tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86437191738741570412024-03-19T02:22:33.436-04:00Trust the Dice"We're not critics. We're professional fan-girls." --- This blog is dedicated to movies and the entertainment industry. We use random selection to bring into light the best and worst of streaming films and entertainment news.Selina Tropiano and Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786165541142301592noreply@blogger.comBlogger1586125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-71160932385296599812024-03-15T18:00:00.021-04:002024-03-16T00:07:10.006-04:00John Wick (2014)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrhqv-p3uutddqZ9htUYYXqb393HszLpfh9DBSWp4bTWu89v5FqDnBF8DQVLVoSbRapcIxOHm2tEXCPcH-zXAJ-FcvxgQYwBhwmCXubRFJmtltW8pg7b45UmGzM9G1cWLd2HemGjO6qhyYPZWZbOobvwoCS9WdOs4OQmrP5cjo4cHkNJbWQW2kOTzmkE/s755/john_wick_ver3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="503" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrhqv-p3uutddqZ9htUYYXqb393HszLpfh9DBSWp4bTWu89v5FqDnBF8DQVLVoSbRapcIxOHm2tEXCPcH-zXAJ-FcvxgQYwBhwmCXubRFJmtltW8pg7b45UmGzM9G1cWLd2HemGjO6qhyYPZWZbOobvwoCS9WdOs4OQmrP5cjo4cHkNJbWQW2kOTzmkE/w266-h400/john_wick_ver3.jpg" width="266" /></a></div></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Streaming Service:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Netflix</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year: </span></b><span style="color: black;">John
Wick</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b><span style="color: black;">(2014)</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Genre:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Action, Crime, Thriller</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></b><span style="color: black;">1h 41min</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rating: </span></b>R</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Director:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Chad Stahelski, David
Leitch</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Writer:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Derek Kolstad</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Actors:</span></b> <span style="color: black;">Keanu Reeves, Michael
Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, Dean Winters, Adrianne Palicki, Omer
Barnea, Toby Leonard Moore, Daniel Bernhardt, Bridget Moynahan, John Leguizamo,
Ian McShane, Bridget Regan, Lance Reddick, Keith Jardine, Tait Fletcher, Kazy Tauginas,
Alexander Frekey, Thomas Sadoski, Randall Duk Kim, David Patrick Kelly, Clarke
Peters, Kevin Nash, Vladislav Koulikov</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDb Blurb:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> An ex-hitman comes out of
retirement to track down the gangsters who killed his dog and stole his car.</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRn2zhVd-N1z7H5dtRqhuwCPZ71kBWl7eQCcJY5D9266L_HOERZ61mo0pGTFbr34gbwkUhWKFYAaxo8bYMzGdFjZZhw6q34IxgnEzJE8NO6H20Qumby7W9Y3XigeWKKzXpIJmmzevstm7yLkUYy0qD-BANOB6SyTu8Jo5mzWS1FqjNq80dWHTA-W3ejWs/s1091/JW1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1091" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRn2zhVd-N1z7H5dtRqhuwCPZ71kBWl7eQCcJY5D9266L_HOERZ61mo0pGTFbr34gbwkUhWKFYAaxo8bYMzGdFjZZhw6q34IxgnEzJE8NO6H20Qumby7W9Y3XigeWKKzXpIJmmzevstm7yLkUYy0qD-BANOB6SyTu8Jo5mzWS1FqjNq80dWHTA-W3ejWs/w400-h255/JW1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Selina’s Point of View:</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">I think it’s finally
time to talk about <i>John Wick</i>.</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">I’m ashamed to say that
when I put <i>John Wick</i> on my top 20 movies to look out for in
October of 2014, I indicated that I thought it would be just another old guy in
an action flick. I still put it in my #4 slot, but it was beat by some films
that had no business beating it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">John Wick</span></i><span style="color: #222222;"> is anything but an
‘old guy in an action flick’ kind of film. It’s a masterpiece of world
building, choreography, direction, and writing. It is one of the best action
films, maybe even the best action series, of our generation. Every shot is
filmed with intention. Every line carefully laid out for maximum effect. Every
gunshot meaningful. Every nuance an opening to one more fact about a world that
was built with care and intrigue. My love for <i>John Wick </i>knows
no bounds.</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">To keep this article
from becoming a book, I’m going to stick to discussing my favorite aspect
of <i>John Wick</i>: the writing.</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzBPxnLzvg1lutpi6LgknDevIxYfM7uRz1Qhhxl7vmfroWhC7iikwfni2Flyg7lFjhir9nD-6ERf1TTZz9xa-fjjn0w13JYvkBW1euku00jjXz44BnQoudLexJbfprmWu-Bpbe8id9iJDYqH_9PtA9xvdTxoZHqvx4PLZr9DqNGBU4hkEgFG4SXFa5OU/s1090/JW5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzBPxnLzvg1lutpi6LgknDevIxYfM7uRz1Qhhxl7vmfroWhC7iikwfni2Flyg7lFjhir9nD-6ERf1TTZz9xa-fjjn0w13JYvkBW1euku00jjXz44BnQoudLexJbfprmWu-Bpbe8id9iJDYqH_9PtA9xvdTxoZHqvx4PLZr9DqNGBU4hkEgFG4SXFa5OU/w400-h255/JW5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">The most difficult
aspect of writing is knowing what NOT to add. Whether it’s from editing things
out, or just not writing them in to begin with, those unspoken lines need to be
intentional. What not to say is almost more important than what the actors do
say. Derek Kolstad (<i>The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Death Battle, John
Wick: Chapter 4</i>) is a master of this. There’s a whole scene where John Wick
answers the phone and says absolutely nothing. It is exponentially more
intimidating than anything he could have said out loud. From the moment he
picks up the phone, to the moment he hangs up, his silence amps up the tension
of the scene. Most writers would have added something. At least an initial
“hello” or a subtle threat at the end, giving in to the expectations of what
happens in a phone call. Instead, Kolstad opts to add silence as his dialogue
and it is a genius move.</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">On top of that, the
world-building is second to none. You only get the slightest taste of the <i>John
Wick</i> world in the first movie, but you can tell it’s just the tip of
the iceberg. The Continental, the coins, the rules… every subverted
expectation. You get more of it in the sequels, but that’s why the series
itself is so beloved. The writing expands the world and the characters expertly
in each flick. No one out there is writing as well, or consistently, as Derek
Kolstad. I will sing his praises every chance I get.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">I want to be him when I
grow up.</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Obviously, this was not
my first time watching <i>John Wick</i>, it may not even be my tenth time
watching. Never-the-less, I will never pass up a chance to see it, or its
sequels. If you are an action fan and you haven’t given <i>John Wick </i>your
attention, you need to re-evaluate your life.</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5eANiph1mgdHb31wAwKkhCueKidQo1EzPxPA0EZBIzv2p5v3EKr942sDcd6ylaVnnvfY01UuoAsGIbRuJSU2Q7mxIP_MZAPVK-xG9ZDqY0H6iNA8gS5aHrc7W_Wg6i1oLBNV7xQaHyCtCVnPAEyYF75ENA2wBV5WD_IqLVOi1PtMJQsS3LqwV52FdZo/s1090/JW2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5eANiph1mgdHb31wAwKkhCueKidQo1EzPxPA0EZBIzv2p5v3EKr942sDcd6ylaVnnvfY01UuoAsGIbRuJSU2Q7mxIP_MZAPVK-xG9ZDqY0H6iNA8gS5aHrc7W_Wg6i1oLBNV7xQaHyCtCVnPAEyYF75ENA2wBV5WD_IqLVOi1PtMJQsS3LqwV52FdZo/w400-h255/JW2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Cat’s Point of View:</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">I was a little shocked
to realize that we hadn’t reviewed John Wick before. This is one of my favorite
action franchises of all time.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><span style="color: #222222;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Not only is the
production star-studded, but everything is executed seemingly flawlessly. The
story makes sense – even as crazy as it is. The stunt-work and fight
choreography are out of this world. The cinematography is well done and
captures some amazing visuals. The story is also very interesting – especially
with all the lore regarding The High Table and The Continental, itself. Of
course, you need to watch through all of the films in the franchise to see all
of the layers that have been peeled back for each of those points of interest –
but John Wick is an excellent start that gives just enough to whet your
appetite for more.</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><i><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Forget </span><i><span style="color: #222222;">The Matrix</span></i><span style="color: #222222;"> (1999) and its
sequels - Keanu Reeves (<i>Replicas, Toy Story 4, Bill & Ted Face the Music</i>)
was born to play this titular role. I think this character is just as iconic as
Neo was. The films about technology run amok and simulations were just the
early stages of Reeves dipping his feet into high quality action waters. The
John Wick movies offer us a veteran in his prime executing 90% of his own
stunts. Reeves is a badass, and also a phenomenal human being.</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KpMeve50XiEMd8tU2DFrebxlarb_64Nv7X0-Uhybze3qbTljXhNax_MmxVySV69I-K_lD25jLDt8BZAjPG85J5O1K6e6hjjFat4nvcCicb8uWajCa8flC0ffArSEccl2ytCNaw7Zzyyc0ylFrer3StZPuJVOyWbn9Lu5BCSt-qlctf3UT7LIjWmbytQ/s1090/JW4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KpMeve50XiEMd8tU2DFrebxlarb_64Nv7X0-Uhybze3qbTljXhNax_MmxVySV69I-K_lD25jLDt8BZAjPG85J5O1K6e6hjjFat4nvcCicb8uWajCa8flC0ffArSEccl2ytCNaw7Zzyyc0ylFrer3StZPuJVOyWbn9Lu5BCSt-qlctf3UT7LIjWmbytQ/w400-h255/JW4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Of course, there are
other heavy hitters among this cast – and the list just grows with every
subsequent installment of the story. For this first John Wick film, however, we
have Ian McShane (<i>Hellboy, American Gods, Kung Fu Panda 4</i>) and the late
Lance Reddick (<i>Godzilla vs. Kong, Bosch, The Legend of Vox Machina</i>)
setting the tone for The Continental moving forward. Willem Dafoe’s (<i>The
Northman, Inside, Poor Things</i>) character gives us a glimpse further into
this world of contract killers and the fine line between adversary and ally.
Alfie Allen (<i>Game of Thrones, Jojo Rabbit, Nightwalkers</i>) might be the
source of John Wick’s ire in the film, but we can thank his character for
making these stories possible through his bad decisions. There are
many more recognizable cast members, as well. I couldn’t’ fault any of the
performances if I tried.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">I loved every moment of
this crazy roller-coaster ride…even when I was sad for the pain that Reeves’
character goes through on an emotional level.</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">If you enjoy action
movies and haven’t seen the John Wick movies yet, you’ll absolutely want to
start with this first installment. I’m pretty sure you’ll want to keep going. I
know I do. In the meantime, I’ll be over here crossing my fingers there will be
a 5th installment.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZ0SMBCCJIocYPwu-y1Pyk3YCjSUzNGIfeEtq9uT3rSo3sVEIPPvxsggTHJ-YZqffpfFzQ22EWlRbFPyPfG0mmsPPvU-fsXQD-bqBIxaKx5UxVXyySnkreEto6nG1s4TixarkgKNZggcTBhCK-b8LV3sy9NfVA8mZFRLAdjHIW04RvPQEn2uBZOh3SZw/s1091/JW3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1091" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZ0SMBCCJIocYPwu-y1Pyk3YCjSUzNGIfeEtq9uT3rSo3sVEIPPvxsggTHJ-YZqffpfFzQ22EWlRbFPyPfG0mmsPPvU-fsXQD-bqBIxaKx5UxVXyySnkreEto6nG1s4TixarkgKNZggcTBhCK-b8LV3sy9NfVA8mZFRLAdjHIW04RvPQEn2uBZOh3SZw/w400-h255/JW3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic
Score – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">86%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience
Score – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">81%</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metascore – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">68%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 8.1/10</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 7.4/10</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Selina’s
Rating – </span></i></b><i>5</i><i><span style="color: black;">/5</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s
Rating – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">5/5</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></i></span></div>
Selina Tropiano and Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786165541142301592noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-9002218247011803392024-03-11T18:00:00.025-04:002024-03-14T04:26:09.819-04:00Satanic Hispanics (2022)<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9j9oEwiSlGD2tWxV-1-zwA7Lh3IL0YHzz_FaEEQx_sJya9tNeDRPnZj2rCpQoYxWG4_Bqh2yzr71zka-9ybsiFDxTbx_pR5pHMVicwphyphenhyphenC9BRiq_CsyTi4x43gV0bjy1s8Jl0I8W4Vn4ZizhYfJefvgOvtTFq64lA9rTdsPldcE3I26reLCPB3TJWJzEt/s755/satanic_hispanics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="513" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9j9oEwiSlGD2tWxV-1-zwA7Lh3IL0YHzz_FaEEQx_sJya9tNeDRPnZj2rCpQoYxWG4_Bqh2yzr71zka-9ybsiFDxTbx_pR5pHMVicwphyphenhyphenC9BRiq_CsyTi4x43gV0bjy1s8Jl0I8W4Vn4ZizhYfJefvgOvtTFq64lA9rTdsPldcE3I26reLCPB3TJWJzEt/w271-h400/satanic_hispanics.jpg" width="271" /></a></div> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Streaming Service:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Shudder</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year: </span></b><span style="color: black;">Satanic Hispanics<b> </b>(2022)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Genre:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Horror, Comedy</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></b><span style="color: black;">1h 52min</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rating:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> R</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Directors:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Alejandro Brugués, Mike
Mendez, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Eduardo Sánchez, Demián Rugna</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Writers:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Pete Barnstrom, Alejandro
Mendez, Lino K. Villa</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Actors:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Efren Ramirez, Greg
Grunberg, Sonya Eddy, Lombardo Boyar, Mark Steger, Alejandro Brugués, Vince
Lozano, Ace Underhill, Demián Salomón, Luis Machin, Victoria Maurette, Carlos
Segane, Hemky Madera, Patricia Velasquez, Ari Gallegos, Gabriela Ruíz, Jesus
Meza, Pedro Joaquín, Marcio Moreno, Carlos L. Vazquez, Jonah Ray, Danielle
Chaves, Christian Rodrigo, Jacob Vargas, Morgana Ignis, Mike Mendez, Daniela
Medeiros</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzbjR9M2_-wIybA9abKA2NhLvn3xjYB32Wh285JQ5NkvkoP2iWzCdJgh2_hFMj5kGXQS77ryX8VCb-g34zEyeYNx_TPuQaBREwLo3-xZUNGxiDWx4hdfLK8PxBdBvphrdX2bN7ATYLS1oaM5t-Wv6KfH0c1Z5o9R18kiWepG-SGMBoxo4h-I2fxElC192/s1091/SH2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1091" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzbjR9M2_-wIybA9abKA2NhLvn3xjYB32Wh285JQ5NkvkoP2iWzCdJgh2_hFMj5kGXQS77ryX8VCb-g34zEyeYNx_TPuQaBREwLo3-xZUNGxiDWx4hdfLK8PxBdBvphrdX2bN7ATYLS1oaM5t-Wv6KfH0c1Z5o9R18kiWepG-SGMBoxo4h-I2fxElC192/w400-h255/SH2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDb Blurb:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> When police break into a
house in El Paso, they find it filled with dead Latinos and a lone survivor.
Known as "El Viajero," he is taken to the police station for
questioning.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Selina’s Point of View</span></i></b><span style="color: black;">:</span><span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>I love a good horror anthology. I tend to enjoy even the bad horror anthologies. As long as there’s a creative theme and a decent framing device, I’m usually all for it. I may not have adored the<span> </span><i>ABCs of Death</i><span> </span>(2012-2016) flicks, but even they had their stand-out stories.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>Anthologies are simple. Short stories fused together by one over-arcing idea. In the<span> </span><i>ABCs of Death</i><span> </span>it’s about the alphabet. In the<span> </span><i>V/H/S<span> </span></i>(2012 -) films, it’s all found footage – with an added theme for each flick.<span> </span><i>The Mortuary Collection</i><span> </span>(2019) is tied together by a framing device that sees the owner of a mortuary telling tales about the bodies he’s worked on.<span> </span><i>Masters of Horror</i><span> </span>(2005-2007) is tied together by the iconic level of each story’s creator. There are also plenty of horror anthologies based around holidays like Halloween, Christmas, and even April Fools Day.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>The one thing tying together an anthology can be just about anything: behind the scenes, or woven into the stories.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>The only thing I always need to see in an anthology is tonal consistency. If it’s a group of serious stories, that’s fine. If it’s all horror/comedy, that’s also fine. Even mixing and matching those two a little can work. What makes me twitch is when you take some serious stories and mix them with flat-out parody. My brain cannot make that switch so easily and I wind up hating it.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>That’s what happened here.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>The framing device in<span> </span><i>Satanic Hispanics</i><span> </span>is fine. It’s a little bit over-done, but it works. It’s just a guy telling stories to the cops. Simple. The first actual story winds up being on the serious side. It’s a bit of a slow burn, but the pay off in the end makes it worth it. Since it is just a short story, waiting for that twist doesn’t feel like too much of a chore.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXj8X85aW-ppAqBLP2IbGhb7A3pnI066ze3jUs1lgUOHqy5PL0CaoJptd73o-eQZp4_X-RcpzPJMMisUTYcjVr51m5PofUYSvThQjukt0mWpDy3PasfaIF4NH5wxSlx3DWS510WcJh4SNVCbFnOXr1OFuL6J7Vwc0miEj67f6EdoWhxphKO0vtM67CGes/s1090/SH3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXj8X85aW-ppAqBLP2IbGhb7A3pnI066ze3jUs1lgUOHqy5PL0CaoJptd73o-eQZp4_X-RcpzPJMMisUTYcjVr51m5PofUYSvThQjukt0mWpDy3PasfaIF4NH5wxSlx3DWS510WcJh4SNVCbFnOXr1OFuL6J7Vwc0miEj67f6EdoWhxphKO0vtM67CGes/w400-h255/SH3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>Then it gets into the second story.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>When I tell you how I rubbed my temples for several minutes straight, I’m not being dramatic. Friends watched me do it and made fun of me from the other room.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>I don’t have the capacity to go from a super serious, slow-burn, twisty story to a full-on parody in the same film. It’s just my preference, but I hate it.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>I need to be in the right frame of mind for a parody. If you’ve ever seen my reviews of flicks in the genre, then you know I don’t think they should even be compared to actual cinematic films. It’s like judging a frog for how well they fly. It simply doesn’t work. It’s why I even differentiate between parody and caricature.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>It’s not about mixing the comedic with the terrifying. Later in the film there’s a horror/comedy story that works well. I love that. But when it’s a full parody? It’s like cramming together<span> </span><i>The Hunger Games<span> </span></i>(2012) and<span> </span><i>The Starving Games</i><span> </span>(2013) and saying it should work. It doesn’t.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>That one parody section of<span> </span><i>Satanic Hispanics</i><span> </span>took me right out of it, and I never connected again. It’s not for me.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvi4w22dY6CtK-457F_a4pfDfM9oQpBHvsAfXd_XwrUbsBof790NFFdPqJJffuTp7FYWQrcTmELNpdPGh6-JKmfXQPSWvAy93-01FznX0xb5bUOikGHCE1jjpo3i4pnWsbz-kcWVaU5C5LUuM_Q2JRZ6jR7z_Vf27YI2PMObwmdzdjFjmyHGuv2fOC_pW/s1091/SH6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1091" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvi4w22dY6CtK-457F_a4pfDfM9oQpBHvsAfXd_XwrUbsBof790NFFdPqJJffuTp7FYWQrcTmELNpdPGh6-JKmfXQPSWvAy93-01FznX0xb5bUOikGHCE1jjpo3i4pnWsbz-kcWVaU5C5LUuM_Q2JRZ6jR7z_Vf27YI2PMObwmdzdjFjmyHGuv2fOC_pW/w400-h255/SH6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Cat’s Point of View:</span></b><i> </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Satanic Hispanics</i> is a horror anthology that has quite
a lot to unpack. This conglomerate of 5 short horror films written and directed
by Hispanic creators and largely starring Hispanic actors was not exactly what
I was expecting – but in a good way.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">My last review was for another horror anthology<i>, <span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2024/03/vhs85-2023.html" target="_blank">V/H/S/85</a></span></i> (2023).
Watching these back-to-back, for the most part, gave me the opportunity for
some additional comparison and contrast – considering the former was fresh on
my mind.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I found that I enjoyed the overall package of <i>Satanic
Hispanics</i> more than I did the latest <i>V/H/S</i> (2012) installment. The
story that introduced the different horror short-films was more cohesive and
enjoyable than the odd retro sci-fi experience of <i>’85</i>, and I was really
invested in that experience the way I became engrossed in this story and wanted
to stick around for its conclusion.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil3YolIx8ekfZZhj6ocvzbpJXTBXUtdX9ZEx60I_NT2NTWs3jNjKrz_ipTK7ttF4DvWQLIrmTE42F97bx_HlI4Vf8UwbUTjuTYTwRCvN-j9-8iwG-W3N5G1IUIkhYBA91Jz4H5GikCX1fCMh1I_-ES-Qszfxc3HETO2JcPd9BnwIv96vzph4OkpwxGU3M5/s1091/SH7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1091" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil3YolIx8ekfZZhj6ocvzbpJXTBXUtdX9ZEx60I_NT2NTWs3jNjKrz_ipTK7ttF4DvWQLIrmTE42F97bx_HlI4Vf8UwbUTjuTYTwRCvN-j9-8iwG-W3N5G1IUIkhYBA91Jz4H5GikCX1fCMh1I_-ES-Qszfxc3HETO2JcPd9BnwIv96vzph4OkpwxGU3M5/w400-h255/SH7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">First, let’s address the elephant in the room. The title of <i>Satanic
Hispanics</i> might be a little misleading to some, and might have set
different expectations for this anthology than what actually appears on the
screen. I can see how that might be contributing to some of the lower viewer
scores. This is one of the rare cases that I lean more towards the critic
scores. I didn’t get bogged down in the title, and just set out to experience a
horror anthology with a cultural twist.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">There isn’t anything satanic about <i>Satanic Hispanics</i>.
Not a spoiler, really. I just want to make sure that expectations are managed
correctly. I’m just guessing here, but the filmmakers were likely just enjoying
that rhyming scheme paired with the horror anthology. If I understood an
interview I read correctly, it seemed to have begun as the working title of the
project and just stuck.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The over-arcing tale was a short, in itself, titled "<i>The
Traveler</i>" from Mike Mendez (<i>Big Ass Spider!, Tales of Halloween:
Friday the 31st, Don't Kill It</i>). With the repertoire of great movies under
Mendez’s belt, I wasn’t surprised at all once I connected the dots to him. He has
this great knack for balancing whimsy with more serious horror elements. I absolutely
adored the evolution of the costume design once ‘The Odd Man’ appeared, and it
did give me some shivers. Efren Ramirez (<i>Napoleon Dynamite, Trafficked,
Lightyear</i>) was also a great fit for the titular character.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2sVf25HhvCkOR1FA41K2C8tBxjzrGaq-SxylTfowVlgfu3_2F2wh3i6Kew1FZ1JF8qj95YuiXPGJHu5WFgcbUZ1z3d7M0y5KuRjLhOZTlpzIvQeJ7ws6Xrm_10U6M-g1UPn_OzZFI-2FZvUidirLubww1xqhul4IPyPbTrXlCFtYIfmkeaSM0UFpRM9P/s1090/SH1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2sVf25HhvCkOR1FA41K2C8tBxjzrGaq-SxylTfowVlgfu3_2F2wh3i6Kew1FZ1JF8qj95YuiXPGJHu5WFgcbUZ1z3d7M0y5KuRjLhOZTlpzIvQeJ7ws6Xrm_10U6M-g1UPn_OzZFI-2FZvUidirLubww1xqhul4IPyPbTrXlCFtYIfmkeaSM0UFpRM9P/w400-h255/SH1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">In addition to all of that, Greg Grunberg (<i>Big Ass
Spider!, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, A Star is Born</i>) was
also featured in that story as a police detective along with Sonya Eddy (<i>Good
on Paper, V/H/S/99, General Hospital</i>). Grunberg is one of those ‘Hey, it’s
that guy!’ character actors, who I adore, and you find in shows that make
lasting marks on the pop culture landscape – especially for Sci-fi fans. He’s
great with comedy and serious roles alike. Some of the highlights in his portfolio
are <i>Felicity</i> (1998-2002), <i>Alias</i> (2001-2006), <i>Lost</i>
(2004-2010), <i>Heroes</i> (2006-2010), and <i>Star Trek Beyond</i> (2016); and
then he also has whimsical stuff like <i>Max Reload and the Nether Blasters</i>
(2020). There aren’t that many that can boast that they’re a part of both the <i>Star
Wars</i> and <i>Star Trek</i> franchises. I digress…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Director Eduardo Sánchez (<i>The Blair Witch Project,
Supernatural, Queen of the South</i>) also has to his credit many productions which
I have enjoyed in the past. His segment within <i>Satanic Hispanics</i> of “<i>El
Vampiro</i>” was no different. This playful, yet still somewhat serious, take
on a classic vampire story was brilliant and hilarious.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Demián Rugna (<i>You Don't Know Who You're Talking To,
Terrified, When Evil Lurks</i>) was at the helm of the segment “<i>Tambien Lo
Vi</i>.” While I’m not as familiar with their work, I did have an appreciation
for this short film within <i>Satanic Hispanics</i>. This particular segment
was more of a dramatic horror element and leaned less into comedy than the
previous that I’ve mentioned. It had me thinking, and not hating the fact that
it did. When I read an interview with the directors for <i>Satanic Hispanics</i>,
I connected some dots that hadn’t quite made it during my watch-through, and I’m
even more impressed with this story. (Caution, while I’ve linked the interview
I referred to <span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://dailydead.com/interview-with-the-directors-of-satanic-hispanics-mike-mendez-alejandro-brugues-eduardo-sanchez-gigi-saul-guerrero-and-demian-rugna/" target="_blank">here</a></span>,
<span style="color: #c00000;">beware of some mild spoilers </span>if you haven’t
already watched the film yet.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2x2bH0a1VVshknL9SHgsBAvCwx95CP_AtkLsuh7Fvl3q7szBbeKo17_pOqkB51B6RtklLeEq37MoZLHGo6MHxS33cvP3WQ2FlrNtFWWc2A6lCiSgYNq19fVuezpwGUUPMaERxxuWvb_dyxYlteHFU6sGF8rzq-xFfCsQGhvPCtPHqECHOIXXYnku4Knam/s1090/SH4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2x2bH0a1VVshknL9SHgsBAvCwx95CP_AtkLsuh7Fvl3q7szBbeKo17_pOqkB51B6RtklLeEq37MoZLHGo6MHxS33cvP3WQ2FlrNtFWWc2A6lCiSgYNq19fVuezpwGUUPMaERxxuWvb_dyxYlteHFU6sGF8rzq-xFfCsQGhvPCtPHqECHOIXXYnku4Knam/w400-h255/SH4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">While Alejandro Brugués (<i>Juan of the Dead, ABCs of Death
2: E is for Equilibrium, 50 States of Fright</i>) may have been one of the
masterminds for this project, and I love that, his particular short "<i>The
Hammer of Zanzibar</i>" was an odd addition to this mix. I suppose we find
within every anthology that one segment that just comes at us out of left field
and has us scratching our heads. At least, that’s what usually happens for me…
outside of things like <i>The ABCs of Death</i> (2012)… so many of those
letter-themed shorts were just out there. I guess it doesn’t surprise me he
participated in the first sequel. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">In any case, most of the short’s story was
fine – great, even. Then it hit a particular point and just went off the rails.
