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Road House: Directed by Doug Liman. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Conor McGregor, Billy Magnussen. Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems. The original “Road House” movie is a classic of pure machoism mixed in with small town corruption and this reimagining holds true to the basic premise, doing it justice in a modern setting. I found it entertaining and would suggest that it’s a great movie, except there was a creative decision to use some funny looking “impact” camera work during...
Ghostbusters: Afterlife: Directed by Jason Reitman. With Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace. When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind. Watched again while doing some data entry in anticipation of seeing the latest and greatest addition to the franchise this weekend. Guess this is how respectful sequels with a soft reboot element are done. Buy On Amazon!
Damsel: Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. With Millie Bobby Brown, Ray Winstone, Angela Bassett, Brooke Carter. A dutiful damsel agrees to marry a handsome prince, only to find the royal family has recruited her as a sacrifice to repay an ancient debt. A great example of a “girls get it done” style of movie that’s not telling you about how great women are, but instead shows you how great they can be, all without being performative or reducing the concept to a trope that’s so over repeated that it’s more of a meme than a useful story element in modern...
From the Gamma Quadrant they came, hordes of merciless Jem’Hadar soldiers commanded by the shape-changing Founders, who seek to conquer both the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire. Now that the Dominion has joined forces with the Cardassians, and claimed Deep Space Nine as their pri Book 3 of 4, which is actually book 2 in a story of how a couple members of the TNG crew saved the alpha quadrant from an artificial worm hole from being opened up by the Dominion, a story concept that didn’t actually work for me too well, it just opens up...
Ghostbusters: Directed by Paul Feig. With Zach Woods, Kristen Wiig, Ed Begley Jr., Charles Dance. Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat. Watched again while doing some data entry in anticipation of seeing the latest and greatest addition to the franchise this weekend. …this was the extended version of the film and it’s a much better version, but still doesn’t do justice to the franchise. I think the ladies never got a fair chance at doing their thing...
Shadow and Bone: Created by Eric Heisserer. With Jessie Mei Li, Archie Renaux, Freddy Carter, Amita Suman. Dark forces conspire against orphan mapmaker Alina Starkov when she unleashes an extraordinary power that could change the fate of her war-torn world. As with the first season, this series works best when it’s not worried about the B-story and whatever shenanigans they’re up to in a completely different part of the world from the A-story, usually with less interesting characters and much less interesting story elements. Everyone is very pretty with amazing costumes and utterly fantastic special effects that made me drop...
The Matrix: Directed by Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski. With Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving. When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth–the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence. AMC had it back in theaters for it’s 25th anniversary and I was completely stoked to finally get to see it in theaters, I was a poor college freshman when it came out the first time, and at the time it wasn’t exactly easy to see movie trailers without going to the movies or watching...
Ghostbusters II: Directed by Ivan Reitman. With Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis. The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business. Watched again while doing some data entry in anticipation of seeing the latest and greatest addition to the franchise this weekend. Buy On Amazon!
Ghostbusters: Directed by Ivan Reitman. With Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis. Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers. Watched again while doing some data entry in anticipation of seeing the latest and greatest addition to the franchise this weekend. Buy On Amazon!
In which I still need to fill that aquarium with water
