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Any recommendations on movies set in rural America?

A few of the movies I liked are
- Nebraska
- Frozen River
- Brokeback Mountain

Please add your suggestions.

Try Winter's Bone and Wind River.

Interesting, uncommon question. Thanks for some brain scratching! Here is my list:

Mud, Winter's Bone, Nomadland (I was somewhat bored by it), 3 billboards outside Ebbing Missouri (really liked it), No country for the old men (fantastic) and many other western movies all of which I consider rural American e.g. Unforgiven, Hell or high water, and Tombstone. True Detective Season 1 has a terrific rural setting too but not a movie.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Streaming: Amazon

A typical Guy Ritchie film with lots of action based on a true story set in the second world war times. Henry Cavill (aka Superman), Alan Ritchson (Jack Reacher fame) star in this adventure movie ably supported by the rest of the cast. The plot is not that great but the execution was good if not great. I personally enjoyed watching this war genre movie, may not appeal to all but one time viewing is recommended.

Rating: 3.5/5

If the period of setting does not matter, then the 1992 film "Of Mice and Men" set in the 1930s in rural California comes to mind.

Deadpool & Wolverine (3.5/5)
The new Deadpool movie action sequences were really good. Starts on a great high, and then a surprise! Hugh Jackman also balances the duo scenes well. Ryan's initial burss of comic lines were sharp and had me in splits. The villian was great as well. Few scenes, in between, bored me and put me to sleep - but I was also tired having put in an 'all-nighter', so I give it the 'benefit of doubt'. Do let us know how you find it. Maybe not as brilliant as the first, but still watchable. Besides, what other content is out there, (so its worth a watch) :)

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F - 4/5

It's great to see Eddie Murphy in the role of Axel Foley again. The film does solid justice to the original classic, with Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser and Bronson Pinchot all reprising their roles.

The sound track of old school mixed with todays music was also a nice touch to reach younger audiences but its nostalgia for me.

Overall a good one time entertainer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoxhkE_U3Ww

I'm sorry isn't this just like Drishyam then ??

Twisters | In theatres | 4/5

Just like the original Twister movie (1996), this one also delivers loads of fun and a great adrenaline rush. The elements of the original are all there - scientists needing to put science-sounding thingies into the crux of tornadoes, cars and cows flying around, fantastic Oklahoma landscapes, American rural life (rodeos, and single screen theatres!!), superb driving skills, and some chemistry between the lead characters.

Notably, the soundtrack has some beautiful country songs which add to the ambience of American countryside. The acting from the lead actors is adequate, nothing remarkable.

Finally, well-made disaster movies are best watched in theatres :).

https://youtu.be/Jm27YjLnPHc?si=rF8Xmnx3a4lCB4rM

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Amazon prime. 1/5.

No offence, but is someone else “Ghost directing” movies under the Guy Ritchie name these days?

There are some iconic Guy Ritchie movies—Snatch, Lock stock and two smoking barrels, RocknRolla and then some okayish ones like the Sherlock Home series, The Gentlemen etc. And then some movies where the movie itself is not bad, but its not the typical Guy Ritchie style, like the Wrath of Man and The Covenant.

Lastly there are some really bad movies which have many known actors playing characters that lack depth, the whole movie seems shallow, like Operation Fortune. Sadly, this movie, the ministry of ungentlemanly warfare falls in the same category too. The movie lacks depth, everything feels like it’s happening in a film set, very artificial and the actors are quite bad. Hollywood is losing it! I can sense the lack of imagination from even the most acclaimed directors! Its like lets make anything, pull the crowd with some top billing and hopefully make some guaranteed money owing to the directors / actors associated.

Deadpool and Wolverine- 3.5/5

Was having a bad day today. So thought of trying something to relax and booked tickets for Deadpool & Wolverine tickets at the minute. Must say it was a laugh riot even though the story was weak like the recent MCU ones. Wife hadn’t watched any of the previous Deadpool movies but she loved this one too. Walked out with a light mind after the movie and that was worth it.

Watch it for Deadpool and wolverine only. And don’t take kids along.

PS: the hall was full baring a couple of seats. After the movie was over and the credits started rolling, less than 5% of the crowd walked out. Rest 95% of us just kept waiting for any Easter eggs. More like 5 mins later, the credit was still rolling and everyone kept waiting patiently. Well, there was something in the end :)

Watched Deadool & Wolverine.

Liked it very much. Especially all the cameos. Some of which was expected and some that was not.

Its a deadpool movie, so story logic was not to be expected. Still coulndn't get through how TVA functions didn't align with Loki series completely. Also on how Deadpool nt to meet 'The Man'


Yes,by the mid of second half it got bit boring but soon picked up with gruesome actions. I felt Ryan's talking to camera was little too much by the end.


Why would you? Its R-rated movie

If you liked Nebraska, you’ll love ‘The Straight Story’. David Lynch directs and Richard Farnsworth really should have gotten an Oscar for this.

There is a bizarre little gem called ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ - wonderfully heartwarming, and Shea Lebouf shows just how good he can be when he wants to.

Might be a bit hard to find but there is a brilliant movie, sad and sweet, called: ‘Gas, food, lodging’

It’s not really rural like Nebraska, but Hugh Jackman’s ‘Real Steel’ has lovely rural America scenery.

‘Hostiles’ , starring Christian Bale is a gem of a movie. Was fortunate enough to have seen it in the theatre.

Not a movie but all of ‘Yellowstone’

Kodachrome.

A river runs through it, The Horse Whisperer, The Legend of Bagger Vance - basically most early Robert Redford directed ones were usually beautifully shot and set in the areas around his literally owned region of Sundance in Utah. I think these might also be the pace at which you like them(?)

Slingblade, if you haven’t seen Billy Bob Thornton’s greatest.

Ain’t them bodies saints.

Hell or high water.

Anna (2019)
Rating - 4/5
Starring Sasha Luss, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy and Helen Mirren.
A Russian woman becomes a KGB assassin and goes undercover as a model in Paris. She soon seizes an opportunity when the CIA ask her to become a double agent.


7 Days in Entebbe (2018) on Sony Liv
Rating - 3.5/5
Starring Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl, this film recounts the story of the Entebbe raid, a 1976 counter-terrorist hostage-rescue operation.
Best scene of this movie is the Chair Dance (Echad Mi Yodeah) at the ending when the raid & rescue operation takes place.

Longlegs (Horror) - In Theatres



Rating: 7/10

Had been hearing great things and (didn't read to not have any spoilers) saw rave reviews so decided to check it out.

A must-watch if you love horror thrillers. Really well-made, brilliantly paced, killer mood and music and so well shot. It's not really horror, more a weird spooky movie.

The ending may or may not work for you in terms of the conclusion and the 'what' of it, but the rest of it just grabs you and doesn't let go.

The eponymous Longlegs character is played with demented abandon by probably the only star who can play them like that. Would have been better if his name wasn't on the credits like Kevin Spacey in 'Se7en'. It's not 'Se7en' but in the same ballpark. More spooky, and definitely a quieter, moodier movie. A slow burn, and if you get a quiet theatre audience, good fun to hear all the squeaks and sounds and low light long shots Oz Perkins has used brilliantly to just set up mood.

An interesting bit of trivia - the director of the movie is Osgood Perkins, son of the famous 'Psycho' actor and star Anthony Perkins. He's made a few horror movies in the past (The Blackcoat's Daughter, I am the pretty thing that lives in the house) which weren't to my taste. They were very inventive and interesting, but far too moody and slow burn, amateurish, but this one is really good.

7 out of 10 because it could have been a bit more, but still had a good time in the theatre since we love horror.