Movies you saw in July 2016
Thelma & Louise (1991) this Ridley Scott directed two girls on the road "chick buddy fick" is a classic. is a "tour de force" for BOTH Geena Davis as Thelma and Susan Sarandon as Louise. was also the movie that launched Brad Pitt's career as the petty criminal J.D. supporting rolls for Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen and Christopher McDonald as Thelma's husband Darryl who is a real PR!CK. GREAT scenes like the girls blowing up the rude truckers tanker and of course the "screw you" ending to the film. one of the true "stars" of the film is the classic 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible. plays on Encore-Classic again Tuesday July 5th @ 10:05am & 5:40pm pacific time. also on Encore HD Friday July 8th @ 8:45am. I rate it
Thelma & Louise (1991) this Ridley Scott directed two girls on the road "chick buddy fick" is a classic. is a "tour de force" for BOTH Geena Davis as Thelma and Susan Sarandon as Louise. was also the movie that launched Brad Pitt's career as the petty criminal J.D. supporting rolls for Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen and Christopher McDonald as Thelma's husband Darryl who is a real PR!CK. GREAT scenes like the girls blowing up the rude truckers tanker and of course the "screw you" ending to the film. one of the true "stars" of the film is the classic 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible. plays on Encore-Classic again Tuesday July 5th @ 10:05am & 5:40pm pacific time. also on Encore HD Friday July 8th @ 8:45am. I rate it
"chick buddy fllck" was probably a bad choice of words for the description. it is NO where near a "chick flick" and more a "buddy adventure" that just happens to be two young women. I think it is definitely worth viewing at least once
Infamous (2006) have reviewed this story of Truman Capote researching and writing his bestseller In Cold Blood before. in my opinion (and that of New York Observer critic Rex Reed) ""They gave the Oscar to the wrong Truman Capote" when the late Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor for his portrayal of Capote in the movie of the same name in 2005. I just think Toby Jones just caught Truman Capote's mannerisms and speech better than Hoffman. also Sandra Bullock MUCH better as writer Nell Harper Lee, who worked on the book with Capote, as were Daniel Craig and Lee Pace as the murderers Perry Smith and Richard Hickock along with Jeff Daniels as Kansas State detective Alvin Dewey.
the movie also goes into greater depth about Capote's "circle of friends" in New York with Sigourney Weaver as Babe Paley (wife of CBS Chairman Bill Paley), Peter Bogdanovich as Bennett Cerf, Michael Panes as Gore Vidal, Isabella Rossellini as Marella Agnelli and Gwyneth Paltrow as Kitty Dean. overall I believe is is just a better and more complete "telling of the tale" than the Hoffman movie BUT it IS worth viewing BOTH to compare. plays again on Starz-Edge Thursday July 7th @ 12:00am I rate it
Delta Farce (2007) VERY "stupid funny" comedy staring Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and DJ Qualls as three Army Reserve privates who along with their Master Sergeant played by Keith David are on a C-130 flight to Iraq BUT get dropped by mistake in Mexico where they end up taking on a local gang leader, played by Danny Trejo, who has been terrorizing a local village. as you would expect from Larry the Cable Guy, it IS pretty dumb BUT also VERY funny in spots. runs a short 90 minutes and I laughed most of the way thru it. plays again on Showtime 2 Monday July 4th @ 2:00am, Thursday the 7th on Showtime-Showcase @ 12:00am and Showtime 2 @ 3:45pm. I rate it
"chick buddy fllck" was probably a bad choice of words for the description. it is NO where near a "chick flick" and more a "buddy adventure" that just happens to be two young women. I think it is definitely worth viewing at least once
Infamous (2006) have reviewed this story of Truman Capote researching and writing his bestseller In Cold Blood before. in my opinion (and that of New York Observer critic Rex Reed) ""They gave the Oscar to the wrong Truman Capote" when the late Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor for his portrayal of Capote in the movie of the same name in 2005. I just think Toby Jones just caught Truman Capote's mannerisms and speech better than Hoffman. also Sandra Bullock MUCH better as writer Nell Harper Lee, who worked on the book with Capote, as were Daniel Craig and Lee Pace as the murderers Perry Smith and Richard Hickock along with Jeff Daniels as Kansas State detective Alvin Dewey.
