest musical influences Mark Ronson isn't even in this biopic.
Amy's" life is a tragedy, joining the infamous "27 Club" in 2011.
As a memory to her legacy it needed more of the hits, the scandals, her short life and tragic end.
Civil War (2024)
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Welcome to the frontline of "Civil War".
The trailer promised a very different film to this feature length movie, which opens with a future President (Nick Offerman "Parks & Recreation") preparing to deliver an address to the nation.
His nation it turns out is a divided United States of America where part of the country has seceded leaving a Trump style leader in charge of a war torn country.
It's not like this hasn't happened before in Americas political history.
163 years ago the real American Civil War set the precedent when Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected president and southern states that supported slavery (Democrats) seceded to become Confederate States.
Kind of like State of Origin in the Australian NRL with State against State and mate against mate.
Where will you stand when the nation falls?
It's revealed in conversation during "Civil War's" nearly 2 hour runtime that the President is in his third term.
In the US Presidents are only allowed two terms maximum, so clearly something unconstitutional has happened within the Grand Old Party.
Next thing you know the smell of napalm in the morning is better than Old Spice when everything goes all "Apocalypse Now" with choppers, tanks and APC's taking over the streets and martial law is imposed.
The scary thing is this is not a fantasy movie!
The way things are shaping up Stateside what happened at a Capitol Hill a few years ago could go viral.
The soundtrack is incongruous and its director, writer Alex Garland ("Ex Machina" & "Annihilation") has his own political wheelbarrow to push.
Maybe as a bleak warning of what's around the corner, but it does feel a tiny bit preachy.
"Civil War" is essentially a road movie through the back roads of America and its towns on a journey to Washington DC with an SUV full of "Press" (journalists/photo journalists)
Kirsten Dunsts spider senses must have been tingling as hardened media veteran "Lee" is embedded with troops from the breakaway Western Forces or WF.
She's accompanied by Wagner Moura "Joel", Cailee Spaeny "Jessie" and Stephen McKinley Henderson "Sammy" the older respected war correspondent.
"Civil War" is a dystopian future that's on the horizon and not science fiction if factions aren't fixed.
It would have been good if more of the real suffering of everyday citizens was shown instead of just displaced people in a graffiti stadium with food trucks which felt more like a music festival than an unnerving glimpse of the world in a few years time.
We also got a "Stepford Wives" glimpse of a small rural town.
The real gritty moments included one of best villain actors of this century Jesse Plemons as a rogue soldier and also the taking of the White House in the third act.
What I also liked: "Lee's" shift from hardened journo with a camera to a shell of her former self after some genuinely shocking scenes, while "Jessie" grew from a novice 23 year old to a veteran photographer during this campaign.
A24's most expensive movie to date "Civil War" gives you some insight into what war is like from the Press's perspective.
What it needed was more action and more epic you'd think $50 million would buy, but that's hardly a grocery trolley of food in 2024!
Monkey Man (2024)
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What the world needs right now is another one-person army movie.
Enter...not the Dragon, but "Monkey Man".
Or as some of us jokingly called it, "John Wick goes to India" or "John Wick In Mumbai".
Strap yourself in for just over 2 hours of action, thriller.
So long as you don't count the first 30 minutes which is more like a slow boat ride to China.
However once the action starts it doesn't stop.
If you don't include the recuperation scenes after the first god almighty fight scene which makes our part time underground MMA fighter "Monkey Man" into a true warrior ready for vengeance on the people who destroyed his childhood.
Dev Patel not only stars as the titular character, but also wrote the story, debuted as a feature film director , produced this film alongside horror icon Jordan Peele ("Get Out, "Nope") under his appropriately named Monkeypaw Productions and I'm sure he even had a crack at writing and singing the theme tune...just kidding!
Seriously though this is one ultra violent piece of cinema that needed Sharlto Copley ("District 9") for some light relief because Dev's "Kid" is one intently sombre dude.
He makes Keanu Reeves "John Wick" look like a stand up comedian.
Funnily enough Bruce Lee is an action movie hero of Patels and clearly a role model.
Also the influence of Korean cinema like "The Raid" had on Dev is evident throughout "Monkey Man".
