Horror Movies kingmongoose7877 • 11 months ago • 88%

[*I’m your boyfriend now, Nancy.*](https://movie-web.app/media/tmdb-movie-4488) Pleasant dreams!

Movies and TV Shows kingmongoose7877 • 11 months ago • 65%

| **Title** | Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour | | --- | --- | | **Genre:** | Musical, Documentary | | **MPAA Rating:** | NA | | **Runtime** | 02:48:00 | | **Release Date (USA):** | October 13, 2023 | | **Director:** | Sam Wrench | | **Main Cast:** | Taylor Swift, Amanda Balen, Taylor Banks | | **Summary:** | The phenomenon that is Taylor Swift continues, now on the big screen! Immerse yourselves in this once-in-a-lifetime concert film event and witness the history-making tour in theatres. Within hours after tickets went on sale, the film surpassed $10 million in pre-sales, which box-office analysts likened to the performance of a Marvel film. Admit it: *you're going!* | **Useful links:** - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift:_The_Eras_Tour) - [IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28814949/) - [Movie Insider](https://www.movieinsider.com/m22058/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour) - [Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/taylor_swift_the_eras_tour) --- This is the place for all your general discussion, personal and/or linked reviews regarding the new 2023 film, *Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour*, pinned for your convenience! **Please**, for the benefit of the community, use [spoiler formatting](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/02-media.html) if you must reveal! If you have a new movie release you think should be pinned, [let us know](https://lemmy.film/u/kingmongoose7877) (one to two weeks in advance, *please*)! **And remember,** just use the search icon 🔍 to find past *Megapost* discussions!

Movies and TV Shows kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 93%

www.bbc.com

…or just possibly screengrabs of [*Polar Express*](https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2954167065/?playlistId=tt0338348&ref_=tt_pr_ov_vi)…?

Horror Movies kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 92%

It's Sunday, mein mouth-breathing mavens of the monsterous! Time for a visit to the *HorrorHouse™!* Today's selection, for the pedantic 200 of you out there, isn't strictly a horror film but a sub-genre, a member in a cross-section in your Horror ∩ Science-Fiction Venn diagram: the [monster movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_movie). And what an example of the monster movie it is! Featuring the always-breathtaking work of animation legend, [Ray Harryhausen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Harryhausen), 1957's [*20 Million Miles to Earth!*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_Million_Miles_to_Earth) Suspension-of-disbelief helmets strapped on tight? The movie, one of the extremely few horror or science-fiction films based in Italy ("it's *sempre* New York or Tokyo!"), tells of an alien egg brought back to Earth by the first explorers to Venus. This egg hatches and gives birth to a little monster that in no time at all—*spoiler!*—becomes a big monster and wrecks havoc in Rome. Aww… did I give something away? Obviously important to cinema history ([MovieSnob](https://lemmy.film/c/moviesnob) never sleeps) is Harryhausen's beautiful stop-motion work, the classic scenes at the Colosseum especially be to noted. One thing *TIL* that Harryhausen shot in Rome because [*he wanted to vacation there!*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_Million_Miles_to_Earth#cite_note-overview-2) Hey, films have been shot for more self-serving reasons. YouTube Link to the movie… - https://youtube.com/watch?v=6Fm0LLsB9FM Google-free links… - https://yewtu.be/watch?v=6Fm0LLsB9FM - https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=6Fm0LLsB9FM - https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=6Fm0LLsB9FM So, sorry for the slight deviation in programming…no, no I'm not and you all *like* deviations anyway! See you next week, my knuckledragging nightcrawlers, here at *Mongoose’s Drive-In HorrorHouse™!* And remember…Parma spelled backwards is *AMRAP!*

Animation kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 100%

www.youtube.com

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6431618 > We'd like to ease your mind regarding the recent visitations (abduction is such a dirty word). They're not experiments... they're invitations. That is, if you've got the brass be bearable for extended space travel...

