What Movies Have You Seen Lately?

The Borat Sequel is coming in 11 days.



This is what most intrigues me:

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We’ve learned from sources that Trump and Epstein’s relationship, as well as the coronavirus, all figure into the main narrative with cameos from Mike Pence, Rudy Giuliani, and more best left unspoiled. We’ve also learned that one of the yet-to-be-revealed cameos could potentially derail a political career, and we imagine some backlash and lawsuits will follow.

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The Borat Sequel is coming in 11 days.

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We’ve learned from sources that Trump and Epstein’s relationship, as well as the coronavirus, all figure into the main narrative with cameos from Mike Pence, Rudy Giuliani, and more best left unspoiled. We’ve also learned that one of the yet-to-be-revealed cameos could potentially derail a political career, and we imagine some backlash and lawsuits will follow.

He often wears a disguise, so the person whose political career may derail may not even know yet he was caught at something.

I just watched this and was compelled to write the following rant:





Normally, my rants revolve around society and/or idiots in casinos. Today, however, I am prompted to write a review of the Blumhouse/Amazon movie “The Lie”.

Purportedly, this is a “horror” movie - alas, it is not.

Also, purportedly, this is a “psychological thriller - alas, it is not.

What this is is perhaps the worst movie I have seen since Paul Blart 2.

The acting was perfectly fine, the directing was perfectly fine, the cinematography was perfectly fine — you know what was NOT perfectly fine - the “twist” ending.

Immediately after watching this movie, I went on YouTube to check out the reviews. While most agreed with me that the movie was weak, not one YouTube reviewer pointed out the one thing that made the “twist” ending utterly ridiculous:



I lost IQ points watching this movie and lost even more watching the YouTube reviews thereof.

I don't know why movies today feel they can do that stuff

sounds like a really lame plot even if they played it straight

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I don't know why movies today feel they can do that stuff

sounds like a really lame plot even if they played it straight

I found a bunch of reviews on Twitter of people asking how she could be alive when they showed her dead body - the premise of the twist is that she was never pushed into the icy river in the first place lol

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I found a bunch of reviews on Twitter of people asking how she could be alive when they showed her dead body

In 1950 Sunset Boulevard opened with
the main character at the bottom of
a swimming pool, dead. Yet he's
the one narrating the movie. "Wanna
know know how I got here? I'm gonna
tell ya." This really ticked people off.

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In 1950 Sunset Boulevard opened with
the main character at the bottom of
a swimming pool, dead. Yet he's
the one narrating the movie. "Wanna
know know how I got here? I'm gonna
tell ya." This really ticked people off.

Right, but, ultimately, in Sunset Boulevard, Joe is actually dead and doesn't reappear in present time as alive despite being shown as dead

Synopsis of the alternate opening to Sunset Boulevard
https://lostmediaarchive.fandom.com/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard_Alternate_Opening_(1950)

From a review of Borat 2:

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That’s just the tip of the iceberg of pure insanity in the movie. Even the gag that stands as one of the bigger moments in the trailer pales in comparison to the most appalling atrocity in the movie, and a certain politician will have a hell of a lot to answer for once everyone sees this thing.

I’m fascinated by which politician this is...

OMG - my question has been answered 15 minutes later

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The reputation of Rudy Giuliani could be set for a further blow with the release of highly embarrassing footage in Sacha Baron Cohen’s follow-up to Borat.

In the film, released on Friday, the former New York mayor and current personal attorney to Donald Trump is seen reaching into his trousers and apparently touching his genitals while reclining on a bed in the presence of the actor playing Borat’s daughter, who is posing as a TV journalist.

Following an obsequious interview for a fake conservative news programme, the pair retreat at her suggestion for a drink to the bedroom of a hotel suite, which is rigged with concealed cameras.

After she removes his microphone, Giuliani, 76, can be seen lying back on the bed, fiddling with his untucked shirt and reaching into his trousers. They are then interrupted by Borat who runs in and says: “She’s 15. She’s too old for you.”

Looks like Rudy is truly worthy of being a Trump man.