THE STAY (2021) 2 not very interesting couples weekend away turns into a murderous rampage film.
biggest disappointment: the woman with the red hair was foxy and had quite the nice body, but we never got to see her naked.
it has a little twist i guess, but it's really dull stuff overall unfortunately.
IN THE MIX (2005) 4 chriqui 34.
very weird when you think of how i procrastinate, never follow through on things to the finish line, of all the things i let slide in my life...my phone's been off contract for months, & i keep forgetting to go down & get a new one. i need to make a drs appointment to get my b12 level checked. plus i've got a weird growth on my head that i really should get checked out. been there for months...
i let all that stuff slide.
yet i'm 100% dedicated to watching emmanuelle chriqui.
i've never been a believer in the 'so bad it's good' ethos. either something's good or it's bad. it's fun or it's boring. it kicks ass or it's lame.
but this is so terrible and silly and idiotic that it's awesome. it's like outsider art or something.
i loved it.
WHAT DRIVES US (2021) 3.5 fun doc. life affirming!
i had forgotten that black flag had a woman as a bassist.
SON (2021) 3 solid film that slightly disappointed me in that its setup seemed to promise something a bit special. it felt like it might have an unusual helping of heart and emotion for a shudder film, and, while elements of that are there, they never quite come together in a fully satisfying way.
worth a watch, certainly, but it left me vaguely disappointed with its unfilled potential.
BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1970) 5 re-watched with the ebert commentary on criterion.
this movie puts me in a good mental state. i appreciate that.
ENTOURAGE (2015) 0.5 chriqui 35
i knew this was gonna be a low point. honestly, if this had been thought through at all, i would have gotten this out of the way early. like a month ago. that's a good life strategy - get the ugly, hard work out of the way first so you can enjoy yourself later on.
everything about this is awful. all these people are rotten and stupid and if i ever met any of them, i'd be doing everything i could to get away from them within 10 seconds.
& chriqui's character is pregnant, so i couldn't even like looking at her without feeling weird. or weirder.
a movie without one redeeming quality.
someone who's good at the internet, please show me how to hack letterboxd so i can give this film a 0.
KILLER CONCEPT (2021) 3.5 the actress in this movie looks like a somewhat less beautiful catherine keener.
did this really cost less than $1k? it's very professional looking for the most part, some wobbly camera work aside, certainly more so than most of the micro-budget stuff i've watched.
the sound's perfect, it's got a polished score, it has a slick look.
i'm almost going to call bs on this costing so little. unless a lot of people donated their talents to make this into something that looks and sounds like it cost a lot more than $1k.
it's a pretty neat little film, regardless. it's a fairly clever little story, reasonably well thought through, and fairly well acted.
by no budget tubi standards, this is practically a triumph.
HAPPY TOGETHER (1997) 4 there are a lot of cinematic locks that i can't pick. that's a 'me' problem, no one else's. wong kar wai is one of those locks.
obviously i have eyes & ears and can see the craft and care and such things. and i appreciate all that stuff. you really can luxuriate in his films.
but i am a little baffled when people ululate over the waves of emotions they say his films bring out. i've never once felt like i'm inside one of these films. whatever i appreciate in them, it's always as a spectator, as someone enjoying nice colors and skill.
you have to rate it for that alone, and i will. but i sure wish i could feel what everyone else is feeling, cuz it sounds like all of you are really getting something out of his stuff that passes me by.
NINOTCHKA (1939) 4 cute
indecent desires (1968) 4 does watching attractive young women nude or near-nude for 70 minutes sound like something you'd like to see?
i would have liked it more if they were goth girls, but 'be thankful for what you were given' is always a good attitude.
not to sound too much like i have a one-track mind, but someone should absolutely remake this with goth girls.
CLIMATE OF HUNTER (2019) 4 very neat, slightly baffling, occasionally fun, always weird.
has a bit of a feel of 70s vampire films (vampyres, daughters of darkness came to mind a bit), but it also has its own modern, spacey, slightly psychedelic feel.
it's not quite a complete, compelling story, but it's very cool and i had a great time with it.
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WRONG TURN (2003) 3.5 chriqui 36!
i guess this is the end of the line. it's been 5 weeks since i started creepily cinematically stalking emmanuelle chriqui, and things are drawing to a natural close. i'd be happy to keep going, but the few remaining things i haven't seen don't seem to be available in the streaming world.
it's been very fun wading through silly comedies and dopey thrillers and things that i ordinarily would never watch. entourage was one of the worst films i've ever seen in my life, but otherwise most were fun, and quite a few of them were legitimately good.
obviously i started this because i like looking at her & i'm more or less smitten with her, but i kept it going because watching all these silly fun movies was a great distraction from the crushing morosity of life.
my only wish is that just once someone would have cast her as a goth girlfriend or something. honestly, if anyone out there can get her cast as a goth, please make this happen.
i'm not incredibly rich, but i've got a few bucks. i'm pretty tight with my money, but i would 100% kick in to finance a short film starring chriqui as a goth.
anyway, this movie is pretty good! has some genuinely brutal kills, and it's properly paced. i like it quite a bit.
UNFRIENDED: DARK WEB (2018) 4 this movie is a very good time.
even though it doesn't have the supernatural elements of the first one, it feels less realistic somehow, with technology being used in a magical way.
but it's still completely entertaining.
i don't understand a lot of things, and why lb users have collectively given this a sub 3 rating is one of them.
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3 years ago
And the Chriqui ride is almost over!! So sad.
American movie is on my list.
SAINT JOHN OF LAS VEGAS: 6.5/10
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StoneKeeper (22103)
3 years ago
I just looked up In the mix and I think I saw it as a teen. I think it’s rather cool that you enjoyed it so much. No go get that growth checked right now thank you.
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3 years ago
i will!
now that my chriqui ride is over, i have no excuses anymore.
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