Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
I found it to be great fun.

All in all, I'd say, it's a great comedy, but especially for people who have "hands-on" experience in the realm of "D&D" (= PnP players and DMs).

I recently watched a reaction video (done by a seasoned "D&D" PnP-DM) who - quite obviously - also had an absolute blast watching it.

So - to everyone who's into the PnP side of "D&D": absolute recommendation from my side!

I have played a lot of PnP D&D. It was a fun movie, and I absolutely recommended it with a 6/10. It was a lot of fun. Just don't expect a great epic movie out of it. I just don't mistake fan service as being a good movie.

The last movie I watched is little bit old movie is "La La Land" is a visually captivating musical that masterfully blends romance and dreams, with strong performances from Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. The film's vibrant music and dance sequences add to its enchanting charm, portraying the pursuit of aspirations alongside the challenges of love and ambition

Nobody

This movie is seriously like a John Wick light. It starts with a middle class suburban family, focusing on Hutch (Bob Odenkirk). He's below average to average at best. He crunches numbers for a manufacturing plant. He misses garbage collection every Tuesday. He works out to a billboard of his wife (real estate agent, I think) at the bus station. Then someone breaks into his house, and we are drip fed some insight into Hutch. He encounters some bad guys, and much like John Wick we learn how scary this guy is. He's tired of his hum-drum life, and wants to taste some action again, and finds an excuse on the bus. The movie then follows the back and forth between Hutch and the bad guys that's fun and satisfying but is definitely over the top. Fun flick overall.

I give it a 7/10. The movie hits the high points and doesn't linger in exposition too long. The fight choreography is good, and feels a little more realistic than something like Wick, but in the end it's a dad movie power fantasy that is just fun to experience, especially the 3rd act stand off at the end. If you have Amazon Prime video, I recommend giving this a watch.

Retribution - I'm a big fan of the Liam Neeson thrillers, which is pretty much a sub-genre of its own by now. Some are really great films, like Cold Pursuit, and even the weaker ones, like Ice Road, are still usually good, solid fun. This newest one, sadly, is one of the weaker ones, even though it starts really well. 90% of the whole film is confined to a single car, with a bomb in it, and Neeson following the commands of a voice on the phone threatening to blow up him and his kids. The first half of the film, maybe a little more, makes a good use of this very simple but effective premise. It's tense, and Neeson is the perfect actor to anchor a film that almost entirely relies on a single actor selling you on the drama of his predicament.

Unfortunately, the "whodunnit" part of it is almost laughably obvious (might it be the only other semi-well known actor in the film?), and the tension that was so well bult up is almost all gone for the actual climax, which doesn't really make too much sense anyway. Still, a 90-minute movie that relies almost entirely on a single, driver-seat-bound actor does stand out from the 2-3 hours long, $300 million blockbusters that fill the big screen these days, so even with a disappointing ending I'd say I had an ok time with it.

A Haunting in Venice - Very good. Not mindblowing, but very good - atmospheric, tense, superbly well acted. I think Orient Express is still my favorite of the three, but I'd probably rate this one above Death on the Nile (which I still quite liked). It's much smaller in scale than the previous two, especially lavish Death on the Nile, as it's pretty much entirely confined to one building and one night, but even if it's a cost saving move after the previous film underperformed, it works out perfectly. It's a film that should feel claustrophobic and moving an inch from the house would only ruin it. The cast is also not as impressive, at least in terms of famous names, but again, works out great - more room for Branagh to shine. I can't really say more without spoilers, other than that I hope it does well enough at the box office to warrant a forth movie. Unless of course Branagh would rather finally go back to adapting Shakespear, that would be even better.

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I just watched Ad Astra.

It was long and ponderous -- equal parts 2001 and Apocalypse Now -- but I really dug it. Might be because the father / son relationship had many similarities to my own... so much so that I'm thinking of sending a copy to my father. I can understand why many dislike the film -- and expecting a film similar to the George Clooney Solaris remake, I expected to hate it as well -- but I loved it... still, don't know that I'll want to watch it again for a very, very long time; it's not a fun "space adventure" watch.

Hocus Pocus


Actual Plot according to my cat: Three kindly ladies turn some random guy into a super awesome immortal cat. He later encounters and is manipulated by some evil children that viciously murder the kindly ladies and downgrade him.

Recently, I had re-viewed (this was the second instance) the 1957 film, The Cranes Are Flying.

My initial experience with the film had left me sickened with regards to how the character 'Veronika' had been written. At first, she is portrayed as a playful, yet strong-willed individual whom commands respect, but, later (especially, during a certain, pivotal scene), a person of uncharacteristically-poor judgement that shrinks to the size of a subatomic particle, relegating herself to a powerless, submissive state.

Unfortunately, with this second viewing, although prepared for the above, as well as being emotionally-affected by quite a few other dramatic sequences of events, it still had disgusted me enough to wish to avoid providing it with yet another chance to redeem itself. A shame, honestly.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

There's some flashing glitch imagery that shows up and while it wasn't an issue for me, it could be for those that are super sensitive to such things.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shW9i6k8cB0

If you've seen Spider-Man: No Way Home, it continues the idea that absolutely all Spider-Man movies are canon. However this one takes it to the extent of having some live action moments, which really does mean that people who look animated really do live in an alternate animated looking universe. The Spider-Man pointing meme gets referenced at one point.

The only real negative is that things don't completely wrap up and will continue into the next installment, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, which is delayed due to strikes and other stuff.


My cat, who was watching it with me, would probably say that there was lots of pretty colors.

Gray Men

a bit of double oh seven.... A lot of action, Anna de Armas, and a surprising evil villain choice... though one could argue captain america to be nothing short of a sociopath well adjusted to his... role

Masters of the Universe (1987)

It's terrible in almost every way, but... I enjoyed it as a C movie time capsule of Golan-Globus' 80's output. And, WIlliam Stout was the Art Director! Anyway, can't say anyone should search out this movie, but after watching this and The Last Starfighter, I'm starting to feel like I'm in the eighties again! ;)

Barbie, which just was released on DVD today.

It's goofy, and I spent most of the movie feeling sorry for all the Kens. Where do they live anyway? Weird Barbie literally stole every single scene she was in.