#brightburn 2

[amazingmrcinema007]

Brightburn 2 is happening but the producers are going to use AI in the creative process...dear God this is going to be hot garbage.

[shepherds-of-haven]

THE SHEPHERDS OF HAVEN SOUNDTRACK (VOLUME 2) IS OUT NOW!

Listen to Volume 1 here!

Wow, what a journey it's been! The complete soundtrack for Shepherds of Haven, spanning across 32 original songs and two full-length albums, is now officially finished! You can listen to this latest album over on composer Ivan Duch's website!

This volume also contains 16 songs, including theme songs for the remaining Shepherds and other major characters, such as Tallys, Ayla, Halek, Briony, Lavinet, Mimir, Croelle, Prihine, and Caine; motifs and signature music for the game's numerous locations like Heth Macoll, Capra, and the Elven Quarter; and so much more! But beware: if you haven't played the alpha build, there's probably a spoiler or two lurking in there. 😉

As always, watching Ivan's creative process as he's turned the game's textual descriptions and fictional narratives into sonic adventures has been an incredible experience. If you ever feel a desire to commission a cinema-quality piece of music for your own stories or characters (including your own Brightburner), he's open for commissions and is amazing to work with!

You can listen to the new album at any of Ivan’s links below. Feel free to give him a follow and your support, and please, as always, give a shout-out to your favorite tracks! I hope you enjoy! 🎶

LINKS:

Ivan’s Website 

Spotify 

Bandcamp 

Patreon

[goryhorroor]

do you have the full list for horror movies condemned by the church? Thank you

so there's kinda seperate lists for it, ones condemned by the Legion of Decency, during the years of

Legion of Decency (before it was stopped in 1978):

Rosemary's Baby (because it depicts satanism)

The Devils

The Wicker Man (promotion of sexuality & violence)

Lemora, A Child's Tale of Supernatural

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (promotion of sexuality)

Carrie

The Omen (because it depicts that idea that there is an antichrist in the book of revelations)

J.D.'s Revenge

Dawn of the Dead

The Exorcist (this one is so-so because it was still banned for its profanity & sexual situation, but it's not like they hated the idea that it promoted the catholic church; no the church did not help the exorcist production)

These modern ones morally offended the Catholic Church (this list is offically complete from starting in 2003-July 2022, since OSC News took them over to do movies reviews)

28 Weeks Later

30 Days Later

The Belko Experiment

Black Swan

Brightburn

The Cabin in the Woods

Candyman (newer one)

Child's Play (remake)

The Collection & The Collector

The Crazies (remake)

Crimson Peak

The Descent

The Devil's Rejects

The Devil Inside

The Evil Dead (remake)

Final Destination 3 & 5

The entire of the Purge movies

Freaky

Friday the 13th (remake)

Friend Request

Fright Night (remake)

The Green Inferno

The Grudge (remake: 2019)

Halloween (remake: 2007) & Halloween II

Halloween (2018) & Halloween Kills

Hell Fest

High Tension

The Hills Have Eyes (remake)

Hostel & Part 2

The Hunt

It Follows

It Chapter 2

Jennifer's Body

Jigsaw (2017)

The Last House on the Left (remake)

Let me In

Ma

Malignant

Midsommar

Mother!

My Bloody Valentine (remake)

My Soul to Take

A Nightmare on Elm Street (remake)

One Missed Call (remake)

Pet Sematary (remake)

Piranha 3d

Prometheus

Ready or Not

The Ruins

All Saw movies

Scream (2022) & Scream 4

Shark Night 3D

Silent Hill

Slither

Sorority Row

Spiral

Splice

The Stepfather (remake)

The Strangers: Prey at Night

Studio 666

The Texas Chainsaw 3D

Tusk

Underworld series

Unfriended

We Summon the Darkness

Wolf Creek

X

You're Next

Zombieland 2

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

Stats from Movies 1501-1600

Top 10 Movies - Highest Number of Votes

Ghostbusters (2016) had the most votes with 1,257 votes. Phantoms (1998) had the least votes with 309 votes.

The 10 Most Watched Films by Percentage

The Skeleton Dance (1929) was the most watched film with 63.5% of voters out of 647 saying they had seen it. It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This (2023) had the least "Yes" votes with 0,7% of voters out of 454.

