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https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/unstoppable-2010 · 5 Nov 2024
What a day to watch a movie about Pennsylvania! An action movie focused in on two employees trying to do the right thing for their families and communities in the face of corporate greed and incompetence. Pretty familiar story, right? Fun movie. Chugga chu...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/halloween-h20-1998 · 1 Nov 2024
"There comes a point in your life where you have to concentrate on what's right about it." What's right about mine, does not include this movie. Cheap slasher, solid cast and an "introduction" for Josh Hartnett. Josh Hartnett's always great. If you want an...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/the-kingdom-2007 · 30 Oct 2024
A decent action movie buoyed by a strong cast (I always enjoy Chris Cooper). It dances around overt post 9/11 patriotism before tripping all over itself to make a point about how similar both sides are — via Fleury's rapport with Al-Ghazi (played by Jami...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/speak-no-evil-2024 · 26 Oct 2024
James McAvoy is spectacular (as are Davis and McNairy). Not essential viewing but it does an extremely compelling job of slowly ratcheting up tention until the very end — McAvoy is supremely confident, erratic and charming and really carries the whole th...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/alien-romulus-2024 · 16 Oct 2024
The Alien franchise is among my favorite scifi/horror franchises because it lands firmly in the don't invent the horror vortex camp. It's realistic, not optimistic and its vision of space is all rough edges, green screen monitors and square clicky buttons ...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/things-will-be-different-2024 · 14 Oct 2024
Things won't be different, but you can drive yourself mad trying to change things you can't control instead of accepting them as they are. One Alabama, Two Alabama, Three Alabama, Four Alabama, Five — Maybe Ross' trip to the spray tan place would've gone...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/the-last-stop-in-yuma-county-2024 · 28 Sep 2024
This feels like it could be a Coen brothers movie (where's Frances McDormand?). Tense and (at times) subdued, with an excellent cast (none of whom I recognized outside of Jon Proudstar). Doesn't overstay it's welcome either at a brisk 90-minute run time. I...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/the-sum-of-all-fears-2002 · 25 Sep 2024
A decent enough action movie buoyed by Affleck and Freeman's performances (the rest of the cast is great too — Schreiber, Moynahan, Rifkin, McGill et al). It's coated in aughts American jingoism and falls into the Tom Clancy trap of bestowing one person ...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/blink-twice-2024 · 22 Sep 2024
An outstanding directorial debut for Zoë Kravitz. The whole thing plays out as a fever dream that oscillates between abject horror, social commentary and free flowing debauchery. So many movies overplay their attempts at social commentary and end up worse...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/the-insider-1999 · 21 Sep 2024
I bought this as an afterthought based on the price ($4.99) and cast (Pacino + Crowe) and had baseline expectations based on the latter. What I got was an altogether action-free and extremely compelling thriller. As far as Mann movies go, I don't think any...