We do love a polarizing film, and early Letterboxd feedback ranges from “hilarious and wonderfully entertaining” to “giving this movie half a star is offensive to stars” and “I thought I knew what sexism was, but then I saw this piece of [expletive]”.

Tasha Robinson has had a sneak peek at Pixar’s newest and writes: “There’s a point in this film where my notes just say ‘HOLY SHIT’ in all caps, and then nothing written after that”. Our “joy” emotion is champing at the bit.

“No character development, almost all of the action scenes make no [expletive] sense, honestly this movie is just 2 hours of action, action, action.” —Adam Haskell

“I may or may not have gotten erect around 23 times during the movie. Tom Hardy can have my children. So can George Miller. I was tearing up when the credits rolled. I'm not even going to hide the fact.” —Austin Gorski

“I laughed like twice… was I missing something?” —Luis

“If you are a vampire nerd/ridiculous goth (same thing) you will recognise every trope […] being lovingly mocked and you will be filled with glee. I really want every douchebag who makes a straight horror in the ‘documentary style’ to watch this and take notes.” —Jas

“I’m getting tired of these cynically made insincere 80s parodies that don’t even capture the energy of honest-to-god 80s cheese.” —Matt Conti

“Seriously, how can you hate something that is barely a half hour and features Triceracop, Thor, some viking chicks, a T-Rex and a kung fu master fighting Hitler?” —Travis McNinja

“Influential and unforgettable for its contribution to cinema, still hailed by many film lovers as the quintessential film-noir and effortlessly sustaining its thrills and nail-biting tension despite giving away the ending within the first few minutes, Double Indemnity is a brilliantly plotted, superbly executed and cleverly narrated cinema that comes strongly recommended.” —CinemaClown

Aaron goes deep on the Monolith from Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey: “The Monolith, it was said, was without mistake or misdeed. It was what HAL—and by extension, mankind—aspired to. Perhaps the answer would be found at Jupiter. It had proven elusive on the African plains, on the Asian trading routes, in the great European thought centers, in the American financial brokerages. Even HAL’s cool logic and emotional disengagement could not accomplish it—an artificial patina of dispassion cannot remove vanity or paranoia or deceit, it merely warps and obscures their eventual appearance.”

To celebrate — or commiserate — the release of the latest blockbuster disaster flick starring The Rock, load up on disaster movies, both natural and culinary.

The Muppets’ new TV series is coming soon; brush up on Muppet family tropes with this ranked list, but be warned: “Kermit’s Swamp Years has some shocking CGI, and is pretty close to unwatchable”.

Which films are worth the commentary track? JC has sorted through many of them for you and recommends these commentaries worth listening to.

You’ve always wondered what Buzz from The Melvins counts as his favorite films. Here’s your answer.

Theresa’s Yuppies In Peril list got a shout out in the New York Times alongside our pal Dominic Corry.

Can you help Chopperfireball flesh out this list of motorcycles smashing through windows? There must be more than eight of these!

Lyzette has been doing very important research into films about what women really like. Contributions welcome.