It was funny and a bit cringe, and enjoyable all the same. It left me with a ‘well
damn’ feeling as it ended on a truly horrific note. There was just quite the
odd rollercoaster to get there. As an additional note, I really got a kick out
of Jacob Vargas’ (<i>Sons of Anarchy, Beyond Skyline, Mr. Iglesias</i>)
character, and laughed in spite of the cringe involved.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Let’s talk about the “<i>Nahaules</i>” segment. I’d say this
was the one that I resonated with the least out of the entire lot. I do have a
lot of respect for it, however. Gigi Saul Guerrero (<i>The Source of Shadows,
Bingo Hell, V/H/S/85: God of Death</i>) has a gift for both leaning hard into
her heritage as well as the grimy elements of horror. I think she hit the nail
on the head in the <a href="https://dailydead.com/interview-with-the-directors-of-satanic-hispanics-mike-mendez-alejandro-brugues-eduardo-sanchez-gigi-saul-guerrero-and-demian-rugna/" target="_blank">DailyDead interview</a> I mentioned before, when she said that
she enjoys giving viewers a visceral reaction to things such as really gross
teeth because she wants to “[make] sure audiences can not just feel what’s on
the frame, but they can smell and taste it.” It was a story steeped in cultural
mysticism; and while interesting, just wasn’t my cup of tea.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">On the whole, <i>Satanic Hispanics</i> was a wild and
enjoyable ride through the minds of some great Hispanic directors. Fans of
horror anthologies generally wouldn’t be disappointed.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirR_Oy-_NLrgXXW5bS6eBMl0z4RNnjoNqfC6PU9xWbPBu_VM5VdNzMElggIZ8xF0ILRfxDQOxeK-jMbCiK3zuuTo1gBPJKaSjpi1WC5ZyThCAkHt9V4QybhMlE0e1_1P1TPOkcNgdIFnVX4nC1X3pW96nbS9VTmGiTS3ME3S9xpj61fPYs5tWk1Yzcmcgf/s1090/SH5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirR_Oy-_NLrgXXW5bS6eBMl0z4RNnjoNqfC6PU9xWbPBu_VM5VdNzMElggIZ8xF0ILRfxDQOxeK-jMbCiK3zuuTo1gBPJKaSjpi1WC5ZyThCAkHt9V4QybhMlE0e1_1P1TPOkcNgdIFnVX4nC1X3pW96nbS9VTmGiTS3ME3S9xpj61fPYs5tWk1Yzcmcgf/w400-h255/SH5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic
Score – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">92%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience
Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 47%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metascore – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">58%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> None</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 5.7/10</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Selina’s
Rating – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">2/5</span></i></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s
Rating – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">4/5</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RwASMGzdYVo" width="320" youtube-src-id="RwASMGzdYVo"></iframe></div></span></i></b></span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></i></div>Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048012246740413784noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-36139637847736842962024-03-07T18:00:00.003-05:002024-03-07T18:00:00.147-05:00V/H/S/85 (2023)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRen5OgwWHIx-WNpOtaVhAiJI6RPNiTYcKJwReqYZOhqItfSIHrpM2Gu8z4bepFhMAiNVx_HlAz55Uot0pr9w8i2HWHyEPajxbHS76KywTKlNJXzulZ1u8rggNH7NAlF6s4xd4UpAimxLK3AsKIqCmKvsXN1zx4O9xVNGmpPXAvhQ-i1JhHTLb0PgXaROe/s755/vhs_eighty_five.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="503" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRen5OgwWHIx-WNpOtaVhAiJI6RPNiTYcKJwReqYZOhqItfSIHrpM2Gu8z4bepFhMAiNVx_HlAz55Uot0pr9w8i2HWHyEPajxbHS76KywTKlNJXzulZ1u8rggNH7NAlF6s4xd4UpAimxLK3AsKIqCmKvsXN1zx4O9xVNGmpPXAvhQ-i1JhHTLb0PgXaROe/w266-h400/vhs_eighty_five.jpg" width="266" /></a></div> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Streaming Service:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Shudder</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year: </span></b><span style="color: black;">V/H/S/85<b> </b>(2023)</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Genre:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Horror, Thriller</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></b><span style="color: black;">110min</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rating:</span></b> <span style="color: black;">TV-MA</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Directors:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> David Bruckner, Scott
Derrickson, Natasha Kermani, Mike P. Nelson, Gigi Saul Guerrero</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Writers:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> C. Robert Cargill, Zoe Cooper,
Scott Derrickson, Evan Dickson, Mike P. Nelson, Gigi Saul Guerrero</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Actors:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Freddy Rodríguez, Kelli
Garner, James Ransone, Jordan Belfi, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Dani Deetté, Mark
Sipka, Andrew Ghai, Anna Sundberg, Shelby Steel, Chelsey Grant, Tyler Noble,
Gabriela Roel, Chivonne Michelle, Justen Jones, Florencia Ríos, Dashiell Derrickson,
Toussaint Morrison, Marcio Moreno, Alex Galick, Ari Gallegos, Eric Pierson,
Gerardo Oñate, Forrest Hartl, Dana DeRuyck, Evie Bair, Duffy McManus, Felipe de
Lara, Tom Reed, Brent Picha, Renee Werbowski, José María Higareda, Bryan
McDonald, Christopher Gasser, Murray Nelson, Anna Hashizume, Nicholas Krekeler</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDb Blurb:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Unveiled through a
made-for-TV documentary, five tales of found footage horror emerge to take
viewers on a terrifying journey into the grim underbelly of the 1980s.</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDV-4oAMJpuYbXMxiRPiTCDHXBBC2FvJt1gU5I8n09bg6TtmQDkat2ySzJfcjjdIOMEFgWzzxSmFo2zg0-A6mG9cM2UMIG9oyn128THXelq51PPMn7oMs5llDhFHV1jcaIAooUMRF7HcOsQG6tjLNo8pVPnXOQwimpVnf4P_ELauUdwAPK-6rOo1q5U3yw/s1090/VHS85_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDV-4oAMJpuYbXMxiRPiTCDHXBBC2FvJt1gU5I8n09bg6TtmQDkat2ySzJfcjjdIOMEFgWzzxSmFo2zg0-A6mG9cM2UMIG9oyn128THXelq51PPMn7oMs5llDhFHV1jcaIAooUMRF7HcOsQG6tjLNo8pVPnXOQwimpVnf4P_ELauUdwAPK-6rOo1q5U3yw/w400-h255/VHS85_2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Cat’s Point of View:</span></b> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">While I haven’t always jived with every segment featured in
the anthology franchise, the <i>V/H/S</i> (2012) movies have been a fun
experience, over all. It’s like unpacking a “blind box” of film shorts.
Sometimes there are things in the box that you don’t necessarily care for, but
the rest is an enjoyable surprise. <i>V/H/S/85</i> was the latest installment
in this cinematic series, and I was enthusiastic to open up this mystery
bundle.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I have mentioned before (and probably will again) that I
absolutely love to watch productions set in the 1980s. I’m an 80s baby and so
the decade is full of warm fuzzy nostalgia. Of course, we’re talking about a
horror anthology here with <i>V/H/S/85</i> so there really isn’t anything ‘warm
and fuzzy’ about it. The little details that placed it within the 80s, however,
not only helped me immerse myself within the collected found footage features,
but it also gave me a little comfort touchstone – like wrapping up in a blanket
while watching the scary movie.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaNWuXESLgYXJsoeLtAIDPbawjjWfasEiW-i6e_7cuTwnlTLjU519eCXU3ouHqhb5ah22qjUdAeO8cO-Px9CeW-XYFFn_NMDEejRXug7BhyphenhyphenE26B6BKafRCqhu4uFGjWFS9tIBgP9T3SK7JDmlSMr1Hc57Gjwl-x9UuCHYymRil5a-uk5B3wx7EbJ0I2vf/s1091/VHS85_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1091" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaNWuXESLgYXJsoeLtAIDPbawjjWfasEiW-i6e_7cuTwnlTLjU519eCXU3ouHqhb5ah22qjUdAeO8cO-Px9CeW-XYFFn_NMDEejRXug7BhyphenhyphenE26B6BKafRCqhu4uFGjWFS9tIBgP9T3SK7JDmlSMr1Hc57Gjwl-x9UuCHYymRil5a-uk5B3wx7EbJ0I2vf/w400-h255/VHS85_3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Speaking of scary, I can’t say that I was chilled to the
bone by any of these stories, but they were all interesting and well executed
for the most part.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Gigi Saul Guerrero’s (<i>Mistress of Bones, Bingo Hell,
Satanic Hispanics</i>) "God of Death" segment felt right at home as
footage from a TV studio in the 80s and it captured the essence of the real
event it was loosely framed around… with a twist. Scott Derrickson’s (<i>Sinister,
Doctor Strange, The Black Phone</i>) "Dreamkill" segment was one of
my favorites. Not only did this short distill the essence of the 80s well, it
was also disturbing beyond the blood and gore. Natasha Kermani (<i>The
Samaritan, Imitation Girl, Lucky</i>) "TKNOGD" segment gave all the
right early computer graphics feels while incorporating a horror element into
performance art. Mike P. Nelson’s (<i>The Domestics, Studio Luma, Wrong Turn</i>)
"No Wake" & "Ambrosia" segments probably were the
‘winners’ for me. These 2 segments resonated in a different way than the others
and held more subtle horror in addition to the overt elements involved.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPdfXwgrxczE3mgCyKT6XcuOvYbrzF6s7eCECYoK_ndwYbvKlBSXlDBwVn3wl2IrwD5u2mbyO5JmFk5WKQxw2Ta6yAfqWZRUlV-XNG72VpYrZcvoH-SDLb1wbixLV_UUIdi1FIHJ-JuNN4CwCukRvjJA-A9Xmoy7ld6EyHC7BDPRRG3mpA87b6DHM5fRea/s1091/VHS85_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1091" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPdfXwgrxczE3mgCyKT6XcuOvYbrzF6s7eCECYoK_ndwYbvKlBSXlDBwVn3wl2IrwD5u2mbyO5JmFk5WKQxw2Ta6yAfqWZRUlV-XNG72VpYrZcvoH-SDLb1wbixLV_UUIdi1FIHJ-JuNN4CwCukRvjJA-A9Xmoy7ld6EyHC7BDPRRG3mpA87b6DHM5fRea/w400-h255/VHS85_5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I don’t know that the over-arching story the individual
short films were sprinkled throughout connected as well to the segments as in
some prior V/H/S offerings. I understood what David Bruckner’s (<i>Southbound,
The Night House, Hellraiser</i>) "Total Copy" segment was going for,
but couldn’t help have a bit of a disconnect with it. It was perhaps a
combination of my own internal question of ‘but why, though?’ in regards to
each of these ‘discovered’ home-videos watched within that narrative and some
of the visual choices that just didn’t resonate with me. It wasn’t “bad,” per
se… it just wasn’t as effective over-all for me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">That being said, <i>V/H/S/85</i> was still absolutely worth
the watch. This was, in fact, my second time watching this anthology as I’d
tuned in as soon as it had released on Shudder last year. If you like horror
anthologies, this franchise still remains a decided go-to.<span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiuiojHGAG2URjxJUaXvQRL9rzhD51Cb2gOyYJ5I6MkfpkBG92REM2GN_HpXT7JPq_j-L8CHPsRWLlBUHOyZ70gA6Mu8up01SUzH84odhxKzuwhCPXk3AjEeW_hzhyMryqVQisp7UNa6i_rdyRIXN-jihEFmxulcCa71Z_eGZwlm9Xi5-I1E9NdU7ACfs4/s1090/VHS85_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiuiojHGAG2URjxJUaXvQRL9rzhD51Cb2gOyYJ5I6MkfpkBG92REM2GN_HpXT7JPq_j-L8CHPsRWLlBUHOyZ70gA6Mu8up01SUzH84odhxKzuwhCPXk3AjEeW_hzhyMryqVQisp7UNa6i_rdyRIXN-jihEFmxulcCa71Z_eGZwlm9Xi5-I1E9NdU7ACfs4/w400-h255/VHS85_4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic
Score – </span></b><span style="color: black;">74%</span><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b>R<span style="color: black;">otten Tomatoes Audience
Score –</span></b><span style="color: black;"> 70%</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Metascore – </span></b><span style="color: black;">53%</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score –</span></b><span style="color: black;"> 5.8/10</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score –</span></b><span style="color: black;"> 5.6/10</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s
Rating – </span></b><span style="color: black;">3.5/5</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ke20dnbwZXs" width="320" youtube-src-id="Ke20dnbwZXs"></iframe></div><br /> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div>
Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048012246740413784noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-52780336364552862442024-03-01T18:00:00.002-05:002024-03-01T20:59:01.182-05:00Top 20 Movies to Look Out For In March (2024)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">According to
Cat</span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQlc77X-8pxGLlZ74zFVdyy-ZKn1cv5BmnW4BxuvBIlgnJauF9c_DutHzCle1XXrPl4r6O74Cjga2437mu2erN58Ub1GhkG4SZeNe84Cke2UbsINwNkFhhdv393EGVQYH81ZVxbYoM3Wfe2PnO2568Ifho1ri1ZQhtE0boXGJIXgIicYOucl5BnKnqVY/s3264/March%202024%20Collage_11-20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3242" data-original-width="3264" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQlc77X-8pxGLlZ74zFVdyy-ZKn1cv5BmnW4BxuvBIlgnJauF9c_DutHzCle1XXrPl4r6O74Cjga2437mu2erN58Ub1GhkG4SZeNe84Cke2UbsINwNkFhhdv393EGVQYH81ZVxbYoM3Wfe2PnO2568Ifho1ri1ZQhtE0boXGJIXgIicYOucl5BnKnqVY/w400-h398/March%202024%20Collage_11-20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">20 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- Hunting Housewives
(3/9)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ARE5LVKXyo4" width="320" youtube-src-id="ARE5LVKXyo4"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Marco Deufemia</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writer</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Paula Tiberius</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Denise Richards, Mark Ghanimé, Kym Johnson Herjavec, Melyssa Ford, NeNe Leakes,
Martin Roach, Sergio Di Zio, Kip Brown, Tom Morton</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Drama, Thriller</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: TV-14</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 1h
30min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: <i>Four housewives plan a weekend getaway, but end up
stranded in the wilderness.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I know this might sound a little crazy – but I actually
added a Lifetime movie to the Top 20 list this month. <i>Hunting Housewives</i>
doesn’t feel like the typical copy & paste or color by number movies that
typically play on this network or others like it. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The concept of a group of rich housewives getting set up by
their spouses or significant others to have a plane crash survival scenario
instead of the spa vacation they wanted feels like a fresh idea to me. Further,
to make it more interesting, the spouses have cameras set up everywhere so they
can watch their nefarious sabotage plan unfold. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I’m curious to see if the significant others are
legitimately hoping their other halves will perish in the crash or survival
aftermath, or if there’s a plan to run to the rescue eventually (so they can no
doubt be seen as heroes). </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I’m also liking the cast they’ve put together for the
housewife roles. Nene Leakes (<i>The New Normal, Glee, Uncle Drew</i>), Denise
Richards (<i>Twisted, Love Accidentally, Glow & Darkness</i>), and Kym
Johnson Herjavec (<i>Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens, Love Alaska, Christmas with
the Knightlys</i>) are among the stranded and betrayed wives. I’m especially
giddy to see Johnson-Herjavec, as I’ve been a fan of hers dating back to her
run as a pro on <i>Dancing With the Stars</i> (2005-) – so I’m really looking
forward to where she takes her acting career. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Hunting Housewives</i> will be airing on the <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/hunting-housewives" target="_blank">Lifetime </a></span>network Saturday, March 9<sup>th</sup> and
will be available to stream on their platform the next day. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">19 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- Glitter & Doom
(3/8)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6RU-dQJdM-E" width="320" youtube-src-id="6RU-dQJdM-E"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Tom Gustafson</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writer</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Cory Krueckeberg</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Alex Diaz, Alan Cammish, Ming-Na Wen, Missi Pyle, Tig Notaro, Alejandra Bogue,
Lea DeLaria, Beth Malone, Peppermint, Kate Pierson, Amy Ray, Emily Saliers</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Musical, Romance</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Unrated</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 1h
55min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><i><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: In a fantastical romance set to the hits of the Indigo
Girls, two young aspiring performers fall in love at first sight. Punctuated by
a star-studded cast, GLITTER AND DOOM is an electric queer musical about the
power of love.</span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Glitter & Doom</span></i><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> is checking all sorts of boxes for me right
now. Interesting characters? Check. Notable cast? Check. Musical? Check. Indigo
Girls Amy Ray (<i>Boys on the Side, Indigo Girls: Live at the Roxy, Transparent</i>)
and Emily Saliers (<i>Indigo Girls: Live at the Roxy, Ben & Ara,
Transparent</i>)all over the soundtrack AND acting in the movie? Check</span><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">-check.<span> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">I really enjoyed the trailer for this
quirky and compelling LGBTQ+ romance flick. I loved the musical arrangements
and am looking forward to hearing the whole thing, and even probably singing
along with some. It felt like <i>Glitter & Doom</i> just plucked out a
small snippet of the soundtrack of my high school years and put it on the
screen with a cool twist of adding this story. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">I’m already invested on a silly level. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Glitter & Doom is receiving a limited
release beginning March 8<sup>th</sup>. On-Demand rental and streaming service
release dates were not available at the time of this article. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">18 - Spaceman (3/1)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rNZ0xKaCdus" width="320" youtube-src-id="rNZ0xKaCdus"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Johan Renck</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writers</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Jaroslav Kalfar, Colby Day</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Paul Dano, Kunal Nayyar, Isabella Rossellini,
Lena Olin, Petr Papánek, Marian Roden, Zuzana Stivínová, Sinead Phelps, Sunny
Sandler, John Flanders</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Sci-fi, Adventure, Drama</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: R</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 1h
47min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: <i>Half a year into his solo mission on the edge of the
solar system, an astronaut concerned with the state of his life back on Earth
is helped by an ancient creature he discovers in the bowels of his ship.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Spaceman</i> looks like it has a lot going for it. From
the glimpses in the trailer, the production quality looks spot-on. (Though, we
generally expect that from Netflix, right? They’ve got those big bucks.) I’m a
sucker for a good space movie both fiction and non-fiction. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Spaceman</i> falls squarely into the realm of fiction,
however. This movie is a book adaptation for a novel that I have not read. I just
have to throw that out there. I couldn’t tell you if this looks like it might
live up to the source material or not, I’m afraid. Even so, I find the premise
intriguing. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I have so many questions – like why a spider? (Arachnophobes
beware. If you had any issues with the size of critters in <i>Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets</i> (2002), this is your warning.)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">What really excites me more than a bit of Sci-Fi/Fantasy
is that Adam Sandler (Pixels, Murder Mystery, Leo) is here playing another
serious dramatic role. His comedy films are a bit doofy sometimes and have me
rolling my eyes when my husband wants to watch them over and over again. His
dramatic work, however? Give that man a good gritty part any day. The praise he
got from Uncut Gems (2019) was well deserved and he really had a slam dunk with
Hustle (2022).</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Is there really a creature on his ship while he’s so far
from help, or is this just a figment of his imagination as his mind has broken?
I am looking forward to finding out which.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">My only cause for concern here is that this film was
stuck in post-production for 3 years based on test screening results – at least
according to IMDb. Why? Of course, that answer probably isn’t simple, nor is it
readily available. I’m still willing to give <i>Spaceman</i> a chance, in spite
of that.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Spaceman</i> had a very limited theater run in
February and will now hit Netflix for its wide release on March 1<sup>st</sup>.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">17 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- The American
Society of Magical Negroes (3/15)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gizIbhk5Eu4" width="320" youtube-src-id="gizIbhk5Eu4"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Kobi Libii</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writer</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Kobi Libii</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Justice Smith, Gillian Vigman, David Alan Grier, Mia Ford, Eric Lutz, Kees
DeVos, Aaron Coleman, Aisha Hinds, Chase Ryan Jeffery, Moe Irvin, Ethan
Herisse, Nozipho Mclean, Isayas Theodros, Gregory James Cohan, Gregor Manns,
Jeremiah Birkett, Aaron Jennings, Tim Baltz, Nicole Byer, An-Li Bogan, Michaela
Watkins, Drew Tarver, Rupert Friend, Bianca Crudo, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr.,
Girvan 'Swirv' Bramble, Farelle Walker, April McCullough</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Comedy, Fantasy</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
PG-13</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 1h
44min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);"><a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_american_society_of_magical_negroes" target="_blank">RottenTomatoes Blurb</a></span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: <i>THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES is a fresh,
satirical comedy inspired by the "magical negro" cinematic trope
popularized in American cinema and television throughout the 20th Century and
first named and criticized by filmmaker Spike Lee. Flipping the trope on its
head, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES follows a young man, Aren, who is
recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their
lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people more comfortable.
Although initially enamored with his new powers, Aren begins to question the
value of using supernatural means to do the very thing he's felt obligated to
do his whole life.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I’m both excited and a little trepidatious to watch this
movie. We’ll get into all the exciting reasons here in a second. First, I want
to focus on why I feel a little apprehensive here, and the irony of it all. I
am uncomfortable and feel squirmy about a movie that highlights that magical
people of one ethnicity have a need to use powers to aid the comfort of another
ethnicity – for the sake of reducing threats and danger to their people as a
whole. I understand that this is satire, and the place where this is coming
from – it’s meant to be thought provoking in this way. It SHOULD make people
feel a bit uncomfortable at times. That’s the point – to point out how silly it
is that people get uncomfortable for wonky reasons. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>The American Society of Magical Negroes</i> may not be
everyone’s cup of tea. I, for one, am looking forward to this film. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I adore quire a few members of this cast – primarily Justice
Smith (<i>Ron's Gone Wrong, The Voyeurs, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among
Thieves</i>), Aisha Hinds (<i>Star Trek: Into Darkness, Godzilla: King of the
Monsters, 9-1-1</i>), and David Alan Grier (<i>The Cool Kids, They Cloned
Tyrone, The Color Purple</i>). Grier will forever hold a special nostalgic
place in my heart for his work on <i>In Living Color</i> (1990-1994) – which is
one of my favorite sketch shows of all time. He has quite the range, however,
so I do enjoy seeing him in serious stuff now and again. It seems that this
movie is a bit of a dramedy, so that works out great!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I’m curious to see what happens as Smith’s character begins
to break the rules in the name of love, as the trailer seems to indicate. Will
he get the girl? Will the society reprimand him? Will something catastrophic
happen? </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">We’ll all find out when <i>The American Society of Magical
Negroes</i> hits theaters in a wide release on March 15<sup>th</sup>.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">16 - In the Land of Saints & Sinners
(3/29)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AUuqY0c-Zik" width="320" youtube-src-id="AUuqY0c-Zik"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Robert Lorenz</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writers</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Mark Michael McNally, Terry Loane</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Liam Neeson, Ciarán Hinds, Colm Meaney, Kerry Condon, Desmond Eastwood, Conor
MacNeill, Seamus O'Hara, Manus Brennan, Niamh Cusack, Michelle Gleeson, Tim
Landers, Mark O'Regan, Jack Gleeson, Anne Brogan, Conor Hamill, Sarah Greene,
Valentine Olukoga, Laura Hughes, Joe Gallagher</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Action, Crime, Thriller</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: R</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 1h
46min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><i><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: In a remote Irish village, a damaged father is forced to
fight for redemption after a lifetime of sins, but what price is he willing to
pay? In the land of saints and sinners, some sins can't be buried.</span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I’m rather giddy that <i>In the Land of Saints & Sinners</i>
is releasing this month. It just wouldn’t be right if the month containing St.
Patrick’s Day didn’t have an Irish movie eligible (and watchable) for the Top
20 list. This Liam Neeson (<i>The A-Team, The Commuter, Marlowe</i>) helmed
action and crime thriller is not only set in Ireland, but the grand majority of
the actors are Irish as well – even Neeson. I am eagerly anticipating enjoying
nearly 2 hours of lilting authentic Irish accents. I digress…</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Neeson is no stranger to this type of role, and he excels in
them – regardless of how many times we see something similar. In this case,
considering he’s on his home turf, I’m hoping there’s a little more spark to
his performance. I thought I might have caught a glimpse of such while watching
the trailer. He’s not the only recognizable Irish actor among the cast, either.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I’m already invested in this story and wonder exactly how
the past catches up to Finbar Murphy – and whether or not those that come
hunting his head are of actual relation to him or not. So many questions that
must wait for answers. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>In the Land of Saints & Sinners</i> is receiving a
wide release premiering March 29<sup>th</sup>. Streaming and digital rental
release information was not available at the time of this article.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">15 - State of Consciousness (3/15)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c1KzphumWm0" width="320" youtube-src-id="c1KzphumWm0"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Marcus Stokes</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writers</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Guillaume Tunzini, Dikran Ornekian, Rylend Grant, Giacomo Arrigoni</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Emile Hirschk, Gaia Scodellaro, Tatjana Nardone, Michael E. Rodgers, Lara
Pictet, Kesia Elwin, Joy Libardoni, Jane Alexander, Daniel Lench, Mariano Di
Vaio, Gonzalo Escudero, David Wurawa, Yoon C. Joyce, Alex Ramos, Robin Mugnaini</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Thriller</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: R</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 1h
41min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/state_of_consciousness_2022" target="_blank"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">RottenTomatoes Blurb</span></b></a><b><a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/state_of_consciousness_2022" target="_blank"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">:</span></a><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></b><i><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Accused of murder, a
man winds up in a shady mental facility where an experimental treatment causes
a yearlong gap in his memory, leaving him unable to separate horrific
hallucinations from real life. As he fights to regain the fragments of his old
life, he starts to realize the truth is more frightening than anything he could
ever imagine.</span></i><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">My curiosity is thoroughly piqued with <i>State of Consciousness</i>.
Is Emile Hirsch’s (<i>Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood, The Comeback Trail,
Inside Man</i>) character, Stephen, in some sort of dystopian future? Is he
trapped in some sort of <i>Matrix</i> (1999)-like simulation? The trailer gave
me so many questions that I’m dying to learn the answers. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">It’s clear that, at the very least, there is some sort of
control going on in a quasi-<i>Inception</i> (2010) sort of fashion and I can’t
wait for the layers of that mystery to be peeled back. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>State of Consciousness</i> feels like just the right
blend of Sci-Fi with thriller to get the pulse pounding and bring audiences to
the edge of seats. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">We won’t have to wait long, though. <i>State of
Consciousness</i> is receiving a limited theater release, and is also dropping
on digital On-Demand services on its premier day, March 15<sup>th</sup>.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">14 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- American Dreamer
(3/8)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ip1M_fjL2Bo" width="320" youtube-src-id="ip1M_fjL2Bo"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Paul Dektor</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writers</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Theodore Melfi, Christopher Wehner</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Danny Pudi, Matt Dillon, Peter Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine, Danny Glover,
Michelle Mylett, Donald Heng, Garry Chalk, Kimberly Quinn, Rebecca Olson,
Raresh DiMofte, C. Ernst Harth, Kimberley Shoniker, Brendan Riggs, Frank
Warburton Bailey III, Jennifer-Juniper Angeli</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Comedy, Drama</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Unrated</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 1h
38min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);"><b><a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/american_dreamer_2022" target="_blank">Rotten Tomatoes Blurb</a></b></span><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: <i>American Dreamer, based on a true story from Chicago
Public Radio's This American Life, is the story of Phil Loder (Peter Dinklage),
a twice-divorced, frustrated, underpaid professor of economics, whose grand
dream of home ownership is tragically out of reach. When an incredible,
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity comes his way, Phil strikes a deal with Astrid
Finnelli (Shirley MacLaine), a lonely, childless, near-death widow who offers
her sprawling estate for pennies. But Phil quickly learns the deal is too good
to be true and the American dream is not quite what it used to be.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I love a good dark comedy now and again, and Peter Dinklage
(<i>Knights of Badassdom, Game of Thrones, Cyrano</i>) is masterful in such
roles. The combination of Dinklage and Shirley MacLaine (<i>Guarding Tess,
Bewitched, Only Murders in the Building</i>) alone is reason enough for me to
want to watch <i>American Dreamer. </i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Then you throw in the rest of the amazing cast; such as Matt
Dillon (<i>The Art of the Steal, Wayward Pines, Asteroid City</i>) and Danny
Glover (<i>Almost Christmas, The Dead Don't Die, Jumanji: The Next Level</i>)
and there’s an excellent set=up for a well-rounded comedic romp. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Dinklage’s character, Dr. Phil Loder, seems to be
experiencing a living representation of the “Expectations vs. Reality” memes
that often circulate the internet and social media, and I’m here for it. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>American Dreamer</i> is receiving a limited theatrical
release beginning March 8<sup>th</sup>, though will become available for
digital rental On-Demand on the same day. Streaming service release information
was not available at the time of this article.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">13 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- Knox Goes Away
(3/15)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UiMNmOajf-E" width="320" youtube-src-id="UiMNmOajf-E"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Michael Keaton</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writer</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Gregory Poirier</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Al
Pacino, Michael Keaton, Marcia Gay Harden, James Marsden, Joanna Kulig, Ray
McKinnon, Lela Loren, Suzy Nakamura, Dennis Dugan, Chad Donella, John
Hoogenakker, Jay Paulson, Benita Krista Nall, Marisa Echeverria, Nicole
Reddinger, Paul Perri, Lee Dawson, Morgan Bastin, Charles Bisset, Gugun Deep
Singh, Kristofer Gordon, Natasha Galano, Edwin Garcia II</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Thriller</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: R</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 1h
54min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/972614-knox-goes-away?language=en-US" target="_blank"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">TMDB Blurb</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);"><b>:</b></span></a><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> <i>A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a
fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem
himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son. But to do so, he must
race against the police closing in on him as well as the ticking clock of his
own rapidly deteriorating mind.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">It’s heartbreaking when someone you love develops dementia.