Detroit kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 100%

www.fox2detroit.com

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MovieSnob kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 90%

*MovieSnob Seal of Approval!* 🏆 👍 Over the top of *over the top!* Flying saucers from outer space…*check!* Absurd, drug-fueled cartoon characters…*check!* Thai zombies with exploding heads…*check!* Loud, fast, distorted rock 'n roll…*CHECK! ALL SYSTEMS GO!* We're talking about the lo-fi, lo-budget [*Wild Zero,*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Zero) the 1999 punk rock *Night of The Living Dead* starring power trio [Guitar Wolf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Wolf). This Japanese cult film pays homage to all things rock 'n roll filtered through western Pacific sensibilities. Framed within the buzzsaw roars of Guitar Wolf's "[jet rock 'n' roll](https://www.guitarwolf.net/)", you're gonna get cars, motorbikes and *microphones* that spit fire like the 1966 Batmobile! Of course there's the Yakuza and gallons of fake blood! There's even military-grade weaponry that wouldn't seem out of place in Michigan's upper penninsula! Oh, and the soul searching… It's a bunch of stupid fun for the whole family…if your surname is Addams or Manson! **See it!** > Love knows no nationalities, genders or borders! Rock and roll!

MovieSnob kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 85%

Saw the 2021 documentary about the life of actor Paul Newman the other day, Pierre-François Gaudry's [*Paul Newman, derrière les yeux bleus*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16868058) (*Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes*). It's hard not to make a film about Newman's life without sanctifying the man, although he really did come close with all of his humanitarian work aside from all of the iconic roles he'd played in his career. But I'm not here to list his filmography nor his philantrophic endeavors today. Possibly another time. Something Newman said, it had to be around 1977-1980 (it's unclear from the film exactly when), stuck with me as it's as timely today as it was 40-odd years ago—maybe more so. *It's very hard to take a lot of pride in your craft if the three biggest stars in America are two robots and a shark.*

Movies and TV Shows kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 80%

| **Title** | The Exorcist: Believer | | --- | --- | | **Genre:** | Horror | | **MPAA Rating:** | R | | **Runtime** | 02:01:00 | | **Release Date (USA):** | October 6, 2023 | | **Director:** | David Gordon Green | | **Main Cast:** | Leslie Odom Jr, Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Ellen Burstyn, Norbert Leo Butz | | **Summary:** | A 12-year-old girl is possessed by a mysterious demonic entity, forcing her mother to seek the help of two priests to save her. | **Useful links:** - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist:_Believer) - [IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12921446) - [Movie Insider](https://www.movieinsider.com/m19412/exorcist) - [Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_exorcist_believer) --- This is the place for all your general discussion, personal and/or linked reviews regarding the new 2023 film, *The Exorcist: Believer*, pinned for your convenience! **Please**, for the benefit of the community, use [spoiler formatting](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/02-media.html) if you must reveal! If you have a new movie release you think should be pinned, [let us know](https://lemmy.film/u/kingmongoose7877) (one to two weeks in advance, *por favor*)! **And remember,** just use the search icon 🔍 to find past *Megapost* discussions!

Movies and TV Shows kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 95%

| **Title** | Foe | | --- | --- | | **Genre:** | Science Fiction, Thriller | | **MPAA Rating:** | R | | **Runtime** | 01:50:00 | | **Release Date (USA):** | October 6, 2023 | | **Director:** | Garth Davis | | **Main Cast:** | Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Aaron Pierre | | **Summary:** | The lives of a married couple are thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger shows up at their door with a startling proposal. Based on best-selling author Iain Reid's novel. | **Useful links:** - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foe_(film)) - [IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8258502) - [Movie Insider](https://www.movieinsider.com/m21990/foe) - [Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/foe_2023) --- This is the place for all your general discussion, personal and/or linked reviews regarding the new 2023 film, *Foe*, pinned for your convenience! **Please**, for the benefit of the community, use [spoiler formatting](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/02-media.html) if you must reveal! If you have a new movie release you think should be pinned, [let us know](https://lemmy.film/u/kingmongoose7877) (one to two weeks in advance, *proszę*)! **And remember,** just use the search icon 🔍 to find past *Megapost* discussions!

