#Guest Movie Review

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GUEST MOVIE REVIEW by Cass Kay: Smile

GUEST MOVIE REVIEW by Cass Kay: Smile

Smile Genre: Horror, Mystery, ThrillerDirector: Parker FinnStars: Sosie Bacon, Jessie T Usher, Kyle GallnerYear: 2022Rating: RRun-Time: 1 hour 55 minutes After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can’t explain. Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new…

[jimsmovieworld]

THE GUEST- 2014 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Top notch action thriller set during halloween.

A family is grieving over their son dying in the Iraq war. A soldier called David (Dan Stevens) turns up at their house claiming to have been close friends with their son and delivers a message from him. They invite David to stay for a while and he starts to find a place in the family. Unfortunately he was part of a training program gone bad that has turned him into an unreasonable cyborg who knows no bounds.

Such a fun movie. Great soundtrack and fun 80's vibes. The bar room scene is good business. David is ice cold. Maika Monroe is great as Anna.

This film was intentionally "structured as a horror film with the pace of a thriller"

Directed by Adam Wingard.

[priestfrommidnightmass]

bruh we had a guest speaker in my film class today and he for some reason showed his letterboxd and i just checked his account to find that he has been obsessively watching rachel sennott’s short films

[closetdbisexual]

its timgregg tuesday remember to manipulate your coworker today

[surmp]

Episode 117: Breaking News and Breaking Hearts!

This weeks March Podcasting Madness release I’m joined by Joey “Keebler” Cholo to talk about 2013’s Anchorman 2 and not Star Trek V but don’t fear I’ll tackle that one next week. But for now enjoys this episode in video format on Spotify and YouTube. Follow Keebler on Tik Tok @keeblerhernandez and X @keeblercholo39 Check out https://linktr.ee/Shutuppopcorn #NetworkFamilia

[moviesandmania]

THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN Reviews of Hammer horror

The Abominable Snowman is a 1957 British horror film about an English botanist and an American scientist on an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti. Directed by Val Guest (The Quatermass Xperiment; Quatermass II), it is based on a 1955 BBC television play, The Creature, written by Nigel Kneale (The Quatermass Xperiment and sequels), who also wrote the screenplay adaptation…

[voidingintotheshout]

Mini Movie Review

You Hurt My Feelings (2023).

Grade C plus.

A movie starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as an aging writer married to a mediocre therapist, with an underachieving twentysomething son. Okay, so the first thing I will say is that even though all of the characters in the movie seem to be canonically agnostic or Christian, it has a very Jewish New York feel to it. Like all of the characters, even the ones who go to church and volunteer at their local church, seem to have a very Woody Allen feel to them. That’s not a knock, it’s just confusing. If you wanna have stereotypically Jewish characters, it’s weird to have a character that talks and acts like Woody Allen, but who goes to church constantly and volunteers daily at their local church charity shop. It was purposeful enough that it almost feels like they were deliberately trying to not make the characters Jewish, which seemed ever so slightly problematic. It had a very Home for Purim feel to it, in reference to the movie within Christopher Guest’s 2006 movie For Your Consideration where an independent movie about a Jewish family reconnecting during Purim ends up being whitewashed until eventually it’s a group of Christians getting together for Thanksgiving. In any event, You Hurt My Feelings is basically just about nebbishy people whose problems come about because they are not assertive enough at establishing boundaries with others. As soon as they start doing that near the end of the movie, all of their problems start to go away. All of the characters kind of seemed a little bit whiny and in their own head, so the happy ending is that they finally get out of their own way. I didn’t really like the movie, but I did acknowledge that it told a story well to an extent, but it just feels like this is movie about middle-aged burnout that we’ve seen before. It didn’t really seem to be covering ground that the movie American Beauty didn’t cover back in the 90s. The characters were in a rut and then they got out of the rut. It serves to bring truth to that old axiom by Roger Ebert, that the difference between a good movie and a bad movie is half an hour. This movie was saved by the fact that it was only 90 minutes long.

Oh, I almost forgot! The reason why I liked this movie was because of the underachieving son, calling out his parents for constantly pushing this “potential” on him. Him complaining that he always felt like a failure, because they always hyped him up and implied that he could be amazing when he was really just mediocre. There is something toxic about being “supportive“ in this gaslighting way, where you’re brightsiding the person and not acknowledging reality. I really appreciated him calling out his parents for the fact that his life as an adult felt like it wasn’t good enough because the expectations was always on him being the best, and not just simply being happy and productive.