The 10 Least Watched Films by Percentage

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) was the least watched film with 73% of voters out of 449 saying they hadn’t seen it. ¡Corten! (2021) had the least "No" votes with 6,4% of voters out of 390.

The 10 Most Known Films by Percentage

Ghostbusters (2016) was the best known film, 1,3% of voters out of 1,257 saying they’d never heard of it.

The 10 Least Known Films by Percentage

¡Corten! (2021) was the least known film, 92.6% of voters out of 390 saying they’d never heard of it.

The movies part of the statistic count and their polls below the cut.

The Houses October Built 2 (2017) Brightburn (2019) Snow Falls (2023) The Forsaken (2001) Vanishing on 7th Street (2010) The Golem (1920) Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982) Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992) The Monster Squad (1987) Dracula 2000 (2000) The Apparition (2012) Ghosts of Mars (2001)

Ice Cream Man (1995) Ghostbusters (2016) Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) Species (1995) World War Z (2013) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) Village of the Damned (1995) Arachnophobia (1990) House of the Dead (2003)

Ghost in the Machine (1993) Wicked Little Things (2006) The Puppet Masters (1994) Lord of Illusions (1995) Quicksilver Highway (1997) Funny Man (1994) Death Becomes Her (1992) Cabin Fever (2002) Alien³ (1992) All Superheroes Must Die (2011)

Boogeyman (2005) The Abandoned (2006) Constantine (2005) Valentine (2001) A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989) Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) Godzilla Minus One (2023) Unrest (2006) Phantoms (1998)

Bordello of Blood (1996) Late Night With The Devil (2024) Terror Toons (2002) Slumber Party Massacre II (1987) The Fly II (1989) Sharktopus (2010) The Clovehitch Killer (2018) Blood: The Last Vampire (2000) The Hamiltons (2006) The Kid and the Camera (2022)

The Skeleton Dance (1929) The Stand (1994) Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) The Shining (1997) Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978) Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008) How to Be a Serial Killer (2008) Ed and His Dead Mother (1993) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)

Abigail (2024) Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001) Reptilicus (1961) The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009) The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (2009) The Haunting of Hill House (2018) It (1990) Chronicle (2012) My Name Is Bruce (2007) Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

¡Corten! (2021) The Pit (1981) Moon Garden (2022) My First Day (2017) Infested (2023) The Stone Tape (1972) Stung (2015) The Block Island Sound (2020) Sting (2024) Nadja (1994)

History of the Occult (2020) It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This (2023) Moloch (2022) The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) The Premature Burial (1962) The Raven (1963) Dracula 3000 (2004) The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) Malevolence (2004) Cannibal! The Musical (1993)

[madegeeky]

31 Days of Horror Recs: Cross ALL the genres

( @katrani asked for cross-genre horror that isn't comedy or thriller)

So, yeah, this is actually pretty hard. Horror is something that does work well across all genres but 1) it's still not done that often and 2) when it is done it's rarely done well. You mentioned superhero and romance specifically and while I don't have anything on my rec list, I do have two interesting ones that are worth checking out if you're interested in those genres specifically (they're at the end, marked with an *).

Character Study

Pearl - I've never seen a horror movie that is also just a hardcore character study before Pearl. It should be noted, character studies are absolutely not everyone's cup of tea but if you do like them, I think this is well worth the watch. More info on the full post.

Slice of Life

Most Beautiful Island - This is a weird one to have for a horror movie, I know. Slice of life is all about the mundane daily life where not much really goes on and that is almost the antithesis of a horror movie. I don't think this movie is 100% slice of life but I think it's as close as one could ever hope to get. More info on full post.

Teen Movie

Tragedy Girls - This feels like a weird genre to specify since I think there is a lot of horror that plays directly with teen movies, both on purpose and accidentally. However, this one very much leans into the the teen movie aspect of it in a way that makes it one of a kind. More info on full post.

