Film Reviews - what have you seen lately, what did you think?

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Are we reviewing TV series in this thread?

Recently watch the first season of Ozark. Absolutely outstanding. Must watch. Kinda like Breaking Bad but centered around money laundering rather than meth.

Bosch. LA homicide detective series. Very good as well. Has quite a few of the same actors as The Wire.

Watching Ray Donovan now. Not as good at the above two series but still fun to watch. Lots of F bombs, maybe the most of all time. Sort of a cross between Sopranos and Get Shorty. Hollywood muscle with family issues running around town constantly dealing with crazy drama.

All three have boobs.

I'll have to check out Ozark... Netflix?
I've seen a couple episodes of Ray Donovan... Liev Schreiber is a damn good actor.
 

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I'll have to check out Ozark... Netflix?
I've seen a couple episodes of Ray Donovan... Liev Schreiber is a damn good actor.
Yes, Netflix for Ozark. Haven't talked to anybody who didn't like this show.
 

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Moana - watched with my son. It's your standard disney flick. Princess is bored in life, something happens, they sing, they dance, she saves the day. Not a bad movie, but not one of their best either. Enjoyed the last couple before this more.
just watched Moana with my 2 daughters. The chicken was a stupid add on that made no sense. I thought it was better than Frozen which I didn't like at all. I thought this was Disney's best since the Lion King/Aladdin/Beauty and the Beast era.
 

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just watched Moana with my 2 daughters. The chicken was a stupid add on that made no sense. I thought it was better than Frozen which I didn't like at all. I thought this was Disney's best since the Lion King/Aladdin/Beauty and the Beast era.
Frozen is etched in my brain. When my son was 2 that was all he wanted. I think watching these with him rather than a little girl can affect me on them. He loved tangled as well for the horse. He's drawn more toward the Pixar ones now that he's older.
 

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just watched Moana with my 2 daughters. The chicken was a stupid add on that made no sense. I thought it was better than Frozen which I didn't like at all. I thought this was Disney's best since the Lion King/Aladdin/Beauty and the Beast era.
:sadnanner: I liked 'Drumstick'. But good movie, I agree.
Thankfully my son was never interested in Frozen - too girly a theme I guess. I've been spared.
 

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Logan Lucky. A few down on their luck rednecks attempt to pull off the perfect heist by robbing the Coca-Cola 600. Every poster on this board should see it, it'll make you stand up and cheer your kind like never before. No boobs, but there IS a Mustang.

Hilarious movie though, Daniel Craig was perfect (despite being a filthy foreigner).
 

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Saw two over the weekend:

Lost City of Z (2016): This was a great premise wasted on making a movie that is less about the book and more what the studio thought the audience wanted. The book is a journalist retelling and retrying the trek through the Amazon done in the early 1900's. The explore attempted to find the City of Zed at least 4 times in his life, after finding evidence of it existence in mapping the Amazon for a border issue. The book goes into great detail of the exploration and the expeditions. The movie does more of the family story and political story, which seems to dominate the film with some Amazon exploration. I'm not sure why so many people have a Charlie Hunnam boner as a leading man, everything I have seen him in so far he has been flat and boring (I haven't seen Sons of Anarchy). The dude that played the sparkly vampire (Robert Pattinson) in those Twilight movies is in it, actually was good in his role. This movie showed potential, but the story was poorly acted and executed over all. 3.5/10.

JimBob: there were some native American boobs in this film, none were harmed.

Yoga Hosers (2016): I am a Kevin Smith fan and I have loved almost all movies. This would be the exception, it was garbage. The only redeeming qualities was that it was short, and yoga pants. It's set in Canada, and they over play the Canadian speech and customs. This is the 2nd film in the True North Trilogy (Tusk was the first one, I liked Tusk). This movie stars Harley Quinn Smith (Kevin's Daughter) and Lily-Rose Depp (Johnny Depp's daughter) as two teenage clerks of a Canadian Quickie Mart. Very clerks feel, except with out the smart dialog or the cohesive cast. People start dying from tiny Nazi monsters through the butt. It gets worse from there. Johnny Depp, Justin Long, and a few others have small roles. 1.5/10.

JimBob: No boobs were seen or harmed, and wouldn't have made this movie any better.

I'll alert BNA.
 

