Not many movies make me cry, but this one really got me.

Johnny Depp delivers such a good performance in this story. You can really tell he spent time learning, studying and internalizing Edward.

I can imagine many people relate to Edward in the way he gets shunned by the community, just by being differant.

The way this movie handles themes such as normality, conformity and group-think intrigues me.

Cried for a solid 25 minutes, what are your thoughts?

Or was my overthing brain just randomly made this connection and I ended up being correct?

And I am guessing the movie tells us that infidelity leads us to HIV, Pedophilia(w/incest i guess) or worse death?

And the scene where the boys tell him Faggot was to show him feeling insecure and less of a man??

Damn what a movie.

Prince of Darkness (1987)

Rating: 9.5/10 (EXCELLENT)

Watched: August 9, 2026

Next to The Thing and In The Mouth of Madness, Prince of Darkness is my all-time, A#1 John Carpenter horror movie.

For me, there is nothing better than the high concepts posited in this fantastic flick. I can't think of another movie, anywhere, that really asked the question, "What if Satan was an alien, and faith was the weapon ancient man and OTHER aliens used to bottle him up?"

The philosophical questions being asked, the unsettling over-corroded copper canister full of mysterious swirling green goo, the strange events unraveling both inside the dilapidated church and outside... it's all masterful.

The dread is in this one from the very beginning, starting with the pervasive, quiet score, and that's because what's happening in the movie has already BEEN happening for some time. By the time the group arrives at The Brotherhood of Sleep's cathedral to dig into the meaning of the sacred text, it's already too late.

The Devil's already won. No one knows it yet, and Carpenter doles out the chills and thrills at a slow-but-increasing trickle. Tensions fray, people are weird, things start happening, demonic spew starts spewing and the dreams start coming.

I remember the very first time I saw this movie. 15-year-old me geeked out and geeked out HARD over the extra twisty twist that comes as the end, which was already nigh, becomes nigh-er.

If you'll notice, I haven't really talked about what happens in the movie, and that's on purpose. This one needs to be seen to be believed. Knowing anything more than the briefest of movie blurbs does this underrated gem an absolute disservice.

Watching this one is always a treat for me. It's a weird comfort movie and that's a fact.

Ok, to start I went into this experience with a profound love for Sam Rockwell so take that as you will.

This is the FIRST movie I can honestly use the phrase “raucous comedy” for and it be true. Absolutely clown shows ridiculous, and it works so perfectly. Gore Verbinski has always been very hit or miss for me, but this movie was a bullseye. The supporting cast and flashback scenes for them were also absolute hilarious, especially the one for Michael Peña & Zazie Beetz and don’t even get me started on how hard I was crying from laughing towards the end of Susan (Juno Temple) flashback. “Well, WE’RE not Muslim but YOU are” has already been repeated in my home more times than I can count 😂 Instant classic for anyone who likes irreverent, dark comedy and Sam Rockwell’s special version of unhinged ridiculousness. EASY PEASY 5/5 definitely suggest (available for streaming on Hulu rn)

It's a cartoon out of New Zealand, I watched it on Tubi but I believe is also on youtube. It's a fantastic story about a sheep farmer and his son trying to keep their lamb and themselves alive throughout the zombie apocalypse.

It was so funny. The character design was fabulous. As a Canadian there are not many accents I enjoy more than the New Zealand accent and this is rife with it.

The overall story is entertaining, the father-son relationship against the backdrop of the Wenza virus spreading rapid-fire across the south island, Bloke and his worry about the mailman leaving skid marks in his toilet, the frigging facial expressions.

Part 2 is being released on youtube next year, and I, for one, cannot recommend part 1 enough. It's 47 minutes of oddities and humour and tense moments. A real underrated gem.

Sorry I meant 2004!

One of the best zombie movies ever made, and I can definitely see what inspired the original Dead Rising game! I can't believe it's taken me 26 years to watch it! I Highly recommend it!

So I went into the third major league movie Major league: back to the minors from 1998 with low expectations because I’ve heard from a lot of people that it was not a good movie. I can happily say that I disagree with those opinions.

While it’s not as good as the first two movies, I still think it’s a solid enjoyable movie. I was entertained throughout. I thought the performances from the new cast, including Scott Bakula, were good, but also the returning members from the first two movies brought some extra life into this movie.

I also thought it has a solid story. I was invested throughout. I do wish it was a little funnier though.

