1. Mens Royal Rumble
2. Dalton Castle vs Josh Woods
3. Womens Royal Rumble
4. Kay Lee Ray vs Jinny
5. Roman vs KO
6. Walter vs A Kid
7. Pretty Deadly vs Hunt vs Webster and Morgan vs Ashton Smith and Oliver Carter
8. Devlin vs Carter
9. Raquel Gonzalez vs Rhea Ripley
10. Cross vs Priest
11. Ospreay vs Okada
12. Finn vs Kyle
13. GoD vs Dangerous Tekkers
14. Ibushi vs Jay White
15. Ibushi vs Naito
The Little Things is one suspenseful scene followed by another one followed by another. From the opening scene until the finale, we feel the tension build. Denzel Washington gives one of his best recent performances, Jared Leto returns to diving into his characters and it is so weird seeing Rami Malek not play a depressed or drug addicted character. It feels like a 90s serial killer thriller like Silence of the Lambs or Se7en and it makes sense since it was written in the 90s. Also the little things might be in the details, but they are also the details of the soundtrack, which helps tell the story. The first of the WB/HBO releases and so far so it is off to a great start!
The Queen of Black Magic is a visceral and at times weird Indonesian horror film. Not quite a slow burn, but just artsy enough. Haunting imagery and at times fucked up modes of horror, it is both whimsical and and treacherous. I am still wrapping my mind around it.
As i said last week with Locked Down we are in a era of film where covid exists. I guess it is time to get used to Corona VirusSploitation, mid 2020 we had Corona Zombies from Full Moon and Charles Band, now we have Michael Bay producing(NOT directing) a shot during quarantine, based around a quarantine, thriller that exploits covid, not in a grindhousey way but is a way that just feels inappropriate. I'm not one to get offended by a film, nor am i by this, but while i respect the balls to shoot this within a month it almost feels like a short film parody. Only is is not a parody, is is Covid 23 and just feels wrong to see right now. THat aside even if covid didn't exist and this miraculously was still a film, even as an original virus, it would still feel poorly executed. Go watch Contagion instead, it predates covid but speaks more to what people need to see, as opposed to the convoluted plot we had here. It is not boring, it doesn't look bad, it is just really contrived with all over the place acting. I admire this film but i can't recommend it!
Batman: Soul of the Dragon is the best animated Batman flick since Batman vs Two Face. It is a unique, original and refreshing tale. A funky score and exploitation themes, set in the 70s and oozing with martial arts goodness! It teases a sequel, and it would be the sequel we deserve, but not the one we need right now.
Outside the Wire starts with questionable war tactics and ends with questionable war tactics. Throughout the film we see the morale dilemma and decisions soldiers face and the guilt that weighs on them, especially when AI is involved. The first half is pretty solid but then it gets convoluted like many military espionage films, sure it could happen but quit trying to have so many twists, turns and double agents in a sci fi/action film, it doesn't improve your prestige.