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[in-the-stacks]

An interview with Halley Sutton, author of The Hurricane Blonde, the September MyLibrarian book club pick.

http://www.inthestacks.tv/2023/09/author-chat-the-hurricane-blonde

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God's TV- DC x DP prompt

Accidentally summoning a god from another dimension can happen, especially when cults are involved. However, no can could predict that the not only was the god a teenage boy but also a very bored teenage boy who didn't want to leave.

So he stayed and moved into Titans tower.

Danny is helpful (when he wants to be) but rarely goes out on missions. He says they are boring and nothing is dangerous enough to exert the effort. Instead, he minds the medical bay. Having a healer more than made up for the lack of help.

It's not like anyone disliked Danny or thought he didn't do anything it was just that he was unpredictable. Danny could be nice, considerate, and even sweet if he was working in the medbay. He could also be a pain in the ass anywhere else. He loved pranks and scaring people with his powers. He was harmless though.

No one really knew what he did all day. He was usually in his room doing something they guested. Said room was an anomaly. It was larger on the inside having been made into a pocket dimension. The appearance and organization of the room changed every time you went in.

It was after one mission that the team learned what was in the room.

A rogue had used their invention to erase Superboy's memories and they didn't know what to do. They took him to Danny who was currently rearranging the medicine by color. They hoped that his powers covered mind-altering afflictions. Unfortunately, Danny couldn't wave a hand and fix this.

Instead, Danny took the group to his room. The decor was neon Tokyo meets space right now. The furniture was currently floating and almost hitting Wonder Girl in the head with an end table. Of course, there was no gravity here.

"Stay here while I grab it," Danny said flying up the vertical corridor.

While he was gone the room rearranged itself into a contemporary format. The furniture grounded itself and shifted into a normal living room.

Danny returned with a cart and a headset. He placed a card he pulled out of the cart into the headset and put it on the dazed Superboy's head.

"Wait what is that?" Tim asked.

"It's his memories. I kept a backup in case this happened." Danny shrugged.

Immediately everyone began asking what the hell does that mean and why does he have that.

"Oh please, this dimension has this happened all the time. Amnesia is so cliché and cheap. I saw a pattern and decided the easiest way to prevent you from losing the entirety of your lives was to make save states of your memories." Danny said matter of fact.

Robin pinched the bridge of his nose.

Impulse studied the rack of cases and looking for the card with his name on it.

Wondergirl sighed, she was used to this from Robin but even he wouldn't go this far.

"What? It's not like just anyone can find these. Only you can access your own memories anyways. I just decided to repurpose my RE:Viewer." Danny pouted.

"What is a reviewer?" Wally asked flipping through the cases. Each one had titles like moves or shows with an arrangement of stickers.

"The RE:Viewer is something I created to catalog things I've seen looking into other dimensions. I don't have an infinite memory you know. But the longer I have my title the more I'll lose touch with my mortality. These things help me stay close to people by giving me the chance to remember how it feels. I also have been using them to get the stories of others. Keeping their experiences like you'd keep a TV show or movie. So many stories could have been lost to time but now they are saved. I use them to teach myself." Danny smiled.

The concept genuinely sounded interesting. Like experiencing a movie in 4d.

It had been 3 minutes before Kon took off the headset and back to his old self.

Danny pulled the input card out and it disappeared into another realm with a flick of the wrist. Danny was completely honest that the copies were inaccessible to everyone but him.

"You feeling alright Superboy? Your memory should be backed up until a week ago." Danny said shining a light in his eye.

"I'm fine. I think. What happened?" Kon asked batting the light out of his eyes.

"Explanation later. Take a nap first. You aren't concussed at least." Danny informed.

"What are the stickers for?" Wally said pointing at the rainbow of colors the card cases had.

"Just the emotions associated with the experiences. Orange is comedy, red is action, pink is romance, and blue is tragedy." Danny listed. "That one with the pink is one of my favorites. I meddled a bit in that world. Two people who had never met fell in love at two points at different times. One of them was doomed to die but I worked my magic on a mirror that allowed them to meet once. They shared notes left in different places for the other months ahead. Makes you believe in true love. A real tear-jerker."

"What about the black stickers?" Wally asked.

"Don't touch the black ones," Danny said darkly, smacking his hand away. "You don't need to know about those. I don't like thinking about them."

"So you just take the memories of others and put them inside your machine to replay later?" Batgirl asked. "Isn't that kind of wrong?"

"No, I asked permission. I usually pull them aside at some point and ask. If it's my memories (that's the green stickers) I don't need to. The rainbow ones are simulations. Like a video games." Danny responded patting her on the back for not being to hard on him about this admittedly weird situation.