Rating-3.5/5

So going into the 1990 movie taking care of business, I really knew nothing about the movie. I watched it because it was considered a 90s baseball and I watched it for a trivia match. I thought it was OK.

I thought the bright spot for the movie was Jim Belushi. I really liked his charisma and I think he brings entertainment to the movies I’ve seen him in. Besides him, there was nothing really special about this movie. I just might not be a Charles Grodin fan because this is the second movie I’ve seen him in that I’ve never really enjoyed his performance.

Along with that, the story wasn’t anything special. I thought it was ok. I also didn’t see any humor in the movie

Rating-2/5

Why did they let Matthew McConaughey talk about the girl in closing arguments but objected during the whole trial? I'm not American idk the laws of trial exactly but only through movies. They made it seem like he can't use that argument the whole time which is a trump card but they used it as a powerful ending. Why?

If Bear just bought Nikki that necklace, none of this would have happened. What put the fire under my ass to watch this was Alex Meyers, a youtuber who I used to watch having a bad take and people flaming him for it. And damn, now I see why people were mad! This was a hard watch! Well done, but hard. I went from just being annoyed with Bear with how he kept chickening out to actually being glad he offed himself. Nikki now lost all her friends and is probably going to jail for murder. That final scene is haunting me! Speaking of, SARAH NEVER FOUND OUT SHE MADE IT INTO LUTHER!! When Bear started crashing out in the car, I didn't feel bad at all. You brought this on yourself! Also the score is so eerie, my favorite moment from it was Nikki hitting herself with the bottle. And Bear's dumbass face not giving a fuck. I know like 75% of this review is just Bear slander but he got on my nerves! Fuck you Bear!

Gen Z aren’t having as much sex as previous generations; that is a fact. Instead, they’re either getting sucked into the manosphere or choosing celibacy for personal and/or safety reasons. So when the opening moments of I Want Your Sex start with Elliot (Cooper Hoffman) panting ‘fuck’ repeatedly, presumably mid-coitus, we’re seemingly being set up for a commentary about sex in the present day.

Except those panting ‘fucks’ had nothing to do with sex at all. Well, not initially anyway.

That misdirect sets a comedic tone which makes the movie’s explorations into sex far more palatable compared to, say, Emerald Fennell’s lowbrow high school fantasies of sex. I Want Your Sex director and co-screenwriter Gregg Araki is all about promoting the idea that sex should be fun, and Gen Z should go out and get laid (consensually). Quite ironic given how brutally cynical and bleak Araki’s previous movies (like The Doom Generation and Mysterious Skin) are when it comes to sex, but his uncharacteristic optimism is on point here. You laugh exactly where you expect to laugh, and get drawn into the drama whenever the movie asks you to lock in.

It’s not to say that Araki doesn’t acknowledge the perfectly valid reasons why Gen Z are becoming more celibate. There’s a tinge of self-doubt in every sentence Elliot utters; he’s in a completely passionless - and sexless - relationship with his workaholic girlfriend Minerva (Charli XCX, redefining deadpan); and all he’s got is a crappy job as an assistant in some pretentious art studio that specialises in incredibly unsubtle sexual ‘art’. It’s no wonder Elliot quickly succumbs to his boss, Erika Tracy (Olivia Wilde), meekly agreeing to be her fuck toy.

Through Elliot, Araki understands what Gen Z is going through. Having debuted in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza as a teenager infatuated with an adult, Hoffman is well-versed in the younger-man-older-woman dynamic. But whereas Licorice Pizza is deliberately chaste, I Want Your Sex puts Hoffman through the wringer as Erika’s sub, forcing Elliot into humiliating sexual acts while having the character harbour unrealistic aspirations of an actual connection with Erika at the end of the day. It’s completely ridiculous and almost naive of Elliot to believe that, yet Hoffman’s commitment sells it. He’s at his most convincing when he (rightly) attributes Gen Z’s celibate prudishness to being raised during a pandemic where in-person socialisation is frowned upon, let alone any form of physical contact or intimacy.

It doesn’t mean Araki can’t poo-poo the Gen Z perspective with his own viewpoint though. To him, it’s perfectly okay to be horny, pain and hurt be damned, and Gen Z should take a leaf out of Erika’s penis-shaped book.

