Is this better than the Bob Marley - One Love bipoc that came out earlier this year by any chance?

I think I can handle The 3hrs and 40mins of Tbe Brutalist with that intermission.

Can't they find a better way to phrase things then "cult-y"? This "y " at the end of certain words nowadays It's such a lazy way of speaking.

I loved Bill Scurry's take on 'stupid people'. Perfection.

Im actually kind of surprised it's whats inside wasnt mentioned. That film was a ton of fun

You lost me when you and your “boarding school” room mate would listen to Dylan. Obnoxious

Amadeus is a great fun play turned into a film but is by no means a biopic. There is no evidence of a destructive relationship between Salieri and Mozart. Its 1000% fiction.

Nice! Happy new year Jamie💚🇬🇧🌱 thanks for all your hard work

Conclave is really bad. You have to suspend disbelief for the last hour of the movie. No, the catholic church is not going to be ok with that (you know what I'm talking about). If a bomb goes off inside the Vatican it will have international repercussions and they won't be able to continue with the conclave, and that's the end of the plot. The minute the bomb went off the movie died.

Great video man you always bring the good insight and Mahe it fun 😊

You tell it as I see it, went in with some level of optimism after the shiate show that was Ring of Powers, but damn was the movie bad. I don't know who wrote the screenplay, but they should be ban ban ban from any future movies! The scene with the little bro getting captured was wtf, like you can't put the CROWN prince on a faster horse or swap with any of the soldiers or have a bunch of royal guards protect him or the Prince running to hide instead of trying to take out 3 guys on his own? And then the scene with Helm sacrificing himself in front of the gates after supermaning the door? Cmon, why not just follow the original story, so f***** frustrating these new age woke Hollywood writers. No more Tolkien screen adaption until the second coming of Peter Jackson.

Beautiful intro

I'm trepidatious about going to see this. I just sense disappointment. I love 'The Witch' but somehow don't feel that 'Nosferatu' will be anywhere near it, sadly. I wish that Eggars could have filmed it in stark black and white to be honest. Having seen the trailer (when I didn't want to) before walking out halfway through 'Anora', I was just thinking OK, so what!? I don't like the murky look of some films today. I like darkness being dark but I am not keen on the familiar blue and tobacco tints that seem to wash over many a frame, in modern horror (and general) films these days. I will no doubt go and see it for the experience but won't hold oout for WOW's! Let's hope it has lots more bite than I am expecting

I was also there at the Lincoln center this morning it was an amazing movie

Sonic 1 2 3 were all fun but maybe its causs i have kids. Mufasa Not ! Chance id watch that

This is a powerful congregation of WR alumni! Thanks for posting.

