Today, March 16, mission control technician Elliot Whitter notices something is amiss when the Capricorn One crew's television signals are being transmitted ahead of the ship's telemetry (Capricorn One, 1978)
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#OnThisDay, March 16, in 1945, America began a two-day campaign of firebombing Kobe, Japan (depicted in Grave of the Fireflies, 1988, Studio Ghibli)
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Falling Stars (2023) - The movie is so slow that you can save some time just reading the synopsis.
Cleaner (2025) - Die Hard (1988) is better than Skyscraper (2018), which is a hell better than this movie.
Zeiram (1991) - Very artistic opening, and very good SFX for its time.
笑傲江湖 (2025) - Better off watching the 1990 version instead, at least the 1990 has the characters singing.
It's amazing how many times Sony worked "standalone" into the DVD blurb and quotes for 'Kraven the Hunter' given that their obvious attempts to connect it to Spider-man is what broke the film.
Full ★★ #Review on #Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/98AeMf
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boxd.itA ★★ review of Kraven the Hunter (2024)I think this might be the best of Sony’s trilogy of shame; it is definitely the easiest to see what the good version of this film is, which arguably makes its short comings more frustrating. Turning Kraven into a quasi-ecoterrorist (transforming him from poacher to gamewarden) who gets entangled with the Russian mob is smart, it’s a good way to turn a villain into an anti-hero, it’s a good setup for an action movie and when it’s trying to be that movie it’s solid. But whenever some Sony suit demanded that it be more “superhero-y” it sucks. The pre-title is
Today, March 15, in 1973, sci-fi author George McFly is shot in an alleyway. After his son Marty burns a stolen sports almanac from the future and corrects the timeline, today, March 15, in 1973, sci-fi author George McFly receives an award (Back to the Future: Part II, 1989)
Today, March 15, in 1917, Czar Nicholas II abdicated the Russian throne, ending 300 years of Romanov rule, the last full autocracy in Europe (The Last Czars, 2019)
Today, March 15, in 44 BC, on the Ides of March, a group of Roman senators stabbed Julius Caesar to death during a meeting of the Senate in the Theatre of Pompey (Rome, 2005)
My ★★★★★ review of Seaspiracy (2021) on @letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8peGBv
boxd.itA ★★★★★ review of Seaspiracy (2021)An absolute must-watch for everyone. For those who want to be informed about the unsustainable and often inhumane fishing industries. Of for those who are already aware/awake but want to dig into a decent, fluent documentary which tells it like it unfortunately is. Just two facts (but it contains plenty): - Six out of seven species of sea turtle are either threatened or endangered due to fishing. - Fish farming creates massive amounts of waste.
'Dr. Phibes Rises Again' is a rushed, less polished sequel but I have hopes for the third film.
Full ★★ #Review on #Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/982SAv
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boxd.itA ★★ review of Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)I said that the original Dr. Phibes felt like the adaptation of some period pulp series you never heard of, this feels like the adaptation of some early filler episode from before they’d really worked out the formula. The type of story that’s pretty underwhelming on its own but that fans care about because it introduces something that becomes important later on. As for the movie itself there are a lot of familiar faces, I enjoy the artificiality of many of the Phibes centric sets and the characters needless theatricality. But it’s a lot less fun of a film, there’s
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A mini Clockwatchers reunion delivers more laughs than you'd expect any straight-to-stream comedy horror movie. A mini Clockwatchers reunion with a better cast than any straight-to-stream horror comedy has the right to be.
letterboxd.comA ★★★ review of The Parenting (2025)"You know what they say about potatoes?" A mini Clockwatchers reunion delivers more laughs than you'd expect any straight-to-stream comedy horror movie. A mini Clockwatchers reunion with a better cast than any straight-to-stream horror comedy has the right to be. HBO Max players fulfilling some kind of contract with alumni from Succession and The Sopranos each getting one scene to delivers laughs. Lisa Kudrow sneaks in the best lines of the movie or at least delivers them that way. Similar to every haunted house movie you've seen, but now peppered with 90s and aughties TV stars. Parker Posey MVP of
Today, March 14, in 2077, drone repair technician Jack Harper wakes up near the end of his five-year mission on Earth. He is one of the few humans on the planet, which was ravaged by nuclear war and natural disaster after the moon was destroyed 60 years earlier (Oblivion, 2013)
Today, March 14, in 1964, Dallas, Texas nightclub owner Jack Ruby was convicted of murder with malice and sentenced to death for shooting and killing President John F. Kennedy's alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald (Ruby, 1992)
My ★★★★½ review of Punch-Drunk Love (2002) on #letterboxd: https://boxd.it/97AFpN
boxd.itA ★★★★½ review of Punch-Drunk Love (2002)Not claiming PT Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love (2002) is vintage Tati, or Sandler is a postmodern Hulot. But since the director himself refered to Tati, I can only say: 'That's why I loved this movie so much'. Paul Thomas Anderson on P-DLove: "Those silent Tati worlds, full of colors and sound effects, that's what I tried to achieve in this movie." Too bad Sandler did not get much of a chance to dig even deeper into his 'darker' sides, he and it fitted this movie nicely. Well done by the entire cast! The scene where he runs with his found harmonium,
Added some new reviews to my Letterboxd page, including two recent gems, Flow (2024) and Good One (2024)
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Today, March 13, recent graduate and aspiring journalist Andrea "Andy" Sachs interviews to become a personal assistant to Miranda Priestly, the editor-in-chief of Runway magazine (The Devil Wears Prada, 2006)
Today, March 13, in 1941, newspapers report on the incredible flying elephant Dumbo, who sets a new altitude record and brings morale to the war effort (Dumbo, 1941)
#OnThisDay, March 13, in 2013, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the papal conclave elected Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church (depicted in The Two Popes, 2019)
Today, March 12, asylum director Dr. Caligari excitedly writes about a somnambulist, or sleepwalker, who has been brought to his hospital. He hopes to emulate an 18th-century mystic who utilized sleepwalkers to commit murders (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 1920)