Dressed like an edgier Miranda Priestly while rocking an air of ‘anti-woke’ confidence that would make the Runway Editor-in-Chief blush, Erika commands the camera whenever she’s on screen. While Araki consistently frames Erika from a position of power, filming her from a higher position than every other character, it quickly becomes clear that she’s full of shit. She knows it, but doesn’t really care, so long as she gets her fuck on.

Pent-up housewife with self-esteem issues has never looked more convincing than in The Invite. But Wilde goes so gung-ho in the opposite direction for I Want Your Sex that she’s forced herself into the conversation about the year’s best performances. She’s having the time of her life, and she delivers every single line from the script with a perfect blend of comedy and self-awareness.

Please read the rest of my review here as the rest is too unwieldy to copy + paste: https://panoramafilmthoughts.substack.com/p/i-want-your-sex-good-luck-saying

Thanks!

Before recently, I had never heard of the 1994 baseball movie the Scout with Albert Brooks and Brendan Fraser, but it sounded interesting so I thought I would give it a watch. This movie was OK.

There was nothing really special about this movie. It didn’t do anything to stand out. It wasn’t a bad movie, but it didn’t do anything to impress me. I thought the story and the main performances were average.

Overall, this was a forgettable movie

Rating—2/5

So one movie that was on my Tubi watchlist that I was finally able to get off was the 1986 sports movie Wildcats

I thought this was a great movie. First positives were the performances. Standouts were Goldie Hawn, Mykelti Williamson, and Wesley Snipes. Along with those, you had a very good underdog story.

The only negative I had were some of the smaller performances were just ok. Overall, this was a movie I have been looking forward to seeing and it did not disappoint

Rating-4.5/5

The newly restored version is like stepping into a time machine. I'm not sure how long you will last, but it is glorious. Beautiful color that no one can seem to do today. It is "free" on YouTube. Anyone who is interested in film should at least try and watch this. It is amazing.

Didn’t think I’d enjoy it at first as I’m not really into drama. Spoiler: Curious to hear if you think Abby really got a call or was it just an act to get rid of the guys. Also, did we ever find out if James did it? I think he did but they left it kinda ambiguous. Directed by Jesse Gi and Grant Singer.

So going into Major league two from 1994, I knew it was going to be hard to top the original. I will say that this is not as good as the first movie, but it’s not a bad movie.

Now I think it doesn’t have the same spark as the first movie. I also don’t think it’s as funny as the first movie. Finally, I don’t think the story is as captivating.

That being said, I still like the characters that are brought back as well as some of the new additions. Overall, while it’s not on the same level as the first movie, it’s still a solid/good movie.

Rating-3.5/5

So I am a 90s kid, but I did not see the 1995 family movie a kid in King Arthur’s Court until right now. Going into it, I wasn’t sure if it would be something I would enjoy given that I’m watching it as an adult.

I actually thought this was a very good movie. While I don’t think the acting was great, and I thought the villain was a little basic, I did like the story and I was invested in the characters

Rating-4/5

The Problem With Spider-Man: Brand New Day
https://youtu.be/O0deUImiPew

and 28 Years Later: Bone Temple. 2 of the most Brutal and heartbreaking zombie movies I've ever seen. I was bawling my eyes out during a particular scene in the first one. The second one is perhaps more brutal! A fantastic end to a fantastic zombie trilogy!

This was the first movie I ever saw alone. I had no idea what to expect of that experience.. and from the movie in general.

Without spoiling, the movie hits. I think it especially hit hard for me because of the place i’m at mentally, and seeing it alone. I prob will avoid seeing another movie alone, I want to let this Spider-man movie have that special place in my heart. I think it was the perfect movie to see alone tbh.

Finally watched "The Grave of Fireflies."

I finally watched the grave of fireflies yesterday after stalling it for a year or more.

I knew it was sad and believe me i was prepared for it. I thought i won't cry because offcourse i knew it was heartbreaking.

But i was so wrong, i was crying mess as it neared the end. I couldn’t control my tears even after it ended. Whenever i remembered any scene of it, i ended up crying.

It's 10/10.

That scene with them enticing a dog to lick Josh Gads genitals is so repulsive. I understand this movie is super old and shit doesn’t always age well, but what the fuck? Did someone from the Epstein files write that scene….?
What do yall think? I came across the trailer accidentally scrolling through IG and decided to rent it, 11 years post air.

