What Films did You Watch Last Week (06/02 - 12/02) CLOSED

I'm surprised you managed to do all the awards, considering you dislike pretty much everything I watched this week haha

MINE

Mr. Majestyk (1974 Richard Fleischer) - 6.5/10

When Tomorrow Comes (1939 John M. Stahl) - 8/10

An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000 Douglas McCarthy) - 6.5/10

Empire of Light (2022 Sam Mendes) - 7/10

But I'm a Cheerleader (1999 Jamie Babbit) - 7.5/10

Party Girl (1995 Daisy von Scherler Mayer) - 6.5/10

10 to Midnight (1983 J. Lee Thompson) - 6/10

Oscar and Lucinda (1997 Gillian Armstrong) - 7/10

Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022 Alejandro G. Iñárritu) - 7.5/10

Without Limits (1998 Robert Towne) - 7/10


Re-watches 

Sgt. Bilko (1996 Jonathan Lynn) - 6.5/10

Novocaine (2001 David Atkins) - 6.5/10



Television

Goof Troop: Season 1 (1992) - 7.5/10













Film Awards

BEST PICTURE



BEST ACTOR 


Ralph Fiennes (Oscar and Lucinda)

BEST ACTRESS


Irene Dunne (When Tomorrow Comes)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR


Donald Sutherland (Without Limits)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS


Barbara O'Neil (When Tomorrow Comes)

BEST DIRECTOR


Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Bardo)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY


Bardo

BEST SCORE

Mr. Majestyk - 7/10

An Extremely Goofy Movie - 6/10

Empire of Light - 7/10

Party Girl - 7/10

10 to Midnight - 6.5/10

Bardo - 7/10

Just realized that I've also seen When Tomorrow Comes. 7/10 for that one.

The Father - 4/10

Death Wish - 9/10

Mine:

Emily the Criminal (2022) - 6/10
Good story of a regular woman who turns to a life of fraud and crime.

Batman Begins (2005) - 6/10
Decent Batman film. I dont like it as much as I once did though. 

Fletch (1985) - 9/10
Funny and entertaining Chevy Chase film.

Fletch Lives (1989) - 9/10 
Just as much fun as the first.

Babysitter Massacre (2013) - 4/10
Basic slasher film full of blood and nudity.

Adaptation. (2002) - 3/10
This is a pretty loved film but I seriously could not get into it at all. I thought it was going to be a comedy but I did not laugh nor was I entertained.

Bullet Proof (2022) - 3/10
Not so good Vinnie Jones action film.

Not Safe for Work (2014) - 3/10
Dull film has a assassin trying to kill people in a office.

Waking Karma (2023) - 3/10
Michael Madsen is a cult leader who tries to take back a escaped young girl.

Skinamarink (2022) - 1/10
One of the dumbest and most boring horror films ever made.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002, Joel Zwick) -  A likeable comedy, but not necessarily a laugh riot. - 6/10


The Guard (2011, John Michael McDonagh) - Very funny buddy comedy. - 8/10


Calvary (2014, John Michael McDonagh) - Perhaps you have to be Catholic to really get this one. It has a good concept with a powerful idea behind it, but I found the plot a bit too contrived. - 6/10


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008, David Fincher) - I originally saw this at the theatre and walked out after about 60 minutes. Never felt the need to revisit it either. It has impressive visuals, great CGI, but the plot left me entirely cold. - 3/10


Star Trek: First Contact (1996, Jonathan Frakes) - 7.5/10


Star Trek: Nemesis (2002, Stuart Baird) - 6.5/10

Hello again!

Sorry to say none of yours this week either.

Mine:

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Tobe Hooper, 1986)

The original Texas Chainsaw is an atmospheric horror film that is practically hard to watch due to the harsh bleakness of it. This is the exact opposite of the first movie. Here the realism is thrown out in favor of extreme over the top silliness. It’s crazy to think it’s directed by the same person as the first. Despite its extreme weirdness, it’s honestly so much fun. Not as good as the first by any means (arguably it’s not even really a good movie, it’s just a damn fun one) but I’d rewatch it. 7/10

Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge (Various, 2022)

I wasn’t a big fan of the first Scare Package film, but I have a fondness for horror anthologies so I decided to give the sequel a shot. Well, it’s more of the same but much worse. The comedic aspects rarely work and the framing story is just a parody of Saw which goes on way too long. 3/10

The Foreigner (Martin Campbell, 2017)

Pretty decent movie starring Jackie Chan as a grieving parent who tries to find the names of the people who set off a bomb that killed his daughter. Slow, and not much in terms of Chan’s usual martial arts, but Chan gives a surprisingly good performance. 6/10

Point Blank (John Boorman, 1967)

A Lee Marvin movie that I was honestly completely unfamiliar with and after watching I don’t know how I missed it. This is a dark gem of a film with Marvin coming off absolutely terrifying in his role as a killer out for revenge. There’s some really creative shots and choices that keep the viewer questioning at times and that adds to it. Also, the scene where Marvin walks down a hall with those heavy footsteps is amazing. 8/10

Possession (Andrzej Zulawski, 1981)

Well... it’s a movie and I honestly don’t know what to say other than that. It feels like a movie I should have a strong reaction to. It feels like it should be a love it or hate it movie (and indeed that seems to be the case with most reactions I see). I’m completely in the middle. There are aspects that I really like and other aspects that I hate. The good bits are so good that I can’t loath the movie, but the bad bits really just make it where I can’t fully get into it. 5/10

Crippled Avengers (Cheh Chang, 1978)

Better than average Shaw Brothers martial arts film in which three young men are tormented by a martial artist and his son (One loses his legs, one his eyes and the other the ability to speak and hear). They learn from an old master to gain revenge. Some extremely well choreographed fight scenes.

Raising Cain (Brian De Palma, 1992)

Decided to watch another De Palma after really liking Dressed to Kill last week. This one was... alright. It was enjoyable (and reinforces that Psycho must be De Palma’s favorite Hitchcock film), but not quite as good. 6/10

Detention (John Hsu, 2019)

I've never played the video game this is based on, but I still feel quite safe in saying that this is one of the best (if not the best) video game adaptations I've ever seen. Taking place in Taiwan during the "White Terror," this film follows a student who has been taken prisoner by the government for being in a "subversive bookclub." After being tortured he begins having a nightmare of the school, where one other student is as well. Together stuck in this hellish nightmare/other dimension they have to piece together who informed on the book club and avoid the monsters seemingly out of their psyches. Again, I've never played the game, but there's a very Silent Hill feel to the entire thing, though executed better than the actual Silent Hill movie. Well worth a watch. 8/10

My Big Fat Greek Wedding - 7/10
Everything Everywhere All at Once - 8/10