#justin collete

[tabooi]

They are so important

[musicals-and-mushrooms]

i had a dream last night where i was at my local shopping center(in australia btw) and i walked past bakers delight and saw justin collete except he was a bogan and i was like hey bj and he just gave me a quick wave because he was doing a very important interview on bread and i feel like thats important for the internet to know

[bellasweet04]

HOOOOOOOOOLLY SHIT Y'ALL!!!! IT WAS FANTASTIC AND AMAZING AND KIK THEY MADE SOME UTAH REFERENCES THAT I AM SO PROUD OF AND LIKE GAH!!!!

During the "now we both got dead moms" I screamed "HECK YEAH" and my cousin promised me Collette looked up at me. I was like, naw he didn't don't play with my heart like that....

He did. He absolutely did. I had to hear it from Mr. Collette's mouth that he totally looked up at us in our box office seats and heard me. We got selfies and he was so sweet and like my delulu brain is currently having a field day.

Tldr: Beetlejuice is fantastic, Mr. Justin Collette I love you stay amazing ❤️

Proof I got a selfie ya salty caramels

WE FINALLY AT BEETLEJUICE HERE IN ECCLES THEATER AND AHHHHHHHHH

[rainybeetles]

I was talking to my dad about going with the twbdt trench coat when I watched the show, and he wanted to avoid me going in cosplay because God forbid people see me like that,

and he said "what if no one else goes in cosplay"

My response was "then I'll be the coolest one there, and the actors will notice me since I stick out "

But i was thinking "OMG IM ALREADY ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS DONT MAKE IT WORSE DAMN IT"

[awesomeundertalelover3]

GUESS WHAT IM DOING YALL

It starts so I shall rant later

[capsekai]

99% a show about death, and 1% Dewey Finn. These were SELF capped from Youtube, and we will evenutally put the caps up, we're not sure if the caps are in the folders or not yet.

Beetlejuice, Lydia & Dewey Finn (Alex Brightman as well)

RP ICONS

FOLLOW THE GOOGLE BRICK ROAD

Rules: Don't claim as own, resizing is up to you, Reblog to share wealth.. OH and if you're able to credit pls do <3

These are three or four separate youtube videos we capped.

A couple of them are from the justin collete video, but some are from "Say My Name" the first edition.

[whispered-pear]

Oc Headshots

[sirenita00]

collete justine

[athousandhorrors]