Movies and TV Shows kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 89%

| **Title** | The Royal Hotel | | --- | --- | | **Genre:** | Thriller | | **MPAA Rating:** | R | | **Runtime** | 01:31:00 | | **Release Date (USA):** | October 6, 2023 | | **Director:** | Garth Davis | | **Main Cast:** | Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, Hugo Weaving, Toby Wallace, Ursula Yovich | | **Summary:** | Americans Hanna and Liv are backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, they take a temporary live-in job at a pub called ’The Royal Hotel’ in a remote Outback mining town. Soon they find themselves trapped in a situation that grows rapidly out of control. | **Useful links:** - [Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Hotel_(film)) - [IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18363072) - [Movie Insider](https://www.movieinsider.com/m22062/the-royal-hotel) - [Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_royal_hotel) --- This is the place for all your general discussion, personal and/or linked reviews regarding the new 2023 film, *The Royal Hotel*, pinned for your convenience! **Please**, for the benefit of the community, use [spoiler formatting](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/02-media.html) if you must reveal! If you have a new movie release you think should be pinned, [let us know](https://lemmy.film/u/kingmongoose7877) (one to two weeks in advance, *please*)! **And remember,** just use the search icon 🔍 to find past *Megapost* discussions!

Horror Movies kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 92%

bloody-disgusting.com

...~~Today~~ Yesterday. Sue me. **Reminder:** the linked article is USA-centric, meaning those of us in the rest of the world may not have the same streaming services available and/or release dates may be different.

Horror Movies kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 100%

yt.artemislena.eu

Do you all know how much your King Mongoose loves you? I care for all of you defective darlings so much that I sat through this stinker of a film just to tell you, no, *warn* you to *stay away, far away!* The dog of a movie in question is 1958's [*The Screaming Skull*.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052169) You *know* a movie has to suck (and I don't mean blood) if it has to start out offering free funeral services to those who may die of fright in the audience. Oh, please! You could show this to your cardiopathic granny or your nine-year-old niece or nephew and the only fear generated would be that of your guests kicking your shins for showing them this tedious film! Its only real saving grace is that it's just over an hour (01:08:00), "free burial services" sequence included. I can't help question if it had been filmed hoping to be included in one of the anthology shows popular at the time such as [*Alfred Hitchcock Presents*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents) but ultimately rejected. Clumsily edited, dread factor zero, bare minimum production values, mediocre acting, trite script with the "clues" being dribbled as if from an eyedropper. There's the haunted portrait of the departed wife created by someone from a beginner art class, painted not on canvas but posterboard!—there is a scene where the cursed painting is to be burned on a pyre and it curves under its own weight! There's a screaming skull, yes, but there are actually *two*—one is a stand-in, I suppose?—and you can see the difference! There's a shot of the titular skull on the staircase and you can see the stick that makes it "leap" from the step! One laughably "ominous" shot of perched birds flying away from their branch…not because of some ghostly force but because someone threw a rock at them clearly visible in the shot! Run, my children, *run away!* Watch whatever else is "suggested for you" or next on the playlist! Or better yet, put down your cellphones, go outside and get some fresh air…and maybe some Halloween candy too, while you're at it!

Editors kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 100%

yewtu.be

...Or maybe *this* crowd *has* heard of legendary [Dede Allen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dede_Allen) (RIP). Alternate Google-free links: - https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=vdXUjtE-ltA - https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=vdXUjtE-ltA

Film Noir kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 100%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.film/post/1636501 > 🔗🐒 Hi! I'm the *MovieSnob LinkMonkey™!* 🔗🐒 Enjoy these Google-free links! > > Link 1: [A Study of Black and White Filmmaking](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=mNeJ8pZa_B8) > > Link 2: [Film Noir: The Case for Black and White](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=LppctxCYBzM) > > *** > > > Have you ever heard somebody say "I can't watch black and white movies?" I have a problem with this. Not because some of the most important movies are in black and white but because black and white can do just as much—if not more—than color. > > Thanks, *MovieSnob LinkMonkey™!* Have a banana! And thanks to YouTube Channel [Now You See It](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWTFGPpNQ0Ms6afXhaWDiRw) for both these videos succinctly and smartly analyzing the use and history of black and white in cinema. > > Regarding the above opening quote (from the linked Film Noir video), an excellent recent example of this, forgive me if I'm repeating myself, is Robert Egger's 2019 [*The Lighthouse*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lighthouse_(2019_film)). > > **MovieSnob Ad Warning:** as some YT vids are want to do, the first link contains promotional content (translated: advertising) fortunately at the end of the video (roughly at 00:13:14). Act accordingly. *** Cross-posting here because, frankly, this was going to be a [!filmnoir@lemmy.film](https://lemmy.film/c/filmnoir) one-link post pointing only to the second link. As you know how going down rabbitholes can be (or eating just one potato chip), it turned into a [!moviesnob@lemmy.film](https://lemmy.film/c/moviesnob) post. Call yer lawyer. Better yet, watch Link #2 *first* then, if you like, watch the second more-subject-encompassing Link #1.

