Neal Mahoney

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It's always interesting looking back on a directors first film. I liked this film but I wish it had a little more of the quirky humor they are able to pull off in other movies. Frances McDormand is great and I just realized she is married to Joel Coen.

This is a very slow burn movie. It really is a character study about a man whose greed knows no end. Daniel Plainview is such an interesting character and Daniel Day Lewis really brings him to life and it’s the best performance of his career.

Quotes like these really show what kind of person he is:
"I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people."
"There are times when I... I look at people and I see nothing worth liking. I want to earn enough money I can get away from everyone."

Everything else with the movie, the cinematography, the score, are all fantastic too. Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the great directors today.

This is a great show. Its getting compared to Breaking Bad and while I think BrBa is a lot better they are really different shows. Ozark isn't trying to copy, it is doing its own thing. The show is very dark and it doesn't pull any punches. Some of it is not easy to watch. A lot of twists you don't expect. Jason Bateman gives a fantastic performance. He is perfect for a snarky asshole financial adviser. Hopefully he does more serious/non comedic roles.

Can't wait for season 2. Assuming Netflix will pick it up.

Good start to the show. It has my attention. It's surprisingly dark to start. Living in Missouri and having a place at the lake of the ozarks make me feel like I can relate but I think they are over exaggerating the amount of tourists and money down there.

Really good movie. Paul Thomas Anderson's first film and he has a good one. Phillip Baker Hall is great and another good performance from John C. Reilly, who is a very underrated actor.

Visually stunning with a lot of cool sci-fi elements. I really liked Laureline, I think Cara Delevingne did a great job. This is as much Laureline's story as it is Valerian's. Decent movie overall. A little too long but worth checking out of you like science fiction movies.

I think its funny they brought Rihanna in to basically only do a strip dance.

This is a double length episode. There is another part after this exodus (3). Its split on Netflix.

This is such a wonderful movie. I can't remember the last time I saw a movie that went from being so funny to so sad but even it the saddest parts, it still finds a way to be funny. Everyone is great in this especially Kumail and Zoe. Their chemistry instantly makes us root for them to be together.

This is one of the best blockbusters ever. It has a ton of action, it is emotional and it makes you think. It's crazy how good the CGI is, you stop thinking about it because of how invested you get in Caesar's journey. Great supporting characters with Maurice and the new addition of Bad Ape. Woody Harrelson is fantastic as always. It will be interesting to see if Andy Serkis' name comes up for best actor next year at the Oscars. He definitely deserves some recognition for his performance.

I think its funny that nature has a ironic sense of humor. The disease that killed everyone is now turning the rest of the humans into a more primitive state. Caesar sparing the colonel was a very emotional moment. Showing he is a much more complicated character than just an ape on a revenge mission. This whole trilogy asks a lot of questions on what is humanity? A very emotional end to a great trilogy.

Any movie with 80s music and a cheese festival is ok in my book.

Surprisingly more funny than I thought it would be. Will Ferrell is his crazy usual self and Amy Poehler is great too. She just doesn't look right as anything but a blonde. Not saying that she is ugly its just I'm so use to seeing her as a blonde. I loved Jason Mantzoukas. He still plays the same guy he did in the league but its still funny. The cameo by Jeremy Renner was hilarious. That whole scene where he loses his arms had me laughing hard.

This is a smart, funny and very entertaining movie with a killer soundtrack. The soundtrack has a little bit of everything and is choreographed perfectly into the action. Ansel Elgort is great and so are Kevin Spacey and Jon Hamm.

EDIT: Saw it again and it is still just as great.

Beautifully shot but kinda boring.

The story behind this movie is interesting. It was going to be a VOD but got bought Freestyle Releasing a week before release and they decided to do a theatrical release. Got delayed from last fall to this summer. Not sure why, this movie wasn't a clear box office hit, but maybe it had to do with the success of the shallows, another shark movie staring a female.

As for the movie I thought it was ok. I thought the beginning was slow and I never really cared for any of the other characters besides Mandy Moore's. Once they got into the water things got a little more interesting. The twist was smart. I thought she was hallucinating hearing her sister. When she found her I thought "This is stupid, there's no way shes alive" Then the ascend to the top, I guess flares keep sharks away. When they are on the boat and they cut back to her still in the cage I was a little surprised, they got me. Pretty good twist.

This is fine, definitely better than cars 2. I think I still like the first cars a little more. A satisfying ending for the series.

Very tense movie, not the horror you would expect but still very well done. I love seeing small scale movies that just focus on a few characters and how they react to bad circumstances. Joel Edgerton is great, a scary man who you don't know what he is capable of.

I may be a little biased but I think the Brendan Fraser's Mummy was better. I did watch it a lot as a kid but that one never took itself too serious and it was fun. There was at least some humor in that one. This movie tries too hard. Its too dark, literally most of the scenes are almost too dark to see whats happening. The pacing was bad. Tom Cruise's character isn't really likeable, he is just kind of a dick. Which is scary, no pun intended, if he is going to be in all the dark universe movies. Jake Johnson's character is trying to be the comic relief but I just hated him. I'm interested in the dark universe but I hope they just concentrate on making the next movie good rather than universe building.

This is definitely what the DCEU (and the movie industry in general) needs right now.

This was very entertaining with great action and good chemistry between the two lead actors. The first half was surprisingly funny with the classic "an outsider comes to town and everything is different and weird." The second half is a little more dark with Wonder Woman fighting in the war. The scene when she comes out of the trenches was awesome, gave me goosebumps. The last fight was a little too CGI heavy and cheesy but still very fun. Sad to see Chris Pine sacrifice himself, would of loved to see him in future movies.

I'm very happy that this is doing well in the box office and it is setting records for the largest opening for a female director. I look forward to see what Patty Jenkins does next. I hope more studios will start to use more female directors, it is always great to see different perspectives.

I'm looking forward to seeing more Wonder Woman in Justice League and hope that it is more like this movie than BVS.