Hey, James! In defense of "Alien: Romulus", I think Fede Alvarez successfully synthesized the prequels and the sequels which could foster unity among the fractured fandom. Another reactor had a lot of issues that were easily explained away by internal evidence from the franchise. I hope these plausible explanations to issues you might have found problematic might enhance your appreciation of the new movie. I personally thought it was the best film in the franchise since "Aliens" and would love a sequel! The callbacks were largely subliminal and respectful. 1. How could there be localized debris after the huge, vaporizing blasts that destroyed the 'Nostromo'? 1. Nuclear blasts leave debris and the 'Nostromo' was a behemoth of a vessel. Some fragments could remain although they probably would have been propelled away from the blast epicenter in every direction. The Company would likelier have tracked the radiation but that isn't quite as cinematic. Still, debris fields are a sci-fi trope and I didn't mind the artistic license. 2. Where did all the facehuggers come from without a Queen? 2. Rook explained that they reverse bio-engineered the ovomorphs from Big Chap's DNA samples and used 3D printing to replicate facehugger specimens. It's pseudo-science but plausible because organic tissue printing is already being done! In a century in that universe, we're meant to assume biotech has advanced sufficiently that the procedure would be successful. The acidic blood could have been neutralized as well. 3. Ridley Scott is trying to retcon the Queen! 3. Ridley Scott is not trying to retcon the Queen. That may have been the initial intent of his ambitious but pretentious prequels but other YT lore channels have uncovered production info on those films that reveal that neither David nor the Engineers created the Xeno but were manipulating the organism after encountering it. The Engineers created us on Earth and the beings David massacred in "Alien: Covenant". The goo is distilled Xeno and a synthesized version of Deacon-blood, the progenitor-Xeno the Engineers worship. I, too, prefer the Xenomorph as a naturally-occurring creature that the Predators also encountered and manipulate for their own ends even though Ridley unjustly repudiates those films. 4. How did the Jackson's Star Administration not know about the station in orbit overhead but these kids did? 4. 'Renaissance' Station DRIFTED into the gravity well of Jackson's Star. It was adrift in space, not orbital. The Colony administration hadn't even detected it yet because of the thick atmosphere. The station was derelict, powered down and in a non-geosynchronous orbit that was degrading. Nevarro had spotted it during her most recent shuttle run because she works as a shuttle pilot. 5. The characters were paper-thin teen slasher-movie fodder with nothing to distinguish them so I didn't care about them when they died! 5. The colony orphans were as briefly fleshed out as the 'Nostromo' crew or 'Sulaco' Marines. The love triangle between Bjorn, Nevarro and Kay was as subtle as the implied relationship between Dallas and Ripley in "Alien". The infidelity and pregnancy lend poignant resonance to their horrible fates! Raine and Andy's relationship is the heart of the movie and his switch to Company loyalty is chilling! Even so, his acerbic aside about being left behind makes you sympathize with him over Raine's planned abandonment. The fact that they're all orphans having to survive on their own explains their youth and highlights the brutality of colony life! 6. Xeno life-cycle speed is whatever the writers want or the plot demands! 6. The accelerated life cycle is explained by Rook as well. The Xeno's metabolism is variable contingent on circumstances to help it adapt to situations. It is nothing if not an adaptive organism. If that's a cop-out then you can account for it as a result of the genetic manipulation of Rook, David, Wren or the Engineers depending on the film. The Predators (officially known as Yautjas) add hormonal additives to speed up the cycle for the hunt. 7. Since when does cold bother xenos? 7. The liquid nitrogen freezing of the facehugger tail to force its release of Nevarro has precedent in "Alien" when Ripley blasts Big Chap with coolant to wake it up in the 'Narcissus' and when Brad Dourif's scientist blasts the captive Xenos with liquid nitrogen to punish their bad behavior in "Alien Resurrection". Extreme heat and cold seems to irritate them. 8. Using Ian Holm's digital likeness was ghoulish, a cheap member-berry and distracting enough to pull me out of the movie! 8. Ian Holm's widow and children approved of the use of his likeness stating he loved the character and would have participated had he been able to. The prop was animatronic with digital touch-ups. It's an organic addition to the story as he is the appropriate generational model the company would employ for R&D work during this time period and it subtly speaks to the disposability of Company employees which is what he was researching anyway by trying to create a durable workforce. Alvarez felt the other androids had multiple appearances and wanted to give Holm another showcase. 9. Why would that stupid girl inject herself with the goo? 9. Kay injected herself with the goo because she was bleeding out fast and was desperate enough to try anything to keep herself and her baby alive even though Raine had expressed her reservations. She had overheard them discussing its positive impact on the rat. Little did she realize she would soon be lactating black goo for her Offspring to suckle with its proboscis! 10. This movie added nothing new to the Alien universe. New Xenomorph lore: resin cocoon capable of maintaining viability in vacuum, facehugger heat detection, variable metabolism contingent on circumstances, post-molting chestburster pupa, black goo taxonomic nomenclature revealed as 'plagiarus praepotens' (powerful mimic). New Weyland-Yutani lore: some terraformed planets like Yvaga are INDEPENDENT of the Company, synthetics unwelcome on independent worlds, corporate interest in a durable slave workforce, knowledge of the truth about the 'Nostromo' incident at the highest levels, off-world employment is like indentured servitude. New set pieces: use of zero-G for the acidic gauntlet and the vertiginous elevator shaft sequence, use of acidic decompression in the shaft and cargo hold! 11. Continuity is already screwed up and "Alien: Earth" is just going to muddy the waters even more. They should have stopped at three! 11. That could very well be but as it currently stands the Company became aware of the xenomorph during the AvP incidents wherein we are introduced to co-founders Charles Bishop Weyland and Ms. Yutani. Although considered a separate film universe and repudiated by Ridley Scott, they fit perfectly into the timeline. Guy Pearce's Peter Weyland could easily be Lance Henriksen's son delivering that TED Talk in 2023. However, the canonical first contact will probably be in the new Hulu series, "Alien: Earth", set in 2120, two years before the events of "Alien". 12. I hate the idea of David creating the Alien! 12. David found an egg in stasis on the "Alien: Covenant" planet which he mentions in the novelization or original screenplay. It's just barely visible in his workshop in the finished film. The Engineers worshipped the Deacon-Xeno and the "Covenant" planet people worshipped the Engineers so the ovomorph was kept secure in some reliquary as an artifact significant to their gods. None of this is apparent in the film but is found in supplementary material. So David had raw organic material to work with for a decade but his xenos are just variants of the original naturally-occurring samples. 13. All the "Prometheus" Engineer goo nonsense should have been left out! 13. Alvarez successfully unified the prequels with the sequels in a digestible way that doesn't require adherence to Ridley's pet philosophies. A Xenomorph-human hybrid was first seen in "Alien Resurrection" birthed by a Queen with a uterus rather than an ovipositor. Audiences unfamiliar with "Prometheus" will simply take the Offspring as another such hybrid without the philosophical baggage. 14. Andy ripping off Ripley's iconic line is unforgivable! 14. I'm in complete agreement about Andy cribbing Ripley's line, though. It was out of context and the Alpha was male! It made no sense! Andy should have been established as clumsily employing swear words when teased by Bjorn to have it pay off in the shaft during his hero moment. The audience would have recognized the intent. 15. Why was the Alpha's cracked dome sparking? 15. That was the tip of Bjorn's cattleprod lodged in the Alpha's brainpan still firing off! 16. Why did the Alpha save Raine from freefall? 16. It snatched her from her plummet in order to restrain her for the facehugger in the shaft that was making its way toward her!

