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spooky tuesday is a (now not so new!) podcast where we’re breaking down all of our favorite slashers, thrillers, monster movies and black comedies on the new scariest day of the week.

it's the third film in a hot horror franchise AND it makes the hop to hollywood, so the comparisons between maXXXine (2024) and scream 3 were inevitable — but are they a compliment or a criticism? in our latest episode of spooky tuesday, we're covering the newest (but perhaps not final) movie in ti west's spooky saga starring mia goth. a direct sequel to 2022's x but coming on the heels of prequel pearl, this flick has a tough job striking the right tone and trying to stand alone, but one thing we can say for it is that the accent work definitely makes it stand out.

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MaXXXine

directed by Ti West, 2024

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MaXXXine (2024) Ti West

September 3rd 2024

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#172 MaXXXine (2024)

Maxine Minx (Mia Goth) está intentando abrirse camino como actriz seria en la industria, pero lo cierto es que el haber participado y estar participando en cine para adultos la condicionan para que las productoras la entiendan como una actriz seria. Por ello se refugia en el videoclub de su amigo Leon (Moses Sumney) que está debajo de su casa y con el que comparte mucho tiempo. También le insiste a su agente Teddy Knight (Giancarlo Esposito) para que le busque trabajos serios.

Maxine va a una audición para la película de terror La Puritana II, donde prodría compartir pantalla con la famosa Molly Bennett (Lily Collins), la directora de casting es Elizabeth Bender (Elizabeth Debicki) que decide apostar por ella y darle el papel.

Mientras Maxine sigue con su vida, viendo a sus amigas, Tabby Martin (Halsey) y Amber (Chloe Farnworth) que le ofrecen ir a una fiesta por la zona de las letras de Hollywood. Maxine no va, pero espera que sus amigas lo pasen bien.

Durante todo este tiempo vemos que por la tele se presentan los asesinatos del rondador nocturno, que están atemorizando a la ciudad. El asesino marca con pentagramas el cuerpo de sus víctimas y los torturas y así acaban encontrando a Tabby y Amber.

Por eso van a hablar con ella los detectives Williams (Michelle Monaghan) y Torres (Bobby Cannavale), afecta a Maxine, pero no lo suficiente, hasta que esa misma noche asesinan a Leon, y el asesino es el rondador nocturno.

Cuando va a la grabación para hacer su parte, Molly le dice que va a ir a una fiesta por la zona donde le dijeron Amber y Tabby y decide hacer algo.

Previamente, un detective privado, John Labat (Kevin Bacon), le da la dirección de una fiesta por esa zona donde, si no va, sacarán a la luz su pasado, todo lo ocurrido en las anteriores películas. Cansada de que la persiga y la amenaza, le da una paliza a Labat, y le pide ayuda a su manager Teddy contándole lo que este le hace.

Teddy, Maxine y otro amigo caza a Labat y lo encierran dentro de un coche en un desguace para hacerlo picadillo y que deje de amenazar a Maxine. Así lo hacen, lo aplastan y se quitan el problema para siempre.

Por eso y cansada de todo se cuela en la mansión de las fiestas, lo que no sabe es que los detectives la siguen de cerca.

Maxine se cuela y va hasta el final de la habitación donde sabemos que está el rondador nocturno que no es otro que el padre de Maxine, que está viendo videos de ella de pequeña cuando ya soñaba con ser una gran estrella. Su padre es el asesino (Simon Prast).

Huyendo de su descubrimiento y perseguida por su padre, tropieza con unas maletas que se abren y resultan ser el cadáver de su compañera Molly desmembrado. Ante el shock y la caída, Maxine pierde el conocimiento.

La joven se despierta atada a una palmera en medio de una piscina, y alrededor de ella hay un equipo de grabación liderado por su padre que va vestido de sacerdote, cuando las cámaras empieza a grabar adelanta que va a practicarle un exorcismo, como al resto de sus víctimas, para sacarle el demonio de dentro y que deje de actuar como "una zorra".

Maxine acorralada, no sabe como salir, pero los detectives comienzan a disparar, primero a su padre, y luego al resto de personas de la secta que van armadas. Se cubren como pueden y le piden a Maxine que se refugie. Se suelta gracias a una navaja que llevaba en el bolsillo, y sale en busca de su padre.

Este huye despavorido seguido por los detectives, pero rápidamente descubre que ambos han sido heridos mortalmente, y que su padre está tendido en medio del letrero de Hollywood herido en el suelo. Maxine coge una recortada y le apunta, pero justo aparece el helicóptero de la policía pidiéndole que suelte el arma.

Paralelamente, vemos el estreno de la película protagonizada por Maxine, la rodean los periodistas y los fans y todo el mundo la ama.

Mientras apunta a su padre con la recortada, le pide que repita con ella lo que decían cuando era pequeña "no voy a aceptar una vida que no merezco". Y a la vez que lo dice con su padre lo dice en el futuro en una entrevista del estreno. Después le vuela la cabeza a su padre. Demostrando que está dispuesta a todo por su sueño.

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Watching

X Ti West USA, 2022

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W ❌ T C H E D

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X (2022)

💁‍♀️Strong Female Lead

A sex positive movie with slow pacing in the beginning and middle. Interesting city folk with Southern charm met with creepy old heads in the farmlands. The events are played out realistically enough that you would be concerned about yourself falling prey to most of the characters' fates. I find it more unsettling when it feels like there is less wiggle room in trying to figure out how to survive the events of the film. Yes, there is always the option of choosing a different path than the characters, but say you picked their path, what could you have done within that path and lived. This film also poses an interesting question about trauma and if it begets trauma, if it has to.

