Dolfan in NYC Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 On 12/1/2020 at 1:17 PM, RIPPA said: For the tl:dr read crowd - Elliot Page (Umbrella Academy, Inception) has announced that he is transgender 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Warner Brothers will release all of its 2021 movies simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max Quote Warner Bros. Pictures Group has announced its entire 2021 film slate will open via a “distribution model in which Warner Bros. will continue to exhibit the films theatrically worldwide, while adding an exclusive one month access period on the HBO Max streaming platform in the U.S. concurrent with the film’s domestic release.” The strategy is identical to studio’s upcoming release of “Wonder Woman 1984,” which launches in theaters and on HBO Max for a month on December 25. Following the one-month HBO Max streaming run, all films will continue to play exclusively in theaters “with all customary distribution windows applying to the title.” Well that's interesting. Sounds like they're betting that theaters won't be able to reopen for most of 2021. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 This year we picked up HBO Max for August because other TV was very slow that month, caught up on all of the HBO shows we wanted to see (and a few that weren't on our radar). I could see us doing the same thing next year to catch Suicide Squad too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) I assume this will be similar to the Wonder Woman roll-out, correct? Americans can have it either way because they need to juice subscriptions for their streaming service, but consumers anywhere else in the world who have no intention of going to a movie theater can go kick rocks. Dune, The Many Saints of Newark, Matrix 4, Judas and the Black Messiah, probably some other stuff I'm forgetting -- looks like a decent slate of movies. Edited December 3, 2020 by Andy in Kansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister TV Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Andy in Kansas said: I assume this will be similar to the Wonder Woman roll-out, correct? Americans can have it either way because they need to juice subscriptions for their streaming service, but consumers anywhere else in the world who have no intention of going to a movie theater can go kick rocks. Dune, The Many Saints of Newark, Matrix 4, Judas and the Black Messiah, probably some other stuff I'm forgetting -- looks like a decent slate of movies. Wonder Woman is going to be the first movie HBO Max streams in 4K, so one would assume the 2021 flicks will also be in 4K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 I'm kind of torn on the HBOMax news as I do liek watching those big movies in the theaters first. At the same time it will be nice to have easy access to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Austin turning up to make the save against the Alliance is cool and all but have you seen Goofy turning up at the last second to be the third guy in An Extremely Goofy Movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Just watched Almost Famous for the first time in at least fifteen years and I have one question: Did Cameron Crowe not know how old he was until age eleven? Someone please tell me that happened! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 So, Den of Thieves (2018) AKA That movie that the trailer came out and everyone thought it looked like they'd made a movie of GTA 5. Well, it's actually not that much like GTA 5, it's a lot more like a 2010's version of Heat. Only instead of having Pacino and De Niro, they've got Pablo Schreiber and Gerard Butler. Yeah. It's a Gerard Butler movie, with all that that implies. Not too clever, pointlessly macho, homophobic to the point of homoeroticism. And really long and boring. Like, they've got a good 90 minutes worth of plot, but it's 2hrs 28 minutes for pretty much no reason at all. And there's randomly MMA fighters having small cameo roles in the movie for no apparent reason. Well, presumably because they think MMA fighters have a lot of fans who are macho idiots, and that's the target audience they were aiming for. In other news, 50 Cent is in the movie. Yeah. It's one of those. Don't bother, is what I'm saying. Hasn't even got hot women with their tops off, which is usually only the saving grace of this type of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLSigman Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 So apparently Monster Hunter shot itself in the head by having some kind of racial slur against Chinese people used in it. *headdesk* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) On 12/5/2020 at 6:09 PM, AxB said: So, Den of Thieves (2018) AKA That movie that the trailer came out and everyone thought it looked like they'd made a movie of GTA 5. Well, it's actually not that much like GTA 5, it's a lot more like a 2010's version of Heat. Only instead of having Pacino and De Niro, they've got Pablo Schreiber and Gerard Butler. Yeah. It's a Gerard Butler movie, with all that that implies. Not too clever, pointlessly macho, homophobic to the point of homoeroticism. And really long and boring. Like, they've got a good 90 minutes worth of plot, but it's 2hrs 28 minutes for pretty much no reason at all. And there's randomly MMA fighters having small cameo roles in the movie for no apparent reason. Well, presumably because they think MMA fighters have a lot of fans who are macho idiots, and that's the target audience they were aiming for. In other news, 50 Cent is in the movie. Yeah. It's one of those. Don't bother, is what I'm saying. Hasn't even got hot women with their tops off, which is usually only the saving grace of this type of thing. I give it an A for Effort. They did manage to sneak Kemuri by DJ Krush (Hideaki Ishi) onto the soundtrack. It is the hip hop instrumental jam that plays when the crew is cleaning the money from the armored car job. And yeah. The third act from Den of Thieves is a version of The Big Score from GTA5 that ends with the city wide street shoot-out from Heat. It is big and dumb and somewhat entertaining if you are into gun porn. The ending is kinda fun and it has the good taste not to take itself too seriously, unlike the abysmal Triple 9 with Casey Affleck and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Otherwise avoid. We watched by accident when it was on Showtime a year ago during Free TV Week. We didn't seek it out on purpose. My ex-bae pointed out that Eric Braeden from Young & The Restless plays the guy that owns the bar that O'Shea Jackson Jr.'s character tended. I had no idea who the guy was since I don't watch the daytime soaps. Edited December 7, 2020 by J.T. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, J.T. said: My ex-bae pointed out that Eric Braeden from Young & The Restless plays the guy that owns the bar that O'Shea Jackson Jr.'s character tended. I had no idea who the guy was since I don't watch the daytime soaps. I don't either but I know his name because my mom's watched it since he looked like this Maybe that's why my dad had a moustache for so long... Edited December 7, 2020 by Curt McGirt 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamBroken Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 3 hours ago, J.T. said: We watched by accident when it was on Showtime a year ago during Free TV Week. We didn't seek it out on purpose. My ex-bae pointed out that Eric Braeden from Young & The Restless plays the guy that owns the bar that O'Shea Jackson Jr.'s character tended. I had no idea who the guy was since I don't watch the daytime soaps. His son was also the director/writer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Apparently there is a sequel in the works: https://screenrant.com/den-thieves-2-release-date-story/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Yes to both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 That thing where you don't know you want something until you hear about it and then it's the only thing you want in the history of existence? 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Yeah I'm definitely more than ok with this idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 12/7/2020 at 8:56 PM, Dolfan in NYC said: That thing where you don't know you want something until you hear about it and then it's the only thing you want in the history of existence? Speaking of Lesbian Rom-Coms, I watched Happiest Season a couple of nights ago and really enjoyed it. It plays to a lot of tropes. I also did a rare repeat viewing with Palm Springs which is just as fun the second time around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLSigman Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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J.T. Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 (edited) On 12/7/2020 at 10:12 AM, The Natural said: So is Gremlins. Edited December 12, 2020 by J.T. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Were any of these really under discussion as not? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Were any of these really under discussion as not? McClain himself says it's not. And it isn't. Edited December 12, 2020 by BrianS81177 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 If it takes place during Christmas then it fits the bill. Sorry McClane. Go take some aspirin for that hangover. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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