So you’re one of those people who (as Seth Rogen said of those who actually saw the movie) want to kill him after paying 12 bucks for it.
Rogen has recently said he won’t work with Franco anymore. It appears to be due to abuse allegations aimed at Franco, but the upside is that there won’t be another film like The Interview (although I kinda liked This Is The End).
I saw “Mortal Combat” at the theater last Thursday just because I want to go to the theater again, but it’s not a movie like “Kong vs. Godzilla” that you really need to see in a modern revved up theater. Streaming it at home would have been just fine. It had more of a plot than I expected but, in the end, it is what it is.
I just saw this and I think Letterboxd has a hilarious review that captures the feeling of watching it.
It was a great movie and very touching. I don’t know how much editing plays a role, but it all worked and got a great emotional response from me. It was incredible footage and I was not in tears near the end, but was very moved.
Watched In Time starring Justin Timberlake. Somewhat goofy, but the premise was awesome.
In a dystopian future, everyone is genetically engineered to live to age 25 and then aging stops. Then you are given one year of “time” to live which is shown on an implant on your wrist. But, time can get gain, sold, and exchanged. It is the new currency. You are paid at work with time. When you buy groceries or a new car or stay at a hotel, it is paid in units of time.
Of course, the rich have thousands of years while the poor working schleps have days or weeks. It’s a pretty good alternative commentary on life.
I really have no excuse for not having seen this yet. I love octopodes.
I’d say the opening is less amazing than the final 1/3. I was like, “OK, guy likes to dive and look at a certain octopus.” By the end, it was very emotional and powerful. A really good movie.
My best laugh of the day. Thanks.
Yet another vote for The Mitchells vs The Machines, although it reminds me less of the The Lego Movie and more of the two Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs films in tone and humor (FTR I loved those films, despite all the terrible food puns).
On the down side, it has brought back my previously-suppressed terror of Furbys. < shudder >
My husband was called Furby in college because when you tickle him, he giggles like one. I’d almost forgotten those were a thing.
I also enjoyed The Mitchells. Kind of a nice retelling of a time - worn trope, some really funny bits, and it had heart.
It’s an animated PG version of The Terminator. 
I thought the most realistic thing about it was how everyone got back to their devices immediately after the AI apocalypse.
It’s probably also worth noting that both The Mitchells and Cloudy feature a creative genius desperately trying to gain support and validation for their chosen path from a father focused on Luddite, hypermasculine pursuits who doesn’t understand their child at all. In the end the protagonist’s unique and weird talents save the world from an impending technocalypse. One wonders whose personal issues are being aired here…
You may have heard it won the Best Documentary Oscar!: My Octopus Teacher - Wikipedia
My latest five:
Back to the Future 3
Doc Brown and Marty McFly try to survive in, and get back to 1985 from, the Wild West. Better than I remembered, but not nearly as good as the first.
A Close Shave
A terrific Wallace and Gromit short. Romance, window-washing, wrongful conviction, a malfunctioning porridge cannon and lots and lots of hungry sheep, as W&G learn that a winsome yarn saleswoman and her sullen dog are not quite what they seem to be.
The Fugitive
Haven’t seen this Harrison Ford chase movie since it first came out, I think; it still holds up well. Tommy Lee Jones steals every scene (and definitely earned his Oscar) as the deputy U.S. marshal relentlessly pursuing the wrongly-convicted Dr. Richard Kimble. Great Chicago setting, too.
The Quiet Man
A 1952 John Wayne/Maureen O’Hara movie about an American man wooing a fiery Irish woman. Every possible Irish stereotype is trotted out for laughs, and the march of feminism has clearly not yet reached the wee town of Innisfree, but it’s still fun.
Get Shorty
A Florida loan shark decides he’d rather be making movies in Hollywood, and zany hijinks ensue in this Elmore Leonard adaptation. Great cast (including John Travolta, Rene Russo, Delroy Lindo, Gene Hackman and Danny DeVito, with James Gandolfini in an early role) and an enjoyable ride.
I use the phrases “the Cadillac of minivans”, and “they say the smog is the reason the sunsets are so beautiful” (with 4 or 5 f-bombs inserted) all the time.
Now I’ve watched the prequel. It’s called Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom. Also pretty cool, but a bit racist, the female lead is really irritating, and it takes half a movie before the adventure properly starts. But it’s fun.
Quick Change with Bill Murray. Haven’t seen it since it originally came out and really enjoyed it. I do love heist movies and movies that take place over a day, night or a few hours.
I saw both Paddington and Paddington 2 yesterday. (As of a few days ago, Paddington 2 has a higher Rotten Tomatoes score than Citizen Kane and I was curious if it really was better.)
I’m bingeing on Jacques Tati. Just finished “Mon Oncle” and I have “Traffic” at home from Netflix.
Between I watched “The Thief of Bagdad.” (Yes, that is how it is spelled.) Racist as hell, but it had great effects for 1924.
The Loft (2014)
An architect to a luxurious building provides four friends a key each to the loft so they can all have access to it as a secret escape from their wives. No hotel bills, no suspicious credit card activity. Just a secret the five of them know and enjoy. Until one morning a blonde woman is found lying in a pool of blood on the bed and her hand handcuffed to the railing. The men now have to answer what happened. And who did it.