the movie also goes into greater depth about Capote's "circle of friends" in New York with Sigourney Weaver as Babe Paley (wife of CBS Chairman Bill Paley), Peter Bogdanovich as Bennett Cerf, Michael Panes as Gore Vidal, Isabella Rossellini as Marella Agnelli and Gwyneth Paltrow as Kitty Dean. overall I believe is is just a better and more complete "telling of the tale" than the Hoffman movie BUT it IS worth viewing BOTH to compare. plays again on Starz-Edge Thursday July 7th @ 12:00am I rate it
Delta Farce (2007) VERY "stupid funny" comedy staring Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and DJ Qualls as three Army Reserve privates who along with their Master Sergeant played by Keith David are on a C-130 flight to Iraq BUT get dropped by mistake in Mexico where they end up taking on a local gang leader, played by Danny Trejo, who has been terrorizing a local village. as you would expect from Larry the Cable Guy, it IS pretty dumb BUT also VERY funny in spots. runs a short 90 minutes and I laughed most of the way thru it. plays again on Showtime 2 Monday July 4th @ 2:00am, Thursday the 7th on Showtime-Showcase @ 12:00am and Showtime 2 @ 3:45pm. I rate it
Trouble with the Curve (2012) baseball themed "buddy movie" about an old major league scout who's grown daughter, who is now a lawyer, joining and working him on his summer scouting trip. stars Clint Eastwood as the crotchety old scout, Amy Adams as his daughter and Justin Timberlake as a young scout for another team just learning the trade. features John Goodman as the head of scouting who Eastwood works for. I found it a kind of slow BUT entertaining movie I think most people who like baseball would enjoy. it has a 50% "fresh" from Rotten Tomatoes. plays on HBO channels Tuesday July 5th, Saturday the 9th and again Monday the 11th. I rate it
Trouble with the Curve (2012) baseball themed "buddy movie" about an old major league scout who's grown daughter, who is now a lawyer, joining and working him on his summer scouting trip. stars Clint Eastwood as the crotchety old scout, Amy Adams as his daughter and Justin Timberlake as a young scout for another team just learning the trade. features John Goodman as the head of scouting who Eastwood works for. I found it a kind of slow BUT entertaining movie I think most people who like baseball would enjoy. it has a 50% "fresh" from Rotten Tomatoes. plays on HBO channels Tuesday July 5th, Saturday the 9th and again Monday the 11th. I rate it
stars Jack Lemmon as Shelley "The Machine" Levene in one of his last non-comedy rolls, Al Pacino, who got Best Supporting Actor Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, as Ricky Roma, Alan Arkin as George Aaronow, Ed Harris as Dave Moss and Kevin Spacey as their weasel of an office manager, John Williamson. smaller but important rolls for Alec Baldwin as the real pr!ck of a motivator Blake (must have been "type casting") and Jonathan Pryce as a customer trying to "bust a deal" he signed with Ricky Roma.
IF you enjoy good acting this movie is worth a look. Lemmon's depiction of the desperate Levene is a "tour de force" that should have garnered an Oscar or Golden Globe nomination. he did get numerous lesser best actor awards. plays again on The Movie Channel Friday July 8th @ 12:05pm & 3:05pm and Monday the 11th @ 10:10am & 1:10pm pacific time. I rate it
stars Jack Lemmon as Shelley "The Machine" Levene in one of his last non-comedy rolls, Al Pacino, who got Best Supporting Actor Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, as Ricky Roma, Alan Arkin as George Aaronow, Ed Harris as Dave Moss and Kevin Spacey as their weasel of an office manager, John Williamson. smaller but important rolls for Alec Baldwin as the real pr!ck of a motivator Blake (must have been "type casting") and Jonathan Pryce as a customer trying to "bust a deal" he signed with Ricky Roma.