*Romance (tragic)

Return of the Living Dead 3 - So, the basic premise is a girl dies and her boyfriend decides to bring her back to life as a zombie. (Somehow she comes out of it not a mindless murderous zombie like everyone else? I dunno, just roll with it.) But here's the thing, and the reason it ended up on this list: this isn't shown as romantic or sweet. The movie very explicitly shows that this was a cruel thing to do. The girl is suffering; she's in pain, her body feels all wrong, and she's starving and nothing she eats stops the starving feeling. She cries and begs her boyfriend multiple times to just let her go. It is fucked up. It is awful. And it was honestly so fascinating to watch.

*Superhero

Brightburn - Fuck, the premise to this is so good. It's basically: what if a kid was given all the powers of Superman and then told that he was better than everyone else? And the writers said, "He'd do some fucked up shit." It desperately desperately needed more than 90 minutes, though. However, if you're okay with something subpar but interesting, this is worth checking out.

[glapplebloom]

A response to some people’s comments...

I saw a post about a comic page that is the antithesis of a scene in Man of Steel. While Zack Snyder’s Pa Kent was worried about the consequences of saving lives, the one from Superman and Lois did not, even emphasizing the importance of saving lives. While trying to look for the specific comic, I’ve seen someone make a counter argument that does kind of make sense, at least to their point of view.

This was a scenario where the consequences for revealing his powers didn’t matter. It is unrealistic to have him display such powers and have nothing come up for it. Reading the comic (Earth-Prime #2 released in 2022), there were no consequences. Nobody really figured out he was Superman or as far as I know no reports of someone saving his life. But after hearing this, it actually reminded me of an anime. Tell me if you heard this before...

There are stories about every hero, how they became great. Most have one thing in common: their bodies moved before they had a chance to think, almost on their own. This is from My Hero Academia where Midoriya risked his life to save Bakugo’s life. From the first two episodes or first few chapters, Midoriya had no powers yet still went out there to risk his life for someone, regardless of the consequences.

This realization made me realize that Man of Steel can’t work as they want. They’re trying to tell a story about a hero but more realistic. Yet the problem is they failed because they didn’t realize that risking yourself regardless of consequences is realistic. Firemen who try to save people from a burning house. Police Officers who try to stop violent criminals (just ignore the bad cops). A father sacrificing his life to save his son. These are heroes who are willing to accept the consequences of their actions.

Yet Mr. Kent in Man of Steel is too worried about Clark’s secret to be gone. He may not like the idea of sacrificing people to do so, but with no other choice he has to to ensure nobody knows about Clark’s heritage. So why would he go out later in the movie to become a hero? If he is so worried about keeping his secret to save his father when quite frankly you don’t even need powers to help him in that scenario really makes it hard to believe he would do stuff like that as an adult.

If this was indeed something more realistic, Man of Steel can’t happen. He would be either too preoccupied in keeping his secret from coming out or join Zod when he makes that offer. He grew up thinking protecting his secret is more important than helping people. So either he would never help people and keep his power to himself, or join Zod for the liberation of finally accepting his powers. 

In the quest to be more realistic, it became unrealistic to think someone is willing to become Superman with such an upbringing. That they’re more important than the world. That their secret is more important than other lives. So if you want a more realistic Man of Steel, might I recommend the 1978 Superman movie. But if you want to see the outcome that Man of Steel should have had, check out Brightburn. 

[unpopularly-opinionated]

Random update on my journey to become a pretentious film buff:

I've been trying to push for a movie a day, at least. Sometimes two if I'm lucky. Sometimes none if I'm lazy. But after my last post where I watched the entire Alien Franchise (sans AvP and Romulus), here's what I've been watching:

Psycho: Yes, I finally watched the original Psycho. To be honest, I've always had a problem watching older movies, so I was surprised at how easy it actually was to watch this one. It was pretty good, though perhaps for the wrong reason. I was honestly laughing through most of it over just how bad these people were at committing crimes and getting away with them. Like that girl was acting so incredibly sus in front of that cop for no good reason. Anyways, 4/5 stars I guess (I'm using Letterboxd to keep track of this).

X & Pearl: In case you don't know, those are two separate movies but they're related via the main character. I watched X first, and Pearl second. Not sure what the intended order of it actually was though, but whatever. It wasn't too bad in that order. Both I thought were pretty good, though I kind of preferred X to Pearl because I thought the "antagonist" motivations in X were...let's just say unique. I can't recall a time where I've seen that particular motivation used. I gave X a 3/5.

