What did you tenderloins watch this week? (08/06-08/12) CLOSED

Another week gone by. Hopefully this thread will get more action than it did last week. I’ll blame it on the summer vacations but don’t make it an habit.

Freaked (1993 TV): The opening credits were very fucking cool. Then, not even 10 minutes in it, I was already on the floor rolling. This here is my kind of funny shit. With the costumes, special effects and script, this made for an extravagant, colourful, fun, slimy, sludgy and grotesque film! It would make a nice combo with The Monster Squad I think. The last 15 minutes weren’t quite as funny but nothing much to complain about. My rating: 7.5/10

Le Brio (2017 TV): « After an incident, a brilliant professor known for his outbursts is forced to mentor the student he wronged for a speech contest. » Everything you’d expect such a French dramedy to do, it does and pretty well at that. My rating: 6.5/10

Here comes the boom (2012 DVD): This movie is like candy to me. Saw it alone, saw it again with my wife and now it was with my sons. I enjoyed it every single time and I will even make a bold statement; It’s a better MMA movie than Warrior (2011). Oh yeah, I said it. My rating: 7.5/10

Transformer 3: Dark of the moon (2011 Bluray): Weakest script and my
least favourite of the bunch but still very entertaining. It lost point with its cringe romance, especially the break-up scene. Also the scene with the Russians; one second they’re pointing guns at them and the second after they reveal Top Secret information. Also, you know how movies make you despise a certain character only to reveal later that he was a bad guy all along? Well they did this times 10 in this one. On the upside, adding Oscar winner, Frances McDormand and Oscar nominated John Malkovich was not a bad move, the red oil splatters in fights was a good addition and by the time the building is crumbling and we are served with over 45 minutes of relentless action like only Bay can do we forget all that nonsense. My rating: 7/10

Rescued by Ruby (2022 Netflix): My parents watched this with one of my sons and said that I should watch it with the other one. I was sceptical but IMDb has it at 7.2 and RT at 100% so that clear any doubts I had about watching it. First thing is, I love dogs but only dislike a handful of them, Border Collies being one of them. Also, I found the movie a bit boring to be honest. The best part was the final 10 minutes and it was not worth it. My rating: 5/10

What happened to Monday (2017 TV): Weird film we got here. What’s even weirder is the amount of 8, 9 and 10 ratings. The concept is good but too many details didn’t make sense or bothered me. It got so many praises that I feel the need to destroy it a little bit. Here I go: How does one chops half a finger falling from a skateboard? Who hides the most important “secret button” in a bookshelf where we can find within a minute of search? The palm screens looked faked. Woken Dafoe had like 10 minutes of screen time. Glenn Close’s performance was terrible. A professional sniper wants to shoot girl but for some reason shoots another random dude first, making her aware and allowing time to take cover. Government agents kill civilians without a second thought. Within 15 seconds, girl chops off dead guy finger, attached it to her hand allowing her to fire his fingerprint gun. One of the 7 sisters had a secret boyfriend so that means that she saw him 1 day a week, outside her work hours? It makes no sense. The whole exercise felt rushed and I feel like they made another movie and with the leftovers they made this one. *Fun fact: Quebec ratings are crazy. This movie is rated 8+ yet there is a lot of blood, graphic violence and one graphic sex scene. 13+ would be more suitable. My rating: 4/10

Run! Bitch Run! (2009 Friday Night special): A fairly suitable trashy Grindhouse low-budget flick that somehow plays is safe, dare I say? The soundtrack was actually good and groovy with nice guitar and bass. It gave each scenes that much more power and rhythm. Final act was good until final unnecessary second. My rating: 6/10

Waxwork (1988 Saturday night special): Werewolves, vampires, mummies, zombies , witches, monsters and teenage romance; all the most nightmarish and horrific aspects of life presented at their best. It was a lot of fun to watch. My rating: 7/10