Bummer, but you've gotta do what is best for you.

See, you saying it knows its tone is what bothers me. I don't want a grim dark super hero movie, I want a super hero movie that fits with the source material in tone.

The Little Things - The Little Things is a new crime thriller starring Denzel Washington and Rami Malek who are a former detective and current detective trying to solve a series of murders of young women with Jared Leto playing their prime suspect. The movie is extremely well done with a ton of suspense and tension to keep you on the edge or your seat nearly throughout its entire run time, especially thanks to its incredible musical score. In fact, it gave me a very Se7en feel with how the movie played out despite not being a Neo Noir. All of the actors do an incredible job with their characters and the film dives into directions that keep you pondering how the series of events are going to play out. The only negative I really have towards it is it feels a tad incomplete in the long run, though I can't say what due to spoilers. It is definitely worth checking out and kicks the 2021 movie run off to a great start! Overall, I give it a solid 8/10.

WW84 - 4/10 Soul - 10/10 Ninja Scroll - 9/10 Perfect Blue - 10/10 The Matrix - 10/10 American Werewolf in London - 9/10 The Re-Animator 8/10

I've watched a ton of movies since I lost posted, but haven't had the motivation to come here. Home Alone 2, It's A Wonderful Life (first time ever), Krampus, A Christmas Story, A Muppet's Christmas Carol, 2009's A Christmas Carol, When A Stranger Calls, April Fool's Day, and Motel Hell. Glad to see you enjoyed Ready or Not. It was one of 2019's surprises for me.

I've only seen the original, parts of the second film, which were dreadful, the remake, and the prequel to the remake.

I've watched a string of incredible movies in 4K over the last week. All of them get a 10/10 and that includes The Shining, Vertigo, Psycho, Rear Window, and The Birds. Well okay, I think The Birds is actually a 9/10, but still fantastic nonetheless.

For me, it is the young Corleone scenes with Robert Deniro that makes this movie superior in my book.

You are far more lenient to Godfather III than I was. I watched the entire trilogy for the first time about 5 years ago and found III to be painful to sit through. I was ready to turn it off after 20 minutes due to how bad it was. My response was, "My god, they were right."

Never touched the Rocky movies. Just not my cup of tea. Cool to hear you enjoyed them though.

Underwater - Not a bad movie at all despite having Kristen Stewart in it. It is slightly predictable as it follows normal horror movie tropes, but overall, it was an enjoyable film that does provide some good moments of suspense. Furthermore, it's a movie for anyone who loves to see Lovecraftian influences in their films as this is full of them. The only thing missing was someone having a completely mental breakdown in that Lovecraft style, but still worth watching nonetheless. I'm giving it a solid 7/10.ching nonetheless. I'm giving it a solid 7/10.

Leave Her to Heaven - 10/10 Spider-Man - It's a pretty good first attempt at making a live action Spider-Man movie. I really love how they are able to give us origin stories to both Spider-Man and Green Goblin and weave them into each other with fluid precision. Willem Defoe is just phenomenal as Norman Osborn as is JK Simmons as Jameson. Both of them feel like they were born to play those roles. Unfortuantely, everyone else is more of a miss than a hit. Tobey Maquire just looks too old to be playing a teenage Peter Parker, but he does pull off the nerdy side to Peter quite well. It's his Spider-Man side that needs some work as he barely ever quips and when he does, it doesn't feel natural. Also, Kirsten Dunst does not have the pizzazz to pull of Mary Jane and Jame Franco is way too laid back to make a good Harry. The action is pretty good and Danny Elfman's score kicks ass kinds of ass. Thankfully, the good outweights the bad to make a really solid adventure. Spider-Man 2 - This one seems to get a lot of love and I'm not exactly sure why. Don't get me wrong, it's a great movie, but I'm not sure I can say it is better than the first one. Dunst does an even poorer job of portraying MJ here than she did in the previous one and she seems to be extremely selfish this time around. On the other hand, Franco has improved as Harry, though that's probably because he's playing a strung out version of the character. Maquire is pretty much the same as he was in the last one, albeit a bit more whiney, even less quippage, and I'm not sure I really understand how he can will his powers to not work, but okay. Molina is a fantastic Doc Ock that is hindered by having to be a sympathetic villain and of course, they kill him off because Peter revealed his identity to him, so that is lame. It does feature what is hands down the second best live action Spider-Man fight to date with the battle on the train. Sadly, I'm not a fan of the Evil Dead scenes Raimi did with Doc Ock in the hospital as it just feels way out of place along with all of the face up screaming that goes on afterwards. Regardless, like with the first one, there is so much good here that it is easy to ignore most of the negatives. Spider-Man 3 - Oh boy, and here is when the train ride derailed as if Peter failed to stop it in the previous film. Now the Editor's Cut does bring in a few new scenes that do improve a few bits, it removes a few like that awful scene where the butler tells Harry Spider-Man did not kill his dad, but for the most part, it does nothing to make this movie not feel like it is three separate movies merged into one. There are too many plotlines going on and the last act feels like an entirely different movie. I have no who thought it was a good idea to do those news report segments during the final battle, but they are awful. Add on top that Harry's plot is too rushed and makes little sense (like why didn't MJ say, "Hey Pete, Harry has his memory back and is blackmailing me to break up with you, so just go with it."). The Sandman plot seems like it is supposed to be the film's main focus only for it to get sidelined and Sandman becomes an afterthought. Don't even get me started on that piss poor version of Eddie Brock (who was named dropped in the first film but is now the "new guy," what?) and Venom. This movie should have been about Sandman and Peter's quest for vengeance, learning the error of going too far. The next one could have been on Harry unable to cope with Peter being Spider-Man and hires a man to take up the identity of Hobgoblin, only for him to fail, which entices Harry in the next film to become Green Goblin. Then have Venom show up after that with Peter getting the symbiote suit while he was dealing with Harry. Well whatever, it's pointless to go on about what should have happened. In the end, the first two Raimi movies were solid while the third one is a mess. It's pretty much the Batman & Robin of the Spider-Man movies, though better than that. They're fun comic book films and like with Batman, no one has been able to top Elfman's score thus far.