Pearl was still pretty good, I just liked X better. Unless you're an idiot like me, the connection between these two movies is pretty obvious, but it tripped me up at first so I didn't wind up understanding it until the very end. Anyways, this movie's good. 3/5 stars (these are arbitrary lol).

Boy Kills World: The one and only non-Horror movie I watched recently. I'm not exactly trying to focus on horror, it's just sort of accidental at this point. I'm in a horror mood so I'm just bingeing horror movies I haven't seen. I swear I watch other stuff too lol.

Anyways, this movie was about as good as one could probably expect it to be. It's just a cheesy, dumb action flick. The plot is middling, but it works. The plot twist is alright. I didn't see it coming exactly, but I also wasn't like "omg no way, what!?", it was just a thing that happened, ya know? Overall, I think my only criticism is that it felt like it was missing a second act. Bill Skarsgard is insanely nice to look at throughout the entire movie though so that's a plus. 3 1/2 stars.

Brightburn: I'm gonna be honest, I didn't care for this movie. It tries to go with the whole "bad guys win" ending that, to me, just fell flat because I don't really give a shit about the bad guy. I'm not sure if I'm meant to feel for him inherently because he's a child, but he's a pretty boring as fuck child so I wound up not caring when he inevitably won. 2/5 stars.

Smile: This movie was OK, but it really felt like that scenario when someone asks to copy your homework and you tell them to just change a few of the details. The one who's homework they're copying of course is It Follows. They have very similar premises, only instead of the monster passing through sex like a shitty STD, this monster passes through trauma like a shitty ex. Personally, I think It Follows did it better. 3/5 stars.

The First Omen: The last on this update, I just finished this right before writing this and it was alright? So, perhaps controversially, I've yet to see The Omen (watching it literally as I type this) so this movie didn't do much for me. I understand it's setting up The Omen though, so that's where the supposed payoff is, but I personally think movies should be able to stand up by themselves, even if they're connected to a franchise, and I'm not sure this one does.

This movie left me confused. It focuses hard on this young girl, leading you to believe she's vitally important and you reasonably assume she's the key figure or "MacGuffin" in this movie, only for us to find out that she's not, and it's actually the main character who's the important one. But then I'm left wondering why I spent the last hour and a half of this two hour movie focused on a red herring.

Not to mention, there's a lingering question I had by the end when everything is burning down which is... if y'all have the actual fucking Devil chained up in your basement as your demonic sperm donor, why the fuck do you need the antichrist so bad?

I'm also just kind of curious about their overall motivations here. Like, we're told that they belong to a different sect of the church who believes that they need to make bad things happen so that more people are drawn to the faith, which at face-value I'm like okay cool, reasonable motivation I guess. But then what is the plan with the antichrist then? They have him get raised by some well-off politician (to set up the Omen) but then what? Presumably you intend to kill him at some point? Is the idea to let him get powerful enough to show everyone he's the legit antichrist, but not so powerful that he doesn't wind up destroying the world like he's meant to? It's just confusing is all, I don't know. Hopefully the Omen explains it. Or the Omen II. Or III. Or IV lol. Anyways, 3/5.

[nctrushh0ur]

How about mirae and iris from brightburn 👀

"Oh Mirae! She seems nice!" Sea says. Eunwoo nods in agreement.

"Her fashion sense is really good," He compliments. "I say maybe 4 or something. She's not really my type, but why not try too?" Jinhwan nods.

"This I could answer...maybe 2 or something, I've talked to her before, she's really nice," The leader replies. "I want to get to know her more." He smiles, but then quickly adds, "As friends, of course."

Ethan giggles, "For Iris noona...that’s a good question. I've talked to her before. She seems pretty chill, but she also seems pretty chaotic at times."

"We'd make a good pair!" Seokhwa says. "She loves chaos, I love chaos, we'd be good friends!" The youngest rolls his eyes playfully.

"I'd probably take 3 shots. Just so I can have the balls to go up to her."

"Just say that you're also scared of her, and call it a day," Sea sighs.

