The pandemic made us realise what kind of movie making really works. I think making smaller movies is true to the art rather than 4 quadrant blockbusters. The latter should be max 3 movies a year.. before(edited typo) pandemic there seemed to be 2 ever couple months! All melding together
It's because when you try to make huge movies that appeal to everyone you end up appealing to no one. Same thing has been happening to games for 14 years.
Looks like Nicholas Cage had a lot of fun. I enjoy seeing an actor who's often type cast, portray a completely different character. This reminds me of Bruce Willis as Ernest Menville, in Death Becomes Her.
I loved Renfield! I think it was much better than what Universal has been putting out in regards to CB, Violent night, and Megan! And It touches really well on real Toxic Relationships
One of the great modern cinematic restorations of a classic movie was the 1931 Dracula. Universal Pictures knocked it into outer space with their 4K release in 2021.
I saw it last night .... Its campy, bloody and never takes its self to seriously .. it was wild over the top and see it as so ... The cop was funny ... enjoy!
Well, when it comes to horror, I’d say I have a healthier relationship with them now than when I whatched it all year around, so I guess that makes me a tourist then. Each to one’s own tho.
Cage has 4 movies in post-production and one completed called The Retirement Plan. They all appear to be smaller, niche films. Even if a Disney or Paramount came along, the guy seems booked forever on these little movies. lol. 12 films in the last year and a half.
LOVED IT :D lol it is hilarious. It is action packed. The acting is fantastic from everyone. The commentary on domestic abuse is presented lightly but not made fun of. They didn't try to create their own vampire rules and they pulled from classic art and literature which is commendable. Its great haha
Grace you should always have a video collection. There have been so many movies I've wanted to find on streaming only to find they weren't streaming at the time. My frustration leads me to Amazon to purchase the disk... Building up the library now for that reason.
i was underwhelmed i thought it would be closer to what we do in the shadows opposed to action i still laughed and enjoyed it, but i am super excited for The Last Voyage of the Demeter which had a trailer premiere before the movie
Didn't think this was worth paying to see in theaters, more of a streaming movie. Definitely enjoy Aquafina. After your review, I'll def stream instead.
I’m not sure what is Universal’s goal with their monsters line up. Too me, this movie should have focused on Nicholas Cage and explored more the Bela Lugosi version that they did earlier in the movie but now he is in modern times.
Nicholas Hoult has consistently been a good talent since his debut in About a Boy movie. I hope he gets a huge role to really showcase his talent. I heard he was up for the role of The Batman and lost it to Patterson. His ship would have have definitely sailed in if he had gotten that role. He’s due. What is there to say about Nick Cage? He’s Nicholas freaking Cage!! Legend. Army of One movie brought back the eccentric, zaniness, wild Nick Cage pure vintage 👍
Grace if every horror themed movie came out around Halloween so many movies wouldn’t make any money that would be to many movies in a short period of time.
Well this is good to know ahead of time. I definitely would’ve gone expecting to see Nic Cage as Dracula and for him to be barely in it let’s me know I can wait to see it lol
"Maximize its earning potentials" - yes, *but* seems like there's no 'indicators' for triggering (stomach churning) disgust with scenes, that I'll only get to know of *if* they had been inserted in Teaser or Trailers! This is okay of course with certain viewers who are accustomed to such stomach inducing results and think it's cool!
I saw it Saturday. While I had my flaws, I did enjoy it. I thought both male leads were great, and it had one of the realest portrayals of toxic relationships I’ve seen.
Student films can often look better than low budget films because the filmmakers are doing so much unpaid work - you can’t do that on a professional shoot.
If you’re looking for people with physical media collectibles, look to the Horror community. Next to the Criterion Collection itself, Horror fans are hellbent on collecting and preserving media even if we can watch anything at anytime we still want a copy on our shelves, (because the reality is that so many films have been lost to history and are often purged from the streamers only to show up on another to be purged again and again.) LOVE Nicholas Hoult in The Menu, I love him in so many films but when I saw him in The Menu I bothered to remember his name. Nicholas Cage in Pig was so overlooked, and for me it was a film and a performance that, after having seen Mandy & Color Out Of Space just prior to Pig, really sealed Nicky Cage in my favorites list and an actor I have my eyes on. Grace always talks about “star power” and I suppose it’s still a thing if these actors alone make me want to see the film, (the writers certainly don’t get me even half as excited.)