MovieSnob kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 85%

🔗🐒 Hi! I'm the *MovieSnob LinkMonkey™!* 🔗🐒 Enjoy these Google-free links! Link 1: [A Study of Black and White Filmmaking](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=mNeJ8pZa_B8) Link 2: [Film Noir: The Case for Black and White](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=LppctxCYBzM) *** > Have you ever heard somebody say "I can't watch black and white movies?" I have a problem with this. Not because some of the most important movies are in black and white but because black and white can do just as much—if not more—than color. Thanks, *MovieSnob LinkMonkey™!* Have a banana! And thanks to YouTube Channel [Now You See It](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWTFGPpNQ0Ms6afXhaWDiRw) for both these videos succinctly and smartly analyzing the use and history of black and white in cinema. Regarding the above opening quote (from the linked Film Noir video), an excellent recent example of this, forgive me if I'm repeating myself, is Robert Egger's 2019 [*The Lighthouse*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lighthouse_(2019_film)). **MovieSnob Ad Warning:** as some YT vids are want to do, the first link contains promotional content (translated: advertising) fortunately at the end of the video (roughly at 00:13:14). Act accordingly.

MovieSnob kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 94%

How many buttons does this movie push? The cult of personality. Stalking. Delusional disorder. Prisoner of fame. Local boy makes good. If Travis Bickle had stand-up aspirations. Today in 2023, even though [Todd Phillips](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Phillips) has already 'fessed up to it, it's hard not to notice the resemblance in Todd Phillips' [*Joker*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(2019_film)) (2019), especially with De Niro standing in for Jerry Lewis and…himself as the neurotic ~~Bickle~~ Pupkin. Was Scorsese just decades ahead of his time, like with [*New York, New York?*](https://lemmy.film/post/1489743) Yes and no. Although Scorsese himself admits an inspiration from Porter's [*Life of an American Fireman*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_of_an_American_Fireman) (1903)[^1], in my research neither our director nor any film critics mention the resemblance to [Steno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_Vanzina)'s post WWII comedy [*Un americano a Roma*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_in_Rome) (1954) starring Italian national treasure [Alberto Sordi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Sordi) (RIP). Like Scorsese's Pupkin, Steno's Nando Mericoni also has an unrealistic obsession: to be American. Just as delusional as Pupkin, Nando's particular obsession with all things American brings him to the point of speaking English-sounding *gibberish*: his actual command of the language is almost nonexistent so he babbles to his friends and family in what *sounds like* American to their ears. He does so at any opportuniy, even when detained in a German prisoner camp during wartime! Comedian Jerry Lewis plays comedian and Johnny Carson-like late night talk show host Jerry Langford: the duality (irony?) here is that when Langford is off stage Lewis' performance is delivered as serious as the proverbial heart attack. He is a man cornered, seething with a rage, and Lewis shows his dramatic skills brilliantly. Sandra ~~Bernhardt~~ Bernhard as crazed heiress and Langford's other stalker shines hilariously during her scene with her masking-taped hostage. Robert De Niro is just like other NYC natives The Ramones: even when The Ramones covered Louis Armstrong's *What A Wonderful World*, it was still inescapably The Ramones. This is a role like not quite like other in his repertoire and De Niro tries—and mostly succeeds—as obsessed nebbish Pupkin. But it's *still* De Niro, a tough and menacing presence and that's hard to reconcile with the Pupkin character. It's got laughs. *Cringey* laughs. As is, you'll find yourself laughing at the most uncomfortable things in this film. It could have had *more* laughs if Scorsese had decided to play it as a straight-up comedy. This is most likely why *The King of Comedy* flopped at the box office. The tide had turned: the era of [The Blockbuster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster_(entertainment)#Blockbuster_era) was in full swing and people wanted easier entertainment than the [*New Hollywood*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hollywood) was giving them. Friedkin had spent (and lost) millions with his epic [*Sorcerer*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorcerer_(film)) (for another post), Cimino was about to bankrupt United Artists with [*Heaven's Gate*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(film)) and the *New Hollywood* was in the process of being shown the door. If Scorsese had gone more *Taxi Driver* on the treatment and played it straight-up drama, then *The King of Comedy* might have won Best Picture at the 1983 Academy Awards instead of *Joker* at the 2020 Oscars®…? As for the open ending…I've made my own conclusion. You? **Bonus link:** Porter's [*The Life of an American Fireman*](https://archive.org/details/silent-life-of-an-american-fireman). See if *you* can find the inspiration. [^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Comedy_(film)#cite_note-15