It would be absolutely terrifying for a contract killer to be on the loose and
suffering from the debilitating brain disorder. Knox Goes Away explores that
very concept – with a twist. Perhaps Knox has a chance to redeem himself in the
eyes of his estranged son, played by James Marsden (<i>Lee Daniel's The Butler,
Into the Grizzly Maze, Sonic the Hedgehog</i>), before he completely loses his
mind… literally.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I would watch Michael Keaton (<i>Dumbo, The Trial of the
Chicago 7, Dopesick</i>) in just about anything. He has become an integral part
of my personal cinematic landscape over the years – beginning with <i>Mr. Mom</i>
(1983). When it comes to <i>Knox Goes Away</i> this is doubly exciting for me;
because Keaton is not only starring in this movie, but also directing it. This
is only his 2<sup>nd</sup> credited feature he’s directed, and the last was
back in 2008, so this feels like quite the treat to get an updated feeling for
his storytelling style both in front of and behind the camera.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Of course, Keaton isn’t alone on the screen by any means.
Legendary Al Pacino (The Irishman, House of Gucci, Hunters) plays a key role in
this tale, as well, if the trailer is accurate. I also enjoy the work of Marcia
Gay Harden (Code Black, Confess Fletch, The Morning Show) and Ray McKinnon
(Ford v. Ferrari, News of the World, The Continental: From the World of John
Wick). (Although, the latter sometimes makes me irrationally angry just looking
at him because of his role in both <i>Sons of Anarchy</i> (2008-2014) and <i>Mayans
M.C.</i> (2018-2023). He really acted the hell out of the asshole federal agent
part. It’s stuck with me.)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Knox Goes Away</i> will be receiving a wide release in
theaters beginning Friday, March 15<sup>th</sup>.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">12 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- Wicked Little
Letters (3/29)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SeTeCWbF8KY" width="320" youtube-src-id="SeTeCWbF8KY"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Thea Sharrock</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writer</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Jonny Sweet</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Hugh Skinner, Timothy Spall, Anjana Vasan, Lolly
Adefope, Eileen Atkins, Alisha Weir, Joanna Scanlan, Jason Watkins, Gemma
Jones, Malachi Kirby, Richard Goulding, Paul Chahidi, Susie Fairfax</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Comedy, Drama, History, Mystery</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: R</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length: 1h 40min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: <i>When people in Littlehampton--including conservative
local Edith--begin to receive letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy
Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is
amiss, the town's women investigate.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Wicked Little Letters</i> looks like it’s going to be a hilarious
period piece with a marvelous feud between the characters portrayed by Olivia
Colman (<i>Secret Invasion, Wonka, The Crown</i>) and Jessie Buckley <i>(Chernobyl,
The Lost Daughter, Women Talking</i>). Of course, at the center of everything
is also the mystery of who sent the titular shockingly profane letters. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I am eagerly anticipating watching both to find out the
answer to “whodunnit” and laugh my head off at the shenanigans unfolding on the
screen. Of course, <i>Wicked Little Letters</i> is set in 1920s England, and
the events detailed in this story would have been quite the jolt to anyone of
decorum and propriety in that age. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Crazily enough, however, I’ve learned that <i>Wicked Little
Letters</i> is actually based on a true story. It has taken quite a bit of
willpower to refrain from researching ahead of time to find out the answers to
all of the burning questions. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Wicked Little Letters</i> will receive a limited theater
release on Friday, March 29<sup>th</sup>; but will open to a wide release
beginning April 5<sup>th</sup>. At the time of this article, information
regarding digital on-demand rental and the like was not available. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">11 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- Arthur the King
(3/15)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wjDJNEPghNY" width="320" youtube-src-id="wjDJNEPghNY"></iframe></div> <br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Simon Cellan Jones</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writer</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Michael Brandt, Mikael Lindnord</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Mark Wahlberg, Nathalie Emmanuel, Simu Liu, Bear Grylls, Juliet Rylance, Paul
Guilfoyle, Rob Collins, Ali Suliman, Cece Valentina, Elizabeth Chahin, Alani
Ilongwe, Oscar Best, Roger Wasserman</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Drama, Adventure</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
PG-13</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 1h
30min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/618588-arthur-the-king?language=en-US" target="_blank"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">TMDB Blurb</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">:</span></a><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> <i>Over the course of ten days and 435 miles, an
unbreakable bond is forged between pro adventure racer Michael Light and a
scrappy street dog companion dubbed Arthur. As the team is pushed to their
outer limits of endurance in the race, Arthur redefines what victory, loyalty
and friendship truly mean.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Arthur the King</i> is one of those uplifting true
stories that you want to root for. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Of course, as long as the titular critter – in this case, a
dog – doesn’t die during the movie. I’ve had my share of heartache from
watching furry friends die on the screen after becoming emotionally invested in
their story and wellbeing. I am not really up for adding any more animal
friends to that body count, thank you. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">There is an app for that! Well, at least there’s a website
that checks out potentially triggering things for you and is able to provide
answers without much spoiling of the stories involved. If you want to know if Arthur
makes it through before buying a ticket or renting this movie, maybe check out <a href="http://Doesthedogdie.com" target="_blank">Doesthedogdie.com</a>. I’ll leave it to you whether or not
you want to spoil that fact. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Regardless of that, the tale of Arthur the dog and the crazy
long adventure race he decided to tag along for is absolutely amazing. There’s
a great cast on board, the cinematography looks on point, there will be plenty
of action and adventure, and of course there will be plenty of “the feels”
along the way. Sounds like a recipe for success!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Arthur the King</i> is set for a wide theatrical release
beginning March 15<sup>th</sup>. Digital on-demand and streaming information
was not available at the time of this article.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxdabeiN9OQC7FfvO8ufH3eph_2PO7T1s8ctuwQJsCv1-0HrXFWEho9xtca-HMzlU_j51cn9an-jLFyAKk2QtFmUJQyCRnNZWr0yhmt6yX35QPsH8n6v16LkCTTpmY8QDzntEuIv3L8kV9Jsu6bume5DMCV1Kss5HpSUlWFOgCPVHDfnKFG8T5nD2RbY/s3264/March%202024%20Collage_1-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3242" data-original-width="3264" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxdabeiN9OQC7FfvO8ufH3eph_2PO7T1s8ctuwQJsCv1-0HrXFWEho9xtca-HMzlU_j51cn9an-jLFyAKk2QtFmUJQyCRnNZWr0yhmt6yX35QPsH8n6v16LkCTTpmY8QDzntEuIv3L8kV9Jsu6bume5DMCV1Kss5HpSUlWFOgCPVHDfnKFG8T5nD2RbY/w400-h398/March%202024%20Collage_1-10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">10 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- Ricky Stanicky
(3/7)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WXpBN_31-Cw" width="320" youtube-src-id="WXpBN_31-Cw"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Peter Farrelly</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writers</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Jeffrey Bushell, Brian Jarvis, James Lee Freeman, Peter Farrelly, Pete Jones,
Mike Cerrone, David Occhino, Jason Decker</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Zac Efron, John Cena, Andrew Santino, Jermaine Fowler, William H. Macy, Jeff
Ross, Riley Stiles, Oscar Wilson, Gaius Nolan, Brian Jarvis, Jackie Flynn,
Kevin Flynn, Jasmine Anders, Lex Scott Davis, Stan Grant, Anja Savcic, Bob
Farrelly, Nathan Jones, Jasper Bagg, Debra Lawrance, Heather Mitchell, Daniel
Monks, Sloan Fischer, Jane Badler, Apple Farrelly, Marta Kaczmarek, Francesca
Waters, Charlie Torr, Jackson Tozer, Ryan Shelton, Harrison Frick, Sean Gildea,
Jim Knobeloch, Sharon Johal, Kieran Rahilly</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Comedy</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: R</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 1h
48min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: <i>When three childhood best friends pull a prank that
goes wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of
trouble. Twenty years later, they still use the nonexistent Ricky as a handy
alibi for their immature behavior.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">This trio of best buddies has been lying to everyone around
them for over 20 years about a fictional person – why stop now? I mean, what
could possibly go wrong when you hire an adult performer with questionable taste
to pretend to be the infamous scapegoat for so many alibis? </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Honesty is the best policy, mmkay? </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Ricky Stanicky</i> looks like it’s going to be quite the
rollercoaster ride with both hilarity and cringe humor. Both Zac Efron (<i>The
Greatest Showman, The Greatest Beer Run Ever, The Iron Claw</i>) and John Cena
(<i>Peacemaker, Fast X, Argylle</i>) have shown over the years that they are
equally capable of serious roles and absolute cornball craziness. I have a
feeling that <i>Ricky Stanicky</i> is going to be decidedly on the goofy end –
with an adult humor twist. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Audiences won’t have to wonder when this title will be available
for streaming, though, as <i>Ricky Stanicky</i> is releasing on March 7<sup>th</sup>
as an Amazon Prime Original.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">9 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- Kung Fu Panda 4
(3/8)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_inKs4eeHiI" width="320" youtube-src-id="_inKs4eeHiI"></iframe></div> <br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Directors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Mike Mitchell, Stephanie Stine</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writers</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Jack Black, Awkwafina, Viola Davis, Dustin Hoffman, James Hong, Bryan Cranston,
Ian McShane, Ke Huy Quan, Ronny Chieng, Lori Tan Chinn, Cece Valentina</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Comedy, Adventure, Animation, Action</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: PG</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 1h
34min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: <i>After Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of
the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, while a
wicked sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has
vanquished to the spirit realm.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">They’ve made another one? That seems to be the question I
hear a lot – and the answer is yes, yes they did. Am I happy about it? Yes, yes
I am. I can’t get enough of these silly panda movies. Seriously. They’re a lot
of fun! Each one has also had something new to bring to the table so it hasn’t
been the same story over and over, either. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I really appreciate that they’ve given Po this mega-arc for
character development. He progresses from noodle-shop worker to Dragon Warrior,
but then needs to learn how to be a good leader and a good student. He also
gets to rediscover his roots along the way. Each new story is a progression.
That’s still true, from what I’ve seen of this 4<sup>th</sup> installment. This
time Po has to learn to embrace peace, let go of the Dragon Warrior title as it
is passed down, and become a teacher in his own right – while fighting the
newest big bad …who embodies (sometimes literally) all of the major villains he’s
already vanquished and then some. This story progression truly hasn’t been the
rinse and repeat that most sequels offer. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">While I haven’t seen mention of the Furious 5 in the cast
listings or even the trailer, the majority of the key players are still
returning for this new quadriquel, as it’s being called. Jack Black (<i>Weird:
The Al Yankovic Story, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Mandalorian</i>) is reprising
Po, as it should be. Dustin Hoffman (<i>Little Fockers, The Program, As They
Made Us</i>) returns as Shifu. Bryan Cranston (<i>The One and Only Ivan, Jerry
and Marge Go Large, Argylle</i>) has returned as Li, Po’s biological father,
after picking the role up in the 3<sup>rd</sup> movie. Ian McShane (<i>Deadwood:
The Movie, American Gods, John Wick: Chapter 4</i>) brings back the original
Big Bad with Tai Lung. Finally, James Hong <i>(Turning Red, Gremlins: Secrets
of the Mogwai, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight</i>) is lending his talent once
more to Mr. Ping – Po’s adopted father, the noodle shop owner. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">There’s phenomenal talent joining the cast in new roles, as
well. Ke Huy Quan (<i>Everything Everywhere All at Once, American Born Chinese,
Loki</i>), continuing his glorious Hollywood resurgence, is playing a pangolin
named Han. Awkwafina (<i>Raya and the Last Dragon, Renfield, Migration</i>) is
lending her voice to the little fox character, Zhen, who is seen with Po
throughout the trailer. Will that character be his new protégé? That’s my
guess. Last, but absolutely not least, Viola Davis (<i>Ma Rainey's Black
Bottom, The Woman King, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes</i>)
is voicing the villain, Chameleon. We all know she is a badass. This is going
to be great!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Kung Fu Panda 4 </i>will be getting a wide theatrical
release on March 8<sup>th</sup>. It is unclear at this time when it will become
available for digital on-demand rental or streaming services.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">8 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- Late Night with
the Devil (3/22)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TiwvEtimLzQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="TiwvEtimLzQ"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Directors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes<span> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writers</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli,
Rhys Auteri, Josh Quong Tart, Georgina Haig, Steve Mouzakis, Gaby Seow,
Christopher Kirby, Paula Arundell, Mitchell Brotz, Nicole Chapman, Imaan
Hadchiti</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Horror</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: R</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 1h
26min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: <i>A live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly
wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">When I first watched the trailer for <i>Late Night with the
Devil</i>, I was getting serious <i>The Cleansing Hour</i> (2019) vibes. That
was a surprisingly great movie, by the way. However, I don’t think this is
going to be exactly like that, but the stakes might ultimately be similar to
the events in that film. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Honestly, when I saw that David Dastmalchian (<i>Boston
Strangler, Oppenheimer, The Last Voyage of the Demeter</i>) is front and center
in this horror movie, I couldn’t resist. I have to watch it. He is so excellent
at subtly sinister and creepy characters. He also pulls off the complete opposite
just as effectively. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Would you like to know more? (I couldn’t resist.) Michael
Ironside (<i>Synchronicity, Nobody, BlackBerry</i>) is also lending his voice
as the narrator to bring us this harrowing tale of late-night talk show gone
wrong – presented as found-footage.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">This movie doesn’t seem to offer anything so overt as a live
exorcism on air, but rather is featuring a set of talk show guests that spell a
recipe for disaster - <span> </span>a Halloween
episode featuring a parapsychologist and the sole survivor of a cult that all
offed themselves, who also happens to be the subject of the parapsychologist’s
new book. What could possibly go wrong? Apparently, quite a lot. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I’m excited about this new IFC Films offering. <i>Late Night
with the Devil</i> will receive a limited theatrical release beginning March 22<sup>nd</sup>,
and will become available exclusively on AMC+/Shudder as of April 19<sup>th</sup>,
2024.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">7 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- Asphalt City
(3/29)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2qgc4ihhuGc" width="320" youtube-src-id="2qgc4ihhuGc"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire<span> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writers</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Ben Mac Brown, Shannon Burke, Ryan King</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Sean Penn, Tye Sheridan, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Michael Pitt, Katherine Waterston,
Mike Tyson, Raquel Nave, Kali Reis, Shelly Burrell, Daniel Foote, Onie Maceo
Watlington</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Thriller, Drama</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: R</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 2h
5min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: <i>Ollie Cross is a young paramedic assigned to the NYC
night shift with an uncompromising and seasoned partner Gene Rutkovsky. Each
911 call is often dangerous and uncertain, putting their lives on the line
every day to help others.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">On the best of nights, the profession of a fire department
paramedic is an intense and stressful occupation. Then throw in the mix one of
the biggest cities of the world – New York. FDNY has some of the craziest and
toughest challenges out there when it comes to emergency medical response, and
this movie gives us but a little taste of what it’s like behind the proverbial
curtain… in fictionalized form, of course. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I tend to watch a few crime procedurals here and there, but
I also have been enjoying the hell out of the <i>9-1-1</i> (2018-) shows. One
is set in Los Angeles, <i>and 9-1-1: Lone Star</i> (2020-) is set in Austin,
TX. There have been a few movies over recent years that have also featured
paramedics in key, if not lead, roles. I like this trend of showing a different
kind of superhero on screen…the ones that you have working every day in your
city, often at much cost to themselves physically and mentally. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">That brings us to what seems to be at the core of this
rookie + veteran EMT duo’s story. Somewhere, and somehow a line gets crossed
and something happens that requires a lot of red tape and this ambulance squad
is called to account for it. <i>Asphalt City </i>looks like it’s going to be a
hard-hitting and emotional rollercoaster of possibly literal heart-stopping
moments. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">This film is also in good hands with Sean Penn (<i>Gangster
Squad, The Professor and the Madman, Licorice Pizza</i>) and Tye Sheridan (<i>Scouts
Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Ready Player One, The Tender Bar</i>) as the
pair of paramedics <i>Asphalt City</i> focuses on. We also get a treat of
seeing Mike Tyson (<i>The Hangover, A Madea Family Funeral, Mike Tyson
Mysteries</i>) as their Chief. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">So far, there seem to be a lot of mixed reviews for this
movie; however, a lot of them seem to reference the film by the title Black
Flies – which is the name of the book this movie is adapted from. It appears
that initial screenings used that title first. Perhaps, with <i>Asphalt City</i>,
the production team could have potentially done a little tweaking as part of
post-production and gave it a re-branding. That’s just conjecture on my part. I’m
willing to give it a shot either way.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Asphalt City</i> is set for a limited theatrical release
beginning March 29<sup>th</sup>. Information regarding digital on-demand and
future streaming services was unavailable at the time of this article.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">6 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- Imaginary (3/8)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8XoNfrgrAGM" width="320" youtube-src-id="8XoNfrgrAGM"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Jeff Wadlow</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writers</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Greg Erb, Jason Oremland, Jeff Wadlow</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Veronica Falcón, Betty Buckley, Alix Angelis, Dane
DiLiegro, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun, Matthew Sato, Cecilia Leal, Sean Albertson</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Horror, Thriller</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
PG-13</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 1h
44min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: <i>A woman returns to her childhood home to discover that
the imaginary friend she left behind is very real and unhappy that she
abandoned him.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">There are at least 2 movies releasing in the near future involving
imaginary friends and what happens with their humans have grown up and moved beyond
them. One is lighthearted and intended to be a fun family movie called <i>IF</i>,
which is due to be released in May 2024. The other is a much darker take on the
topic with a Blumhouse horror treatment. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">This film, <i>Imaginary</i>, is that very Horror/Thriller
with a rating a bit more restrictive at PG-13. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I think it’s phenomenal that we get to see both sides of the
concept explored this year. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">As for the horror take, there were points in the trailer
that had me squirming and all of my mom-senses were wigging out on behalf of
the little girl being manipulated by the former friendly, now sinister, “imaginary”
entity. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">This looks like it’s going to be a wild ride, and I’m
curious to see if we get to see the world that these companion entities hail
from – or where they go when they are left behind. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Imaginary</i> is set to receive a limited theatrical
release beginning March 8<sup>th</sup>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">5 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- Godzilla x Kong:
The New Empire (3/29)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lV1OOlGwExM" width="320" youtube-src-id="lV1OOlGwExM"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Adam Wingard</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writers</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett, Jeremy Slater, Adam Wingard</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens, Rachel House, Brian Tyree Henry, Fala Chen, Kaylee
Hottle</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Sci-fi, Action, Adventure</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
PG-13</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 1h
55min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: <i>Two ancient titans, Godzilla and Kong, clash in an
epic battle as humans unravel their intertwined origins and connection to Skull
Island's mysteries.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">It’s a team-up! Honestly, <i>Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</i>
had me at “Godzilla.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I adore these features about massive creatures. Though, I
will admit I tend to lean in towards favoring the Godzilla-centric stories. I
am curious how this will all play out, and to see if they make any explanation
in the movie for some of the design changes (such as the red/magenta hue as Godzilla
powers up instead of the blue as it’s been in the most recent movies).</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Bonus, too, that <i>Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</i> also
has Dan Stevens (The Guest, Beauty and the Beast, The Boy and the Heron) and
Brian Tyree Henry (Godzilla vs. Kong, Bullet Train, The Magician's Elephant)
among the cast. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">“Go, go Godzilla!” – Blue Oyster Cult</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</i> will have a wide
theatrical release beginning March 29<sup>th</sup>. Digital On-Demand rental
information was not available at this time, though you can bet that <i>Godzilla
x Kong: The New Empire </i>will most likely land on Max after the required time
in theaters elapses.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">4 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- Road House (3/21)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y0ZsLudtfjI" width="320" youtube-src-id="Y0ZsLudtfjI"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Doug Liman</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writers</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Anthony Bagarozzi, Chuck Mondry, R. Lance Hill, Hilary Henkin</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Jake Gyllenhaal, Conor McGregor, Daniela Melchior, Jessica Williams, Lukas
Gage, Billy Magnussen, Darren Barnet, Post Malone, Joaquim de Almeida,
Dominique Columbus, Arturo Castro, JD Pardo, Beau Knapp, Hannah Love Lanier,
Kevin Carroll, Bob Menery, B.K. Cannon, Travis Van Winkle, Catfish Jean, Chad
Guerrero, Jay Hieron, David Warren, Kenny Lorenzetti, Bruce Buffer, Jon Anik,
Daniel Cormier, Megan Olivi</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Action, Drama, Thriller</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: R</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 1h
54min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: <i>Ex-UFC fighter Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal) takes a job as
a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is
not all it seems.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Alright, let’s deal with the elephants in the room – because
I think there are a few of them here. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I absolutely adore the original <i>Road House</i> (1989) with
Patrick Swayze (<i>Dirty Dancing, Point Break, Donnie Darko</i>), Sam Elliott (<i>Tombstone,
A Star is Born, 1883</i>), and Kelly Lynch (<i>Charlie's Angels, Magic City,
Rock the Kasbah</i>). There simply is no replacing that movie. The pairing of
Swayze and Elliott was something magical for that film, and it all worked. It
was a product of its time and that’s great. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I’m not mad that the new <i>Road House</i> is happening,
however.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">This new remake has a lot going for it – primarily the cast.
<span> </span>Jake Gyllenhaal (<i>Spider-Man: Far from
Home, Ambulance, The Covenant</i>) is perfect for this lead role. He’s lean and
scrappy and fits the character well. He’s believable in the required action and
has the temperament for the part. <span> </span>Daniela
Melchior (<i>Marlowe, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Faxt X</i>) playing the
doctor that helps clue Dalton in on the complexities of the area he just moved
to.<span> </span>Conor McGregor (<i>Game of War:
Prepare for War, Bipolar Rock 'N Roller, The Ultimate Fighter</i>) works as a
hot-headed and arrogant fixer for the local bad guy, played by Joaquim de
Almeida (<i>Our Brand is Crisis, Queen of the South, Warrior Nun</i>). Each of
these parts was well cast. There’s even a musical talent among the cast with Post
Malone (<i>Spenser Confidential, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,
This is Me...Now</i>). </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">All of the pieces are in place for <i>Road House</i> to have
a great resurgence in popularity – and those who have watched this new one will
likely go back and watch the original, too. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Though, there is some controversy circling because Amazon acquired
the production of this movie when they bought MGM. The original screenwriter
from the 1989 movie tossed their hat in the ring regarding copyright, and now
the director has stated they plan to skip the premiere at SXSW film festival as
a protest that Amazon intends to release this movie directly to streaming after
the film festival. There’s further scuttlebutt that Amazon utilized AI with the
film due to the strike, but the company has denied those allegations and there haven’t
been any court proceedings yet to decide one way or another. Gyllenhaal has
made public <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.gamesradar.com/road-house-jake-gyllenhaal-director-boycott-response/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_content=total-film" target="_blank">statement</a>s</span><span style="color: red;"> </span>that he always understood
Amazon was going to stream this film, but he appreciates the directors’ tenacity.
Lawsuits have been filed – as of now, however, there doesn’t seem to be any
change to Amazon’s plans. Until and unless some sort of court injunction stops
them from releasing <i>Road House</i>, it’s going to hit Prime Video as
scheduled. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I get where everyone is coming from, but I also really
REALLY want to watch this movie ASAP. So, I’m crossing my fingers that it
carries on. It’s not up to me to determine if Amazon has gone back on their
word, etc. Both parties will need to prove their sides in court. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Road House</i> will hit Amazon Prime Video on March 21<sup>st</sup>,
providing courts do not intervene.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">3 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- Dune: Part Two
(3/1)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Way9Dexny3w" width="320" youtube-src-id="Way9Dexny3w"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Denis Villeneuve</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writers</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts, Frank Herbert</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin,
Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux,
Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Souheila Yacoub, Roger Yuan, Babs
Olusanmokun, Alison Halstead, Giusi Merli, Kait Tenison, Steve Wall, Zoe Kata
Kaska, Anya Taylor-Joy</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
PG-13</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 2h
46min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: <i>Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while
seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I have been waiting with bated breath for <i>Dune: Part Two</i>
to be released. With the ripple effects of the global pandemic and the strike,
I got worried that we’d have to wait longer. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The time has finally come! If you want to see how much I
gushed over the first movie and how much I adore this treatment of Frank Hebert’s
books, head on over to our <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2021/11/dune-2021.html" target="_blank"><b>review </b></a>of <i>Dune</i>
(2021) from November of its release year.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I am quite sure <i>Dune: Part Two</i> will have been worth
the wait, and I’m hoping to even go see it on the big screen.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Dune: Part Two</i> will be hitting theaters for a wide
release today, Friday, March 1<sup>st</sup>. While exact dates are yet unknown,
you can look for this film to stream on Max at some point before summer.
On-demand details weren’t available at the time of this article.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">2 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- Damsel (3/8)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iM150ZWovZM" width="320" youtube-src-id="iM150ZWovZM"></iframe></div></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writer</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Dan Mazeau</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Millie Bobby Brown, Ray Winstone, Angela Bassett, Brooke Carter, Nick Robinson,
Robin Wright, Milo Twomey, Nicole Joseph, Patrice Naiambana, Ulli Ackermann,
Tasha Lim, Brogan Mcfarlane, Sonya Nisa, Esther Odumade, Margarita Ren, Eloise
Shephard, Szofia Sallia, Matt Slack, Manon Stieglitz, António Craveiro, Shohreh
Aghdashloo</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Fantasy, Adventure, Action</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
PG-13</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 1h
48min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: <i>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.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I have been dying to watch <i>Damsel</i> ever since Netflix
released its first teasers featuring Millie Bobby Brown (<i>Stranger Things,
Godzilla vs. Kong, Enola Holmes</i>) in that tiny cave opening along the cliff
wall. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Who doesn’t love a story about the maiden who refuses to become
a sacrifice to the fire-breathing dragon and decides to save herself?! This is
one revenge tale that should play out quite satisfactorily, if the trailers are
to be believed. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The cast is phenomenal, the effects look great so far, and
the cinematography seems stunning and spot-on, given what was offered in the
trailer’s brief glimpses. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Damsel</i> is releasing as a Netflix Original on March 8<sup>th</sup>.
