Duplex (2003)

Letterboxd has an ingenious concept baked into its rating system. You can rate a film on a scale of zero to four stars, and you can also adorn a film with a heart. These two things are completely separate systems. The films you love and the films you thought were great are by default a decoupled set. This is one of many decisions that makes Letterboxd a fascinating and well-designed piece of software, because I have no idea how to rate MacGruber, which strains the conceit of a single numerical…

‘Please Use AI’. Via Daring Fireball. This was worth the read and a beautiful reminder of our humanity

Everyone wanted Vangelis the year after Chariots of Fire, and the two movies who landed him were Blade Runner and this downbeat drama. It’s a dialogue-heavy movie, light on the music, but whenever those classy synths kick in, you float for a little while. Missing Charles aka TV’s Lex Luthor, talks with his pet duck: Gavras was by now typecast as the guy who makes depressing movies about leftists getting destroyed by oppressive military governments, so the coup in Chile was right up his alley.…

Boasting a blatantly contrived high-concept premise, One Night Only is better than it ought to be. At the same time, the movie — which rides on agreeable performances from Monica Barbaro and Collum Tower — isn’t the winning charmer it might have been. The contrivance: One Night Only, directed by Will Gluck and written by Travis Baum, creates a world in which unmarried people are subject to an oppressive government mandate: They’re allowed to have sex on only one night a year. Don't expect a…

I was already a sucker for this movie, another “song can save your life” narrative from Carney with winning actors and actually good songs and a cute Glen Hansard tribute, then Glen died suddenly, and now I’m ready to declare this the most important film of the year. The Odyssey wasn’t any better! Wedding band frontman Paul Rudd has a good relationship with his wife(!) and daughter(!) until he gets depressed and obsessed after his one-night bromance with a Jonas brother ends with Nick stealing…

Series of Bad Decisions in the lead-up to Zendaya-Pattinson wedding. Maid of honor Alana Haim does not forgive Z for claiming to have plotted mass murder in her bullied teen years. Alana’s man Mamoudou Athie (Kinds of Kindness) fails to make peace, and Rob starts to spiral, as the accusations (and vomit) fly and people say more things they can’t take back, either stupidly or drunkenly. Pretty decent writing and performances, for every scene where an actor is impressive there’s another where…

Eli Roth has directed notable horror movies, among them Cabin Fever (2002) and Hostel (2005). He's also produced such helpings of horror as Clown (2014) and Haunt (2019). Now, Roth arrives with Ice Cream Man, a horror movie that tries to cut the heart out of idyllic, small-town life when a smiling ice cream man (Ari Millen) turns the town's kids into killers. Ice Cream Man tries to walk the line between sadistically funny and sickeningly gory. Roth knows how to do that, but once you see a sweet…

StarringNicolas Cage, Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, and Abraham PopoolaOverviewWith no power comes no responsibility.Ben Reilly, an aging and down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York, is forced to grapple with his past life as the city's one and only superhero.Review Spider-Noir I’ll preface this by saying that I like telling alternative stories in set universes, and I’m also a big fan of gritty noir. But this? This just wasn’t interesting. I liked the b&w look, but…

Manny Patel made the first version of this over thirty years ago when he was a high school student. Now he has returned to his Star Trek Bohemian Rhapsody media mix as a celebration of the show’s 60th anniversary (and Queen’s song is 50, so a double celebration). The footage has been upscaled to 4K, giving the original mashup a makeover. It is certainly a labor of love – each two or three second clip exactly matches a line in the song. I’ve been a bit cheeky and put the lyrics in the picture…

•There's been a lot of talk about superhero fatigue, and that Marvel Cinematic Universe having become less and less of a selling point in and of itself (and I agree the cross-movie mega-story has been completely unmoored and ponderous compared to the early days; the producers never bothered to replace the original hook of building The Avengers team and then building towards the Thanos conflict with the Infinity gems/stones, so there hasn't really been any narrative momentum since Endgame).…

So, finally watched HEAT. I tend to have issues with Michael Mann films but, despite reservations about this one, I did not experience my usual issue of finding that his bold stylistic choices are totally wrong for the film he’s making. Mostly. I also didn’t feel that about THIEF, so maybe I’m warming to him, […]

Welcome to The Film Noir Files, the noir series here at Shadows and Satin and over at Speakeasy, the blog authored by my pal Kristina, where each month we recommend a film noir feature for you to watch on TCM. We never know what the other has selected until we post, and part of the fun is trying to never pick the same movie! There are lots of great noirs airing in August – including Laura (1944), Scarlet Street (1945), and Night and the City (1950) – but my pick of the month (like my Pre-Code…