Watched between 14/08/2020 and 14/08/2021

1. The Babysitter (2017) - dir. by McG

2. Jennifer’s Body (2009) - dir. by Karyn Kusama

3. Basic Instinct (1992) - dir. by Paul Verhoeven

4. Jaws (1975) - dir. by Steven Spielberg

5. The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020) - dir. by McG

6. Anaconda (1997) - dir. by Luis Llosa

7. Il Legame (2020) - dir. by Domenico Emanuele de Feudis

8. The Invitation (2015) - dir. by Karyn Kusama

9. House of Wax (2005) - dir. by Jaume Collet-Serra

10. Urband Legend (1998) - dir. by Jamie Blanks

11. Gretel & Hansel (2020) - dir. by Oz Perkins

12. The Awakening (2011) - dir. by Nick Murphy

13. Annihilation (2018) - dir. by Alex Garland

14. Kadaver (2020) - dir. by Jarand Herdal

15. In the Tall Grass (2019) - dir. by Vincenzo Natali

16. Antebellum (2020) - dir. by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz

17. Fantasy Island (2020) - dir. by Jeff Wadlow

18. The Evil Dead (1981) - dir. by Sam Raimi

19. Hostel (2005) - dir. by Eli Roth

20. ATM (2012) - dir. by David Brooks

21. The Owners (2020) - dir. by Julius Berg

22. Deadly Illusions (2021) - dir. by Elizabeth James

23. The Postcard Killings (2020) - dir. by Danis Tanović

24. The Super (2017) - dir. by Stephan Rick

25. The Woman in the Window (2021) - dir. by Joe Wright

26. Z (2019) - dir. by Brandon Christensen

27. Evil Dead II (1987) - dir. by Sam Raimi

28. Army of Darkness (1992) - dir. by Sam Raimi

29. Tremors (1990) - dir. by Ron Underwood

30. Things Heard & Seen (2021) - dir. by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini

31. Run (2020) - dir. by Aneesh Chaganty

32. The Platform (2019) - dir. by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia

33. Night of the Living Dead (1968) - dir. by George A. Romero

34. Host (2020) - dir. by Rob Savage

35. I See You (2019) - dir. by Adam Randall

36. Unfriended (2014) - dir. by Levan Gabriadze

37. Deprivation (2019) - dir. by Chris Foster

38. 12 Hour Shift (2020) - dir. by Brea Grant

39. Unfriended: Dark Web (2018) - dir. by Stephen Susco

40. Midsommar (2019) - dir. by Ari Aster

41. The Witch (2015) - dir. by Robert Eggers

42. The Silence (2019) - dir. by John R. Leonetti

43. The Cabin in the Woods (2011) - dir. by Drew Goddard

44. The Block Island Sound (2020) - dir. by Kevin McManus and Matthew McManus

45. Mara (2018) - dir. by Clive Tonge

46. The Ape (1940) - dir. by William Nigh

47. Hagazussa: A Heathen’s Curse (2017) - dir. by Lukas Feigelfeld

48. The Call (2020) - dir. by Lee Chung-hyeon

49. The Conjuring (2013) - dir. by James Wan

50. The Conjuring 2 (2016) - dir. by James Wan

51. The Wolf Man (1941) - dir. by George Wagger

52. They’re Inside (2019) - dir. by John-Paul Panelli

53. Annabelle: Creation (2017) - dir. by David F. Sandberg

54. Ring 0: Birthday (2000) - dir. by Norio Tsuruta

55. The Unholy (2021) - dir. by Evan Spiliotopoulos

56. Ring (1998) - dir. by Hideo Nakata

57. El Orfanato (2007) - dir. by J. A. Bayona

58. Annabelle Comes Home (2019) - dir. by Gary Dauberman

59. The Banana Splits Movie (2019) - dir. by Danishka Esterhazy

60. Fear Street Part One: 1994 (2021) - dir. by Leigh Janiak

61. Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021) - dir. by Leigh Janiak

62. Fear Street Part Three: 1666 (2021) - dir. by Leigh Janiak

63. A Classic Horror Story (2021) - dir. by Roberto de Feo and Paolo Strippoli

64. Lifechanger (2018) - dir. by Justin McConnel

65. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) - dir. by Michael Chaves

