Looking for some light fare after the events of the day. This was supposed to be a romantic comedy. Not a lot of comedy and the romance was terrible. This is the movie for people who don't know "When Harry met Sally" exists. Except it doesn't have the charm or the humor of that one.

The lead girl is a horrible person. The lead boy is just a clueless wimp.

This is not at all what I expected. It’s a comedy centered around the accidental killing of a gang leader by Rita’s mom when he accidentally walks into the wrong house after ripping bong hits in his car before meeting a prostitute that was setting him up to be killing by some hitmen. It opens with a shidi r and a sworn vengeance upon a decapitated head (like what else would be decapitated?) The humor is wacky quirky and from the start, it’s states that it’s all about karma. But it doesn’t fall into place until the very end. There’s no dancing or singing. There are a lot of cold blooded shootings. Almost everyone is shot dead suddenly when they are unarmed. There’s a lot of double crossing. It’s twisty with way too many coincidences, but karma’s like that sometimes. I enjoyed it, although I did make my own intermission halfway through because it needed one.

Not D00M recommended. You gotta be into Bollywood to enjoy this.

The debut of Shaina West, a stuntwoman turned action star. Mickey Rourke plays the gangster kingpin and he looks terrible as always. Daniel Dae Kim is Jade’s handler and he phones it in. It’s all about Shaina who gets 3rd billing after those two even though the film is all about her.

This tries to be Tarantino-esque but it’s just another grindhouse blaxsploitation actioner. Shaina has a solid presence. She’s buff, big guns, cut abs, and a fro 3x the size of her head. She’s good, acts well enough, easy on the eyes (and ears with her charming Brit lilt), and handles complex action fairly well. The story is about Jade acquiring a hard drive thst the gang wants, and she takes out like 50 guys who cannot shoot with guns that never need reloading. We never find out what’s on the hard drive & theres some good double-crossing twists in the end, but the film hardly holds together. Jade does get a katana as she’s raiding Rourke’s mansion complex office but her technique is to twirl the blade about against a gangster and then shoot him with a gun she picked up off the last thug she killed. I do hope Shaina lands a better role someday because she has potential. This film is like her as a diamond in the rough.

Not D00M recommended.
Seen on Hoopla

Quote:Wyatt Hodgson took Koyaanisqatsi and sped it up 1552% so you can watch the whole movie in about five minutes.

Reggio uses time lapse in the film to great effect — you notice different things at different playback speeds — and Hodgson’s clever use of the same technique reveals the overall structure of the film much more than watching it in realtime…but the emotion of the film is completely removed. (via the candler blog)

An Agony Christie mystery with neither Marple or Poirot as the lead detective. After a big party at a falling down mansion in the English countryside, one of the guests does not wake up. It's either a suicide or death by misadventure. But Lady Ellen thinks otherwise. The man in question who died had scheduled a date with her for the following week. Lady Ellen wants to find out what happened. But her investigations lead to threats and other people dying around her.

Helena Bonham Carter plays Lady Ellen's mum. Martin Freeman plays an investigator trying to get Lady Ellen to stop.

A little slow at the moment. I'm two episodes in at the moment with only one left to go. There is more a sense of solving a mystery than there was in the latest Knives Out mystery.

Probably a good show for fans of Masterpiece theater.

Star Wars: Maul. The teaser for the teaser.

I would totally watch this. He does a surprisingly good impersonation.

https://www.neatorama.com/2026/01/19/A-C...-Williams/

Quote:A Concept Test Film for a Movie About Robin Williams


Miss Cellania
Monday, January 19, 2026 at 2:08 AM




Jamie Costa was always a Robin Williams fan -he even looks like him. In 2020, Costa (previously at Neatorama) wanted to make a film biography of Williams, who died in 2014. He portrayed Williams in this five minute concept film, but in discussions, found out that Williams' family had no interest in turning it into a feature-length movie, so Costa pulled the short. Five years later, the family has no problem with Costa releasing the short online again, although they still do not want a full-length film. Any proceeds from the short will go to charity. 
This scene is set in 1982, on the set of the sitcom Mork & Mindy. Williams receives some devastating news, but the show must go on. It shows how Williams dealt with heartbreak by leaning into his comedy. Costa is uncanny in his role, with the looks, the voice, and the frenetic energy Williams was noted for. -via the Awesomer 

One of the founders of Third World
Seen at many a RotR many a time
KB overstand

The Beast from Kung Fu Hustle

I got to interview him and hang out with him. He was such a character - charming, humble, and had phenomenal skills.

(09-25-2024, 09:50 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Cells at Work