I went to see a film today. To the actual cinema, with actual popcorn and drinks and iMax and…well, The Odyssey. I’ve written book reviews before but I know books. Like really know books. Whereas I think this is the first film I’ve seen in the cinema since…maybe Snail and the Whale and Zog with the children a couple of years ago. Before that, it was probably Mamma Mia 2 in Stockholm, with a live singer and my wife, 3 days pregnant (or at least, that’s when she’d taken the test) with our first…

The sun is dying, being feasted on by tiny lifeforms based on Venus. The phenomenon, the "astrophage," is not unique: every star within dozens of light-years of Sol is suffering the same malaise...except one: Tau Ceti. With Earth's habitability in danger in a matter of decades, the countries of the world unite to send a near-lightspeed ship, powered by the same tiny lifeforms, to Tau Ceti to investigate. Only one crewmember, Ryland Grace, survives the trip, finding himself alone almost a dozen…

Kevin Powell tries out Prop For That, makin it look so slick and easy 🫶 Watch on YouTube

I am appalled that it’s taken us this long to feature the incredible Melanie Lynskey

Last year, I began a journey of watching Kung Fu, the 70's television show starring David Carradine. I'm not a huge fan of binge watching, especially a show like this that is so slow, but I'm working my way towards the end of the series and it's left me wanting more. Naturally, I began digging into what else is out there. I found a copy of two books that were highly regarded, a TV movie/sequel co-starring Brandon Lee that is not so highly regarded, and then of course, Kung Fu: The Legend…

A meticulous jewel thief risks his flawless record against an equally obsessive detective and a volatile rival, while an underestimated insurance broker turns accomplice after decades of professional disrespect Good crime thriller directed by Bart Layton (American Animals) starring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Halle Berry, but what really impressed me was the short but intense performance of Barry Keoghan as an unhinged robber. While pretty predictable, the movie does entertain and keeps…

The Lord Of The Rings (1978)

COMING SOON! August 12!!

Memorial screening for the great Sam Neill. He and Nicole Kidman are a bereaved couple on a sailing voyage when they meet Billy Zane, typecast as a sexy guy who wants to kill you aboard a sinking ship. His stories about his former vessel don’t add up, and when Sam goes to investigate, Billy takes control and speeds away, leaving Sam to sink and die. But this is one of those movies where the best mechanic / sailor / problem solver wins the day, and Neill is up to the task. Kidman’s no slouch…

Scott Hylands, who starred on the show Night Heat and appeared in the movie Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969), died on July 29, 2026, at the age of 83. In October 2021, he had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia. Scott Hyalnds was born Scott Hyalnds Douglas in Lethbridge, Alberta on February 27, 1943. His father was killed in action during World War II. His mother was a public health nurse and later a maths teacher. He grew up in British Columbia and attended Shawnigan Lake Boys School on…

British society underwent a seismic change during the 1960’s, and this was reflected in the output from our film industry. Between 1959 and the mid 1960’s, a series of bold and fresh films began to be made which switched focus from the elegant drawing rooms and parties of wealthy characters, and focused instead upon working-class Brits and our experiences. These films shook up the cinematic status quo with their experimental style and heavier focus on realism. This period of filmmaking has…

Eighteen months ago, I wrote in review of Being John Malkovich: The worst thing a piece of comedy can do is, in the process of not taking itself seriously, forget to take its characters seriously. This film is deeply funny, and deeply weird, but Kaufman remembers every step of the way that these people are real, that they want things and feel things. (And I'm sure there are a lot of interesting things it's saying at a metatextual level, but I figure I should finish watching Adaptation before I…

by George Pritchard This year, Ken Russell is a man on fire. He has already made a name for himself as a television director for the BBC, in addition to several feature films. He has just released his second film this year, and word is that he is planning for a third, a production schedule … Continue reading [August 4, 1971] The Devils → The post [August 4, 1971] <i>The Devils</i> appeared first on Galactic Journey.

The planet Eternia is invaded and conquered by the armies of the evil warlord Skeletor. Young Prince Adam is sent into a portal by the Sorceress of Eternia to safeguard him and the Sword of Power, but he loses the Sword mid-transit. Arriving on Earth, he spends fifteen years searching for the Sword. He finally locates it, but finds the war has followed him to his adopted homeworld. Returning to Eternia, he has to rally the Eternian loyalists to fight Skeletor, but finds his long absence has…

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2026/08/04: On some unreported day Lupin lost his final white bigode (whisker), but a new one is growing, so he's a unigode once again.

A Los Angeles detective chases a murder suspect in a remote Alaskan town. A sleep-deprived Al Pacino yelling his way left and right, Robin Williams with a decent performance, Hilary Swank as the young blood, they all add up to a decent thriller under the direction of Christopher Nolan. I wouln’t call this disappointing, but I have to say I expected more. Three popcorns. To see all 30 photos, visit the article page. This article was originally published at: https://andrei.xyz/movies/insomnia/