What is the best recent movie you’ve seen.

[EagerBeaver]

Carry-On (2024)
Watched this last night & loved it! Stars Taron Egerton & Jason Bateman about a TSA agent (Egerton) facing a terror crisis at an airport on Xmas Eve. Bateman plays the vilain. Since i love these type of movies anyways i absolutely loved the movie & ot reminded me a bit of Die Hard & other similar movies where a terrorist type tries to manipulate an innocent bystander in order help him accomplish his mission/terror plot. Lots of suspense, lots of action. I love pretty much everything Jason Bateman appears in so watching this movie was rather easy. Loved it!

My only problem with the summary you gave is how can you cast Jason Bateman as a villain? His whole key to his stardom is his comic acting as exemplified in Arrested Development and Ozark. Is he a villain with a dry sense of humor? Unless this is so, he doesn't seem to be playing to his strength here.

I did see this movie in my queue, but didn't realize Bateman was cast as a villain. I figured he would be the funny guy sitting across the aisle.

 

[Doc Holliday]

My only problem with the summary you gave is how can you cast Jason Bateman as a villain? His whole key to his stardom is his comic acting as exemplified in Arrested Development and Ozark. Is he a villain with a dry sense of humor? Unless this is so, he doesn't seem to be playing to his strength here.

I did see this movie in my queue, but didn't realize Bateman was cast as a villain. I figured he would be the funny guy sitting across the aisle.

I consider him as a vilain in Ozark. Similar to Walter White’s character in Breaking Bad. Nice guy who turns bad when he gets involved with the drug business, loads of money coming in, power, murders, etc.
But he’s such a good actor that whatever type of role they give him he’ll be good at it.
Ever see The Gift? At first he seems like a great family man but it turns out he’s a fucking mean sociopath!
Loved his performance in The Outsider, where he plays a baseball coach accused of murdering a young kid. I just loved that miniseries. By the way i think he aced the vilain role in Carry-On. His performance is the highlight of the movie. He steals every scene he’s in!

 

[EagerBeaver]

I consider him as a vilain in Ozark. Similar to Walter White’s character in Breaking Bad. Nice guy who turns bad when he gets involved with the drug business, loads of money coming in, power, murders, etc.

I considered his character in Ozark to be more victim than villain, but his character never loses his sense of humor, even when being tortured. I agree that Bateman is a very talented actor. He was great in Ozark. Nobody could have played the character like he did.

 

[Doc Holliday]

The Beast Within (2024)
Horror/mystery/suspense starring Kit Harrington, Ashley Cummings & Caolling Spindall. The movie is shown from the perspective of the little girl who’s father (Harimgton) is implied to turn into a werewolf-like beast at night & is therefore brought to the middle of a nearby forrest at night until daylight. There is a major twist ending which makes you re-think the entire movie which in my opinion has made me enjoy the movie more. I liked the movie & went back to re-watch some of the key scenes afterwards.

 

[EagerBeaver]

The Beast Within (2024)
Horror/mystery/suspense starring Kit Harrington, Ashley Cummings & Caolling Spindall. The movie is shown from the perspective of the little girl who’s father (Harimgton) is implied to turn into a werewolf-like beast at night & is therefore brought to the middle of a nearby forrest at night until daylight. There is a major twist ending which makes you re-think the entire movie which in my opinion has made me enjoy the movie more. I liked the movie & went back to re-watch some of the key scenes afterwards.

You did not mention that the movie is on Hulu, which is kind of important, because if it is not on one of Hulu, Netflix or Prime, I can't see it. I will check it out.

 

[Skym]

 

[Doc Holliday]

You did not mention that the movie is on Hulu, which is kind of important, because if it is not on one of Hulu, Netflix or Prime, I can't see it. I will check it out.

We do not have access to Hulu in Canada. I watched it on Prime.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Apartment 7A (2024)
Horror/drama starring Julia Garner about a young dancer from Nebraska hoping to make it in the Big Apple after suffering a devastating injury to one of her legs. She ends up meeting a generous older couple who offer to help her & take her in as a guest in the building they live in. However her life takes a turn when the various people she meets are not what they seem to be. This movie is a prequel to the Roman Polanski horror film Rosemary’s Baby (1968) where Garner’s character was one of the minor characters in the Polanski movie along with some of the other characters we meet along. The building she lives in where all the supernatural stuff happens was slso the same apartment building from the original movie. The movie may be better of you haven’t seen Rosemary’s Baby yet i ended up re-watching parts of Rosemary’s Baby after watching this movie & it turned out to make me enjoying it more & led me to re-watch scenes of Apartment 7A. If you enjoy movies of the psycho-horror type then you’ll enjoy this movie with one of the young rising female actors in the movie business who once had a big part in the fantastic Ozark tv series.

