General Movie (Film for snobs) News Thread

[WyattSheepMask]

7 minutes ago, DavidB6937 said:

Definitely the best version. Also on Netflix but well worth a cinema trip.

Hadn’t realised the B&W version was on Netflix so thanks for the heads up

[Hannibal Scorch]

Paging @Devon Malcolm

 

[Devon Malcolm]

Yeah, delighted to see Maika and Chloe Okuno working together again, Watcher was excellent.

[Devon Malcolm]

In other news:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_Design_(2025_film)

[DavidB6937]

I'm not sure what's weirder, the story or the cast. What a mix of people.

[Devon Malcolm]

A couple of bits of huge news.

A number of the Golden Princess films have never had official releases and many have never been remastered. 

[Merzbow]

So that's why I had to find HD bootlegs some weird dude made of The Killer and Hard Boiled? They were actually really well done for a one person project but he ended up running away with a load of peoples money..

[Chris B]

I'm finding Kneecap being up for Outstanding British Film hilarious. I want them to win, but I also want whoever awards them with it to really over-emphasise the British bit. 

[Devon Malcolm]

Ahh great, it's awards season. More good news.

[Devon Malcolm]

At last!

Highly recommend the first one, it's really good and I'm not just saying that as an Affleck Ultra. Genuinely didn't expect such a well researched portrayal of autism in it either.

[Devon Malcolm]

Good news, @Frankie Crisp!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28637027/

This one's got Richard Dreyfuss in it!

[Rossman]

That Robbie Williams monkey biopic has absolutely tanked. $110m budget and made $2m in the US and $15m in the rest of the world.

For a film about a popstar who has no fan base in the US they hedged their bets a lot that people were going to see it there. Director Michael Gracey, who directed Greatest Showman & Rocket Man and this, put his own money into it too.

Surprisingly it's getting great reviews. 7.7/10 on IMDb from 10000 reviews and 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.

[Hannibal Scorch]

15 minutes ago, Rossman said:

Surprisingly it's getting great reviews. 7.7/10 on IMDb from 10000 reviews and 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Thats because it's not an awful film. Better than Bohemian Rhapsody, not as good as a Rocketman but the marketing was abysmal and it's a weird concept for a film, taking out Robbie Williams popularity. It didn't deserve to bomb, but than that can be said about a lot of films in recent times (yes, I mean you Furiosa).

[Chris B]

If nothing else, it led to a meme somebody made that made me literally laugh out loud.

[Mr_Danger]

I didn’t realise Furiosa tanked so badly. Surely they knew that a Maxless Mad Max film wasn’t going to do as well as Fury Road which didn’t perform particularly great. Still, if I were a studio I’d back an eoic mid apocalyptic car opera action movie over a musical about Robbie Williams starring Robbie Williams as a monkey.