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">1 </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">- Ghostbusters:
Frozen Empire (3/22)</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HpOBXh02rVc" width="320" youtube-src-id="HpOBXh02rVc"></iframe></div> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: Gil Kenan</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Writers</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Gil Kenan, Jason Reitman, Ivan Reitma, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Mckenna Grace, Celeste O'Connor, Carrie Coon, Annie Potts, Paul Rudd, Bill
Murray, Finn Wolfhard, Kumail Nanjiani, Ernie Hudson, Patton Oswalt, Dan
Aykroyd, Emily Alyn Lind, William Atherton, Logan Kim, James Acaster, Emily Ng,
Deisy Patiño, Natalie Cousteau</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Rated</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">:
PG-13</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: 2h
5min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;">: <i>When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an
evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and
save the world from a second ice age.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I can’t get enough Ghostbusters. That’s really the only
reason I need to watch <i>Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. </i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The original cast is returning, the cast from <i>Ghostbusters:
Afterlife</i> (2021) is coming back as well, and once more they’ll be where it
all began – New York City. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The trailers showed that there will be callbacks and nods to
the original as well as this last sequel, and there will be returning supporting
cast as well as some new faces – such as Patton Oswalt (<i>The Goldbergs, The
Sandman, Mystery Science Theater 3000</i>). </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I can assure you that I will be watching <i>Ghostbusters:
Frozen Empire</i> as soon as humanly possible along with my whole family. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire</i> lands in theaters for a
wide release on March 22<sup>nd</sup>, but if you live in New York City, you can
watch it as early as March 14<sup>th</sup>. Streaming and on-demand details
were not available at the time of this article.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><u><span style="color: #333333;">Movies to Look out For</span></u></b><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">According to Selina</span></i><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">With Love and a Major Organ</span><span style="color: #333333;"> .20</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">Love Lies Bleeding </span><span style="color: #333333;">.19</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire </span><span style="color: #333333;">.</span><span style="color: #333333;">18</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">In the Land of Saints and Sinners </span><span style="color: #333333;">.</span><span style="color: #333333;">17</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">Late Night with the Devil </span><span style="color: #333333;">.</span><span style="color: #333333;">16</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">Spaceman </span><span style="color: #333333;">.</span><span style="color: #333333;">15</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">Ricky Stanicky </span><span style="color: #333333;">.</span><span style="color: #333333;">14</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">Glitter & Doom </span><span style="color: #333333;">.</span><span style="color: #333333;">13</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">My Name is Loh Kiwan </span><span style="color: #333333;">.</span><span style="color: #333333;">12</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">Femme </span><span style="color: #333333;">.</span><span style="color: #333333;">11</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">Damsel </span><span style="color: #333333;">.</span><span style="color: #333333;">10</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">Kung Fu Panda 4 .9</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span> </span>Riddle of Fire</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">.8</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">Arthur the King </span><span style="color: #333333;">.</span><span style="color: #333333;">7</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;"> The American Society of Magical Negroes</span><span style="color: #333333;"> .6</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span> </span>American Dreamer</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">.5</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span> </span>Road House</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">.4</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span> </span>Wicked Little Letters </span><span style="color: #333333;">.3</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire </span><span style="color: #333333;">.</span><span style="color: #333333;">2</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div>
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Selina Tropiano and Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786165541142301592noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-11554473935118559742024-02-23T18:00:00.001-05:002024-02-25T00:36:41.676-05:00Blue Beetle (2023)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijA3Drrhk4yYx5YIxlG1LpsM6qadGYnfYJ8CmAOU3z_TSKA_8-ubDwE1alAAgPLeycO5WvWl_UTcK5XoTxbIg-X0bziN0arIC2k0FWB0nH7mh3QlT31GVPp-aZaHDkk21XcT2cFrWgdF1OpjlAtxW4B6j-yAWW15pvmwsUWT8lpEQJ4JNygCyum5sYcWl/s755/blue_beetle_ver3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="509" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijA3Drrhk4yYx5YIxlG1LpsM6qadGYnfYJ8CmAOU3z_TSKA_8-ubDwE1alAAgPLeycO5WvWl_UTcK5XoTxbIg-X0bziN0arIC2k0FWB0nH7mh3QlT31GVPp-aZaHDkk21XcT2cFrWgdF1OpjlAtxW4B6j-yAWW15pvmwsUWT8lpEQJ4JNygCyum5sYcWl/w270-h400/blue_beetle_ver3.jpg" width="270" /></a></div> <br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b>S<span style="color: black;">treaming Service:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> MAX</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Blue Beetle<b> </b>(2023)</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Genre:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></b><span style="color: black;">2h 7min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rating:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> PG-13</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Director:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Angel Manuel Soto</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Writer:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Actors:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Xolo Maridueña, Bruna
Marquezine, Becky G, Damián Alcázar, George Lopez, Adriana Barraza, Belissa
Escobedo, Elpidia Carrillo, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Guillén, Raoul Max Trujillo,
Jorge Jimenez, Eyra Aguero Joubert, Gabriella Ortiz, Modesto Lacen, Oshún Ramirez,
Isabella Aparicio, Ayden Rivera, Xol Gonzalez</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDb Blurb:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> An alien scarab chooses
Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host, bestowing the recent college graduate
with a suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary powers, forever changing
his destiny as he becomes the superhero known as Blue Beetle.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pMcm9tG1J8wnIVZbPiqBaedQWx62geWJfiDxPO9SWVfbD3zJx0fSrG1s2tZWW4Y5uePhEPmEXOS0BnOnxahuNhekHyckYL7MmPpZnl0cAU3RAaZ67pJn9tMCeGqNGJTWo4_kLGh10ip5uww6UJrG9PeZYdT9grcPOHPXbgiZrlEzOqo-TYosA9wrDixH/s1091/BB1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1091" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pMcm9tG1J8wnIVZbPiqBaedQWx62geWJfiDxPO9SWVfbD3zJx0fSrG1s2tZWW4Y5uePhEPmEXOS0BnOnxahuNhekHyckYL7MmPpZnl0cAU3RAaZ67pJn9tMCeGqNGJTWo4_kLGh10ip5uww6UJrG9PeZYdT9grcPOHPXbgiZrlEzOqo-TYosA9wrDixH/w400-h255/BB1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"></span></b></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I remember when <i>Blue Beetle</i> was about to hit theaters
in August, and I was so frustrated because of my level of excitement for this
movie. We couldn’t write about our anticipation for it in our usual Top 20
article for that month because the strike was still in full swing. If we had
been able to give it a signal boost then, based on the trailer, it would have easily
landed in my Top 10. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Blue Beetle</i> offered an amazing origin story for this
DC character. This was one superhero movie that I felt that they got absolutely
right. It’s often hard to say that – especially about DC live action
productions. There’s always just something a little off about them as the
studio has tried so hard to emulate others and losing itself along the way. While
they’ve excelled with their animated films, they just have had a hard time hitting
their stride with parts played by people rather than pixels. Even now, they’re
in the midst of rebooting the whole thing again with their new boss-man. I have
lamented the loss of some of the players of these roles in the process… but the
flip-side is that the ones that had no business returning will also be off the
future projects as well. (We can hope, at least.) I digress…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Snu1aJksJRNIeW7JrYQOGFW0SLfHP9KzmlAF5QDwTgMuoD5YRdnFhvmBM5ySXB0UTQ6Bca_7bwyO6x4bqmjeG4X0WkbZ7r-63AdlQTX8BlRg48OFPO6_zub_P_1Nb0fZD1QsjN0MSaCqY2yHZoQ-7dQoWvz5fn6M5qENvQg7D1EPO-_RpxXspfxPYBaV/s1090/BB2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Snu1aJksJRNIeW7JrYQOGFW0SLfHP9KzmlAF5QDwTgMuoD5YRdnFhvmBM5ySXB0UTQ6Bca_7bwyO6x4bqmjeG4X0WkbZ7r-63AdlQTX8BlRg48OFPO6_zub_P_1Nb0fZD1QsjN0MSaCqY2yHZoQ-7dQoWvz5fn6M5qENvQg7D1EPO-_RpxXspfxPYBaV/w400-h255/BB2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Back to <i>Blue Beetle</i>! </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I loved the path of character development for Jaime Reyes,
played by Xolo Maridueña (<i>Parenthood, Cleopatra in Space, Cobra Kai</i>). As
an aside, I was already a fan of Maridueña based on his previous work; but when
he was on the screen as Jaime, I only saw that character and even forgot for a
moment I recognized him. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The family dynamic was great and really gave a great foundation
for the events of the story to spring from. <i>Blue Beetle</i> never lost sight
of how human Jaime was under this new hero persona and how his newfound role had
“real-world” stakes for those close to him. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8DhDLAMYGB7oTt59R4AbBjfgC920MoWVXl-7Uf6Y5t92isrexvPKKb137uOyNowfj3XNUbSZaeq-xVGctbuEbVKBN5Wga_U5fWB_4_5956FIhPzCjwU-aUnPaApx6zhEHavinB7UidLDaMWt8ny-hB6iqqWTolWPYTAZx83IVKZTdrKOa_HuS73qv-jU/s1091/BB3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1091" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8DhDLAMYGB7oTt59R4AbBjfgC920MoWVXl-7Uf6Y5t92isrexvPKKb137uOyNowfj3XNUbSZaeq-xVGctbuEbVKBN5Wga_U5fWB_4_5956FIhPzCjwU-aUnPaApx6zhEHavinB7UidLDaMWt8ny-hB6iqqWTolWPYTAZx83IVKZTdrKOa_HuS73qv-jU/w400-h255/BB3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I have to circle back around to the cast again. George Lopez
(<i>Lopez vs. Lopez, Fool's Paradise, How the Gringo Stole Christmas</i>) was
on a roll this past year with some great parts that both showcased his range
but also his comedic ability very well. His character of the “crazy uncle” was
one of my favorites of the whole movie. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Blue Beetle</i> had a little bit of everything – drama,
action, family connection, a greedy villain and the powerful strings they could
pull, comedy, cool tech, and even perhaps budding romance. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">We can only hope that DC will do better by its superhero stories
and their actors in the future – but for now we still have some real gems like <i>Blue
Beetle</i> to enjoy. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOS7C8QSoHMYc_m_T9MJJGyb2VbdYZ_Y2-jANm8SXGXmc_r0veVtB1Bncbb9ttJ9fPplar3aHGaArCDV5ubjn1nirsMQOc2cnG9_pYTza31wnok0hRedH2U50qBDUIBH6bHBMsQfo7p367HwkE2q6OT28j8LoebCT-2F9qd-vi5Bp4CCl1xtr2ZZMgzUHs/s1091/BB4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1091" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOS7C8QSoHMYc_m_T9MJJGyb2VbdYZ_Y2-jANm8SXGXmc_r0veVtB1Bncbb9ttJ9fPplar3aHGaArCDV5ubjn1nirsMQOc2cnG9_pYTza31wnok0hRedH2U50qBDUIBH6bHBMsQfo7p367HwkE2q6OT28j8LoebCT-2F9qd-vi5Bp4CCl1xtr2ZZMgzUHs/w400-h255/BB4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic
Score – </span></b><span style="color: black;"><span> </span>78%</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience
Score –</span></b><span style="color: black;"> </span>91<span style="color: black;">%</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Metascore – </span></b><span style="color: black;">61%</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score –</span></b><span style="color: black;"> 5.1/10</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score –</span></b><span style="color: black;"> 6.0/10</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s
Rating – </span></b><span style="color: black;">4.5/5</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></b></span></div>
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Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048012246740413784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-21437788750843740152024-02-21T18:00:00.035-05:002024-02-21T18:00:00.220-05:00History of Evil (2024)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sWjH9IYBCuD2rxZnI58BVwtiv4JwOk49pEREWm_KSrAx3CtvuRg4_NDAwz3D0SYK_yx6GdXlTHg8tPvncRCF06wy_UC6aIYqELhPo_h0EQyhxhv6ciAO1f53o7fI0uZ296I_57PJTU_TaDzV0FOiE7z0UGyZ654id5JRFjUqvtA6h3CNi5zLGwyEElY/s3000/HistoryOfEvil.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sWjH9IYBCuD2rxZnI58BVwtiv4JwOk49pEREWm_KSrAx3CtvuRg4_NDAwz3D0SYK_yx6GdXlTHg8tPvncRCF06wy_UC6aIYqELhPo_h0EQyhxhv6ciAO1f53o7fI0uZ296I_57PJTU_TaDzV0FOiE7z0UGyZ654id5JRFjUqvtA6h3CNi5zLGwyEElY/w266-h400/HistoryOfEvil.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Streaming Service:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Shudder</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> History of Evil<b> </b>(2024)</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Genre:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Horror, Thriller</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></b><span style="color: black;">1h 38m</span><span style="color: black;">in</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rating:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Unrated</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Director:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Bo Mirhosseni</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Writers:</span></b> <span style="color: black;">Bo Mirhosseni</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Actors:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Paul Wesley, Jackie Cruz,
Zachary Branch, Ralph Rodriguez, Tordy Clark, Preston Flagg, Rhonda Johnson
Dents, Jason Box, Ryan Baughman, Kyle Porter, Murphee Bloom</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Shudder Blurb:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Shudder: In the near
future, war and corruption have plagued America and turned it into a theocratic
police state. Against the oppression, ordinary citizens have formed a group
called The Resistance. One such member, Alegre Dyer, breaks out of political prison
and reunites with her husband Ron and daughter Daria. On the run from the
militia, the family takes shelter in a remote safe house. But their journey is
far from over, as the house’s dark past begins to eat away at Ron, and his
earnest desire to keep his family safe is overtaken by something much more
sinister.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFxTGd949Dt6N4sXLtsMW-wjp8_m2pT_9irCupaXwmyjaduz7rd91IEOTotSKrvQKPdiiz3Ab_uMD7IiAB6H8a3O0eBvJylY1cN-IodyRM-BiYFShXbNmJyxYRNZ2QHV6FvdFdWZp_Zfn3dKjMarWojnvDzXZExBpDq-xD42rFpOqOadXcHwuy1GruW00/s1090/History%20Evil%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFxTGd949Dt6N4sXLtsMW-wjp8_m2pT_9irCupaXwmyjaduz7rd91IEOTotSKrvQKPdiiz3Ab_uMD7IiAB6H8a3O0eBvJylY1cN-IodyRM-BiYFShXbNmJyxYRNZ2QHV6FvdFdWZp_Zfn3dKjMarWojnvDzXZExBpDq-xD42rFpOqOadXcHwuy1GruW00/w400-h255/History%20Evil%203.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Dents as “Trudy”, Paul Wesley as “Ron”, Murphy Bloom as “Daria”, and Jackie
Cruz as “Alegre” in Bo Mirhosseni’s HISTORY OF EVIL. Courtesy of Shudder. A
Shudder Release.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span><b><span style="color: black;">Selina’s Point of View:</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Although the trailer
for <i>History of Evil </i>was interesting, the movie made me a bit
nervous. There were some red flags, mostly in the way it was marketed. When I
sat down to watch it, it was with a healthy dose of skepticism.</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">What I got was something
incredibly tense and insightful.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">History of Evil</span></i><span style="color: #222222;"> exists in a
dystopian world where neo-fascists have taken over. We follow someone who seems
to be the leader of the resistance as she gets out of political prison and is
evacuated with her daughter and husband. Description-wise, this is obviously up
my alley. Dystopias are my bread and butter. The movie probably would have been
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Wesley as “Ron” in Bo Mirhosseni’s HISTORY OF EVIL. Courtesy of Shudder. A
Shudder Release.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">As it turns out, the
intriguing world was nowhere near the best aspect of the film.</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">From the very
beginning <i>History of Evil</i> was tense, with only a few jump
scares. By the end, however, my blood was running cold. Most of it was subtle.
A look at how racism infects even the best of us if we continuously open
ourselves up to the people who spread it. It showed how that kind of prejudice
could be handed down and inherited.</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">What could have been a
basic haunted house story was made more tense by an unfamiliar world and the
heightened realization of our own vulnerability to horrific thoughts.</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><i><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">History of Evil</span></i><span style="color: #222222;"> was fantastic. It
had a real message and was horrifying to watch. </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3REGeTcspPNwM19S0ZtLMiSgl1auWiijmbX6XsW88UwYWKSyEKVjxmkMY0I9tl7TjBNwc3mvW9YHx8ON_t3bQPWjyQWGo3q0c8EFGiPQWFn8CcaNmr2qO4Az09TdoDu8NoutHwJiBpAcPXUg91Z6s4hBFCb8pENwWusq4MP0F8WGBlRozZpwHoXBwvR8/s1090/History%20Evil%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3REGeTcspPNwM19S0ZtLMiSgl1auWiijmbX6XsW88UwYWKSyEKVjxmkMY0I9tl7TjBNwc3mvW9YHx8ON_t3bQPWjyQWGo3q0c8EFGiPQWFn8CcaNmr2qO4Az09TdoDu8NoutHwJiBpAcPXUg91Z6s4hBFCb8pENwWusq4MP0F8WGBlRozZpwHoXBwvR8/w400-h255/History%20Evil%204.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Bo
Mirhosseni’s HISTORY OF EVIL. Courtesy of Shudder. A Shudder Release. </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Cat’s Point of View:</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>History of Evil</i> was intense and terrifying.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">While I had felt that <i>History of Evil</i> had a lot of potential
and looked like it would be pretty good based on its trailer, I hadn’t listed
it on my personal Top 20 for this month just because of how heavy I anticipated
it to be. I tend to go for escapism over things that are closer to reality. With
the events in the world today and of yesteryear, I had felt the stirring echoes
that this might just hit a little too close to home.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I wasn’t exactly wrong…</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I am not sorry that I watched <i>History of Evil</i>, and
yet it still haunts me hours after the credits rolled.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Let’s put aside any supernatural happenings or the history
of the “safe house” featured as the film’s primary setting just for a little
bit. <i>History of Evil</i> was rather bone chilling when looking at the
potential dystopian future within this story. It felt like a possible future
that would be horrifying if it came to pass – and yet entirely plausible. It
was easy as pie to suspend my disbelief..</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sBOqGMbKfY2uVmvWjxTpiZNKA1HlfJad2UoRJ1gYX8pHAYbZDqo90a5caICj_5LWYxtP9iWJO7NoYLLnbi9y7o535-9WMPuVrHah4dpZ6o3DNboeyhWDYT16H9eqivOM_f3e4QxWk8NAEx5aXOrYa1JMM6izqRmPqq4Q9Ezj8DtbWlAATLx6aUfXQgc/s1090/History%20Evil%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sBOqGMbKfY2uVmvWjxTpiZNKA1HlfJad2UoRJ1gYX8pHAYbZDqo90a5caICj_5LWYxtP9iWJO7NoYLLnbi9y7o535-9WMPuVrHah4dpZ6o3DNboeyhWDYT16H9eqivOM_f3e4QxWk8NAEx5aXOrYa1JMM6izqRmPqq4Q9Ezj8DtbWlAATLx6aUfXQgc/w400-h255/History%20Evil%205.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Wesley as “Ron”, Murphy Bloom as “Daria”, Jackie Cruz as “Alegre”, and Rhonda
Dents as “Trudy” in Bo Mirhosseni’s HISTORY OF EVIL. Courtesy of Shudder. A
Shudder Release.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I’m not here for a political soapbox, however, so we’ll move
on from the future, and let’s take a look back at history and the region of the
setting. <i>History of Evil</i> was also steeped in the horrors of past hate
crimes that were commonplace primarily in the deep south not long enough ago. I
believe the story was set in Louisiana, and it was clear that they also filmed
here… in my state. I recognized the architectural style of the house they
stayed in pretty much immediately. My heart and stomach sank with every
revelation that peeled back the layers associated with the property and the
people that once lived there.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">There are disturbing concepts and images within <i>History
of Evil</i> but I don’t feel we should avoid them or look away. We SHOULD be
horrified.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">When you add sinister supernatural shenanigans into the mix
and a great cast, this movie just made my skin crawl in just the way the best thought-provoking
horror movies should. There weren’t so many jump scares. It was a simmer that
just kept applying the heat that made me want to squirm. At the same time, I
wouldn’t exactly call this a “slow burn,” either. It wasn’t hard for my
exhausted ADHD brain to stay riveted to the screen.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>History of Evil</i> is going to stick with me for a good long
time. You can check it out for yourself starting February 23<sup>rd</sup> on
Shudder.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4icoG9xXfHgC2Gr9uwmT4-U7_P2EbDHyYECBfPdRAxQS60JJ2I6Lm-NUutYE1Y0Qo7SvYf2SHL-Ecp2JKmhY1q7khmfnvH0WbS8s4ruB0rTjTSbXJjskv2QDXKu0s-orv16AB4QiOZDLzSwvUTk9Ru0MpLsOdIfOLsZ2dOyirboHXUf7N6ayJV9_6DY/s1090/History%20Evil%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4icoG9xXfHgC2Gr9uwmT4-U7_P2EbDHyYECBfPdRAxQS60JJ2I6Lm-NUutYE1Y0Qo7SvYf2SHL-Ecp2JKmhY1q7khmfnvH0WbS8s4ruB0rTjTSbXJjskv2QDXKu0s-orv16AB4QiOZDLzSwvUTk9Ru0MpLsOdIfOLsZ2dOyirboHXUf7N6ayJV9_6DY/w400-h255/History%20Evil%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Cruz as “Alegre” in Bo Mirhosseni’s HISTORY OF EVIL. Courtesy of Shudder. A
Shudder Release.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic
Score – </span></i></b><a name="_Hlk159372582"><i><span style="color: black;">None</span></i></a><span></span><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience
Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> None</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metascore – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">None</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> None</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> None</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Selina’s
Rating </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">– 4.5/5</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s
Rating – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">4.5/5</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"><b>Trust the Dice: Parental
Advisory Rating </b>- R</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rk4JNYV7Y1U" width="320" youtube-src-id="rk4JNYV7Y1U"></iframe></div></span></i></b></span></div>
Selina Tropiano and Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786165541142301592noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-44874423101923008782024-02-19T18:00:00.002-05:002024-02-19T21:24:29.094-05:00Slotherhouse (2023)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;">
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNC1SsJz_A0yHayGrEqW3ynbUCi5iNca3q-aXdVxXMZk11bs1WrYiq_UjJDDQf1i2DCt1skFwZMgZACEY6j6lZkXR0sJ9BC0-w9NWmtca9OAcpT5nUJSyXPxTLTsnMJh6SIaUtQEdQPgrXPDa9Ps8xcZh2RalGydw4oaeFXCD8jP8kUzk-CtYNCSj3oY4/s755/slotherhouse_ver2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="503" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNC1SsJz_A0yHayGrEqW3ynbUCi5iNca3q-aXdVxXMZk11bs1WrYiq_UjJDDQf1i2DCt1skFwZMgZACEY6j6lZkXR0sJ9BC0-w9NWmtca9OAcpT5nUJSyXPxTLTsnMJh6SIaUtQEdQPgrXPDa9Ps8xcZh2RalGydw4oaeFXCD8jP8kUzk-CtYNCSj3oY4/w266-h400/slotherhouse_ver2.jpg" width="266" /></a></div> </span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Streaming Service:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Hulu</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Slotherhouse<b> </b>(2023)</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Genre:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Comedy, Horror, Thriller</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></b><span style="color: black;">1h 33min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rating:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> PG-13</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Director:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Matthew Goodhue</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Writers:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Bradley Fowler, Cady
Lanigan</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Actors:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Lisa Ambalavanar, Sydney
Craven, Andrew Horton, Bianca Beckles-Rose, Olivia Rouyre, Tiff Stevenson,
Sutter Nolan, Milica Vrzic, Stefan Kapicic, Annamaria Serda, Grace Patterson,
Kelly Lynn Reiter, Tiana Upcheva, Cady Lanigan, Fernando Duran, Djordje Misina,
Jelena Kosara, Jomely Butsayamant, Anita Yoo</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDb Blurb:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Emily Young, a senior,
wants to be elected as her sorority's president. She adopts a cute sloth,
thinking it can become the new mascot and help her win, until a string of
fatalities implicate the sloth as the main suspect in the murders.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBk_kmYWFeZpPQY_GbTql21Cxp4fQG_mP4K3l7oZZlUPClsqkugVUdB6LuxfiMTYEh_7lVECGANTDakqpCzFGmXiTR_QBZxQw1tECrl0-cozA9Eskix3kHvk5_sDNS0Yo6v80WnwiGbw624ofFiLuaIKCizvbofTomunQpSxaY3GRk2vYzoS6qQl6iHSY/s1090/Sloth2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBk_kmYWFeZpPQY_GbTql21Cxp4fQG_mP4K3l7oZZlUPClsqkugVUdB6LuxfiMTYEh_7lVECGANTDakqpCzFGmXiTR_QBZxQw1tECrl0-cozA9Eskix3kHvk5_sDNS0Yo6v80WnwiGbw624ofFiLuaIKCizvbofTomunQpSxaY3GRk2vYzoS6qQl6iHSY/w400-h255/Sloth2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Selina’s Point of View:</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span>Slotherhouse</span></i><span> is a bad horror movie that I’ve been
looking forward to for a while. </span><span></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>It came out in August of last year,
but we’ve been so busy with other films that this is the first we’ve gotten to
it. I remember dying of laughter the first time I saw the trailer. I’m pretty
sure it would have made my top 20 for that month, if not for strikes. </span><span></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>Right from the start, you know exactly
what to expect from <i>Slotherhouse</i>. It opens onto a sloth puppet. It moves
strangely, it’s creepy, but also kind of adorable. It’s a good kind of janky.
Knowing that’s the big bad of the whole film sets you up for the hilarity to
come. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFine8SS3o3ISRA50V56kkSq8ZfsQSWYpYSlw0dXZvVclut8q7wkA_uI71zdOerKcALFe4ObN3obDSQxFhrbwnCGRp5MGF6cG9xD74Ya8UNKapeB58ix-i0iv2GV-0qTzNAqmYnlxy61DWoNOU2_cjPfIDZ3m8iGibrJkxBdEwuEEzCIphlTHWqvSbhIs/s1090/Sloth3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFine8SS3o3ISRA50V56kkSq8ZfsQSWYpYSlw0dXZvVclut8q7wkA_uI71zdOerKcALFe4ObN3obDSQxFhrbwnCGRp5MGF6cG9xD74Ya8UNKapeB58ix-i0iv2GV-0qTzNAqmYnlxy61DWoNOU2_cjPfIDZ3m8iGibrJkxBdEwuEEzCIphlTHWqvSbhIs/w400-h255/Sloth3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span><span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span><span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>You have give the flick credit. Most
of its contemporaries would go the easy CGI route. It’s not like anyone expects
the visuals to be flawlessly crafted by the most brilliant coders in the world
– not for a film like this. They could have gotten away with the same visuals
you see in Asylum films. No one would have faulted them for it. Something about
the use of practical effects made everything feel a bit more immersive. Maybe
it’s just me, but I think they made a choice there that really helped the overall
feel of the movie. </span><span></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>That ridiculous sloth puppet made the
humor of <i>Slotherhouse</i> pop. </span><span></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span>This is one of those ‘so bad it’s
good’ movies that I could sit and watch with a bunch of friends, pizza and beer
at the ready. It’s creative and fun. It’s everything I hoped it would be. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9R91eUSfXkH5b51iLSY5SylDtd_Y5dRPDHpmhty4Rhyphenhyphenw_T1Tf6_TaZWstQHhTuwY2OzK2zTMRT6Ck8W9nStvzfwXukcTdDuBlwbq3wDdO8VodbALQ_l5SUBwmpJbfKeneComUeYRj1oTk322VCm_301ERKAlz4qV9WaeIqRD19udkPgHx83uttCjWXrc/s1090/Sloth1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9R91eUSfXkH5b51iLSY5SylDtd_Y5dRPDHpmhty4Rhyphenhyphenw_T1Tf6_TaZWstQHhTuwY2OzK2zTMRT6Ck8W9nStvzfwXukcTdDuBlwbq3wDdO8VodbALQ_l5SUBwmpJbfKeneComUeYRj1oTk322VCm_301ERKAlz4qV9WaeIqRD19udkPgHx83uttCjWXrc/w400-h255/Sloth1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span><span></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Cat’s Point of View:</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Sometimes movie titles come along that just instantly make
us roll our eyes and think “really?!” as we consider the absurdity. <i>Slotherhouse</i>
was one of those movies for me. Who would have thought that a creepy crawly
slow critter would make a killer murder-spree movie villain? Here’s the thing,
if you go into movies like this with actual real-world logic and scientific
facts in mind you’ll be sorely disappointed. This isn’t the movie for you. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Alternatively, if you see young college girls on the poster
of a slasher film and immediately think this is going to be one of those movies
full of nudity, sex, and ditzes making dumb decisions… this is not that movie,
either. This is less <i>Sorority Row</i> (2009) and more <i>Mean Girls</i>
(2004) with a deadly and unexpectedly insane twist.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3bHQ4tk-_1toQ8dwvFOzSDsZUKmGukHmsTf7PXAY1SsfYAk6yCkRlQfDARacMZalWINo1qWt7RYJe2rCDApL4NF2Gqc465poTAV5VoZp6J7_yGG-tdrcp326st-xSWA4vWzy6SHSSH3Xsb2epmm5ivINKj-hQOJD5Fd4up0Gpcvu1oncxRL6rXT-j8o/s1090/Sloth4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="1090" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3bHQ4tk-_1toQ8dwvFOzSDsZUKmGukHmsTf7PXAY1SsfYAk6yCkRlQfDARacMZalWINo1qWt7RYJe2rCDApL4NF2Gqc465poTAV5VoZp6J7_yGG-tdrcp326st-xSWA4vWzy6SHSSH3Xsb2epmm5ivINKj-hQOJD5Fd4up0Gpcvu1oncxRL6rXT-j8o/w400-h241/Sloth4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Really, it’s best to throw all expectations out the window
when you approach <i>Slotherhouse</i> and just go with the flow. Let yourself
have the fun as intended. There are a couple good messages buried within this
crazy flick involving sisterhood, commentary on social media addiction, and
animal conservation – but that’s not why we’re really watching this. Let’s be honest.
