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Finally got around to watching F1, wasn’t sure I’d like it but it was pretty good. The amount of money those teams go through is insane.
 
Marty Supreme. Enjoyed this movie. If I were to describe it in one word. Chaos.
 
I recently re-watched "The Hustler" with Paul Newman, George C. Scott, and Jackie Gleason. A+ film that I need to remember to watch more often.
 
I just watched Predator: Badlands yesterday. I had heard a lot of good things but this continues my theory of movie companies buying favorable reviews on movie review sites. I didn't particularly care for the movie. I really hated how they made this predator soft and caring. I want the old predator back that just wanted to kill everything. It kind of felt like they were ripping off the Mandalorian.
 
Last night we watched Nuremberg. This is one of the best movies we have seen in the past couple of years.
When it was over, I said to my wife that this movie probably recieved numerous Oscar nominations. I looked it up and was shocked to see that did not recieve one nominations.
Now I've watched or tried to watch a few of the movies nominated. Most are awful including One Battle After Another. Sinners was mildly OK. Train Dreams was good but not as good as Nuremberg.
It makes you wonder who the hell is making these nominations.
 
Saw Project Hail Mary in IMAX last night. Based on the novel by Andy Weir. Same author as "The Martian". Very enjoyable movie.
My wife who doesn't get into Sci-fi enjoyed this movie.
Side note: Milana Vayntrub(Lily from AT&T) has a bit part.
 
Watched One Battle After Another this past weekend, which won an Oscar for Best Picture. It's a a perfectly fine movie but I didn't get "Best Picture" vibes. It's not even close to Paul Thomas Anderson's (There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights) best work, IMO. And it's got a run time of 2 hours 40 minutes. Way too long. Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro deliver solid performances but this movie is overhyped by virtue of its Oscar win.

The only other two Best Picture nominees I saw from this past year were F1, Frankenstein, and Sinners and I preferred both of them to One Battle After Another by a wide margin.

F1 was nothing provocative, just good fun and filled adrenalin-fueled.
Frankenstein was beautifully done (akin to the King Kong remake of a few years ago) but at the end of the day, you already know the story.
Sinners was the best of the bunch if you like horror. And if you do like horror, Weapons is right there with Sinners. Highly recommend both.
 
Highly recommend As Above, So Below. It's about a group exploring the Catacombs of Paris looking for a hidden treasure and spiritual artifacts, but the deeper they go, the more they’re forced to face their own fears and past and come to terms with truth.

Watching it felt like being pulled straight down into the Catacombs of Paris with them. The space tightens, the path gets more disorienting, and control starts slipping fast. What begins as a search for the Philosopher’s Stone turns into something much darker. The deeper they go, the less it feels like exploration and the more it feels like descent. It really plays like a modern Dante's Inferno, where each level down gets more personal. It is also filmed in a one camera view, documentary style which makes it even more terrifying.

What stayed with me is how quickly it shifts from physical tension to something internal. Each layer forces them to face what they’ve buried, almost like moving through their own circles of reckoning. It stops being about escape and becomes about confrontation. By the end, it’s clear. There’s no way around it. The only way out is through. Very rarely do horror films hold their integrity to the end but this one did and the acting was excellent.
 
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Highly recommend As Above, So Below. It's about a group exploring the Catacombs of Paris looking for a hidden treasure and spiritual artifacts, but the deeper they go, the more they’re forced to face their own fears and past and come to terms with truth.

Watching it felt like being pulled straight down into the Catacombs of Paris with them. The space tightens, the path gets more disorienting, and control starts slipping fast. What begins as a search for the Philosopher’s Stone turns into something much darker. The deeper they go, the less it feels like exploration and the more it feels like descent. It really plays like a modern Dante's Inferno, where each level down gets more personal. It is also filmed in a one camera view, documentary style which makes it even more terrifying.

What stayed with me is how quickly it shifts from physical tension to something internal. Each layer forces them to face what they’ve buried, almost like moving through their own circles of reckoning. It stops being about escape and becomes about confrontation. By the end, it’s clear. There’s no way around it. The only way out is through. Very rarely do horror films hold their integrity to the end but this one did and the acting was excellent.
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This is an AWESOME film!
 
If you’re looking for something different, watch Nocturnal Animals, directed by Tom Ford, who is honestly brilliant. Just brilliant.

It’s not a typical thriller. It’s a slow-burn psychological story about a woman who receives a novel from her ex-husband that hits way too close to home. The story flips between real life and the book, and the tension just keeps building.

Ford’s direction is what makes it work. Every scene feels intentional, controlled, and quietly intense without overdoing anything. Lots of eye work by the actors - Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal who are both fabulous.

What really sticks is the emotional layer underneath it. Regret, missed timing, and what happens when you realize something too late.

And the ending… one of the most quietly brutal scenes I’ve seen in a long time.

Not for everyone, but if you like movies that stay with you after they’re over, it’s worth it.
 
Anaconda with Paul Rudd and Jack Black was disappointing, do not recommend. It's not the worst thing you'll ever see, but it's not anything to go out of your way for.
 
Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts is about a guy whose wife dies suddenly in a car accident (he's in the car too but unharmed), but instead of falling apart the way everyone expects, he just… doesn’t. He feels numb, and it bothers him enough that he starts picking apart his whole life trying to understand why, including his routines, his house, even who he thought he was. It’s not your typical grief movie. It’s uneven, a little strange at times, but very real. And in the middle of all that, there are actually some really funny moments that sneak up on you.

I know a lot of people on here have dealt with real loss, and that’s why I think this one’s worth a watch. It doesn’t try to show the “right” way to grieve or tie things up neatly. It leans into the confusion, the delay, and that realization that sometimes you don’t fully understand what you had until it’s gone. Very honest movie and the acting is great.
 
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