Let's All Go to the Movies

There are podcast apps that will cut out any pauses between people speaking to save time. I find that extra disconcerting for some reason, lol.
 
Pig: Nic Cage is looking for his stolen pig. Had no clue what to expect walking into this - instead of unhinged Cage in Mandy/Color Out of Space, Pig has a melancholy, very contemplative side of Cage which matched appropriately with the gloomy Portland backdrop. Way different vs those first two movies had a huge color spectrum and gratuitous violence. A strange, cool subversion of the revenge thriller that focuses more on the underlying emotional weight on these characters. Lots of restraint and an excellent performance by Cage.
 
Fuck yeah bring on more batshit crazy A24

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A24’s ‘Lamb’ Called “Batshit Crazy” in First Reactions Out of Cannes

Bloody Disgusting has had our eyes on Valdimar Jóhannsson’s supernatural drama Lamb for quite some time now and even shared a first-look at Prometheus star Noomi Rapace in the film last year. The trailer made its way online last week with news that A24 had acquired the Biblical drama that tells...
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Layne said:
Pertinent to the chat a while back

True Romance in 4K

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Quentin Tarantino's True Romance gets a new 4K restoration

Quentin Tarantino, director of 'Pulp Fiction', 'Reservoir Dogs' and many more, wrote 'True Romance' at the start of his career, a film directed by Tony Scott...
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Yeah... I'm gonna end up importing this is Arrow doesn't announce a US release (I don't think they will).

I just wish the pound was still weak af.
 
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Uncut Gems

This jolt of pure cinematic adrenaline affirmed directors Josh and Benny Safdie as heirs to the gritty, heightened realism of Martin Scorsese and John Cassavetes. Adam Sandler delivers an almost maniacally embodied performance as Howard Ratner, a fast-talking New York jeweler and gambler in...
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Criterion finally announced a date for Uncut Gems for October. Nice slate of extras too.
 
Gunpowder Milkshake - 5/10

A young assassin working for a shadowy cabal, simply called The Firm, botches a job and must survive a 'kill call' put on her by her employers, a la John Wick 3. Right out of the gate I have to say this is possibly the worst movie title ever. But there's a lot to like, a lot to hate; which is what happens when you are obviously more concerned with leaving enough to write future sequels and building a franchise instead of telling a good, complete story. Keeping so much in its back pocket, aspects of the cool world it builds and the characters therein aren't properly explored even to the point where certain emotional beats have no effect. There was a Japanese slapstick yakuza movie feel around the edges that I wish it leaned into. The lead henchmen is decidedly Miike inspired. Some goofy fight scenes that really worked and cartoonish bloodshed made it really fun. Karen Gillan could be a legit action star if she played up her natural charisma instead of doing her mopey awkward thing.

I'd just watch Miike's First Love instead.

Possible sequel titles:
Bubblegum Cannonball
Shotgun Raisinbread
Cheesecake Handgrenade

On Netflix
 
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