The immediate thought following “what the hell?” when seeing this poster or
even just the movie title is usually “how?” and <i>Slotherhouse</i> is the
perfect vehicle to take you on that gloriously absurd ride. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">You might be getting the gist so far that I actually enjoyed
this crazy creature feature, and you’d be right. It falls squarely into that
sweet spot of the “so bad, it’s good” horror comedy.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I was talking to my screen with each new bonkers scene and
laughing so hard my daughter was looking at me funny and decided to sit down
and watch with me from the middle. In fact, I would recommend watching <i>Slotherhouse</i>
with a group of friends and make a fun night of it. Laugh at all the
implausible sloth-related shenanigans and just cut loose. Just turn off your
brain and grab some popcorn. With the PG-13 rating and the lack of the usual
splatter and gore of the typical slasher film, this one is even generally safe to
include a younger crowd, as well.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I would actually, and will most likely, watch <i>Slotherhouse</i>
again.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiR4iNKyMam5mcDnBUAHvA31wjtWTOU8Ia6H5SvSiw_1J8JhJ-pgoWfEHxnYlVNggM6V968GhhV83LR_wdRySJmI7xhRZXIY2s3jWHBJYWQX14cMedwqzYskMayChx2KAAOmVM0cNNogFs33ZbMY1-3BbZyZuehWjATAFhMDsDnnDiAoHeR9k5Lga4JrY/s1090/Sloth5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiR4iNKyMam5mcDnBUAHvA31wjtWTOU8Ia6H5SvSiw_1J8JhJ-pgoWfEHxnYlVNggM6V968GhhV83LR_wdRySJmI7xhRZXIY2s3jWHBJYWQX14cMedwqzYskMayChx2KAAOmVM0cNNogFs33ZbMY1-3BbZyZuehWjATAFhMDsDnnDiAoHeR9k5Lga4JrY/w400-h255/Sloth5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic
Score – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">61%</span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience
Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 75%</span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metascore – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">None</span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 4.8/10</span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 4.7/10</span></i></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Selina’s
Rating – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">3.5/5</span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s
Rating – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">4/5</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"><b>P.S. -</b> There is a mid credits scene, as well as animated images that call-back to the movie that play during the credits along with a theme-song for the killer sloth. <br /></span></i></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RZ1Vbh7aJPQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="RZ1Vbh7aJPQ"></iframe></div></span></div>Selina Tropiano and Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786165541142301592noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-46746016222581353752024-02-16T18:00:00.023-05:002024-02-17T22:42:57.140-05:00Meg 2: The Trench (2023)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrXDv_9B5BZ91_fU6hgqNEbwojGGuM7p0ZaBOProL5AK__jwXvIgDi-Hm6VUlj1B8o4rUOqdBVEhKLfDJlcSV4bepjRBNzZFMqLabfVTzVTnkKipRiFGnKqhbqUYxribUzl_nZxdDs4k_3wEFZoGDf2oLhP_PMrncHEGveAMi35edcruENw7tCZlOQRNC/s755/meg_two_the_trench.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="510" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrXDv_9B5BZ91_fU6hgqNEbwojGGuM7p0ZaBOProL5AK__jwXvIgDi-Hm6VUlj1B8o4rUOqdBVEhKLfDJlcSV4bepjRBNzZFMqLabfVTzVTnkKipRiFGnKqhbqUYxribUzl_nZxdDs4k_3wEFZoGDf2oLhP_PMrncHEGveAMi35edcruENw7tCZlOQRNC/w270-h400/meg_two_the_trench.jpg" width="270" /></a></div> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Streaming Service:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> MAX</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year: </span></b><span style="color: black;">Meg 2: The Trench<b> </b>(2023)</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Genre:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Action, Adventure,
Horror, Sci-Fi</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></b><span style="color: black;">1h 56min</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rating:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> PG-13</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Director:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Ben Wheatley</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Writers:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber,
Dean Georgaris, Steve Alten</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Actors:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Jason Statham, Jing Wu,
Shuya Sophia Cai, Cliff Curtis, Page Kennedy, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Skyler
Samuels, Melissanthi Mahut, Whoopie Van Raam, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Felix Mayr,
Sienna Guillory</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDb Blurb:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> A research team
encounters multiple threats while exploring the depths of the ocean, including
a malevolent mining operation.</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcH66bpKN1AeexYDZ3BZIqMW95rhjRt13H9IR2Q7N-s8QjHYTPLWqGGH75qmaB4iZb1r698rVnw4fLNknOELgNTBEwMa5K1djzy3BantYczopZqoZTL9734QmcDsmdwrvKIjWk9XLpdtJoTvTACWwnCbcnr_7s65OLmD3pqbonm_snOCtK0pgZsE2e0_2/s1090/Meg2_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcH66bpKN1AeexYDZ3BZIqMW95rhjRt13H9IR2Q7N-s8QjHYTPLWqGGH75qmaB4iZb1r698rVnw4fLNknOELgNTBEwMa5K1djzy3BantYczopZqoZTL9734QmcDsmdwrvKIjWk9XLpdtJoTvTACWwnCbcnr_7s65OLmD3pqbonm_snOCtK0pgZsE2e0_2/w400-h255/Meg2_7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Cat’s Point of View:</span></b> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">As with <i>The Meg</i> (2018), I was eagerly anticipating
the release of <i>Meg 2: The Trench</i>. My daughter and I were quick to watch
it as soon as we could, and we weren’t disappointed.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">There was a slight change in tone with the sequel, but that
was to be expected. A few of the core initial cast did return to reprise their
roles, and we were introduced to new characters – some of which may remain
moving forward (hopefully). Cliff Curtis’s (<i>Doctor Sleep, Reminiscence,
Avatar: The Way of Water</i>) character, Mac, remained mostly the same as a
steadfast anchor for the meg surviving crew; while others reappeared with
significant character progression.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG41DYkYu55BlZs9x0g06iC0cImBbSKQvjI5_7t89y-MonMPcx2kva6pH66L40IXDQ4nyiL9mc7gPp9WtCMvKwLOb5tX498xCNazcyeubjxs9zWG8nOVWCB7_wd_ZAXSIYsr81f-KKHNs1H7rw6e5SP3GEuYRaf_wtJvQm25A0E1gqXhv9IKfh3F5Wiq7i/s1090/Meg2_6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG41DYkYu55BlZs9x0g06iC0cImBbSKQvjI5_7t89y-MonMPcx2kva6pH66L40IXDQ4nyiL9mc7gPp9WtCMvKwLOb5tX498xCNazcyeubjxs9zWG8nOVWCB7_wd_ZAXSIYsr81f-KKHNs1H7rw6e5SP3GEuYRaf_wtJvQm25A0E1gqXhv9IKfh3F5Wiq7i/w400-h255/Meg2_6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I love how Jason Statham (<i>Mechanic: Resurrection,
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, The Beekeeper</i>) and Shuya Sophia Cai' (<i>Somewhere
Only We Know, The Meg, Mr. Corman</i>) relationship evolved in the passage of
time since the first movie. Jonas and Meiying’s interactions are at the very
heart of these movies and are a font of giggles, smiles, and worry while I
watch their treacherous escapades.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I mentioned in my review of <i>The Meg</i> that it had given
a great starting point, as well, for Page Kennedy’s (<i>Rhett and Link's Buddy
System, Snowfall, The Upshaws</i>) character, DJ. While he might be seen
somewhat as the comic relief of the group, he’s definitely not just thrown in
the story for kicks. His character shows an actual arc of development from the
experiences he survived in the first movie.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotLbxI2Kg9t9KrP3DWtdMy1cl3A98RZ_IDB9DplmD3oOS33R6a2_jFpGm11RIYC8K9NikUY0VpTjQpRg-6-uVUFb8AcFtSzzNqca9eqgEzyJAlhNbDMKAjowcFVuZ3zw1isVvw-hAuUWT6wwuLbrVScWH_NpX2zGi3WkbKhk0wTnWsP7MtsxJPj2EJyK7/s1090/Meg2_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotLbxI2Kg9t9KrP3DWtdMy1cl3A98RZ_IDB9DplmD3oOS33R6a2_jFpGm11RIYC8K9NikUY0VpTjQpRg-6-uVUFb8AcFtSzzNqca9eqgEzyJAlhNbDMKAjowcFVuZ3zw1isVvw-hAuUWT6wwuLbrVScWH_NpX2zGi3WkbKhk0wTnWsP7MtsxJPj2EJyK7/w400-h255/Meg2_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">We also got introduced to some new characters, but most notably
joining the central team was action veteran Jing Wu (<i>Iron Man 3, The Wandering Earth, Ride
On</i>) as Jiyuming Zhang. His brilliant, yet somehow still naïve optimism is a
driving force for quite a lot of the plot elements of this sequel – both involving
the megs and the tangential chaos that once more emerges from what was supposed
to be simple scientific expeditions in the deep.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The action <span> </span>in <i>Meg 2:
The Trench</i> remained on point (with Statham still performing pretty much all of his own stunts) and the effects didn’t disappoint. There was
even a hilarious call-back Easter Egg referencing the first movie, as well as a
very clear nod to <i>Jurassic Park</i> (1993) that I caught. (Since I have yet
to read the books the movies have been adapted from, I couldn’t tell you
whether or not this was an element of the production or if it was in the novels,
also. I can, however, tell you that author Steve Alten’s meg series was published
after Michael Chrichton’s dinoasaur novels and their original movie adaptations
were released.)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiaoycSOqHYjF5zcj3IJfEMqp97zmvdtm1rK6ROnx8tuc_q4zOD_NxmIitsCN2nq0-D9G90cGxLaa55wf4PLJgP6l8feHkR7d05hit3VmArpd2lJZH1e6viNp_ZOm_R85m3q_M_soO9oxogNVn4LRblt-HVuM0ma6ZfyG_w1bMQcidl0f63qlM_M4ZBqh/s1090/Meg2_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiaoycSOqHYjF5zcj3IJfEMqp97zmvdtm1rK6ROnx8tuc_q4zOD_NxmIitsCN2nq0-D9G90cGxLaa55wf4PLJgP6l8feHkR7d05hit3VmArpd2lJZH1e6viNp_ZOm_R85m3q_M_soO9oxogNVn4LRblt-HVuM0ma6ZfyG_w1bMQcidl0f63qlM_M4ZBqh/w400-h255/Meg2_3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The only factor that even remotely nags at me about this
franchise is that it has lost a little bit of the terror involved with a
creature feature horror flick by sticking to its PG-13 guns. There just isn’t
enough carnage on the screen for what you’d expect from such a mammoth monster…
or monsters, as the case may be, on the loose.<span>
</span>Even so, it’s still a lot of fun to watch and I remain hopeful that more
movies in this franchise keep getting the green light. As I mentioned before,
there are many books within Alten’s series that they can draw from, after all.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">As of the time I’ve written this article, there is still no
official word on whether or not there will be a third movie in this series. My
appendages are still crossed and I hope you’ll give <i>Meg 2: The Trench</i> a
chance if you’re a fan of this genre.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmX4WORhNhN6traif32iF9huchLSqJqbks_1itXjL68WVBH4tkcpGFNe77SSoEEAPTjfhgrOBLZaNnUiLLmmKb76GvvMBmVfgY1uy8PNPrRqtGiDahBBXKpb87DQk0BkEaPk5XBrxfo162UF1PpD5L3l6m6hi9xkgkiCBZYv7QTQYr1pdNCrh3tgzQQiW/s1090/Meg2_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmX4WORhNhN6traif32iF9huchLSqJqbks_1itXjL68WVBH4tkcpGFNe77SSoEEAPTjfhgrOBLZaNnUiLLmmKb76GvvMBmVfgY1uy8PNPrRqtGiDahBBXKpb87DQk0BkEaPk5XBrxfo162UF1PpD5L3l6m6hi9xkgkiCBZYv7QTQYr1pdNCrh3tgzQQiW/w400-h255/Meg2_4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic
Score – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">27%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience
Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 74%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metascore – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"><span> </span>40%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 4.8/10</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 5.0/10</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s
Rating – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">4.5/5</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dG91B3hHyY4" width="320" youtube-src-id="dG91B3hHyY4"></iframe></div></span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></i></span></div>
Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048012246740413784noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-38813749013472103822024-02-12T18:00:00.006-05:002024-02-13T03:27:23.395-05:00Midnight Peepshow (2024)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3M40yUOYKM5bkX5_Fbb1iu0QaYtmwcrmPLGCLgV1BHaBYVBHSSf2iaTgiuSUryJp-FETDs6ABvuOtIktnLv8ZVFKJd216bsYR5YOBKuU3QZp9AN3MM82P6Q4uNqJ7Z_l6M7ew94dVzUQW_xp2kOzAgsETQJVcbVqMwdii7R87i7SxwSrb3LlqPt0gzyh6/s1800/Midnight%20Peepshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3M40yUOYKM5bkX5_Fbb1iu0QaYtmwcrmPLGCLgV1BHaBYVBHSSf2iaTgiuSUryJp-FETDs6ABvuOtIktnLv8ZVFKJd216bsYR5YOBKuU3QZp9AN3MM82P6Q4uNqJ7Z_l6M7ew94dVzUQW_xp2kOzAgsETQJVcbVqMwdii7R87i7SxwSrb3LlqPt0gzyh6/w266-h400/Midnight%20Peepshow.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Midnight Peepshow (2024)<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Horror<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="color: black;">: 1h 33min<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Rating</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Unrated<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Airell Anthony Hayles, Andy Edwards, Jake West, Ludovica
Musumeci<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Zach Galligan, Chiara D’Anna, Richard Cotton, Sarah
Diamond, Jamie Bacon, Derek Nelson, Jack Fairbank. Miki Davis, Ryan Oliva,
Ocean M. Harris<br /><o:p></o:p></span><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><span style="color: black;">Blurb from IMDb</span></b><span style="color: black;">: A man stumbles across a
darkly magical peepshow booth<br /></span><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1ljkRSG1v5ULREinIE8mtJbyVnAB2UlOk-M9dVqdaw0pTa9stJvhj91rLiUpS5gRqyOAMh-CBp90I-eup2VTwVrT1dG9TZ5CtOQU1Elhm3FWQ0vQkD9iPE957UbhB9uBhy0_8bxjiWh-dmegQehinw2PAgEsdsiU3Sbh31S1zetSrgOv_S126_aIH1Ia/s1090/Midnight%20Peepshow%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1ljkRSG1v5ULREinIE8mtJbyVnAB2UlOk-M9dVqdaw0pTa9stJvhj91rLiUpS5gRqyOAMh-CBp90I-eup2VTwVrT1dG9TZ5CtOQU1Elhm3FWQ0vQkD9iPE957UbhB9uBhy0_8bxjiWh-dmegQehinw2PAgEsdsiU3Sbh31S1zetSrgOv_S126_aIH1Ia/w400-h255/Midnight%20Peepshow%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Selina’s Point of View</span></i></b><span style="color: black;">:<br /></span>In some ways, <i>Midnight
Peepshow</i> was everything I feared it would be… and yet, it’s also everything
I hoped.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>The trailer made <i>Midnight
Peepshow </i>seem like a sexy version of <i>Saw </i>(2004) – which is one of
the strangest comparisons I’ve ever made. It’s not exactly something I ever
thought I would, or wanted, to see. Still, the trailer looked good enough that
I considered putting it on my Top 20. It would have been about 21 or 22 – just missing
the cut.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I knew there
would likely be a lot of unnecessary sex scenes. The title is a bit telling. In
that way, <i>Midnight Peepshow</i> was exactly as I feared. The sex scenes were
way too drawn out, especially since they weren’t all that in depth. It was just
one character bouncing on another. There was a bit of plot involved, but it was
visually boring.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>I’d also warn
that there are some triggering moments among those scenes, and you should stay
away from the film if that’s something that could be a problem for you.<br /><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvJQk_IH_FvoCPnlTRwBDaNUEJp6JQTJvv_RuJsrxm1Hs8sYyBS8QIuYlZ3k8n8xoj-9zwL2hC-CURomZE_l3aztTI7gerQix3RWBA6UJjJe0qQaBAnDHbBOLgBEDKeiIPSE89MRyT5218vPqSJTdkG9taS396pZhttmwXfrRCJPbGJIDAyGh1QL-XDCa/s1090/Midnight%20Peepshow%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvJQk_IH_FvoCPnlTRwBDaNUEJp6JQTJvv_RuJsrxm1Hs8sYyBS8QIuYlZ3k8n8xoj-9zwL2hC-CURomZE_l3aztTI7gerQix3RWBA6UJjJe0qQaBAnDHbBOLgBEDKeiIPSE89MRyT5218vPqSJTdkG9taS396pZhttmwXfrRCJPbGJIDAyGh1QL-XDCa/w400-h255/Midnight%20Peepshow%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p>What I didn’t
expect was the genre of <i>Midnight Peepshow</i>. It was not just a horror; it
was an anthology – complete with a framing device. Nothing in the trailer
prepared me for that. There’s some mention in the promotional materials about
there being more than one story, but not the way they were combined.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>The genre doesn’t
affect much except my perception. I happen to love a good anthology. Short
stories inside larger ones just do it for me. Maybe it’s the ADHD, but I almost
always wind up zoned in right up until the end. When I realized <i>Midnight Peepshow</i>
was an anthology, I found myself giving it even more attention.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>As it turned out,
there was some real story to it all. I enjoyed each part of the ‘black rabbit’
plot, including how it was all tied together. Perhaps it got a little
convoluted in the end, but even that felt like a decent conclusion. It felt as
if the convolution was appropriate, for lack of a better word.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>I enjoyed it, and
I’d watch it again. <i>Midnight Peepshow</i> was a competent horror anthology.<br /><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1S_C3UFyTyN9nT4XvC0a6nJc7YR5juQQYnnunQ59eDsARVTbSyCuF7WyJjIb9z7ijIlGv5_sV66HRRTA-H_q2cy1Mas64hMNHsKOeFBkLANsc9a6gQiPnMWBMEJm5I96a1bX3ARtqAwnJ7o_08CmsIpZGWathVlTUDbxOEPRQGXaADPSAtmiMhPhMNL6/s1090/Midnight%20Peepshow%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1S_C3UFyTyN9nT4XvC0a6nJc7YR5juQQYnnunQ59eDsARVTbSyCuF7WyJjIb9z7ijIlGv5_sV66HRRTA-H_q2cy1Mas64hMNHsKOeFBkLANsc9a6gQiPnMWBMEJm5I96a1bX3ARtqAwnJ7o_08CmsIpZGWathVlTUDbxOEPRQGXaADPSAtmiMhPhMNL6/w400-h255/Midnight%20Peepshow%203.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score</span></i></b><span style="color: black;"> – None<br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score</span></i></b><span style="color: black;"> – None<br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metascore</span></i></b><span style="color: black;"> – None<br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score</span></i></b><span style="color: black;"> – None<br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score</span></i></b><span style="color: black;"> – 6.0/10<br /></span><span style="color: black;"> <br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Selina’s Rating</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> –</span></i><span style="color: black;"> 3.5/5<br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s Rating</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> –</span></i><span style="color: black;"> 3/5<br /></span><o:p> <br /></o:p><b>Trust-the-Dice’s
Parental Advisory Rating</b>:
R<br /><o:p></o:p><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></b> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2eZCnhfvhlo" width="320" youtube-src-id="2eZCnhfvhlo"></iframe></div>
Selina Tropianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356607940289357681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-52893353438463497142024-02-09T18:00:00.002-05:002024-02-09T21:35:59.612-05:00Skeletons in the Closet (2024)
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGXRbgqMV0Se90fLs8r9xqGbtgsICTDUTN9kraQl87Bs_SiGpYokdS_rjFrH9bsqzdFApnnWnAQvcYKOOCjssVVFEHZqxIUNSPxNBXBiScr5QJyRqTQH3rf35z8fP1PHdH04FqFMyZDKC2kjnp0PWbkxpwEFA9D3P5-eAMbzb2DgBpZeDs8990r6U2mBu/s755/skeletons_in_the_closet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="504" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGXRbgqMV0Se90fLs8r9xqGbtgsICTDUTN9kraQl87Bs_SiGpYokdS_rjFrH9bsqzdFApnnWnAQvcYKOOCjssVVFEHZqxIUNSPxNBXBiScr5QJyRqTQH3rf35z8fP1PHdH04FqFMyZDKC2kjnp0PWbkxpwEFA9D3P5-eAMbzb2DgBpZeDs8990r6U2mBu/w268-h400/skeletons_in_the_closet.jpg" width="268" /></a></div> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Streaming Service:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Shudder</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Skeletons in the Closet<b>
</b>(2024)</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Genre:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Horror, Thriller</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></b><span style="color: black;">1h 38min</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rating:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> R</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Director:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Asif Akbar</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Writers:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Al Bravo, Joshua A.
Cohen, Terrence Howard, Mira Pak Howard, Koji Steven Sakai</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Actors:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Terrence Howard, Cuba
Gooding Jr., Udo Kier, Louis Mandylor, Valery M. Ortiz, Michelle Jubilee
Gonzalez, Clifton Powell, Appy Pratt, Mona Arkin, Deena Bacon, Randall J.
Bacon, Marco Bisbikis, Niko Foster, Sally Kirkland, Landa, Reno Reyes, Khaleesi
Rivera, Rebekah Samuel, JT Tomangi</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDb Blurb:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Haunted by a malevolent
spirit since childhood, a desperate mother allows herself to become possessed
in order to save the life of her terminally ill daughter.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHqujMe-l_ECFaYniXaN-KNRypITHVvw1Hlgyx6x7d6EcHR69g7o0qC3HMj3FLfWK8FhAuqcjKfWkoThb96OWmKoioEdDhAdDGsQdOaaT6FD_HpaeaACZl1HoFyzWxynmtXY0_b0UVrA8nSR2HfOl8Tz073vH_uQhhEKSqoyPvkCCrbxbwi3KC0o_4Bml/s1090/SKELETONS%20IN%20THE%20CLOSET%20-%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHqujMe-l_ECFaYniXaN-KNRypITHVvw1Hlgyx6x7d6EcHR69g7o0qC3HMj3FLfWK8FhAuqcjKfWkoThb96OWmKoioEdDhAdDGsQdOaaT6FD_HpaeaACZl1HoFyzWxynmtXY0_b0UVrA8nSR2HfOl8Tz073vH_uQhhEKSqoyPvkCCrbxbwi3KC0o_4Bml/w400-h255/SKELETONS%20IN%20THE%20CLOSET%20-%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Cat’s Point of View:</span></b> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">When we were looking over movies releasing in February, I was
drawn to <i>Skeletons in the Closet</i> first because of its cast. I mean, seriously,
- Terence Howard (<i>Empire, The Walk, Showdown at the Grand)</i> and Cuba
Gooding Jr. (<i>The Butler, Machete Kills, Bayou Caviar</i>) are not small
names in the industry. Then I saw a flash of Udo Kier (<i>Dragged Across
Concrete, Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin, Hunters</i>) in the trailer and I
was intrigued. He always plays interesting and seemingly sinister characters.
Call my curiosity solidly piqued.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWvwQT0c7RPG9zogCFm6durRZ9fs2SU1f7kKZTv0-FO0lNy9gNvDMK-Wyakj4ZBXukMmmR-8kskNWrOSxzga2KiyNj4uBIvkVNlhiepRD2AcyD4fxfxpsW7Y5HV7LO60laXTb3DP5-uRfUdY4S8WvjyshGOqehfYQEbhY7SV_DtP8d3bpT5Ruu3ez0BaQ6/s1090/SKELETONS%20IN%20THE%20CLOSET%20-%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWvwQT0c7RPG9zogCFm6durRZ9fs2SU1f7kKZTv0-FO0lNy9gNvDMK-Wyakj4ZBXukMmmR-8kskNWrOSxzga2KiyNj4uBIvkVNlhiepRD2AcyD4fxfxpsW7Y5HV7LO60laXTb3DP5-uRfUdY4S8WvjyshGOqehfYQEbhY7SV_DtP8d3bpT5Ruu3ez0BaQ6/w400-h255/SKELETONS%20IN%20THE%20CLOSET%20-%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I will be honest that there were moments of the trailer that
gave me a couple red flags that led me to not include <i>Skeletons in the
Closet</i> with my personal Top 20 for February. When we were offered an
opportunity to screen the film, however, we were excited to give it a chance
and see where the experience took us.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I wasn’t disappointed with <i>Skeletons in the Closet</i>,
but at the same time I wasn’t blown away either.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">There were just some moments where it was hard for me to
suspend my disbelief.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-RVFNrD6bGOXLlQaKVbLpSTBxXVY8dtwKI4VWPE4nKBLP7M0IhgeeMMzxLVnRq2GDWoIh4bcy-_RM2nAeLZGr7p8Bc3o7X602LOhYna6IhDyipOzHMj3evwHTb99JbnuqfjdE17i_4KApee20uu0LFpGV1EfiW1axlYdfT45iOh1NkLrquuNbsFYX-9S/s1090/SKELETONS%20IN%20THE%20CLOSET%20-%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-RVFNrD6bGOXLlQaKVbLpSTBxXVY8dtwKI4VWPE4nKBLP7M0IhgeeMMzxLVnRq2GDWoIh4bcy-_RM2nAeLZGr7p8Bc3o7X602LOhYna6IhDyipOzHMj3evwHTb99JbnuqfjdE17i_4KApee20uu0LFpGV1EfiW1axlYdfT45iOh1NkLrquuNbsFYX-9S/w400-h255/SKELETONS%20IN%20THE%20CLOSET%20-%203.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Skeletons in the Closet</i> could have benefited from a
little tighter editing, as it felt like it drew a few things out a little
longer than necessary. By the end, when I should have been at the edge of my
seat as events ramped up to the conclusion, I was just fighting to keep my
attention focused. I will add the caveat that my ADHD sometimes does that to me
when I’m not immersed enough in a movie.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I don’t want to point any fingers at any of the cast or the
story – there was a really solid idea behind <i>Skeletons in the Closet</i>. It
probably just could have benefited from a little more tweaking in the
execution. I have been excited for the recent surge of horror projects that
bring other cultures to audiences. The fact that this story involved Santa Muerte
was another interesting element that gave <i>Skeletons in the Closet</i> it’s
potential.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfIm1xtH8JEsU_5mBOu2MJ4ZebxFzbfYWQCV6pmrRXEf1-kxvPcrzhxAPA28_MAehoRMPUt2bW2PGrL6uTgiN6Lcnm9gdSVl8MSgkB_BiE0oTzLCPqzboZnQAZpjGzKDMTnCV85LuANCHWhenLhBIh6QjoKahVFJz4JBdhNBPWV_Lh-P0-oauiiYndh7l/s1090/SKELETONS%20IN%20THE%20CLOSET%20-%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfIm1xtH8JEsU_5mBOu2MJ4ZebxFzbfYWQCV6pmrRXEf1-kxvPcrzhxAPA28_MAehoRMPUt2bW2PGrL6uTgiN6Lcnm9gdSVl8MSgkB_BiE0oTzLCPqzboZnQAZpjGzKDMTnCV85LuANCHWhenLhBIh6QjoKahVFJz4JBdhNBPWV_Lh-P0-oauiiYndh7l/w400-h255/SKELETONS%20IN%20THE%20CLOSET%20-%204.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">By the time the credits rolled, I felt a bit like I had
finished watching someone put a puzzle together and the picture looked right,
but they had to hammer a few pieces in along the way that were maybe not quite
in the right places; so it gave the overall end product a bit of an Uncanny
Valley feeling.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Skeletons in the Closet</i> wasn’t bad, per se. There are
simply far better titles available on Shudder – but there are also far worse.
