The Silent Hour (2024)

Tense suspenseful thriller set in a confined space. The pacing and editing are sharp and unrelenting. Great cast. Joel Kinnaman and Sandra Mae Frank are fantastic. They were even able to squeeze in a pretty touching scene. It is a lean film at just a few minutes over 90 minutes. An enjoyable movie, recommended.

Rated 7 out of 10.

#movies #hulu

Tonight's "around 90 minutes" movie is The Silent Hour (2024) .

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High Heat (2022)

This movie tries to emulated Guy Ritchie. The look and feel doesn't work. It's charaters try to mimic the off kilter irrelevant charaacters of Ritchie films, but it doesn't work. The dialogue tries real hard to be Ritchiesque, but never comes close. Categorized as action comedy, but wasn't funny.

Rated 4 out of 10.

Two for Olga. One for action (not too bad), Gary the masseuse, the twins and celery beat down. One for the short runtime.

Streamed on Hulu.

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High Hopes for High Heat (2022)? Maybe? Tonight's movie is one hour and 24 minutes, very lean.

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Spider-Bond? Bond, Harry Bond?

theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/…

#jamesbond #bond #mgm #amazon #movies

Amazon confirms producers to steer next James Bond film: ‘greatest sense of responsibility’

Spider-Man’s Amy Pascal and Harry Potter’s David Heyman will helm the tech company’s first official 007 adventure

^{Benjamin Lee (The Guardian)}

Chief of Station (2025)

Lots of things happened. Characters spent many words telling each other what was happening. Yet, I have no clue what happened or why. I came for an action film, but endured 45 minutes of talk before bullets started flying.

If you come to see Olga Kurylenko, you'll be disappointed that she doesn't show up until more than half the movie is done.

The bad guy was immediately obvious as the film opened.

This is as generic as spy films get.

Rated 1 out of 10.

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It's like Die Hard, but without Bruce Willis or Alan Rickman.

Though, at 90 something minutes, I may check this one out when it gets cheap enough to rent.

youtu.be/RtjzAWUb9mA

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Tonight's movie is Chief of Station (2024). A random pick on Hulu with three criteria:

1) Around 90 minutes (this one clocks in at 93 minutes).
2) Some recognizable faces (Aaron Eckhart, Olga Kurylenko).
3) Action flick.

All boxes checked. Lets see how it goes.

#movies #hulu

Kraven the Hunter (2024) wasn't as bad as critics made it out to be. But it's also not good either. I wrote more about it here:

ultramookie.com/movies/kraven-…

#movies #marvel

Kraven the Hunter

Kraven the Hunter’s biggest sin is that it is convulted and boring.

^ultramookie

Tonight's movie is Kraven the Hunter (2024). I have high hopes that this one is so bad that it's good.

#movies #marvel

The Electric State (2025)

The reported budget for this movie was $320 million, making it the most expensive movie ever made. This movie does look good, but it does not feel like $320 million went into it.

How old is Millie Bobby Brown's character supposed to be? Are we still casting 20 year olds into teenager roles?

Hey look, it's Chris Pratt playing the same character he's been playing for years now.

This movie was merely meh.

Rated 2 out of 10.

#movies #netflix

I'm watching The Electric State and it's really not that great.

I started to think about the movie's directors, The Russo Brothers and their non-MCU directorial work.

It turns out their work outside of the MCU has been pretty dismal. Leaving me to wonder if their MCU work was good not because of them, but because of the heavy-handed control that Disney/Marvel exerts on the MCU movies.

Thoughts?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo_br…

#movies #disney #marvel #mcu #netflix

TIL Robert Rodriguez quit the Directors Guild of America. This means that he can’t direct for the biggest studios.

slate.com/news-and-politics/20…

#movies

Why not quit the Directors Guild?

The comic-book-inspired Sin City is No. 1 at the box office right now. Last year, its director Robert Rodriguez quit the Directors Guild of America in...

^{Daniel Engber (Slate)}

Today's movie...

Snow White (2025)

Live action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which comes off as a well staged filmed play.

We meet Snow White as a princess, in a happy kingdom, with her mother and father. The mother becomes ill and passes away. Her father is later enchanted by a mysterious, magical, and beautiful woman, whom he marries. His new wife convinces the King to go away and defend the kingdom, leading him to never be heard from again. The new wife becomes an evil queen, and the once happy kingdom turns dark and depressing, while the people struggle.

It's a magical, beautifully filmed, feel good story. While I'm not a big fan of musicals, I enjoyed this film.

Will likely receive nominations for set design, costume, and music.

Directed by Marc Webb

Stars: Rachel Zegler, Andrew Burnap, and Gal Gadot

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Happy first #LetterboxdFriday of spring!

It's been a slow start to #buff2025 so far. But that's okay, three days chalk full of features and shorts remain!

Fréwaka is easily the best so far, but is just missing a little something throughout. And it doesn't quite stick the landing, so I couldn't justify an extra half-star. But it's still quite good, and suitably creepy.