66. Hush (2016) - dir. by Mike Flanagan

67. Eli (2019) - dir. by Ciaran Foy

68. Girl on the Third Floor (2019) - dir. by Travis Stevens

69. Wounds (2019) - dir. by Babak Anvari

70. The Guardian (1990) - dir. by William Friedkin

71. The Final Girls (2015) - dir. by Todd Strauss-Schulson

72. The Blair Witch Project (1999) - dir. by Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick

73. The Farm (2018) - dir. by Hans Stjernswärd

74. Aftermath (2021) - dir. by Peter Winther

75. The Open House (2018) - dir. by Suzanne Coote and Matt Angel

76. Suspiria (1977) - dir. by Dario Argento

77. Hellraiser (1987) - dir. by Clive Barker

78. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) - dir. by Tony Randel

79. Suspiria (2018) - dir. by Luca Guadagnino

80. Saw (2004) - dir. by James Wan

81. Saw II (2005) - dir. by Darren Lynn Bousman

82. The Assent (2019) - dir. by Pearry Teo

83. Insidious (2010) - dir. by James Wan

84. Saw III (2006) - dir. by Darren Lynn Bousman

85. Nocturne (2020) - dir. by Zu Quirke

86. Frozen (2010) - dir. by Adam Green

87. Safer at Home (2021) - dir. by Will Wernick

88. Scream (1996) - dir. by Wes Craven

89. Scream 2 (1997) - dir. by Wes Craven

90. Scream 3 (2000) - dir. by Wes Craven

91. The Craft (1996) - dir. by Andrew Fleming

92. Open Water (2003) - dir. by Chris Kentis

93. Sinister (2012) - dir. by Scott Derrickson

94. Scream 4 (2011) - dir. by Wes Craven

95. Sinister 2 (2015) - dir. by Ciaran Foy

96. Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992) - dir. by Anthony Hickox

97. The Old Ways (2020) - dir. by Christopher Alender

98. La Nuée: The Swarm (2020) - dir. by Just Philippot

99. Boogeyman (2015) - dir. by Stephen Kay

100. Halloween (1978) - dir. by John Carpenter

[movie-magic]

Shang-Chi Shatters A Big Record As The Marvel Blockbuster Dominates The Box Office In Its Opening Weekend

In case you hadn't noticed, it's been a strange and often troubling time in recent weeks for movie studios to release big blockbuster titles. Rising numbers of the COVID-19 Delta variant has stunted box office potential, and it has resulted not only in subdued numbers, but we're also starting to once again see some notable upcoming features changing their release dates. Given this atmosphere, there has been a great deal of curiosity surrounding Destin Daniel Cretton's new Marvel movie Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings. Going into its theatrical debut, there were questions regarding how its performance would stack up within the legacy of the world's most popular franchise, and if it would meet the standard that has been set. Now we have an answer in the form of record-breaking Labor Day weekend ticket sales.

Check out the full Top 10 below!

1. Shang-Chi &The Legend Of The Ten Rings* $71,400,000 Total: $71,400,000

2. Candyman $10,550,000 Total: $39,063,370

3. Free Guy $8,719,000 Total: $91,893,081

4. Jungle Cruise $3,950,000 Total: $105,647,991

5. PAW Patrol: The Movie $3,695,000 Total: $30,019,661

6. Don’t Breathe 2 $2,210,000 Total: $27,990,920

7. The Suicide Squad $905,000 Total: $54,406,632

8. Black Widow $748,000 Total: $182,501,319

9. The Night House $552,000 Total: $6,297,926

10. The Protégé $525,000 Total: $6,891,230

As I noted in my column last weekend, the final weeks of August/early weeks of September are not seen as a goldmine for studios, as people typically have more things going on in their lives than seeing movies – and that goes a long way in explaining why the previous box office record holder for biggest Labor Day weekend was Rob Zombie's Halloween, which brought in $30.6 million on the holiday (Friday to Monday) in 2006. Of course, this year marks the first time that Marvel Studios has ever put out a new title in September, and their films have a history of upending what is considered normal. We'll have to wait and see what the final total is after audiences spend part of their day off tomorrow seeing the blockbuster, but obviously the $71.4 million already earned blows the previous #1 out of the water.

It's a wonderful albeit rare thing to see a film break a pre-pandemic record these days, though it should also be noted that Shang-Chi And the Legend Of The Ten Rings hasn't quite set mid-pandemic records. Instead, these opening weekend numbers mean that the film has to settle for second place when it comes to ticket sales since March 2020. It made enough money domestically to beat our Justin Lin's F9, which earned $70 million in its first three days in late June, but it fell just a tad short of the $80 million that fellow Marvel release, Cate Shortland's Black Widow, pulled in back in early July. As you can see, the latter is still hanging out with its franchise cousin on the Top 10.

As ever, it's definitely better too look at the performance of the new release in the context of other movies in the last few months, as the opening frame for Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings ultimately doesn't look all that impressive when you stack it up compared to all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films going back to 2008. With its take, the film sits just outside the Top 20 opening weekends in the franchise, having made just a few million less than what Peyton Reed's Ant-Man And The Wasp earned in summer 2019. It does sit ahead of all of the non-Iron Man Paramount releases – including Kenneth Branagh's Thor ($65.7 million), Joe Johnston's Captain America: The First Avenger ($65.1 million), and Louis Leterrier's The Incredible Hulk ($55.4 million) – and also Peyton Reed's Ant-Man ($57.2 million).