If the concept of the exploration of the lengths a parent would go to in
desperation to save their child, generational trauma and inherited curses, and
cameos from Santa Muerte catches your attention… you might find <i>Skeletons in
the Closet</i> at least intriguing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Skeletons in the closet</i> released on Shudder today,
February 9<sup>th</sup>, 2023.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeRz5LS5HdCqqYVKH7FQ0xK5gjD1yBVC-iL2ET2otNJi8lclctF8DsytFrV-b7qaCtKrVIKgekxahByU7w4Af4Yg-YwKqMwS-vKKA_mygpYVGYbYWVGPGm4Q6jUfmLCJSIITSEpQfxV2owPp0BYm89Aa7bXEu3x9jOqYIyP1Uh3tjd95rpCD-EHPMhUgT/s1090/SKELETONS%20IN%20THE%20CLOSET%20-%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeRz5LS5HdCqqYVKH7FQ0xK5gjD1yBVC-iL2ET2otNJi8lclctF8DsytFrV-b7qaCtKrVIKgekxahByU7w4Af4Yg-YwKqMwS-vKKA_mygpYVGYbYWVGPGm4Q6jUfmLCJSIITSEpQfxV2owPp0BYm89Aa7bXEu3x9jOqYIyP1Uh3tjd95rpCD-EHPMhUgT/w400-h255/SKELETONS%20IN%20THE%20CLOSET%20-%205.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i> </i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i>R<span style="color: black;">otten Tomatoes Critic
Score – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">None</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience
Score – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">None</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metascore – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">None</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> None</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 5.0/10</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s
Rating – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">2.5/5</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-ocvxevW-VA" width="320" youtube-src-id="-ocvxevW-VA"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"></span></div>Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048012246740413784noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-15641429748204342432024-02-07T18:00:00.024-05:002024-02-07T21:58:06.490-05:00Restore Point (2024)
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirNSAHe2GwYeDDHwsIyO3xXq4wliohJT49FKSPHBooFsWOTsQmT2fbUB27v1C-HkzHK1XOFz24UhPG7WN43uuiENOGhsbZDlMm3avwPRhGhpSh70LOq6fznaEy8cQMBUUooYJpdicjmUs7oKn190_Pydrsmf-Q0GoBxNSnrGjH5mK0P1AmFQNtMYSZIE/s4200/RestorePoint.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4200" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirNSAHe2GwYeDDHwsIyO3xXq4wliohJT49FKSPHBooFsWOTsQmT2fbUB27v1C-HkzHK1XOFz24UhPG7WN43uuiENOGhsbZDlMm3avwPRhGhpSh70LOq6fznaEy8cQMBUUooYJpdicjmUs7oKn190_Pydrsmf-Q0GoBxNSnrGjH5mK0P1AmFQNtMYSZIE/w286-h400/RestorePoint.jpeg" width="286" /></a></div> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Restore Point<b> </b>(2024)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Genre:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></b><span style="color: black;">1h 55min</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rating:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Unrated</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Director:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Robert Hloz</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Writers:</span></b> <span style="color: black;">Tomislav Cecka, Robert
Hloz, Zdenek Jecelin</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Actors:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Andrea Mohylová, Matej
Hádek, Milan Ondrík, Václav Neuzil, Karel Dobrý, Agáta Krystufkova, Katarzyna
Zawadzka, Iveta Dusková, Jan Vlasák, Richard Stanke, Adam Vacula, Jan Jankovský</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDb Blurb:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Set in central Europe
during 2041, a female detective investigates the case of a murdered couple
where a restoration team is able to bring one of them back to life.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxnJN71lBXASz7OW20v4tEpmOgQ0dIM0N9r-95s_nth7zaUtkAbzgtq6heVfxXVB8X-HUxLOKbqPoCA2ctc83j3QJgTMM9OWvm327VPXZsjegBsqz_YKh8vsZjdudYjZsN_JElwGkFWGsU7W9KnTwp2Rb34IOYKsoHaptxCtCqtxevSYbLz0Rbasgfg0/s1090/RestorePt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxnJN71lBXASz7OW20v4tEpmOgQ0dIM0N9r-95s_nth7zaUtkAbzgtq6heVfxXVB8X-HUxLOKbqPoCA2ctc83j3QJgTMM9OWvm327VPXZsjegBsqz_YKh8vsZjdudYjZsN_JElwGkFWGsU7W9KnTwp2Rb34IOYKsoHaptxCtCqtxevSYbLz0Rbasgfg0/w400-h255/RestorePt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Cat’s Point of View:</span></b> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I have to admit that I enjoyed <i>Restore Point</i> far more
than I expected.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Let me back up a moment and explain that. I didn’t
anticipate at any point that it would be bad. I just know my own attention span
these days and sometimes I struggle with subtitled movies if I’m not invested
enough. A film in another language needs to be one that I either understand
some of, or just so engrossing for me that I forget that I’m reading the screen
at the same time as I take in the actions of the characters. I have a tendency
to fidget with things while I’m watching movies or TV, to help keep my ADHD
busy. Unfortunately, that doesn’t really mesh well with reading subtitles –
causing me to miss important moments occasionally. While I find the Slavic
languages interesting to listen to, I certainly don’t speak them so that was
something I had to take into consideration when I worked on my personal <span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2024/01/top-20-movies-to-look-out-for-in_31.html" target="_blank">Top 20</a></span> list this past
month. (Selina listed <i>Restore Point<u> </u></i>as her #5 entry.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7stdUChALUEVlUeAxVJYXLV7U4nEv1DpUpvKZgKyhPB7bRt-aWvKvMHmo2Ftm0C3LC81w2EE3IpCJ_aJMn8ZPe2Glt1nIkaWIi46FQx76Ks_9aN0NawzYXQPpbPmO1MBPmEmBK6L8EVjFr0ALdcJWH9LUWtAUjrkXxJMZjjWe4ju2IbiByznUxnNAww/s1090/RestorePt5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7stdUChALUEVlUeAxVJYXLV7U4nEv1DpUpvKZgKyhPB7bRt-aWvKvMHmo2Ftm0C3LC81w2EE3IpCJ_aJMn8ZPe2Glt1nIkaWIi46FQx76Ks_9aN0NawzYXQPpbPmO1MBPmEmBK6L8EVjFr0ALdcJWH9LUWtAUjrkXxJMZjjWe4ju2IbiByznUxnNAww/w400-h255/RestorePt5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">What all that boils down to is this: I didn’t have any
problems keeping up with the story and quite liked the overall arc of <i>Restore
Point</i>. I didn’t even feel the need to fidget to keep my attention glued to
the screen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I adore futuristic sci-fi. It’s always fascinating to see
what someone envisions for the future of technology and society as a whole –
whether it’s dystopian, utopian, or somewhere in between. I don’t necessarily
think that <i>Restore Point</i> entirely fits into a particular category such
as that, but perhaps is set in a time that could be potentially leading up to a
dystopian situation. I really enjoyed all of the technological facets of life
that <i>Restore Point</i> explored – even in the background. I also have to give
extra points that the electric vehicles were quiet and electric-sounding, as
well. I’ve seen too many issues recently where there’s supposed to be an EV on
the screen and someone has layered in the vrooming noises of a gas engine
shifting through its various gears.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOcHpKSqCSW8Wvxpp6NjdgHmms8IhMtz7UopIskJAcoJ7ARTFFM_HMm1GnROlD7YMxrAgx48z6sxB4t1wU6brjf3AklgJIoU5b2c6-sDBcBDOdb3e6XsbzUrQydQvQ9GEAsmKPk_Pf2GRar48BMFPtRg-cQ_RBW_hpDWQjLAoJqPoojZXe4OYo02dgFI/s1090/RestorePt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOcHpKSqCSW8Wvxpp6NjdgHmms8IhMtz7UopIskJAcoJ7ARTFFM_HMm1GnROlD7YMxrAgx48z6sxB4t1wU6brjf3AklgJIoU5b2c6-sDBcBDOdb3e6XsbzUrQydQvQ9GEAsmKPk_Pf2GRar48BMFPtRg-cQ_RBW_hpDWQjLAoJqPoojZXe4OYo02dgFI/w400-h255/RestorePt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I’ve heard that <i>Restore Point</i> has been compared to <i>Logan’s
Run</i> (1976) and <i>Minority Report</i> (2002). I’d agree that there are
elements that you could cherry pick from those films that would come close to
what was within the <i>Restore Point</i> narrative, however, this film is not a
derivative of either. If we’re making comparisons, though, I feel that <i>Altered
Carbon</i> (2018-2020) also needs to be in the conversation. That being said,
the <i>Altered Carbon</i> series explores that very dystopian future that could
result from the technology explored here. <i>Restore Point</i> has some similar
themes with backups and restoration, but that’s where you have to draw the
line. This was a fresh story, and I appreciated that.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgji-7DPmmAwDZRIj3mQvRyfBpxv_TYHcQSuQqBszH3n2t5du_ky5vCqVOcfj4A5h972OvNV8n6NOb7ajrdKMrbdcsF5dG0oBs7ylKr0boyyTzdP6eOAF7mZkl2sk2XWyH3gE-sMCjSltjdRxybWdjcoqLayGnY-eO0FuvlByLLlBiIrnGnlt7fDu0AwY4/s1090/RestorePt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgji-7DPmmAwDZRIj3mQvRyfBpxv_TYHcQSuQqBszH3n2t5du_ky5vCqVOcfj4A5h972OvNV8n6NOb7ajrdKMrbdcsF5dG0oBs7ylKr0boyyTzdP6eOAF7mZkl2sk2XWyH3gE-sMCjSltjdRxybWdjcoqLayGnY-eO0FuvlByLLlBiIrnGnlt7fDu0AwY4/w400-h255/RestorePt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The visuals within <i>Restore Point</i> were also amazing.
The futuristic architecture was stunning and gave a nice contrast to the
historical structures that date back hundreds of years, even now.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Restore Point</i> worked well as a futuristic crime
procedural with elements of intrigue and an exploration of moral gray areas and
existential crisis. The stakes were clear and the sense of urgency to solve the
case before events caught up brought plenty of suspense. I thought the ending
was well done and I was smiling when the credits rolled.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Restore Point</i> will be releasing in theaters
nationwide on Thursday, February 8, 2024.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppQIsWZVUjd3_B5C1wAzDXjwco50mS9a7zKjXQ5Sb0HTw6g5ODs0StPIKKRtzzYH9-Q-C_lROQXO20tH47YBGBJ1FAAubbjFpgGyziU2vcu1gPrMv-kgUHU4Sw5MpV3oATEJpcO6tzDbrBhxJxa2zof5YrPCLP8AYQaxm8VMGErxTN98mVLNW_WJG6kw/s1090/RestorePt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppQIsWZVUjd3_B5C1wAzDXjwco50mS9a7zKjXQ5Sb0HTw6g5ODs0StPIKKRtzzYH9-Q-C_lROQXO20tH47YBGBJ1FAAubbjFpgGyziU2vcu1gPrMv-kgUHU4Sw5MpV3oATEJpcO6tzDbrBhxJxa2zof5YrPCLP8AYQaxm8VMGErxTN98mVLNW_WJG6kw/w400-h255/RestorePt4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic
Score – </span></b><span style="color: black;">None</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience
Score – </span></b><span style="color: black;">None</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="color: black;">Metascore – </span></b><span style="color: black;">74%</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score –</span></b><span style="color: black;"> None</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score –</span></b><span style="color: black;"> 6.6/10</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s
Rating – </span></b><span style="color: black;">4.5/5</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Parental
Rating </span></b><span style="color: black;">–PG-13</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></div><p></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></b></i></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q_KaujwSfnk" width="320" youtube-src-id="Q_KaujwSfnk"></iframe></div></span></b></i></span></div><p></p>Selina Tropiano and Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786165541142301592noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-61863592711184869622024-02-05T18:00:00.002-05:002024-02-05T23:34:25.895-05:00Sixty Minutes (2024)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3iWX5r7SYhHjVYyXVddmsIPsHHRnRsRTwYb_49ioGAP4rgY_qaSvePzY5sWXPAwn09_u3izGDh9iiHgZOzhlFNV1gAz9P_k19llf61kIlsqelSd8qtGaabDM5ddKzYmDxki0eLvJioa8z_AAZCPhGLHM1A1Qi3PD-Ve8saOfFyanSlSPZZxsDtsGTr0gm/s900/Sixty%20Minutes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3iWX5r7SYhHjVYyXVddmsIPsHHRnRsRTwYb_49ioGAP4rgY_qaSvePzY5sWXPAwn09_u3izGDh9iiHgZOzhlFNV1gAz9P_k19llf61kIlsqelSd8qtGaabDM5ddKzYmDxki0eLvJioa8z_AAZCPhGLHM1A1Qi3PD-Ve8saOfFyanSlSPZZxsDtsGTr0gm/w266-h400/Sixty%20Minutes.jpg" width="266" /></a></div></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Streaming Service:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Netflix</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year: </span></b><span style="color: black;">Sixty Minutes (2024)</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Genre:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Action, Adventure, Drama</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></b><span style="color: black;">1h 28min</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rating:</span></b> <span style="color: black;">TV-MA</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Director:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Oliver Kienle</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Writers:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Philip Koch, Oliver
Kienle</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Actors:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Emilio Sakraya, Dennis
Mojen, Marie Mouroum, Paul Wollin, Florian Schmidtke, Aristo Luis, José Barros,
Vassilis Koukalani, Janna Striebeck, Morik Heydo, Livia Matthes, Mehmet Atesci,
Eniko Fulop, Bruno Salgueiro, Tatjana Sojic, Georg Blumreiter</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDb Blurb:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Desperate not to lose
custody, a mixed martial arts fighter makes dangerous enemies when he ditches a
matchup to race to his daughter's birthday party.</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifa-QR0zpUZBFmW7RcLtEyfcdflhKZBhmkE-EA0H3pnRMQiG19W6XbC5GuCJhJwWypuczX7kIw7yHlG2k82F1QJxL3Oo6ObGL2fi-DG2HINQH8YpNKzPb2lKIc9TymnZHVO3paL-wQZa9Rvx3qF731kig4JZY2K-MABWnEbCJ3N1t6qbkK_cCQFMFDfVk3/s1090/60min1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifa-QR0zpUZBFmW7RcLtEyfcdflhKZBhmkE-EA0H3pnRMQiG19W6XbC5GuCJhJwWypuczX7kIw7yHlG2k82F1QJxL3Oo6ObGL2fi-DG2HINQH8YpNKzPb2lKIc9TymnZHVO3paL-wQZa9Rvx3qF731kig4JZY2K-MABWnEbCJ3N1t6qbkK_cCQFMFDfVk3/w400-h255/60min1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Selina’s Point of View:</span></b><i><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">Sixty Minutes</span></i><span style="color: #222222;"> was so much better
than it had any right to be.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">The trailer for the film
was fine. It looked like <i>Sixty Minutes</i> would be a solid action
flick. Something along the lines of <i>Run Lola Run</i> (1998). Not
bad footsteps to follow in, but usually those movies tend to be basic. They’re
a dime a dozen and rarely have anything setting them apart from the others.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">For
that reason, I stuck </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Sixty Minutes </i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">in the 15th position of my<span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto;"><a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2024/01/top-20-movies-to-look-out-for-in.html" target="_blank">Top 20</a></span></span>. Not high, but respectable.</span><span style="color: #222222;"></span><span style="color: #222222;"></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">In the interest of
transparency, my ADHD was acting up, so I had to default to a dubbed version.
Due to that, I won’t be talking about the script acting. I will say that there
was nothing in the dubbing that interrupted my immersion. I was zoned into my screen
the whole time, without fail.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4JIhGxmJfQqrTcC3ouUzYjY12btvm-7iyDSvG9YZEdGkIIMMb5VTnocfCh37I6ZvygktPXZjPuPunmDF4dB0bw-tOyOovFUNKJQAFXagO9tSNsU5l1do9NBy0rKJ1-iWq7d0op2qfwVDvgxjoUALdzghf9WI3XtsOWvxajXmrjtyXLQfOEP863GhQkMZ/s1091/60min2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1091" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4JIhGxmJfQqrTcC3ouUzYjY12btvm-7iyDSvG9YZEdGkIIMMb5VTnocfCh37I6ZvygktPXZjPuPunmDF4dB0bw-tOyOovFUNKJQAFXagO9tSNsU5l1do9NBy0rKJ1-iWq7d0op2qfwVDvgxjoUALdzghf9WI3XtsOWvxajXmrjtyXLQfOEP863GhQkMZ/w400-h255/60min2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Despite my personal
issues, I found myself feeling everything I was meant to during the runtime.
Instead of the cookie cutter, semi-solid action flick I was expecting – I got a
pulse-pounding, character-driven, well-choreographed film.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">When I say
‘well-choreographed’ I’m not talking about the <i>John Wick</i> (2014)
style. Weapons, and creative use of the setting, is not really a factor. Nor am
I talking about the <i>Extraction</i> (2020) method, where the
cinematography becomes a character of its own in the battle. Instead, <i>Sixty
Minutes</i> utilized a more realistic choreography. Everything that any
character does is something a well-trained fighter could do. There was a touch
of acrobatics, but it was mostly boxing/MMA. Fans of watching real fights would
get a kick out of it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">I think realism is
something that sets <i>Sixty Minutes</i> apart from its
contemporaries. It allows for deeper immersion because nothing really comes out
of left field. It’s all perfectly reasonable. The main character never seems
invulnerable.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">Sixty Minutes</span></i><span style="color: #222222;"> was amazing. It
smashed through every single expectation I had for it and then some.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0_WIm0dIByEaNJAjjCDAIcgzKQThh3EViM_8FtK_29HFj8iaPTwsLxESEv8g0NSft91x_GxeLfmlJlDQ1VTighzolPYv0Cop1IrVjVx2ynTWCmZQXK8c2-awQ3fqMx9xjj_0IU0mBMi0VtvqLb-XJOiV_52naAz7fcXAgA0Lj0d5Zw60pH4dxeqTZR5n/s1090/60min3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0_WIm0dIByEaNJAjjCDAIcgzKQThh3EViM_8FtK_29HFj8iaPTwsLxESEv8g0NSft91x_GxeLfmlJlDQ1VTighzolPYv0Cop1IrVjVx2ynTWCmZQXK8c2-awQ3fqMx9xjj_0IU0mBMi0VtvqLb-XJOiV_52naAz7fcXAgA0Lj0d5Zw60pH4dxeqTZR5n/w400-h255/60min3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Cat’s Point of View:</span></b> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I remember being intrigued by <i>Sixty Minutes</i> when I
saw its trailer last month. I am a big fan of action thrillers and this movie
seemed to tick all those boxes on paper. I was initially a little concerned
whether or not I would become invested in it enough that keeping up with subtitles
and the action at the same time would mesh well, as the production was filmed in
German. I was thrilled to discover this was one of the foreign films coming to
Netflix that they had an English dub for, so that became a non-issue.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">While I don’t generally follow MMA fighting, such as UFC, I
do have a love of watching martial arts combat on the screen and a deep respect
for the sport. That being said, the entire story of <i>Sixty Minutes</i> stems
from the fact that the main character doesn’t make it into the ring for the
scheduled fight. The structure of MMA matches and the octagon they take part in
aren’t even a factor as the action flows organically through the whole city of Berlin. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcQTkhI6HUYGBquW1fyxOIBctMx4tTucw6nc00PFw-Z4SCIfIkCbfJJht35Ijl54op63n8AK2l6lhAtJ31SBleuZhaUCh-BTrtZpWto_l1o0bGMMYR97CVFqOCwQPP29X8HxKUNqmzJSv8YQ7fDyZww_p8ai-bIfyw-wA_53eM_bDEIB6XSEn1QZ8I54l/s1090/60min4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="1090" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcQTkhI6HUYGBquW1fyxOIBctMx4tTucw6nc00PFw-Z4SCIfIkCbfJJht35Ijl54op63n8AK2l6lhAtJ31SBleuZhaUCh-BTrtZpWto_l1o0bGMMYR97CVFqOCwQPP29X8HxKUNqmzJSv8YQ7fDyZww_p8ai-bIfyw-wA_53eM_bDEIB6XSEn1QZ8I54l/w400-h241/60min4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The stunt work here was crazy good and the fight
choreography was on point. <i>Sixty Minutes</i> was an excellent vehicle for
lead Emilio Sakraya (<i>Warrior Nun, Tribes of Europa, One Night Off</i>) to
lean into his background of martial arts and parkour and really shine. Even the
supporting cast in his proverbial corner were kicking serious ass. A stand-out
for me was one Octa’s head trainers, Cosima, played by Marie Mouroum (<i>Berlin
Station, Black Panther, Tribes of Europa</i>). She has an extensive background
in cinema stunts and has worked on many heavy-hitting action pieces from Marvel
Cinematic Universe to Bond films. She had a meatier role here where she got to
show off her fighting chops and had a meaningful part to play as well.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The premise of this story didn’t have a lot of bells and
whistles to it, but it didn’t need to. I was emotionally invested from the
get-go and I could feel Octa’s pain and frustration as he embarked on this
roller-coaster of MMA madness. I was right there with him feeling his emotional
exhaustion as it seemed the whole world just wanted to get in the way of him
achieving his all-important goal of saving his relationship with his daughter.
I also appreciated that <i>Sixty Minutes</i> leaned into the realistic toll
that the journey’s events took on his body and mental state -- keeping him
human rather than the seemingly invincible hero trope that Hollywood often
banks on.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">If you’re looking for a fast-paced adrenaline ride with a
lot of heart behind it, <i>Sixty Minutes</i> wouldn’t be a bad choice and I
would encourage fans of the genre to check it out.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9L_oyT8QK751oPUrDMdrqBa7N0DRwZfjKhVak8JYZdDOfPT3qX2hihdBdgxxy8ZWQ-4pz54VpIW_Gbj58bel5siLpa39MZehUQ5T4mwckEdI47BNS1veCPYe86ZS_A89pXnqm8sIiGyqlxISFoFgheD4IrFwvHA_rekeWCBLqr4LX3ENH_yOcrYfFhx9J/s1090/60min5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9L_oyT8QK751oPUrDMdrqBa7N0DRwZfjKhVak8JYZdDOfPT3qX2hihdBdgxxy8ZWQ-4pz54VpIW_Gbj58bel5siLpa39MZehUQ5T4mwckEdI47BNS1veCPYe86ZS_A89pXnqm8sIiGyqlxISFoFgheD4IrFwvHA_rekeWCBLqr4LX3ENH_yOcrYfFhx9J/w400-h255/60min5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic
Score – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">60%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience
Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 78%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metascore – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">None</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> None</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 5.7/10</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Selina’s
Rating – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">4.5/5</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s
Rating – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">4.5/5</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uiyZW82Rxf8" width="320" youtube-src-id="uiyZW82Rxf8"></iframe></div></span></i></b></span></div>Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048012246740413784noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-70029277271655154912024-01-31T18:00:00.015-05:002024-01-31T22:59:11.708-05:00Top 20 Movies to Look Out For In February (2024)<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">According to: Selina</span></i></div><o:p> <br /></o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzkxpdbiNlGLeV7gFVy3CZNmNmd0WVYEKGs5JILp8gp2jEhSxgVHP2F2OBQ1_AO9ZX6XW8MMVi3sqqj6hatPrUTBiCv8E7mm4NnNEKFfVcroozjrCH4j4IDVhd9_NB1Eco1H-0Qx30ZA-3GwpHKx9wkfKRCfkG_q8opCLI_ClKsIlY2DtJNkwjgxfpVCd/s3264/Feb%202024%2011-20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzkxpdbiNlGLeV7gFVy3CZNmNmd0WVYEKGs5JILp8gp2jEhSxgVHP2F2OBQ1_AO9ZX6XW8MMVi3sqqj6hatPrUTBiCv8E7mm4NnNEKFfVcroozjrCH4j4IDVhd9_NB1Eco1H-0Qx30ZA-3GwpHKx9wkfKRCfkG_q8opCLI_ClKsIlY2DtJNkwjgxfpVCd/w400-h400/Feb%202024%2011-20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><o:p><br /></o:p><b>20 </b>– Popular
Theory (2/9)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T6vwtCls0w&ab_channel=BlueFoxEntertainment"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6T6vwtCls0w" width="320" youtube-src-id="6T6vwtCls0w"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Ali
Scher<br /><b>Writer</b>: Ali Scher,
Joe Swanson<br /><b>Actors</b>: Sophia
Reid-Gantzert, Lincoln Lambert, Chloe East, Cheryl Hines, Marc Evan Jackson,
Kat Conner Sterling<br /><b>Genre</b>: Adventure,
Comedy, Family<br /><b>Rated</b>: PG<br /><b>Length</b>: Unknown
Length<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: Erwin, a girl genius, is the youngest student in
high school. Unfortunately she struggles with social isolation. When she meets
fellow science guru, Winston, they team up to invent a chemical that changes
the high school hierarchy forever.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><i>Popular Theory </i>looks cute, but I have seen it before.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>In the 90s, it was called <i>Love Potion No. 9</i> (1992),
and I watched it so much that I wore out the VHS tape. Back in the day, it was
my favorite rom-com. The trailer for <i>Popular Theory</i> leads me to believe
that it’s basically a reboot for teens. Some of the scenes are pulled almost
completely from the 1992 film.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I wanted to put it a bit higher on the list, but there are
some creative flicks coming out this February, so it feels like something to
mention, but not push.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b>19</b> – Lights Out
(2/16)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-FE7AGU2YA&ab_channel=QuiverDistribution"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n-FE7AGU2YA" width="320" youtube-src-id="n-FE7AGU2YA"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Christian
Sesma<br /><b>Writer</b>: Chad Law,
Garry Charles<br /><b>Actors</b>: Dermot
Mulroney, Scott Adkins, Jaime King, Frank Grillo, Kevin Gage, Mekhi Phifer<br /><b>Genre</b>: Action, Thriller<br />
<b>Rated</b>: R<br /><b>Length</b>: 1h 30min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter
with the help of a just released ex-con, pitting them both against a crime
boss, corrupt cops and hired killers.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>When I see Frank Grillo (<i>The Grey, Boss Level, Copshop</i>)
in an action flick, I take notice. I’m not a hardcore fan of his, but I can’t
deny that he brings something fun to anything action. He’s just got that action
hero way about him.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Of course, <i>Lights Out</i> still looks a little basic, so
I couldn’t really have it any higher on my list.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b>18</b> – Float (2/9)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8XJ_xWF2ZE&ab_channel=LionsgateMovies"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C8XJ_xWF2ZE" width="320" youtube-src-id="C8XJ_xWF2ZE"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Sherren
Lee<br /><b>Writer</b>: Jesse
LaVercombe, Sherren Lee, Kate Marchant<br /><b>Actors</b>: Robbie
Amell, Andrea Bang<br /><b>Genre</b>: Drama,
Romance<br /><b>Rated</b>: PG-13<br /><b>Length</b>: 1h 40min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: After she nearly drowns, a young woman unexpectedly
falls for the small-town lifeguard who rescued her. Based on the novel by Kate
Marchant.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>As rom-coms go, <i>Float </i>looks pretty decent. It’s adorable,
and I can feel the chemistry between Robbie Amell (<i>Upload, The Tomorrow People,
ARQ</i>) and Andrea Bang (<i>Kim’s Convenience, A Million Little Things, Fresh</i>)
throughout the trailer. It will almost undoubtedly be a bit on the trope-y
side, but cute none-the-less.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b>17 </b>– Land of Bad
(2/16)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTFazxfrXVw&ab_channel=MovieTrailersSource"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yTFazxfrXVw" width="320" youtube-src-id="yTFazxfrXVw"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: William
Eubank<br /><b>Writer</b>: William
Eubank, David Frigerio<br /><b>Actors</b>: Milo
Ventimiglia, Russell Crowe, Liam Hemsworth, Ricky Whittle, Luke Hemsworth<br /><b>Genre</b>: Action,
Thriller<br /><b>Rated</b>: R<br /><b>Length</b>: 1h 50min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: A rookie air force combat controller and a seasoned
drone pilot support a Delta Force team as they try to shift a mission gone
wrong into a rescue operation.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>The cast for <i>Land of Bad</i> is outstanding. That said,
the writers/director leave a bit to be desired and the plot is a touch on the
overdone side. Still, I have faith in it. I think there’s every possibility
that <i>Land of Bad</i> could be something special.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b>16 </b>– Red Right
Hand (2/23)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m-mrKSqBpk&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesIndie"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4m-mrKSqBpk" width="320" youtube-src-id="4m-mrKSqBpk"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Eshom
Nelms, Ian Nelms<br /><b>Writer</b>: Jonathan
Easley<br /><b>Actors</b>: Andie
MacDowell, Orlando Bloom, Garret Dillahunt, Brian Geraghty, James Lafferty,
Jeremy Ratchford, Scott Haze<br /><b>Genre</b>: Action, Thriller<br /><b>Rated</b>: Unrated<br /><b>Length</b>: 1h 51min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: Cash is trying to live an honest and quiet life,
but when Big Cat forces him back into her services, he proves capable of
anything to protect the town and the only family he has left.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I did several double takes before I realized the lead in
this film was Orlando Bloom (<i>Gran Turismo, Zulu, Pirate of the Caribbean</i>).
It caught me very off-guard. This is simply not the kind of flick I expect to
see him in. That said, I’m here for it.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>I’m especially excited to see Eshom and Ian Nelms (<i>Squirrel
Trap, Night of the Dog, Small Town Crime</i>) at the helm of <i>Red Right Hand</i>.
I’ve seen how they handle crime and comedy, and they have an eye for that kind
of direction that I think would lend brilliantly to an action/thriller.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b>15</b> – No Way Up
(2/16)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSEoAaSswgo&ab_channel=MovieTrailersSource"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PSEoAaSswgo" width="320" youtube-src-id="PSEoAaSswgo"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Claudio
Fäh<br /><b>Writer</b>: Andy
Mayson<br /><b>Actors</b>: Phyllis
Logan, Colm Meaney, Will Attenborough, James Carroll Jordan, Sophie McIntosh,
Jeremias Amoore, Grace Nettle, Manuel Pacific, David Samartin, Scott Coker<br /><b>Genre</b>: Action,
Adventure, Drama<br /><b>Rated</b>: R<br /><b>Length</b>: 1h 30min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: Characters from different backgrounds are thrown
together when the plane they're travelling on crashes into the Pacific Ocean. A
nightmare fight for survival ensues with the air supply running out and dangers
creeping in from all sides.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I love disaster films, but it’s very easy for them to become
repetitive. After all, how many plane crash movies are there? And we all know
none of them are ever going to be better than <i>Cast Away</i> (2000).<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>What I like about <i>No Way Up</i> is that there’s something
to set it apart from the others. Being alive after a plane crash on a desert
island, or even in the middle of the sea is one thing. On the bottom of the
ocean? Especially after the whole world learned, just this past summer, exactly
what could happen to people that go down too far? That’s a different animal
altogether.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>It’s still a disaster film, so I’m sure there’ll be tropes
utilized that are the same in just about all of them, but I’m still excited.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p><b>14</b> – How to Have
Sex (2/2)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWmF8KpxxmA&ab_channel=MUBI"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EWmF8KpxxmA" width="320" youtube-src-id="EWmF8KpxxmA"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Molly
Manning Walker<br /><b>Writer</b>: Molly
Manning Walker<br /><b>Actors</b>: Anna Antoniades,
Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, Enva Lewis, Samuel Bottomley, Shaun Thomas<br /><b>Genre</b>: Drama<br /><b>Rated</b>: Unrated<br /><b>Length</b>: 1h 31min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: Three British teenage girls go on a
rites-of-passage holiday - drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be
the best summer of their lives.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I’ll be honest, <i>How to Have Sex</i> is not the kind of
movie that usually draws me in. That said, there’s something about it that
really draws me in. As I continued through my list of trailers, I kept
returning to this one.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>It’s all instinct where this flick is concerned. I wish I
could point out exactly what it was that made me believe <i>How to Have Sex</i>
was something to look out for, but I can’t. Sometimes there are just
indecipherable patterns. None-the-less, I’m looking forward to it.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b>13 </b>– Orion and
the Dark (2/2)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cScAQ2O26Y4&ab_channel=Netflix"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cScAQ2O26Y4" width="320" youtube-src-id="cScAQ2O26Y4"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Sean
Charmatz<br /><b>Writer</b>: Charlie
Kaufman, Lloyd Taylor, Emma Yarlett<br /><b>Actors</b>: Carla
Gugino, Paul Walter Hauser, Natasia Demetriou, Jacob Tremblay, Angela Bassett,
Colin Hanks, Werner Herzog, Ike Barinholtz<br /><b>Genre</b>: Animation,
Adventure, Comedy<br /><b>Rated</b>: TV-Y7<br /><b>Length</b>: 1h 30min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: A boy with an active imagination faces his fears on
an unforgettable journey through the night with his new friend: a giant,
smiling creature named Dark.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Personally, I’m more into <i>Orion and the Dark</i> than I
am <i>The Tiger’s Apprentice</i>, but I can’t ignore the target demographic.
