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The Ugly Stepsister (2025)

Follows Elvira as she battles against her gorgeous stepsister in a realm where beauty reigns supreme. She resorts to extreme measures to captivate the prince, amidst a ruthless competition for physical perfection.

Apologies if this is not the community for a thread like this, I don't frequent this community as much as I should (considering the volume of movies I watch lol). But I just saw The Ugly Stepsister in theaters and I'm dying to talk about it.

I'm curious if any of you have seen it yet. It's still in theaters and looks like it's going to be fairly niche, I'm sure in no small part due to it being foreign. I definitely recommend it, I found it to be a fun spin on the classic Cinderella story that we get from the likes of Disney and a lot more faithful to the source.

Definitely not for those who are squeamish, but to be honest I found the

The Ugly Stepsister (2025)

Follows Elvira as she battles against her gorgeous stepsister in a realm where beauty reigns supreme. She resorts to extreme measures to captivate the prince, amidst a ruthless competition for physical perfection.

Apologies if this is not the community for a thread like this, I don't frequent this community as much as I should (considering the volume of movies I watch lol). But I just saw The Ugly Stepsister in theaters and I'm dying to talk about it.

I'm curious if any of you have seen it yet. It's still in theaters and looks like it's going to be fairly niche, I'm sure in no small part due to it being foreign. I definitely recommend it, I found it to be a fun spin on the classic Cinderella story that we get from the likes of Disney and a lot more faithful to the source.

Definitely not for those who are squeamish, but to be honest I found the body horror to not be over the top (unlike The Terrifier 2 lol)

Summary:

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Director: Ryan Coogler

Writer: Ryan Coogler

Cast:

• Michael B. Jordan as Elijah "Smoke" Moore and Elias "Stack" Moore
• Hailee Steinfeld as Mary
• Miles Caton as Sammy Moore
• Jack O'Connell as Remmick
• Wunmi Mosaku as Annie
• Jayme Lawson as Pearline
• Omar Benson Miller as Cornbread
• Delroy Lindo as Delta Slim
• Li Jun Li as Grace Chow
• Yao as Bo Chow
• Lola Kirke as Joan
• Peter Dreimanis as Bert
• Saul Williams as Jedidiah

Rotten Tomatoes: 97%

Metacritic: 85

VOD: Theaters

I can't believe the main antagonist was ::: spoiler spoiler Evil Aslan the Throat Goat :::

As a lover of The Expanse, I recently picked up The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey and ended up binging it in a day while waiting for work. Spoilers ahead.

The book is set on a world inhabited by two competing forms of life: carbon-based organisms introduced by humans around 4,000 years ago, and the native crystalline lifeforms. Just as a team of scientists makes a genetic breakthrough—enabling these very different life forms to coexist—they detect a gravity anomaly that functions as an “Outside Context Problem.”

Now, as a newly subjugated species, the scientists must prove to their new overlords that humanity still has something to offer to the vast, interconnected web of civilizations that make up the alien polity.

As a soft science fiction space opera, I really enjoyed the book. The Carryx, with their striking orange-and-blue morality, are fascinating, and humanity’s attempts to "humanize" them predictably fall flat. I do wish it had been longer—the 400 pages flew by—and the “

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I so fucking hated that scene

So there are the new and improved orcs, they're invincible! They're like 3 meters tall and 200 kilograms of pure muscle awesome, they are invincible!

Cue the guy who kills like 10 of these orcs as if he's chipping vegetables, then he gets an arrow in the chest... And mind you, this is not an arrow that was cleared by the OIC for use at the Olympics, this is a small tree that blasts through his ribs. Oh noes! And he choos down like 4 more orcs and gets a second arrow in the chest... And proceeds to choose down a few more orcs and at this point there must be a pile of dead invincible orcs around him but he continues and get yet another arrow in the chest! Oh noes! Anyway, so he chops down another orc and then finally dies.