This is a movie infused with a fair bit of Indian culture, including mythological tales, spirituality and a glimpse at the expanse between the haves and have nots, the displaced and the outcasts on the continent.(even though it was eventually filmed in Indonesia due to the Covid-19 pandemic).
Watch out for: The bathroom fight scene where Dev's co-star as The Chief of Police, Sikandar Kehr as "Randa",
accidentally breaks Patel's hand as he whips him around like a rag doll.
The fight scene choreography is even more amazing when you realise Patel shot most of the movie one handed with the other one useless post surgery.
When it comes to martial arts Dev is the real deal having trained in Taekwondo since he was 10 years old and earning a 1st Dan black belt at just 16.
One small ember can burn down everything and "Kid" is the spark in "Monkey Man".
Dev Patel spent 8 years writing this film so the least we can do is enjoy his handiwork on the big screen in all its bloody and gory glory.
The First Omen (2024)
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Damien's back!
"The First Omen" opens ominously with a nod to 70's cinema, but unfortunately there is not much horror in the first half of this film.
First time movie director Arkasha Stevenson needs to learn feature films are a game of 2 halves.
They try to deliver a thrilling mashup of horror tropes to give a classic story new life by focusing on the days before "Damien".
In "The First Omen" a young woman travels to Rome to become a Bride of Christ and in the process of some sleuth work discovers diabolical evil lurks in the church as she uncovers a terrifying conspiracy.
I guess if you haven't had your fill of nuns on the run after watching "Immaculate" (with a very similar storyline) then this might quench your hunger for big screen horror.
Personally it's all been done before and much better...even by the "Hammer Horror" genre.
Warning: MA rating in Australia and R stateside because of disturbing images and graphic nudity...apparently!
Nell Tiger Free ("Servant" on Apple +) is brilliant as "Margaret" the nun in training with a distressful back story and she's supported by Ralph Ineson, Charles Dance & Bill Nighy as Fathers and Cardinal respectively.
"The First Omen" is part of horror renaissance at the movies in 2024 with so many sinister, eerie, blockbuster books-fests to add to your watch list of coming attractions.
The film closes with a cool link to the OG movie, "The Omen".
A horror franchise that began in 1976 with the late great Gregory Peck, but it's not enough to save this version of prequel events from mediocrity.
Tim Smith's, Stevenson's and Keith Thomas's weak screenplay has a lot to answer for when you had the good bones of David Seltzer's original characters and Ben Jacoby's story to work from.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
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When a kaiju movie opens with an exotic scene and the sub-title "Somewhere in Middle Earth" you instantly know you're back on King Kong's turf after they transported him from Skull Island in the last Kong movie to this wonderland underground on our planet.
A place where sunshines inexplicably and lush jungles thrive with absolutely no photo-synthesis.
Yes it's bad science, but we forgive them when they say, "if middle earth exists what else don't we know about this planet?"
A lot it would seem, most of it needing no justification whatsoever.
Unlike the previous film which concentrated on a few "Stranger Things" scenarios this one brings back plenty of Titans battling other titans and a few we've never met till now.
(No spoilers here, just watch the trailer)
It's been 3 years since "Godzilla vs. Kong" and in the meantime we've been forced to endure the TV series "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters", which was light on scary monsters and heavy on super creeps.
Our old favourite nuclear fusion Titan "Godzilla" has a new design with purple/pink-colored plates similar to "Godzilla Millennium".
Godzilla's atomic breath is now on volume eleven after a fight with another Titan that looked a hell of a lot like the one Kong fights in an earlier scene and both are aquatic, one fresh water, the other saltwater.
In the new list of Titans is a mini Kong named "Suko" and he's a nasty piece of work initially, but learns to love the King like audiences have since the 1930's.
In Japanese, it roughly translates to, "Essential Child." While Suko is also a Filipino word for "surrender."
Go figure?
Meanwhile nice Kong is ageing well...growing out his beard and letting his hair down like a millennial hipster.
By the time the next Kong comes out he'll have a man bun and be looking for love on MAFS.
The release of "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" marks 10 years since this Godzilla universe hit the silver screen and it's also the 70th anniversary of the entire franchise.
Even I wasn't alive when this cinematic adventure started.