Since my daughter falls right into that category, I showed her both trailers
and let her choose the order.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Obviously, I trust Dreamworks. The <i>How to Train Your
Dragon</i> (2010-2019) flicks are among my favorites. That said, even I have to
admit that <i>Orion and the Dark</i> doesn’t seem quite up to their normal
standards. Still, the story has some great lessons and an age-appropriate plot
that still seems to appeal to adults as well.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p><b>12 </b>– The Tiger’s
Apprentice (2/2)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnqPZR1amnA&ab_channel=ParamountPlus"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WnqPZR1amnA" width="320" youtube-src-id="WnqPZR1amnA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></a><b>Director</b>: Raman
Hui, Yong Duk Jhun, Paul Watling<br /><b>Writer</b>: David
Magee, Christopher L. Yost, Laurence Yep<br /><b>Actors</b>: Henry
Golding, Brandon Soo Hoo, Lucy Liu, Sandra Oh, Michelle Yeoh, Bowen Yang, Leah
Lewis, Jo Koy<br /><b>Genre</b>: Animation,
Action, Adventure<br /><b>Rated</b>: PG<br /><b>Length</b>: 1h 39min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: Tom Lee, a Chinese-American boy, after the death of
his grandmother, has to be apprenticed to the talking tiger Mr. Hu and learn
ancient magic to become the new guardian of an ancient phoenix.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><i>The Tiger’s Apprentice </i>feels a little less original
than <i>Orion and the Dark</i>, but it’s not a bad mix of inspirations. I’d say
it combines <i>Kung Fu Panda </i>(2008) with <i>The Sorcerer’s Apprentice</i> (2010)
– which are both cute, decent films.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>It’s got a clean animation style, with beautiful settings
and designs. Not the best children’s offering I’ve seen, but it works for a
February release.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p><b>11 </b>– Madame Web (2/14)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_76M4c4LTo&ab_channel=SonyPicturesEntertainment"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s_76M4c4LTo" width="320" youtube-src-id="s_76M4c4LTo"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: S.J.
Clarkson<br /><b>Writer</b>: Matt
Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Claie Parker, S.J. Clarkson<br /><b>Actors</b>: Sydney
Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Dakota Johnson, Emma Roberts, Adam Scott, Celeste O’Connor,
Jill Hennessy, Mike Epps<br /><b>Genre</b>: Action,
Adventure, Sci-Fi<br /><b>Rated</b>: PG-13<br /><b>Length</b>: 1h 56min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: Cassandra Webb develops the power to see the
future. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a
relationship with three young women bound for powerful destinies, if they can
all survive a deadly present.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I don’t know anything about Madame Web as a comic book
character, but we all know I’m a Marvel fan girl. Just based on my fan-girl
status, <i>Madame Web</i> should be high up on my list. So, why doesn’t it even
make my top 10 this month?<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Sony/Columbia.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>As much as any Marvel fan will go and see every one of the
movies, no matter how disappointing the last one was, we all also know that
other companies tend to spoil things.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>The trailer looks great, the cast is fantastic, and the
director has a hell of a filmography behind her, she even directed a couple episodes
of <i>Jessica Jones</i> (2015) – which was an amazing show. All promising
facts.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>A less promising fact is that the writers of <i>Morbius</i> (2022)
are involved. After the travesty that was that shit show, it’s something that’s
hard to ignore. I will never understand why another Marvel property has been
entrusted to them. Seems like a bad call.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>I’m looking forward to <i>Madame Web</i>, but I won’t be too
surprised if it winds up disappointing me.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvf-_-bUcmXR5OhjpBd51ge_kpS-eJxa69kt-ts44RBV0-8NkcNj9P4_h_RC-x4jSkreyly-hv2xSK2cUH775lWrADKHQxhvEYooejUdajFH-vaGainmDTBjZT-L8kmm7BrIJ7uhGGOjmiBHNKXv9Nsinu20F-w4Ib-rL4mmSlJUBXKj_l354EDMwVzREM/s3264/Feb%202024%201-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvf-_-bUcmXR5OhjpBd51ge_kpS-eJxa69kt-ts44RBV0-8NkcNj9P4_h_RC-x4jSkreyly-hv2xSK2cUH775lWrADKHQxhvEYooejUdajFH-vaGainmDTBjZT-L8kmm7BrIJ7uhGGOjmiBHNKXv9Nsinu20F-w4Ib-rL4mmSlJUBXKj_l354EDMwVzREM/w400-h400/Feb%202024%201-10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><o:p><br /></o:p><b>10</b> – Players (2/14)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gH6AEBwEAw&t=2s&ab_channel=Netflix"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8gH6AEBwEAw" width="320" youtube-src-id="8gH6AEBwEAw"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Trish
Sie<br /><b>Writer</b>: Whit
Anderson<br /><b>Actors</b>: Tom
Ellis, Gina Rodriguez, Joel Courtney, Damon Wayans Jr., Liza Koshy,<br /> <b>Genre</b>: Comedy,
Romance<br /><b>Rated</b>: Unrated<br /><b>Length</b>: 1h 45min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: New York sportswriter Mack has spent years devising
successful hook-up "plays" with her friends, but when she
unexpectedly falls for one of her targets, she must learn what it takes to go
from simply scoring to playing for keeps<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Although <i>Players</i> has that ridiculously convoluted
heist-y vibe, it doesn’t remind me of the movies a flick like that would tend
to remind me of. Instead, it reminds me of <i>Slackers</i> (2002) – a movie I
only know about because I followed Devon Sawa’s (<i>Idle Hands, Final
Destination, Chucky</i>) career closely when I was younger.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>Both movies are about a group of friends working closely to
game a system. In <i>Slackers</i>, it’s about cheating through college, while <i>Players
</i>is about running the perfect scheme to get a date from someone.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p><i>Players</i> has a comedy-heavy cast to work with. Gina
Rodriguez (<i>Jane the Virgin, Someone Great, Not Dead Yet</i>), Damon Wayans
Jr. (<i>The Other Guys, Big Hero 6, New Girl</i>), Liza Koshy (<i>Work It, Cat
Person, Liza on Demand</i>), and Tom Ellis (<i>Lucifer, Isn’t It Romantic,
Miranda</i>) are all well known for comedic roles. I’m not the biggest fan of
Trish Sie’s (<i>Pitch Perfect 3, The Sleepover, Step Up All In</i>) directorial
work, but Whit Anderson (<i>Ozark, Daredevil, Allegiance</i>) impressed pretty
much all of us with his TV Shows – though they aren’t of the comedy genre. I’m
a bit curious about how that will translate to this project.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b>9</b> – Stopmotion
(2/23)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Debr5KI1QIU&ab_channel=IFCFilms"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Debr5KI1QIU" width="320" youtube-src-id="Debr5KI1QIU"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Robert
Morgan<br /><b>Writer</b>: Robin King,
Robert Morgan<br /><b>Actors</b>: Aisling
Franciosi, Stella Gonet, Tom York, Caoilinn Springall, James Swanton<br /><b>Genre</b>: Animation,
Horror<br /><b>Rated</b>: R<br /><b>Length</b>: 1h 33min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: A stop-motion animator struggles to control her
demons after the loss of her overbearing mother.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Until recently, I’d completely written off stop-motion
animation as something I could get into. Then Phil Tippett (<i>Jurassic Park,
Starship Troopers, RoboCop</i>) came along with his absolutely glorious <i>Mad
God</i> (2021) and my mind changed so quickly. Now I find myself actively
searching it out.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I think stop-motion animation is an underused, and fruitful,
medium for horror. It produces an uncanny valley kind of feel throughout the
jerky motions and versatile model designs. I understand why it’s not more widely
used – it’s extremely labor intensive after all – but I’m definitely paying
more attention to a film when it is.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p><i>Stopmotion</i> is intensely creative and seems to utilize
stop-motion animation well. The creepy story telling meshes with the animation
style well. I was thoroughly uneasy each time I watched the coming attractions.<br />
<o:p> <br /></o:p><b>8 </b>– Bob Marley:
One Love (2/14)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajw425Kuvtw&ab_channel=ParamountPictures"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ajw425Kuvtw" width="320" youtube-src-id="ajw425Kuvtw"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Reinaldo
Marcus Green<br /><b>Writer</b>: Terence
Winter, Frank E. Flowers, Zach Baylin, Reinaldo Marcus Green<br /><b>Actors</b>: Kingsley
Ben-Adir, James Norton, Lashana Lynch, Michael Gandolfini<br /><b>Genre</b>: Biography,
Drama, Music<br /><b>Rated</b>: PG-13<br /><b>Length</b>: 1h 44min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: The story of how reggae icon Bob Marley overcame
adversity, and the journey behind his revolutionary music.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Bob Marley is one of the most influential artists of our
time. I don’t think there’s a soul alive that doesn’t know at least one of his
songs.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>I don’t know anything about the story behind his music, but
I’m not surprised that there’s violence. People react harshly to messages of peace
and unity. That’s what his music is about, after all. In a world of darkness, his
tunes bring some light and hope.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>The only reason <i>Bob Marley: One Love</i> is so low on my
list is because biographies are tricky. They’re starting to get a bit played
out at this point, so there needs to be a hook that draws people in other than
the big name.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p><b>7</b> – This is Me…
Now (2/16)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osu2N9gysYk&ab_channel=PrimeVideo"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Osu2N9gysYk" width="320" youtube-src-id="Osu2N9gysYk"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Dave
Meyers<br /><b>Writer</b>: Jennifer Lopez,
Matt Walton<br /><b>Actors</b>: Sofia
Vergara, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Keke Palmer, Kim Petras, Trevor Noah,
Alix Angelis, Post Malone, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Derek Hough, Fat Joe<br /><b>Genre</b>: Music<br /><b>Rated</b>: Unrated<br /><b>Length</b>: Unknown<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: Coinciding with the release of her album of the
same name, this narrative-driven odyssey tells the story of Jennifer Lopez's
journey to love through her own eyes.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Hey look, it’s a musical that is actually being marketed as
a musical.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>I have to say, that’s been my biggest pet peeve of the last
couple of years. Production companies have decided that people don’t like
musicals, so they don’t let you know when something is one. I had no idea <i>Wonka
</i>(2023) was a musical before it came out, or <i>Mean Girls</i> (2024). That
information for both flicks would have strengthened my interest. Instead of
being clear about what those films were, companies decided to bait and switch
people. That’s a good way to make people mad.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>At the very least we know what we’re getting with <i>This is
Me… Now</i>. It’s more of an opera based around the life of Jennifer Lopez (<i>Hustlers,
Marry Me, Shades of Blue</i>) than anything else. I’m not her biggest fan, but
no one can deny her talent.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>For <i>This is Me… Now</i>, she’s collected a highly diverse
group of talent. Actors and musicians alike are involved: Sofia Vergara (<i>Modern
Family, Chef, Strays</i>), Ben Affleck (<i>Argo, Gone Girl, Zack Snyder’s Justice
League</i>), Keke Palmer (<i>Nope, Hustlers, Scream Queens</i>), Kim Petras (<i>Los
Espookys, The Bitch Who Stole Christmas, Sam Smith & Kim Petras: Unholy</i>),
Trevor Noah (<i>The Daily Show, Black Panther, Coming 2 America</i>), Post
Malone (<i>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Good Mythical Evening,
Wrath of Man</i>), Alix Angelis (<i>Imaginary, The Cleansing Hour, The
Magnificent Seven</i>), Neil deGrasse Tyson (<i>Miles from Tomorrowland, Batman
v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Lazer Team</i>), Fat Joe (<i>Happy Feet, The White
Tiger, Hustle</i>), and Derek Hough (<i>High School Musical: The Musical: The
Series, Hairspray Live!, Nashville</i>). It’s even directed by accomplished
music video director, Dave Meyers (<i>Billie Eilish: Bad Guy, P!Nk: So What,
Missy Elliott: Get Ur Freak On</i>).<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>This kind of movie concert is picking up steam, and I don’t
think <i>This is Me… Now </i>is going to kill interest in the genre at all. I
do, however, think that studios need to reconsider their stance on musicals.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b>6 </b>– Code 8: Part
II (2/28)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzo4XdMBSHw&ab_channel=Netflix"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rzo4XdMBSHw" width="320" youtube-src-id="rzo4XdMBSHw"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Jeff
Chan<br /><b>Writer</b>: Jeff
Chan, Chris Pare, Sherren Lee, Jesse LaVercombe<br /><b>Actors</b>: Robbie
Amell, Stephen Amell, Aaron Abrams, Jean Yoon, Alex Mallari Jr.<br /><b>Genre</b>: Action,
Crime, Drama<br /><b>Rated</b>: Unrated<br /><b>Length</b>: 1h 40min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: Follows a girl fighting to get justice for her
slain brother by corrupt police officers. She enlists the help of an ex-con and
his former partner, they face a highly regarded and well protected police
sergeant who doesn't want to be.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>If you’ve been following Trust the Dice for any length of
time, then you know that we invested in the first <i>Code 8</i> (2019). It was
a pre-2020 world when we had a little extra money to burn and wanted to use it
to help make great movies. Times have changed, our pockets are a little too
light to do it these days, but we still have great faith in the films we did
choose to add to.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>We reviewed <i>Code 8</i> back in April of 2020, well
embroiled in our lockdown. Long story short: we felt the film was a great
success. Fun and original. Some critics did believe there was an X-Men feel to
it, but most movies involving any kind of mutated power in humans tends to be
compared to X-Men. It’s a bit of an overdone critique.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>I’m looking forward to <i>Code 8: Part II</i>. A
continuation of the story should be great fun.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b>5 </b>– Restore Point
(2/8)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_KaujwSfnk&ab_channel=XYZFILMS"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q_KaujwSfnk" width="320" youtube-src-id="Q_KaujwSfnk"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Robert
Hloz<br /><b>Writer</b>: Robert
Hloz<br /><b>Actors</b>: Andrea
Mohylová, Matej Hádek, Milan Ondrík, Václav Neuzil<br /><b>Genre</b>: Crime,
Drama, Sci-Fi<br /><b>Rated</b>: Unrated<br /><b>Length</b>: 1h 55min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: Set in central Europe during 2041, a female
detective investigates the case of a murdered couple where a restoration team
is able to bring one of them back to life.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>There’s nothing quite like a good science fiction. The cool
technology gone rogue, the anything-can-happen story, the familiar-but-different
world… both Cat and I go nuts for it.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I waffled over whether to put <i>Code 8: Part 2</i> or <i>Restore
Point</i> higher, but I settled on <i>Restore Point</i>.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>It’s an original film, as opposed to a sequel. That’s really
the only thing that put it higher for me. I may be more familiar with the people
involved in <i>Code 8:</i> <i>Part 2</i>, but <i>Restore Point</i> has that
originality to it that comes with the start of a brand new story.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p><i>Restore Point</i> seems to be the full-length feature film
debut of writer/director Robert Hloz. He has some shorts to his name, however,
that boast impressive ratings on IMDb. Only one of which dips into the 5s,
while the others never hit lower than a 6.5.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>As ‘dark horse’ of a pick as <i>Restore Point</i> seems, I’m
confident that it’s a must see.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p><b>4</b> – Drive-Away
Dolls (2/23)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy0RYiQRWUk&ab_channel=FocusFeatures"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Oy0RYiQRWUk" width="320" youtube-src-id="Oy0RYiQRWUk"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Ethan
Coen<br /><b>Writer</b>: Ethan
Coen, Tricia Cooke<br /><b>Actors</b>: Margaret
Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Pedro Pascal, Matt Damon<br /> <b>Genre</b>: Action,
Comedy, Thriller<br /> <b>Rated</b>: R<br /><b>Length</b>: 1h 24min<br />
<o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: Jamie regrets her breakup with her girlfriend,
while Marian needs to relax. In search of a fresh start, they embark on an
unexpected road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross
paths with a group of inept criminals.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I enjoy both central tropes utilized in <i>Drive-Away Dolls</i>.
That odd-couple dynamic between the leads, and the clueless good-guys getting
sucked into a criminal enterprise. Both tropes give me the warm and fuzzies.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>With <i>Drive-Away Dolls</i> there are two lead actors with
exceptional experience representing the odd duo, which I think will elevate the
on-screen chemistry. Margaret Qualley (<i>Poor Things, Wake Up, Once Upon a
Time in Hollywood</i>) and Geraldine Viswanathan (<i>Miracle Workers, 7 Days,
Blockers</i>) may not be household names, but they have a body of work that
proves that’s what they could become in the future. There’s also Ethan Coen (<i>The
Ballad of Buster Scruggs, True Grit, No Country for Old Men</i>), one half of
the legendary Coen brothers and the director of classics such as <i>Fargo </i>(1996)
and <i>The Big Lebowski</i> (1998) – though he was uncredited on both. This is
exactly the kind of story he should have a hand in directing. It’s his bread
and butter. Admittedly, I’m not familiar with Tricia Cooke as a writer, but she
has so much talent backing her up that this is a great project to be her full-length
feature-film debut.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p><b>3</b> – Lisa
Frankenstein (2/9)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/POOeA3zCuUY" width="320" youtube-src-id="POOeA3zCuUY"></iframe></div><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Zelda
Williams<br /><b>Writer</b>: Diablo
Cody<br /><b>Actors</b>: Kathryn
Newton, Cole Sprouse<br /><b>Genre</b>: Comedy,
Horror, Romance<br /><b>Rated</b>: PG-13<br /><b>Length</b>: 1h 41min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: A coming of RAGE love story about a teenager and
her crush, who happens to be a corpse. After a set of horrific circumstances
bring him back to life, the two embark on a journey to find love, happiness -
and a few missing body parts.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Is it just me, or is Cole Sprouse (<i>Riverdale, Five Feet
Apart, The Suite Life on Deck</i>) looking a little Johnny Depp (<i>Sweeney
Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street</i>, <i>Pirates of the Caribbean: The
Curse of the Black Pearl, Tusk</i>) in this trailer? It makes me wonder if
we’re going to be seeing a transformation of his career. One of the things that
made Johnny Depp so beloved at the height of his career was his ability to
become literally anyone – or anything. He played such iconic characters because
he became them so completely that it was almost impossible to tell there was an
actor under there.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>Sprouse is the full incarnation of his character in the
trailer for <i>Lisa Frankenstein</i>. I even had to do a second watch-through
when I saw his name come up, because I didn’t believe it. I think that bodes
incredibly well for this creative flick.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>I would be remiss if I did not mention that <i>Lisa
Frankenstein</i> is directed by the lovely Zelda Williams (<i>Kappa Kappa Die,
Shrimp, Dark/Web</i>). If that name sounds familiar, that’s because it should
be. She’s the daughter of the late legendary Robin Williams (<i>Mrs. Doubtfire,
Good Morning, Vietnam, The Birdcage</i>). I cannot wait to see what she does. I
want to see her succeed more than most.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p><b>2 </b>– The Promised
Land (2/2)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=age3coRbAzs&ab_channel=MovieTrailersSource"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/age3coRbAzs" width="320" youtube-src-id="age3coRbAzs"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Nikolaj
Arcel<br /><b>Writer</b>: Nikolaj
Arcel, Anders Thomas Jensen, Ida Jessen<br /><b>Actors</b>: Mads
Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Gustav Lindh<br /><b>Genre</b>: Biography,
Drama, History<br /><b>Rated</b>: R<br /><b>Length</b>: 2h 7min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: The story of Ludvig Kahlen who pursued his lifelong
dream: To make the heath bring him wealth and honor.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>There is probably no more perfect part for Mads Mikkelsen (<i>Hannibal,
The Hunt, Another Round</i>) than this. He gets to highlight his intensity and
flex his drama chops. Even if the rest of the creative team were lesser,
Mikkelsen could carry the whole thing. Luckily, that’s not even the case.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>Nikolaj Arcel (<i>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Journal
64, Riders of Justice</i>) is a celebrated director with some amazing work
under his belt, while Anders Thomas Jensen (<i>Riders of Justice, Held for
Ransom, Mikavlerne</i>) has written some incredible work – winning 40 awards in
total. The cast is no worse, with Amanda Collin (<i>Raised by Wolves, Fathers
and Mothers, A Horrible Woman</i>) and Gustav Lindh (<i>Burn All My Letters,
Riders of Justice, Top Dog</i>) having incredible past filmographies where
they’ve been responsible for some outstanding work.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>Even though <i>The Promised Land</i> is based on a true
story and is technically a biography, the trailer doesn’t feel like it. That
keeps it from feeling as overdone as some biopics can.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p><b>1</b> – Argylle (2/2)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mgu9mNZ8Hk&ab_channel=UniversalPictures"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7mgu9mNZ8Hk" width="320" youtube-src-id="7mgu9mNZ8Hk"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p><b>Director</b>: Matthew
Vaughn<br /><b>Writer</b>: Jacon
Fuchs<br /> <b>Actors</b>: Sofia
Boutella, Henry Cavill, Dua Lipa, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ariana DeBose, Sam
Rockwell, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara<br /><b>Genre</b>: Action,
Thriller<br /><b>Rated</b>: PG-13<br /><b>Length</b>: 2h 19min<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMDb Blurb</i></b>: An introverted spy novelist is drawn into the
activities of a sinister underground syndicate.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Nothing will keep me from devouring a Matthew Vaughn (<i>Kingsman:
The Secret Service, Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class</i>) directed film. In fact,
that’s one of the easiest ways to get on to my ‘must see’ list. His films are
so clean and vivid. The action in them is phenomenally choreographed. Immersion
is at its peak in a Vaughn flick.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Sure, they’re usually popcorn films, but they are the
highest quality popcorn flicks with flawless escapism. I never miss a Matthew
Vaughn film.<br /><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: right;"><b><u>Movies to Look out For</u></b></div></o:p><i><div style="text-align: right;"><i>According to: Cat</i></div></i><o:p><div style="text-align: right;"> </div></o:p><div style="text-align: right;">Molli and Max in the
Future .20</div><div style="text-align: right;"> Upgraded .19</div><div style="text-align: right;"> Marmalade .18</div><div style="text-align: right;">Red Right Hand .17</div><div style="text-align: right;"> Players .16</div><div style="text-align: right;"> Float .15</div><div style="text-align: right;">Stopmotion .14</div><div style="text-align: right;">Demon Slayer: Kimetsu
no Yaiba: To the Hashira Training .13</div><div style="text-align: right;"> Popular Theory .12</div><div style="text-align: right;">Lights Out .11</div><div style="text-align: right;"> Orion and the Dark .10</div><div style="text-align: right;">Bob Marley: One Love .9</div><div style="text-align: right;">Out of Darkness .8</div><div style="text-align: right;">No Way Out .7</div><div style="text-align: right;"> Drive-Away Dolls .6</div><div style="text-align: right;"> Land of Bad .5</div><div style="text-align: right;">Lisa Frankenstein .4</div><div style="text-align: right;">Madame Web .3</div><div style="text-align: right;"> Code 8: Part II .2</div><div style="text-align: right;"> Argylle .1</div><b><o:p> <br /></o:p></b><b>FAQ</b>:<br /> <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2019/02/faqs-what-makes-movie-eligible-for.html">What
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Selina Tropianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356607940289357681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-19308814875302663952024-01-29T18:00:00.096-05:002024-01-30T03:08:29.201-05:00The Meg (2018)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXNGzt-zn8mOTixPyY2eiWwaZd-n3iKmBDgPw-e_16gNq51lFnVl7xhWYeK0CRPrGabRRYpofQFsKh05zSJIJ4a4buQFVs1ok6BXovrPisZfiiEA9JhIksd7XasQHNSQZ6mYfZ6Og27NbjP5URtgCXlNA6jjM1t3uJRtsAnujjJutk4z-QFxsNE9VrwZp/s755/meg_ver9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="510" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXNGzt-zn8mOTixPyY2eiWwaZd-n3iKmBDgPw-e_16gNq51lFnVl7xhWYeK0CRPrGabRRYpofQFsKh05zSJIJ4a4buQFVs1ok6BXovrPisZfiiEA9JhIksd7XasQHNSQZ6mYfZ6Og27NbjP5URtgCXlNA6jjM1t3uJRtsAnujjJutk4z-QFxsNE9VrwZp/w270-h400/meg_ver9.jpg" width="270" /></a></div> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b>S<span style="color: black;">treaming Service:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> MAX</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year: </span></b><span style="color: black;">The Meg<b> </b>(2018)</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Genre:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Action, Horror, Sci-Fi</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></b><span style="color: black;">1h 53min</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rating:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> PG-13</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Director:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Jon Turteltaub</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Writers:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Dean Georgaris, Jon
Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, Steve Alten</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Actors:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Jason Statham, Ruby Rose,
Jessica McNamee, Rainn Wilson, Bingbing Li, Robert Taylor, Cliff Curtis, Olafur
Darri Olafsson, Masi Oka, Page Kennedy, Vithaya Pansringarm, Shuya Sophia Cai,
Rob Kipa-Williams, Winston Chao</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDb Blurb:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> A group of scientists
exploring the Marianas Trench encounter the largest marine predator that has
ever existed - the Megalodon.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jE1naaXgvW4bbb9Z6AkQWT0krut89XS3Zg5m26_9_u0WTi0X3zY0UvE77KzySTHM3o12FdlFFv7463nFzdpxzYhTkgwC6Qr0xUlcV8D1L59ObmcOZqLdq6RzuHAJMfwhaWcxcR1kCzwPTv3kJi6X9O8YaemmmqFkTqRxiQ9ZZy6un7wSfY-Ac3wYRnPZ/s1090/Meg8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jE1naaXgvW4bbb9Z6AkQWT0krut89XS3Zg5m26_9_u0WTi0X3zY0UvE77KzySTHM3o12FdlFFv7463nFzdpxzYhTkgwC6Qr0xUlcV8D1L59ObmcOZqLdq6RzuHAJMfwhaWcxcR1kCzwPTv3kJi6X9O8YaemmmqFkTqRxiQ9ZZy6un7wSfY-Ac3wYRnPZ/w400-h255/Meg8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Cat’s Point of View:</span></b><i> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>The Meg</i> was one of those movies that I just HAD to
watch the minute I was able to. I was practically bouncing up and down with
eager anticipation. I’d been watching the media releases for this production
ever since I stumbled upon the article that inspired my <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2017/01/but-i-digress-my-what-big-teeth-you-have.html" target="_blank"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">But I Digress…My What Big Teeth You Have</span><span style="background-color: white;">
</span></a>article back in 2017. Selina and I both love creature features. Pair that with
my love of sharks and shark movies, and it had become my automatic #1 on the <span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2018/07/top-20-movies-to-look-out-for-in-august_30.html" target="_blank">Top 20 article</a></span> the month
it was released in 2018. (Selina had listed it as her #9 pick.)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">At this point, I have actually watched <i>The Meg</i> many
times over. It has become one of those familiar “comfort” movies that I will
even watch from the middle if I come across it while flipping channels. Sometimes
if I’m bored and just want something in the background it’s a good go-to.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSqsxO64lqroQlV2LBP5JKbY31dCN2l5zmzzzg0r1hvQhGHqxVg7MhDvPHZs7KbBBIeLQi2y_8V77FwgJKA0y1VJwoAQxSRucw_HDCCfix_bN8cA9ILsJMZ1Pgmlca_f2R-yC4GfXnLvyyWBZGurXok1tjtTGpk4v0bEL4lj-Fb4lpFXz7QoM_0q9Juca7/s1090/Meg1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSqsxO64lqroQlV2LBP5JKbY31dCN2l5zmzzzg0r1hvQhGHqxVg7MhDvPHZs7KbBBIeLQi2y_8V77FwgJKA0y1VJwoAQxSRucw_HDCCfix_bN8cA9ILsJMZ1Pgmlca_f2R-yC4GfXnLvyyWBZGurXok1tjtTGpk4v0bEL4lj-Fb4lpFXz7QoM_0q9Juca7/w400-h255/Meg1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I’m very disappointed in the negative reviews out there,
really. I was actually shocked when I looked up the review rating scores on the
various sites we use for comparisons. I am positive that I’m not just watching
this movie through rose-colored glasses just because it involves megalodons and
Jason Statham (<i>Mechanic: Resurrection, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre,
Expend4bles</i>). Those are 2 sizeable reasons I was drawn to the film in the
first place, but not why I have enjoyed re-experiencing this movie over and
over.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>The Meg</i> was a generally well-executed creature
feature. Everything was streamlined well enough that it wasn’t too terribly
hard to suspend disbelief about this allegedly extinct mammoth shark.
