Amsterdam - David O. Russell - 2022

★★★ - Christian Bale, John David Washington, Margot Robbie, Robert De Niro, and an amazing supporting cast. David O. Russell directing a period movie about Nazi supporters trying to overthrow democracy in America in 1933.  What’s not to love? 

Turns out a decent amount. Totally a hot mess with a hard-to-follow plotline that jumps around through time and makes little sense. However, I still really liked it. This is definitely a minority opinion.

The cast is just too good. In addition to those listed you've got Ed Begley Jr., Rami Malek, Mike Myers, Timothy Olyphant, Chris Rock, Zoe Saldana, Michael Shannon, Anya Taylor-Joy (the young woman from The Witch and Split), Taylor Swift (forchristssake) who isn't bad, and more. Plus, I am a total sucker for a period piece from the first half of the 20th Century.

The Menu - Mark Mylod - 2022

★★★★ - Finally getting to this. Pretty solid. Not my favorite food movie, but it was very good. On a personal note, I’ve had more than a few taco Tuesdays like this myself.

The less you know going in, the better. Basically, people go to an upscale, haute restaurant that they don't appreciate like they should. Ralph Fiennes, the chef, makes them regret it. Does not feature cannibalism, by the by. 

I feel like all the patrons were people I went to private school with. Trust fund types that don't find pleasure in anything.

Cast includes Hong Chau from The Whale (she is having a real moment right now), Nicholas Hoult (Beast from the new X-Men movies/the “I live. I die. I live again.” guy from Mad Max: Fury Road) who plays a real piece of shit, John Leguizamo, Judith Light (Angela from Who's the Boss), Janet McTeer (the lawyer in Ozark), and Anya Taylor-Joy from The Witch (she is still killing it), among others.

Was definitely on-brand for me. I've had three people tell me that this was an “AB type of movie.” One guy was like, “I totally have a movie for you. Guess what it is.” Of course, I guessed it on the first try. 

Last Night in Soho was the worst movie of all time

Last Night in Soho. Oh, wow. Where do I start? Movie has “How did this get made?” vibes. WAY too much going on. Jumping back and form between main chicks was an interesting choice. This is a real dud of an Edgar Wright film. 

Gist is this is a fish out of water, chick travels through time via her haunted room with some real what-is-going-on-shit movie.

Things I find offensive about this film. Don’t care for this main girl, at all, in this movie. There is an obligatory going to the cops and having them think she is on drugs or cray scene. The VVitch girl is misused. Lot of dancing around, party girl shit with a terrible accent. She has a tiny mouth vs giant mouth make out session with her boyfriend. I just found this distracting, but thought I’d mention. We are talking the biggest vs smallest mouth in the history of film shit. 

And finally, the twist was some terrible, M. Night, cheap-ass bullshit. Fuck this movie. I know coked up nonsense. And this, is coked up nonsense.