It's Critter Time!

Quick! What was the last movie you watched? Give a little mini review (no longer than a paragraph) on how you liked it

The last one I watched was Dragon Inn (1967)


It...uh...existed?? Fight choreography on film definitely has improved since then but if you want to see a film of 2 hours of how you should never trust eunuchs. It is a film that exists.

I recently just watched Persepolis again just randomly. It's about a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. It's pretty good.

Ja'aran wrote: Fri Jul 11, 2025 1:31 pm I recently just watched Persepolis again just randomly. It's about a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. It's pretty good.

I have the graphic novel and really need to watch this one. It was a pretty good read so I'm not surprised the movie that sticks to the style is also very good.

Air Bud.

Mostly knew it for the "NOTHIN IN THE RULEBOOK!" line so was really surprised when it was a totally solid and well shot kids movie, lmao.

The last movie I watched as of this writing was Mad Max (1979), with the original Australian dub.



I have to preface this review by saying that owing to past life difficulties, it was the first time in a long while I properly sat down and watched a film, let alone an adult film of the kind I used to watch a lot (crime films and adjacent). So it was nice to once again see a film concerned with telling a story rather than selling itself to people who want formulaic blandness that says nothing.

As for the film itself, it's a post-apoc film successfully executed on a budget of "practically nothing" that nonetheless manages to pull some spectacular car and motorcycle stunts. I'll have to see the famous sequel The Road Warrior, but the story and dialog were engaging from start to finish and it's easy even here to see how the films became so influential.

The last movie I watched was Sinners, which was not only the best movie I've seen all year but also one of the best movies I've ever seen. Highly recommended!

I did a double feature the other night. Ended up watching two movies while I was painting my nails:

-Thunderbolts: The newest Marvel joint and continuation of the Avengers canon in the new universe. It was...alright. Florence Pugh stole the show with a standout performance and great delivery, and everyone else did a pretty standup job with their roles (David Harbour was pretty funny reprising his role as well.) Good fight choreography, and one of the later scenes had some genuinely cool and trippy cinematography that I was really into. As a whole though, it kinda just felt like another marvel movie...trying to capture the grandiosity of Avengers while injecting the sarcasm of Deadpool and kind of falling short with both. (Also doesn't help that I'm not a huge Marvel fan so all of the in-universe cameos and references kinda flew over my head.) Still, a good movie for shoving some popcorn into your face and kind of the distilled essence of the second-string summer blockbuster.

-KPop Demon Hunters: Animated feature by Sony Pictures featuring a largely up-and-coming cast about pop idols who, as you may have guessed, fight demons. I was actually surprised by how good this was, since it seemed to come entirely out of left field! The voice acting was on point (especially May Hong as Mira where she just entirely devours the role), the music was great and catchy (big, bombastic pop that I could totally see getting some radio play), and the story was genuinely simple yet impactful in a way that I could see teen girls absolutely loving. But the animation was *incredible*, some of the best 3D animation I've seen since Into The Spider-Verse. Expressions are influenced by manga and manhwa without going overboard, the action is fluid but flashy, and the way it all syncs to the music is electrifying. It's definitely a musical at its core, but enjoyable by a pretty wide audience all things considered. I was impressed, and if a pretty lighthearted 3D animated kpop musical with demon hunting action interspersed sounds like your thing, I have to recommend it.

Ja'aran wrote: Fri Jul 11, 2025 1:31 pm I recently just watched Persepolis again just randomly. It's about a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. It's pretty good.

Oh! This is a good one! I watched the film and also I have a copy of the graphic novel, which I also enjoyed very much.
The film did a good job emulating Satrapi's style I felt.

Re-Animator (1985)

fuuucking awesome. i've been meaning to dive into old horror flicks for a while, and this was my first one since i checked out The Fly (1986) a year or so ago. perfect mix of goofy and cheesy as shit. great gore ofc (90% of the shots in this film have a bloodied button-up shirt in it), effects were pretty goofy but like i said i think that kicks ass, herbert west is like a weird little bug that i wanna hit with a flyswatter. love a good genius with zero sense of ethics

Pixels (2015)


It's... OK? It's honestly not terrible, but it wasn't particularly interesting beyond the "HEY! It's that video game character!" I enjoyed Wreck-It-Ralph more, since it was fanservice with a more interesting plot.