issuevoter wrote on Aug 7^th, 2023 at 7:48pm:


The central theme of the movie was the Barbie world wresting back control of the place from men. If you are saying that feminists would not be happy about males losing their control of their lives to the advantage of females, fair enough. But the movie was made with the targete audience being young girls.

The Machine

This was pretty funny. Mark Hamill shows that he can do comedy too.

This seems to have gone under the radar, was an Amazon release I think?

Came across a free copy of it and gave it a look.

Mrs Nemo and I had a good laugh. 

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3

Not as good as the first two but pretty good.

The usual comedic quips throughout. 

(warning: coarse language and explicit content)

Strays

Hooley-f'n-dooley, what a stain of a movie. Having watched "A Dog's Purpose" some years ago, this "Strays" movie was stylised to match the 'cuteness' factor of "A Dog's Purpose". But that was the only comparison between the two movies end there.

In "Strays", the main dog character "Reggie" is owned by Doug. Doug is a mean-spirited, stoner loser who does not have anything going for him in his life. When Reggie brings in an item of clothing that does not belong to Doug's then-girlfriend, everything spirals out of control for Doug, with his girlfriend leaving him. As an act of spite, Doug decides to keep Reggie for himself.

For a period of time, Reggie is the neglected pet of Doug. Doug is basically the alcoholic, drug-addicted, unemployed loser living a destitute life. With Reggie basically spending his time trying to get love and attention from Doug, Doug decides that Reggie is too much of a burden on his psyche. So, Doug tries to get rid of Reggie through abandonment. It takes a 3 hour journey into the city before Doug can rid himself sufficiently of Reggie being able to make it back to the house.

The movie takes a turn for the ominous, with Reggie becoming more and more disillusioned with his life. Despite making 3 new friends, Reggie's journey back to Doug -- for whatever reason -- is one obstacle after another. There is no real sense of danger or suspense. And it is stoner humour after stoner humour joke. I was bored of the movie by the halfway mark.

I would warn anyone not to watch this movie, unless they were really looking for a way to make themselves depressed.

Captain Nemo wrote on Sep 8^th, 2023 at 12:08am:

No one will save you

"Brynn is a seamstress still living in her childhood home who mourns the loss of her mother and best friend, Maude. She copes with these losses by constructing a model town in her living room. A past event appears to have turned the entire town against Brynn, so she leads an anxious, solitary and withdrawn life. One night she awakens to discover an intruder in her home and quickly realizes the intruder is a humanoid alien. Brynn attempts to escape but is stalked by the intruder. When the alien uses telekinesis to subdue her, Brynn accidentally stabs it in the head with the broken fragment of her model town's school bell tower, causing it to release Brynn". -- source: Wikipedia.

An alien invasion story (with alien possession) with a young woman, seemingly living alone and working as a seamstress, dealing with her own town's rejection of her. Much of the movie's dialogue is non-existent. The movie feels very ethereal. Kaitlyn Dever puts forth a good performance as "Brynn". Though, she seems to play the post-traumatic stress role to near perfection.

Frank wrote on Jan 15^th, 2022 at 10:41pm:



Roald Dahl short stories by Wes Anderson on Netflix.
Amusing, inventive, imaginative.


https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/wes-anderson-netflix-short-films