Horror Movies kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 94%

What, did you really think you could escape?! **No!** Today at the Drive-In HorrorHouse™ is the gruesome [*The Ghoul*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghoul_(1933_film)), from 1933, starring one of the original masters, Boris Karloff! Not only Karloff's character, Prof. Henry Morlant, refuses to die in this film but [*the film itself*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghoul_(1933_film)#Release_and_preservation) came back from the dead, considered for decades to be lost in time! Google-free viewing links: - https://yewtu.be/watch?v=CL7OUXeWPJk - https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=CL7OUXeWPJk - https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=CL7OUXeWPJk See you next week, my foul followers of the fiendish, here at *Mongoose’s Drive-In HorrorHouse™!* And remember…Climb walls! Turn blue! Scratch glass! *But don’t get caught!*

Animation kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 100%

That's a lie…it's a Triple *Short*! All one-reelers! An estimated 20 minutes for your animation edification! 1\) [*Kobu Tori*](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=p8dEPKO5Z6Q), 1929, [Aoji Chuzo](http://www.anime-kun.net/animes/fiche-kobu-tori-3822.html), Yokohama Cinema From the western shores of the Pacific, the story of [*Kobutori Jiisan*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobutori_Jiisan)… > …translated directly as "Lump-Taken Old Man" is a Japanese Folktale about an old man who had his lump (or parotid gland tumor) taken or removed by demons after joining a party of demons (oni) celebrating and dancing in the night. -- from Wikipedia. *** 2\) [*The Karnival Kid*](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=fIa1Tvbh1qo), 1929, [Walt Disney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Karnival_Kid), Celebrity Productions From the opposite eastern Pacific shores of sunny Hollywood, CA, it's none other than Mickey and Minnie Mouse and singing frankfurters! According to user Dut… > It was the first short animation in which Mickey actually spoke and his first spoken words were "Hot Dogs!" *** **BONUS TRIPLE CROWN LINK:** [*Evil Mickey attacks Japan*](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Eu7_P5aIyzQ), 1934, [Komatsuzawa Hajime](https://www.openculture.com/2016/09/evil-mickey-mouse-invades-japan-in-a-1934-japanese-anime-propaganda-film.html), [J.O. Talkie Manga-bu](https://www.nicholls.edu/cheniere/2022/09/02/viewing-the-history-of-japanese-and-u-s-relations-through-animation/) [Jonathon Crowe of openculture.com](https://www.openculture.com/2014/06/early-japanese-animations-the-origins-of-anime-1917-1931.html) says of this one… > …this curious piece of early anti-American propaganda from 1936 that features a phalanx of flying Mickey Mouses…attacking an island filled with…other **poorly-rendered cartoon characters** *[emphasis mine --Mongoose]*. All seems lost until they are rescued by figures from Japanese history and legend. During its slide into militarism and its invasion of Asia, Japan argued that it was freeing the continent from the grip of Western colonialism. Of course, many in Korea and China, which received the brunt of Japanese imperialism, would violently disagree with that version of events.

Horror Movies kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 88%

docs.google.com

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/6231471 > One movie from this list I absolutely adore is Psycho Goreman. More funny than scary. Thanks to [@NataliePortland@lemmy.ca](https://lemmy.ca/u/NataliePortland)!

