[olderthanIusedtobe]

"We Don't Belong Here." Worth watching for me because of several good performances and a strong cast. Anton Yelchin (RIP, not sure how many more films of his are going to be released posthumously), Catherine Keener, Kaitlyn Dever, Riley Keough, several others. Movie deals with mental illness. Not an easy or fun watch. Was hard to tell at times what was and wasn't actually happening. But again worthwhile IMO because of the performances. Two of the actresses sang in the movie, it was actually them according to the credits, and they had beautiful voices. Both caught me off guard. Dever and Keough (Elvis Presley's granddaughter, so maybe shouldn't be too surprising).

[NacMacFeegle]

Hurricane Heist is a fun so-bad-its-good action flick! I think I'd describe it as a combination between "Die Hard" and "The Day after Tomorrow", and it's every bit as ridiculous as that sounds! Highly recommended if you're in the mood for an crazy 80's style action flick.

[olderthanIusedtobe]

I was looking forward to the new "Jumanji" movie w/ Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan. While it was fairly entertaining it fell a bit flat for me. The novelty of the actors being avatars for an eclectic group of high school kids whose personas were wildly different than their avatars wore off probably half way thru, then it was just redundant. I feel similarly to this as I did "Jurassic World;" while it was okay I am flabbergasted that it took in over $400 million at the box office. Why?! Anyway Gillan was by far my favorite part of the movie. She needs to be in more movies.

[olderthanIusedtobe]

With some trepidation I watched the third (and hopefully last) Pitch Perfect. The trailers didn't do anything for me, but I still had to check it out. Overall it was enjoyable enough, had some of the elements you'd expect from the franchise. I like most of the characters and there was the usual banter, a capella puns and singing. Not surprisingly the film centered mostly on Rebel Wilson and Anna Kendrick's Fat Amy and Becca characters. I can barely tolerate Fat Amy, she's just too much, so that's a big detraction for me. In this film there was a bizarre sub plot where she's suddenly a ninja (sure, why not?) and it was like a James Bond spoof or something. It was like there was an entirely different movie within a Pitch Perfect movie, I thought it didn't fit and it was jarring. Outside the main two they tried to squeeze in Aubrey and Chloe, and then everybody else was basically just there. Hailee Steinfield is probably the biggest star out of the whole cast at this point, but her Emily character was given fairly little to do. Of course they kept up the running gag of nobody knows or cares who Jessica and Ashley are. They wrote one of the original Bellas out of the story early on w/ a pregnancy. All boyfriends from previous movies were completely absent. For fans of the previous movies it's probably still worth watching but I think they've exhausted all possibilities and hopefully don't try to make any more movies about the Bellas.

[olderthanIusedtobe]

"The Limehouse Golem" is a gothic murder mystery/psychological thriller. I wouldn't call it horror, but it has some gory violence. Twisty, keeps throwing you false leads on who the killer might be. The twist at the end...let's say I did not appreciate it. Maybe doesn't ruin the movie, but detracted from it. I was thoroughly enjoying it right up til then. Bill Nighy is excellent as always, he was the lead detective. Olivia Cooke (the title character from Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) was also very good. Worth a watch, especially if you like gritty grimy period pieces set in England.

[Malachai Constant]

Really enjoyed Isle of Dogs note this is a Wes Anderson film and may not be for everyone. Set in Japan with definite Japanese influences. Not really a kids film in spite of stop motion animation. Well developed characters.

[Tom]

[DIYSteve]

Yeah, much of The Revenant was cartoonish, as in cartoon characters who get flattened, exploded or otherwise destroyed, then pop up like nothing happened

[GaliWalker]

Just saw Ready Player One and absolutely loved it! Highly recommended.

[olderthanIusedtobe]

[GaliWalker]

I hadn't read the book, and only had the promo to go on. Like you I wasn't that keen on seeing it initially, and had pretty low expectations going in. I think I ended up having more fun watching this one than I did Black Panther.

[olderthanIusedtobe]

[Malachai Constant]

Ready Player One a fun ride excellent special effects and exciting to the end. Read the book a year ago or so. The film did not have as much of social critique as the book and the games were more action oriented than intellectual challenge, but it is only a Movie after all. Not as dark as many of Spielberg’s more recent films.

[olderthanIusedtobe]

Watched "Justice League." I had really low expectations going into it, so it was actually a bit better than I anticipated (damning w/ faint praise?). So many new characters, they didn't really do much back story on them but they had to do a little. Created some pacing problems. Some bad CGI as expected. There is a decent amount of acting talent on hand, some of it in very small throw away roles. The main villain was fairly meh, but that's been a problem w/ many of the superhero movies. DC is just so far behind Marvel w/ their cinematic universe, they are desperately trying to play catch up but are mangling it badly so far.

[mike]