IF you enjoy good acting this movie is worth a look. Lemmon's depiction of the desperate Levene is a "tour de force" that should have garnered an Oscar or Golden Globe nomination. he did get numerous lesser best actor awards. plays again on The Movie Channel Friday July 8th @ 12:05pm & 3:05pm and Monday the 11th @ 10:10am & 1:10pm pacific time. I rate it
stars Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager with Levon Helm, who also narrates the movie, as Yeager's "brain" Jack Ridley and Scott Wilson as Scott Crossfield. the Mercury astronauts are (in the order they flew) Scott Glenn as Alan Shepard, Fred Ward as "Gus" Grissom, Ed Harris as John Glenn, Charles Frank as Scott Carpenter, Lance Henriksen as "Wally" Schirra, Dennis Quaid as "Gordo" Cooper and Scott Paulin as "Deke" Slayton (who actually never flew in Mercury but became long time Chief Astronaut at NASA)
excellent supporting rolls by Barbara Hershey as Glennis Yeager, Pamela Reed as Trudy Cooper and Veronica Cartwright as Betty Grissom. Kim Stanley play woman aviator and bar owner Pancho Barnes with the real Brigadier General Chuck Yeager, USAF (retired) as Fred, Pancho's handyman and bartender. Harry Shearer and Jeff Goldblum are the "comedy relief" in the movie as the two "root weevil" NASA recruiters sent to find astronaut candidates
there IS a certain amount of "dramatic license" bullsh!t in the movie though like NASA going after "Gus" Grissom after his Mercury capsule sank. the movie depicts Gus as a complete fukk up which was baloney. that never happened and Gus went on to fly in Gemini and was scheduled as the first command pilot on Apollo when he, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were killed in the capsule fire. his widow Betty sued the movies producers over the slander of Gus's name and then showing her as a real b!tch, which she was NOT in real life, and received a substantial settlement. plays on Encore Saturday July 9th @ 3:55am & 6:55am Monday the 11th @ 7:10pm & 10:10pm and Tuesday the 12th @ @ 4:55am & 7:55am pacific time. obviously I rate it
my favorite scene from the movie >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj06C0GzgHs
stars Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager with Levon Helm, who also narrates the movie, as Yeager's "brain" Jack Ridley and Scott Wilson as Scott Crossfield. the Mercury astronauts are (in the order they flew) Scott Glenn as Alan Shepard, Fred Ward as "Gus" Grissom, Ed Harris as John Glenn, Charles Frank as Scott Carpenter, Lance Henriksen as "Wally" Schirra, Dennis Quaid as "Gordo" Cooper and Scott Paulin as "Deke" Slayton (who actually never flew in Mercury but became long time Chief Astronaut at NASA)
excellent supporting rolls by Barbara Hershey as Glennis Yeager, Pamela Reed as Trudy Cooper and Veronica Cartwright as Betty Grissom. Kim Stanley play woman aviator and bar owner Pancho Barnes with the real Brigadier General Chuck Yeager, USAF (retired) as Fred, Pancho's handyman and bartender. Harry Shearer and Jeff Goldblum are the "comedy relief" in the movie as the two "root weevil" NASA recruiters sent to find astronaut candidates
there IS a certain amount of "dramatic license" bullsh!t in the movie though like NASA going after "Gus" Grissom after his Mercury capsule sank. the movie depicts Gus as a complete fukk up which was baloney. that never happened and Gus went on to fly in Gemini and was scheduled as the first command pilot on Apollo when he, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were killed in the capsule fire. his widow Betty sued the movies producers over the slander of Gus's name and then showing her as a real b!tch, which she was NOT in real life, and received a substantial settlement. plays on Encore Saturday July 9th @ 3:55am & 6:55am Monday the 11th @ 7:10pm & 10:10pm and Tuesday the 12th @ @ 4:55am & 7:55am pacific time. obviously I rate it
my favorite scene from the movie >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj06C0GzgHs
13 Hours (2016) John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber
I reviewed last month. EXCELLENT pretty much non-stop action movie based of the attack on the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi. was well worth the PPV and I rate it
13 Hours (2016) John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber
I reviewed last month. EXCELLENT pretty much non-stop action movie based of the attack on the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi. was well worth the PPV and I rate it
REALLY looking forward to viewing Black Mass (2015) this weekend on HBO. plays Saturday and Sunday all day
REALLY looking forward to viewing Black Mass (2015) this weekend on HBO. plays Saturday and Sunday all day
oh and horse race betting "screwball" comedy Let It Ride plays once again Wednesday July 13th @ 9:30pm pacific time for those that want to view or record
oh and horse race betting "screwball" comedy Let It Ride plays once again Wednesday July 13th @ 9:30pm pacific time for those that want to view or record
VERY well acted movie staring Will Smith as Dr Omalu, Alec Baldwin as Dr Bailes and Albert Brooks as Dr Wecht with David Morse as Mike Webster. the Mrs commented that maybe Smith's wife Jada Koren Pinkett was right to "get in the Academy's face" for NOT nominating her husband AND the film for an Oscar. I could also see a Supporting Actor nomination for Morse as Webster. the movie is definitely a "tour de force" for Smith and even better than his roles in Ali (2001) and The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) for which he received Best Actor Oscar nominations. plays again on Starz channels Friday July 22nd, Saturday the 23rd, Monday the 25th and Tuesday the 26th. I rate it
VERY well acted movie staring Will Smith as Dr Omalu, Alec Baldwin as Dr Bailes and Albert Brooks as Dr Wecht with David Morse as Mike Webster. the Mrs commented that maybe Smith's wife Jada Koren Pinkett was right to "get in the Academy's face" for NOT nominating her husband AND the film for an Oscar. I could also see a Supporting Actor nomination for Morse as Webster. the movie is definitely a "tour de force" for Smith and even better than his roles in Ali (2001) and The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) for which he received Best Actor Oscar nominations. plays again on Starz channels Friday July 22nd, Saturday the 23rd, Monday the 25th and Tuesday the 26th. I rate it
The Raven (2012) pretty good murder mystery-thriller about a serial killer patterning his crimes on the stories of Edgar Allan Poe. stars John Cusack as Poe, Luke Evans as a police detective, the lovely Alice Eve as Poe's love interest and Brendan Gleeson as Poe's publisher and father of Eve's character. rather slow in spots but still an interesting mystery with some good "plot twists". runs 110 minutes and probably would have been better 15 to 20 minutes shorter as it has some "filler". plays again on Starz-Edge channel Tuesday July 26th @ 8:15pm pacific time. I rate it
Dying of the Light (2012) relatively short 90 minute spy-revenge thriller staring Nicolas Cage as a dying CIA officer looking for "payback" on the terrorist who tortured him 20 years earlier that the Agency thought they had killed but Cage's character finds is still alive. it is the kind of film that gives Cage a "bad rap" as it has a pretty thin plot and little actual action. the 9% "fresh" from Rotten Tomatoes is completely deserved. plays again on EPIX-Hits channel Wednesday July 20th @ 3:20pm pacific time if you want to fool with it. for me it was strictly
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) I know I keep going on about this Martin Scorsese directed, relatively unknown movie BUT for me it is "Mean Streets" only with paramedics instead of hoodlums. the plot is a burned out "para" trying to get thru his day in New York City which sounds boring BUT is actually pretty fast paced and VERY funny in spots. also has a pretty cool 1960's music sound track. stars Nicolas Cage as the burned out para with John Goodman, Ving Rhames and Tom Sizemore as his fellow para co-workers. Patricia Arquette plays the Cage characters love interest with Marc Anthony as the crazy kid Noel. has a 71% "fresh" from Rotten Tomatoes BUT was a "box office bomb" that lost money probably because Paramount Pictures didn't really promote it. plays again on Cinemax channels Tursday July 21st and Monday July 25th, like I said, I think it is a well acted "unknown gem" from Scorsese and definitely worth a look IF you liked his NYC films like "Mean Streets" and I rate it
