{"id":43615,"date":"2026-02-07T11:06:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T17:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/?p=43615"},"modified":"2026-02-07T11:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T17:06:59","slug":"billiams-last-four-watched-2-6-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/billiams-last-four-watched-2-6-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Billiam&#8217;s Last Four Watched: 2\/6\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I know I said I&#8217;d do this for every four movies I watched, but when your mind is busy because of a critically ill loved one, you don&#8217;t really have to focus to watch a lot of new films. But in an effort to get better at self care, I jumped back into it this week and ended up seeing some pretty good films. Here are my last four films watched.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"341\" data-attachment-id=\"43616\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/billiams-last-four-watched-2-6-26\/attachment\/1000001032\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1000001032.jpg?fit=1440%2C744&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,744\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1000001032\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1000001032.jpg?fit=300%2C155&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1000001032.jpg?fit=660%2C341&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1000001032-660x341.jpg?resize=660%2C341&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1000001032.jpg?resize=660%2C341&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1000001032.jpg?resize=300%2C155&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1000001032.jpg?resize=116%2C60&amp;ssl=1 116w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1000001032.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Iron Lung<\/em> (2026)<\/strong><br>     So this movie was written by, directed by, and starred Mark Fischbach, better known to millions of his fans as Markiplier. Now, I was never big into YouTube beyond watching trailers and the occasional funny video so I don&#8217;t have a history with any of these famous Youtubers AND I had never played the video game this was based off of so I went into this film with fresh eyes.<br>     And you know what? It was pretty damn fun. This film was made on a 3 million dollar budget and while that would be life changing money for most of the world, as far as films go, that&#8217;s not really anything. As of the second day of the films release it had already grossed 7 million and as of today 2\/6\/26, it has grossed a little over 20 million meaning it should be considered wildly successful.<br>     <em>Iron<\/em> <em>Lung <\/em>is a locked room style horror that completely takes place in this tiny submarine and the whole movie was carried on the back of Mark&#8217;s talent, which I&#8217;m happy to say he had plenty of. This movie was intense at times and it gave me the vibes of films like <em>Event Horizon<\/em>. This is a slow burn film so if you&#8217;re looking for something action packed, look elsewhere. But if you want a solid indie horror that builds up to a satisfying crescendo, then this is for you.<br><strong>8 out of 11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou <\/em>(2004)<\/strong><br>     I felt like this movie was good when taken all in but getting to the final point was a little disjointed. This wasn&#8217;t fully the whimsical romp I&#8217;m used to from Wes Anderson and it feels like the second act tried to go in a different direction. There was a stacked and talented cast as always, which is never a shock when it comes to Anderson&#8217;s films. High caliber acting is never a question in his movies. Where the movie lagged was its pacing and it&#8217;s only thanks to a solid ending that I looked upon this film favorably when it was all done.<br>     This made me laugh a couple times and even made me tear up a time or two, but this is far from my favorite Wes Anderson film, though I can see why others would have such fond memories of it. I do have to keep in mind that this was only Anderson&#8217;s fourth film so that could explain the odd nature of the second act, but if he remade this film and leaned more heavily into his more modern style, I think this sould be great. But as it stands, this film is simply good. And hey, being good isn&#8217;t bad.<br><strong>7.5 out of 11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Shelter <\/em>(2026)<\/strong><br>     Yes, my friends, we have another movie where Jason Statham plays a retired hitman or a former operative who is in hiding and he&#8217;s forced back into the life when someone up ends his peaceful existence and he is forced to remind everyone why you don&#8217;t mess with him. And you know what? I love these movies. I&#8217;ll watch them forever. If there&#8217;s some universe out there where both Statham and I are immortal and he makes these movies for the rest of time, I&#8217;ll always watch them.<br>     That being said, this was a middle-of-the-road Statham flick. It wasn&#8217;t bad at all, but I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;d ever revisit it outside of a Statham marathon or something like that. The action was good but this movie failed to make the operative sent to kill Statham feel like a real threat. We needed to see just a little bit more from him, maybe see him complete some mission first before being called to go after everyone&#8217;s favorite British bad ass. He just kind of shows up and starts attacking Mason (Statham). Also Bill Nighy&#8217;s Manafort, the other bad guy, feels like he was tacked on last minute. <br>     So the antagonists in this film could have beena  lot better, but again, this film was still a lot of fun and if you&#8217;re a fan of these kind of films, there&#8217;s no reason to skip this one.<br><strong>7 out of 11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Send Help <\/em>(2026)<\/strong><br> I&#8217;m very upset at myself for forgetting to look for Sam Raimi&#8217;s car. Logically I know that there are only a few scenes it could have been in, but that&#8217;s not good enough for me!<br> A lot of people have been calling this movie the love child between <em>Castaway <\/em>and <em>Misery <\/em>but I want to add one more film to that. Let&#8217;s add a bit of <em>She&#8217;s All That <\/em>too. Rachel McAdams&#8217;s Linda Liddle is a lot like Rachel Leigh Cook&#8217;s Laney Boggs in the sense that we have this beautiful actress playing this frumpy nerd and then what&#8217;s that? She gets a glam up and look who&#8217;s suddenly hot? Though in the latter movie it was a makeover and in this film it&#8217;s more of a love of <em>Survivor <\/em>that helped her get her grove back, though she&#8217;s no Stella.<br> This movie played out almost exactly how I assumed it would and I&#8217;m not mad at that. I knew what I was going in to watch and I got what I wanted. This movie has Sam Raimi written all over it and there are some very memorable moments and I&#8217;m glad that the trailer didn&#8217;t spoil them all. If you&#8217;re the squeamish type, maybe wait to watch this at home so you can fast forward certain parts, but for everyone else, let&#8217;s support theaters and go see this on the big screen.<br><strong>8.5 out of 11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, my Future Friends, what are your last four films watched? 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