Movies and TV Shows kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 95%

| **Title** | The Creator | | --- | --- | | **Genre:** | Science Fiction, Action | | **MPAA Rating:** | PG-13 | | **Runtime** | 02:13:00 | | **Release Date (USA):** | September 29, 2023 | | **Director:** | Gareth Edwards | | **Main Cast:** | John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe | | **Summary:** | Joshua, an ex-special forces agent, and his team of elite operatives are recruited to kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war… and mankind itself. They journey into AI-occupied territory only to discover the world-ending weapon is in the form of a young child. | **Useful links:** - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creator_(2023_film)) - [IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11858890) - [Movie Insider](https://www.movieinsider.com/m19294/the-creator) - [Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_creator_2023) --- This is the place for all your general discussion, personal and/or linked reviews regarding the new 2023 film, *The Creator*, pinned for your convenience! **Please**, for the benefit of the community, use [spoiler formatting](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/02-media.html) if you must reveal! If you have a new movie release you think should be pinned, [let us know](https://lemmy.film/u/kingmongoose7877) (one to two weeks in advance, *kudasai*)! **And remember,** just use the search icon 🔍 to find past *Megapost* discussions!

Movies and TV Shows kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 87%

| **Title** | Dumb Money | | --- | --- | | **Genre:** | Biographical, Comedy | | **MPAA Rating:** | R | | **Runtime** | 01:45:00 | | **Release Date (USA):** | September 29, 2023 | | **Director:** | Craig Gillespie | | **Main Cast:** | Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D'Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos | | **Summary:** | Based on the true story of a group of rag-tag investors from the Reddit *r/WallStreetBets,* who banded together to put the squeeze on hedge funds that had bet that GameStop shares would fall. | **Useful links:** - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumb_Money) - [IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13957560) - [Movie Insider](https://www.movieinsider.com/m20817/dumb-money) - [Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dumb_money) --- This is the place for all your general discussion, personal and/or linked reviews regarding the new 2023 film, *Dumb Money*, pinned for your convenience! **Please**, for the benefit of the community, use [spoiler formatting](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/02-media.html) if you must reveal! If you have a new movie release you think should be pinned, [let us know](https://lemmy.film/u/kingmongoose7877) (one to two weeks in advance, please)! **And remember,** just use the search icon 🔍 to find past *Megapost* discussions!

Movies and TV Shows kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 93%

| **Title** | Saw X | | --- | --- | | **Genre:** | Horror | | **MPAA Rating:** | R | | **Runtime** | 01:58:00 | | **Release Date (USA):** | September 29, 2023 | | **Director:** | [Kevin Greutert](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0340436) | | **Main Cast:** | [Tobin Bell](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068551), [Shawnee Smith](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809938), [Synnøve Macody Lund](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4033934), [Steven Brand](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104526), [Michael Beach](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004729) | | **Summary:** | A sick and desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer, only to discover the entire operation is a scam. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through devious, deranged, and ingenious traps. | **Useful links:** - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_X) - [IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21807222) - [Movie Insider](https://www.movieinsider.com/m20940/untitled-2023-saw-movie) - [Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/saw_x) --- This is the place for all your general discussion, personal and/or linked reviews regarding the new 2023 film, *Saw X*, pinned for your convenience! **Please**, for the benefit of the community, use [spoiler formatting](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/02-media.html) if you must reveal! If you have a new movie release you think should be pinned, [let us know](https://lemmy.film/u/kingmongoose7877) (one to two weeks in advance, *por favor*)! **And remember,** just use the Search icon 🔍 to find past *Megapost* discussions!

Animation kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 100%

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/9557664 > Netflix decided that video game adaptations are *in*

Animation kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 100%

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/9557210 > From the creators of Frozen comes: Frozen 1.5 > > Looks alright but very much in line with Disney's recent movies.

MovieSnob kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 60%

[*La La Land*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_La_Land) (Damien Chazelle, 2016) [*New York, New York*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York,_New_York_(1977_film)) (Martin Scorsese, 1977) ~L.A.~ ~Image~ ~by~ [~12019~](https://pixabay.com/users/12019-12019)~,~ ~N.Y.C.~ ~Image~ ~by~ [~Noel~](https://pixabay.com/users/noelsch-136390)~,~ ~from~ [~Pixabay~](https://pixabay.com)~.~

Horror Movies kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 75%

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*From the [original post](https://lemmy.film/post/1463125)…* > Pretty sure folks here will like this podcast, it's a couple comrades that take movies way too seriously and themselves not seriously enough. Thanks to [@Nakoichi@hexbear.net](https://hexbear.net/u/Nakoichi)! I'm listening to episode 282: *Phantasm -- the best movie ever!?* as I write this.

