Film forum off topic/random chat thread

Didn’t MASK OF THE PHANTASM get a run at the cinema back at its original release?

Hollywood studios giving exact release dates is relatively new. I think it start just before Disney bought Lucasfilm.

How did this come about ?

I hadn’t heard this bizarre rumour before about Clive Owen’s badger phobia.

It seems like someone used to put weird and untrue trivia about him on IMDB.

He doesn’t eat biscuits though.

Think there's a thread somewhere here and I just can't find it so I'll post here instead of starting another one.

The Toxic Avenger starring Peter Dinklage will premiere at Fantastic Fest in the US which starts September 21st.

https://2023.fantasticfest.com/films/64dba08fcd428000504ec6ea

Don't know when or how it will be released here since doesn't exactly seem a theatrical release type film

First image (just posting link due to the size)

https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2023/08/15/toxic-avenger-4press-1692119529874.jpg

So it will be a sequel to the 1960 Oceans 11 then if it’s set in the 60’s

Never understood the appeal of those movies.

The box office is screaming do new sh1t , this is not the way

Do all Indian movies break out into song and dance routines?

Seen a few impressive trailers and clips for Indian action movies over the years but been put off by the notion in my head that every now and again in the film there will be a big musical number.

I love a good musical but Indian songs have no appeal to me.

I tried a movie on Netflix about the first female fighter pilot in the Indian military - I got interrupted and didn’t get the catch to watch again but it did have several songs playing over scenes and montages that I thought were too loud and too often.

Forgot about that story. Some people have no shame in showing publicly how pathetic they are.

Has Ana de Armas ever talked about this?

Speaking of … I watched GHOSTED this morning. Very enjoyable fun and predictable action film but something about just felt felt off and I couldn’t figure it out until after the film was over.

de Armas and Evans just had zero chemistry.

Interesting Mandela example from Moonraker , did Jaw's girlfriend have braces?, if pushed I think I would have said yes in that it was a commonality between them.... but apparently not. Some commentors in the video still insist there were

I never trusted the critic reviews in isolation

I doubt many people would use an aggregate critic score as a signal to go see a movie or not. If its a new film people will tend to know how the wind is blowing anyway, for an old film, aggregate user scores will be a better clue.

given people being paid to write good reviews, their instincts were correct

Elijah Wood as "sort of Riff Raff from The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the Danny DeVito Penguin mixed together"

Michael Caine has confirmed he has retired from acting at the age of 90 what a career he has had.

THE GEEAT ESCAPER is nice one to end a career on.

worst kept secret, if HBO are up to it, no doubt the other are too

"Bloys was responding to a bombshell Rolling Stone report that referenced alleged text messages between himself and Kathleen McCaffrey, HBO’s senior vice-president of drama programming. In six conversations, the pair discussed a “secret army” that could respond to TV critics who gave HBO shows a negative review."

The Longest Yard being remade again.

Did we really need the first?

looks like there is a market for the film after all