Couponing goes criminal in Queenpins. Inspired by a true story, Queenpins is an outrageous comedy about a bored and frustrated suburban homemaker, Connie (Kristen Bell) and her best pal JoJo (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), a vlogger with dreams, who turn a hobby into a multi-million dollar counterfeit coupon caper.
Stars Kristen Bell, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Paul Walter Hauser, Vince Vaughn and Bebe Rexha
In theaters September 10th and coming soon to Paramount+
Isnât that the chick from The Good Place?
And Veronica Mars
You both forget her best role: Anna in Frozen and itâs sequel. Yip, I am a proud father of 2 girls and married to a wife that checks every star on IMDB.
Call me strange but I will most definitely pass on watching a movie that glorifies or even makes light of fraud, theft, murder.
This looks like it is in the same ballpark as those Oceanâs x movies and others where the movie crafts an appreciation for how clever and inventive a thief is. That disgusts me.
Donât even get me started on things like Breaking Bad, Ozarks etc
Itâs called entertainment.
Not trying to stir the pot, do you also draw the line at sex, violence, nudity, drug use, language? And what sets that apart from the other categories?
OR is it because this is based on a true story and thereby real criminals gets glorified?
I ask because I have some real struggles at times at what is and what is not appropriateâŚ
My previous comment was in jest, just FYI.
Definitely, an interesting conversation to be had indeed. If you apply Shrikeâs and your comments in tow there wonât be much left for you to watch or garner entertainment from. I do get where Shrike is coming from and what he is saying, youâve just broadened that scope, I too struggle with content that is appropriate not just for myself, for my family and kids too.
I also struggle with this at times, not just for movies but with my games too. Not just if weâre actively watching/playing, youâre still oxposing anyone in the vicinity to it too.
Interesting discussion for sure. I object to a piece of entertainment that is specifically crafted (and yes, I use the word âcraftedâ purposefully here) to glorify morally objectionable and even ambiguous events or things people do.
I really find it really horrible when entertainment makes morality moot just because the methods used in the narrative are âcleverâ or âintelligentâ at best or even funny at worst.
This has nothing to do with the use of drugs, violence or sex in entertainment but everything to do with how the moral narrative is painted more favourably. It really triggers me.
I play computer games every day where my character murders thousands on a regular basis. The moral narrative here is always that it is in service of justice, protection of the weak etc.
The fact that it remains murder is another discussion entirely. Let us put that into the perspective of something like GTA and its incarnations. There, the clever, skillful methods to rob and murder people for nothing other than personal gain is âcraftedâ and glorified in the manner I explained in my previous post.
Now there is a game I will never play for that reason.
I really respect firm beliefs and the ability to uphold them! Kudos!
THE DUKE is the true story of Kempton Bunton, a 60-year old taxi driver, who stole Goyaâs portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Galleryâs history.
Stars Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead
Currently screening at Festivals only, âcoming to cinemas soonâ. (Propabably only 2022.)
Loved this conversation - really interesting take on the âconsume all the content, all the timeâ mentality.
Would love your thoughts on the trailer I just posted - The Duke. The burlb goes on a bit after the initial pitch line:
THE DUKE is the true story of Kempton Bunton, a 60-year old taxi driver, who stole Goyaâs portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Galleryâs history.
Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly - he had long campaigned for pensioners to receive free television. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge - Kempton had spun a web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage - how and why he used the Duke to achieve that is a wonderfully uplifting tale.
From sim racing to real racing.
From streamer to actor.
This man is going placesâŚ
As in Jimmy Broadbent, the YouTuber?
Seems to be.
unfortunately nope 
Exactly what I thought when I saw it XD
lol oops⌠I was browsing on my phone and didnât scroll past that post. Mybad.