What should also be noted is that Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings, unlike Black Widow, was not given a hybrid release by Walt Disney Pictures, and is currently only available to watch in theaters. This in mind, there are going to be a lot of industry eyes on how well the film performs next week. Black Widow notoriously saw its numbers drop off in a crazy way in its sophomore weekend, and much of the blame has been put on the fact that the movie was available to watch via Premier Access on Disney+ (the suggestion being that the majority of people not clamoring to see it opening weekend on the big screen were happy to settle for a viewing in their living rooms instead). Its performance could actually add an interesting wrinkle to the on-going lawsuit that Scarlett Johansson filed this summer, so be on the lookout for updates on that story.

Simu Liu as Shang-Chi in Shang-Chi And the Legend Of The Ten Rings

Unsurprisingly, no other studio dared try to put out their own new wide release to compete with Shang-Chi And the Legend Of The Ten Rings, and while that led to somewhat depressed box office numbers over all, the films from August are continuing to pull in money from theaters. At the front of the line is Nia DaCosta's Candyman, which only dropped 52 percent in its second weekend, and added another $10.6 million to its domestic haul.

You may remember that Candyman impressively overperfomed when it debuted, pulling in $22.4 million in its first Friday-to-Sunday, and it was able to still find a solid number of people to scare even while going up against a well-reviewed franchise juggernaut. The horror film has now made $39.1 million at the domestic box office, which means that it has surpassed the total made by Bernard Rose's original during its entire theatrical run in 1992 (though that doesn't account for inflation). With its $10.9 million take abroad, the release has eclipsed $50 million worldwide.

Two of the most impressive performers right now, however, are Jaume Collet-Serra's Jungle Cruise and Shawn Levy's Free Guy. Both movies have been around since the first half of August, and they are holding on tight to their respective spots in the Top 5. Neither release had crazy splashy debuts, as neither managed to make over $35 million in their first three days, but they've continued to bring in money while other new releases have floated down to the bottom of the chart.

When it comes to the conversation surrounding hybrid releases, Jungle Cruise has been a bit of an anomaly, as it remains available via Premier Access on Disney+, but it has continued to bring audiences to the big screen. Not only has it made $105.6 million in North America, but it has also earned $86.9 million from overseas ticket sales, bringing its global total to $192.5 million. That puts it on the worldwide Top 10 for 2021.

Free Guy, meanwhile, is doing even better. Like Shang-Chi, the video game-inspired Ryan Reynolds comedy is only available to watch on the big screen, and the buzz surrounding it has continued to draw in audiences. The $8.7 million it has brought in since Friday brings its domestic total up to $91.9 million, and when combined with the $147.4 it has made abroad the film's global box office total balloons to $192.5 million.

Looking ahead, will Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings be able to hold on to its box office crown when James Wan's Malignant arrives this Friday, or will the enigmatic horror film become a massive early fall surprise?

[fictionz]

New Fiction 2021 - July

"Revisited, Part One" by Anonymous (2003)

You can hear the same story a hundred times and find a different telling.

"Ha'mara" by Kevin G. Summers (2003)

If the song is of a genuine soul.

"The Orb of Opportunity" by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels (2003)

The end result can’t be known.

"Broken Oaths" by Keith R. A. DeCandido (2003)

Festering is in poor taste, but satisfying nonetheless.

"... Loved I Not Honor More" by Christopher L. Bennett (2003)

Do not forget yourself.

"Three Sides to Every Story" by Terri Osborne (2003)

The world is replete with tragic ends.

"The Devil You Know" by Heather Jarman (2003)

Is the price the only penance?

"Foundlings" by Jeffrey Lang (2003)

A flow chart’s inevitable path.

