[Dr Kain]

Psycho Remake 1998 - This is without a doubt the absolute worst, most unnecessary, pointless remake I have ever seen in my life, and that is saying A LOT!! The only thing I learned from this movie is that Vince Vaughn can do a good imitation of Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates. Honestly, I don't get the purpose of this remake other than to spit over Hitchcock's vision. The movie added nothing original to the story. The actors were just reading their lines. I don't even know what the point of having Danny Elfman be there for when the entire soundtrack was just taken off of the original. Hell, they could have just had the actors in this movie lip sync to the original dialog. This was like watching a High School reenactment of Psycho. Everyone was completely miscast with William Macy being the absolute worst of the cast. The only actor that seemed to care was James Remar, but that was probably because he did not have to suffer through the movie for probably more than a day of shooting. Also, for being in the 90s, NOTHING even felt like the 90s. The dialog was still 60s dialog. The way everything was done was still 60s. For example, I'm quite certain cops in the 90s did not just look at the license and registration and compare it to their license plate And I'm sure Bates would have had a computer SOMEWHERE!! As I said, this is without a doubt the worst remake ever made, and maybe even the worst movie ever made. It has knocked Battlefield Earth out of my number one spot for that category.

[algo448]

Waltz with Bashir: Director Ari Folman takes us on a journey through 1982 Lebanon War in an effort to clear his memories, as he meets many of the people that defined his life during said time.

When one thinks documentaries it's hard not to imagine a bunch of people seated in front of a camera taking with the occasional dramatization, and this is not the exception, but a little detail here changes everything.
It's animated.

Aniamted documentaries are not something common, and somehow this decision makes a world of diffference, everything feels more striking, you get more caugth up in the tale, by shwoing us the history with an animated filter it ends up feeling more real.

The narrative is interesting, the events are fascinating and the animation wraps up everything, making for one unforgettable flick.

[Paladin]

Highlander-


Pure 80s finery. Great action and an amazing soundtrack. Plot's a bit thin though.

And the casting just baffles me. The title character is meant to be from the Scottish Highlands (duh) but is played by a French/Belgian immigrant. Meanwhile in a supporting role you have Sean Connery, ie the most Scottish human being who ever set foot in Hollywood playing an Egyptian pretending to be Spanish.

7/10.

[Dr Kain]

Sunset Boulevard - We went to see this tonight at the Alamo Drafthouse and it was a truly magnificent movie. Normally, over acting is not good, but here, it was done in such a down right incredible manner that I couldn't picture the movie without it. What is even more interesting is that everything they say Hollywood was like back then still seems to hold true to even this day. The characters were great even if they were not likable, but that was the point. The fact the movie is narrated by a dead man is even more impressive. However, that scene at the end on the staircase was just epic. That is two movies now I have watched in the last two weeks that have had an amazingly suspenseful ridden and wonderfully shot scene of people coming down the stairs. I loved how those on the case were all still until it was their moment to move. That was incredible. I think I am going to give this movie an excellent 9/10 stars.

[Dr Kain]

From Russia with Love - This is my favorite James Bond movie, and it is easily one of the best movies in the entire franchise, if not the best. The music and action are great. It has excellent pacing and acting. Robert Shaw is just incredible as Grant. Plus, a portion of the movie takes place on a train, which also makes it amazing. I give it a 9/10 stars.

[Bueno]

The Interview. My 10th time watching it.

[Dr Kain]

Hitchcock - After finally seeing a ton of Hitchcock movies I figured it was time to finally check this one out. It was quite good. Anthony Hopkins seemed dead on as Hitchcock and I was surprised to not see him do any of his normal Anthony Hopkins quirks (such as saying "Yeeesssssssss"). In fact, except for Johanssen, I felt everyone was wonderful in their roles while she felt miscast. I do not know who I would have had play Leigh instead, so there might not have been a better choice, but something still felt off with her. Overall, I give the movie a nice 8/10 stars.

[Matrixbeast]

Two movies.

X-Men: Days of Future Past.
This movie was a mix of cool and fucking stupid. I don't feel like posting an extended review on my thoughts or ideas concerning it, so I'll keep it brief.
I understand what they were doing, but they executed it so dully that I just didn't feel it.
It felt like a roller coaster, really, in terms of quality. And not enough Quicksilver. He was hilarious.
7/10

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks
I finally got to see this legit (As in, without someone having a seizure while holding an iPhone in a theater). It was better than I initially thought now that everything didn't sound underwater and the music was a lot clearer. I found the normal EG to be just 'Okay', so I'm surprised how much fun I was having with this movie. Still, it clearly aims for the target demographic a lot harder than the show does, and it's difficult to get past that at times. Dazzlings are awesome, though.
8/10

[Dr Kain]

Goldfinger - A fantastic movie with some awesome moments. I love the conversations between Bond and Goldfinger and it was nice to see a villain that was really going to kill Bond had it not been for his associates freaking out. My main issues come with the female characters in the movie as they were utterly useless and despite it all being a hoax with the gas to kill the army, those planes would have been shot down the moment they touched Knox's airspace. Nevertheless, I give it an 8/10.

[Dr Kain]

Maleficent - I am so glad we borrowed it from the library rather than spend a dime on it because it sucked!! First off, the movie should have been about Maleficent and only Maleficent. There should have been no Aurora in it. The movie should have ended where the Sleeping Beauty story begins. Secondly, that leads into my next complaint, the movement of time. The pacing was down right terrible. Time moved so quickly that you could never even enjoy a moment of it because it was gone in an instant. Stephan's betrayal just came out of the blue with no rhyme or reason for it. We should have had a good hour spent before he cut off her wings, not 10 minutes. The CGI was awful, especially on the pixies. Good god their heads were huge. Another negative was its acting. Except for Jolie, the acting was atrocious, especially Stephan's, whose acting was down right laughable because of how bad it was. That scene when he is stabs the sword into the table was hilarious. It is unfortunate at how bad this movie was because there were some really great moments throughout the movie where it really shined, especially when Maleficent turned the Moar into darkness. That was awesome. Like I said, the movie should have been about her decent into madness rather than spend 5 minutes turning her evil and the remaining 70 redeeming her. Another positive was its music and that was well done. Overall, I have no choice but to give this turd a 4/10 stars. Let's hope Disney does Cinderella better and actually give the movie time to develop something.