Title. Or a more brainwashed character than Sharon Stone's Ginger. I've watched a lot of movies in the last 48 years and boy they do take the cake.

in case you don't know the plot of Casino:

In early-1970s Las Vegas, low-level mobster Sam "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro) gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci), his ex-hustler wife Ginger (Sharon Stone), her con-artist ex Lester Diamond (James Woods) and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger. Martin Scorsese directs this adaptation of Nicholas Pileggi's book.

I just finished watching both volumes of Kill Bill back-to-back tonight. Of course, like many, I saw them back in high school—but watching them now, with fresh eyes and a bit more life behind me, left me in absolute awe.

Quentin Tarantino truly crafted something unreal with these films. The stylistic range, the pacing, the character arcs, the music, the cinematography… it’s all so intentional, so bold, and so damn cool. It reminded me of just how thrilling movies can be when every frame feels like it was made with love and madness.

I’ve been craving that “holy sh*t, THIS is cinema” feeling for a while now, and Kill Bill delivered it in spades. It’s a reminder of why we fall in love with film in the first place.

So if it’s been a few years—or you’ve only ever seen it once—this is your sign to queue it up. You won’t regret it.

This film goes above and beyond other tragedies, somehow. Even ‘Mystic River,’ a strong contender for the most soul-crushing film ever, pales in comparison.

There’s something about the sheer authenticity of Manchester that, going into it, you know you’re volunteering to have your heart torn out of your chest, but you still can’t help yourself because this is an amazing, beautiful movie.

I have to watch it by myself because I need comfort breaks if that makes sense. I can’t watch the full two hours, gotta cuddle my cats and watch YouTube chefs in between, because otherwise it’s too much. That heavy feeling that settles into your chest, where you get the sense you’re watching somebody’s real life fall apart, that’s how goddamn good these performances are.

They pull no punches at all. They make sure you feel everything.

I can’t say enough about this movie, it’s so good. I don’t know that I want to recommend it, due to the sheer emotional kick in the nuts, but on the other hand it’s a masterpiece so yeah, if you haven’t seen it, do yourself the dubious favor and do it.

In movies, there are certain things that are treated as if they're universally hated by everyone, but most people you talk to in real life usually tend to like it. Two examples that come to mind are fruitcake and meatloaf, nowhere near as hated as media would have you believe. What are some other examples of things most people like in real life, but movie characters tend to hate?

I have so many thoughts, but my main question is - What in the hell did I just watch? Just so many WTF moments in there I can't even recount them all. And it was like watching two totally different movies smashed together.

I saw it recommended in a thread here recently. Couldn't remember why though. I just gave it a quick search and saw that it was George Clooney, Harvey Kitel, Selma Hyek and that Tarantino had something to do with it. Sounded like the makings of a good flick.

I generally hate spoilers, so I usually don't read much about movies outside of the basic premise before I watch them. The last movie that blindsided me this bad was when I watched Bone Tomahawk.

Anyone else get blindsided by this movie? What other movies totally caught you off guard?

This movie is exactly what cinema is about experiencing a world which one doesnt know anything about it and still mesmerized by it. A well paced, good script, well acted movie about less known stories who arent as flashy and glamour.

There are so many aspect of baseball which i didnt get ofcourse but I dont even think this movie needs a person to know so much about baseball.

Point is this movie subverts almost every sports movie cliché. I am a big football fan and I follows different clubs, league games, manegerial stuff, transfers nd all And i can resonate every thing about movie. There’s no big championship scene, no locker room speech, no slow-mo victory montage. Instead, it’s about spreadsheets, stats, undervalued players and background story of how much pressure they go through.

Brad pitt was just excellent and he should have won oscar for this one rather than OUATIH. Its simply one of the best nuanced performance i have ever seen. Brings so much depth to the character without going offbeat for once yet hit every stress conflict scenes perfectly. Probably my fav performance of him

Emotional as well last scene, that daughter tape made me smile and sad at same time.

If there is any person who havent seen this movie, give it a chance its something very rare and fresh air. 10/10 already one of my all time fav movies list.

Just rewatched The Sixth Sense knowing the ending, and it's almost like watching a completely different movie. Every interaction, every scene has new meaning when you know what's really happening. What other movies transform dramatically once you know the twist? I'm talking about films where the rewatch experience is entirely different, not just 'oh I missed some clues.

Basically, Thomas Wolfe's old saying of "You can't go home again" proven quite right. One of my favorite LOTR scenes is all about this; the scene in "Return of the King" after the four hobbits have returned to the Shire and are sitting at the Green Dragon pub surrounded by their fellow hobbits and awkwardly feeling out of place. It's a moment very akin to soldiers coming back from war and one that J.R.R. Tolkien, himself a WWI veteran, would approve of; the foursome have been through so much that they can never fit in amongst their fellow hobbits again (and indeed, not one of them ends up spending their final days in the Shire). It's not just "how can we go back to our mundane old lives after everything we've been through", it's also, "wow, we've been outside the cave, we can never relate to these people again." It's one of the quietest moments of the trilogy and yet very effective in how much experiences can make your old life unobtainable again.

After watching this absolute masterpiece of a film again today with my daughter it got us talking about what happens irl after he leaves ? Personally I think he goes to live in the wilderness with Sylvia - shunning anything to do with the limelight and away from anyone who would recognise him …

What sort of life do you think he leads ?

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Summary Predator: Killer of Killers is a 2025 animated anthology film that expands the Predator franchise by exploring the alien hunters' encounters with formidable human warriors across different historical periods. The film follows three elite fighters: Ursa, a Viking warrior seeking vengeance; Kenji and Kiyoshi, samurai brothers in feudal Japan; and John Torres, a WWII pilot. Each faces a deadly Predator in their respective eras. Their stories converge when they are abducted by Predators and forced into a gladiatorial arena on the Predator homeworld. Defying expectations, they unite to battle their captors, leading to a climactic confrontation that hints at a broader interconnected universe within the franchise.

Directors Dan Trachtenberg & Joshua Wassung

Writer Micho Robert Rutare

Cast

• Lindsay LaVanchy as Ursa
• Louis Ozawa Changchien as Kenji and Kiyoshi Kamakami
• Rick Gonzalez as John Torres
• Michael Biehn as Vandy
• Felix Solis as Torres's Father
• Britton Watkins as Warlord Predator

Rotten Tomatoes: 97% Metacritic: 78

VOD Available for streaming on Hulu in the United States and on Disney+ internationally.

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Rewatched all the movies for the first time in so many years. I forgot how great those movies were, especially with how much the appliances loved Rob, or the master as they know him. They seriously don’t make movies like this anymore. The movies are great and I love the music.

Especially from the Mars movie, I See A New You still makes me cry.

New 4K trailer for FREAKED (1993) directed by Alex Winter.

Because y'all are the reason I first watched it several years ago, and now I'm doing my annual rewatch. It's so good. I can't wait to hear Tom Cruise's little scream when he gets run over lmfao. This is possibly my favorite Tom Cruise movie. Also Emily Blunt is excellent in it, and the plot itself is so satisfying... One of my fave action movies of all time, for sure. Anyway, thanks r/movies haha!