"Chiaroscuro" by Geoffrey Thorne (2003)

The center cannot hold behind a locked door.

"Face Value" by Una McCormack (2003)

The enemy of my enemy is my necessity.

"The Calling" by Andrew J. Robinson (2003)

Touring farm houses in a tornado.

"Revisited, Part Two" by Anonymous (2003)

After all, you knew.

"Dissection-chan" by Junji Ito (2015)

The soil is purest where we cannot see.

"Blackbird" by Junji Ito (2015)

It’s anchored to the middle.

"Magami Nanakuse" by Junji Ito (2015)

Follow, like, and stay home.

"Whispering Woman" by Junji Ito (2015)

Trust the stranger to provide a whisper.

"Security Booth" dev. Kyle Horwood (2021)

I cannot abandon the sense of place.

Simply Mindy dev. Sexums (2016)

If fucking is the objective, what is the journey?

Zola dir. Janicza Bravo (2021)

Perhaps a respite from the utter seriousness of the pursuers.

A Quiet Place Part II dir. John Krasinski (2021)

The hero is always going to find themselves alone.

Black Widow dir. Cate Shortland (2021)

Circle around to the time warp.

F9 dir. Justin Lin (2021)

The bloat of certainty.

Pig dir. Michael Sarnoski (2021)

The sheen of asphalt has never been so inviting.

Old dir. M. Night Shyamalan (2021)

You could’ve left us wanting.

Snake Eyes dir. Robert Schwentke (2021)

A missed connection.

Jungle Cruise dir. Jaume Collet-Serra (2021)

The rope sags most in the middle.

[junglecruisefullmovie1]

10 Best Movies in 2021

1. Black Widow (2021)

Natasha Romanoff confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.

Director: Cate Shortland | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Rachel Weisz

Votes: 133,764

2. Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)

A rogue artificial intelligence kidnaps the son of famed basketball player LeBron James, who then has to work with Bugs Bunny to win a basketball game.

Director: Malcolm D. Lee | Stars: LeBron James, Don Cheadle, Cedric Joe, Khris Davis

Votes: 30,236

3. The Tomorrow War (2021)

A family man is drafted to fight in a future war where the fate of humanity relies on his ability to confront the past.

Director: Chris McKay | Stars: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J.K. Simmons, Betty Gilpin

Votes: 116,106

4. Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)

Shadyside, 1978. School's out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge to kill, the fun in the sun becomes a gruesome fight for survival.

Director: Leigh Janiak | Stars: Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, Ryan Simpkins, McCabe Slye

Votes: 29,017

5. Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021)

A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Welcome to Shadyside.

Director: Leigh Janiak | Stars: Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald

Votes: 42,079

6. Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)

Three generations of women fight back against those who could take everything from them.

Director: Navot Papushado | Stars: Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Carla Gugino, Michelle Yeoh

Votes: 12,572

7. Jungle Cruise (2021)

Based on Disneyland's theme park ride where a small riverboat takes a group of travelers through a jungle filled with dangerous animals and reptiles but with a supernatural element.

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramírez, Jesse Plemons

8. F9: The Fast Saga (2021)

Cipher enlists the help of Jakob, Dom's younger brother to take revenge on Dom and his team.

Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson

Votes: 37,283

9. Luca (2021)

On the Italian Riviera, an unlikely but strong friendship grows between a human being and a sea monster disguised as a human.

Director: Enrico Casarosa | Stars: Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Saverio Raimondo

Votes: 73,733

10. The Suicide Squad (2021)

Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.

Director: James Gunn | Stars: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Mikaela Hoover

[rainybeetles]

I swear the only reason I've gotten better so fast is cuz I was decided to give justin collete some fanart because I thought there'd be a stage door (there wasn't)

And i was like, ummmm I can't give justin shity art he'll judge me and publicly humiliate me

LOOK AT THIS LOSER THEY CANT DRAW BEETLEJUICE

So I did art studies of other ppls beetlejuice and now I like how I draw him and he's the only thing I draw

[weirdletter]

The Gothic World (Routledge Worlds), edited by Glennis Byron and Dale Townshend, Routledge; paperback edition, 2019 (2013). Info: routledge.com.

