Joker: Folie A Deux

Struggling with his dual identity, failed comedian Arthur Fleck meets the love of his life, Harley Quinn, while incarcerated at Arkham State Hospital.

I left feeling the same way about this movie as I did the first one.  It was a great movie with awesome acting but would have been so much better without the connection to known comic book characters.   Like that connection held this back and kept making you think other things would happen comic book wise.  Remove that connection and you would have an incredible story about mental health and love.

I would still recommend people check it out because it was a great movie with awesome acting.   It's just a comic book movie that is very much NOT a comic book movie.

Transformers One

Brothers-in-arms Orion Pax and D-16 become sworn enemies Optimus Prime and Megatron.

This was easily the best Transformers movies since the original.  However that is not saying much because I am not a big fan at all of any Transformers movies outside of the first one.  This did have a good story and some pretty cool animation.  Giving us the origins was a pretty good idea but like at this point I'm just not sure how much anyone can really care any more.

I would kind of recommend people checking this out.  It is absolutely not a must watch but it is a much more decent watch than most of the live action offerings.

Terrifier 3

After surviving Art the Clown's Halloween massacre, Sienna and her brother struggle to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind. However, just when they think they're safe, Art returns, determined to turn their holiday cheer into a new nightmare.

What is there to say about this movie?   It is what it is and more just ridiculously over the top gore just for the sake of what you can get away with doing/showing.   Some extremely gross and absurd stuff.   And the Clown was campy as hell which always strangely entertains while watching complete grossness.   All advance words was about the opening scene but I was too numb for that to bother me.  There was a shower scene later on in the movie that actually made me stand up and threaten to walk out that actually made the whole theater laugh their asses off.   So gross.

Would I recommend people watching this?  Dear God NO!!!!   These movies are so completely gross.   LOL.   Main reason I go is because of it becoming a hilarious ball busting inside joke with my bestie.   Nobody should honestly ever see these movies.

Piece By Piece

LEGO bricks tell the life story of singer/songwriter and record producer Pharrell Williams -- from his childhood in Virginia to his success in the music and fashion industry.

I'm very confused by this movie.  It was a great musical documentary.   The music was great too.   I actually probably would have enjoyed it as a regular musical documentary.  But like . . . . . . . . why was it animated and in legos?   Like it wasn't for kids.  It wasn't remotely supposed to be a comedy or a family film.   So then . . . . . why legos?   LOL

I don't know that I would really recommend anyone rushing to see this.  It was a decent watch and the music was great.   The lego animation was cool as always just have no idea why this movie was done in this style.

Conclave

Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with one of the world's most secretive and ancient events -- participating in the selection of a new pope. Surrounded by powerful religious leaders in the halls of the Vatican, he soon uncovers a trail of deep secrets that could shake the very foundation of the Roman Catholic Church.

So like a suspense and intrigue movie about picking a pope?   Um . . . . . I'm good.   Like maybe if I remotely cared about any of this maybe this movie would matter but twists and turns and backstabbing about finding which dude to be named pope is about as interesting as watching paint dry.

I would not recommend anyone bothering with this.  Like there were good performances and stuff sure but not nearly enough to really hook you on the subject matter.

Absolution

An ageing gangster tries to reconnect with his family and fix the mistakes from the past, but his criminal lifestyle soon threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.

So it's Liam Neeson playing the same role he has been doing for the last 15 years but with memory loss.   That's it.  Literally nothing else to say about it.

No - I would never recommend people checking this out.  Unless you love Taken 82 - Memory is no longer one of his particular set of skills concept.

Alien: Romulus

Space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life-form in the universe while scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station.

I have not left a movie theater this annoyed in a long time.   The first two Alien movies are probably two of my favorite movies ever.   Both so well done for very different reasons.  There have been like 5 attempts since then and while some were good and some were bad I had just kind of accepted franchise fatigue.  The trailer for this one came out and I was like OH DAMN!  It finally looked like in the league of the original two.   I didn't even know this but this movie actually takes place after the original timeline wise and was full of very well done nostalgia.   And the movie was SO GOOD as it was going along.  They did an amazing job with the face hugger scenes.  They did an amazing job of the actual alien from chest busting to the actual alien.  And it was all legit stuff with no CGI.  Was loving it.  They did this awesome scene built off the continuity of the aliens blood being acid that was great.  I was ready to put this movie right up there with the first two.  I was psyched to go home and rewatch them too.  But then the movie didn't end.  Like it could have.  Easily.  They are at like an hour and 40 minutes I think.  Would have been great.  But it had to go an extra 15 minutes with a completely nonsensical twist that completely ruined the movie.  I legit sat there for the last 15-20 minutes just shaking my head and saying this is trash over and over again.  So beyond massively disappointed.  

I would recommend people seeing all the greatness of like the first 4/5 of the movie and then leaving.  It will then be an awesome watch.  But if you finish the movie it is a totally wasted effort and a textbook example of knowing when to end your movie.

The Wild Robot

Shipwrecked on a deserted island, a robot named Roz must learn to adapt to its new surroundings. Building relationships with the native animals, Roz soon develops a parental bond with an orphaned gosling.

This was the exact cute and very well animated movie that you would have expected from the trailer.   They focused on nature and the environmental aspects message wise and the robot was a great central character with the gosling that is able to pull all the right heartstrings throughout.

This was a very enjoyable and family friendly animated movie.  It's not a must see but its a very worthy watch.

Never Let Go

When an unspeakable evil takes over the world, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and strong bond. Needing to stay connected at all times -- even tethering themselves with ropes -- they must cling to one another and never let go. However, when one of the boys questions if the evil is real, the ties that bind them together are severed, triggering a terrifying fight for survival.

This movie was a great premise and actually started out pretty well with you slowly finding out why things are the way they are but then the pacing just kind of fell off and it got dull too many times for a suspense movie.  The kids were good and so was Halle Berry but it couldn't recover from the pacing gaps.

I would still somewhat recommend people checking this out.  Its not a must see and definitely could have been done better but it's an okay watch.