I find the problem with both Godzilla and King Kong in this era is they aren't the same terrifying monsters I grew up watching.
Last years Japanese "Godzilla Minus One" restored the post WW2 terror narrative, but it's been lost again in the latest Hollywood blockbuster which has turned them into cuddly toys.
Still the many Titans (not the Gold Coast NRL team) fight scenes are epic and the carnage they cause makes the structural damage from all the Marvel movies seem like petty cash.
Poor Spider-Man and the Avengers have nothing to worry about compared to what happens in London, Rome & Rio, South America.
For a moment there it was starting to sound like a David Bowie/Mick Jagger song about dancing in the street.
Watch out for: The B. E. A. S. T. Or Bio Enhanced Antatomech Seismic Thunder.
Fun Fact: The third Monsterverse film featuring Kong that filmed on the Gold Coast, in Australia, following "Kong: Skull Island" and "Godzilla vs. Kong".
This is the first MonsterVerse film to be shot in IMAX and it looks and sounds amazing!
Unfortunately the visual fx budget must have run low for some scenes that look like carry overs from 50's monster films while others are out of this world in detail.
Monarch are back giving giant corporations a bad name in a universe that's ever expanding with more monsters and less human stories, so what's not to like about that.
"The New Empire" will be box office number one over the Easter School Holidays with director Adam Wingard proving a good choice to bring back on board this franchise for another 2 hours of terrific Titans.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
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Firstly let me clear up any misconceptions.
"Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" has no connection whatsoever with the "Frozen" franchise or the Australian band "Empire of the Sun".
"Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" is dedicated to the late Ivan Reitman who died in 2022.
Ivan was original director of the first 2 movies and a genius who was desperately missed for the filming of this 2 hour train wreck.
Then again it's probably a good thing Ivan is not alive to see what's become of his legacy.
Gil Kenan ain't no Ivan or even his son Jason.
The Good News:
Most of the original stars are back including co-creator Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson ("Winston"), Annie Potts ("Janine Melnitz") and of course Bill Murray ("Peter Venkman").
Bill gets to deliver some of the most memorable & funny quotes, but his performance felt more dialled in and picking up a paycheque than his other normal low energy persona roles.
While Aykroyd is smiling all the way to the bank with his cheesy rebirth of "Ray Stantz".
However it's missing one of its biggest OG's.
Making it the first film in the Ghostbusters franchise original canon without Sigourney Weaver's character "Dana Barrett".
Unfortunately William Atherton is back as Mayor Walter Peck.
Giving us "Walters" another bad wrap...thanks for nothing Hollywood you've done it again to everyone bearing my Christian name.
Whilst watching this latest instalment in the franchise I was wondering the age old Beatles question.
Who will be the last original Ghostbuster standing when the dust settles?
I know my mind goes to dark places in the dark of Limelight Cinemas.
Even some of the OG ghosts make a reprised appearance including: Slimer and the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man.
"Frozen Empire" introduces some new ghouls including a tacky red lazer dot (like something you'd see on a guns scope) darting around and animating normally inanimate objects and some others I'm sure moviegoers would have liked to see escape their containment's in a disused "Aquarium" filmed in the UK.
The soundtrack is very light on with only a handful of songs and doesn't even include the Banarama track "Cruel Summer" featured in the trailer.
Plus the whole "scared to death" thing we were sold by the trailer doesn't even have any bearing on the finale fight scene with this movies tall, dark and horny villain who was an ancient, malevolence that was unleashed from an antiquity for a handful of dollars.
They do poke fun at Ray Parker Jnrs original hit song "Ghostbusters" in one scene with Paul Rudd which is one the few comic reliefs in an otherwise unfunny movie.
Kumail Nanjiani's "Nadeem" turns out to be a pivotal character, but even he can't save this movie.
Every film in this decade to conform to the norm features a same sex relationship and this cartoon like depiction of "Ghostbusters" is no exception.
This time around it's Emily Alyn Lind's "Melody" and the wonderfully talented McKenna Grace "Phoebe Spengler" hinting at a same sex relationship between 16 year old & 15 year old characters respectively.
They have great chemistry on screen.