"So what's the black one with the rainbow sticker?" Wally asked picking up the case that was obviously stuffed in the back.

"STOP TOUCHING THOSE!" Danny yelled pulling him away.

[katieroo28]

☀️KATIE’S JUNE CHECK-IN☀️

I’ll be honest with you…I’m so burnt out lately that I actually forgot we’re in a new month now. Sorry for the delay!

TOP FILMS

Bound

Benedetta

The Invisible Guest

Kylie Minogue: Aphrodite Les Folies - Live in London

Love to Love You, Donna Summer

No Hard Feelings

The Shallows

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Trixie & Katya Live: The Last Show

TOP TV

Dark Side of the Ring

I Hate Suzie

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

The Other Two

The Righteous Gemstones

Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets

SisterS

Stars on Mars

Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard

BOOKS READ

Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis (4 out of 5 stars ⭐️)

The Harpy by Megan Hunter (4.5 out of 5 stars ⭐️)

You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann (4 out of 5 stars ⭐️)

[jimsmovieworld]

A MIGHTY WIND- 2003 ⭐️⭐️

Another Christopher Guest mockumentary.

This one about a folk band reuniting for a tribute concert to their old manager.

This is my least favourite one ive seen so far. Some of it was ok. Fred Willard is always funny in these. But most of it wasnt for me.

However, it is the next stop on Parker Posey Palooza. Parker plays Sissy and is obviously the best thing in the movie. Its not even close!

[esperderek]

I have to have a chuckle at the Screenrant article posted recently about the Galactic Starcruiser, which totally wasn't about Jenny Nicholson's video honest.

In part, because early in Nicholson's video, she talks about how unnatural it is to have your influencers speak in adcopy and copyright rather than the more colloquial nicknames, and how it makes the people speaking about the product seem very insincere and, well, paid off. Because normal humans don't speak that way, but advertising does.

What's the first two lines in this article?

"As a life-long fan of Star Wars, there was nothing quite as exciting as finding out that I would be working on the immersive Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser experience. Located at the Walt Disney World Resort, the Galactic Starcruiser opened on March 1, 2022, and welcomed passengers to board a two-day, two-night cruise through the stars, during which they could live out their own Star Wars adventure."

No one talks like this naturally. No one writes like this naturally.

This is supposed to be your passioned defense of the place you worked at, the people you worked with, and the memories you made along the way. C'mon! Why don't you open with a story, perhaps an anecdote about the best moment you had working there, or the devastation of the day you lost your dream job. We need to feel your humanity! But there's nothing of that here, to the point where you can just hear the TM behind Galactic Starcruiser.

The first half of this article continues in this vein, reading like a press release Disney marketing put out, just with past tense rather than present or future tense:

"Essentially, the Starcruiser experience was a 48-hour movie that passengers were actually a part of. It was all facilitated through the "datapad," which was accessed through the Play Disney Parks app."

"To facilitate the overarching immersive experience and storytelling, the Starcruiser built a jam-packed itinerary for each and every guest that would consist of a variety of important activities: the captain's toast at muster, a bridge training exercise, lightsaber training, and more. These types of events were essential to understanding what was happening, as they would give passengers the chance to interact with characters and build their story. This is why the Starcruiser could never be just a hotel; every part of it was designed for enthusiastic interaction."

Like, c'mon. I used to work in television. I've seen and used adcopy in my former job, and this is some serious adcopy. It honestly wouldn't shock me if the author dredged up some old adcopy they had lying around about the topic and just transferred it over, changing the tense. You're not here to sell us this product, because there is no product to sell. It's gone, it's been gone for a year, you don't have to sell us on IT. Speak about your experiences.

The next part is yet another topic that Jenny Nicholson pointed out, the bad faith excuses that influencers and advertisers made for the extreme price point:

"What many people don't know, however, is that the price included much more than just a room. The passengers' food, park tickets, recreation activities on board, non-alcoholic drinks, and more were all included - with merchandise being one of the few additional costs on board."

Which is absolute bad faith reasoning, especially when there are plenty of other vacation options that are ALSO all-inclusive, but are MUCH cheaper and offer MORE amenities than the Galactic Starcruiser did! Including Disney Cruises, owned by the same company! Seriously, you can go on a halfway decent sounding cruise or all-inclusive resort somewhere warm for, like, a week or two and spend far less than GSC cost.

Then the last part is essentially: "All the workers liked working there and the bad reviews afterwards make the workers who worked on it feel sad. :("

Which, like, companies have been hiding behind that reasoning for ages. Curiously, the author never offers....any reasons or stories. WHY did working on it impact you so much? What set it apart, what were the people like, what did you like about working there, why are you so passionate about it even a year later? There's nothing, just a generic sort of "We worked hard." and "We're sad it's gone." Why? How? What happened? The video you're obviously writing this in response to is filled with personal anecdotes and stories, it's the backbone of the video! Again, you need to give us something to show your humanity!