[wuntrum]

Movie questions: 2, 8, 13 :)

2. what was your favorite film as a child?

the first spongebob movie OR finding nemo, i adored them both (and watched them soooo so many times...)

8. has a film ever made you extremely angry?

this is a very petty example but its the only one i could think of: i watched brightburn this year and the needledrop of bad guy by billie eilish made me so mad that i dropped my review by a whole star. also my recent descent into the evil bong films genuinely made me angry with the last two or three i watched

13. what is your comfort film?

i swear i keep bringing up the same two movies in every ask i answer but. honestly pride and prejudice (2005) and evil dead 2 😭😭 like i can watch those movies always no matter what...especially pride and prejudice, i watched that like 8 times in 2022

[heavenboy09]

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To You

The Most Funniest & Sexiest Blonde Haired American Actress 👱‍♀️ In Cinema 🎥 Today

Born On February 10th,  1974

Banks was born and raised in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the eldest of four children of Ann (née Wallace) and Mark P. Mitchell. Her father, a Vietnam War veteran, was a factory worker for General Electric, and her mother worked in a bank. She described her family as "very meat-and-potatoes, old-school Irish Catholic." Growing up, she played baseball and rode horses. She was in Little League when she broke her leg sliding into third base. She then tried out for the school play, which was her start in acting.

She is an American actress and filmmaker. She is known for playing chaperone Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015) and an ICCA commentator in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017). She made her directorial film debut with Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), whose $69 million opening-weekend gross set a record for a first-time director. She has since directed the action comedy Charlie's Angels (2019) and the horror comedy film Cocaine Bear (2023). Banks founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in 2002 with her husband, Max Handelman.

Banks made her film debut in the low-budget independent film Surrender Dorothy (1998). She has appeared in the films Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Seabiscuit (2003), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Slither (2006), Invincible (2006), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), Role Models (2008), The Next Three Days (2010), Man on a Ledge (2012), What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012), Movie 43 (2013), The Lego Movie (2014) and The Lego Movie 2 (2019), Love & Mercy (2014), Walk of Shame (2014), Magic Mike XXL (2015), Power Rangers (2017), Brightburn (2019), and Call Jane (2022).On television, Banks had a recurring role as Avery Jessup on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (2010–2012), which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She also had recurring roles on the comedy series Scrubs (2006–2009) and Modern Family (2009–2020), the latter of which earned her a third Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She starred in the Netflix miniseries Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015) and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017). Since 2019, Banks has hosted the ABC revival of the game show Press Your Luck.

Please Wish This Recognizable Funny & Sexy Blonde Haired American Actress 👱‍♀️Of Cinema 🎥 A Very Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

YOU KNOW HER

SHE ALWAYS TICKLES YOUR FUNNY BONE 😆

& SHE IS STILL FINE AS AGED WINE 🍷

THE 1

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MS. ELIZABETH IRENE MITCHELL AKA ELIZABETH BANKS 🏦 👱‍♀️❤

HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 TO YOU MS. BANKS 🏦 & HERE'S TO MANY MORE YEARS TO COME

#ElizabethBanks #SpiderManTrilogy #30Rock #Scrubs #PitchPerfect #WalkOfShame #TheHungerGamesTrilogy #PowerRangers #CharliesAngels #Migration

[captainpetebradshaw]

Movie Diary 2023

Now that the new year is in full swing I finally have the time to go over my personal stats :D I've watched 145 movies this year (excluding rewatches) which is just 4 movies shy of my high of 149 movies from 2017 but I didn't even try that hard lol

Shoutout to the roosmav discord with which I've watched many Tom Cruise and Miles Teller movies and which definitely was part of the high number this year - love you guys!

