I like that Shooter McGavin is the villain, and I like that before Vin Diesel was a tree, he was the Iron Giant.
I was 14 when this came out, and I didn't really care for it. I liked it more today. I appreciate that it's doing something a little different, being set during the Cold War and telling a sci-fi story. It's also not especially cutesy. There are some wholesome moments, but the overall vibe is not about a precocious kid finding a silly robot and embarking on shenanigans.
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I was a big Brady Bunch fan, so Peter Brady recreating the voice crack singing moment goes a long way with me.
The movie itself isn't as bad as I remember. I wouldn't say I think it's GOOD, but I actively hated it before. It's sort of like trying to reinvent Billy Madison, less well because Billy Madison is a classic, but it's really the celebrity cameos that clinched it the three star rating. There's also a joke with a rabbit that was pretty good.
Did Cristin Milioti just make me a DC fan?!
The Batman was a little slow for me; I fell asleep in the theater. I was all in on this though from the first episode through the last. Everyone was good, but Cristin Milioti stole the show. My only complaint is having to wait until The Batman Part 2 in October 2026 to continue the story.
This was a LOT more entertaining than it had any right to be! I really enjoyed it!
Maximum Overdrive blended with Jaws! Some great car chase/stunts and a good cast of characters, some you root for and some you can’t wait to see under the wheels of the ‘wheelie’ rotten antagonist.
This wanted to be “Wet-Alien” so badly!
Set design is good and the cast is OK, though most of them seem like they just stopped by and really wanted to be somewhere else.
Very definition of a mediocre monster movie.
It's really cool how many people play themselves in this. It makes it feel more like a series of reenactments than a standard dramatic biopic.
It was also interesting watching the Mighty Mouse SNL piece because I recently watched Saturday Night, and they had a scene for the same moment.
The team behind both Halloween season favorite <I>Haunt</i> and <I>A Quiet Place</i> are back at it again with A24's <I>Heretic</i>.
Since this is an A24 film, what you see in the film's trailer(s) is/are not what you receive in the end. It's not deceptive marketing, but a proper ploy to entice theatergoers, and then sneaks in a sucker punch.
<I>Heretic</i> slowly unravels from beginning to end. It starts off strong, building up the two main characters on their pursuit to speak with people who requested to learn more about the church (organization) they represent. His home, which he welcomes the two women into, is old and quaint, but very bland. We know something's amiss, and the sinister intentions soon come into play.
Hugh Grant's character gives off Jerry Blake vibes (Terry O'Quinn's character in 1987's <I>The Stepfather</i>). He can be charming and humorous at first, and then give off malicious vibes in an instant. There's a lot of religious dialog to digest, which, as someone who is not religious, makes it a bit difficult to follow along with the names of important figures and books, let alone beliefs for each. Did Beck and Woods do their religious homework to ensure that every bit said is correct? Who knows. It's only a film. (Knowing them, it's most likely accurate).
Without spoilers, the two women, now trapped in his home, must test their faith and endure his traps to see how far they will go to stand up for what they believe (religion). Is there a God? Can someone be resurrected? It's a lot of smoke and mirrors, and does drag on a bit, and, at the end, leaves us with a "Did that happen or not?" conclusion.
Altogether, a decent effort in the Beck and Woods filmography.
<B>Final thoughts:</B>
You will believe... maybe.
The sets and costumes are impressive, and Daniel Day Lewis is doing his thing. There was just so much time in between things happening that it wasn't building any momentum.
I'm obsessed with this, but I cried so much that my head hurts now.
I'm sure there are a thousand reviews already comparing this to Eighth Grade and Mid-90s, and they're all correct. Even though I had just finished college in 2008, the AIM scenes unlocked high school memories best left forgotten. Above all the nostalgia though, Didi is best at capturing that anxiety.
Then I cried a lot because I'm a mom to a fourteen year old boy. I'm going to go knock on his door and interrupt him gaming with his friends to make him hug me. 😭
First time watch and my favorite so far, largely because of Samuel L. Jackson, and also because I loved all the puzzles.
It's a little too long though, and the neverending Ants Go Marching (whatever the real version is called) was annoying, and what's up with John accusing Zeus of being racist like 15 times?
Hazel being the actress who played Alpha on the Walking Dead really messed with me the whole time. Every time she spoke, all I could hear was her saying "Give me back my daugh-a-ter."
I can see why people love this, but it's a little MUCH. It's cool how it follows such a long period of time and the evolution of these relationships, and everything with the play starts to pay off in the back half, but it's just... I hate to call something pretentious, but if there was a time, this is it.
This might be the movie I have the strongest love/hate relationship with. I feel like I hate it, but then the cop says "Pull over!" and they go "No it's a cardigan but thanks for noticing", and how can I hate that?! I don't like the characters at all, but it makes me laugh so many times. It's so clever, and it's so stupid. It's so funny, and it's so annoying. What a dilemma.