Films Frames - Every Frame is a Painting kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 54%

This one shot is worth more than [all 15 years of the MCU](https://lemmy.film/post/1460355) (DP: [László Kovács](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Kov%C3%A1cs_(cinematographer))).

MovieSnob kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 78%

I'd like to thank [@wilberfan@lemmy.film](https://lemmy.film/u/wilberfan) for [posting](https://lemmy.film/post/1454251) this [article](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-09-25/martin-scorsese-wants-moviegoers-to-fight-comic-book-movie-culture-save-cinema) from the *L.A. Times* over at [!moviesandtv@lemmy.film](https://lemmy.film/c/moviesandtv). A hot topic with some interesting (and less interesting) takes on the subject. This was going to be a mere cross-posting but, of course, you're always going to get your mouth-breathing audience in any discussion regarding the—ugh—superhero genre, so I felt the need to distance myself from that. Did you not see the name of this community? While I might admit under pressure to some exaggeration on Prof. emeritus Scorsese's part (it's Martin Scorsese, for Buddha's sake!), he's certainly not wrong. One thing that few have understood, like Scorsese has, is that while cinema has always had cookie-cutter formulas and copycat movies, since the age of the Blockbuster and especially in this age of 3D, AI and algorithms it's *all* been to reduced to formula. Campbell's [Hero's Journey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero's_journey), [Save The Cat](https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-save-the-cat-screenwriting/) scriptwriting, [Seven Basic Plots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Basic_Plots), etc. It's just a matter of choosing what color gimpsuit the test audience preferred. Scorsese, when he was making [*The King of Comedy*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Comedy_(film)) or [*New York, New York*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York,_New_York_(1977_film)) couldn't forsee the lowest common denominator going so low or so common. I must mention the comment by [@niktemadur@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/u/niktemadur) regarding Scorsese's reference to Christopher Nolan. Just in case anyone here can't see it, there is a world of difference between [insert any MCU/DCU/SMU movie] and Nolan's *Batman* trilogy. Especially with the second entry, [*The Dark Knight,*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight) Nolan elevates the entire genre because Nolan knows what he's doing: he made *movies* about a comic book character, the others make *comic-book movies*. Nolan's work is *cinematic.* The others' are just big, dare I say, hulking. There's just no comparison. It's the difference between [*Finnegans Wake*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnegans_Wake) and Finnegan's corner bar. [@MIDItheKID@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/u/MIDItheKID) commented… > Sure, the Marvel movies pull in more money than other movies, but the money makers are usually trash. Marvel is like the McDonald’s of movies. It’s going to pull in way more money than a fine dining establishment, but not because it’s good, because it’s the garbage that the public will take out their wallet for. There is space in the market for both of these things. For the most part we're on the same page *but* there isn't space for both, really. *Masked Gimpsuit IV: The Revenge of The Attack of The Revenge* is always going to push any smaller (independant) release off cinema screens and (maybe) on to one of the streaming services, if not push them right out of production. Dopamine hits used to have different flavors. Marketing has discovered dopamine doesn't even have to have a flavor, just get the drip timing right. God is in the details and the details have become flamingos.

Film Noir kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 100%

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/9036783 > Film Noir > > Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton > > Annoying whistle sound, intermittently. *** [MovieSnob](https://lemmy.film/c/moviesnob) Seal of Approval 🏆 Film Noir 101, one of the best of the genre: a near-perfect blend of melodrama, pacing, atmosphere and hard-boiled dialogue. The entire production careens just over the edge of "over-the-top". [Neville Brand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Brand)'s Chester is iconic! If you've seen it, *see it again* because you've surely forgotten how good this movie is. If you haven't, well, you know what you have to do. **N.B.:** The audio on this copy isn't great and suffers much like today's tone-deaf cinema: barely audible then deafening. You've been warned. The "annoying whistle sound" mentioned in the original post is a (supposedly) [*incidental*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidental_music) [wolf whistle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf-whistling) in the actual movie soundtrack.

