4336 - INDIANA JONES E A RELÍQUIA DO DESTINO (2023)

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INDIANA JONES E A RELÍQUIA DO DESTINO (INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY, USA, 2023) - Experience the return of the legendary hero, Indiana Jones, in the fifth installment of this beloved swashbuckling series of films. Finding himself in a new era, approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands. 1969 Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is quite bitter, is about to retire has a college professor and his marriage to Marion is ending, but his feeling for adventure comes back. When his goddaughter named Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) comes to him about a special device that could change the course of history. Some actions are pretty good, Harrison Ford is great as Indy, showing his old age catching up with him. And the de-aged scenes are pretty decent. Now Pheobe Waller Bridge is so annoying to watch, her over the top know at attitude made me want to walk out of the theater, and she and Ford just never clicked. Mads Mikkelsen is pretty good as the bad guy.

4335 - A INVOCAÇÃO DO MAL 2 (2016)

A INVOCAÇÃO DO MAL 2 (THE CONJURING 2, USA, 2016) – Este é o melhor filme da trilogia (esqueça o terceiro). The Conjuring was a shocking horror film. It combined every creepy trope you can think of (ghosts, dolls, music boxes, mirrors, you name it), and it actually worked thanks to a genre-savvy director behind the curtains. James Wan has proved himself a capable producer on projects such as Saw and Insidious, and with The Conjuring, he cemented himself as a master of the genre. It had the perfect amalgam of horror tropes crafted in such a way that felt as fresh and spine-tingling as classic haunted house movies did in the '80s. The Conjuring 2 is another "based on true events" tale that has us follow expert paranormal investigators, the Warrens, this time solving the mystery of the Enfield Haunting.

4334 - ACUSADO (2023)

ACUSADO (ACCUSED, USA, 2023) - Harri (Chaneil Kular) leaves London to dog-sit the family dog Flynn when his parents go on vacation. He doesn't pay attention to much -- he's an animator so he devotes his mind to one thing at a time -- and is shocked when a friend calls to tell him he nearly missed a bomb on the tube. When a camera image of the suspect who set the bomb goes viral, even Harri's girlfriend jokes that it looks like him. Even worse, an old school friend posts a message that she feels proves that Harri is the terrorist. This is how easily this happens. Harri isn't a foreigner. He's lived in London his whole life. He just looks different.

4333 - THE BOOGEYMAN (2023)

 THE BOOGEYMAN (USA, 2023) – This could have been a great horror film. The dread is there, the sets and lighting is perfect. You never really get a good look at the creature, and I felt that worked towards making the film much more suspenseful. The acting is all serviceable and the characters feel real, for the most part. My issue with the film was how closed up the father was towards his wife's death and talking with his daughters about it. Seemed very unrealistic for how close they all seemed and only frustrated me in the end.

4332 - MARK GODDARD (1936 - 2023)

 MARK GODDARD (1936 – 2023) – Mark Goddard, um dos heróis da minha infância, morreu semana passada, me deixando um pouco mais desprotegido, se é que isso é possível. Charles Harvey (Mark) Goddard se tornou famoso por seu papel como o insopitável Major Don West, piloto do Júpiter 2, na sua viagem acidentada até Alpha Centauri. Primo distante de Robert Goddard, um dos pioneiros da tecnologia dos primeiros foguetes, Mark parecia muito à vontade como Don West – a partir da segunda temporada de LIS, seu personagem começou a ter um crescente antagonismo com o nefário Dr. Smith (Jonathan Harris). Na terceira temporada, no episódio 5, “Os Primitivos do Espaço”, Don e Smith são capturados por uma tribo alienígena, e este é o único episódio no qual os dois se dão bem (inclusive se chamando pelo primeiro nome). Essa relação amistosa inusitada me causou um impacto tão duradouro que, agora, quando Mark pode estar definitivamente perdido no espaço, sinto, ainda mais, algo que se parece com uma solidão cósmica. Mark Goddard, one of my childhood heroes, died last week, leaving me a little lonelier, if it is possible. Charles Harvey (mark) Goddard became famous for his role as the untamed Major Don West, the Jupiter 2 pilot, on this way to Alpha Centauri. A distant cousin of Robert H. Goddard, one of the pioneers of modern rocket technology, Mark seemed comfortable an astronaut – from LIS second season, his character started to antagonize more intensively with the nefarious Dr. Smith (Jonathan Harris). In the third season, episode 5, “Primitives of space”, Don and Smith are captured by an alien tribe, and this is the only time in which they get along (calling each other by their first name). This unexpected friendly relationship, affected me so deeply that, now, when Mark is definitively lost in space, I feel something like cosmic loneliness.

4331 - CIDADE PERDIDA Z (2016)

CIDADE PERDIDA Z (LOST CITY OF Z, USA, 2016) – No início do século XX, o explorador Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnan) se aventura na Amazônia e descobre evidências sobre uma civilização avançada no meio da selva. Apesar do descrédito da comunidade científica inglesa, Fawcett nunca desistiu de prova suas convicções. Mais um desafio para o diretor James Gray: filmar na selva. Coppola o aconselhou desistir. At the dawn of the 20^th century, the British explorer Percy Fawcett goes to the Amazon and finds evidence of an advanced civilization in the middle of the jungle. Despite the discredit from the scientific community, Fawcett insisted to prove his convictions. Another challenge for director James Gray: shooting in the jungle. Coppola told him: “Don’t go.”