With those smaller movies especially, what I realized is that to me they lose a bit of „Charme“ (?) bc they are shot digitally. May sound weird, but when shot on film, everything doesn’t look that shiny and perfect and sharp and glossy - and at least to me this look and feel helps those smaller movies in a way
Grace the iranian actress name pronounce it this way with breaks in the Middle. Most iranian names are like that shoh-reh aghda-shloo Also sh in the name is always prounanced like shah, Shanghai, Shamshir, chandelier and so on
I thought I wasn’t gonna agree with you about this movie but I completely do. Robert Kirkman really phoned it in. All the performances are great but the writing just isn’t quite there.
Just watched Renfield. It had its moments, but I've seen much better vampire films in the 90s. The gore was undeniable, but Nick is looking a lot like John Travolta in this film, which they already did in Face-Off. Scary.
I was really interested in seeing this until I found out Awkwafina was in it, but I've loved Shohreh Aghdashloo ever since I watched The Expanse so I still kinda want to see it for her lol
I also don't really like Awkwafina. I have nothing against her personally, I just don't think she's funny. If she wasn't in the movie I'd be more hyped about it.
if you can only watch horror films around halloween, does that also mean romance films only around valentines day? or films about mothers only around mothers day? don't watch that Peter Rabbit film, Easter has passed, you have to wait until next year ! 🙄
I was already interested in this, and I’m from around New Orleans, so hearing that it takes place and that they filmed here makes me want to see it even more.
I want and need to see Renfield! I love Nicolas and Nicholas. I have way too many VHS tapes. Streaming helps me stay clutter free but not so good for my finances.
Streaming is not good for your finances?? I don’t know about you but I used to spend a lot more on VHS’s and DVD than I do on streaming now… the more expensive streaming services cost like one DVD a month. That is really cheap…
For some reason I prefer being at home and watch spooky stuff around Halloween. Maybe it’s the same for other people so they make sure it can stream around Halloween.
So idk the actual timeliness thing of release schedules, but isn't the good release for Halloween to be a streaming release? So based on universals release strategy, maybe it'll be released on paramount plus for Halloween? Not sure how good that strategy would be, but maybe that's what they're going for
Can anyone tell me what the hell CB stands for or is? I cant find anything on it online and this is the second time ive heard it name dropped casually like I was supposed to know this movie lol.
It's not true love Grace. That's how co dependency works. Makes you think you're in love with anyone that 'notices' you because your narcissistic relationship didn't give it to you. Just saw this and liked it 👍
He's British which I feel all superman actors should be, he could do nerdy as Clarke Kent brilliantly. Not sure he quite has the charisma to the Superman side of the role though.
Universal was hoping to build a franchise called Dark Universe back in 2017 when they released "The Mummy" with Tom Cruise but "The Mummy" failed at the boxoffice and their future plans to reboot classic Universal horror characters like The Invisible Man, Dracula,The Wolfman and Frankenstein with big named stars like Johnny Depp and Russell Crowe got stalled. I think Universal revised their strategy by scaling down the budgets and scaling down big name stars as they did release "The Invisible Man" back in 2020 right at the beginning of the Pandemic and now this film "Renfield" with Nicholas Cage. Nicholas Cage is a major star but I am sure the budget on this film is nowhere what it would have been if Universal had gone ahead with its original Dark Universe plans with higher budgets and bigger stars.
If someone had told me 4 years ago that Paramount and Universal would soon be performing better than Disney and WB, I would think they were insane
The pandemic made us realise what kind of movie making really works. I think making smaller movies is true to the art rather than 4 quadrant blockbusters. The latter should be max 3 movies a year.. before(edited typo) pandemic there seemed to be 2 ever couple months! All melding together
I agree Disney and Warner Brothers Rdio a and I want to take my niece or nephew to see anything by then I'm totally against what they stand for
It's because when you try to make huge movies that appeal to everyone you end up appealing to no one. Same thing has been happening to games for 14 years.
Looks like Nicholas Cage had a lot of fun. I enjoy seeing an actor who's often type cast, portray a completely different character. This reminds me of Bruce Willis as Ernest Menville, in Death Becomes Her.
I loved Renfield! I think it was much better than what Universal has been putting out in regards to CB, Violent night, and Megan! And It touches really well on real Toxic Relationships
One of the great modern cinematic restorations of a classic movie was the 1931 Dracula. Universal Pictures knocked it into outer space with their 4K release in 2021.
