Saw Fountain of Youth (2025)
I had high hopes for this because of the cast (Krasinski, Portman) and Director (Ritchie), but, well, nope.
I basically feel like this tried for a “Mummy” (the first one) vibe/success and ended up somewhere around the 3rd/4th one…
This movie was just released.
It has a pretty high average rating on IMDb (that’s bound to decrease a bit over time.)
Heretic
Premise was good, Hugh Grant was superb, bit of decent theology thrown in. Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East played the Sisters well too.
Lost its way, like the writer didn’t have an ending planned for the great idea he’d created. It did what it was supposed to do, entertain, but it ran with a slow puncture though the last 1/3rd.
Theme music at the end is a dreamy and ethereal version of Knocking on Heavens Door sung by Sophie Thatcher, it’s good.
The Battle of Algiers.
- looks like a documentary, but it is not.
- sort of a propaganda piece in favor of Algiers.
- the best character is the French Colonel (Jean Martin).
I saw Predator: Killer of Killers (2025).
[Recommended]
This movie is incredible.
My favorite Predator movie was The Predator (2018), but now it’s Predator: Killer of Killers (2025).
This is an animated movie.
The animation is amazing, but it’s only 12 frames per second, so it’s kinda choppy.
IMDb does not consider this movie to have horror elements, but anything in the Predator universe is inherently horror.
The movie has a bit of Old Norse, Japanese, and Spanish, though the majority is in English.
The voice acting is excellent, though there are not a whole lot of dialogue lines in English.
The music is so good it should win some awards.
The quality of the music reminds me of John Williams’ music.
The violence is over the top, but there is a coherent plot.
The movie kinda ends abruptly, perhaps setting up a possible sequel.
I thought this movie would be pretty good, but I didn’t think it would be this incredible.
The Accountant 2.
Much less compelling than the first. It’s an average action movie that’s OK to see once, but I would never buy it to add to my 4K collection like the original. The writing is remarkably paint-by-numbers this time around.
I did find it hilarious that they made up a condition called Acquired Savant Syndrome…or, for short, ASS. Why is that person so smart now? ASS. It’s because of the ASS.