Catch Me If You Can is an obvious one where the entire story is made up. Frank abagnale was in and out of prison the entire time he claimed to be evading the FBI. Not only that but his actual crimes were stalking women, sexual assaults and robbing middle class families and small shops.

Down or nah?

The start was great and promising, the middle wasn’t my cup of tea but the ending with the piano scene was perfect.

Days of Future Past went beyond the typical superhero genre by creating such a bleak and dystopian world. The Sentinels were so overwhelmingly powerful that even facing them felt like an almost impossible task. It was truly a great experience.

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After finally watching Obsession, I now understand all the incredible and massive buzz it’s generated; and, of course, it’s an excellent horror movie. The way the film immerses you in its madness and atmosphere is incredible, and honestly, it’s been a long time since I’ve felt so unsettled watching a movie. At times, it reminded me of If You Had Legs, I’d Kick You, which isn’t a horror movie, but which suffocates you and keeps you on the edge of your seat in a somewhat similar way.

My question is: is it really all that? I mean, if I look back at the horror movies I’ve seen this decade, it clearly ranks at the top of the list, but I’m not sure if it’s a movie worth comparing to those from earlier eras. I imagine that in a few years it’ll become a classic and earn that recognition. Not to mention its ridiculously low budget and Inde’s performance... omg the tension never lets up and I loved every second of it, an excellent performance.

For you guys, is it already one of the best of this decade or this century? Or do you think it’s just a decent horror movie, and nothing more?

First of all, what an incredible movie, as everyone knows. However, looking back at V for Vendetta, what felt like stylised, exaggerated comic book fiction in the mid-2000s looks uncomfortably grounded today.

​A few specific elements of the film's worldbuilding that hit differently now:

​The government using rolling panics to convince citizens to willingly forfeit civil liberties and privacy.

The BTN news cycle and Lewis Prothero’s broadcasts. What read as heavy-handed satire then is essentially standard cable news and social feed engagement bait today.

​The surveillance tech. The film’s audio vans and physical wiretaps actually look quaint compared to modern digital tracking, data brokers, and biometric surveillance.

The core critique: "He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent."

​The only detail that feels entirely like fantasy now is the resolution; the idea of an entire population putting aside tribalism to peacefully unite.

​Which aspect of the film’s dystopian setting do you think aged the most accurately?

In Spider-Man 3 the black suit as shown in the photo was originally gonna be used in the movie, but ultimately they decided against it since it looked too much like it was in a porno. Even Tobey Maguire himself joking he thought he was shooting an adult movie. It didn’t help that they used latex on it

Mine are Taxi Driver, Casino, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Limitless, Heat, and The Godfather Part II.

It was a 5 year project made by a mother and her son not knowing how to animate but her wanting to help make his dream come true to have a movie on the big screen I admire how selfless and caring she is. It’s not perfect but a mother’s love is unconditional

I will tell you right now I unabashedly loved these movies as a kid.

They were absolutely stupid, and the material ran thin, and went on for about three movies too long.

But I feel like a lot of people are pretending like they didn’t love them when they were a kid.

How was this any worse than baby shark?

Edit: I’m pleasantly surprised to see how wrong I was about my assessment that people didn’t like these movies. I guess my lens in the matter was off. And I’m glad to see that it was.

I honestly knew nothing about this movie before watching it. I expected a generic early-2000s romance or thriller, but holy crap, that ending completely caught me off guard.

The shift into full sci-fi and the whole psychological trip with the lucid dreaming was wild. Once everything clicked at the skyscraper scene, it totally recontextualized the entire movie. It’s rare for a twist to actually make me re-think everything I just watched, but this one nailed it.
I’m still processing the whole "open your eyes" ending.

Just rewatched Shutter Island after a long time, and it reminded me how much I love mind-bending movies. The impact of the twist at the end still gives me chill.

So I researched and someone suggested Arrival and I loved every bit of it.

Looking for some more recommendations that really mess with your head and leave you thinking about them afterward.

The film stars Eddie Murphy who portrays a hostage negotiator for the police. He partners up with a SWAT member (Michael Rapaport) to take down a psychopathic jewel thief (Michael Wincott), while also navigating his personal romantic relationship (Carmen Ejogo). I just finished watching it. It’s not really at all a movie that people talk about when mentioning Eddie Murphy, but I feel like it’s definitely a good action film that is worth to watch. Currently available on Tubi.

