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Wasn't there lesbians in Annihilation or am I misremembering.

Magic Mirror? Excuse me? That's the mirror of E R I S E D D E S I R E

yeah it was an important part of the film, I don't know that that makes it a gay-friendly film(?) or whatever they're claiming. If they just mean a film that is not outright offensive to LGBT people then I would think all nominees (probably) would fit into that. You're right, theres a drag show in ASIB.

liam is cancelled.

what do they mean by "LGBT-inclusive"? That they include one character thats gay? I don't recall anything in A Star Is Born being LGBT? Vice is kind of pushing "LGBT inclusive". but again depends how you define inclusive.

Dont know anything about Modern Family but gosh Big Bang Theory is terrible. Dont understand how america finds it so funny.

love Jonathan Pryce.

pretty sure official production budgets are counted after taking tax credit benefits away... whatever the case budgets are hard to clarify and whatever number is stated, is always wrong. Fact is, this will make bank for Paramount. They have already said it has turned a profit, which is good news. They seem happy with it. getting close to $500M is a success for this smaller scale film, especially after the disaster that was the last knight.

Liam Neeson casting?

Moving into the summer, honestly my movie watching kind of went down a bit. During the summer I got suspended from work and pretty much spent the whole summer taking drugs, and didn't go to the cinema much. A bit of a mess. I did really enjoy Mission: Impossible Fallout. As a piece of action filmmaking it is really impressive. Doing all these things for real and having the cameras film it in a natural way (like the gif above), really paid dividends in making the film feel authentic, and that grips you. On second viewing I think it is too long, way too long, but I thought it was a great achievement and it's incredible that this franchise is going what 22? years later and continues to be better than ever. I also found a screening of the one and only, Stephen Lang-starring, megabuster. AVATAR. Remembering just how great the film is, similar to Titanic you forget how well it works, because it's driven by your emotional connection, and the way it makes you feel. I had also never appreciated until this showing how much the 3D adds to the experience. Avatar is stunning. aaaand also a highlight of the summer was seeing 2001 on one of the original 70mm film reels. The film looked utterly magnificent, but strangely, it looked perfect, as if this was a perfectly preserved film. I thought maybe they are showing the digital version but accidentally advertised it as 70mm? How is it possible for it to look this natural and as-intended by Kubrick? It turned out after I saw the film, and did some googling, that it was in fact a recreation of the original film by Christopher Nolan. a brand new film of 2001. This was really cool and impressive. And obviously 2001 is great, that kind of goes without saying.

APRIL I didn't like any movies that were released in april.

Moving on to March. i have always disliked Titanic. Found it too soppy and melodramatic, couldn't stand it, and had seen it several times. So what better way to spend an evening than 3 hours rewatching a film I dont like in the cinema. But I thought I would give it a chance. Seeing Titanic in the cinema, how it was meant to be seen... it was a really beautiful experience. It really swept me up & I realised what it must have been like seeing it 20 years ago. Truly very special that watching it in the cinema with a fresh mind, what that can do for a film. The following week I was going to Northern Ireland, and because of how much the film moved me, I decided to take a detour to Belfast where the Titanic was built. the titanic museum is really incredible, learning all the history and context of the tragedy, was amazing. Thank God for Jim. Now what else came out in March... the highly-anticipated PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING. Loved the first one, was not expecting huge things for the sequel and i managed to avoid all marketing (apart from a couple of posters) (I think). I decided to see this opening night on the best screen available, a Laser IMAX 3D. I thought it was great fun, very different from the original film, but it felt like a fun, upbeat saturday morning cartoon, and I rather loved it. Has some neat ideas with the aliens and the Jaegars, and has an amusing & inspired twist villain. In fact I enjoyed it so much... that after the credits, i walked out of the auditorium, went straight to the counter and bought a ticket for the immediate next showing. Can't say any other film has prompted me to do that. TBH right now it's pretty forgettable, I cant really remember what I liked about it. But clearly it sparked something in me because I've never done that before. also the young girl in it is lovely. Don't @ me guys, I know the character is 14 but actress was 18 during filming now one of my favourites, possibly my favourite film of 2018: YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE is pure cinema. Every single aspect of this is near perfection. It is completely enthralling and was an extraordinary piece of art to see, hear and feel in the cinema. I am not going to say anything further, just please go and watch it. You can tell this film was a small release, because they didn't bother renaming MOM & DAD to MUM & DAD here, they just kept the original title because no one was gonna watch it anyway. Well, I watched it. The cinema was empty - this was the only such screening of 2018, and it's nice to have the cinema on your own. Especially when its a film this fun! This is a b-movie with the premise of, there's an epidemic of parents suddenly developing a desire to kill their children. It's brutal and bloody and the editing and music (seriously... listen to the score) are making the film attack you with a machete. It doesn't try to explore the sci-fi reasons behind what's going on, it just takes a premise, makes the most of it for 90 minutes and ends. Really nice job. We get a great Crazy Cage performance & a funny use of Erasure's Chains of Love. This also has the best final line of any film this year. Gold.

Not that it would get a release near me anyway, not enough Chinese people in this area, I think usually they are just relegated to London... But I recall ip man getting a decent release, and things like Wolf Warrior 2, Monster Hunt 2, the Mermaid got releases in the UK recently.

I understand that criticism. at points it turns insane, at other points it doesn't feel weird "enough". I think that's quite deliberate to make the world closer to our own world.

am I correct in understanding it's only getting released in North America and Australia?

Take Gavin Feng at his word. Trust.

just so you are aware for future reference. it doesnt matter if the film has been "out for ages".

Please stop making me feel older

How does Laika get these out so quickly? Feels like Kubo was only yesterday. Very talented crew they have.

@lorddemaxus dude spoilers? Movie has not been out that long.

He didn't refer to himself, he stated that the film begins production in February. He said this after the original quoted 21 Jan date. It has not begun yet. I'm sure once it does start shooting we will hear about it.

I think they should try getting support / good will from their fans back as early as possible. Marvel can do whatever they like because they're in the fans good books and everyone is eagerly anticipating EG. Not the case with Star Wars.

You can say that again.

Military, where they can serve as World Police instead.