Especially when you consider that Nicholson repeatedly points out that the only highlight about her experience, the only thing that kept the damn thing going was the workers.

She had nothing but praise for them, and nothing but contempt for the higher ups who wasted and abused that enthusiasm, to the point where one of her last points was "Hey, Disney is basically exploiting labor."

Much like Jenny, I'm also not condemning anyone who had a good time working there. Good! If you were having a good time at work, that's great. If you have good memories about the people, awesome. But I'll note two things:

a) That doesn't meant you weren't being exploited, and

b) That doesn't mean you have to be a useful idiot for the corporation you worked for afterwards.

I'm not conspiracy brained enough to go "Oh, Disney TOTALLY forced this article into being.", because a cursory examination of the author's prior works and such suggests a lifelong passion for Star Wars, she did work at the hotel, and she's a Star Wars Editor (whatever THAT means in this day and age) for Screen Rant. Apparently one of the heads of Screen Rant says that Disney had no hand in it either.

Though, I can see why people would think that way. It READS like a press release, not something a normal human being would write about an experience they feel passionate about.

[adamwatchesmovies]

Nemesis 4: Cry of Angels (1996)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

The only reason I’m giving Nemesis 4: Cry of Angels a.k.a. Nemesis 4: Death Angel a 1.5/5 is so it can rank above the previous entry in the series. This is a terrible film. It makes you feel gross, it’s boring but at least it features original footage. For the fourth chapter in this franchise, that’s an unexpected highlight.

In 2084, there is an uneasy ceasefire between the humans and cyborgs. Now brought back to her time from the past (see Nemesis 3), Alex Sinclair (Sue Price) works as a cybernetically-enhanced assassin for her boss, Bernardo (Andrew Divoff). When she accidentally kills the wrong man, a bounty is placed on her head.

If you’ve got a thing for really muscular women, like a sex thing, I suppose I could recommend this film to you. Sue Price appears nude more than she does clothed and more than once, the kills a man by squeezing his head between her rock-hard calves. I say "Yikes!". You might say "Hubba-hubba". You would need a weird fetish to appreciate any of the film’s supposedly erotic scenes. The acting is so terrible you swear you’re watching “Nemesis: A Porn Parody” and the plot is little more than an excuse to stitch a couple of “big scenes” together. There aren’t even any sets for the characters to move in; everything was obviously shot in some run-down town that was blasted by a bomb ten years before the cameras began to roll. We repeatedly see Alex speaking to her boss (who is always shot in awkward closeups) and I'm not sure if the scenes were shot in purposely darkned rooms, or if the lighting is just that bad.

There isn't really anything good about Nemesis 4. It’s merely not quite as boring or head-splittingly painful as Nemesis 3. I’m going to remember the gross robo-sex. There’s a character unironically called Johnny Impact (Simon Poland). That's memorable. What else? The movie has a bunch of cyborgs that look more like lizard people to anyone but the makeup/costume designer. It’s sleazy to the max and barely clocks in at feature-film length (sixty three minutes). There’s a dumb recurring character that’s supposed to be an angel of death (played by Blanka Copikova). Her character’s pointlessness stands out. The film’s lack of big action scenes (I think there’s only one sorry explosion) makes it distinct from the other movies. None of these are good but I’ve got to justify my rating somehow.

As we bring the series to a close, the word “disappointment” comes to mind. Only two kinds of people would bother watching the Nemesis movies (who have Blu-ray releases, shockingly): those who either grew up with them and are blinded by nostalgia and those who - like me - are looking to show their friends just how influential the Terminator franchise is/was by showcasing the numerous knockoffs that followed in its footsteps. The first movie only tiny hints of that remind you of the two James Cameron films. The second a bit more. The third and fourth? They’re just crappy disposable sci-fi garbage you’d watch once and then never again. Come to think of it, there might be a third kind of viewers, those who come in to see all of Sue Price but those viewers won't need the full sixty-three minutes before being done. (On Blu-ray, October 18, 2019)

[tom4jc]

Thank You For 2022!

I want to thank all of the many readers that have subscribed to my daily devotional blog and to those who have chosen to stop by and read some of the many posts during 2022. It was the greatest year yet. Throughout the year of 2022, there were over 162,000 views by over 112,000 visitors from all over the entire world. This had more than doubled the number of views and visitors from 2021. These…