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The "Jason Bourne of Uselessness".

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I never would've predicted James Van Der Beek's posthumous gift to the world would've been a remake of JUDGMENT NIGHT by way of THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES:

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THE GATES Trailer (2026) James Van Der Beek
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February 18, 2026 at 6:35 PM
In Memory of Robert Duvall:

"Robert Duvall's best performances weren't always in his best films, if that makes sense? So you'd sit through some ★★★½ bit of disposable fare coz he was going to gift you a ★★★★★ display within it."

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February 18, 2026 at 9:41 AM
In Memory of Robert Duvall:

"This is one of the all time great westerns because it works against the theory that the western died due to there being no stories left to tell."

boxd.it/dbSIEP
February 18, 2026 at 9:18 AM
In Memory of Robert Duvall:

"This is a great movie - more an effective studio potboiler than a social commentary of any real value, being as broad as it is with its stereotyping and black-and-white simplistic overview."

boxd.it/dbT0Dv
February 18, 2026 at 9:11 AM
In Memory of Robert Duvall:

"... Duvall once confirmed that Caan hates the film but he thinks this is because he acted like it was a drama and Duvall a comedy and he thinks Caan called it wrong. Duvall is sorta right."

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February 18, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Growing up I thought Tom Noonan was the coolest, scariest motherfucker on the planet. That's the weight you carry when you deliver ~that~ Francis Dollarhyde performance in MANHUNTER alongside all the shit young teenage me dug like THE MONSTER SQUAD, ROBOCOP 2 WOLFEN, F/X, and LAST ACTION HERO.
February 18, 2026 at 8:14 AM
"When I knew nothing, I thought I could do anything... You never know how reality is going to coincide with your dreams. You're optimistic, and you go from there."
- Robert Duvall.
February 17, 2026 at 7:05 PM
In Memory of Robert Duvall:

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February 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
In Memory of Robert Duvall:

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February 16, 2026 at 9:56 PM
My youngest thought the opening of this was "amazing", settled in with a huge grin on his face and very quickly got bored, angry and eventually just completely checked out.

boxd.it/dasatd
February 16, 2026 at 9:49 PM
"They went ahead and opened the park? And millions of people went? Even after someone got eaten on a toilet in the first one? This is stupid!"

- My youngest child.

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February 16, 2026 at 9:44 PM
My youngest said he loved this because "There wasn't so much talking to start with this time. They just got straight into the dinosaurs trying to eat people and kept it really about just that!"

He's not wrong is wor kid!

boxd.it/dartJR
February 16, 2026 at 9:39 PM
The thing that was always fascinating about Robert Duvall was that often his best performances weren't always in his best films, if that makes sense? So you'd sit through some ★★★½ bit of disposable fare coz he was going to gift you a ★★★★★ display within it.
February 16, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Robert Duvall.

No!! Devastating! ... He was the last of 'the great ones'. Genuinely absolutely saddened. We've lost easily one of the most consistently excellent actors of all time!
February 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
"When they say casting is key they ain't kidding seeing as the cast here save a film its director has no control over."

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February 15, 2026 at 11:07 PM
"... The stuff here is dated as hell but it still works. And [Ted] Knight is very clearly having an absolute BLAST."

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February 15, 2026 at 11:02 PM
"The reason stuff like this and CLIFFHANGER hold up despite being DIE HARD knock-offs is because there's directors at the helm who recognise that the concept alone isn't enough, it's got to be about the action."

boxd.it/d9s2Ej
February 15, 2026 at 10:58 PM
"I think John Smythe's wife is given far, far too easy a dismissal of accountability as to what she witnessed or turned a blind eye to."

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February 15, 2026 at 5:20 PM
"It is all turgid, overwrought and, quite frankly, the whole 'white actors soaked in fake tan to look Egyptian' thing just felt really icky then and sits as even worse when watched now."

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February 15, 2026 at 1:53 PM
"What the FUCK did we drink last night?? ... I've just birthed a poo blacker than Jeffrey Epstein's soul with a bright green racer stripe running through it? What's that about?!? Am I dying?"

- Something I've actually just shouted at 46 years of age across the house to my wife.
February 15, 2026 at 1:18 PM
"... There's a reason why it remains one of the stronger b-movies / favourited straight-to-dvd efforts of the noughties."

boxd.it/d8IMkR
February 15, 2026 at 9:11 AM
"Maaan, I miss Frank Darabont movies!"

boxd.it/d8HoQH
February 15, 2026 at 8:28 AM
"I still have it down as one of my all time favourite comedies... and that's in spite of the fact that its lead actor / main draw is the worst thing in it and a fairly irritating presence overall."

boxd.it/d8Hacj
February 15, 2026 at 8:20 AM
"... The tone that's set is one where this is dated kitsch to be smirked at. And that's fine. A lot of fun can be drawn from films like that."

boxd.it/d7aEF1
February 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
"I was looking forward to this because of how much Wood meant to me. But it disappointed. It's hagiography by way of the usual clips and talking heads..."

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February 13, 2026 at 12:20 PM