#movies

George Lucas is presenting the 45th Anniversary big screen showing of The Empire Strikes Back.

screenrant.com/star-wars-empir…

#StarWars #movies

New Ballerina trailer. It looks pretty good, though I am a bit wary because of the director: Len Wiseman (Live Free or Die Hard, Underworld, Underworld: Evolution, [rebooted] Total Recall).

youtube.com/watch?v=yNN2PoilSp…

#movies #JohnWick #Ballerina

Today, March 18, in 1982, Seattle high schooler David Lightman teaches his friend Jennifer Mack about war dialing, hacking, phreaking, and the importance of infosec (WarGames, 1983)

#Movies #Film #Cinemastodon #Letterboxd #WarGames #TheOnlyWinningMoveIsNotToPlay

Danny Glover is perfectly cast in Francis Ford Coppola's 1997 film The Rainmaker in the uncredited role of Judge Tyrone Kipler.

He doesn't have too much screen time, but he makes a lasting impression and imbues the character with so much through just his actions.

This movie is well worth a watch if you haven't seen it before.

#movies

I did not finish Speak No Evil (2024). It maybe a good film, but I couldn't get into it.

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Alien (1979) is 46 years old and it looks so good. It is a beautifully shot horror film with some of the most visceral production design ever put on film.

H.R. Giger's beautiful design of the Xenomorph is as timeless as it is terrifying.

The facehugger and chestburster are horrifying.

#movies #alien #scifi

Tonight's Family Movie Night film is Alien (1979).

#movies #scifi #alien #xenomorph

My review of the newest Soderbergh movie Black Bag is up!

takeemtothemoviesaustin.review…

And before you ask, yes, he did just have another movie in theaters six weeks ago. The man doesn't stop!

#movies #MovieReview

Black Bag

"When it's so easy to lie about everything, how do you tell the truth about anything?"

^{Austin Noto-Moniz (Take 'Em To The Movies, Austin!)}

The dichotomy between Critics and Audience on The Electric State is astounding.

I had put this on my list to try to watch tonight, I may still do it but I am wary.

The movie had a reported budget of $320 million.It is one of the most expensive movies ever made.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elec…

#movies #netflix #TheElectricState

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera is on sale in the iTunes Store for $9.99. I didn't much care for the first one, but the second one is a pretty good heist film.

themoviedb.org/movie/604685-de…

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Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

Compromisloze en keiharde agent ‘Big Nick’ en beroepscrimineel Donnie Wilson keren terug in een adembenemend kat-en-muis-spel.

^{The Movie Database}

Happy #LetterboxdFriday !

Two bad movies bookended by two good ones. I highly recommend Midnight Run, it's my favorite film of all time. De Niro and Grodin are just so good together.

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Today, March 14, in 2077, drone repair technician Jack Harper wakes up near the end of his five-year mission on Earth. He is one of the few humans on the planet, which was ravaged by nuclear war and natural disaster after the moon was destroyed 60 years earlier (Oblivion, 2013)

#Movies #Film #Cinemastodon #Letterboxd #Oblivion

Tonight's movie is Speak No Evil (2024).

#movies #horror

It looks silly yet entertaining. The story, at least what is shown in the trailer looks a bit standard fare.

But really, im not going to be watching for the story. I’m going to be watching for the visuals. If the story turns out to be deep, it’ll be a nice extra.

I’m looking forward to seeing the F1 movie on the big screen.

youtube.com/watch?v=69ffwl-8pC…

#movies #f1 #formula1

The #Plutocrat-#Bigot #socialMedia axis takes race swapping characters in #movies seriously

Because it's a pipeline to #farRight #politics, weaponized fake outrage

And they get to engage in #racism and #hate

"#AyoEdebiri ‘got insane death threats’ after Elon #Musk shared fake report about #PiratesoftheCaribbean casting

#TheBear #actor called Musk a #fascist and an idiot after his reaction to a post from a #rightWing account that claimed she was replacing Johnny Depp"

theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/…

Fast Charlie (2023)

The story is standard fare without much accoutrements, but the two leads make it work. Pierce Brosnan is as charming as ever. Morena Baccarin is also great. Brosnan pulls off some of the lines with a wry sense of humor that was entertaining.

There are bursts of violence scattered throughout a dialogue heavy movie -- with some really great lines performed with spotty Southern accents.

This was an entertaining movie.

Rated 8 out of 10.

#movies #hulu #streaming

Tonight’s movie is Fast Charlie (2023).

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From the set of The Mandalorian and Grogu film featuring BDX Droids built by Walt Disney Imagineering.

disneyfoodblog.com/2025/03/08/…

#starwars #mandalorian #grogu #droids #bdx #disney #movies

Don't Move (2024)

I was paralyzed by the lack of logic, thrill and characterization. Oh, and the movie is boring too.

The score is not only overbearing, but very distracting. The directors should trust in the power of silence by practicing restraint when it comes to the score.

No one in the film acts like an actual human.

Kelsey Asbille is fantastic in the film, given that she's mostly paralyzed. Finn Wittrock has such a punchable face in the movie.

Rated 3 out of 10.

#movies #netflix

Tonight's movie is Don't Move (2024).

#movies #netflix