What movies have you seen recently?

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Mystery Men.

^I know that movie wasn't well received in general but I found it quite funny and it's a guilty pleasure of mine. Tom Waits, Paul Reubens and Janeane Garofalo all good stuff.

I watched the Minecraft Movie with my kid. It's okay, better than I thought and some genuine chuckles in there.

I think they missed a trick with it though. They almost got there with the vague suggestion that it's better to put your creativity to use in the real world than in a video game. I think they could have made that theme a bigger part of the story and done a 'Barbie' in terms of giving the movie some gravitas.

The Accountant 2.
I liked the first better, but this is good enough.

Last night we watched:

The Wild Robot [2024]
<=>"Sometimes, to survive, you must become more than you were programmed to be."



A cargo ship crashes and one of the crates is smashed open. It contains a robot assistant that finds itself activated without guidance and without someone to assist...except there is wildlife on the island.

The first part of the movie is excellent. The second part is, I think, even better spectacular!

<=>R E C O M M E N D E D

P.S. Rated PG. You can handle it.

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Sisters of Death (1977)

I could tell when the movie ended this was a film from the 1970s. It ended with a freeze frame on a fatal twist where evil wins.

Beau Is Afraid.

Truly bizarre movie, in which a mentally ill man goes on an odyssey to return home for his overbearing mother's funeral.
If you're into weird flicks, this is for you!

Come Play (2020)

Joe Hill, 1971. A good choice for May Day.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067276/

Baghead.

One of my birthday presents from yesterday (May 1st). A young woman finds she has inherited a bar from her estranged father who had recently committed suicide. She soon discovers, she has also inherited the witch held prisoner in the basement. People pay to talk to the witch, after removing a bag from her head and strapping her down to a chair, in order to speak to dead loved ones for two minutes. Wait too long, and she will tell the questioner horrible things that may very well be true. She discovers she and the witch are both prisoners, as had been her father, and every previous owner of the property, and that the relationship can only end in misery and death.
First rate horror movie. Highly recommended.