The Raven (2012) pretty good murder mystery-thriller about a serial killer patterning his crimes on the stories of Edgar Allan Poe. stars John Cusack as Poe, Luke Evans as a police detective, the lovely Alice Eve as Poe's love interest and Brendan Gleeson as Poe's publisher and father of Eve's character. rather slow in spots but still an interesting mystery with some good "plot twists". runs 110 minutes and probably would have been better 15 to 20 minutes shorter as it has some "filler". plays again on Starz-Edge channel Tuesday July 26th @ 8:15pm pacific time. I rate it
Dying of the Light (2012) relatively short 90 minute spy-revenge thriller staring Nicolas Cage as a dying CIA officer looking for "payback" on the terrorist who tortured him 20 years earlier that the Agency thought they had killed but Cage's character finds is still alive. it is the kind of film that gives Cage a "bad rap" as it has a pretty thin plot and little actual action. the 9% "fresh" from Rotten Tomatoes is completely deserved. plays again on EPIX-Hits channel Wednesday July 20th @ 3:20pm pacific time if you want to fool with it. for me it was strictly
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) I know I keep going on about this Martin Scorsese directed, relatively unknown movie BUT for me it is "Mean Streets" only with paramedics instead of hoodlums. the plot is a burned out "para" trying to get thru his day in New York City which sounds boring BUT is actually pretty fast paced and VERY funny in spots. also has a pretty cool 1960's music sound track. stars Nicolas Cage as the burned out para with John Goodman, Ving Rhames and Tom Sizemore as his fellow para co-workers. Patricia Arquette plays the Cage characters love interest with Marc Anthony as the crazy kid Noel. has a 71% "fresh" from Rotten Tomatoes BUT was a "box office bomb" that lost money probably because Paramount Pictures didn't really promote it. plays again on Cinemax channels Tursday July 21st and Monday July 25th, like I said, I think it is a well acted "unknown gem" from Scorsese and definitely worth a look IF you liked his NYC films like "Mean Streets" and I rate it
Ice Age - Collision Course (July 2016) While trying to bury his acorn, Scrat accidentally activates an abandoned alien ship that takes him into deep space, where he unwittingly sends several asteroids en route to a collision with Earth.
Meanwhile, Manny is worried about the upcoming marriage between Peaches and her fiancé, Julian, while Sid is dumped by his girlfriend, Francine, just as he is about to propose to her. During Manny and Ellie's wedding anniversary party, some of the asteroids strike the place and the herd barely escape with their lives. Meanwhile at the underground cavern, after stealing a dinosaur egg from a trio of Dromaeosaurs back to its rightful owner, Buck discovers an ancient stone pillar, which he takes to the surface, where he meets Manny and the others.
Buck explains to the herd that according to the pillar, the asteroids had caused several extinctions in the past and with a massive one still incoming, he claims that the only place they could find a clue to stop it is on the site of the impact of the previous ones, as according to its engravings, they always fall at the same place. However, the three Dromaeosaurs, having listened their conversation, decide to stop them, believing that they could be safe from the impact, as they can fly, thus not only getting their revenge on Buck, but also killing all mammals and securing domination over Earth for their species.
As the herd travels to the crash site, they discover that the asteroids have electro-magnetic properties, thus if a huge quantity of smaller asteroids should be gathered and launched into orbit, they could attract the main asteroid as well and prevent it from falling on Earth. After facing several obstacles and the interference of the Dromaeosaurs, the herd arrives at "Geotopia", a community of animals formed inside one of the asteroids that have fallen long ago, where Sid meets Brooke, a female ground sloth who falls in love with him. However, Shangri Llama, the leader of Geotopia, refuses to cooperate with Buck's plan to send the city's crystals into space in order to prevent the imminent impact, as they are the key to the residents' longevity, until Sid unwillingly destroys the entire city when he attempts to remove one of the stones to present Brooke with, making all the Geotopians grow old up to their real ages, including Brooke herself.