The Invisible Man 2020 - This was the first new movie I have blind bought in about 7 years and damn was it worth every cent. It's absolutely nothing like the book, and yet it manages to be BOTH a social commentary and horror movie at the exact same time. It was suspenseful, intense, full of a lot of twists and turns that kept the rollercoaster ride going. I actually wish we had gone to see this in the theater now as it was that good. 10/10

Inside Out - 10/10 Monsters, Inc - 9/10

For me, the thing that saves Annihilation from being a complete waste of time is its soundtrack. Anyway, Uncut Gems - It was an enjoyable piece that seemed quite different for Adam Sandler, and yet, he did a fantastic job. Unfortunately, the narrative itself was a slight mess, creating a disjointed tale with a character who was an utter and complete asshole, making it hard to route for him. Still, it was interesting. 7/10 Wall-E - 10/10 Ratatouille - 9/10 Brave - 7/10 Up - 9/10

Those are some pretty awesome shots.

Finally updated the topic with the addition of Shout! Factory's Kamen Rider acquisitions.

I've watched a shit ton of movies recently. Jaws, which is always perfect. Predator, absolutely fantastic. And then all of Phase 1 and 2 to the MCU along with half of Phase 3. I'm not going to go into details, but the MCU is full of so much good stuff with a few stinkers. The Winter Soldier is still the best while Dark World is just an atrocious movie all around.

Those shots are friggin awesome. It's a shame NECA won't do a Showa Mothra that is properly scaled with that Godzilla. Is that tissues you were using for smoke and the silk cocoon around Godzilla?

One Missed Call - I watched this one probably about 12 years ago and quite enjoyed it. My thoughts this time around? I still really enjoyed it, however, it does suffer from being about 10-15 minutes longer than necessary as there are a few scenes that drag on a bit. Nevertheless, once the film moves into the abandoned hospital and gets its inner Silent Hill on, it really picks up and flies by. Of course, the ending is a tad too convoluted for its own good, but the negatives aside, you have a pretty soild horror film with a lot of neat ideas and terrific moments of suspense and tension. 8/10. I only had time to watch a couple of the bonus features, which were pretty meh. The TV show footage from the movie and the recording of the girl torturing her sister were boring. The Alternate Ending was dumb. One Missed Call 2 - Well they really phoned that one in, didn't they? This felt like some bad American remake of One Missed Call with how much it tried to repeat the same beats as the first one while also lacking atmosphere and have the characters try to find the original origin of the ghost call because apparently the ghost from the first movie was just another ghost from 100 years ago in Taiwan in diguise or some convoluted bullshit like that. I really have no idea exactly what happened, it just did. Granted, it's not the worst J Horror film ever, but of the ones I have watched in the last few weeks I'd say this barely ranks higher than Spiral. I'll give it a 6/10 since I think that is what I gave Spiral. The 3 minute short film feature on the disc was better than this one. One Missed Call Final - What's the best way to make a horror movie be utterly boring? Have every character in the film be an outright despicable human being to the point that you couldn't care less if they lived or died. Even the teachers were unlikable jackasses in this thing. Not to mention the plot just blantly ignored the whole thing about the coal dust girl from the last movie. This whole thing was just awful as it had no suspense or atmosphere whatsoever. In fact, I felt like I was watching some cheap Syfy Channel made for TV film. I'm going to give this thing a generous 4/10 and that's really just because of the Candid Mimiko bonus feature on the disc that was far more entertaining that the movie itself.