Aw-yeah! It's that time again! I've been reading mixed things about Civil War (and, frankly, that movie looked less like fun and more like a homework assignment).

But I got a ticket to a late night showing of Patel's Monkey Man at the Alamo Drafthouse. I'm excited!
https://youtu.be/aqa3YTtwvaU

#ThursdayMovies #cinema #alamo #movies

Monkey Man | Official Trailer 2

They took everything from him. He will get his revenge. #MonkeyManMovie Only in Theaters April 5---Oscar® nominee Dev Patel (Lion, Slumdog Millionaire) achie...

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Awe, Universal Rewards is shutting down June 30th.

Looks like I should spend all my reward points and pickup some free movies.

Sincerely hope this isn't a sign they're leaving Movies Anywhere.

#Movies

mookie's #introduction

it's me, hi. i'm the mookie, it's me.

i'm a serial #fediverse instance creator (and destroyer) and have been doing this since 2018. many will already be familiar with my name or my avatar.

i'm the father of two awesome kids. i love watching and talking about #movies. i'm a #gamer (#callofduty and #battlefield mostly). i'm a fan of #taylorswift. i eat to #run. i'm a giant #starwars and #startrek nerd. i'm a born and raised #engineer and have spent most of my career as a devops engineer and sre. i now lead an org of excellent devs and sres.

my permanent home is at https://ultramookie.com where i should be spending more time writing blog posts and movie reviews.

ultramookie

steve mookie kong: dad, movie watcher, runner, gamer, engineer of sorts and snarky troublemaker.

^{Steve Mookie Kong (ultramookie)}

Nobody wants either of these movies....😬🤦‍♂️

They can safely cancel them and move the fuck on from old and dead IPs...

#Movies

Can studios please just admit that running your own streaming platform was very costly mistake? Can you go back to creating content and licensing it out?

https://redshirtsalwaysdie.com/posts/star-trek-s-streaming-home-may-in-fact-be-merged-with-another-01htzwkzgb4r

#tv #movies

Star Trek's streaming home may in fact be merged with another

Paramount+ may be gone sooner rather than later.

^{Chad Porto (Redshirts Always Die)}

20 years ago today, "Shaun of the Dead," the world's first rom-zom-com, got its full theatrical release in the U.K. GQ talked to director Edgar Wright, star/co-writer Simon Pegg and co-star Nick Frost about George Romero, cricket-bat-swinging, record-hurling, and whether they'll ever get the band back together. This is the movie that started the Cornetto Trilogy. We want to know, which is your favorite of the three?

https://flip.it/zp12k8

#Movies #Cinema #Film #ZombieMovies #ShaunoftheDead #CornettoTrilogy #UnitedKingdom

Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost break down the making of Shaun of the Dead, 20 years later: “Could Jack Black play this part?"

Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, the trio behind the Cornetto trilogy and its iconic film Shaun of the Dead reflect on how they made the movie 20 years ago.

^{Jack King (British GQ)}

• "Shaun of the Dead" (45%, 35 votes)
• "Hot Fuzz" (44%, 34 votes)
• "The World's End" (3%, 3 votes)
• Never seen any of them (5%, 4 votes)
• Dislike all of them (1%, 1 vote)
• Something else — explain in the comments (0%, 0 votes)

File this under "things we never knew we wanted until we discovered we couldn't have them." David Lynch pitched an animated project called "Snootworld" to Netflix, but was rejected. He started working on the script 20 years ago with Caroline Thompson, writer of "The Nightmare Before Christmas," "Edward Scissorhands" and 1991's "The Addams Family." Here's what the pair told Deadline.

https://flip.it/P66qcD

#TV #Television #Netflix #Cinema #DavidLynch #Animation #Movies #Film

David Lynch Still Wants To Make Animated Movie 'Snootworld': Interview

The iconic filmmaker tells us in a rare interview that Netflix recently turned down his pitch for the "wackadoo" project

^{Andreas Wiseman (Deadline)}

So that's how they work!

#StarWars #movies

A Mini Review of Dev Patel's "Monkey Man" | Cool As Heck

https://cool-as-heck.blog/post/a-mini-review-of-dev-patel-s-monkey-man

#movies #MovieReviews #MonkeyMan #DevPatel #indieweb

A Mini Review of Dev Patel's "Monkey Man"

This weekend my 16-year-old daughter and I went to the Alamo Drafthouse to see Dev Patel's directorial debut "Monkey Man". You may know Dev Patel as an actor from the British TV series "Skins", or...

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I can't wait to see how Villeneuve translates Dune Messiah to the big screen.

https://ew.com/denis-villeneuve-s-third-dune-movie-is-officially-happening-8608521

#Dune #movies

Denis Villeneuve's third Dune movie is officially in the works

Legendary confirmed that they are developing a third 'Dune' movie with Denis Villeneuve, fulfilling the director's dream of adapting Frank Herbert's novel 'Dune Messiah.'

^{Christian Holub (Entertainment Weekly)}

Andor writer Beau Willimon to co-write the "Dawn of The Jedi" film

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-beau-willimon-to-co-write-james-mangolds-movie-exclusive-1235867598/

#StarWars #DawnOfTheJedi #Movies

Star Wars: The Dawn of the Jedi Lands Beau Willimon as Writer

The feature will delve into the origins of the Force.

^{Borys Kit (The Hollywood Reporter)}

Content warning: "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" Review - ★½ Reveal/hide

🎬 Afternoon movie @ Netflix.

DONT LOOK UP (2021). When a comet the size of Mt. Everest is on course to hit Earth on a date certain, it must first navigate today's political-, celebrity- and social media-obsessed American culture.

A black comedy/satire with an ensemble cast, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence. Meryl Streep is POTUS.

Hilarious, but not really.

▶️ 2:45 trailer plays in the post.

#Movies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbIxYm3mKzI&ab_channel=Netflix

DON'T LOOK UP | Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence | Official Trailer | Netflix

Based on real events that haven’t happened - yet. Don’t Look Up in select theaters December 10 and on Netflix December 24.DON’T LOOK UP tells the story of tw...

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