Universal is doing two Dracula movies this year with Renfield & then The Last Voyage Of The Demeter!
Hyped for the demeter movie
He’s supposed to be coming back for another National Treasure but I’m not sure if that was confirmed or not
I saw it last night .... Its campy, bloody and never takes its self to seriously .. it was wild over the top and see it as so ... The cop was funny ... enjoy!
Halloween is for amateurs or tourists. Real horror fans need this kind of movie year round. Can't wait for it. Great review.
Well, when it comes to horror, I’d say I have a healthier relationship with them now than when I whatched it all year around, so I guess that makes me a tourist then. Each to one’s own tho.
✅Violent Night for Christmas
✅Renfield for Halloween
✅M3gan for Pride Month 💅
Cage has 4 movies in post-production and one completed called The Retirement Plan. They all appear to be smaller, niche films. Even if a Disney or Paramount came along, the guy seems booked forever on these little movies. lol. 12 films in the last year and a half.
Brandon Scott Jones is one of many standouts in the US version of the British series, "Ghosts".
I feel like Nicolas Cage would be great in a A24 movie
True. It'd be crazy if they had a movie with basically just him in it going absolutely insane 😂.
He's in one called Dream Scenario that's just wrapping production.
@@maul42it was good
There are so many films unavailable to stream these days that I can’t imagine not having a physical media collection.
I'm still torn. I sort of want to go see it in the movie theaters but I also sort of want to watch it for the first time around Halloween 😅
I feel that same way too! I hope they re-release it in theaters around October...
I'll be watching this...in 18 days!! Thanks for the review Grace! enjoy the rest of your day!!
LOVED IT :D lol it is hilarious. It is action packed. The acting is fantastic from everyone. The commentary on domestic abuse is presented lightly but not made fun of. They didn't try to create their own vampire rules and they pulled from classic art and literature which is commendable. Its great haha
I recommend 1988's Vampire's Kiss. Its a wild, deranged performance on Cage's part. Jennifer Beals is great in it.
Cage played one dream role of his. Hope to get Cage's Supes In The Flash.
Grace you should always have a video collection. There have been so many movies I've wanted to find on streaming only to find they weren't streaming at the time. My frustration leads me to Amazon to purchase the disk... Building up the library now for that reason.
Something to watch as I have dinner! Thanks, Grace!
i was underwhelmed i thought it would be closer to what we do in the shadows opposed to action i still laughed and enjoyed it, but i am super excited for The Last Voyage of the Demeter which had a trailer premiere before the movie
Nah I just do campy horror and Gothic suspense, no conjuring shit
Didn't think this was worth paying to see in theaters, more of a streaming movie. Definitely enjoy Aquafina. After your review, I'll def stream instead.
Grace you and your videos are the one who adds spice to my day! ❤
“Could you have a better story?…Look at the blood!” LOL Grace - so funny! 😂
Saw this film yesterday in a cinema....it was FUN! Glad I decided to go to the cinema....worth it!
Cage looks more like Lee's Dracula than Bela's.
Every day is Halloween, Grace!
Perfect for Half-way to Halloween!!!!!! 😂
I’m not sure what is Universal’s goal with their monsters line up. Too me, this movie should have focused on Nicholas Cage and explored more the Bela Lugosi version that they did earlier in the movie but now he is in modern times.
Nicholas Hoult has consistently been a good talent since his debut in About a Boy movie. I hope he gets a huge role to really showcase his talent. I heard he was up for the role of The Batman and lost it to Patterson. His ship would have have definitely sailed in if he had gotten that role. He’s due. What is there to say about Nick Cage? He’s Nicholas freaking Cage!! Legend. Army of One movie brought back the eccentric, zaniness, wild Nick Cage pure vintage 👍
Renfield was waaaay better than Megan and all those other films. I had a blast and so did my screening. This is a modern classic in the making.
Unrelated, but I really like your outfit today, Grace.
Grace if every horror themed movie came out around Halloween so many movies wouldn’t make any money that would be to many movies in a short period of time.
I have so many movies on Physical and I will never stop, 😅.
