It’s very cruel to put Memoria on this list, a film that I desperately want to see, but likely never will due to its, uh, unique, release strategy. 

You should check them out! They’re really good. I personally always love learning about a good movie that I haven’t heard of.

I wonder if the first part of your comment might have something to do with the second part. 

Broadly, this isn’t particularly accurate, even outside of the oxymoronic (or at least confusing) phrase “increasingly less.” Phantom Thread, PTA’s previous film, was one of his higher-grossing efforts in the U.S., and Wes Anderson is only on a downward trajectory if you limit your analysis to three movies—one of…

celebrating a half-remembered, half-imagined era when the owners of publications actually gave two shits about their writers and the subjects they wrote about.

Yes. A24, at least for me, means I’m getting a film made specifically for adults.  I don’t always connect with them but they are always unique and put story over everyting else (at least of all the ones I’ve seen).  I highly recommend checking out some of their films, they are very good.  I absolute love many of…

always depends.. on reddit a24 basically means carefully curated indie movie.. doesn’t have that horror connection there at all.. there was a thread on the admittedly pretty circlejerky a24 subreddit about movies that feel a24 to them but aren’t and they listed stuff like call me by your name, her, about time, etc. 

They’re probably more widely known as being the distributor of classy indies, including the likes of Moonlight, Uncut Gems, Lady Bird, Ex Machina, Room, etc.

I could go as far as “fine,” they were at least coherent and effective. I just watch a LOT of action flicks and its always a bummer when mid-to-big budget movies can’t deliver an action sequence as exciting as some of the lower budget and Direct-to-Video/Streaming stuff I watch. But Old Guard didn’t have endless…

I thought the action scenes were kind of perfunctory and if any of them went on any longer they would have dragged, but the actual plot and character interactions were interesting enough that I found it to be overall compelling viewing.

Netflix originals tend to have a limited ceiling, but their floor is also pretty high.

Same.

Maybe from a quality standpoint, not from a financial standpoint. From what I remember, Captain Marvel didn’t make a cultural impact the way Black Panther or the Spiderman movies did (high bar, I know), if you leave aside all the incels complaining about Larson’s outspokenness.

Different unions and guilds have their own guidelines regarding an actor checking the weapons. The actors guild guidelines suggest the actor check the gun themselves, the Industry Wide Labor Safety Committee puts the onus on the Prop Master, Armorer and designated expert crew. In the Prop Master and Armorer interviews…

in what way was captain marvel a mild failure? it’s the 6th highest grossing MCU movie of all time. it was a huge financial success. 

Captain Marvel made a billion dollars. And Endgame was almost complete by the time it released (they came out like two months apart). Carol’s role was modest in Endgame because she’s insanely overpowered, and for the time being it’s best to keep her on the sidelines and use her as a last resort, lest she become a…

i deeply loved ‘the rider’ and thought ‘nomadland’ was a flawed, but ultimately very good movie.

The Old Guard was pretty good.

I read that too, thankfully.

It would be helpful if more articles went into this, since it’s a common sticking point between laypeople and industry folks, but two common terms have different meanings depending on who is using them. A “live round” doesn’t mean a real bullet, but anything that’s designed to do something when the trigger is pulled.…