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Matewis: Moonfall

Uhm yeah... It's dumb fun with some truly spectacular visuals in places, but it's way too long, and keeps jumping from the more interesting 'moon scenes' to painfully uninteresting family scenes on Earth. Some of the dialogue's pretty grating as well, especially from Halle Barry's character.

It's kind of like a mix of Independence Day and 2012, without being nearly as good as the former or even the latter. However if someone could edit away at least a solid 30 min of the film, particularly the family stuff, it could rise to a respectable rank in the dumb fun genre.
Good to know it's not great. After seeing the trailers I was intending to go see it, as I do enjoy this kind of over the top dumb fun if done well (I had a grand old time with Geostorm), but this month also come the cinematic releases of Death on the Nile, Belfast and Uncharted, so I had to give up on Moonfall to keep my cinema-time manageable.
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Breja: Good to know it's not great. After seeing the trailers I was intending to go see it, as I do enjoy this kind of over the top dumb fun if done well (I had a grand old time with Geostorm), but this month also come the cinematic releases of Death on the Nile, Belfast and Uncharted, so I had to give up on Moonfall to keep my cinema-time manageable.
I should've gone to watch The King's Man instead, or the new Spiderman perhaps. Still, Moonfall did have a race between a tidal wave and a rocket which was pretty awesome :D The highlight of the film I'd reckon, even if it didn't make any sense.
From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years. More of the same, but this time focused specifically on the development of the Amiga and how it was special. A lot of the early part of the film is based more interviewing the American designers of the system, and then they talk to a lot of the British and European software developers on the games made for it, the demoscene, and its popularity in Europe. It's a feel-good documentary, so a lot of the Amiga's sad and gradual decline isn't significantly covered. Just the happier times.
Female Agents. I like the original French title - Les Femmes de l'ombre - much better. Allegedly, someone thought translating as something like Shadow Women would make people think of prostitutes, which sounds like the kind of over-thinking marketing people would commit. This is about a team of French women, headed by Sophie Marceau, to extract a British geologist with knowledge of the D-Day invasion from occupied France. It's a grim movie and probably comes the closest to reviving the spirit of commando action filmmaking that was big in the 60s compared to more prominent attempts like Inglorious Basterds.

Puzzle. Italian giallo about a nice guy with amnesia who gradually realizes that the person he used to be wasn't very nice. It's kind of boring with a low body count and a lack of the sort of visually impressive set pieces that you find in Mario Bava and Dario Argento movies. Senta Berger is pretty hot, though.
Just watched Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness and have to said it's a pretty good movie, more if we take in count it's a Marvel Movie.
It's different, extremely Sam Raimi, they push that PG-13 as far as he could and love it for that.
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Ruvika: Just watched Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness and have to said it's a pretty good movie, more if we take in count it's a Marvel Movie.
It's different, extremely Sam Raimi, they push that PG-13 as far as he could and love it for that.
This is my latest view as well. Sadly, i am a bit disappointed because despite its title, little of the multiverse of madness is explored. Then again, if you view it as an introduction into the whole idea, it can be considered as a pilot of sorts should the idea be explored further.

My own take on it would be a modern "Sliders" series where Strange and/or different Marvel heroes get caught in different universes where we explore the insanity of what might be to its infinite reaches.
Mr Robot Season 1

Recently I decided to get HBO Max subscription and the first series that grabbed my attention was "Mr Robot". I've got to admit I watched the first season when it was first out, but I didn't continue for some reason I cannot remember. The show starts with Elliot, the main character, creating an imaginary person to talk to (this person being, well, whoever watches the show). It's the first sign of the depth of mental problems he has, all of which will surface throughout the entire season. Without spoiling too much, the story is about Elliot and his associates trying to topple the biggest conglomerate in this fictional world - E Corp, or as Elliot calls it - Evil Corp. Relationships, which seem to be rather shallow at first, are deepening throughout the entire season as Elliot begins to recover from his temporary amnesia.

Rami Malek definitely did a great job portraying the main character. Elliot is a believable, if a bit overdrawn, character who's instantly likeable for all the problems he has. Aside from Elliot, I especially liked the character of Tyrell Wellick. But it's not just those two, entire cast is spot on, both in acting and characterization departments.

As a bonus, any computer geek will definitely find what they are looking for in this series, as clearly a lot of effort went into research about hacker culture and all things technical. Everything characters say actually makes sense.

Season 1 of "Mr Robot' is definitely worth watching, and not just for computer geeks. I'm pretty sure everyone will find something they are gonna like about this show.
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Ruvika: Just watched Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness and have to said it's a pretty good movie, more if we take in count it's a Marvel Movie.
It's different, extremely Sam Raimi, they push that PG-13 as far as he could and love it for that.
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honglath: This is my latest view as well. Sadly, i am a bit disappointed because despite its title, little of the multiverse of madness is explored. Then again, if you view it as an introduction into the whole idea, it can be considered as a pilot of sorts should the idea be explored further.

