Indie Film Release Guide: August 23rd [An ONTD Original]

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[squirrels_oh_no]

My theater isn't playing anything new this weekend, and Blink Twice isn't interesting me enough to drive 15 miles to the next theater.

Let's see what I watched this week:

Anyone But You: ⭐⭐

Immaculate: ⭐⭐⭐

AI Artificial Intelligence (rewatch): ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Addams Family (rewatch): ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Lost Boys (rewatch): ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Prometheus (rewatch): ⭐⭐⭐1/2

Alien: Covenant: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (lmao r/lv426 has a bounty on my head now for this)

Beetlejuice (rewatch for obvs reasons): ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Incendies: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Oddity: ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2 (what an under the radar horror gem)

The Handmaiden: ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2 (idk why it took me 8 years to watch this because DAMN)

also if anyone is on letterboxd, you can find me there - https://letterboxd.com/squirrelsohno

[imnotasquirrel]

i'm so happy that people have come around on the handmaiden and that it's (for the most part) considered a masterpiece nowadays... i remember some of us were fighting for our lives when it first came out lol, so many people wanted to dismiss it bc it was made by park chan wook.

[squirrels_oh_no]

I think since I've read the book and knew the plot going in, the surprises were spoiled for me which was a letdown, but I still really enjoyed it. I just wonder if they fact that it's VERY graphic in those very detailed sex (Me during the movie: Oh, so that's how that works...) scenes - and Sapphic, to boot - is what caused it to be ignored by awards types.

[imnotasquirrel]

i blamed south korea for not submitting it for the oscars bc i always felt like it would have been a shoo-in... but decision to leave was submitted years later and that was snubbed when i thought it would be a nom shoo-in too... so maybe oscar voters in particular aren't in love with park chan wook lol.

[therearewords]

"An assassin tries to make amends in an effort to restore the sight of a beautiful young singer."

... what?

[bigfuss]

Kyle Gallner is in his Jonathan Tucker era, I see. So I have to watch Strange Darling for that reason.

I’ll check out Furiosa and maybe The Killer.

[therearewords]

I think I'll give Blink Twice a chance: I read a review that basically went "Does the trick with building suspension, looks pretty, why not".

[iamkenough]

I really like the interviews with Channing and Zoe, they are so cute together.

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you didn't lie, this is adorable

[iamkenough]

watch their hot ones episode too, it was so cuteee