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Gerard Way in Houston, TX | 9/27/22 | pc: Michael Perea

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‘Nope’ (2022)

Directed by Jordan Peele

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Nope (2022)

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Twisters (2024)

"I'm not back."

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Nope - 2022 - Dir. Jordan Peele

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Cavity Colors has released a Nope collection with four T-shirts designed by Jert, Yannick Bouchard, Hillary White, and Dismay Design ($30) and sweatpants designed by White ($45). They'll ship the week of December 4.

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Nope (2022)

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"What if i told you that today you'll leave here different?"

Nope (2022), dir. Jordan Peele.

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Horror Movie of the Day: Nope (2022)

I will throw filth at you

    and treat you with contempt

    and make you a spectacle.

Nahum 3:6

The history of animals in film is a long and illustrious one, as in fact, the very first experiment with cameras that could be considered a motion picture was a jockey riding a horse photographed by Eadweard James Muybridge. Something the Haywood siblings OJ and Emerald will remind you with gusto, since their father Otis founded a ranch that provides trained horses as the self proclaimed descendant of that jockey. Or at least, he did until his untimely death victim of a mysterious freak accident.

With the family business in jeopardy, OJ chooses to sell the horses to a former child star called Ricky "Jupe" Park , who was involved in an incident with a chimpanzee. That is, until they stumble upon something strange on the night sky, frightening enough to make the horses run in terror. And along with it, the opportunity to make it big appears.

That is, if what's there doesn't get them first.

Back to Jordan Peele’s eccentric filmography, this is probably the weirdest of them all but also probably his most naked in his love for cinema, which is one of his biggest strengths. It might sound obvious for a movie director, but in this case that translates to a rich visual language full of references to so many different works and genres, both overt and subtle. Yet, it's not unconditional love either: the criticism about Hollywood's poor animal welfare (a real problem during the Western craze up to the 60's) and the tendency of profiting on sensationalizing others' misery is front and center to drive most of the conflict.

It's somehow a riveting, unashamed western while still being viscerally horrifying with one of the oldest horror tricks getting an effective new coat of paint. Satirizing human arrogance, greed, stupidity and stubbornness it's another ace in the hole, and probably my favorite work of Peele's so far.

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Nope (Jordan Peele, 2022) Alternative Poster by Gokaiju

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Laid

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2025

Laid (2024, USA)

Creators: Nahnatchka Khan & Sally Bradford McKenna (based on the Australian show by Marieke Hardy & Kirsty Fisher)

Directors: Nahnatchka Khan & Mo Marable

Mini-review:

I had high expectations for this due to the cast and creative team, and while it's certainly not perfect, it did not disappoint. I really love its dark sense of humor, although it does get a tad too dark in certain jokes. The main character may not be the most likable person, but Stephanie Hsu's endless charisma and comedic timing make her supremely watchable. The rest of the cast is more than up to the task, too. The most confounding thing for me is the show's puzzling message; sometimes it feels like it's slut-shaming the main character, while at other points it exalts sexual freedom. Anyway, I definitely enjoyed Laid enough to want a second season, especially after that cliffhanger.

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Teen Titans Go! for the Teen Titans Movie, I nominated Brandon Perea as Dick Grayson/Nightwing, Odeya Rush as Donna Troy/Wonder Girl, James Cretan as Garth/Aqualad, Michael Provost as Wally West/Kid Flash, Luke Benward as Roy Harper/Arsenal, Logan Kim as Garfield Logan/Beast Boy, Mason Gooding as Victor Stone/Cyborg, Avantika Vandanapu as Rachel Roth/Raven and Kaia Gerber as Koriand'r/Starfire.

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TWISTERS:

Storm chaser returns

Clashes with a YouTube star

Taming tornadoes

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Nope

2022. Science Fiction Horror

By Jordan Peele

Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott, Brandon Perea, Wrenn Schmidt, Barbie Ferreira, Terry Notary, Devon Graye, Donna Mills...

Country: United States

Language: English

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Nope (2022)

Nope once again confirms Jordan Peele as one of the most interesting storytellers working in Hollywood. Once you learn what this movie is, you think you know in which direction it’s headed but you’re dead wrong. Even if you think you know what tone Nope is going for, you’re wrong. There are some big surprises within so it's best to go in knowing as little as possible, but if you need more information, read on…

In Agua Dulce, California, Otis “OJ” Haywood Jr. (Daniel Kaluuya) and his sister Emerald “Em” (Keke Palmer) experience a strange power outage. Soon after, they spot an unidentified flying object. After the ship takes away one of their horses, they decide to record the UFO and sell evidence of its existence.

This isn’t the classic horror alien abduction story you think it is. I wish I didn't have to tell you this so the turns this film takes would be even more surprising. Then again, I also don’t want you going into Nope thinking you’ll get one thing when you’re actually getting another. I will tell you that this is a horror movie - at least for the most part. The UFO is frightening, particularly once you realize what it’s doing with the things it abducts.

There’s another scary idea at play here too, which is where the film’s title comes from. Now more than ever, our culture is obsessed with looking at and documenting things. Countless people have achieved fame and fortune without any “talent”. They've simply shot something that went viral and managed to turn that luck into gold. Everyone wants that because it seems so easy. This has made us all a little bit more prone to horror-type scenarios. When you see something weird, how many of us – because we carry high-quality cameras on our persons at all times – might go “Let me start shooting” instead of saying “Nope!” and following our instincts to run away? Haven’t we spent years telling people in horror movies NOT to investigate because we know there’s something scary making that noise? That’s what Nope is about. It’s about people who see this dangerous thing and say “I can profit off of this” when they should know better.   This theme is echoed in a subplot that is gripping… but arguably unnecessary. Steven Yeun plays Ricky “Jupe” Park, a former child actor who has been exploiting an on-set tragedy from his early career for years. When you hear whispers of the horrifying incident, you desperately want to know how it went. It’s all told in flashback so you know he makes it out alive but you forget all about that as the scenes play out. It's a great side story and it fits in with the theme but this film is also 130 minutes, and I’m not sure it needed to be. The other “flaw” is the tone of Nope. The film shifts from one kind of story to another so much that by the end, it almost feels like you’re watching a completely different film. I say almost because the shift is logical, it’s organic and it makes sense based on the characters. I love that I had no idea how the movie was going to end but some people who are accustomed to more traditional forms of storytelling will likely feel like they got sold something different than was advertised.

Like Jordan Peele’s other films, you could sit down for hours talking about Nope. Its characters, what each little detail means, the stories within the story, the reinvention of ideas we thought we’d seen mined all the way through, the performances, cinematic techniques, and more importantly, the way it explores its themes of exploitation and spectacle. There is a lot to digest here, which makes it a rewarding film. While repeat viewings will not have the same impact as that first watch because the surprises are so important, there is so much going on here that there’s no way you can catch all of Nope in one go. (February 12, 2023)

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Jupiter's Claim - The Star Lasso Experience