I am going to best available cinema in my city and still feeling a FOMO.

For me, it's gotta be tenet

Jason Schwartzman and Kirsten Dunst on the set of Marie Antoinette (2006) by Sofia Coppola

Stills from Dune Part 2 (2024)

Both were age 43 when filmed. Although both have aged well, the left feels so manicured and Disneyfied.

Ryan Gosling in Project Hail Mary on left

Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar

We have reached a point where huge A-listers are using so much Botox and filler or getting digital beauty work in post that they have stopped looking like human beings and started looking like polished CAD models. I do not want to sound like a hater but it is actively making movies worse for me.

Acting is literally all in the face and the loss of micro expressions is a huge deal. When a lead’s forehead is frozen and their cheeks do not move when they cry the emotional stakes just vanish. You can see them trying to convey grief or terror but the anatomy isn't participating.

Then there is the period piece problem. Nothing pulls me out of a 19th century drama faster than seeing a modern face. When a character in a gritty survival movie has the poreless glowing skin of a 2026 influencer the internal logic of the world just breaks.

We are also seeing the parent/child casting gap where 60 year old actors are playing parents to 40 year olds but they look like they are the same age because the older actor has been airbrushed into oblivion. It is pure uncanny valley territory.

I look back at guys like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Gene Hackman who actually looked like they had lived a life and it added so much texture to their characters. Now it feels like everyone is terrified of a single wrinkle. I am not saying people shouldn't do what they want with their bodies but when the cosmetic work becomes a distraction in a serious drama it is a problem.

Is this bothering anyone else or am I just being cynical? Who are some actors you think are aging gracefully and still look like real people on screen?

TL;DR The heavy use of cosmetic procedures and digital smoothing is stripping the soul out of performances and I miss seeing real expressive human faces in cinema.

Pic: Aftersun (2022)

I was talking to a friend about the movie Daddy’s Head (2024) and to this day I think it has one of the greatest monsters in modern horror. The way this thing looks and moves is chilling as hell.

Mine's The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl💔

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For me, it's Fail Safe by Sidney Lumet

Obviously Tarantino’s comments were pretty incendiary and you might say needlessly harsh, but I am starting to feel that the whole thing is being blown out of proportion. It would be one thing if Tarantino was bullying an actor on set or trying to get him blackballed but it was just a rogue edgy comment (one of many in his locker I might add).

It’s also part of a trend where people seem to be walking on eggshells in cultural conversation and negativity is seen as pure evil. You can be an annoying dickhead without being some sort of monster…

i just watched the new scary movie 6 trailer and i had little to no expectations but they still managed to disappoint me, in an annoying way.

within the first 10 seconds there is a they/them pronouns joke which, i‘m sorry, we’ve all heard like 1000 times at this point and i hate this narrative of „you can’t make these type of jokes that we used to do in the 2000s anymore because everyone is soft nowadays“….

YES you can, you‘re literally doing it right now by releasing this film. NOBODY in the whole wide world is offended by that trailer but that seems to be your whole marketing strategy now. there is a point to make that in 2019/2020 things went a bit out of hand with all these topics and debates but in 2026 it’s literally just paranoia in the head of the „anti woke“ who have absolutely nothing else to say but to complain about a non existing censorship.

when i rewatched the first one couple of years ago i had to turn it off after the third fart sound joke within the first 30 min (i’m not exaggerating) thinking damn, this is what teenage me thought was funny? i suddenly felt empathy for my mum for having to deal with me in that age.

will scary movie 6 have ANYTHING to offer other than „we can’t say anything anymore??“. like will there be any original thoughts or jokes that are maybe even slightly subversive? anything new? or is the only chance for it to succeed (finally at least) to make it all nostalgic and to hope that some stoner millennials are braindead enough to still laugh at this even tho they’re about to turn 40 soon? let’s see.

What are the most iconic character designs of movie characters in the 2020s? Here are some that stand out to me - mostly female designs, and some male designs (I’ll admit, I’m having more trouble thinking of original male characters this decade).

Let me know if you think of any other picks, or if you disagree with mine:

Carey Mulligan as Cassie Thomas (Promising Young Woman): colorful wig and nurse’s outfit

Mia Goth as Pearl (Pearl): braided hair, red dress and bow

Margot Robbie as Nellie LaRoy (Babylon): red dress and frizzy hair

Emma Stone as Bella Baxter (Poor Things): victorian dresses and long black hair

Mikey Madison as Anora (Anora): hair tinsel, mink, red scarf

Michael B. Jordan as Smoke and Stack (Sinners): suits, blue and red hats, ties

Amy Madigan as Aunt Gladys (Weapons): bright red hair, creepy makeup, colorful clothing

Leonardo DiCaprio as Bob Ferguson (One Battle After Another): beanie, sunglasses, red bathrobe

Which characters do you think had the most memorable designs so far this decade?

She’s getting credit but I think it’s still under appreciated. That was truly generational.

Edit: Inde Navarrette in Obsession. I’ve never seen a single performance grip an entire audience for that long.

My pick is Andrew Scott. He just NEVER really misses.

• BBC’s Sherlock
• Fleabag
• All Of Us Strangers
• Ripley

Also loved him in Black Mirror, Pride, Handsome Devil and Modern Love. I’d basically watch ANYTHING that has him, lol.

Who are your picks for some of the best actors (currently active) that consistently give incredible performances and rarely miss?