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Zookeepers wife: set in Poland during the German invasion of WWII. Jessica chastaine and her husband run the Warsaw zoo and love the animals. The whole family has a tight bond with the animals as well as the people who work there. The zoo is hit with bombs and many animals die, lots escape and others that are considered dangerous are killed rather than recaptured even though most had been domesticated. She makes a deal to send the animals to Berlin but they double cross her and only take the cool ones and kill the rest. This pisses them off. After seeing what is happening in town They make a deal to be a place for domestic animals like pigs to be raised and start snuggling Jews out through the tunnel system and find help of others that help with document forging. Based on a true story and starts to fall flat after the bombing happens. It drags and is boring. Nowhere near as powerful as other movies of similar story and the cast is just ok. Other than her the only person you recognize is a guy they pick to play the European bad guy in a lot of stuff these days. Was actually disappointed in this one. 5/10
Jessica Chastain but no boobs is a travesty.
 

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Frank (Chris Evans) plays a single guy living in a small town outside of Tampa. He appears to be a single father at first, but about 20 minutes
in the movie you learn the seven year old girl he takes care of is actually his niece. His sister committed suicide a few months after her daughter was born, and Frank has raised her since. He homeschools young Mary until it's time for 1st grade. Young Mary is a genius and becomes exasperated when her teacher asks her basic questions like 2 plus 2, and other basic math problems. A custody battle ensues throughout most of the movie between Frank and his mother, and you learn certain things about each character that blends the movie together at the end and why Evans character insists on having the child live a regular life. It is a good role for him, as I haven't really seen him do much outside of Captain America. He's impressive in this one, as is young Mary. Good flick that pulls at the heart strings. 3/4 stars.
 

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Skull Island (2017):
I didn't know what to expect, I know they were using this to tie into the world set up by the Godzilla remake which I wasn't a huge fan of. The cast was fairly strong. At the end of Vietnam satellites pick up an island that has never been mapped before. Monarch a company that looks for government funding to find monsters, gets permission to go with a military escort. After getting through a wall of storm (which is why it was never mapped) you get to a tropical paradise with larger than life creatures that haven't existed since before man. Kong is awaked along with other creatures, and $hit goes down. I expected this to be as boring as Godzilla, but my wife, daughter and my attention was held through the entire movie. I give it at 7/10.

JimBob: No boobs were harmed or seen in this movie.
 

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Friday Night Double Redbox Feature:

CHiPs (2017): Another movie I thought was going to be worse. I will start this off by saying I'm a fan of Michael Pena, I thought he was the best and only thing worth watching in Antman. Dude is funny and a decent actor in dramatic roles. The movie starts out dumb, real dumb. It then works itself around to being funny. It's not something I would go out of my way to see, or buy. It was just a stupid comedy for the sake of a stupid comedy. The plot is dumb and pointless, but the jokes are pretty good. I give it 6/10 more for entertainment value than quality.

Jim Bob: There were multiple boobs in this movie, but none were harmed.

Watched chips. Definitely better than I thought and one I could watch again. A nice buddy comedy that moves quickly.
 

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The Belko Experiment - so a bunch of Americans work for this company in Columbia (along with some locals). The building goes on lockdown and they are told they have to start killing x number of people at different time frames. If they don't their heads explode. Some get into it and some are trying to survive, but it doesn't stop until 1 is left. Has a few gory scenes, but not like a saw movie. Most the actors you've scene in many things and my favorite was John c mcginley who embraces his evil role and enjoys all the carnage. I expected more out of the end and sets up a sequel. It's an ok thriller/horror movie but not the best. 6/10
 

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The Belko Experiment - so a bunch of Americans work for this company in Columbia (along with some locals). The building goes on lockdown and they are told they have to start killing x number of people at different time frames. If they don't their heads explode. Some get into it and some are trying to survive, but it doesn't stop until 1 is left. Has a few gory scenes, but not like a saw movie. Most the actors you've scene in many things and my favorite was John c mcginley who embraces his evil role and enjoys all the carnage. I expected more out of the end and sets up a sequel. It's an ok thriller/horror movie but not the best. 6/10
We thought about renting that the other day but didn't. Remember the previews and looked like it had some potential. Maybe if we're really desperate.
 

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Jackie - Natalie Portman portrays Jackie Kennedy. It's about her account of thing around the assassination. This movie was horribly boring and felt Portman struggled to act. Not a good movie is all I can say. 4/10
 

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Alien Covenant (2017): A movie I expected to be worse due to reviews, but ended up being decent. The usual troupe happens in this types of SciFi movies, a colonization ship gets hit by something that stalls their course, after cleaning up the damage they get a distress call which points to a planet they didn't find in all of their research. They decide to explore, which like all of these movies is the beginning of the end. It had some cool scenes and was a good bridge movie between Promethus and Alien. I give it a 6.5/10.

JimBob: Some boobs were shown about 75% of the way in, decent, but those boobs were also harmed. :(
 

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Waiting for IT. Supposed to be the best adaptation of a King novel to date.
 

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I have no doubt that IT is going to scare the bejeezus out of me, but I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have to go see it bc it looks like a good movie. :lol:
 

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