What movies did you see last week? (3/11-3/17)

Love Lies Bleeding (2024) - In a cis love story if you tell your partner NOT to do anything and she does it - in fact, does the WORST thing...........you'd probably break up with her because she can't follow instructions and is just gonna mess up your life and simple things like dry cleaning and dinner and what not........but in a LESBIAN story you'd go all mushy for her - and her feet - even if she does the most awful thing imaginable.......and does it ....THREE TIMES ffs



Incredibly daft ending ....... ~ 6 / 10

Dune: Part 1 - 7 / 10

Deepwater Horizon - 7 / 10

Medicine Man - 4 / 10

Angel A - 5 / 10

Sleeping Beauty - 10 / 10

Mountains (2023) - 7.5 / 10

Joonam - 8 / 10

Mustang
-Relies too heavily on getting the audience emotionally attached to the leads as it wallpapers fairly successfully some of the static storytelling. Seems like everyone from Turkey who has seen this are livid on how inaccurate the subject matter depiction, accents, performances are. I believe the Writer/Director grew up in France and it seems like Turkish people are equating her depiction on the same level as if a French person made a movie about an American town where all the Americans ate Koala Bears and spoke in Iambic Pentameter. I wonder where Koala meat ranks taste-wise compared to other meats. 7/10


Safe
-It's leaving Tubi soon so I finally decided to tackle this. What a knockout Moore performance. Feels like her character depiction is something I don't see too often on screen idk probably wrong on that. Liked that this film wasn't too overt about breaking free from an unhappy lifestyle, the scariness of making a big change (through getting sick with no explanation how). Even if you're looking at it as she's trading one prison for another, it's important that she's in a happier place/headspace for herself. Ending is an introvert's wet dream. Initially a 7/10 but it's been rocketing up in my estimation the more I marinate on it. Leaning 9 atm.


The Club
-Never been a dog person. Never had a dog. Only meaningful interaction I've had with one is when I was bitten in the ass by one of these monsters when I was little. I'm more likely to fist pump than cry when it comes to a dog death. Reading doesthedogdie is like watching an episode of The Office (earlier seasons): genuinely funny. However, the way the dogs are dispatched here is a bridge too far, even for me. 7/10


Tale of Tales
-The weaving back-and-forth between the three stories was really uneven. Would've been better if they told each one-at-a-time. Ultimately unnecessary to chop them up the way that they did. Elements of the film that did just enough to keep me from completely disliking this: performances (Henderson & Cave in particular), costumes, makeup. The twists and turns of each story was fun. Reminded me of doing a quest in Witcher 3 where each section of your task leads to something completely different then the next part is completely different, so on and so on. 6/10


Queen of the Earth
-If it's not clear very quickly, both characters are egotistical assholes. Was not a compelling watch whatsoever. The way that everyone was an outright jerk to each other just felt unnatural, especially when Fugit would goofily verbal lash Moss. I'm a big fan of Her Smell: Moss' big personality clashing hard against everybody worked much more effectively in that one. This has officially pushed me into "what's so special about Katherine Waterston as a performer?" territory. She doesn't give bad performances but I feel like she's never elevated anything in any meaningful way. Even the latest Fantastic Beasts didn't want her anymore. 5/10


My Life as a Zucchini
-Gives so much despite it's short runtime. That moment where it holds on the kids watching the mother & son: 9/10


Damsel
-Would've been all in for a Millie Bobby Brown/dragon Shohreh Aghdashloo twofer a la Before Sunrise/Sunset. Angela Basset either a) desperately needed money b) owed a one-for-me-one-for-them debt with Netflix c) lost her mind after the Oscar loss d) lamely doing this for the grandkids (Stranger Things fans?). Embarrassing role for someone her caliber, even more so than the 9-1-1 and Marvel slumming. 5/10


Embrace of the Serpent & Tower
-Gave both of these a go based on the overwhelming support for them on this board. Both times this week my life has been changed. 10/10 for each, no notes, just