Something for (nearly) everyone.
"Everyone" is a lot of people!
THE QUOTE 🎬 💬
“I'm sick of yer laughin, yer snorin, and yer goddamn faaaahts!
Yer god.damn. Goddamn faaaahts!”
hint: no idea if it is, but sure would be funny if it was the first black and white movie to mention farts.
THINK THOUGHTS 💭
Traveling for work, so overviews will be pretty truncated—more vibes than in-depth treatise. Also in part because we’ve been blessed with a breadth of options this week. While there may not a choice for literally everyone, the choices are plentiful: gun heavy buddy-action, stunt-heavy action, timeloop-horror, melodrama, body-horror dark comedy, mystery-adventure. Feels like the only genres that may be missing are a big broad comedy and sci-fi. ….?? Ok fine, no noirs either. ….!!!? Whatever, or westerns. ……. Shit, you’re right, no musicals either. …..!!! Jesus H, animated neither I guess. ……!!!?….? Ok now you’re just being pedantic, but true, there isn’t any Halogencore.
Look, I’m realizing there are apparently way (way) too many genres of movies. But seven out of too many - eight if you include the 20th anniversary re-release of The Revenge of the Sith - ain’t bad.
NEWSY BITS 👾
Ted Sarandos: The ‘Bigger Opportunity’ with AI in Filmmaking Is ‘If You Can Make Movies 10% Better,’ Not Just Cheaper - notable opinion when you’re the head of Netflix - IndieWire
NOTABLE NEW RELEASE(S) 🎟 & 📺
The Accountant 2
Brothers don’t shake hands, brothers gotta hug. Aaaaand kill people together if you’re two trained assassins, one of whom is an autistic account (Ben Affleck) who can’t relate to most people, and the other, a wild boy who just wants to be pals, and maybe throat punch a few punks, with his bro (Joe Bernthal).
Out: Friday
Where: Movie Theaters
Details: 2 hrs 5 mins | R | 🍅: 81%
Until Dawn
Death comes for us all. But for most of us, it usually doesn’t come more than once.
But it does for these cadre of cute youngins stuck in a house that murders them, repeatedly, night after night, in this sadistic voyeurism time loop affair based on a video game (that was actually really quite different than this).
Out: Friday
Where: Movie Theaters
Details: 1 hr 43 mins | R | 🍅: 54%
Havoc
There’s no half-assing when you pair Tom Hardy with the director (Gareth Evans) of The Raid, one of the most famously brutal action movies ever to exist. In fact, all asses will be used and kicked in what looks like a simple “no where to turn, no one to trust” action movie, but is approached in the most choreographed and violent manner possible.
Out: Friday
Where: Netflix
Details: 1 hr 45 mins | R | 🍅: TBD
On Swift Horses
Hot young actors1. Capital D Drama. Big feelings. 1950’s repression.
As much as it bemoans movies like this not being seen, Hollywood can’t quit making these sweeping stories either. Call it self-torture, call it art for art’s sake. Whatever you call it, you can fill your big emotions tank (located right below your kidneys) a bit more if it’s gettin’ low.
Out: Friday
Where: Limited Theaters
Details: 1 hr 57 mins | R | 🍅: 60%
The Legend of Ochi
The 80’s may have ended over 30 years ago, but they’re still alive and well (in spirit) in The Legend of Ochi, a story which is pure earnestness and heavy on the nostalgia of peak adorable (not CGI) puppet creatures.
Sort of an indie E.T. for the modern era.
Out: Friday
Where: Movie Theaters
Details: 1 hr 36 mins | PG | 🍅: 85%
EXTRA CREDIT MOVIE(S) 📝
Neighborhood Watch - Jack Quaid and Jeffrey Dean Morgan go on a little small town caper adventure together. The reviews aren’t out yet, but seems capable enough if you’re looking for this kind of jaunt. - VOD and Limited Theaters Friday
The Shrouds - David Cronenberg thinks it might be fun to put a camera in people’s graves so their still alive loved ones can talk to them. Clearly nothing weird will happen when that’s the premise of your movie. The reviews say weird stuff does indeed happen and it makes for an interesting, if cold, offbeat, almost dark comedy. That was apparently inspired by the death of Cronenberg’s wife. - Limited Theaters Friday
THE WEEKLY TRAILER PLAYLIST ⏯
The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Papa Pedro and crew get a full trailer.
Predator: Badlands - this time, the Predator is the hero. (yes, same director as Prey.)
I Know What You Did Last Summer - nice to see you again?
Mountainhead - creator of Succession made a movie.
Weapons - Barbarian director’s new creepfest.
Heads of States - Idris Elba and John Cena do the comedy action duo as Pres and Prime Min.
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter