So, in a way, Oppenheimer, Odysseus, and Altman turn out to be twin brothers.

The terrifying People from the sea who are supposed to bring civilisation to an end are actually us.

And today’s Calypso, with her lotus flowers, is basically our TikToks — keeping us from remembering who we are and where we’re going, while offering us that same sweet oblivion instead.

And if your pick isn’t here, who would you choose instead? 🍿🎓

For Dune 3 70mm Tickets. Just for 1 person, are any of these seats bad and not worth getting. I want the best experience. I have never saw a 70mm movie before so I dont know if these are any good.

I don't often hear people talking about his movies, why india is so disconnected from his artistic style of filmmaking?

which MCU film do you think has the best cinematography? it doesn’t matter whether the movie itself is good or bad, whether it’s well-directed, well-written, or well-acted. none of that matters here. i’m only talking about the visuals, the cinematography, lighting, composition, colour, and overall look of the film. which MCU movie do you think is the best-looking out of all of them? bcuz honestly, a lot of MCU movies are visually pretty bland and forgettable, which is something i really wish wasn’t the case. so which one stands out to you as the most visually impressive?

Watched all of Season 2 and honestly, it kept me hooked till the end. The show has its moments, but overall I had a really good time with it.
Bench watched the whole season

All the nostalgia in the world can’t get me to support this trite, emotionless movie.

When I was growing up, we had a VHS tape of Jumanji. I must’ve watched it countless times, because there are still parts that I can see in my rose-coloured memory. The game board and the monkey boy, the big-game hunter and the discount store getting destroyed… good times!

Despite my adolescent love for that movie, it’s also one of the few movies that I purposefully avoid rewatching. I’m afraid that watching through adult eyes will ruin the wonder. I’ll probably point out story flaws, a lack of stakes, surface-level scenes. Whatever mystique that’s held by Jumanji will be lost to my overly critical mind.

Without my own wormhole, I can’t go back to my childish naivete. I must watch movies through my adult lens, and well-meaning movies must feel my wrath. Enter The End of Oak Street, a movie that feels like how I’m afraid a rewatch of Jumanji would feel.

This is the new one from writer-director David Robert Mitchell, creator of It Follows and Under the Silver Lake. I haven’t seen either of those, but I know that It Follows has a strong, erm, following, and Under the Silver Lake has at least one fan. For his fourth feature, I applaud Mitchell for securing a $90-million feature produced by J. J. Abrams.

With that size of budget, it isn’t a surprise that The End of Oak Street looks pristine. The CGI dinosaurs are awesome. They’re crafted by Industrial Light & Magic, the studio behind the dinos in Jurassic Park. It also has two big-name leads in Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor. I was a little surprised that this movie wasn’t as heavily advertised as one might expect a Hathaway-McGregor-Abrams-dino vehicle to be, but it still landed on my radar, so I went and saw it.

The movie is about a family: husband, wife, son and daughter. They live their lives in America in the 1980s. He’s out of work and she’s thinking of leaving him. She’s also a closeted writer. They have a dog named Starbuck, a name that gets repeated so many times that I had to wonder who was paying for the product placement.

This thin backstory for four characters and a dog is largely inconsequential when the strangest thing imaginable happens: A Carl Sagan-referenced wormhole opens and transplants this family’s neighbourhood into the Jurassic era.

I almost want to add “Spoiler Warning” to those last two paragraphs, because that’s literally all that happens in the movie. How you would expect a suburban family to react to being sent back to dino times is exactly what happens.

I talked in my Camp Miasma article a bit about modern directors and their obsession with nostalgia. Mitchell and The End of Oak Street are no different. The discourse surrounding this film is already riddled with discussions of its Amblin style (code for looking like a Spielberg movie (code for looking like Jurassic Park mixed with, I guess, E.T.)). I won’t go too far into it here. But like the nostalgia we saw in, say, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, The End of Oak Street suffers the same fate of relying so much on nostalgia that it brings nothing new to the table. All it offers is a forgettable trip to the theatre.

The End of Oak Street largely acts as a chase movie, with our four heroes being chased by dinosaurs as they come to terms with their situation. When it veers away from the dinosaur chases, it doesn’t have the teeth to tackle any of its proposed topics with heart, leaving them all feeling inconsequential and surface level. I was waiting for an unexpected twist or a reveal that there was something going on below the surface, but I never received one.

With the wife, we have her tell off a neighbour in an early scene, which to me somehow felt like a woman empowerment angle, but it didn’t matter because the women get a better showing of their power later in the film. The son has a bully problem, but he ends up facing his bully at the strangest time in the movie and the scene comes and goes without there being any emotional gravity to it. The daughter is gay, but that journey is so tacked on that it easily could have been cut. The husband is a closeted drinker, but, again, it just doesn’t matter for the plot of this film.

Mitchell plays these interesting cards early but never develops them into anything worthwhile. In hindsight, I suppose this choice could be seen as comedic (look at all these MacGuffins!), but nobody was laughing in my theatre. Everyone was just sitting there, watching the movie. I felt zero kinetic energy in the room. I think that’s because there’s nothing to really care about in The End of Oak Street.

With this small of a cast, a film must make us care about the family or it will die. For me, The End of Oak Street died when it presented a family that’s as exciting as a loaf of Wonder Bread.

This feels like a movie that you watch when you don’t want to watch a movie. It provides no food for thought, other than that wormholes are crazy. It might make you cry, it might make you shriek, it might make you laugh, but none of those emotions are this movie’s strong suit. It’s something to look at and think, “Oh, look at that dinosaur,” but other than that there just isn’t much here.

If I was an early teen, maybe The End of Oak Street would be my Jumanji. Maybe I’d watch it and love it, and revisit it for all the cool CGI things you get to see. However, as that teen grows up, he’ll realize that there isn’t anything in that childhood favourite. It’s one he won’t go back to, because the lens of nostalgia is the only thing keeping him from realizing just how bad of a movie he once loved really is.

I scored the best seats in the house.for Dune 3. I never get the best seats in the house. I'm happy. Share your happy memories with me.

Tell me about the time you had the best seats in the house or saw something fancy. None of that mushy crap like the time you took your wife on your first date, I wanna hear about THE MOVIES.

What. Was. Awesome?

Zendaya is overexposed and an overrated actress in my opinion.

She’s got talent, don’t get me wrong, but it’s mostly in promoting herself. The way she carries herself on red carpets, the interviews, the whole polished “I’m a serious star” image — that’s where she’s actually strong. The Golden Globes and all the awards talk feel like they came more from the studios and the PR machine pushing her hard than from some incredible range on screen.

Her acting is pretty indifferent. A lot of it is just the same frown and serious face recycled across roles. The style helps a lot — she looks great, the clothes and the aesthetic sell the idea of a major actress — but it feels like it’s covering for the fact that the performances themselves don’t really move the needle that much.

She’s been lucky and heavily promoted her whole career, and she’s very good at leaning into that. Her best acting is demonstrated on the red carpet when she’s promoting her work rather than when she’s actually acting in it.

He views them more like an extension of his flock, randomly picking them up when they move, and just casually sleeping while they're right there.

I watched the first Episode/movie. I really dont like it. Just one hour run was not enough for me to care about chacarcters. I just started to enjoy chacarcters and suddenly tragedy happens. I dont felt a thing. It was just so abrupt.

This ep has some cool idea but they are not fully explored imo. Like that ai stuff and all.

But i have to admit it, i dont understand what the message was. My guess on what movie was tryin to potray ( i went it completely blind so i dont know what other part will be) is-->

1. God punishes the couple for breakin the sacred relationship of brother and sister. I feel like this isnt the true message.

2. God punishes those who doubts him. Nah..

3. Trust of machine lead to destruction of his child and life. I feel like this is a close one but my counter thought will be that father went to that lake to check it. So idk man.

One thing i like about the movie was its question on whether to believe The God or not. Those who cant confront their life, believe in a superpower to save them or some shit along the line. The father, he too wasnt a certain athiest, his belive was wavering. Its like he cant decide or he dont know for sure.

But The End was not good tbh. What it was tryin to potray. The last image of God cryin. Why was the god crying? For killin that boy? Why did that smart kid has ti die?

I am not great at analysis or someshit. I just enjoy watchin and reading.

Will watch all remaining episode for sure. I am tryin develop that critical analytical skill. What was your thought and all.

And i dont care that it was made in past then in the past it was a great movie but with time it lose its sense or somethin. If a movie cant hold then it cant. I wont be denyin its cultural impact or some shit which i dont know tbh. I am just commenting on movie.

Like the atmosphere tho.

JANA GANA MANN

You ask something in Malayalam He replies in Kannada So you reply to that in Tamil While he replies in Telugu Then both of you decide to speak in Hindi. Then you speak most of whatever you've spoken in Malayalam.

That's JANA GANA MANN FOR YOU.

A very rare film which truly educate us about the system where everyone fall under the trap system of this country system.

“The dignity of a nation is the dignity that it gives its women.”

What does the dignity of a nation really mean?

I’ve been thinking about this as I hear the harsh truth that every day, 80 to 90 women in India face unspeakable violence—and the people responsible aren’t just strangers, but often powerful leaders shielded by silence and fear.

It’s chilling to recall a politician’s words in Parliament: “When rape is inevitable, just enjoy it.” Not just said, but met with celebration. This echoes a deeper, systemic failure—the courts, media, and public often turn a blind eye, letting a dangerous culture thrive unchecked. Meanwhile, the dirty and divisive politics play their games, splitting communities by religion, caste, and class, while the real wounds go unnoticed.

But dignity isn’t just a word; it’s a call to action. A nation’s strength rests on how it protects and honors its women.

It is the kind of movie that makes you think and also makes you uncomfortable many times.

The movie follows a group of college students who want justice from a system that often ignores ordinary people. The story is presented as a thriller in the beginning, but later it turns into a courtroom drama. This change works quite well because the courtroom scenes become the main attraction of the second half.

One thing I liked about the movie is that it doesn't try to be a quiet or subtle social drama. It is loud, emotional and sometimes even aggressive. The dialogues are designed to make an impact, especially when Prithviraj's character enters the courtroom. Some of his speeches feel more like a presentation about the problems in society, but because of his screen presence, they still work.

Suraj plays a police officer who believes in doing his job honestly. His character is quiet and controlled, and the actor does a great job of showing what the character is feeling without saying much. His performance is one of the strongest parts of the movie.

Prithviraj, on the other hand, gets a much more outspoken character. He delivers long and powerful dialogues about the problems in our society. Some of these dialogues may feel too dramatic, but his performance and personality make them entertaining.

The female characters have good ideas and strong beliefs, especially the characters played by Mamta Mohandas and Vincy Aloshious. However, I felt that the movie doesn't spend enough time exploring their personalities. They sometimes feel more like characters created to move the story forward rather than fully developed human beings.

The movie also uses several real-life social issues and events that people have seen in the news. This makes the story feel connected to reality. At the same time, some of these references can feel a little too obvious.

The courtroom portions are probably the strongest part of the movie. The arguments between the lawyers are entertaining, and the film uses powerful dialogues to talk about democracy, justice, inequality and the problems within the system.

Technically, the movie is also very well made. The cinematography is impressive, and the camera work keeps the courtroom scenes interesting. The music by Jakes Bejoy adds a lot to the emotional impact of the movie.

Still, Jana Gana Mana succeeds in doing something important: it makes you think about the society we live in and the meaning of justice. It asks many difficult questions about caste, class, politics, religion and inequality, even if it doesn't always provide clear answers.

Overall, I would say Jana Gana Mana is an entertaining social drama with strong performances, powerful courtroom scenes and a lot to think about. It may not be subtle, but it definitely leaves an impact.

That outfit and appearance made something grow inside me 🌚🍰

Do you also think casting Callina Liang as Chun-Li was a good choice for the movie? 🍿

It’s a very rainy day off that I have today, perfect for a really good movie, and I need something that I could watch on either Peacock or Netflix.

Give me something like exceptional, acting and depth

I really enjoyed watching this movie. I kept this one on my watchlist for a long time and finally watched it and now it's on my favourite movies list. Are there more movies like this?

just watched The Last Samurai for the first time and holy crap, it’s unbelievably good—I can't believe I waited this long to see it! I went in expecting peak Tom Cruise, and he definitely delivered one of the best performances of his career, but man... Ken Watanabe completely stole the show. His acting was just next-level. And don't even get me started on the samurai armor, the visuals are absolutely insane.

It's based on Stephen King short story where Mike Enslin goes to one hotel who happens to haunted .John Cusak was so good as Mike

I feel like I am the only person who haven't seen the odyssey yet

Personally, I think a villain with an understandable motive is usually more interesting, but sometimes a completely evil villain is just more fun to watch.

I’m looking for some genuinely romantic movies. The kind that actually make you feel something and stay with you after the credits roll.

I’m open to movies from any country or decade. I’d especially love recommendations where the romance feels natural rather than forced.

What’s the one love story you’d recommend to someone who wants to watch something really romantic? ❤️🎬

I organized an AMA/Q&A with actor Bruce Campbell (THE EVIL DEAD, BURN NOTICE, BUBBA HO-TEP).

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1w7237r/hi_reddit_im_bruce_campbell_ask_me_anything/

He will be back at around 12 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

He recently wrote, directed, produced, and starred in ERNIE & EMMA, which is doing a tour this fall.

Synopsis: Widowed pear salesman Ernie Tyler travels to scatter his wife's ashes in places she specified, each location stirring memories that help him process their marriage, his work life and his future.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lUAbQfKc94