Once Brooke convinces the Geotopians that preventing the asteroid's fall is more important than their lost youth, they and the herd help with Buck's plan, which is to fill up a geyser with the crystals so that the pressure launches them into space to draw the asteroid away, but the Dromaeosaurs attempt to intervene, until one of them, realizing that they will not survive as well if the asteroid falls, convinces the others to also help. The plan works, and the asteroid is pulled back into space. The herd then departs back home, including Sid, who parts ways from Brooke, but just after they leave, an asteroid piece falls inside a hot spring, giving it rejuvenating properties and making the Geotopians and Sid's granny, who stayed behind with them regain their youth. After the herd returns, Peaches and Julian celebrate their wedding, and a rejuvenated Brooke appears during the ceremony to reunite with Sid.
In the film's epilogue, Scrat keeps struggling to control the alien ship until it crashes on Mars, destroying all life on the planet.
Ice Age - Collision Course (July 2016) While trying to bury his acorn, Scrat accidentally activates an abandoned alien ship that takes him into deep space, where he unwittingly sends several asteroids en route to a collision with Earth.
Meanwhile, Manny is worried about the upcoming marriage between Peaches and her fiancé, Julian, while Sid is dumped by his girlfriend, Francine, just as he is about to propose to her. During Manny and Ellie's wedding anniversary party, some of the asteroids strike the place and the herd barely escape with their lives. Meanwhile at the underground cavern, after stealing a dinosaur egg from a trio of Dromaeosaurs back to its rightful owner, Buck discovers an ancient stone pillar, which he takes to the surface, where he meets Manny and the others.
Buck explains to the herd that according to the pillar, the asteroids had caused several extinctions in the past and with a massive one still incoming, he claims that the only place they could find a clue to stop it is on the site of the impact of the previous ones, as according to its engravings, they always fall at the same place. However, the three Dromaeosaurs, having listened their conversation, decide to stop them, believing that they could be safe from the impact, as they can fly, thus not only getting their revenge on Buck, but also killing all mammals and securing domination over Earth for their species.
As the herd travels to the crash site, they discover that the asteroids have electro-magnetic properties, thus if a huge quantity of smaller asteroids should be gathered and launched into orbit, they could attract the main asteroid as well and prevent it from falling on Earth. After facing several obstacles and the interference of the Dromaeosaurs, the herd arrives at "Geotopia", a community of animals formed inside one of the asteroids that have fallen long ago, where Sid meets Brooke, a female ground sloth who falls in love with him. However, Shangri Llama, the leader of Geotopia, refuses to cooperate with Buck's plan to send the city's crystals into space in order to prevent the imminent impact, as they are the key to the residents' longevity, until Sid unwillingly destroys the entire city when he attempts to remove one of the stones to present Brooke with, making all the Geotopians grow old up to their real ages, including Brooke herself.
Once Brooke convinces the Geotopians that preventing the asteroid's fall is more important than their lost youth, they and the herd help with Buck's plan, which is to fill up a geyser with the crystals so that the pressure launches them into space to draw the asteroid away, but the Dromaeosaurs attempt to intervene, until one of them, realizing that they will not survive as well if the asteroid falls, convinces the others to also help. The plan works, and the asteroid is pulled back into space. The herd then departs back home, including Sid, who parts ways from Brooke, but just after they leave, an asteroid piece falls inside a hot spring, giving it rejuvenating properties and making the Geotopians and Sid's granny, who stayed behind with them regain their youth. After the herd returns, Peaches and Julian celebrate their wedding, and a rejuvenated Brooke appears during the ceremony to reunite with Sid.
