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Niu Lai has officially surpassed Obsession, becoming one of the most profitable movies of 2026, earning a staggering 15,500× its budget!

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These were the nominees from that year:

Catherine Zeta-Jones – Chicago as Velma Kelly (WON)

Kathy Bates – About Schmidt as Roberta Hertzel

Julianne Moore – The Hours as Laura McGrath Brown

Queen Latifah – Chicago as Matron "Mama" Morton

Meryl Streep – Adaptation as Susan Orlean

Personally I think she gets in over Queen Latifah.

The Divergent series was cancelled without completing the story due to the poor response to its movies. The Amazing Spider-Man 3 was never made, and her recent projects haven't generated much buzz around her.

What are your thoughts on her career trajectory?

Narratively Mutiny is almost exactly the same as most Jason Statham movies. He's ex-military now kicking ass and taking names for a living on behalf of some billionaire. So I kinda expected just a middle of the road somewhat enjoyable time at the cinema. But despite some flaws, Mutiny is comfortably the best Statham movie in years. The action truly rips and he actually wants to be here rather than phoning it in. Such a fun surprise. Anyone watching this weekend?

Full review for those interested https://adamreviewsfilm.com/mutiny/

Rewatched this recently after so many years and it’s visually stunning.

But man… Gerard Butler is so badass and epic here!

Just how he commands the screen, motivates his army and delivers the one liners in epic fashion will never not give me goosebumps.

One of my favorite performances in an action flick and probably my favorite performance from him in general!

Scrolling through YouTube the other night I stumbled on Ang Lee’s Hulk. I have to stress that this will feel contradictory so bear with me. This is my third time watching it, once in theaters as a kid, second as a young adult in my early 20s, and again in my mid 30s so take of that what you will.

As a kid I loved it. Naturally seeing a giant green man destroy stuff is cool no matter the age, but I remember thoroughly enjoying it in theaters. In my early 20s I got about halfway through before shutting it off. Now, I watched the entire thing and I can’t help but feel how misunderstood this flick is.

Right out the gate, I don’t think this movie is particularly good and I’ll say that objectively speaking any media with Hulk (most notably Ed Nortons and MCU’s take) has been better since. The film is slow (can’t believe I made it through as a kid), sometimes painfully so. It’s a bit melodramatic, the script could use some work , the CGI is downright embarrassing sometimes and yet - this is my favorite Hulk movie.

The one thing Ang Lee got right that no one has come close to capturing is the actual Hulk himself and what it means to Bruce. Watching Bruce struggle with this destructive force is so interesting to watch, and having him like it is a great way to showcase inner conflict. Eric Bana is amazing as Bruce Banner and he sells the quiet rage really well.
The pacing is slow and you feel it, yet when he turns into the green guy all that emotional buildup has some sort of pay off. You’ve spent (more than enough) time with these characters so watching him lose control makes you sympathize with the destruction as opposed to it feeling like an open playground.

As I recall, please correct me otherwise, this is the only Hulk movie we really see him destroying out of anger as opposed to being a superhero. And even then, there are moments when the Hulk is a hero in this. These moments are so small in his destruction that it overshadows that aspect, which again, makes this version of Hulk more involved. He’s like a child with infinite power let loose, and yet there are moments he sits down and smells the roses. There’s a quiet contemplation in it that hasn’t been touched on since.

The CGI can be pretty bad at moments and so can the weird negative screen effects, but this is still my favorite rendition of Hulk himself with the bright green and the prospect of getting larger as he gets angrier.

Danny Elfmans score is the cherry on top. Sucks the movie is dragged by its own ambition and I would love to see someone tackle Hulk this way again but with a bit less of a heavy hand. Ang Lee was an interesting choice and I will forever respect him for trying something new.

Anyway, rant over. It’s free on YT if you want to witness a bizarre, boring, crazy rendition of Hulks mythos.

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These X-Men movies feel like more than just superhero films. The way they crafted the characters, their belief systems, and the struggles they went through was truly brilliant.

Do any of the X-Men movies rank among your top three Marvel comics adaptations?

I just watched Ralph Fiennes' The Return, and despite it being a bit slow, I was surprised at how much better it was than The Odyssey at portraying brutality violence and fear. If anything, the characters in The Return actually felt like they actually had depth and motivations.

Don't get me wrong, The Odyssey was definitely more entertaining but I just felt like the dialogue in that film definitely lets down the cast, compared to the The Return.

anybody here watched the film “The Gorge” yet? I rarely see any reviews about it online and I think it’s so underrated!! It’s my top favorite film rn. Curious about everyone’s thoughts on it tho!

Despite being one of the biggest action franchises of the century, and being an action fan, Keanu Reeves fan and a cinema fan, I’ve never seen John Wick until today. Strangely, I have seen JW2 in 2017, once. I’ve heard the hype time and time again and went in with high expectations.

And wow! It does live up! The story is compact enough to digest, yet has enough depth to feel the movie. The setup is short and not-so-sweet, and then BOOM, action. Enough action to satisfy anyone’s bloodbath-explosions-gunshots-limb breaking itch.

The striking choreography looks incredible in the various settings, light, dark, rain and shine. The shots themselves add just the right feel to the scene, the quick’s cuts and pace through the flashing nightclub or the dark angles through John’s house, all setting the scene.

My favourite observation was on the realism of John himself. Protagonist actually gets hurt! He has a realistic skill set for a Hitman, incredible aim, movement, combat and arsenal, but he does get stabbed, punched, hit by cars and actually reaps the consequences! And doesn’t get out of bad situations by blind luck or super human abilities, and that was truly selling it for me throughout.

Overall I couldn’t give the movie any less than a 10/10, personally. Masterpiece!

For Edward, it’s The Narrator in Fight Club and for Denis, Captain George Stacy in TASM 1

Mine are All The President’s Men, Spy Game, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

it’s a movie that explains nothing. usually i like this kind of movie, but for a film like this, it really should have explained it as the concept did not work with this kind of writing.

If you’ve seen it, skip this part.

the film is about this couple (including Jesse eisenberg) who looks for a new home. they check out a suburban neighborhood, only to find out it is a disturbing maze they cannot escape from. eventually, they find a child on their doorstep and are sled to raise it if they ever want to get out of there.

Spoiler alert: the child rapidly grows up into a bizarre humanoid alien and they both die. While i don’t Mind a sad ending, the film was just too pointless to have one. I watched this when i was feeling ill, which made the experience even. fucking. worse.

overall, 0.1/10, worse than seven women and a murder.

They were two of the most famous up-and-coming stars of the 1990s

Both died tragically, but if they had lived what do you think would have been the respective career trajectories of both?

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.

Spider Man Brand New Day — $2,022,543,660

The Odyssey — $1,294,477,255

Toy Story 5 — $1,115,340,965

Michael — $1,016,068,388

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie — $1,012,536,716

Interesting or nah?