The Gothic World offers an extensive overview of the popular field of the Gothic, from the eighteenth century through to the present day. Encompassing the literary, it also extends critical debate in exciting new directions, including film, politics, fashion, architecture, fine art, music, technology and cyberculture. Structured around the principles of time, space and practice, and including a detailed general introduction, the five sections of the volume consider: Gothic histories; Gothic spaces; Gothic readers and writers; Gothic spectacle; Contemporary impulses. The Gothic World seeks to account for the Gothic as a multi-faceted, multi-dimensional force, as a style, an aesthetic experience and a mode of cultural expression that traverses genres, forms, media, disciplines and national boundaries: a “Gothic World,” indeed.

Contents: List of figures Notes on contributors Acknowledgements Introduction – Glennis Byron and Dale Townshend     Part I: Gothic Histories 1. The Politics of Gothic Historiography, 1670-1800 – Sean Silver 2. Gothic Antiquarianism in the Eighteenth Century – Rosemary Sweet 3. Gothic and the New American Republic, 1770-1800 – Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock 4. Gothic and the Celtic Fringe, 1750-1850 – James Kelly 5. British Gothic Nationhood, 1760-1830 – Justin D. Edwards 6. Gothic Colonies, 1850-1920 – Roger Luckhurst 7. History, Trauma and the Gothic in contemporary Western culture – Jerrold E. Hogle     Part II: Gothic Spaces 8. Gothic and the architectural Imagination, 1740-1840 – Nicole Reynolds 9. Gothic Geography, 1760-1830 – Benjamin A. Brabon 10. Gothic and the Victorian Home – Tamara Wagner 11. American Gothic and the environment, 1800-present – Matthew Wynn Sivils 12. Gothic Cities and Suburbs, 1880-present – Sara Wasson 13. Gothic in cyberspace – Bryan Alexander     Part III: Gothic Readers and Writers 14. Gothic and the publishing world, 1780-1820 – Anthony Mandal 15. Gothic and the history of reading, 1764-1830 – Katie Halsey 16. Gothic Adaptation, 1764-1830 – Diane Long Hoeveler 17. Gothic romance, 1760-1830 – Sue Chaplin 18. Gothic poetry, 1700-1900 – David Punter 19. Gothic translation: France, 1760-1830 – Angela Wright 20. Gothic translation: Germany, 1760-1830 – Barry Murnane 21.Gothic and the child reader I: 1764-1850 – M.O. Grenby 22. Gothic and the child reader II: 1850-present – Chloe Buckley 23. Gothic sensations, 1850-1880 – Franz J. Potter 24. Young Adults and the contemporary Gothic – Hannah Priest 25. The earliest parodies of Gothic literature – Douglass H. Thomson 26. Figuring the author in modern Gothic writing – Neil McRobert 27. Gothic and question of theory, 1900-Present – Scott Brewster     Part IV: Gothic Spectacle 28. Gothic and eighteenth-century visual art – Martin Myrone 29. Gothic visuality in the nineteenth century – Elizabeth McCarthy 30. Gothic theatre, 1765-present – Diego Saglia 31. Ghosts, monsters and spirits, 1840-1900 – Alexandra Warwick 32. Gothic horror film from The Haunted Castle (1896) to Psycho (1960) – James Morgart 33. Gothic horror film, 1960-present – Xavier Aldana Reyes 34. Southeast Asian Gothic cinema – Collete Balmain 35. Defining a Gothic aesthetic in modern and contemporary visual art – Gilda Williams     Part V: Contemporary Impulses 36. Sonic Gothic – Isabella van Elferen 37. Gothic lifestyle – Catherine Spooner 38. Gothic and survival horror videogames – Ewan Kirkland 39. Rewriting the canon in contemporary Gothic – Joanne Watkiss 40. Gothic tourism – Emma McEvoy 41. Gothic on the small screen – Brigid Cherry 42. Post-millenial mosters: monstrosity-no-more – Fred Botting Index Index