In the film's epilogue, Scrat keeps struggling to control the alien ship until it crashes on Mars, destroying all life on the planet.
the newest James Bond movie Spectre (2015) finally coming to movie channels this week. reviewed back in February after watching on PPV. a LOT of reviews said "BEST Bond film EVER" and it IS well done Bond but NOT really up to THAT hype. Bond films are famous for their "slam-bang" opening and the opening action sequence during the Mexico City "Dia de los Muertos" (Day of the Dead) celebration, esp the helicopter scenes, a really fast start BUT just NOT as good as the opening boat chase on the Thames River in London in The World Is Not Enough (1999) with Pierce Brosnan or the Bond skis off a mountain chase scene opening in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) with Roger Moore
it IS excellent Bond however, thoroughly entertaining and fast paced with good supporting cast to Danial Craig's Bond by Christoph Waltz as Bond's arch enemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Dave Bautista as Spectre assassin Mr. Hinx and the beautiful Lea Seydoux as Bond's love interest Dr. Madeleine Swann along with reoccurring Bond players Ralph Fiennes as "M", Ben Whishaw as "Q" and lovely Naomie Harris as Moneypenny. some excellent chase scenes but, once again, NONE as good as the Tank chase thru St Petersburg, Russia in Golden Eye (1995) OR the boat chase thru the Louisiana bayous in Live and Let Die (1973) which had THE best "comic relief" in ANY Bond movie Clifton James as Sheriff J.W. Pepper . overall it was definitely worth the PPV back in February and has the standard Bond movie non-stop action BUT just NOT "The Best Ever". I can think of half a dozen Bond films over the years I would rank higher including Danial Craig's first outing as Bond, Casino Royale (2006). I rate it
Spectre premiers on EPIX channels Saturday July 23rd @ 5:00pm & 9:45pm, Sunday the 24th @ 10:40am and Thursday the 28th @ 10:45am, 5:00pm & 11:05pm pacific times.
the newest James Bond movie Spectre (2015) finally coming to movie channels this week. reviewed back in February after watching on PPV. a LOT of reviews said "BEST Bond film EVER" and it IS well done Bond but NOT really up to THAT hype. Bond films are famous for their "slam-bang" opening and the opening action sequence during the Mexico City "Dia de los Muertos" (Day of the Dead) celebration, esp the helicopter scenes, a really fast start BUT just NOT as good as the opening boat chase on the Thames River in London in The World Is Not Enough (1999) with Pierce Brosnan or the Bond skis off a mountain chase scene opening in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) with Roger Moore
it IS excellent Bond however, thoroughly entertaining and fast paced with good supporting cast to Danial Craig's Bond by Christoph Waltz as Bond's arch enemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Dave Bautista as Spectre assassin Mr. Hinx and the beautiful Lea Seydoux as Bond's love interest Dr. Madeleine Swann along with reoccurring Bond players Ralph Fiennes as "M", Ben Whishaw as "Q" and lovely Naomie Harris as Moneypenny. some excellent chase scenes but, once again, NONE as good as the Tank chase thru St Petersburg, Russia in Golden Eye (1995) OR the boat chase thru the Louisiana bayous in Live and Let Die (1973) which had THE best "comic relief" in ANY Bond movie Clifton James as Sheriff J.W. Pepper . overall it was definitely worth the PPV back in February and has the standard Bond movie non-stop action BUT just NOT "The Best Ever". I can think of half a dozen Bond films over the years I would rank higher including Danial Craig's first outing as Bond, Casino Royale (2006). I rate it
Spectre premiers on EPIX channels Saturday July 23rd @ 5:00pm & 9:45pm, Sunday the 24th @ 10:40am and Thursday the 28th @ 10:45am, 5:00pm & 11:05pm pacific times.