 

[EagerBeaver]

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Carry-On (2024)
Watched this last night & loved it! Stars Taron Egerton & Jason Bateman about a TSA agent (Egerton) facing a terror crisis at an airport on Xmas Eve. Bateman plays the vilain. Since i love these type of movies anyways i absolutely loved the movie & ot reminded me a bit of Die Hard & other similar movies where a terrorist type tries to manipulate an innocent bystander in order help him accomplish his mission/terror plot. Lots of suspense, lots of action. I love pretty much everything Jason Bateman appears in so watching this movie was rather easy. Loved it!

I watched this movie tonight. It does fall into the Die Hard genre and it's reasonably entertaining, but the basic premise of the movie is a bit preposterous. We are asked to believe that sophisticated international terrorists would threaten ordinary citizens into executing critical elements of a criminal enterprise while under extreme pressure. I don't really believe any sophisticated international terrorist group would rely on ordinary citizens operating under the pressure of extreme personal threats to perform and competently execute a series of criminal actions which require a great deal of poise.

Jason Bateman as one of the villains is the main redeeming feature of this film. This is really the first pure villain Bateman has played, but it's up Bateman's alley as the character is glib and does have a sense of humor, albeit a twisted one.

Overall I would give it a C or C+. There are a few interesting and well done action scenes, including one where a Los Angeles police officer and a villain struggle to gain control of the wheel of a speeding vehicle.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Woman Of The Hour (2023)
Crime thriller starring Anna Kendrick in her directorial debut about the true life story of a serial killer who appeared on the popular Dating Game tv show in 1978. She portrays struggling actress Sheryl Bradshaw who appeared on the tv show in the same episode serial killer Rodney Alcala appeared on as ‘bachelor #3’. At the time the show was filmed he had already murdered at least 5 young women. After the story became known Alcala was from then on better known as the Dating Game Killer. I ended up really enjoying this movie & recommend it. It received positive reviews from movie watchers & many crirics praised Kendrick’s direction style. I concur. Authorities later estimated that Alcala may have murdered up to 130 people in total including a 21 yr old woman & a 12 year old girl while out on bail after being caught the first time.

 

[Johnny test]

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Woman Of The Hour (2023)
Crime thriller starring Anna Kendrick in her directorial debut about the true life story of a serial killer who appeared on the popular Dating Game tv show in 1978. She portrays struggling actress Sheryl Bradshaw who appeared on the tv show in the same episode serial killer Rodney Alcala appeared on as ‘bachelor #3’. At the time the show was filmed he had already murdered at least 5 young women. After the story became known Alcala was from then on better known as the Dating Game Killer. I ended up really enjoying this movie & recommend it. It received positive reviews from movie watchers & many crirics praised Kendrick’s direction style. I concur. Authorities later estimated that Alcala may have murdered up to 130 people in total including a 21 yr old woman & a 12 year old girl while out on bail after being caught the first time.

This one's coming on Netflix next tuesday i was interested in watching it too.
Yesterday i watched Y2K which may not be the worst movie i've ever watched but comes pretty close

 

[Doc Holliday]

Office Christmas Party (2016)
I anticipated watching this movie because of its great cast such as Jason Bateman, Jennifer Anniston, Kate McKinnon, Olivia Munn & Courtney B. Vance. However for me although it had its funny moments the movie was a huge disappointment. The movie pretty much lost me in the final 10-15 minutes. Throughout the movie the best moments were countered by too many ridiculous & absolutely unbelievable situations. I hope there’s no sequel!

 

[Doc Holliday]

The Substance (2024)
This may be the best movie I’ve seen all year. The movie is about a fading celebrity who decides to go ahead & take a black market drug whose purpose is to temporarily create a younger & better version of yourself. I’m not going to add more to the plot since i might risk ruining the movie for you if you haven’t seen it already.