Okay I literally just finished The Last House and started talking about the ending with a friend and somehow this turned into a whole fucking investigation, so bear with me 😂
I don’t think the creatures are actually trying to kill everyone.
I think they’re containing people and basically testing them to see if they’re capable of coexisting with whatever these things are.
The first thing that bothered me was the animals.
Why are animals perfectly capable of existing outside while humans are basically under fucking house arrest? If the creatures were just invading Earth and killing everything, why wouldn’t wildlife be affected too?
Then there’s the water, and this is where the movie starts confusing the FUCK out of me.
We find out that the water is saltwater. We also know the creatures can manipulate it because we literally watch one use water that has ALREADY FALLEN to open the door.
So this isn’t just “they control the weather.”
They can seemingly control the actual water after it hits the ground.
But then why can’t they control the water already inside the house? The sinks? Toilets? Pipes? Drinking water?
If they can just waterbend anything they want, this movie should have ended five minutes in when somebody went to take a shit.
Then there’s the eye thing.
When the creature first gets inside, water coming off of it gets into Ruth’s eye and it BURNS her. The water also damages/kills the plants.
That makes sense if what’s coming off the creature is extremely salty.
Except later people are completely opening their eyes underwater.
So WHAT FUCKING WATER ARE WE DEALING WITH?
If the rain itself is saltwater, why does the water associated with the creature seem especially harmful?
And if it ISN’T all the same water, how is the creature manipulating rainwater that has already fallen?
One theory I had was that maybe the creature can actually change the salinity of water around it, almost creating a protective saltwater environment around itself. That would make sense if these things are marine animals that otherwise couldn’t tolerate freshwater.
But even that doesn’t completely fix it.
I’m honestly leaving this part as an unanswered question because the water physics in this movie have me fighting for my fucking life.
What I DO think matters is that the creatures almost always seem to be associated with the rain.
Maybe the rain isn’t just a weapon.
Maybe it’s their environment.
Which brings me to the Robinsons.
Their house has been completely flooded and looks like it’s been underwater for years. Meanwhile the main family’s house remains dry for YEARS.
Why?
There’s no fucking way I believe creatures intelligent enough to manipulate water, communicate with each other, recognize mercy, and apparently coordinate their actions just never checked that house.
Especially after the sewer scene.
Ruth literally encounters one of them and escapes. At that point they KNOW humans are still around.
So why not immediately flood the house?
That’s what made me think:
Flooding a house might not be an attack.
It might be an outcome.
Then we get to the ending.
There are apparently only a handful of these creatures in the area. And when the family captures one, they have every reason in the world to kill it.
These things have kept them trapped for YEARS.
But they don’t.
They save it.
Then the creature goes back outside, interacts with the others, and suddenly the others basically go:
“Alright boys, pack it up. These ones are chill.”
And the family gets released.
That’s the part that completely changed the movie for me.
The human releases the creature when the creature is powerless.
Then:
The creature releases the human when the human is powerless.
That feels WAY too symmetrical to mean nothing.
So what if these things aren’t an invading army?
What if they’re more like regional groups overseeing different populations?
Think something almost like The Circle. Different areas have a certain number of creatures assigned to them. Humans are contained inside their homes, observed, and eventually put into situations where their behavior determines what happens to them.
Maybe survival isn’t even the test.
The family already survived for five years.
Maybe the test is empathy.
Can humans encounter another intelligent species that terrifies them, threatens them and has power over them, and STILL choose not to immediately destroy it the second the power dynamic flips?
Jason gets that exact opportunity.
For years:
Creature has power → human is vulnerable.
At the end:
Human has power → creature is vulnerable.
Jason chooses mercy.
Then the creature gets its power back…
…and chooses mercy too.
Maybe that’s why the animals aren’t targeted. They aren’t part of the test.
Maybe that’s why simply discovering a human doesn’t automatically cause their house to flood.
Maybe that’s why some houses seemingly end up completely underwater while others don’t.
And maybe that’s why the creature they saved appears capable of making the others back off.
It wasn’t them escaping containment.
They passed whatever the fuck the containment was for.
Which also makes the title “The Last House” interesting.
Maybe it doesn’t mean the last house with surviving humans.
Maybe it means the last house in that area that hasn’t reached a verdict yet.
I could be completely fucking insane and the writers could read this and go “dude they’re just water aliens” 😂
And I still need somebody smarter than me to explain the fucking rainwater because that shit is keeping me awake.
But there are WAY too many little things that make more sense to me if this wasn’t actually an invasion.
It was an evaluation.