For all those who were propagandised by the corporate media’s Woody Allen smears, please take time to watch Rick Worley’s in-depth essay on the subject at his KZbin channel. It’s called ‘By the Way, Woody Allen Is Innocent (Updated)’. It’s incredibly well researched and logical. I think it vindicates Allen beyond reasonable doubt.

Just what we need, a me-too, wokified fictionalized re-invention of Bob Dylan, for the COVID generation…

Well, if they're gonna have more LOTR anime then there better be one anout Thranduil and all the stuff he had gone through prior to "The Hobbit". He was born to be q Bishonenn (?)! Him and Legolas!

Loved this movie!

I just got around to watching this. All-in-all, I thought it was a good time. I'm a huge fan of the first 2 and I'm old enough to have seen both in the theater. Romulus captured the feel of the first 2 better than any of the others. It did feel, I dunno, more "superficial"/less intense than the first 2 but it fun enough. The visuals were pretty good and I especially like the spacecraft running into the cosmic, icy sanding belt that were the rings. Very cool idea. The Andy character was a nice use of the continuing synth thread. I admit I knew nothing about Cailee Spaeny but she did a good job and was quite cute, which certainly helped. The only call back I found cringe worthy was the bitch line from Andy. That was horrible.Otherwise, I just thougt they were amusing. The AI generated Ian Holm synth was pretty bad but I got that it was just that model of synth and a continuity thing so it didn't bother me. I'd probably give it a 3 out of 5 score. When it comes where it ranks in the Alien movie universe, first we have to define the universe. For me, there are different branches of the universe: the claustrophobic space horror, alien vs human movies like the first 4 plus Romulus, the origin, big picture movies like Prometheus and Covenant and the Alien vs Predator cash grab movies. For me, Romulus is #3 out of the first branch of movies.