Full list under the cut, my favorites are bold:

001 Legend

002 Emily the Criminal

003 The Banshees of Inisherin

004 The Swimmers

005 Cyrano

006 Thank You for Your Service

007 The Last Samurai

008 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

009 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

010 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

011 National Theatre Live: No Man's Land

012 Strange World

013 21 & Over

014 All Quiet on the Western Front

015 National Theatre Live: Prima Facie

016 Teen Wolf: The Movie

017 Puss in Boots

018 Elivs

019 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

020 Rock of Ages

021 Causeway

022 The Quiet Girl

023 National Theatre Live: All About Eve

024 Triangle of Sadness

025 Minority Report

026 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

027 American Made

028 The Fabelmans

029 Fire of Love

030 The Fabelmans

031 EO

032 Get a Job

033 Cocktail

034 Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

035 Batman Begins

036 Knock at the Cabin

037 Taps

038 Spiderhead

039 A Few Good Men

040 The Whale

041 Apocalypse Now (The Final Cut)

042 Women Talking

043 Miss Americana

044 Devotion

045 Operation Fortune: Ruse due Guerre

046 Tetris

047 Field of Dreams

048 Knight and Day

049 Missing

050 Shazam! Fury of the Gods

051 Days of Thunder

052 65

053 After Yang

054 Suzume

055 Serial (Bad) Weddings 3

056 Vanilla Sky

057 Cocaine Bear

058 Ghosted

059 Eyes Wide Shut

060 Amsterdam

061 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

062 Renfield

063 New Gods: Yang Jian

064 I Am What I Am

065 Man on Wire

066 Independence Day

067 The Super Mario Bros. Movie

068 The Firm

069 Polite Society

070 Air

071 The Blue Caftan

072 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

073 Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy

074 Joyland

075 Anything's Possible

076 Murder on the Orient Express

077 Kinky Boots

078 Mission: Impossible II

079 Schwimmen

080 Firebird

081 Mission: Impossible III

082 4th Man Out

083 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

084 Bulldog

085 Cruel Intentions

086 John Wick: Chapter 4

087 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

088 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

089 Extraction 2

090 Nimona

091 Deep Sea

092 Barbie

093 Die Concorde - Absturz einer Legende

094 The Flash

095 Jumbo (2020)

096 Only the Brave

097 Joy Ride

098 Kill Boksoon

099 Oppenheimer

100 The 355

101 Legend (1985)

102 The Monkey King (2023)

103 Elemental

104 Wham!

105 Heart of Stone

106 Saint Omer

107 Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate

108 Past Lives

109 Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

110 A Million Miles Away

111 Theater Camp

112 Bottoms

113 They Cloned Tyrone

114 Asteroid City

115 Saw

116 Race to the Summit

117 The Last Voyage of the Demeter

118 No One Will Save You

119 Brightburn

120 The Skin I Live In

121 M3GAN

122 Event Horizon

123 Bones and All

124 When Evil Lurks

125 Gran Turismo

126 Knuckle Girl

127 Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star

128 The Last Black Man in San Francisco

129 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

130 Blue Beetle

131 The Creator

132 Napoleon

133 Mark Rothko - La peinture vous regarde

134 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

135 Linoleum

136 Wish

137 Quiz Lady

138 Pain Hustlers

139 Leo

140 Big

141 No Dogs or Italians Allowed

142 Violent NIght

143 Trading Places

144 Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

145 Journey to the West (2021)

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Time to add to the reasons to hate James Gunn: its now been said producers, including James Gunn, are looking into using AI in the now confirmed Brightburn 2.

[twenty-words-or-less]

Top 5 Best Films of 2019

Okay, so I don't normally do this, but I've seen so many films this year that I thought I would summarise them by making top 5 lists. This one deals with my top 5 best (or favourite) films of the year.

IMPORTANT: I shall keep these as spoiler-free and short as I can.

5. Midsommar

A film that feels like it was made by a 50+y/o European that was actually made by a 30+y/o American. I initially thought it was kind of 'eh'. However, it did lodge in my head, and the more I thought about it and the more analyses I read/ watched, the more I liked it. It grew on me much like grass grew on our poor beleaguered protagonist in the numerous hallucinations she has over the course of the film.

4. Booksmart

Like the female answer to Superbad only with zero period jokes (thank fuck). Legitimately funny, rewatchable, and the lead characters have great chemistry. Shame that only ten people saw it, but roughly seven of those people - including [REDACTED] and I - enjoyed it immensely. Special mention goes to Billie Lourd, who was a fucking delight to watch in every scene she was in.

3. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

A coherent, beautiful-looking action film that manages to be as good as its predecessors, which is highly unusual in a film series. I still care about the characters at this point, and I'd be happy to follow these characters through many more installments.