Well this is good to know ahead of time. I definitely would’ve gone expecting to see Nic Cage as Dracula and for him to be barely in it let’s me know I can wait to see it lol
i’m completely in love w benny schwah n try to see everything he does. been looking forward to this one for awhile
"Maximize its earning potentials" - yes, *but* seems like there's no 'indicators' for triggering (stomach churning) disgust with scenes, that I'll only get to know of *if* they had been inserted in Teaser or Trailers! This is okay of course with certain viewers who are accustomed to such stomach inducing results and think it's cool!
I'm a DVD fan and it just feels good to own. ❤
me too!
Same I have so many Blu rays/4ks. Still have a few DVDs though. Can't let em go😂😂
I saw it Saturday. While I had my flaws, I did enjoy it. I thought both male leads were great, and it had one of the realest portrayals of toxic relationships I’ve seen.
I'm really curious how many times you rehearsed Aghdashloo before taping because I could feel the disappointment at 7:02.
Student films can often look better than low budget films because the filmmakers are doing so much unpaid work - you can’t do that on a professional shoot.
Man, it's DOA in Australia.. it's release date in the cinemas is 25 May 23 :(
If you’re looking for people with physical media collectibles, look to the Horror community. Next to the Criterion Collection itself, Horror fans are hellbent on collecting and preserving media even if we can watch anything at anytime we still want a copy on our shelves, (because the reality is that so many films have been lost to history and are often purged from the streamers only to show up on another to be purged again and again.)
LOVE Nicholas Hoult in The Menu, I love him in so many films but when I saw him in The Menu I bothered to remember his name.
Nicholas Cage in Pig was so overlooked, and for me it was a film and a performance that, after having seen Mandy & Color Out Of Space just prior to Pig, really sealed Nicky Cage in my favorites list and an actor I have my eyes on.
Grace always talks about “star power” and I suppose it’s still a thing if these actors alone make me want to see the film, (the writers certainly don’t get me even half as excited.)
Streaming movie, for sure.
With those smaller movies especially, what I realized is that to me they lose a bit of „Charme“ (?) bc they are shot digitally. May sound weird, but when shot on film, everything doesn’t look that shiny and perfect and sharp and glossy - and at least to me this look and feel helps those smaller movies in a way
Grace the iranian actress name pronounce it this way with breaks in the Middle. Most iranian names are like that shoh-reh aghda-shloo
Also sh in the name is always prounanced like shah, Shanghai, Shamshir, chandelier and so on
I thought I wasn’t gonna agree with you about this movie but I completely do. Robert Kirkman really phoned it in. All the performances are great but the writing just isn’t quite there.
Just watched Renfield. It had its moments, but I've seen much better vampire films in the 90s. The gore was undeniable, but Nick is looking a lot like John Travolta in this film, which they already did in Face-Off. Scary.
When I least expect it Grace delivers with another wonderful video to watch. You are amazing 🤩
Over dramatic, but ok
Cmon man
The Canadians started holiday-set and themed horror films with Black Christmas in the early 1970s.
It's crazy how much Hoult looks so much like Leonardo DeCaprio (Titanic / Romeo & Juliet era) in this movie.
I’m on vacation next week. I’ll probably check it out during some downtime
what got me back on the Nick Cage train is PIG. he was good in that too
This movie reminds me of Dylan Dog back in 2011
Grace I am begging for a mando review please I need to hear you’re thoughts 😂
By midnight tonight!
@@BeyondTheTrailer I am geeking out so hard that you responded I’ve been a huge fan since I was in 6th grade I’m 19 now 😂
"Violence, blood and guts during Christmas don't really mix.." Grace, 'Die Hard'?
Ah excellent question but I don't think that's a very gory film.
I was really interested in seeing this until I found out Awkwafina was in it, but I've loved Shohreh Aghdashloo ever since I watched The Expanse so I still kinda want to see it for her lol
Why does Awkwafina turn you off?
@@Ineddiblehulk she thinks she's a lot funnier than she actually is
I also don't really like Awkwafina. I have nothing against her personally, I just don't think she's funny. If she wasn't in the movie I'd be more hyped about it.
@@Sam___M totally agree.
your videos are the highlights of my week
what a nice thing to say, that means a lot!
This seems like a less fleshed out, sorta watered down version of What We Do in the Shadows.
SO WEIRD THAT THE DIDN'T COME OUT IN OCTOBER!
