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Shelley Duvall, Robert Altman Protege and Tormented Wife in ‘The Shining,’ Dies at 75
The versatile actress, also memorable in 'McCabe & Mrs. Miller,' 'Nashville,' 'Popeye' and '3 Women,' produced TV series for kids as well.www.hollywoodreporter.com
Rip. Creep Kubrick ruined her.
The American Godzilla (2014) and Kong: Skull Island (2017) were both pretty good, with good casts, and are the prequels to Monarch. I would recommend those two, if you like Monarch. The other movies in that series - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) - are trash and don't have any of the same characters. The story in Monarch uses something from Godzilla vs Kong, but you don't need to have seen that movie to understand it. I haven't seen Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024), but I recently heard someone say that it might be the worst movie he's ever seen.Embarrassingly, this is my first real exposure to the Godzilla universe, but maybe that makes it more likely I'll enjoy this.
Longlegs ($22.6m projected opening weekend) could surpass I, Tonya (2017; $30m domestic) and Parasite (2019; $53m domestic) as Neon's biggest US box office success.Longlegs
This was quite creepy and unsettling, as suggested by the trailers released. Perkins know exactly how to construct dread. I'm particularly impressed with how he creates dread in empty spaces; something that David Lynch and Mike Flanagan masters. As in, a scene where Maika Monroe is in the foreground facing us at her desk, while you can just make out some detail in the rooms in the darkly lit background. Is someone standing there, looking at her? I'm not sure...
Excellent cinematography, score, sound design and just overall production design. Performances are good; Maika Monroe and Perkins must be fans of Nordic Noir, because it seems she is channeling Lisbeth Salander (The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo) and Saga Noren (The Bridge) a bit; she's... off. Her voice is monotone and the performance is understated. Cage, Witt and Underwood are also fine; Cage manages to balance his 'Cageness' with the silent and creepy just enough to not go overboard.
My main criticism of the film, would probably be that the storyline/plot and the investigate aspect of the FBI characters, feels underdeveloped. There's not a lot of investigation going on; it seems the hunt for the killer is almost entirely based on Lee Harper's 'instinct'. In that regard, it tolerates little comparison to films such as SotL, Se7en and Zodiac.
I really liked it and I will be getting it on disc; but I also understand why it might not work for other viewers. Also, if you are a fan of certain types of horror tropes and expected those tropes in this film, you might be disappointed. It's a slow paced, creepy psychological thriller.
4/5
The Day After Tomorrow is one of my all-time favs, so that's promising.Yanked from the television thread, since these are all movies...
The American Godzilla (2014) and Kong: Skull Island (2017) were both pretty good, with good casts, and are the prequels to Monarch. I would recommend those two, if you like Monarch. The other movies in that series - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) - are trash and don't have any of the same characters. The story in Monarch uses something from Godzilla vs Kong, but you don't need to have seen that movie to understand it. I haven't seen Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024), but I recently heard someone say that it might be the worst movie he's ever seen.
King Kong (2005) was okay, and I remember liking King Kong (1976) when I was a kid, but I haven't seen it since then. King Kong (1933) would be worth watching if you're into the classics, or you're into seeing the history of movies with your own eyes. It was the first "kaiju" movie. Godzilla (1998) gets a lot of stick, and I won't say that it's a good movie, but it's a fun '90s-'00s disasterpiece. Dante's Peak, The Core, and The Day After Tomorrow are some low-brow disaster movies from that era that I really enjoy, and I'd put '98 Godzilla with those. Godzilla (1954) is worth seeing, if you haven't. I've never seen the 1956 American version with Raymond Burr. Cloverfield (2008) is probably the best American Godzilla movie. I mean, it's not literally a Godzilla movie, but it's a Godzilla movie. Godzilla Minus One (2023) is also excellent. I've seen several of the Toho movies from the 1960s-1970s, and I can say they were all bad but fun when I was 8-14 years old. I haven't seen any of them as an adult. Toho rebooted the series in 1984 and did a bunch of movies through 2004, none of which I've ever seen. They tried to reboot it again with Shin Godzilla (2016). I've heard it was okay, but I guess it didn't kick-start a new series like they hoped it would, because Godzilla Minus One seems to have restarted the franchise again.
Just in time for Gladiator 2, which is sure to be just as substantial.Finally convinced my 15 year old daughter to watch a movie with substance. So I let her choose from one of my many boxes with old DVDs and she picked up Gladiator (2000). Surprised, and proud, that we watched the whole movie without too many interruptions.
Imo the movie wasn't that great, but Cage did well in itLonglegs
This was quite creepy and unsettling, as suggested by the trailers released. Perkins know exactly how to construct dread. I'm particularly impressed with how he creates dread in empty spaces; something that David Lynch and Mike Flanagan masters. As in, a scene where Maika Monroe is in the foreground facing us at her desk, while you can just make out some detail in the rooms in the darkly lit background. Is someone standing there, looking at her? I'm not sure...
Excellent cinematography, score, sound design and just overall production design. Performances are good; Maika Monroe and Perkins must be fans of Nordic Noir, because it seems she is channeling Lisbeth Salander (The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo) and Saga Noren (The Bridge) a bit; she's... off. Her voice is monotone and the performance is understated. Cage, Witt and Underwood are also fine; Cage manages to balance his 'Cageness' with the silent and creepy just enough to not go overboard.
My main criticism of the film, would probably be that the storyline/plot and the investigate aspect of the FBI characters, feels underdeveloped. There's not a lot of investigation going on; it seems the hunt for the killer is almost entirely based on Lee Harper's 'instinct'. In that regard, it tolerates little comparison to films such as SotL, Se7en and Zodiac.
I really liked it and I will be getting it on disc; but I also understand why it might not work for other viewers. Also, if you are a fan of certain types of horror tropes and expected those tropes in this film, you might be disappointed. It's a slow paced, creepy psychological thriller.
4/5