2. Doctor Sleep

The only TRULY good 2019 Stephen King adap, do not @ me. Despite one incredibly distressing scene, I would probably buy this on DVD or at least rewatch it. It's good to see Ewan McGregor get work again, especially as a ravaged, PTSD-ridden Dan Torrance, and it's fantastic to see Rebecca Ferguson get good work after the shitstorm that was "The Snowman" and the dull-as-fuck, grossly overrated "The Greatest Showman". Again, it's a shame that only five people saw it (basically). Genuinely good film.

Honourable mentions before we get to my #1, in no particular order:

Ready or Not: Samara Weaving gives it her all in this blackly comic slasher. I want to see her in more things. Also, on a more superficial note, her wedding dress in this was really pretty, even ripped to shreds and completely soaked in blood.

Crawl: A surprisingly good creature feature that was an absolute blast to watch. Also, the dog lives, which I am very happy about.

Knives Out: the best thing Rian Johnson has done since Looper. Strong cast and beautiful to look at (the film, I mean, not the cast), even if I did get a little lost near the end. Oh, and it automatically improves lad culture if you change the title to Get Your Knives Out For The Lads.

Child's Play: a remake that actually managed to update the setting and keep the things that made the original, well, the original? Holy shit. Also, the end credits song is incredibly catchy.

Avengers: Endgame: as anyone who knows me knows, I'm a slut for superhero films. Long as this was, it stuck the landing; it was a 3hr thank you for sticking with the franchise despite most of the films being 'eh'. Also, I LOVED Cap's ending, just saying.

And now, the most important one...

1. Brightburn

Or as I like to call it, We Need To Talk About Kal-El. Jackson A. Dunn was uncannily perfect for the titular role and the gore effects were fantastic (the car scene in particular). It works as a standalone film and the groundwork for any sequels, which I would happily go and watch, btw. I'd been looking forward to this for months, and I got exactly what I wanted from it. End of.

Whew, this turned out to be longer than I anticipated! Thanks for reading if you made it to the end. This has been my top 5 best; I shall post my top 5 worst later today (I'm seeing "Cats", and I anticipate it making the list). 🎵 Stay tuuuned... 🎵

~Mikey

[meshitsukai]

do you have any horror movie reccs? i’ve been trying to get into the genre but idk where to start besides the like, big name films (like saw and such) and ur my only movie mutual

sorry for the late reply! i was kinda wondering which type of films i would recommend (since you're trying to get into the genre). i have no clue how big some of these are so sorry if they're big name ones... also tried to separate them by subgenre so you get to pick by your fav type (also feel free to ask about specific ones! if it comes to warnings)

supernatural:

- the autopsy of jane doe

- the conjuring franchise (never finished this yet, but i watched the first + third film + some of the spinoffs. it's pretty big name)

- insidious franchise (not sure how big name it is. watched all the entries for it)

- it chapter 1 + chapter 2

- veronica

- daniel isn't real

- don't listen

- host

- hereditary

- relic

psychological/mystery:

- 1922

- les diaboliques

- it comes at night

- 1br

- cure

- us

action/thrillers/monsters of all kinds:

- the purge franchise (first film isn't one of my favorites, but i'd say give the second movie a go and see if you're into it enough to continue)

- crawl

- a quiet place

- #alive

- ready or not

over-the-top bloody/gory + body horror:

- color out of space

- possessor

slashers/killers:

- haunt

- hell fest

- hush

horror-comedies:

- happy death day duology (slasher)

- mayhem (action)

- anna and the apocalypse (zombies)

- benny loves you (killer doll gory flick)

- psycho goreman (gore + alien)

other:

- life (space horror)

- black box (sci-fi horror)

- brightburn (superhero horror)

[endlessmythos]

The moral of the story in Brightburn (2019) is: if you find out your son is a super powerful entity who killed your abusive wife-beater of a best friend 1) don't go "He's not our son, he's just the thing we found in the woods" within earshot of him, and 2) DON'T TAKE HIM OUT HUNTING AND SHOOT HIM UNLESS YOU'RE CERTAIN THE BULLET WILL DO THE JOB.