HOUSE CALLS (1978) has a commentary by "historians" Bryan Reesman and Max Evry

You would think they would assign someone who knows Walter Matthau for this commentary. Instead, when Evry mentions CHARLEY VARRICK as being one of his best movies, Reesman blankly intones "never seen it".

I did find ...

I think I'll stick to the guilty pleasure of the 1984 version.

Looks like she agrees with you. She said she isn't going to do any project in 2027.

I saw a comment to the effect of Lily Tomlin got jacked for this part. And they edited out The Rock's nipples.

I was let down by PUBLIC ENEMIES. It's definitely not awful, but for me it was a huge disappointment (honestly I barely remember much about it now). That's pretty much how it was received too -- got mostly mixed reviews and tepid box-office. Should've been better given the subject matter and cast ...

I'm not the world's biggest fan of Reds either, as I have no use for communism.... But, I have to give it a little credit. In its second half, it shows how Soviet communism screwed over its supporters and was a failed system. That is more honesty than something like One Battle After Another offer ...

Who overpraised it? Even the Tomato Meter sits at a lowly 47% (with a hefty 200+ reviews included) with an even-worse audience score of 43%. It's easily one of his worst reviewed films and did poorly commercially as well.

The only people who simp for it are hardcore Mann fans, so if you run into ...

And I'm sorry...but doesn't Timothee(y) look a bit like Sinead O'Connor in that trailer still?? I feel like singing Nothing Compares 2 U when I see that still.


***It's been seven hours and fifteen days since you took your love away I go out every night and sleep all day since you took your love ...

Anyways, it was nice to see Lalo Schifrin make his way into the In Memoriam segment, which was one of the most tasteful and effective ones in recent memory (and using an INSTRUMENTAL, instead of a song performance that overshadows the roll call of those we lost, at least until "Babs'' mawkish ...

Nobody's work is as overpraised as Anderson for me. Not even close.

And it tells you about everything about cinema in 2026 this movie and SINNERS are (two of) the biggest films gunning for end of year acclaim. Let someone try and tell you "things are just as good as they've always been" with ...

Michael B. Jordan Best Actor? Hilarious. I didn't think EITHER of his performances were any good.


I wouldn't necessarily call it a done deal yet. But it is true that none of the best actor nominated performances have a groundswell of passionate support behind them.

Oh well. My only real ...

And whoever gave Maggie Gyllenhaal $90 million should be axed if they're not gone already.

She has a political soapbox but directed only 1 previous movie that couldnt even hit $1 million.

And you hire her for THIS? And seemingly gave her full creative whatever??

The mind boggles...


Her ...

Well, yes, anybody outside of Hollywood knew it wasn't going to do well, being too close in look and feel to the dreaded Joker II, and going over the same territory covered very recently by Poor Things and the newest Frankenstein.

The problem in Hollywood is anymore that so many films are sequels ...

It's such a disposable film.... It's an absolute joke that Criterion is going to be handling it....

Yes, I did see Coda. Kind of felt like a CBS or ABC movie of the week peppered with a bit more suggestive language. It had its heart in the right place though, so I can't fully dismiss it.


Fair enough. But gone are the days of Best Picture Winners which are iconic, and timeless -- like ...