The Whistleblower (2010) biographical crime drama inspired by the story of Kathryn Bolkovac who worked as a UN peacekeeper for contractor DynCorp in Bosnia & Herzegovina after that counties "ethnic cleansing" civil war back in the 1990's. Bolkovac found that some of her fellow DynCorp workers were involved with a Bosnian sex trafficking ring and tried to "blow the whistle" to UN officials about it only to get "stonewalled". stars Rachel Weisz as Bolkovac with supporting rolls by David Strathairn, Vanessa Redgrave and Benedict Cumberbatch. very well acted with decent action and excellent suspense. I thought it was a compelling story about human trafficking which has become a world wide problem. plays on EPIX-Hits Thursday July 28th @ 9:30pm pacific. I rate it
The Whistleblower (2010) biographical crime drama inspired by the story of Kathryn Bolkovac who worked as a UN peacekeeper for contractor DynCorp in Bosnia & Herzegovina after that counties "ethnic cleansing" civil war back in the 1990's. Bolkovac found that some of her fellow DynCorp workers were involved with a Bosnian sex trafficking ring and tried to "blow the whistle" to UN officials about it only to get "stonewalled". stars Rachel Weisz as Bolkovac with supporting rolls by David Strathairn, Vanessa Redgrave and Benedict Cumberbatch. very well acted with decent action and excellent suspense. I thought it was a compelling story about human trafficking which has become a world wide problem. plays on EPIX-Hits Thursday July 28th @ 9:30pm pacific. I rate it
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) VERY well acted drama with an all-star cast it depicts two days in the lives of four real estate salesmen and how they become desperate when the corporate office sends a trainer to "motivate" them by announcing that, in one week, all except the top two salesmen will be fired. anyone who has ever had a high pressure "produce or get fired" phone sales job will appreciate this movie. the depictions of "cold calling" are spot on
stars Jack Lemmon as Shelley "The Machine" Levene in one of his last non-comedy rolls, Al Pacino, who got Best Supporting Actor Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, as Ricky Roma, Alan Arkin as George Aaronow, Ed Harris as Dave Moss and Kevin Spacey as their weasel of an office manager, John Williamson. smaller but important rolls for Alec Baldwin as the real pr!ck of a motivator Blake (must have been "type casting") and Jonathan Pryce as a customer trying to "bust a deal" he signed with Ricky Roma.
IF you enjoy good acting this movie is worth a look. Lemmon's depiction of the desperate Levene is a "tour de force" that should have garnered an Oscar or Golden Globe nomination. he did get numerous lesser best actor awards. plays again on The Movie Channel Friday July 8th @ 12:05pm & 3:05pm and Monday the 11th @ 10:10am & 1:10pm pacific time. I rate it
Great flick with a stellar cast.
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) VERY well acted drama with an all-star cast it depicts two days in the lives of four real estate salesmen and how they become desperate when the corporate office sends a trainer to "motivate" them by announcing that, in one week, all except the top two salesmen will be fired. anyone who has ever had a high pressure "produce or get fired" phone sales job will appreciate this movie. the depictions of "cold calling" are spot on
stars Jack Lemmon as Shelley "The Machine" Levene in one of his last non-comedy rolls, Al Pacino, who got Best Supporting Actor Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, as Ricky Roma, Alan Arkin as George Aaronow, Ed Harris as Dave Moss and Kevin Spacey as their weasel of an office manager, John Williamson. smaller but important rolls for Alec Baldwin as the real pr!ck of a motivator Blake (must have been "type casting") and Jonathan Pryce as a customer trying to "bust a deal" he signed with Ricky Roma.
IF you enjoy good acting this movie is worth a look. Lemmon's depiction of the desperate Levene is a "tour de force" that should have garnered an Oscar or Golden Globe nomination. he did get numerous lesser best actor awards. plays again on The Movie Channel Friday July 8th @ 12:05pm & 3:05pm and Monday the 11th @ 10:10am & 1:10pm pacific time. I rate it
Great flick with a stellar cast.
An aptly named movie.......can't believe I watched it (well, most of it). There were very few funny parts in this & even though I tried to enjoy it, I couldn't.........no stars out of 4.
The Martian
Not bad......it started out looking very predictable, & it was for the most part, but it had enough sidebars that it was enjoyable to watch. Not very believable but wtf.
An aptly named movie.......can't believe I watched it (well, most of it). There were very few funny parts in this & even though I tried to enjoy it, I couldn't.........no stars out of 4.
The Martian
Not bad......it started out looking very predictable, & it was for the most part, but it had enough sidebars that it was enjoyable to watch. Not very believable but wtf.
I am somewhat surprised ANYONE is actually READING this thread, THEMUGG. every month I feel like I am just talking to myself and wasting my time
Keep up the good work.
I am somewhat surprised ANYONE is actually READING this thread, THEMUGG. every month I feel like I am just talking to myself and wasting my time
Keep up the good work.
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