Finn Wolfhard plays "Phoebes" brother "Trevor" again after his turn in "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" and in this movie he's out to prove he's an 18 year old adult, whereas in reality the "Stranger Things" star is now a 22 year old man.
I wonder just how long he can keep playing the goofy, awkward teenager card.
You know it's aimed at a teen, tween, primary school audience when normally foul mouthed comedian Patton Oswalt as "Dr. Hubert Wartzki" doesn't drop the F bomb, instead he says "fudge"!
FFS!
In fact, "Frozen Empire" feels very Disney'd down to the lowest common denominator just in time for the Easter school holidays.
Where it works particularly well are the visual FX, but the story doesn't really get all up in your face until almost an hour has passed.
The slow set up lets this film down enormously.
Plus there are too many things left unexplained, leaving the audience wondering WTAF?
For starters suddenly new Proton Backpacks appear in a high tech truck before battle time.
Who remembers the old ones that looked like vacuum cleaners strapped on?
I remember when this franchise launched I was working on Sydney Radio at 2 DAY FM and the first ever pop up shop was a "Ghostbusters" store loaded with cool merch for this brand new film.
Fast forward 40 years and here we are putting trainer wheels on these films to appease the younger crowds, at the risk of losing barnacles like myself who've been clinging to this sinking ship for a lifetime.
I've been coming back to this well since 1984 when Bob Hawke was Australia's Prime Minister and Reaganomics ruled in the US and dog nabbit I'll keep coming back 'cos I'm obviously a sucker for punishment.
Immaculate (2024)
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Get thee away from this nunnery!
In the new horror film, "Immaculate" there will be blood and lots of it and some of it human blood.
Sydney Sweeney's career is back on track after her disastrous turn in Marvel's "Madame Web".
As nubile, innocent nun, Sister Cecelia, she takes an oath of poverty, obedience and chastity.
Well as Meatloaf sang, "2 out of the 3 ain't bad."
Sydney had so much faith in this movie succeeding she also produced "Immaculate" as her star rises.
Her character struggles with an innocent desire to serve the triumvirate, whilst also looking for somewhere to fit in and give her life real purpose.
Her vow to God and the Roman Catholic Church in this seemingly idyllic remote gated Italian community helps her find herself after an emotional incident from her traumatic childhood.
"Immaculate" has an old school 70's vibe to it in a good way like "The Omen", yet it's NOT a film about the paranormal.
Instead it's about good old fashioned faith and faith in science, but not Scientology.
A big shout out to Director Michael Mohan who plays out the intriguing story in a slow, deliberately delicious burn leaving plenty of crumbs to help you connect the dots by the third horrifying act.
"Immaculate" is a classic case of a successful film because it follows a few simple rules: good casting, engaging storytelling and tight direction with a refreshingly new tale and not a rehashed, tired Hollywood idea.
It will have its work cut out over the Easter Holiday Blockbuster season against "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" and "Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire".
Both of those huge budget movies prove my point though that Tinseltown is bereft of new ideas and keeps riffing on decades old characters.
Instead "Immaculate" it's a brand spanking fresh off the mint script by writer Andrew Lobel with plenty of jump scares for horror fans, but not all predictable ones.
It's a modern gothic horror, thriller that makes you squirm in your cinema seat and force you to look away occasionally with both the things seen and unseen on the screen in a place that houses dark, medieval, terrifying secrets and I'm not referring to the Candy Bar.
The Great Escaper (2023)
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One of my all time favourite actors the legendary Michael Caine is not "blowing the bloody doors off" anything in "The Great Escaper" as "Bernard Jordan".
His book "Blowing The Bloody Doors Off and Other Lessons In Life" is one of the best reference guides for actors, including us Voice Actors and one of the best lines from "The Italian Job".
While not all his movies are gems this one really is and proves it's not just another payday before announcing his retirement from the noble art in 2023.
"Bernard" is the "The Great Escaper" based on a true story that's title came from the Steve McQueen movie "The Great Escape".
Sadly his co-star Glenda Jackson as his on screen wife "Irene" did not live to see this film in cinemas...passing at age 87 in June last year.
Making "The Great Escaper" her final film.
Thankfully she was recognised in the 2024 Memorial at the Academy Awards.
