All Things Movie/Documentary Reviews/Recommendations Thread

[Ope3]

Don’t think this is giving away anything important about the movie, but theres a scene where Butler is taking swings in a batting cage from balls pitched from a machine. Austin has a really bad swing.

I picked up on that too. Maybe they just trained him to hit the ball exactly where the pitching machine was going to place it or even used CGI.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Don’t think this is giving away anything important about the movie, but theres a scene where Butler is taking swings in a batting cage from balls pitched from a machine. Austin has a really bad swing.

Is it as bad as this looks?

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

Caught Stealing - Very good. I liked this popcorn thriller more than I expected that features twists and turns that were not foreseen.

Apologies. Didn’t know you had mentioned it. You probably have much better insight on it than I. (I should have used the search feature)

 

[Ope3]

Apologies. Didn’t know you had mentioned it. You probably have much better insight on it than I. (I should have used the search feature)

No worries. My previous "reminder" comment was because I had to look up myself what happened in that Cubs-Giants game when the movie was over. I was pretty sure the Cubs with Gaetti advanced, but wasn't positive.

I agree with your take on Schreiber & D'Onofrio having probably the juiciest roles.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Recently watched on Apple -

The Lost Bus - solid B for me. Amazing special effects showing the Paradise, CA Wildfire, with a cool story based on a true story. McConaughey with his usual good performance.

Highest to Lowest- C- for me and would have been a D, without Denzel being the headliner. Improbable storyline and I generally always like Spike’s flicks, but it really felt like he phoned this one in.

 

[WilliamsArenaGuy]

Watched the new Naked Gun last night, oof, rough watch. I loved the original, Naked Gun 2 1/2 was solid as well, thought the cast and time away from the original Trilogy would do it justice, but it didn't go nearly far enough for the over the top sarcastic/dry humor of the original, so it was stuck between that and just a bad script. A shame.

Go Original Naked Gun Movie!!

Really? Disagree. I thought it was very funny. As good as the original? Of course not. But funny nonetheless.

In fact I hadn't heard anyone (that I knew personally) dislike it until this thread.

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

Thought this was worth posting. This X follow often has a lot of really good movie filming trivia

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

Watched the new Naked Gun last night, oof, rough watch. I loved the original, Naked Gun 2 1/2 was solid as well, thought the cast and time away from the original Trilogy would do it justice, but it didn't go nearly far enough for the over the top sarcastic/dry humor of the original, so it was stuck between that and just a bad script. A shame.

Go Original Naked Gun Movie!!

Thanks for the warning, I was tempted to take a flier.

I was pretty sure I wasn't going to see it already. This would largely solidify that fact. Liam Neeson is getting tiresome and he's better in drama anyway

 

[coolhandgopher]

Really? Disagree. I thought it was very funny. As good as the original? Of course not. But funny nonetheless.

In fact I hadn't heard anyone (that I knew personally) dislike it until this thread.

I saw it in the movie theater and went in with pretty low expectations, and had a good time with it. Certainly didn’t measure up to the original, but there were a couple scenes that had me laughing out loud and yeah, the plot line was ridiculous, but that was to be expected. It was nice being in a theater for a comedy after a long time; I doubt I would have enjoyed it as much at home on my couch.

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

If you're even a little bit of an Ozzy Osbourne fan, there's a new doc on Paramount Plus that's more than worth your time. Chronicles his struggles with back pain and Parkinson's leading up to his HOF induction and final show in Birmingham.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Not a big barstool guy but this is mostly Ken Burns talking about his American Revolution documentary coming out soon. So good, could listen to him talk about this all day.

The American Revolution | Premieres Nov. 16 | PBS

The American Revolution, a landmark documentary by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, premieres Nov. 16, 2025.

www.pbs.org

 

[Slim Tubby]

Really? Disagree. I thought it was very funny. As good as the original? Of course not. But funny nonetheless.

In fact I hadn't heard anyone (that I knew personally) dislike it until this thread.

I watched it this morning and I'd give it a generous "6" but it's damn near impossible to replicate the genius of the original.

I did think Neeson pulled off the role better than I expected and the scene with him on body cam in the car and needing to poop had me rolling.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Anyone else seen 28 years later yet. I didn’t hate it but will be interesting to see where the sequels go. A good amount of subtle references to the first two movies.