Sam Sutton! Usually the villains on the show don't tend to give me the creeps, but 'Nightmare on Water Street' is one of those episodes that had me on edge. I'm not sure whether it's the harlequin outfit he wore during his killing spree or the quiet, chilling way that Josh Cruddas played the part, but he stands out by a mile. Plus the interrogation scene between him and Sarah remains one of my favourite Sarah scenes ever. Mayko Nguyen deserved her award nomination this year for this scene alone 😍
Nothing to see here. Just stolen material from other crime, serial killer movies the last few years. Starts ok actually but then a horrible 3rd act. Couldn't wait for it to end.
Cascade (2023)
#EgidioCoccimiglio #GregBryk #SaraWaisglass #JoshCruddas #JoannaDouglas
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Jahr: 2023
Genre: Thriller
Regie: Egidio Coccimiglio
Hauptrollen: Greg Bryk, Sara Waisglass, Josh Cruddas, Joanna Douglas …
Filmbeschreibung: Hikingausflug eines Teenagers mit Freunden in die Wildnis geht schief, als sie auf ein abgestürztes Drogenflugzeug stoßen, das sie zwingt, eine gnadenlose Bande zu überlisten und sich einem Feind zu stellen, der viel schlimmer ist als Drogenschmuggler…
Siempre lo he dicho, las películas de Resident Evil se han convertido con el paso de cada una, en un gusto culposo, pues a pesar de que se vuelven más inverosímiles y escasos de recursos aún así ahí nos tienen, viéndolas cada vez que se estrena… Y Resident Evil: Bienvenidos a Raccoon City no fue la excepción.
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This one is so dark and just a little sexy and I love it.
Josh Cruddas. Damn. The man plays sinister serial killer so very well.
The bet...the "Doctor" line as Charlie shakes Sarah's hand...help.
The beginning of the "Sarah is interested in psychology" arc...I guess it's an arc...anyway it planted the seed for whatever the fuck is going on in s6, I guess?
Charlie's "I like your style" as Sarah goes to climb the fence WITH THE DAMN FLASHLIGHT IN HER MOUTH...THEY WILL END ME.
Sarah in the interrogation room with Sam. Ohhhhhh I love that scene so much. They play off each other incredibly well. (I have had a fic idea ever since the first time I saw this episode involving Sam escaping from prison and going after her and maybe someday I'll have the headspace to write it.)
The. Month. Of. Dates. Again, I could mentally put this episode after the season finale, but since it isn't, the emotional affair continues.
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While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...
Part John Wick, part Suicide Squad, Polar is significantly worse than the sum of its parts. This is an ugly, juvenile film that tries so hard to be cool it's embarrassing.
Duncan Vizla “The Black Kaiser” (Mads Mikkelsen), is an assassin whose employment at Damocles is coming to an end. He’s nearing 50 and it’s time to take advantage of the sizeable retirement fund his boss, Mr. Blut (Matt Lucas), has prepared for the hired gun. As Vizla gets adjusted to civilian life - befriending his neighbor, Camille (Vanessa Hudgens), in the process - Blut plans to sell Damocles, which means getting rid of all excess expenses.
An assassin betrayed by his employer. We’ve heard that song what, a thousand times already? What’s Polar going to do to stand out? Ejaculate the same neon title cards as Suicide Squad all over the screen as a parade of outlandish characters passes by. Listen, movie. You’re already starting on the wrong foot. Why should we care about Vizla, a man who’s spent his lifetime making orphans and widows for millions? There’s nothing to like about him, even when the picture slows down to explore how on-edge his career of murder has made him, how alone and empty a life he now leads. He volunteered to be a killer. We have no sympathy for him. Try again.
Realizing the disconnect between the audience and the protagonist, writer Jayson Rothwell (basing the script off the stylish and dialogue-free comic by Victor Santos) has populated this world with cartoonish antagonists that range from the unintentionally incompetent to the disgusting. Blut is just a couple of bad days away from turning into Jabba the Hut. He wears a ridiculous wig, always has a pump-action bottle of hand lotion/lubricant handy and practically leaves a trail of slime everywhere he goes. He’s pathetic and non-threatening. You know he’s going to be brutally murdered by the end of the film because there’s nothing else the movie could do with this character.
It’s a toss-up between who's worse, Blut or the quintet of assassins sent after Vizla. They suck. What he does single-handedly, they barely manage with five times as many people. Their schtick seems to be that Sindy (Ruby O. Fee) seduces the target until sniper Facundo (Anthony Grant) can take them out while Alexei (Josh Cruddas), Karl (Robert Maillet), and Hilde (Fei Ren) provide backup. Either Sindy is a nymphomaniac or the pack of them are even stupider than they seem because she’s able to get close to her marks so easily it should be a cinch for her to do the job all alone but she needs 4 backups, each stupider than the last. Their idea of “quiet” is to splatter walls with blood and cover the floorboards with bullet casings.
With oodles of gore and gratuitous amounts of nudity (no wonder Mikkelson signed up for the role; he gets to have sex with TWO women who are out of his league and half his age), Polar wants you to turn off your brain and just go along for the ride. In that case, why waste time pondering the ramifications of a life spent spilling blood? Just go all-out with the action. Forget the character development; kill everyone on sight, do it well and call it a day. You’d still have a razor-thin plot with flat characters but at least it wouldn’t seem pretentious. Maybe then we’d be able to swallow the ludicrous final act. Vizla isn’t merely tough. By the end of the film, he’s Wolverine. He easily shrugs off injuries that would incapacitate everyone else. It’s so bad it’s almost enough to make you forget the instances where he’s able to cross a frozen lake, naked, without being spotted. Or maybe he can just teleport. Might as well at this point.
There are a few tiny moments of wit spread out, just enough to tip Polar out of the “unwatchable” category. It’s a mashup of other, better films (yes this is worse than Suicide Squad) that occasionally becomes incomprehensible when it isn’t so dumb you can’t believe what you just watched. Polar desperately wants to become a franchise. For our sake, I hope it never does. (October 23, 2020)
Chris: I watched this thriller since it was over a 6 on the IMDB and a recent film, worth watching, slow at parts, but tells a story and better than many, has flaws, Watch: On Subscription Service.
Richie: I felt sorry for the victims on the story, but the rest of the film was a mess, Avoid.
Entertainment Spotlight: Josh Cruddas, Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City
Actor, composer, and musician Josh Cruddas discusses playing Ben Bertolucci in Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City, the release of his new album, and tongue twisters, during his Spotlight interview.
Bienvenidos a Raccoon City. La saga de Resident Evil es como una vaca lechera a la que nadie quiere dejar de ordeñar, lo cual no deja de tener su lógica: es una franquicia cinematográfica que no ha demandado presupuestos tan altos y que ha cosechado recaudaciones económicas bastante consistentes. De ahí que no sea extraño que las compañías fílmicas que poseen los derechos como Sony Pictures y…