I may have gotten a few details wrong , it's been a while since I saw the scene but boy oh boy did it piss me off. This fucking invincible orcs army was worth less than a promise from El

Summary:

Warfare is a gritty and immersive war drama co-directed by Alex Garland and former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza. Based on a real mission in Ramadi, Iraq, the film puts the chaos of modern combat front and center, stripping away political commentary in favor of a boots-on-the-ground perspective that emphasizes intensity, camaraderie, and the psychological cost of war.

Director: Alex Garland, Ray Mendoza

Writer: Alex Garland, Ray Mendoza

Cast

• Will Poulter
• Kit Connor
• Joseph Quinn
• D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
• Charles Melton
• Noah Centineo
• Michael Gandolfini
• Taylor John Smith

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%

Metacritic: 75

VOD: Theaters

Summary:

The Amateur is a revenge-driven spy thriller about Charles Heller, a CIA cryptographer who goes rogue after his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack. When the agency refuses to act, he blackmails them into turning him into a field operative, setting off on a personal mission to hunt down those responsible. Adapted from the 1981 novel by Robert Littell, the film blends gritty espionage with emotional intensity.

Director: James Hawes

Writers: Ken Nolan, Gary Spinelli

Cast

• Rami Malek as Charles Heller
• Rachel Brosnahan as Sarah Horowitz
• Laurence Fishburne as Robert Henderson
• Caitríona Balfe as Inquiline Davies
• Michael Stuhlbarg as Sean Schiller
• Holt McCallany as CIA Deputy Director Alex Moore
• Julianne Nicholson as Samantha O'Brien
• Jon Bernthal as Jackson O'Brien, a.k.a. The Bear

Rotten Tomatoes: 66%

Metacritic: [53](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-amateu

Summary:

A widowed mother's first date in years takes a terrifying turn when she's bombarded with anonymous threatening messages on her phone during their upscale dinner, leaving her questioning if her charming date is behind the harassment.

Director: Christopher Landon

Writers: Jillian Jacobs, Chris Roach

Cast:

• Meghann Fahy as Violet
• Brandon Sklenar as Henry
• Violette Beane as Jen
• Jeffery Self as Matt

Rotten Tomatoes: 85%

Metacritic: 48

VOD: Theaters

SPOILERS AHEAD SO READ NO FURTHER IF IT MATTERS FOR YOU . . . . . .

So we've played through the Dunwich, and Path to Carcosa campaigns and had a grand time all the way through them. Then we started on the third campaign The Forgotten Age.

Things were definitely trickier with the new explore mechanic but manageable for the first two scenarios. We definitely felt a large step up in difficulty.

Then we got the Boundary Beyond and just got like totally smashed with almost no headway towards finishing the second act. Like we retried it twice but the results were nearly the same we got one maybe 2.5 locations cleared out before our situation became obviously hopeless.

The costs to explore each location are just so punishing and leaves you with no gas to handle the mythos that ultimately ushers us to our doom.

It's really soured our group on the game in general and I'm not sure they'll want to continue at this point. Is there something we're doing wrong?

Summary:

Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they'll have to master this world while embarking on a quest with an unexpected, expert crafter.

Director: Jared Hess

Writers: Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, Chris Galletta

Cast:

• Jason Momoa as Garrett "The Garbage Man" Garrison
• Jack Black as Steve
• Emma Myers as Natalie
• Danielle Brooks as Dawn
• Sebastian Hansen as Henry
• Jennifer Coolidge as Vice Principal Marlene

Rotten Tomatoes: 51%

Metacritic: 48

VOD: Theaters

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Summary:

Father-Daughter duo Elliott and Ridley hit a unicorn with their car and bring it to the wilderness retreat of a mega-wealthy pharmaceutical CEO.

Director: Alex Scharfman

Writer: Alex Scharfman

Cast:

• Paul Rudd as Elliot Kintner
• Jenna Ortega as Ridley Kintner
• Richard E. Grant as Odell Leopold
• Will Poulter as Shepard Leopold
• Téa Leoni as Belinda Leopold
• Anthony Carrigan as Griff
• Jessica Hynes as Shaw
• Sunita Mani as Dr. Bhatia
• Steve Park as Dr. Song
• Kathryn Erbe as Tapestry Video Narrator

Rotten Tomatoes: 57%

Metacritic: 55

VOD: Theaters