[sleepythug]

Best thriller movies? Best action movies?

thriller

m (1931, fritz lang)

strangers on a train (1951, alfred hitchcock)

touch of evil (1958, orson welles)

man with the x-ray eyes (1963, roger corman)

twisted nerve (1968, ray boulting)

wake in fright (1971, ted kotcheff)

coffy (1973, jack hill)

thriller: a cruel picture (1973, bo arne vibenius)

sorcerer (1977, william friedkin)

body double (1984, brian de palma)

the hitcher (1986, robert harmon)

the vanishing (1988, george sluizer)

jfk (1991, oliver stone)

cure (1997, kiyoshi kurosawa)

existenz (1999, david cronenberg)

birth (2004, jonathan glazer)

cache (2005, michael haneke)

zodiac (2007, david fincher)

I saw the devil (2010, kim jee-woon)

kill list (2011, ben wheatley)

personal shopper (2016, olivier assayas)

the shallows (2016, jaume collet-serra)

action

the dirty dozen (1967, robert aldrich)

the wild bunch (1969, sam peckinpah)

c’etait un rendezous (1977, claude lelouch)

the driver (1978, walter hill)

big wednesday (1978, john milius)

shogun assassin (1980, kenji misumi)

excalibur (1981, john boorman)

indiana jones and the temple of doom (1984, steven spielberg)

the terminator (1984, james cameron)

to live and die in l.a. (1985, william friedkin)

rocky iv (1985, sylvester stallone)

cobra (1986, george p. cosmatos)

robocop (1987, paul verhoeven)

predator (1987, john mctiernan)

they live (1988, john carpenter)

riki oh: the story of riki (1991, lam nai-choi)

point break (1991, kathryn bigelow)

hard boiled (1993, john woo)

speed (1994, jan de bont)

mission impossible (1996, brian de palma)

kill bill, volume 1 (2003, quentin tarantino)

bad boys II (2003, michael bay)

man on fire (2004, tony scott)

miami vice (2006, michael mann)

the fast and furious: tokyo drift (2006, justin lin)

hot fuzz (2007, edgar wright)

universal soldier: regeneration (2009, john hyams)

crank 2: high voltage (2009, mark neveldine, brian taylor)

the lone ranger (2013, gore verbinski)

drug war (2013, johnnie to)

mad max: fury road (2015, george miller)

spl 2: a time for consequences (2016, soi cheang)

batman v. superman: dawn of justice (2016, zack snyder)

sorry 4 the late response friend

[10thstellium]

Hey ! I hope you're doing fine, happy new year ~ I wanted to know what are some popular movies/movies with good reviews that are, in your opinion, "overrated" ? Movies you think are bad (a waste of time !) & movies that weren't that bad, had interesting points, but weren't as good as you expected and you wouldn't watch again ?

    You always have the best questions for me regarding films. Happy New Year to you too sorry I’m getting to this question so late. Alright well, the keyword is opinion so to anyone else reading this please bear that in mind. I don’t read nearly as many reviews as I should because I watch movies kind of late anyway. That’s in reference to in-depth reviews, not the basic ones from critics that are promoted during the commercial. I try to attend/watch a movie unbiased from reactions so I don’t become hyperfocused on highlights or sore spots. You didn’t really give me a timeline or specific era to work with. So to give myself a limitation I’ll focus on films made in the past 4 years. Popular films from 2014-2018

Mild Waste of Time — these are basically films you’d leave playing in the background or even get up in the middle in just to do something more interesting.

