movies

[mikechamp]

Watched "Top 5" last night. This 2014 movie has a huge cast. Chris Rock and Rosario Dawson are the leads, but there are appearances by Kevin Hart, Tracy Morgan, Leslie Jones, DMX, Jay Pharaoh, J.B. Smoove, Gabrielle Union and Cedric The Entertainer. Jay-Z and Kayne West are producers.

Rock plays an actor who has become famous for playing a specific character in comedies, and he's trying to broaden his range to serious movies. He's on a press tour to hype a new film where he plays a historical character. Dawson is a NY Times journalist who is trying to write a feature on him, but he's not a fan of the NY Times due to very critical reviews from the past. Rock is also about to get married to Union, a reality star.

I thought it was pretty good. 4 out of 5 stars, which a slight knock for being predictable.

[MrCrowesGarden]

8-Bit Christmas is going to slide right in to the holiday rotation. It’s basically A Christmas Story for a different generation and doesn’t really try to pretend otherwise.

[SHOW]

It’ll hit you with a gut punch though.

[Jocephus]

anybody wanna "place bets" on whether or not there will be a CGI egon spangler in the new ghostbusters?

good thing no one took me up on this

[GeddyWrox]

[heyzeus]

Man, the new Paul Verhoeven horny nun movie sure sounds like...something.

https://apnews.com/article/film-reviews ... f00944f780

In one vision, she sees Jesus nailed on the cross, a crown of thorns around his temple, bleeding from stab wounds. “Take off your clothes,” he asks her. If you don’t know whether or not to laugh, you’re not alone. This is like “Showgirls” in a convent.

[ghostrunner]

Have to admit I didn’t get a lot of Verhoeven’s stuff for years. Robocop might be the only movie I kind of understood what he was putting down. Totally didn’t get Starship Troopers at the time it came out. Love pretty much all his stuff now though.

[thrill]

If you want to appreciate Verhoeven, and you have time to waste, I recommend listening to the run of the Blank Check podcast covering his movies.

[Jocephus]

who doesn't love toxic waste man in robocop

[Superorganism]

Elon…you doing alright?

[heyzeus]

So apparently a friend of a friend is Elon's hairstylist now that he has relocated here to hipster Austin. This...doesn't speak highly of that hairdresser.