I watched 'the shape of water', 'it comes at night' and 'the ritual' in the span of 7 days. I am one really luck bastard

Veronica (2017)
Written and directed: Paco Plaza
Starring: Sandra Escacena
Language: Spanish with English subtitles.


Based on the true story of Estafania Gutierrez Lazaro who
after staging a seance with an Ouija board began to
experience increasingly paranormal phenomenon and
mysteriously .....

Set in 1991 Madrid.It follows the fifteen-year teenager
Veronica(Sandra Escacena).The eldest, put upon herself as
substitute mom in her home.
Too busy to have the concerns of the average teenager.

Her bar-employed mother (Ana Torrent) works nights and
sleep during the day, trying to make ends meet after
her husband’s passing leaving her to take care of her
three younger siblings.


Her dark journey begins with a pair of friends,
best friend Rosa (Angela Fabian)and Diana (Carla Camera)
to play with an Ouija board in the attic of her school
trying to make contact with her late father.
Things go wrong, which she later found that she opens
a demonic doorway.

Nicely made,does not break new ground and the story is as average.

all the money in the world is a crime thriller-drama.

with the usual ridley scott movie excellence, it is about the true story of the 1973 kidnapping of john paul petty3.

paul getty, the grandfather was at that time, not only the richest man in the world but the richest man in the history of the world.

stars christopher plummer, michelle williams, mark wahlberg, charlie plummer. 4/5.

interesting to note that at the last minute, kevin spacey was replaced by christopher plummer with some reshoots!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-sc...y-world-1068755




The Thousand Faces of Dunjia is a yuen wo-ping & tsui hark film.

you would expect these 2 director-producer icons to produce another great-great film as they usually do.

well... i was disappointed... i find it so-so only.

a rather stale storyline, perhaps inspired by the many hollywood "x-men saves the planet from aliens" genre films.

the cgi is overpowering... overdose.

and... it looks like there will be a sequel! 2.5/5.



This post has been edited by AVFAN: Mar 25 2018, 12:40 PM

This Dunjia really waste of my bandwidth...

Pyewacket(2017)
Country: Canada
Director-screenwriter: Adam MacDonald
Cast: Nicole Munoz, Laurie Holden

Leah (Nicole Munoz), is a high-schooler with a strong interest
in the occult practices with an impressive collection of books
about the supernatural.

Her mother (Laurie Holden) been on emotionally shaky ground
since the recent death of Leah's father and isn’t
coping well.

Mother and daughter are constantly at odds.
Especially when she can no longer endure her current living arrangement.
She decides to move to a more rural location, a secluded forest-set home.

Leah performs a blood incantation calling on the demon Pyewacket
to come punish her mother. Soon discovers that she's succeeded
as strange things begin happening and a spectral figure makes
eerie appearances.

But when she realizes it too late, she tries to find out
if she can undo her incantation.
She also found out that once summoned, it isn't easy to get
rid of.

A steady build-up and creepy.



This post has been edited by lleihuan: Mar 27 2018, 09:02 AM

Call me by your name

I wonder why this film got so many oscar nomination. even the boy also nominated for best actor.

Cannot brain - 2/5


The darkest Hour

Fuh that last speech was so amazing, seems i cant get enough of this movie.

Gary oldman really deserves that oscar for best actor

4/5

Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)

Sigh

What did I watch?...

Seriously....

WHAT DID I WATCHED.....

Main issues with this movie?

Where is the story?

Why does Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson) thinks that she is funny?

Elizabeth Banks & John Michael Higgins characters have absolutely nothing else better to do... Groan

The sun does not rise and set around acapella.... which for some odd reason, the Bellas believe

Irony, the Bella with the most sense, is the one least shown (the Momme Bella)...

Why?

LIFE GOES ON.

Even having John Lithgow in this, did not help it...

Couple of decent songs, and pic quality decent, no other positive to add...

You have been warned kiddies, you have been warn...