Directed by Coralie Fargeat & starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley & Dennis Quaid the movie is billed as an horror/sci-fi filled with nudity & gore. If i didn’t know better i’d swear that it was directed by either David Cronenberg or his son Brandon. Some scenes kind of reminded me of some of my all-time favorite movies like Alien, The Thing & Carrie. The movie received high praise at various movie festivals around the world & from movie critics. Some even suggested it could be Demi Moore’s best performance ever although i’m partial to her performance in G.I. Jane.

For those who don’t know the beautiful Margaret Qualley is actress Andie McDowell’s daughter. I remember seeing her in the fantastic Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. She played the part of the Manson girl who hitchikes a ride from the Brad Pitt character & offers to suck his cock. Her performance in the movie is brilliant & her best role yet! Dennis Quaid has a supporting role in this movie & plays one of those shady tv producers. He’s very good in this role! The movie was written & co-produced by the director Ms. Fargeat. Is she the next Quentin Tarentino? Or is she the next Cronenberg? The movie is 2 hrs & 20 minutes & it’s an American, French & British collaboration. It’s the type of horror/sci-fi movie that you’ll likely remember for years & may one day end up among the classic films of the horror/sci-fi genre. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! 5 out of 5 stars!

 

[Johnny test]

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The Substance (2024)
This may be the best movie I’ve seen all year. The movie is about a fading celebrity who decides to go ahead & take a black market drug whose purpose is to temporarily create a younger & better version of yourself. I’m not going to add more to the plot since i might risk ruining the movie for you if you haven’t seen it already.

Directed by Coralie Fargeat & starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley & Dennis Quaid the movie is billed as an horror/sci-fi filled with nudity & gore. If i didn’t know better i’d swear that it was directed by either David Cronenberg or his son Brandon. Some scenes kind of reminded me of some of my all-time favorite movies like Alien, The Thing & Carrie. The movie received high praise at various movie festivals around the world & from movie critics. Some even suggested it could be Demi Moore’s best performance ever although i’m partial to her performance in G.I. Jane.

For those who don’t know the beautiful Margaret Qualley is actress Andie McDowell’s daughter. I remember seeing her in the fantastic Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. She played the part of the Manson girl who hitchikes a ride from the Brad Pitt character & offers to suck his cock. Her performance in the movie is brilliant & her best role yet! Dennis Quaid has a supporting role in this movie & plays one of those shady tv producers. He’s very good in this role! The movie was written & co-produced by the director Ms. Fargeat. Is she the next Quentin Tarentino? Or is she the next Cronenberg? The movie is 2 hrs & 20 minutes & it’s an American, French & British collaboration. It’s the type of horror/sci-fi movie that you’ll likely remember for years & may one day end up among the classic films of the horror/sci-fi genre. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! 5 out of 5 stars!

Totally agree, it's one of the movies of the year, if not THE movie of the year.
The comparison to Cronenberg's work is totally accurate so it's not for everyone.
If you haven't already check her previous movie "Revenge", it'S also quite impressive.

 

[Johnny test]

Yesterday i watched The Order, i was expecting a lot from this movie and was unfortunately very disappointed, plot is interesting and photography is quite beautiful but the whole story development makes no sense and is very predictable.
i read a comment saying "Jude Law has great time acting, the audience, not so much" and that pretty much sums it up

 

[Doc Holliday]

Totally agree, it's one of the movies of the year, if not THE movie of the year.
The comparison to Cronenberg's work is totally accurate so it's not for everyone.
If you haven't already check her previous movie "Revenge", it'S also quite impressive.

Funny you mention that movie. It was one movie that i was contemplating to watch the other day but decided to wait. Now you got me curious so i’ll try to watch it this week.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Red Rooms (2023)
This is a great french-Canadian movie filmed in Montreal that is also called Les Chambres Rouges in french. I recently heard so many good comments about this movie that i finally decided to watch it & watched it in french. All i knew about it was that it was a psychologist thriller about a young woman obsessed about a trial. However that totally didn’t tell the entire plotline & it’s probably a good thing that i didn’t know much about the movie before i decided to watch it last night.