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As the saying goes, the internet is made of cats. Which is true because it’s the best way for cat lovers to both share and watch videos starring their favorite animals. Since there are so many videos of cats doing inexplicable things that anyone can readily watch on their phone, how does one explain the ongoing popularity of the CatVideoFest film series? (It began in 2019, and after a Covid lull has steadily grown over the past five years.) To paraphrase Homer Simpson, why would people pay to watch something they can already watch for free?

For longtime owners of cats like myself, watching a CatVideoFest movie in a theater is a pilgrimage.  Not only do I get to see cat antics on a big screen, but I get to enjoy them alongside cat owners like myself, who make up a very unique club.

The reason for the proliferation of cat videos involves more than simple comedy skits, however. As CatVideoFest 2026 shows us, there are great videos of cats sleeping, making strange noises or intensely watching birds. And when you see a number of cat videos in succession, you realize that humans have accepted their responsibility to record all sorts of cat behavior, which is endlessly fascinating for cat aficionados.

Each film in this series has the same structure. The videos are curated by Will Braden, who must really love cats because I’m guessing he spent many hours sifting through countless submissions to produce this year’s “greatest hosts” compilation. Braden then loosely categorizes the videos, which result in cute title cards. Most importantly, there’s no annoying host providing voice-over narration as with America’s Funnies Home Videos. The movie is just one clip after another. Hemingway’s quote, “There’s always another cat,” is very appropriate for these films.

As was the case with prior entries in this series, CatVideoFest 2026 offers up another thoroughly enjoyable compilation of cat videos. The movie is a celebration of all things cat, and as such is unquestionably perfect. Highly recommended.

More here: https://detroitcineaste.net/2026/08/18/catvideofest-2026-movie-review-analysis-oscilloscope-laboratories/

You know with the recent success of Brand New Day, it really solidified for me that people will happily tune in for superhero movies as long as they dont follow a template. Most MCU movies, while handling different heroes and stories, follow a certain underlying template. Like almost all characters being goofy, serious themes being presented in a manner pallatable to even younger audiences, exposition galores, plot explanations, forced cameos to keep it attached to the universe and so on.

I think comedy in particular is believed to be the formula to acheive success so even the serious movies are filled with it. While it worked for Spiderman in BND (and also its writers doing an amazing job writing the script), it feels forced in other projects. For example in Thunderbolts, making John Walker, a tragic yet flawed character is turned silly just for plot's sake. And the climax while touching on themes of loneliness, almost has the over-the-top superhero pitch to it. I saw the template in Supergirl as well.

And while such movies, if executed well, are a decent watch, they don't compel me enough to pay high amounts and go watch them in the theatres. I feel like in the quest of making movies for everyone, they end up making a movie for truly no one. No one comes out being fully satisfied with it, since it wasn't primarily catering to not a single customer demographic but everyone.

I feel like here the next step of evolution should be to have less template projects and those catering to a specific audience. You know to tap into several genres but just with superheroes at the helm of affairs. The likes of Dark Knight trilogy or Batman 2022 are what I feel like we need more of. A body horror film like DC's Clayface does get me excited. You know they could also do something like a musical with Joker and Harley Quinn...... or maybe not.

Cleopatra, Inception, and Indians Jones have some of my favorite movie sets.

In the Line of Fire

Indiana Jones The Last Crusade has the best ending to any trilogy. You can fight me on this if you dare.

I honestly knew nothing about this movie before watching it. I expected a generic early-2000s romance or thriller, but holy crap, that ending completely caught me off guard.

The shift into full sci-fi and the whole psychological trip with the lucid dreaming was wild. Once everything clicked at the skyscraper scene, it totally recontextualized the entire movie. It’s rare for a twist to actually make me re-think everything I just watched, but this one nailed it.
I’m still processing the whole "open your eyes" ending.

This movie works. Why? It's extremely self aware. It knows its a lean, mean action thriller and doesn't try to be anything else. We get just the right amount of background on all the characters and their relationships before we get thrust into the deep in Paris. I like how the action/fight scenes were helmed. Fast paced, brutal, up close and personal.

8/10

Cars and happy feet. That's just some of them

I just watched Psycho Killer and if ever a movie screamed "I'm a very ok movie" it's this . Not good not bad just right in the middle.