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Three original movies are being released in theaters today

Death of a Unicorn, a horror-comedy from A24
The Woman in the Yard, a psychological horror from Blumhouse
A Working Man, an action-thriller from MGM

I'm making this post to bring attention to original movies being released that people here might not have heard about. If it's recieved well, perhaps I'll make this a weekly series of posts about originals being released.

Okay, technically, A Working Man is based on a book, but for all intents and purposes, it's original.

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Working Man is technically original but its also Jason Statham shooting a million dudes while acting like Billy Badass so its kinda just derivative of all his other movies.
- You see Statham on the poster, you know exactly what you are getting.
  
  Oi, I'm from fackin landan you, cant. jump kick to the head
  
  I was surprised by just how far they pushed the ending of The Meg 2. That might be only a film I like though!
  
  Ferocious bald man
- Jason Statham is like his own IP now, similar to superhero or star wars movies. Should we call it the "Jason Statham universe"?
  
  You mean the Stathamverse?
- It looks so generic 😑
- He had all kinds of jobs. First a transporter, a mechanic and then a bee keeper.
  
  Sounds like... a working man 😂
  
  And an extensive military career as a highly trained operative in every private and government special program.
  
  He is the Johnny sins of the acting world, obviously not as accomplished still.
  
  Plus a diver and a dancer in music videos. But these two in real life.
- "From the director of The Beekeeper" is enough to make me uninterested in this.
  That movie sucked, even for a "Jason Statham kills people for 90 minutes" movie.
  
  Hmmm, sounds like something I'll like.
- He's like the AC/DC of acting: you know exactly what you're getting each time.
- Sounds VERY original.
- And we love to see it!
- *except Spy
  
  I once jumped a car onto a moving train while on fire
  
  And Snatch
- It looks like a carbon copy of Bee Keeper
  
  "I just want to do my job" -Jason Statham in Transporter/Beekeeper/Working Man

If you told me that these posters were parody artwork I would belive you.
- The text is too clear to be AI; must be real!
  ...this timeline sucks.
- I'm not convinced they aren't
  
  Theres multiple theatrical trailers for the woman in the yard.
- The first one looks like a porn parody and I dont know why.
  
  "Death of the Unicorn - One mens struggle with erectal disfunction"
  
  That very much sounds like a moment for self-reflection.

It's a pity Statham has been typecast and can't seem to escape it or doesn't care to.
- It's what I like about him, you know exactly what you're getting with a statham movie.
  
  you know exactly what you're getting
  That's my problem. Knowing is not fun. Being surprised is the fun part.
  
  Unless that movie is Snatch.
- A pity? The guy is a modern day Jackie Chan making an absolute killing doing exactly the types of movies he loves to make. His production company is called Punch Palace Productions... pitying him feels like pitying a world class Sushi chef that doesn't also make Chicken Tikka Masala.
  
  I do wish he'd be in more comedies, though. He was fantastic in Spy with Melissa McCarthy.
  
  I mean, I just can’t imagine the type of people than enjoy this kind of slop
  Brain devoured by adoration of the actor I guess. Extremely gay movies. There’s no gayer stuff than Jason statham with a big gun and two magazines
- I don't really hate Jason playing only one kind of role, if the universe around him is interesting.
  
  if the universe around him is interesting
  💀 Is it ever
- Perhaps it is an easy role for him and it makes a lot of money?
- What about Snatch? I liked that he played a loser who was always just one step away of getting murdered.
  
  I'll have to watch it again to see. I think it's from before he was typecast though, or before he decided to lean in to the typecast. Lucky for me it's raining and doesn't look like it's going to stop any time soon so there's no time like the present.
  I think the last good thing I saw him in was The Bank Job and that was ages ago. I wouldn't mind the typecasting if the films were that interesting and entertaining.

Original movies come out all the time. Any given week, if you look up what's currently playing, there are some original movies. I'm so sick of people constantly complaining there's nothing original because they'd know about all the original movies coming out if they actually cared. It's like hearing someone complain there's nowhere to buy groceries while on a street with three grocery stores.
- nobody advertising originals means nobody will see them since they might sa well not exist. Not everyones browser home page is the imdb released today list. Basically nobodies is. Most people are casual viewers. I'd say its very good casual viewer is getting exhausted of capeshit or sequels and wants something new. Unless you want only films people see to be disney cashgrabs or marvel copy pastes, I don't see why you complain people bringing attention to different films, especially ones not from hollywood.
  
  I'm not complaining about bringing attention to original films. I'm just saying if all the people whining "there's nothing original" actually wanted original, they'd bother to look up what's playing
  
  Yeah but I think it's childish to complain about movies "might as well not existing" if you haven't even looked for them.

Went to see Unicorn just as it came out - purely by chance, I was in town and needed to kill a couple of hours.
You'll find this out if you look at most reviews, but it's a solid 6/10 movie. It's competent and has an interesting premise, but it doesn't do anything terribly original with it. The "scare" moments were predictable to even a passive fan of horror, though not unearned.
What brings it out of mediocrity are the performances; the whole cast is bringing their A game. Even if the characters never really surprise you, they're still somehow believable and it's easy to root for (or against) them.

Tomorrow I'm seeing The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie before it leaves theaters. I like to support 2D animation on the big screen, and I'm not really into horror movies or Statham action movies.
For those who might be interested, Paul Rudd stars in Death of a Unicorn, and David Harbour and Michael Peña are in A Working Man.
- Eh, I prefer to support 1D animations.
  
  A enjoyer of the finer tastes of animations.

A24 and Blumhouse will always get the benefit of the doubt from me, at least for me checking them out. Paying for a theater experience has to be for a movie I'm super hyped for, however.

A Working Man has Jason Statham. Is it original if he’s just the same character in every movie?
- Do you like Jason Statham?
  Do you like seeing people being beaten up for 90 minutes?
  Then you'll love Jason Statham in Jason Statham Beats People Up For 90 Minutes starring Jason Statham.

Planning on seeing A Working Man and Death of a Unicorn this weekend.

A fresh horror movie to watch that I have never heard of before?
Yes please!
- Two, if one counts Death of a Unicorn as well, in spite of its comedic elements.
  
  If it’s horror comedy like The Menu I’d probably like it. Tough category to pull off though

All three of these look pretty interesting.

I go out of my way to watch as many original movies at the theater as i can so they make and release more. This is a great post to keep tabs on new ones to see. Thanks

These are the types of movies I want to watch. Consider this post received well (by me).

I have heard about one and a half of these.
There are no longer gatekeepers, which means there are no longer promoters outside of narrowly defined online niches associated to specific brands or viral hits.
It... kinda sucks. I miss when we all heard about the same things. There were pros and cons to all the centralied control of dicourse, but man, do the pros sound increasingly better than the cons this century.
- Yeah I have to check the Alamo app once a week to keep up what drives me nutts is they release all the originals in the same week to avoid the slop franchise movies. So it makes hard to see them in theater. Since the window for them being there is so short.

At least "a working man" will be something i can just turn on and turn my brain off to. Sometimes you need that.

If A Working Man is based on a book, you can't really call it original. It's also another Statham action movie, which also can't really be called original.
I am excited to see Death of a Unicorn.

I was not overly excited by the trailer for "... Unicorn" but will watch it to give it a chance. The Monkey was borderline too silly for me but I did enjoy that one.

Statham... 🫥
The other two seem very interesting though!

I guess this is why sequels and reboots are so popular.

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