I’ll watch it. Thanks for the tip.
I wish they would have rebuilt the final version of the cyborg in a more human form without the armor. So he could return to his family.
Since this version of Robocop focused on medical ethics. That would have been a more satisfying conclusion.
After I mentioned the movie to mrs. dirtball, she wanted to watch it. So…it was a bit too murder-y for her tastes. She’s not really opposed to such things in moves/tv, but this apparently rose above her threshold.
I was kinda “meh” on the story. Thought Margaret Qualley was good but ended up a bit disappointed that they didn’t give Charlie Day something a little more substantial to do than repeatedly hit on a lesbian. (“Hey, let’s write a part for the actor who plays a character that has spent twenty years stalking The Waitress.”)
While I have boundless admiration for the genius of the Coen brothers, I’m starting to get the impression that Joel is the more accomplished of the two. One of the times when they went solo, Joel Coen directed The Tragedy of Macbeth, which was superb. A couple of years later Ethan Coen teamed up with writer Tricia Cooke to direct Drive-Away Dolls which I thought was OK but mediocre (just 5.4 on IMDb, where I typically don’t watch anything rated less than 6). Honey Don’t is rated even lower – 5.2. I’ll probaby watch it anyway because there’s always something creative going on when either one or both of the Coens are involved, but my expectations are low.
I’m sorry, did you say “blow water on you”?! Did you leave the theater wet, or are we talking about the lightest of mistings? Either way, I’d be pissed.
For what it’s worth, both Drive Away Dolls and Honey Don’t were apparently written by his wife, Tricia Cook, and she co-directed and edited them, too. I suspect that they reflect her sensibilities much more than his.
Light mist, and there is a button on the seat to disable the water spray. The technology would be fine for something like a virtual reality amusement park ride but for a non-first-person viewpoint movie it was distracting.
Thanks, I didn’t know that Tricia Cook was Ethan Coen’s wife. But they’re both credited with writing credits for Drive Away Dolls and Honey Don’t, and Ethan with directing credits.
I don’t know what’s happening with the brothers, but I sure hope that their historic cinematic collaboration isn’t falling apart. As I said earlier, with no exaggeration, they were filmmaking geniuses.
It looks like Honey Don’t is available on Netflix but Drive Away Dolls is not. Do I need to see the first one before watching the second, or is Honey Don’t watchable on its own? Is Drive Away Dolls available anywhere else?
I believe the films are unrelated.
Yeah, both Honey Don’t and Drive Away Dolls are stand-alone movies. We streamed DAD not too long ago, so it’s available somewhere (unless it got pulled very recently), but I don’t remember where.
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Mildly recommended.
A action-comedy…time travel film. Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, and many more appear in the film, including some fun cameos.
They work to secure a future where they can all live and fun times ensue. A good movie, just shy of being really good. It’s funny, but 100% not funny enough. As a properly written witty comedy, this would have been a homerun.
Performances all good, worth your time if you wish to stream. It’s on Hulu.
Despite not being amazing, this screams theatrical release…and yet here it is on streaming. Weird.
Correct.
As parents we must be sometimes called upon to sacrifice for our children, and today it was thus with the Minecraft movie.
I found it barely tolerable. Jack Black and Momoa were both fully committed, so props to them I guess, but what a thing they were committed to. Brash, hamfisted, occasionally funny, the whole thing played out like what I have to believe was the first draft that came out of the writers room.
Kid loved it, of course.
For you, my son.
It was on my “worst films of 2025” list. I hated it. I’m sorry you had to see it.
I’ll address Project Hail Mary in one of the dedicated threads. Three most recent:
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come and They Will Kill You What are the chances that two movies in which a heroine is trapped and hunted by satanic cultists, while hampered by her bratty kid sister come into the theaters in a two week period? Given Hollywood’s track record, pretty damn good.
Both movies were bloody good fun (or good bloody fun). RoN2, as a follow up to RoN was more of the same, but Samara Weaving was suitably badass and the villains were almost comically evil. The ending is somewhat (anti-)deus ex machina, but it does conclude unambiguously with a tiny bit left for the next episode. I think I enjoyed TWKY a bit more, primarily because of the novelty. The heroine, played by Zazie Beattz, is badass from the start (she makes John McClain look a bit wimpy) and the comically evil villains are suitably high powered (as befits those that get direct befit from Satan). A deus ex machina ending, obviously, and a little wiggle room left for a sequel. Both are recommended, but if I had to recommend only one, it would be TWKY.
For a complete change of pace, in She Dances Steve Zahn plays the estranged dad of an 18 year old daughter (played by his actual daughter in a compelling debut) competing in her last regional dance competition. She needs an emergency adult, and he is drafted. Hearts are broken and mended in a very heartwarming film, though if you are someone who demands closure on a maguffin pursuit, you’ll be disappointed. A surprising indie that is highly recommended.
I just re-watched Whiplash (2014) with my parents. I wasn’t sure if they would get into it, but they really loved it. Oddly, I liked it a little less this time only because I was aware of some of the issues with the movie that are minor, but bug me … like how Nieman is 19 but he can rent a car and get into a jazz bar … and other minor things that I picked up from IMDb’s Goofs page.
Primate 2025 Johnny Sequoyah, Jessica Alexander, Victoria Wyant, Troy Kotsur
Paramount+
Rabid pet chimp goes Rambo on house guests.
Lots of blood and death. I’m not sure why I watched to the end. This is one mean, deadly chimp.
Rating 5 out of 10
It was a pretty stupid movie. I saw it as well and man, this was dumb.
I don’t know how I would handle a rabid simian or whatever, but I think I could manage leaving.
Where’s Chuck Norris when these people need him? 
I’ve watched a lot of horror films. I agree this was just dumb. I was expecting something similar to Planet of the Apes with a sentient creature. Not a rabid animal stalking people.
Yikes, it’s late and I’m tired and I missed the “for” in my first reading of that sentence, so imagine how relieved I feel to learn that all that happened was that you had to sit through the Minecraft movie. Puts your suffering in perspective, at least! 
Weighing in on Honey Don’t (2025 - Netflix). Liked it. A solid A-.
The earlier Drive Away Dykes felt like an imitation Coen Bros, but this one felt like its own thing.
It had an always-cool wisecracking lesbian detective. It had a strong sense of place (small dusty Southwest city), It had family. It had more explicit sex than Drive Away. It had an exceptionally scummy church leader.
It had a breezy, don’t take this sex/violence/plot too seriously attitude. And it had a whoops our budget’s exhausted, let’s wrap it up conclusion.
It has not gotten good reviews, but I’m giving it one. Margaret Qualley is an extremely likable lead, and I would have happily followed her character for another 45 minutes.