Horror Movies kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 94%

Hello, my ghoulish gluttons for punishment! Following up on last week's [torrid tidbit of terror](https://lemmy.film/post/1244218), this week at the *Drive-In HorrorHouse* is the shocking *segue*, the frightening follow-up, the stupefying sequel!...*Dr Phibes Rises Again!* Starring the legendary Vincent Price with returning Terry-Thomas and the provocative Caroline Munro! Plus what would any self-respecting British horror film be without the grand Peter Cushing?! Google-free viewing links: - https://yewtu.be/watch?v=3OiExTyoQdc - https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=3OiExTyoQdc - https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=3OiExTyoQdc See you next week, my dire disciples of the disgusting, here at *Mongoose's Drive-In HorrorHouse!* And remember...Scratch glass! Turn blue! Stay sick! *But don't get caught!*

Animation kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 88%

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**Mongoose Says:** A happy animated music video about the joys of living and loving. No. It's not. It's not at all. But it's definitely worth seeing as is much of the other work by GetAFix Visuals.

Horror Movies kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 87%

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For all you sick little monsters, Bishal Dutta’s new film *It Lives Inside* opens today! **WARNING:** link may contain spoilers. You know you're gonna have nightmares tonight! Better put down the rubber bed liners.

Animation kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 100%

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/moviesnob@lemmy.film/t/475383 > Studio Ghibli Inc., the production company of anime director Hayao Miyazaki, is set to become a subsidiary of Nippon Television Network Corp., with the major Japanese broadcaster aiming to help manage the studio, the companies say

MovieSnob kingmongoose7877 • 12 months ago • 91%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.film/post/1319955 > What's the connection between the iconic film *2001: A Space Odyssey* and [art-house](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_film) purveyors [The Criterion Collection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Criterion_Collection)? It may seem the obvious link is direct, that *2001* is part of the Criterion Collection but that's not the case—Criterion offers five of Kubrick's works and *2001* isn't among them. The connection is a terrible little English [B movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_movie) from 1964 titled [*Devil Doll*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058007). This low-budget horror film stars Bryant Haliday, William Sylvester and Yvonne Romain but it's the first two names we're interested in today. > > [Bryant Haliday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryant_Haliday), in 1959 with business partner Cyrus Harvey, Jr, founded [Janus Films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_Films), an American film distribution company famous for essentially creating the American market for foreign film. Janus Films imported and distributed some the most iconic films to be created outside of American borders. Ultimately, riding out the wave of success the partners sold Janus Films in 1965, with present-day Criterion doing the distribution of the Janus Films library. > > On the other hand, [William Sylvester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sylvester), the "token American"" in many British productions in the 1950s and 1960s, portrayed Dr Heywood Floyd in Kubrick's *2001: A Space Odyssey*. Permit me an aside: personally speaking, I always thought Sylvester had the makings of a bigger career. He certainly was handsome and talented enough, maybe with a small streak of ham in him. Even after his appearance in *2001* he (and/or his agent) never made the jump to bigger and better things, remaining in mostly smaller films and one-off television roles on both sides of the ocean. > > But back to our nexus at hand. Despite any positive reviews you may have read, I can't recommend this film even at a historic level. Usually I'll try to identify with the era of a film but even so in this case, Rod Serling did this type of thing better with one hand tied behind his back. In fact, he did…twice[^1][^2]! That's what *Devil Doll* feels like: a *Twilight Zone* episode that goes on far too long. Apparently film critic Leonard Maltin (*who?*) found the film "…An exquisitely tailored, sharply edited sleeper." Well, I'll grant you the *sleeper* bit. > > Prepare to *not* be scared. For your snoozing pleasure *[MovieSnob](https://lemmy.film/c/moviesnob) Horror Theatre* presents the wasted opportunity [*Devil Doll*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMSmEOr4Mgo)! Waste an hour and twenty minutes of your precious time…*if you dare!* > > [^1]: [*"The Twilight Zone," The Dummy* (TV Episode 1962) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734636/) > > [^2]: [*"The Twilight Zone," Caesar and Me* (TV Episode 1964) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734558/)