My only complaint is the polka dots were too big. Loved it

The ending actually can have two endings depending on your beliefs. Right after I watched it I felt disappointed by the ending. After mulling it over in my mind I realized it could be totally different than what I first thought and actually was a lot more thoughtful than my first impression. I’m pretty sure the writers did this on purpose. Super impressed with the writing and acting!

Hell yeah 🎉

Hi James

In the words of the late great Norm Macdonald: "ALL THE STARS ARE HERE!"

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For better or worse, "The Polar Express" has become a Christmas/holiday season staple. Between licensing fees (from TV reruns/streaming) and Blu-Ray/DVD sales (which total $150 million approx. As per the Numbers), it is likely that "The Polar Express" has eked out a profit by this point. Additionally, "Flight" was profitable and well-received critically. However, I do concur about your point pertaining to the majority of Zemeckis' output in the 2000s as being more driven by a specific technical aspect (motion capture, 3-D, stationary camera) as opposed to choices that may better support the overall narrative of a film.

I bought the DVd for Christmas I really enjoyed it now I have both movies. Those New York steps are creepy they remind me of the movie the Exorcist I don’t know if that was filmed in New York. I’ve never been there but It seems like a creepy place. Arthur became normal and he reminded of myself getting heartbroken by a female you love he reminds me of myself falling in love with a LIAR lol. Arthur is my 2nd favorite Joker next to Jack Nicholson (1989). Good video my friend I like how you covered this. Halloween was as Classic but Halloween 2 (1981) is my favorite and this Joker 2 couldn’t knock off Joker 1 but I still love 💚 it. 😎

Why are you dressed like a dork? Ya gotta rug on your head dude?

Love Becky’s video about THE BEAST. I’m going to rewatch ASAP after this video

The couple next to me walked out halfway through. A true Eggers cinematic experience. Everything with the count was perfection. If I had one complaint i think it went a little heavy on the monologuing. At some points I felt like i was watching a stage production.

I love the part where he drains the two kids. That’s horror.

My first time seeing your channel - thanks James. I watched your list and love your passion. What a surprise to see your number 1 is the same as mine. I've not seen anyone else mention Powell & Pressburger. I've seen almost 19,000 movies over many years and it's obviously been a lifelong passion. P&P feature highly for me, as does Martin Scorsese. Time is short.

not into your profanities or your haircut. when you took off the wig, I turned you off. Don't care what you think.

Glad to see Oddity on here. Caveat scared the absolute shit out of me back in 2021 😂

Even as a die hard fan myself your passion and enthusiasm is really infectious. Thanks man.

9 people in the theater at the Dylan movie so those numbers are dubious

I didn't go to the movie theater this weekend, and now I regret it.

Does anybody think James will see 'Mufasa'? I don't think he was clear on that...

Great video as always! Keep it up good sir.

My husband that never goes to movies is taking our teenage son to see sonic three on Tuesday. They’re both pretty excited.

When Evil Lurks not in your list? Best horror movie of 2024. Waaaaaaa😢!

Wicked has been out for over a month now and it still earning $5 to 7 million per day in the US. And now Universal is shooting themselves in the foot by putting it out on Home Video already, when it's still #4 at the box office. It's neck and neck with Nosferatu right now and that just opened.

Sonic 3 was surprisingly good. Worth seeing

I was a Super Nintendo guy but I always preferred Sonic over Mario by far. Nice to see that they're at 3 movies and they're all good! Cheers to that! :)

Great 👍🏻 video as always! Happy New Year! 🎊.

Editor of 'Oddity' here and longtime fan of watching your takes. Thanks for going out to see it and for all the support. Wasn't a huge amount of marketing so word of mouth really helped. Working with Damian on his third movie in 2025. Happy New Year 🎉

Next year Avatar 3 will dominate. Saw Nosferatu Friday and thought it an instant classic in horror genre. Great acting and production.