My own take on it would be a modern "Sliders" series where Strange and/or different Marvel heroes get caught in different universes where we explore the insanity of what might be to its infinite reaches.
It's much to ask for a Marvel movie, they just create mass produced movies, with a lot of CGI and story convenience gadgets. Still it's enjoyable and a good Multiverse movie.
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coven_(1997_film)]Coven (1997)[/url]

Found this on YouTube the other night, pretty digestible short 35 minute film. It's interesting to say the least, an indie horror film about a guy who goes to rehab. That's all I'll say about it as it's too short to detail anything beyond the basic premise, decent enough to round out the night if you have half an hour to spare.

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andysheets1975: Female Agents. I like the original French title - Les Femmes de l'ombre - much better.
The premise of this piques my interest. Will have to look into it, see where it's streaming.
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Warloch_Ahead: The premise of this piques my interest. Will have to look into it, see where it's streaming.
I believe it's still on Amazon Prime.
Union Station (1950), I'd heard it was a great drama, and in many ways it is.
Everything, Everywhere All at Once
I'm surprised how such a chaotic and delirious script was conceived, can't believe how touching it was, full of human emotions, middle age crisis, existencial crisis, nihilism, action, and pacifism all combined at once, but have to admit A24 made a fantastic job, probably one of my favourite indie producer companies at this point.
I can recommend it, it's funny, it's sad, have a little bit of everything so anyone between 18 and 80 years can feel related with.
My score: whatever the writers consumed/10.
Recently I re-watched the series of movies about Richard B. Riddick - escaped convict, murderer, as the universe keeps on calling him to the point that he actually introduces himself as such. The movies: "Pitch Black", "The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury", "The Chronicles of Riddick" and "Riddick" are actually my favorite movie series of all time. I think I watched them ten or so times now. Riddick is an epitome of anti hero, likeable despite his flaws, spewing saucy one liners left and right and proving once and again that he actually has strong moral backbone despite everything he's done. Anyway, without further ado:

Pitch Black (2000)

The beginning of the series, "Pitch Black" begins with a catastrophe of a spaceship Hunter-Gratzner, which happens to be used as a transport for Riddick. The ship crashes on an alien planet, which the survivors soon find out to have three suns which keep it in perpetual sunlight, or so it would seem, as they soon discover.

This is actually my favorite movie of all time, which I consider to be even better then classic "Alien", from which "Pitch Black" actually borrows a lot. It's less claustrophobic and more focused on characters then aforementioned masterpiece. The cast is spot on, with everyone providing something different to the mix and every character being memorable. Other than that, it's just an overall great movie with interesting and memorable story.

The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004)

There isn't much to say about this 30 minutes long animated movie other than that it acts as an interlude between "Pitch Black" and "The Chronicles of Riddick". It provides some backstory on the world and characters but is otherwise not very memorable, good for die-hard fans like myself.

The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

The action of the second main movie in the series takes place five years after the first one. For all this time Riddick has been avoiding mercs hunting him, but the most recent bounty on his head, put by his "friend" from the first movie, makes him go back to "everything he hates", as he says himself. It turns out the worlds are being destroyed one by one by Necromongers - religious fanatics believing that Universe must be cleansed of all life.

The meat and potatoes of the series, "The Chronicles of Riddick" had budget almost four times that of "Pitch Black" and it shows. There are several locations in which action takes place, unlike basically one location in previous movie. The story arcs are much more epic in scale. The bigger budget shows in basically every aspect.

Unfortunately all this doesn't overcome the fact that it feels like a much more bland, generic Hollywood blockbuster, unlike original "Pitch Black". Aside from "Dark Fury" I consider this one to be the weakest chain in the series.

Riddick (2013)

The most recent of the movies about Richard B. Riddick, "Riddick" goes back to the core of what made "Pitch Black" so great. The titular hero, stranded on a hostile alien planet, goes back to his roots, he "zeroes the clock" as he describes it himself. Unfortunately he soon has to deal with mercs once again, and this time monsters aren't afraid of the light.

Second best after original "Pitch Black", "Riddick" is actually great even though it borrows a lot from the first movie.
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I quite like the Riddick movies. Even the much-criticized second movie. The first movie is very Traveller RPG, the second is sort of a space Conan in an old school space opera, the third is like a Tarzan story on another planet. David Twohy is a very underrated filmmaker who never quite got the huge, James Cameron-level hit he needed to break through as an A-list guy.
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andysheets1975: I quite like the Riddick movies. Even the much-criticized second movie. The first movie is very Traveller RPG, the second is sort of a space Conan in an old school space opera, the third is like a Tarzan story on another planet. David Twohy is a very underrated filmmaker who never quite got the huge, James Cameron-level hit he needed to break through as an A-list guy.
I agree, even the weakest second movie is great by any standards. I don't understand why those movies are so underrated.

I'm also quite hyped about the fourth movie that's supposedly in production now, and plan on playing "Assault on Dark Athena" if I manage to get my hands on it, which is tough right now.