The woman who plays young "Irene", Laura Marcus, is brilliantly cast.
Glenda and Michael worked together on "The Romantic Englishwoman"in 1975.
Watch out for: "The Holy Hour" otherwise known as "The Magic Hour" by filmmakers.
Also a moving scene with the Germans in a French pub and a young actor, Victor Oshin, as another veteran from modern conflicts "Scott" who's battling his own demons.
The flick is based on a true story from 2014 and follows "Bernard's" journey as he absconds from his retirement home by the sea in the UK to experience at the 70th anniversary of D Day Landings in France that was also attended by the late Queen Elizabeth the second and former US President Barack Obama.
The Landings still haunt him to this day.
It features flashbacks to World War 2 in the 40's and while not glorifying war it does glorify a love story that lasted over 70 years.
It's a beautifully written script from William Ivory and under the guiding hand of Director Oliver Parker it's close to perfection.
Cain delivers one of the best performances of his career as the 90 year old coffin dodger "Bernard".
Sir Michaels longtime acting friend since the 1950's Sir John Standing, was personally chosen by him for the role of a fellow veteran from the RAF as "Arthur".
This is what old age looks like and there's no escaping that for most of us...embrace it, every wrinkle, silver hair, ailment, ache and pill.
Take your Kleenex tissues with you because salt water will well in your eyes.
"The Great Escaper" is one of those wonderful movies only the British are capable of producing.
Thanks to all those who served their country for our freedom.
I salute you!
Imaginary (2024)
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In the latest horror movie from Blumhouse, "Imaginary", you have the chance to meet Chauncey, the not so fun loving bear.
As the producers say: "He's not imaginary and he's not your friend."
I've been keenly anticipating this films release because the trailer intrigued me.
Imaginary friends is something very relatable for most people either as part of their childhood, a siblings or their own children, grandchildren etc.
In other words we've all known someone who's come through this grist mill and out the otherside.
So, what if the imaginary friend was not as amicable as you'd think, now we have the premise for great Brisbane Horror Movie Events, but sadly we don't, not even close.
Writer, Director Jeff Wadlow has given us so many nightmares in the past with his other creations, however this ain't one of my 99 problems.
When they finally reveal who "See Bee" is it should be terrifying and instead it's like "Five Night's At Freddy's" & " Megan's" creators lame, big hairy, "Chauncey" Beast with very sharp teeth and claws.
As soon as I learned puppeteers were involved my pulse rate dropped.
Not exactly enough to instil fear in most adults.
To be fair the movie is aimed more at a teen/tween audience with it's "M" rating in Australia.
Talking to randoms in the lift after this advance screening we all felt the same...a bit let down because it's no "Talk To Me"!
Having said that you still don't want creepy bears laying around your house or are they?
In "Imaginary" a woman of colour (DeWanda Wise as "Jessica") returns to her childhood home that really needs the walls painted to get rid of her so-called art to discover that the imaginary friend she left behind "Chauncey Bear" is very real and unhappy that she abandoned him.
Tom Payne as hipster pop star husband "Max" is wasted and only used in a few scenes.
Betty Buckley as the creepy old neighbour "Gloria" is fairly predictable.
Pyper Braun as "Alice", "Jessica's" young step daughter is a find, while Taegen Burns" as "Taylor" the other step daughter is such a cookie cutter teenage angst character.
Poor Samuel Salary as "Jessica's" mentally ill father is not earning his salary with his whites of his eyes rolling trickery.
While Matthew Sato as teenage next door neighbour "Liam" is a punk ass weak character.
I know what you're thinking I've got to stop holding back and write what i'm really thinking.
It's a concept that could and should have been more terrifying than Freddy Kruger's Nightmares.
If "Poltergeist" really was an influence on Wadlow's latest flick then it sadly doesn't show on the big screen.
Baghead (2023)
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From the producer of "IT" comes "Baghead".
That should be a red flag in itself when filmmakers have to ride on the coat tails of previous successes.
Freya Allan as "Iris Lark" inherits a property that comes with a special tenant who lives in the basement, a shape shifting creature wearing a hessian bag over its head (hence the movies title) who's spiritually tied to the Queens Head Pub.
Only problem with the dilapidated Pub is you can't escape this place or "Baghead".
