[moved to piefed] movies

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Within its first five days on Disney+, 'Moana 2' drew 27.3 million views.

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Weed Watch: The Beekeeper (2024)

I discovered this hidden gem quite by accident. I like to take edibles and progressively watch weirder stuff as time passes, to align with the intensity of the high. The Beekeeper was supposed to be the first watch, a simple run of the mill action thriller.

Then the uncanny valley started. Not specifically in a visual sense, but the pacing of the cuts, and the dialogue. There is something very slightly off no matter where you look, but that clashes with what you expect from a Jason Statham movie in just the right way.

There is also so much left unexplained and unexplored in terms of the plot that it feels exactly like when you're high and everything feels like it's going out of its way to be undecipherable.

All of this combines with the honestly decent action and cameos by Josh Hutcherson and Jeremy Irons (who I think is trying to do a Southern accent, but he hasn't gotten back to me) to make for quite a unique experience for stoners and good-bad movies alike.

Have you seen the movie? What did you think about it?

The trailer for the new film about the dainty woodland creatures will wash over your brain like a warm 70-second bath. Does every toy movie need to be an Oscar-worthy social commentary?

~~https://bsky.app/profile/michaeljruocco.bsky.social/post/3lklvftdtoc2g~~

UPDATE: The movie will continue to play in theaters this week!

In theaters October 24.

Cast:

• Karl Urban as Johnny Cage
• Adeline Rudolph as Kitana
  • Sophia Xu as Young Kitana
• Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade
• Josh Lawson as Kano
• Ludi Lin as Liu Kang
• Mehcad Brooks as Jackson "Jax" Briggs
• Tati Gabrielle as Jade
• Lewis Tan as Cole Young
• Damon Herriman as Quan Chi
• Chin Han as Shang Tsung
• Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden
• Joe Taslim as Bi-Han / Noob Saibot
• Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
• Martyn Ford as Shao Kahn
• Desmond Chiam as King Jerrod
• Ana Thu Nguyen as Queen Sindel
• Max Huang as Revenant Kung Lao
• CJ Bloomfield as Baraka

Non-paywalled link.

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As original films like "Novocaine" and "Mickey 17" struggle and "Captain America" and "Paddington" sequels fall short, when will the box office rebound?

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Actress Jenna Ortega is opening up about a small role she had in 2013's Iron Man 3, and why she's 'moved on' from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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"Novocaine" is off to a good start at the box office with an estimated $8.5 million opening weekend, but the marketplace is in a terrible slump.

Poland’s prime minister has made a tongue-in-cheek offer to U_S_ actor and director Jesse Eisenberg, who recently gained Polish citizenship, to give him military training that would land him “the new James Bond role.”

Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17” is both a critique of gangster capitalism and an argument in favor of proletarian revolution.

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Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender on what drew them to Steven Soderbergh's sexy spy thriller 'Black Bag.'

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A reboot of 'Starship Troopers' is in the works at Sony, with 'District 9' and 'Chappie' director Neill Blomkamp attached to helm.

Columbia Pictures is plotting a new Starship Troopers movie, setting District 9 filmmaker Neill Blomkamp to write and direct an adaptation of the classic sci-fi novel story by Robert A. Heinlein.