Great video Grace!!! I can't connect with Nicholas Hoult performances, to me is what for others is Ryan Gosling.
if you can only watch horror films around halloween, does that also mean romance films only around valentines day? or films about mothers only around mothers day? don't watch that Peter Rabbit film, Easter has passed, you have to wait until next year ! 🙄
I’ll definitely watch on streaming - maybe $6 rental, looks fun. Still waiting on CB - that looks like the best of this collection
Universal Pictures could be THE best movie studio that delivers great movies for 2023!!!
I was already interested in this, and I’m from around New Orleans, so hearing that it takes place and that they filmed here makes me want to see it even more.
Loved Puss in Boots! Just watched it. Sooooooooo good.
I want and need to see Renfield! I love Nicolas and Nicholas.
I have way too many VHS tapes. Streaming helps me stay clutter free but not so good for my finances.
Streaming is not good for your finances?? I don’t know about you but I used to spend a lot more on VHS’s and DVD than I do on streaming now… the more expensive streaming services cost like one DVD a month. That is really cheap…
Saw it a lot of fun
Name me one movie that nic cage phoned in his performance... Go on...
My thoughts exactly. I had to pause when she said that. Can’t think of a role where he isn’t being hammy 😆
@@Yakita60 hahaha he makes choices...
As an Iranian I'm glad that Grace liked Shohre Aghdashloo !!!and Don't sweat it Grace ... Persian Names are hard to pronounce 😅
I don’t get why Halloween movies almost never come out around Halloween
For some reason I prefer being at home and watch spooky stuff around Halloween. Maybe it’s the same for other people so they make sure it can stream around Halloween.
So idk the actual timeliness thing of release schedules, but isn't the good release for Halloween to be a streaming release? So based on universals release strategy, maybe it'll be released on paramount plus for Halloween? Not sure how good that strategy would be, but maybe that's what they're going for
Where’s the Mando video
Oh sweet I'm definitely watching this
Can anyone tell me what the hell CB stands for or is? I cant find anything on it online and this is the second time ive heard it name dropped casually like I was supposed to know this movie lol.
Love Nic Cage! Always will!
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY AWKWAFINA IS IN THIS!
that shirt looks awesome on u ! love it
I bought the collector case Silent Night violent night
Nicolas Cage...Kool I'm in 🍿✌🍿
It's not true love Grace. That's how co dependency works. Makes you think you're in love with anyone that 'notices' you because your narcissistic relationship didn't give it to you. Just saw this and liked it 👍
Nicholas Hoult as James Gunn’s Superman???
Only Gunn knows who his Superman is. If we dare to speculate he’ll publicly debunk us to our embarrassment.
Great idea, actually
hmm finish what you’re cooking there
No thanks 😂
He's British which I feel all superman actors should be, he could do nerdy as Clarke Kent brilliantly. Not sure he quite has the charisma to the Superman side of the role though.
Watch the Long Kiss Goodnight. Gena Davis and Samuel L Jackson. The very best violent Christmas movie EVER.
I still have a huge movie collection and will be adding this to it soon
Watching Suzume in theaters instead this week
I’m seeing it at 5
Nicolas Cage made this movie for me, he was excellent. I enjoyed this movie and would recommend
I hope this gets re-released in theaters around Halloween.
Huh I thought the production was actually good, I loved the theming of the restaurant
no Mando breakdown? 😢
She will
Can we get a national treasure 3 🙏
Awkwafina is always a dud! 😡 Pass!
I’m gonna watch it for the sole fact that I have friends who’ve worked on this film in New Orleans, so gotta support the film fam!😊
Every grace video is such a delight
Love the style of your shirt, Grace!
I wanna watch it cause I’m a huge fan of Nicholas holt on the great one of my favourite shows 😊
Super fun movie!!!
Universal was hoping to build a franchise called Dark Universe back in 2017 when they released "The Mummy" with Tom Cruise but "The Mummy" failed at the boxoffice and their future plans to reboot classic Universal horror characters like The Invisible Man, Dracula,The Wolfman and Frankenstein with big named stars like Johnny Depp and Russell Crowe got stalled. I think Universal revised their strategy by scaling down the budgets and scaling down big name stars as they did release "The Invisible Man" back in 2020 right at the beginning of the Pandemic and now this film "Renfield" with Nicholas Cage. Nicholas Cage is a major star but I am sure the budget on this film is nowhere what it would have been if Universal had gone ahead with its original Dark Universe plans with higher budgets and bigger stars.
Thanks for the review Grace ❤
I'm super excited to see this movie 🎥🍿🤩🧛🏻