Kind of like an Eagles song about a certain Hotel in California.
If your name is on the title deed you become the guardian of this ghoul and have some control over her so long as you play by the rules of the game.
If not there will be consequences.
Here's the deal: A long dead witch burned at the stake gives you 2 minutes to talk to your dead friends/lovers etc as it transforms into them by eating one of the deceased loved ones prized possessions...exceed that time limit and the guardian loses control over "Baghead".
Anne Muller as "Baghead" is well known for her weird film choices including "Babylon Berlin".
You are the one thing that stands between "Baghead" escaping into the outside world.
Question is will the curse end with "Iris Lark".
Her father "Owen Lark" (Peter Mullan "Ozark") the previous owner of the haunted pub thought it would end with him, but he became more cremated than a Tesla owner after a run in with "Baghead".
Director Alberto Corredors' "Baghead" should have remained an award winning short, fantasy, horror which would have been right at home in "Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities" on Netflix instead of a feature film.
I say that because it runs out of oxygen after an hour, even though it feels fresh, it's not fully fleshed out. (pardon the pun)
Despite this movie attracting some real talent to the project including Ned Dennehy as "Solicitor" and Saffron Burrows as "Catherine", "Iris" mother.
Granted its a Horror Movie and this M rated picture may freak some people out.
After all if you talk to the dead you must pay the price.
Madame Web (2024)
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Dakota Johnson as "Madame Web" is fifty shades of beige!
Let's face it so is the whole movie.
The average rating on IMDb is 3.8 after nearly 20,000 views.
This in itself should be a huge red flag to Sony not to make a sequel to this stinking pile of excrement.
US Actress Sydney Sweeney must be regretting her decision to sign on for this project as "Julia" considering her acting career was on a huge trajectory with the success of Australia's second highest grossing romcom ever "Anyone But You" which is box office gold...see it instead.
First time director S. J. Clarkson should have stuck to directing TV series it seems more her jam.
Meanwhile the team of writers including Clarkson need to go back to attending Creative Writing Workshops or avoid using AI programmes in future screenplays.
Meanwhile Emma Roberts is playing "Mary Parker" mum to be of "Peter Parker".
That name ring any bells in the Spider Verse?
Her on screen brother "Ben Parker" is Adam Scott ("Parks & Recreation") who'd be ideally suited to impersonate Alan Alder (because of his voice) if they ever make another M. A. S. H. movie or his biopic.
Talking voices the Archetypal villain of this project "Ezekiel Sims" (Tatar Rahim) must have had his speech dubbed in post production or it's just annoyingly distracting.
The movie is very loosely based on the Marvel comic "The Book of Ezekiel".
Mike Epps is wasted as Paramedic "O'Neil" and used in only 2 scenes.
Don't expect to see Spider-Man either.
It is the fourth overall film of Sony's Spider-Man Universe movies without Spider-Man following Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Morbius.
BTW Product placement is at an all time high with the Neon Pepsi Sign in the final act.
Dumb Stuff:
1. How can you drive around New York in a stolen Yellow Cab with no number plates and a smashed up front end and still not attract one of NYPD's finest to book you?
2. Where did the Forest/Jungle near a Retro NY Diner come from?
3. Why does the Peruvian Jungle look like Mexico with fake signage?
4. 3 Teens are abducted and willingly go along with Madame Web "Cassandra Webb" (Dakota) because she demonstrates signs of clairvoyance.
Things can only get better right?
Wrong!
I smell what you're stepping in.
Madame Web" is one of the lowest grossing Marvel Studios movie ever.
Here's hoping the new "Deadpool & Wolverine" movie can save this company's nose dive in 2024.
After all "Deadpool" is the self proclaimed "Messiah or Marvel Jesus".
It's such a shame that "Madame Web" was the first film to use the Columbia Pictures 100th anniversary opening logo to celebrate the studio's centennial anniversary.
This once great film company of course was swallowed up by the corporate giant Sony.
"Madame Web" is 80 million dollars the Sony big wigs will have to write off their books in 2024.
According to the movie's tagline "Madame Web" connects them all.
If Web really had the powers of clairvoyance, she should have seen this coming.
God help this franchise.