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Mar 29 2018, 08:58 PM

Along with the Gods
Korean flick

Loved the dragon ballz type of chase in town!
make me shed manly tears for the ending

Padmaavat(2018)
Writer, producer, director- Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Stars-Deepika Padukone(xXx: Return of Xander Cage),
Shahid Kapoor, Ranveer Singh.
Language -Hindi with English subtitles.
Running time-2 hours 30-minutes.

There are three disclaimers before this movie is shown.
To make sure the audience knows and understand that the film is
based on Malik Muhammad Jayasi’s poem and not intend to hurt
anyone’s sentiment.
And we are assured that probably nothing we are about to see
actually ever happened.
The longest I ever have seen in a movie.

The story of Queen Padmavati(Deepika Padukone) and her invader,
Alauddin Khilji(Ranveer Singh), who on hearing about her
beauty, wages two wars and kills countless people so that
he can “conquer” her. And he also does not believe in principles or mercy.
At one scene, when asked his reasons for invading his
neighboring state, he replied, "I am going to war for beauty".

She values virtue over looks, plan wars and anticipates an
enemy’s moves better than her husband, King Ratan Singh (Shahid Kapoor)
She has a strong devotion toward him.
The film's final stretch with a dramatic act of a ritual,"Jauhar".

She makes the film her own in every scene she gets.


Overall, it's a good movie.Worth watching.
The movie is visually beautiful with excellent editing
and some good acting.

yes, along with the gods is good fun.

pretty good special effects... u also get a bit of matrix's neo, harry potter, LOTR and even stephen chow's "lollipop"!

but maybe movie is a bit too long, dragged on a bit.

the ending appears to allude to a sequel. 3.5.

I watched Downsizing Matt Damon in 4K

nice concept 3/4

Hi, just wondering how you guy watch 4K or 2k or FHD quality streaming? Which apps support for this? Is free or need to pay? Appreciate and thanks.

sorry, double post.

This post has been edited by sam240: Apr 5 2018, 09:29 PM

this thread is about movies, not how to get them.

can get in cinemas, bluray discs or other sources.

just dun get into illegal stuff talk that annoys moderators/staff.

I kill giants


twisted but no surprise element

2/5

Cold Skin

Surprisingly good 3/5

You Were Never Really Here (2018)
Scottish writer-director: Lynne Ramsay(2015-Jane Got a Gun)
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix-(2000-Gladiator,2005-Walk the Line,
2012-The Master), Ekaterina Samsonov, Judith Roberts.

Based on a 90-page novella by Jonathan Ames.
Joe(Joaquin Phoenix) a Gulf War veteran and one-time federal agent,
supports himself and his ailing mom (Judith Roberts)working
as a hitman and makes living finding girls who have been
kidnapped by sex traffickers.

He is quiet, looking aged beyond his years by a bushy
mountain man beard.His past as a little boy physically abused,
as was his mother, by a violent father.
Killing is taking its toll and haunted by grief and tormented
by thoughts of suicide.

His boss distracts him with a new job, sends him in search of
Nina (Ekaterina Samsonov), the 13-year-old daughter of
Sen. Albert Votto (Alex Manette)who have been kidnapped by sex traffickers.

The senator urges him to be brutal.
And his preferred weapon of choice is a ball hammer.

The film will return to his past again and again.
Dropping hints that help you fill in the blanks
about who exactly Joe is.
Considering the state of Joe’s mind, the film never lets you too
close or too connected.

There is bloodshed in the film, but most take place off-camera.
Good score from Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood.
Impressive direction from Ms. Lynne Ramsay and Phoenix's performance.

Just a little short of a masterfully-made thriller movie.
I think there's much editing for the last closing 15 to 20 minutes,
hope to see a director's cut version.If there's is one later.





This post has been edited by lleihuan: Apr 8 2018, 11:46 AM

The Commuter

PQ: 4K
SQ: Atmos

Oh man Liam Neeson never dissapoint!

4/5

The Titans

PQ: 1080p
SQ: DD5.1

The more realistic avatar movie. Not bad

3.5/5

12 strong is good enough.

supposedly a true story, post-911, UBL, silent heroes...

i'll say it's the best war/action movie since 13 hours (dunkirk not counted!)

stars chris hemsworth, michael shannon. 3/5.