The Interview dir. Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg ( it was only really popular because of the controversy but still worth noting ) 2014

Godzilla dir. Garreth Edwards 2014

Transformers: Age of Extinction dir. Michael Bay ( I saw this movie 1 to many times and wondered how I ended back in the theatre.  This is more for big transformer fans if anything) 2014

Non-Stop dir. Jaume Collet-Serra 2014

Lucy dir. Luc Besson 2014

‘71 dir. Yann Demange 2014

Edge of Tomorrow dir. Doug Liman 2014

Jupiter Ascending dir. Wachowski Brothers 2015

Knock Knock dir. Eli Roth 2015

The Age of Adaline dir. Lee Toland Krieger 2015

Terminator: Age of Genisys dir. Alan Taylor 2015

10 Cloverfield Lane dir. Dan Trachtenberg 2016

Sausage Party dir. Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan 2016

Warcraft dir. Duncan Jones 2016

Gods of Egypt dir Alex Poryas 2016

Now You See Me 2 dir. Jon M. Chu 2016

Baby Driver dir. Edgar Wright 2017

John Wick 2 dir. Chad Stahelski 2017

Upgrade dir. Leigh Whannell 2018

The Meg dir. Jon Turteltaub 2018

Halloween dir. David Gordon Green 2018

Overrated —  everything in this category was hyped or talked to a point of misleading viewers or just general inflation due to big names or some element that didn’t quiet measure up.

The Hobbit: the Battle of Five Armies dir. Peter Jackson ( I can rant forever an a day about this bc I’m definitely a LOTR fan and I was just pretty disappointed with this hobbit series ) 2014

Inherent Vice dir. Paul Thomas Anderson 2014

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. dir. Guy Ritchie 2015

Batman v. Superman dir. Zack Snyder 2016

Suicide Squad dir. David Ayer 2016

Star Trek Beyond dir. Justin Lin 2016

The Magnificent Seven dir. Antoine Fuqua 2016

Passengers dir. Morten Tyldum 2016

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them dir. David Yates 2016

Call Me By Your Name dir. Luca Guadagnino 2017

Atomic Blonde dir. David Leitch 2017

Kong: Skull Island dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts 2017

Ready Player One dir. Steven Spielberg 2018

A Simple Favor dir. Paul Feig 2018

Skyscraper dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber 2018

Solo dir. Ron Howard 2018

Overlooked — everything in this category probably has an underappreciated tone/cast/storyline/cinematographic shots/score/costume/timing/ just eclipsed by other films to be appreciated 

The Drop dir. Michaël R. Roskam 2014

Ex-Machina dir. Alex Garland 2014

It Follows dir. David Robert Mitchell 2014

Whiplash dir. Damien Chazelle 2014

Boyhood dir. Richard Linklater 2014

Foxcatcher dir. Bennett Miller 2014

Black Mass dir. Scott Cooper 2015

South Paw dir. Antoine Fuqua 2015

Crimson Peak dir. Guillermo Del Toro 2015

The Lobster dir. Yorgos Lanthimos 2015 

The Handmaiden dir. Park Chan Wook 2016

Don’t Breathe dir. Fede Álvarez 2016

Hail, Caesar! dir. The Cohen Brothers 2016

Kubo and the Two Strings dir. Travis Knight 2016

The Big Sick dir. Michael Showalter 2017

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing. Missouri dir. Martin McDonagh 2017

Wonder dir. Stephen Chbosky 2017

Mother! dir. Darren Aronofsky 2017

Molly’s Game dir. Aaron Sorkin 2017

Ladybird dir. Greta Gerwig 2017

Widows dir. Steve McQueen 2018

Game Night dir. John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein 2018

Annihilation dir. Alex Garland 2018

Venom dir. Ruben Fleischer 2018

Isle of Dogs dir. Wes Anderson 2018

Can You Ever Forgive Me? dir. Marielle Heller 2018

Eighth Grade dir. Bo Burnham 2018

*There are films in all these categories that I do still enjoy but I feel they are some aspects catered to my liking specifically. I also left the very big names out because I feel they didn’t fit any of the categories.