Basically the story is about a young Montreal model who decides to attend the trial of some guy accused of murdering three teenage girls & making a snuff film of their murders & then putting it on the dark web. So the minute i staryed watching the movie i said “great, another court trial movie. I love those.” But it turns out that it’s much more than this & really about the main character which as the movie goes along makes you wonder why she’s so invested into the trial & whether or not she’s a good person or not. The movie really starts getting suspensful & gets you on the edge of your seat in the second half of the movie as you ‘re trying to figure out what will come next. You actually end up not giving a damn about the trial & realize it’s not even a court trial at all. It’s about the main character & all the mysteries surrounding her!

It’s directed by Pascal Plante & stars Juliette Gariepy in a breakthrough performance! That movie is so good that it may now be actually the best movie i’ve seen all year after claiming yesterday that it was The Substance! I plan on re-watching the movie again & i’ll probably enjoy it as much! The critics & movie fans absolutely loved this movie & Gariepy’s performance & so did I! I give it 4.5 out of 5 stars and strongly recommend it!

 

[Johnny test]

Red Rooms (2023)
This is a great french-Canadian movie filmed in Montreal that is also called Les Chambres Rouges in french. I recently heard so many good comments about this movie that i finally decided to watch it & watched it in french. All i knew about it was that it was a psychologist thriller about a young woman obsessed about a trial. However that totally didn’t tell the entire plotline & it’s probably a good thing that i didn’t know much about the movie before i decided to watch it last night.

Basically the story is about a young Montreal model who decides to attend the trial of some guy accused of murdering three teenage girls & making a snuff film of their murders & then putting it on the dark web. So the minute i staryed watching the movie i said “great, another court trial movie. I love those.” But it turns out that it’s much more than this & really about the main character which as the movie goes along makes you wonder why she’s so invested into the trial & whether or not she’s a good person or not. The movie really starts getting suspensful & gets you on the edge of your seat in the second half of the movie as you ‘re trying to figure out what will come next. You actually end up not giving a damn about the trial & realize it’s not even a court trial at all. It’s about the main character & all the mysteries surrounding her!

It’s directed by Pascal Plante & stars Juliette Gariepy in a breakthrough performance! That movie is so good that it may now be actually the best movie i’ve seen all year after claiming yesterday that it was The Substance! I plan on re-watching the movie again & i’ll probably enjoy it as much! The critics & movie fans absolutely loved this movie & Gariepy’s performance & so did I! I give it 4.5 out of 5 stars and strongly recommend it!

ok i'm sold , i'll you know what i think

 

[Doc Holliday]

Totally agree, it's one of the movies of the year, if not THE movie of the year.
The comparison to Cronenberg's work is totally accurate so it's not for everyone.
If you haven't already check her previous movie "Revenge", it'S also quite impressive.

Revenge (2017)
Well i took your advice & just finished watching Revenge. OMG what a great movie! I’m surprised that i hadn’t heard of this movie previously. I think i found my new favorite movie director! I’d even go as far to,say that this movie is Tarantinoesque! The beauty, the craziness, the extreme violence, the blood, the gore…you name it!

Director Coralie Fargeat definitely has a fascination with beautiful, sexy young lead actresses & doesn’t hesitate to showmthe viewer their physical attributes & beautiful nude bodies & gorgeous asses! In her more recent movie it was Margaret Qualley & in this one it’s Matilda Lutz, who portrays a woman who was brutally raped & then left for dead by her lover & his two accomplices. I loved all of their performances & especially the beautiful cinematography. The director also seems to have a fascination for gore & especially close-ups of gross, open wounds like in The Substance. I also loved the movie’s film score, which like the other movie greatly adds to the suspense. This is a great movie which was praised by the critics & tremendously loved by the moviegoers when it first came out. I absolutely loved it! I give it 4 out of 5 stars!

 

[AHarper]

I watched Becky the other day on Netflix....an adult version of " Home Alone ". Lots of violence and gore.....you gotta suspend your disbelief...if you think that a 16 year old girl can take on a gang of dangerous escaped convicts....but hey I thought it was a hoot and a lot of fun. She must be John Wick's long lost cousin cause blood dosen't seem to faze her. It stars Kevin James from " The King of Queens " as one of the convicts....pretty convincing as a heavy. There are two movies..."Becky" and " Wrath of Becky ".I suggest watching Becky first as the other one is a sequel.