I watched Everest today, which is about the disastrous attempt on the summit in 1996 in which eight people died. A well done movie overall, but if one is to believe Jon Krakauer, author of “Into Thin Air”, the movie plays fast and loose with the facts. In fact, Krakauer call the film ‘total bullshit’.
Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary on Kanopy. Worth a watch even if you only know Time Of The Season and She’s Not There. Lots of great time-capsule footage from their early tours and a nice wrap up at the end with their induction to the hall of fame and memorial show for Paul Atkinson.
And that’s unusual for a religion?
(Hijack over)
Just finished Apex on Netflix. Charlize Theron and a truly creepy Teron Egerton. A fairly predictable psycho killer movie, but done pretty well. Filmed on site (or at least some of it) in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales and in Norway.
That’s next on my list. I’m a big big fan of Tarun Egerton ever since watching Black Bird.
Taron. Congratulations on spelling Egerton right though.
Arrg! Thanks!
Escape from L.A. 1996 Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi
Geez, I wanted to Escape from my living room. How could John Carpenter push out a turd this smelly? Kurt can usually add something redeemable to any film project. He has almost no dialog except grunting call me snake.
Steve Buscemi seemed to try and fill Borgnine’s role as Cabbie in Escape from NY. Borgnine brought a sweetness and innocence to his role. The writers made Buscemi too traitorous.
It was fun seeing the player with a disc the size of a Kennedy half dollar. That was a real product that didn’t last long in the market. I remember ads in computer magazines.
Rating 2 out of 10
I wonder if Kurt wears that black rubber suit for Goldie? 
I was pretty harsh last night.
But John Carpenter wrote and directed so many great films like Halloween, Escape from New York, The Thing etc.
Fans waited 14 years for Escape from L.A. Carpenter and Debra Hill had plenty of time to write something special.
It gets worse. Wikipedia reports a third installment was planned. Carpenter was going to send Snake on a space mission. A character that can barely grunt call me snake is supposed to go into space? Thankfully, this project was canceled.
He features in my “why is kubrick so overrated?” rant as the example of a great director who’s films I can watch lots of times vs one where I barely can suffer maybe one film. Apart from the writing and composing part, his list of great films he’s director is almost second to none for me… Dark Star, Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The fog, Escape from New York, The Thing, Christine, Starman, Big Trouble in Little China and They live. I even remember really loving In the Mouth of Madness as a very effective horror.
He did go off the boil though. I’m not sure why, but Escape from LA (never watched, probably reviews) and Ghosts of Mars (mentioned recently in this thread as bad) were two duds (the latter rated worse) killed his career stone dead, deservedly. He’s only directed one film since Ghosts of Mars, which is kind of sad. Perhaps he got sick of it, perhaps he recognised his failure to craft a good movie.
But man, that body of work. And compare that to the barely watchable snorefest which was Eyes Wide Shut rated at 7.5 on imdb, and only Halloween and The Thing are rated higher, and you do know there’s not been justice for a long time in Hollywood…
I saw this in the theatre with a friend that really really loved Escape from New York. He was very very disappointed. I have not seen it in 30 years. All i can remember is the plastic surgeon played by Bruce Campbell and Snake surfing a terrible CGI wave.
2 out of 10 sounds about right.
Dust Bunny 2025 Sophie Sloan, Mads Mikkelsen
On Max
I watched primarily because of positive reviews. I found it incredibly imaginative and entertaining.
There are a couple of positive reviews upthread, including mine. It’s running on HBO right now, and I’ve already dropped in for a couple of partial re-watches.
Dust Bunny is a fun, fantasy ride. I liked the child’s perception of the apartment. It was slightly skewed with bright colors. It’s a nice reminder that everything looks very big to a small child.
All the imagery in the film is so creative.
I still can’t get the chicken lamp out of my head. 
Just watched this (Paramount) and I agree with the above.
I felt like some of the middle parts could have been trimmed and with the exception of Colman Domingo, the villains were all rather dull. They had Josh Brolin there and all he did was act like an evil TV exec in a suit. Some of the action was fun and they did make a point about society’s relationship to entertainment and entertainment sources being untrustworthy but I’m surprised director Edgar Wright didn’t make it a little more subversive. It was fun though, so I do recommend it.
I was bored this morning so I put on a movie for background noise and mindless slapstick…and got the 2012 film Vamps instead. It was cute, with few expected over-the-top stereotypes and a touching ending.
No Sudden Move 2021 including Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, David Harbour, Jon Hamm, Amy Seimetz, Brendan Fraser
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
On HBO/Max
Good crime movie. I had trouble keeping up with the multitude of characters. Nearly all of them are running a side hustle for personal gain.
The story is basically a large puzzle. I’m still a little unsure if all the pieces fit into a coherent plot. What matters is the biggest puzzle pieces make sense at the end.
I can’t say more without spoilers.
I recommend watching for yourself.
8 out of 10
I just started watching Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra(2002), a funny period piece with atrocious pun names, just like the books. It is in French, with English subtitles. The groans and the grins pretty much even out.
Charade with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. Also Walter Matthau, George Kennedy and James Coburn. Special sceening in the theater.
The best Hitchcock film not actually directed by Hitch. A couple minor plotholes, but it holds up great. And Audrey and Cary have good chemistry, despite him being old enough to be her father. Hey, that’s how they made movies back then.
The Spanish Prisoner is also a good Hitchcock-Notmadeby-Hitchcock film.