⭐⭐⭐.5

“It’ll be our little secret”

I have to admit the movie sort of dragged in the beginning and only really got good in the last 30 minutes or so. There is so much that can be done during the slow build up but I just found myself bored at times with the pacing. It wasn’t until we found out the old woman is Pearl that things got interesting because before that she was just a strange old woman but now, she’s Pearl. We have not yet seen Pearl (as at the time of this movie Pearl has not been made) but the importance here is on establishing her now as a named character. If they would have introduced that just a tad bit earlier I would have been a little less devastated at each death because they felt so random before (like a random, angry, old lady killing people off).

Shout out to RJ who just didn’t have the emotional capacity to say to his girlfriend, Jenna Ortega, “I care about you and our relationship so please don’t make me watch you sleep with another man, close up, and through a camera lens.” He got no support from anyone around him and then was just supposed to go to sleep next to her like nothing happened but he was really sad! So he showered and left but not before he tried to help Pearl out, but she’s being creepy and wants to tongue him and RJ, again, doesn’t have the emotional capacity to say “Hey, while I appreciate that you wanna get all up on this, I just watched my girlfriend sleep with a man with a considerably large dong and it has really messed me up psychologically, I would just like to go home now.” The thing is, Pearl doesn’t have the emotional capacity to say, “Listen, kid, I was supposed to be a big star but life had other plans so now I gotta stab you 6-17 times,” so, instead, she just stabbed him 6-17 times. 

I must say it is very frustrating/sad that both Pearl and her hubby constantly attacked and killed the crew who were very nice and helpful to them, I mean, Brittany Snow offered Pearl her blanket before being death rolled by an alligator that I’m pretty sure Pearl summoned because she was standing on the dock for some time before Britt got there (so she must be a witch). Kid Cudi was bonding with the husband over them both being veterans and got blown away by the shotgun, Jenna Ortega gets locked up with a dead body while trying to help find Pearl, and how come the barn has three crawling level peep holes the same width apart as a pitchfork?

All and all it had good cinematography, it had spooky images, the pacing was not great, the story wasn’t my favorite, but the characters' motivations made sense and felt real. Knowing this is part of a three part series is exciting as it has good building blocks.

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Fly Me To The Moon (12): "Making History".

#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "Fly Me To The Moon". #FlyMeToThe Moon. Apollo-set rom-com with Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum that barely makes orbit. 3/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Fly Me To The Moon” (2024). Apollo was an astonishing program. Given the clunky technology of the day, I still find it utterly awe-inspiring that NASA was able to get the Saturn V bucket of bolts into the air, let alone accomplish the astounding feat of landing two men, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, onto the moon. The Apollo 11 mission is the backdrop to this…

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MAXXXINE:

A former porn star

Target of a masked killer

80s flash and mess

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MaXXXine (2024) Review

MaXXXine brings us a glitzy, glossy video nasty for the twenty-first century. #Review

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'MaXXXine', la fama cuelga de un hilo

'MaXXXine' es un buen cierre para la trilogía 'X' de Ti West protagonizada por Mia Goth, que reflexiona sobre la fragilidad del éxito en la industria del cine.

La duología, X y Pearl, fascinó al mundo y los fans del terror, por su estética y por sus personajes interpretadas por Mia Goth, cuyo trabajo ha sido alabado y ya ha quedado inmortalizado en la historia del cine de terror. Dos posibles clásicos, un trabajo sólido ¿Qué más podríamos pedir? Pues quisiéramos o no, West y Goth tenían otro as bajo la manga, otra entrega de esta historia para concluir…

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Review: MAXXXINE - A Swerve From Horror Leads To Intrigue

Maxxxine, Ti West's latest foray into horror, does not play like a typical slasher.

The noise building around Ti West, “master of horror,” has always been a little disingenuous. West, who certainly directed horror classics like X and House of the Devil, has always focused on story above all. Maxxxine, his latest foray into the genre, does not play like a typical horror film. Many knocked House of the Devil and The Innkeepers for being too slow, but West’s slow-burn taste has…

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'MaXXXine' Underscores the Killer Pastiche with Surprising Vulnerability

'MaXXXine' Underscores the Killer Pastiche with Surprising Vulnerability

Blinded by the starpower (CREDIT: Justin Lubin/A24) Starring: Mia Goth, Kevin Bacon, Giancarlo Esposito, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, Sophie Thatcher, Ned Vaughn, Chloe Farnworth, Simon Prast Director: Ti West Running Time: 104 Minutes Rating: R for Extravagant Gore, A Fair Amount of T&A, and Some Hits of Blow Release Date: July 5,…

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MaXXXine: Directed by Ti West. With Charley Rowan McCain, Simon Prast, Mia Goth, Deborah Geffner. In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.

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Auckland Theatre Company (ATC)

Auckland Theatre Company (ATC) is a prominent professional theatre company based in Auckland, New Zealand. Here are some key points about the Auckland Theatre Company: History: The Auckland Theatre Company was established in 1992 by Colin McColl and Simon Prast, two experienced theatre practitioners. Since its inception, the company has been dedicated to producing high-quality theatrical…

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Kate Elliot as Chloe in Toy Love

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Simon Mead as Gus in Under The Vine

Antonia Prebble as Rita West in Westside

Simon Prast as Stephen in When Love Comes (Along)

Renee O'Connor as Gabrielle in Xena

Here's Round 2 of "Name that screen partner" where you name the character, show, and bonus for the actor. #DeanoBingo2024