(Seriously though, there are whole teams of real-world scientists studying to
see if this giant scary creature of the deep may not be as extinct as we
thought so we’re not really coloring that far outside the lines here.)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yENK5cUOxg4TtH-hjQMaWooPBGdJfvkOCFOUUq3dex8JXnvYxDg2nx_6Y0ZAXe1sd2Xvq3x9C5Iu5sUkocoTO0NTyLVyXO7MecCm79ChmrpBp4A1Txy8kY5_F2T1Gt8h2PAvxQ0oS_TfxsuU6Z5CRNgwXX0onGw2HN0BrqwvPelqTVH-P7KCjiXoVhFt/s1090/Meg7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yENK5cUOxg4TtH-hjQMaWooPBGdJfvkOCFOUUq3dex8JXnvYxDg2nx_6Y0ZAXe1sd2Xvq3x9C5Iu5sUkocoTO0NTyLVyXO7MecCm79ChmrpBp4A1Txy8kY5_F2T1Gt8h2PAvxQ0oS_TfxsuU6Z5CRNgwXX0onGw2HN0BrqwvPelqTVH-P7KCjiXoVhFt/w400-h255/Meg7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The effects were dazzlingly rendered, the underwater scenes
were stunning, and the action was on point. There were moments of levity that
broke up what otherwise would have been a non-stop thrill ride. While I see
some critics slamming that, keep in mind that even <i>Jaws</i> (1975) had some
comic-relief in it. The family aspect involved as well as the interconnected
history of the characters coming into play was also interesting. Further, the
individuals that went on to continue their story in the sequel <i>The Meg 2:
The Trench</i> (2023) had a good foundation in this first film to grow from. (We’ll
talk about the sequel another day, though.) I was also seriously impressed with
Sophia Cai (<i>Somewhere Only We Know, Mr. Corman, Meg 2: The Trench</i>) in
her role as Meiying. Sometimes you just don’t get as much depth from very young
actors and she really stole most of the scenes she was involved in.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_4KSfR41-CIDICjncCycLCKOQlyL_3cnLs3Pk1sV9VPkk5Ovx2uhCCw8xhcHNVHe08PeHI19GfIucxJOURaIZXgGDQ4cKy7_1EPC7smL8S9Mhqr3lpOKiy6mLHAmT9S0ObZZWep7yaEbBa0Q5k9vLj9L6U1sqY2P_i3bHizFGAM2rdGOUrFflGFJRWfZ/s1091/Meg9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="1091" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_4KSfR41-CIDICjncCycLCKOQlyL_3cnLs3Pk1sV9VPkk5Ovx2uhCCw8xhcHNVHe08PeHI19GfIucxJOURaIZXgGDQ4cKy7_1EPC7smL8S9Mhqr3lpOKiy6mLHAmT9S0ObZZWep7yaEbBa0Q5k9vLj9L6U1sqY2P_i3bHizFGAM2rdGOUrFflGFJRWfZ/w400-h241/Meg9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>The Meg</i> delivered everything it promised in its trailer.
Was it perfect? No, but it didn't need to be. T<i>he Meg</i> was a great popcorn movie. It was, however, a little less gruesome than it could have been had it not had
the PG-13 rating. Sometimes those decisions are in the hands of the studios. In
spite of that, both movies have done really well – igniting much hope for an
extended franchise. At this time there’s no official word as to whether or not
a 3<sup>rd</sup> installment will be made. There’s plenty of the source
material to pull from still, however. <i>The Meg</i> was an adaptation from a
popular series of novels, after all. (I also still need to get off the stick to
read them.) Cross your fingers for me that we can visit the world of these
mammoth megs in a 3<sup>rd</sup> installment, will you? I know I am.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">If you enjoy shark movies and action with crazy stunts and a
slice of comedy, <i>The Meg</i> will be right up your alley and there are
multiple ways to stream it via subscription services as of the time of this review.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR86WpO4lnJ2DLbYIFIFGnzb3TaoamnPLYdPlKq8N_lnUj_WbDtyIE9kR7ahd7TATRERaOAb7zbkXDKPTls1EEMLoqaCx15vxob2cDi_MzUs1079aOvXm3noGPU9TUG2fIyevauJxgalCaxwj43yKdXsLORu_ihX9xoLVBPaATQkOUQD6cut5DKJ01nul0/s1090/Meg6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR86WpO4lnJ2DLbYIFIFGnzb3TaoamnPLYdPlKq8N_lnUj_WbDtyIE9kR7ahd7TATRERaOAb7zbkXDKPTls1EEMLoqaCx15vxob2cDi_MzUs1079aOvXm3noGPU9TUG2fIyevauJxgalCaxwj43yKdXsLORu_ihX9xoLVBPaATQkOUQD6cut5DKJ01nul0/w400-h255/Meg6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic
Score – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">47%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience
Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 44%</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metascore – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"><span> </span>46%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 5.5/10</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 5.7/10</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s
Rating – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">4.5/5</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bsLk0NPRFAc" width="320" youtube-src-id="bsLk0NPRFAc"></iframe></div></span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></i></span></div>Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048012246740413784noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-80380559980240636862024-01-24T18:00:00.002-05:002024-01-25T01:47:44.583-05:00Suitable Flesh (2024)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaiXvzjmVDrXPqNGO5bclSI5RHzgqVSFdykiWmQ_khDd2LrGdvIqphvYq-S-Yy0Ygdq4PTAHvl2KSks0W0HkmU7FN7ll9Rc6kbIPXfwTh7qlwscvuWYJSVp3oIzuLoJR16U7NIw94UaxpiEk0hg_ahCCZqG6ErsM4qMO3evXIepCNmViLk99QTYHs7FzE/s1600/Suitable-Flesh-1080x1600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaiXvzjmVDrXPqNGO5bclSI5RHzgqVSFdykiWmQ_khDd2LrGdvIqphvYq-S-Yy0Ygdq4PTAHvl2KSks0W0HkmU7FN7ll9Rc6kbIPXfwTh7qlwscvuWYJSVp3oIzuLoJR16U7NIw94UaxpiEk0hg_ahCCZqG6ErsM4qMO3evXIepCNmViLk99QTYHs7FzE/w270-h400/Suitable-Flesh-1080x1600.jpg" width="270" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Streaming Service:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Shudder</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Suitable Flesh<b> </b>(2024)</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Genre:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Horror, Thriller</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></b><span style="color: black;">1h 40min</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rating:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> R</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="color: black;">:</span> <span style="color: black;">Joe Lynch</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Writers:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Dennis Paoli, H.P.
Lovecraft</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Actors:</span></b>Heather Graham, Judah Lewis, Bruce Davison, Johnathon Schaech, Barbara Crampton, Graham Skipper, Brett Newton, Chris McKenna, JD Evermore, Giovannie Cruz, Ann Mahoney, Hunter Womack, Jonah Ray, Joe Lynch</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Shudder Blurb: </span></b><span style="color: black;">Psychiatrist Elizabeth
Derby becomes obsessed with helping a young patient who's suffering from
extreme personality disorder. However, it soon leads her into occult danger as
she tries to escape from a horrific fate. Starring Heather Graham (Boogie Nights),
Judah Lewis (The Babysitter), Bruce Davison (X-Men, Ozark) and Barbara Crampton
(Superhost).<b> </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJElcDcttwMv302d90vIu6UblOzZjI1N1W4VjWwAi0KtQ2jXVECbYRoKulM6S_yadhYNKxl1YgxvmHj-0EdcOpi9XDb8OYD5sAh1CfkTxHrd8-wZ56tEEPicDd31jCSETLFYHWFS9NZMERiyb3rUv6Yx8Auzz1OZXUp9oor2lZukBrJ4dQDTx-JfVhD_w/s1090/SUITABLE%20FLESH%20-%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJElcDcttwMv302d90vIu6UblOzZjI1N1W4VjWwAi0KtQ2jXVECbYRoKulM6S_yadhYNKxl1YgxvmHj-0EdcOpi9XDb8OYD5sAh1CfkTxHrd8-wZ56tEEPicDd31jCSETLFYHWFS9NZMERiyb3rUv6Yx8Auzz1OZXUp9oor2lZukBrJ4dQDTx-JfVhD_w/w400-h255/SUITABLE%20FLESH%20-%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Heather Graham as “Elizabeth Derby” in Joe Lynch’s SUITABLE FLESH. Photo courtesy of AMP and Eyevox. An RLJE Films and Shudder release.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></b><b> <br /></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Selina’s Point of View:</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">I was a little iffy
about <i>Suitable Flesh</i> from the start of the film.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">The hokey beginning made
it very clear that the film was going to be more on the corny/cheesy side than
anything more serious. I’m absolutely fine with that. Some of my favorite
movies take a cheesy path. It’s all about the execution.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">I know most people are
loving <i>Suitable Flesh</i>, but it is not for me. Every other scene is
about five minutes of sex, a lot of the dialog is not quite right, and the
story has a few loopholes that are glaringly obvious by the end. It’s simply
not the kind of flick I’d ever choose to watch for myself.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Despite that, I do think
that if you believe it’s something you’d enjoy, then you should give it a
chance. It may just be that my particular opinion on <i>Suitable Flesh</i> is
negative because I dislike movies that utilize certain themes without
necessity. Which would mean I was always bound to dislike it. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Maybe it’s best to go
with Cat’s review for this one.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YcJ6TeX_hHwciwcXLnRsWVZR7lusOQuwz38SzcHYPGPm8G5z1htV5XfGKkroEAAqm45HavoivVrQSNJXPYt2zAGiVHZrsk88v4axICVh623mlOtRwqVx5ORpHBd-KguN-7GK9NkhuAKyihDplDQ5NIMctYwG3gMBdbK61TvRCoWbDe8_DLtuGYY7Lus/s1090/SUITABLE%20FLESH%20-%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YcJ6TeX_hHwciwcXLnRsWVZR7lusOQuwz38SzcHYPGPm8G5z1htV5XfGKkroEAAqm45HavoivVrQSNJXPYt2zAGiVHZrsk88v4axICVh623mlOtRwqVx5ORpHBd-KguN-7GK9NkhuAKyihDplDQ5NIMctYwG3gMBdbK61TvRCoWbDe8_DLtuGYY7Lus/w400-h255/SUITABLE%20FLESH%20-%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(L-R) Heather Graham as “Elizabeth Derby” and Johnathon Schaech as “Edward Derby” in Joe Lynch’s SUITABLE FLESH. Photo courtesy of AMP and Eyevox. An RLJE Films and Shudder release.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Cat’s Point of View:</span></b> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Why, Joe Lynch (<i>Knights of Badassdom, Mayhem, Creepshow</i>)?
Just… why?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I wanted to like <i>Suitable Flesh</i>. I had it listed as
spooky #13 on my <span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2024/01/top-20-movies-to-look-out-for-in.html" target="_blank">Top 20 List</a></span> for this month; and yet perhaps my choice intended for fun was,
instead, a bit of foreshadowing. I’ve enjoyed the works of both Lynch, who
directed, and screenwriter Dennis Paoli (<i>Bleacher Bums, Masters of Horror,
The Evil Clergyman</i>) who had brought us the classic mid-80s horror flick <i>Re-Animator</i>
(1985).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Speaking of that cult horror classic, Barbara Crampton (<i>Channel
Zero, Stay Home, Superhost</i>), who was in that film, had a prominent role in <i>Suitable
Flesh</i>. With Crampton on board as well as the likes of Heather Graham (<i>The Hangover,
Horns, Oracle</i>) and Bruce Davison (<i>Pearl, The Manor, Ozark</i>) I had
hope. I was awash in the nostalgic haze of the memberberries, apparently.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGOIOIDlECzqpfcMwa3KcFrags-5agzvrJ7zfE_j_w9-ge5HCNir4a3JzQLG2Wkno6PS8kGnH7rEflpuj7GE2gHxui7NV_tGG7T5-th5HAwC3IH2HHkHwRlraziOhPmKUhPZdrLKsVSWdlOZx-wSWk8-T7BFRxDZ6u3oisQLC8IMrV1e6nyQLKdu2rvo/s1090/SUITABLE%20FLESH%20-%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGOIOIDlECzqpfcMwa3KcFrags-5agzvrJ7zfE_j_w9-ge5HCNir4a3JzQLG2Wkno6PS8kGnH7rEflpuj7GE2gHxui7NV_tGG7T5-th5HAwC3IH2HHkHwRlraziOhPmKUhPZdrLKsVSWdlOZx-wSWk8-T7BFRxDZ6u3oisQLC8IMrV1e6nyQLKdu2rvo/w400-h255/SUITABLE%20FLESH%20-%203.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Judah Lewis as “Asa Waite” in Joe Lynch’s SUITABLE FLESH. Photo courtesy of AMP and Eyevox. An RLJE Films and Shudder release.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">As I’ve mentioned before, I love Lovecraftian horror. It’s
twisted, psychological, and sometimes cerebral. It makes you think and not only
shiver at the horrors that the Old Ones such as Cthulhu represent, but also the
evil of mankind as well. They’re deep and resonate. <i>Suitable Flesh</i> was
supposed to be an adaptation of Lovecraft’s short story “The Thing on the Doorstep.”
The core premise of <i>Suitable Flesh</i> followed the gist of the overall arc
of the original story…to an extent. Unfortunately, it seemed to only
take the original tale as a suggestion and spun it off in the direction of late-night
cable skin-flicks. For the content within the movie, however, there was less
flesh than I anticipated from the decision to take the whole thing to sexy-time
every few minutes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I found it hard to suspend my disbelief. Perhaps, for
someone who has not yet read the source material that spawned this cinematic
treatment, it might be easier to like it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Don’t get me wrong, there were moments here and there that
executed well what I imagine they were aiming to achieve. I appreciated the
consistency and continuity of character elements such as body positioning and
mannerisms. I also thought the practical effects for most of the gore seen was
generally on point.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_khRwEFOFC0vpOqnBh18yuac9IrDrXO5yu7nb4Unuyi0K7sW9oltZGCzDZd-7-R58repr62ZSEurox3Pnwu9kgVQ5sRtJQqIy9VZ1KLtECQeQdCo0WWe8xuSuQ35jinSCMjFsL79F5Go5hS9mfJfUByCAobDZjWzZwrvRf-zkvTixPICjG751GRV7SA/s1090/SUITABLE%20FLESH%20-%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_khRwEFOFC0vpOqnBh18yuac9IrDrXO5yu7nb4Unuyi0K7sW9oltZGCzDZd-7-R58repr62ZSEurox3Pnwu9kgVQ5sRtJQqIy9VZ1KLtECQeQdCo0WWe8xuSuQ35jinSCMjFsL79F5Go5hS9mfJfUByCAobDZjWzZwrvRf-zkvTixPICjG751GRV7SA/w400-h255/SUITABLE%20FLESH%20-%204.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(L-R) Heather Graham as “Elizabeth Derby” and Barbara Crampton as “Dr. Daniella Upton” in Joe Lynch’s SUITABLE FLESH. Photo courtesy of AMP and Eyevox. An RLJE Films and Shudder release.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">For those that get motion sick with things like shaky-cam, I
would caution that there are moments within <i>Suitable Flesh</i> that might
not sit right with equilibrium. It’s not the cams themselves that are shaky over-all
– it’s the dramatic effects that signify a particular plot element in the story.
It happens quite a few times, however. There is also some full-out spinning of
the scene going on. I was a little queasy by the end.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Here's the thing. I don’t regret the nearly 2 hours I spent
watching <i>Suitable Flesh</i>. I was curious and satisfied my curiosity. It
was not what I was wanting or expected. Some critics and audience reviews out
there are singing <i>Suitable Flesh’s</i> praises. Clearly there is an audience
out there for <i>Suitable Flesh</i>. This is something that will be judged
based on individual preference. This film simply wasn’t for me. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">If this seems remotely interesting for you, however, I can only recommend you give it a try and see where your opinion falls on this particular spectrum.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Suitable Flesh will be available to stream on Shudder starting Friday, January 26th, 2024.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnEIrNasF5aoPf3IPJTprA8cOh2yQ_SX9SVx4yDlhY2vKZavetEwOKjf1sYq9UWuU8S_bpfQBNFAW-TXS3hv5pMz0qHaD0m9o_bmK0eY4JHITW6_1KRBuM_51kY7Cep36-pMT2SaUtp4Zn0VXYP9PuDjey2Pn1C5Pic67QRFphec0QGPZHfDT_WivLwZ8/s1090/SUITABLE%20FLESH%20-%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnEIrNasF5aoPf3IPJTprA8cOh2yQ_SX9SVx4yDlhY2vKZavetEwOKjf1sYq9UWuU8S_bpfQBNFAW-TXS3hv5pMz0qHaD0m9o_bmK0eY4JHITW6_1KRBuM_51kY7Cep36-pMT2SaUtp4Zn0VXYP9PuDjey2Pn1C5Pic67QRFphec0QGPZHfDT_WivLwZ8/w400-h255/SUITABLE%20FLESH%20-%205.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(L-R) Heather Graham as “Elizabeth Derby” and Barbara Crampton as “Dr. Daniella Upton” in Joe Lynch’s SUITABLE FLESH. Photo courtesy of AMP and Eyevox. An RLJE Films and Shudder release.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic
Score – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"><span> </span>84%</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience
Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 60%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metascore – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">64%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 5.8/10</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 5.3/10</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Selina’s
Rating – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">2/5</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s
Rating – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">2/5</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6NDMkJ82esw" width="320" youtube-src-id="6NDMkJ82esw"></iframe></div></span></i></b><i></i></span></div>
Selina Tropiano and Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786165541142301592noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-3304674711446321562024-01-22T18:00:00.002-05:002024-01-22T23:58:02.138-05:00Strays (2023)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OTPXUiyjArg9tzayjyvBQR8qJKpiwqQP2aBdkULTOpQpN0KznMn0MhwwUCST-kbkTZDpLVyyMaLTjVxyUUqRNXFVdg731niOkdy1QlOkwEx5nCZ3FjbJxWPbevxX_GaqEO_ggXgtgj3I2J_fI7tRggh5oJDRodLavNOkF3xsXQy9xPNxGuKjzSgbc_SS/s755/strays_ver3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="477" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OTPXUiyjArg9tzayjyvBQR8qJKpiwqQP2aBdkULTOpQpN0KznMn0MhwwUCST-kbkTZDpLVyyMaLTjVxyUUqRNXFVdg731niOkdy1QlOkwEx5nCZ3FjbJxWPbevxX_GaqEO_ggXgtgj3I2J_fI7tRggh5oJDRodLavNOkF3xsXQy9xPNxGuKjzSgbc_SS/w253-h400/strays_ver3.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Streaming Service:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Peacock</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year: </span></b><span style="color: black;">Strays<b> </b>(2023)</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Genre:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Adventure, Comedy</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></b><span style="color: black;">1h 33min</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rating:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> R</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Director:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Josh Greenbaum</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Writer:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Dan Perrault</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Actors:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx,
Isla Fisher, Randall Park, Will Forte, Brett Gelman, Rob Riggle, Josh Gad,
Sofía Vergara, Jamie Demetriou, Greta Lee, Jimmy Tatro, Harvey Guillén, Jack De
Sanz, Phil Morris, Charity Cervantes, Jade Fernandez, Mikayla Rousseau, Aven
Lotz, Dan Perrault, Dennis Quaid, Keith Brooks, Hedy Nasser, Dexter Masland, AJ
Bernard</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDb Blurb:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> An abandoned dog teams up
with other strays to get revenge on his former owner.</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2cIvUX9GuyCbqRmsR9FvrJ-6ZjYhGkh_rLDT3fpc0O1s_T2X8NgX7vgO7Mv_vYu0JktKWOLnGltiWm0hwq6t_hgwWzrgt-czBZTYT56VgaPnnCBipwZyzCYip_tLNh8mTVyfSsp4pSwhsYTuulhdUpeGM4PskCr_69yoY6mifcGgxYN1B6StrlndFcrep/s1090/Strays1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2cIvUX9GuyCbqRmsR9FvrJ-6ZjYhGkh_rLDT3fpc0O1s_T2X8NgX7vgO7Mv_vYu0JktKWOLnGltiWm0hwq6t_hgwWzrgt-czBZTYT56VgaPnnCBipwZyzCYip_tLNh8mTVyfSsp4pSwhsYTuulhdUpeGM4PskCr_69yoY6mifcGgxYN1B6StrlndFcrep/w400-h255/Strays1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Cat’s Point of View:</span></b> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I have struggled to put my thoughts together in order to
review <i>Strays</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">My daughter and I saw this in the theater with friends, and
we had a collective consensus as we left post-credits. Never again. (Much to my
husband’s dismay, we’ve told him he’s on his own if he wants to watch it, and
we mean it.)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">To be fair to <i>Strays</i>, the movie was funny – hilarious
adjacent - and even touching occasionally. Unfortunately, there was an over-abundance
of toilet humor… and that is in the most literal sense. I’ve seen other reviews
give it the fancy term of ‘scatalogical humor’ but I’ll cut to the chase – poop
jokes. The movie was full of dog poop.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85DXH_bz2JjYdkFeWUDza1z3HslY7pJFSCODfPTjDHqTwV64yAdGPhXrG4rpY78W_99qfmToSybXeICEz4OccuVRZNh8nHiATztnBwt8qrqZYYpvUtsNjSllyhdGsoa1-x_d-Ph0AEJo35rLE0AhsJoGkenCTxM0jCpdHuyO11n-3i_8dXToz4pZmp6Ja/s1090/Strays2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85DXH_bz2JjYdkFeWUDza1z3HslY7pJFSCODfPTjDHqTwV64yAdGPhXrG4rpY78W_99qfmToSybXeICEz4OccuVRZNh8nHiATztnBwt8qrqZYYpvUtsNjSllyhdGsoa1-x_d-Ph0AEJo35rLE0AhsJoGkenCTxM0jCpdHuyO11n-3i_8dXToz4pZmp6Ja/w400-h255/Strays2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Sure, it’s about dogs…and they poop. Every living being poops
in some form or fashion. It doesn’t stop there, though; and explaining what had
our stomachs churning would be giving spoilers so just take my word on it. If
the thought of feces has you wanting to run to worship porcelain fast and in a
hurry, then <i>Strays</i> may not be the film experience you’re looking for.
The upside to that, I guess, is that now <i>Strays</i> is available on
streaming, you can always pause it to run and ralph in the privacy of your own
home. I did not enjoy holding down my popcorn in the very public theater. (I’m
not squeamish, either. There are just some lines my internal fortitude has
drawn.)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I’m never about tearing a movie down. There were some
positives to <i>Strays</i>. This canine adventure was well executed and I was
impressed that they clearly used real dogs for the majority of the scenes. The
CGI to enable them to “talk” was also very well executed. The story was
endearing, if a little sad, as the clueless, disillusioned, and yet still
hopeless romantic pup takes his new friends on an adventure to wreak revenge on
his former human. The concept, itself, was hilarious. There was even a dog-movie
Easter egg worked in.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSYwRCxtPb3_jX-bgWMc_mKmH00j3_uO8bDn7uZEgNes1d_kIWRvuvJrZPAo4LhrfBmI88exb9clMELagougcX7_wBI5RYXLRoKOgepC-sDCHq16JPCdxOT2n4_5PXxBRCmQrU5SY5og4uW8plszTQCDKueeKdzdLLV4Di5hiAwDe4d1dqfaGdkGHDZ-Br/s1090/Strays4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="1090" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSYwRCxtPb3_jX-bgWMc_mKmH00j3_uO8bDn7uZEgNes1d_kIWRvuvJrZPAo4LhrfBmI88exb9clMELagougcX7_wBI5RYXLRoKOgepC-sDCHq16JPCdxOT2n4_5PXxBRCmQrU5SY5og4uW8plszTQCDKueeKdzdLLV4Di5hiAwDe4d1dqfaGdkGHDZ-Br/w400-h241/Strays4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">When we saw the trailer for the first time, my daughter and
I were immediately on board wanting to watch. This is one of those instances
that the trailer wasn’t exactly misleading, but it didn’t give us an accurate
representation of what we were in store for.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I was also excited to see a film with Jamie Foxx (<i>Day
Shift, They Cloned Tyrone, The Burial</i>). I’m always eager to see what Foxx
has been working on whether it’s big or small screen productions – and especially
while he’s been on medical hiatus from the latter.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hLB6WhlTK3tHSqyqffPgxxPfHoYl_0pdnUQ90I2QKOjRLX7zWvY9S62BZWvrruOK5oW2Xd79WjwLt9q8is0cBadKwkiBXRb1vr6sCAHNlOstLng-LKfGwdd1Rra9WrrhPdOEJ7fs66H0dAp8-8q2hsZkGNBVkNj7RlzpLR0dQprTSwh97zQHZsR49O47/s1090/Strays3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hLB6WhlTK3tHSqyqffPgxxPfHoYl_0pdnUQ90I2QKOjRLX7zWvY9S62BZWvrruOK5oW2Xd79WjwLt9q8is0cBadKwkiBXRb1vr6sCAHNlOstLng-LKfGwdd1Rra9WrrhPdOEJ7fs66H0dAp8-8q2hsZkGNBVkNj7RlzpLR0dQprTSwh97zQHZsR49O47/w400-h255/Strays3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Excellent cast and all its best efforts to provide a fun <i>Homeward
Bound: The Incredible Journey</i> (1993) – like adventure focused on revenge
simply couldn’t overcome its own potty jokes to become a film I’d be willing to
recommend to others or even ever watch again. This doesn’t make it a bad movie,
so to speak, but it definitely goes into my personal One-and-Done category in
which very few films reside.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">There’s just one more thing to remember: even though <i>Strays</i>
is about cute dogs on an adventure, this is not a movie for kids – at all. The
R – Rating is absolutely appropriate for the content of this film… and not just
because of the poop.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iMPmxH30hifjMQDvNz7f7bIm3TmJCu_sjOz2tS-zrVlOR4YwEH8pxaIWjT3Mw6Vfr88dCFgyraqzgr5iN9aEuFXDL10hZW3oFt6ZsDrgnXdB_6oUqXzHO8g6VMOYgNEJ6gno8hCNKSmPr6Z9gs8uCUPhmt1ESblrsPB8H5m5K85Yl_94vAnTcXKKuYRI/s1090/Strays5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iMPmxH30hifjMQDvNz7f7bIm3TmJCu_sjOz2tS-zrVlOR4YwEH8pxaIWjT3Mw6Vfr88dCFgyraqzgr5iN9aEuFXDL10hZW3oFt6ZsDrgnXdB_6oUqXzHO8g6VMOYgNEJ6gno8hCNKSmPr6Z9gs8uCUPhmt1ESblrsPB8H5m5K85Yl_94vAnTcXKKuYRI/w400-h255/Strays5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic
Score – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">53%</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience
Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 69%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metascore – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">54%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 5.2/10</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 6.3/10</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s
Rating – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"><span> </span>2.5/5</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BzwOLKTbCUw" width="320" youtube-src-id="BzwOLKTbCUw"></iframe></div></span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"></span></i></span></div><br />Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048012246740413784noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-38908524088782936362024-01-19T18:00:00.002-05:002024-01-19T23:17:01.447-05:00The Kitchen (2024)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1sfZXzQRy9vIlenTWF06MDe1Pyv98akZEP0M4uhPnohmg9i8YKYpI7FXFXcZ8sPoeGyw-whAApoHVYP0vwsc_YXgOmZV3EmSx2LvSSNch24j-UWUJi8cVerYx7PeYXsB-EVKcNE0PbFko33Jsg7rPGv69qPNuzoXe__x2qrt9oJ4Ym08MUly_v0QGdrxy/s755/kitchen_ver2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="510" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1sfZXzQRy9vIlenTWF06MDe1Pyv98akZEP0M4uhPnohmg9i8YKYpI7FXFXcZ8sPoeGyw-whAApoHVYP0vwsc_YXgOmZV3EmSx2LvSSNch24j-UWUJi8cVerYx7PeYXsB-EVKcNE0PbFko33Jsg7rPGv69qPNuzoXe__x2qrt9oJ4Ym08MUly_v0QGdrxy/w270-h400/kitchen_ver2.jpg" width="270" /></a></div> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Streaming Service:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Netflix</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year: </span></b><span style="color: black;">The Kitchen<b> </b>(2024)</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Genre:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> 1h 47min</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rating:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> R</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Directors:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Daniel Kaluuya, Kibwe
Tavares</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Writers:</span></b> Daniel
Kaluuya, Joe Murtagh</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Actors:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Kane "Kano"
Robinson, Hope Ikpoku Jr., Henry Lawfull, Reuben 'Trizzy' Nyamah, BackRoad Gee,
Cristale, Alan Asaad, Rasaq Kukoyi, Demmy Ladipo, Jedaiah Bannerman, Fiona
Marr, Ian Wright, Teija Kabs, Rania Chakir, Tiarnae Fearon-Spencer, Olivia-Rose
Colliard</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDb Blurb:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> In a dystopian future
London where all social housing has been eliminated, Izi and Benji fight to
navigate the world as residents of The Kitchen, a community that refuses to
abandon their home.</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfZQDtTsPGrY3rT2VnnwZIBQuYL879YNr8c4czfEQr_vbTDUBtANCivoV4WpyiLhmrqtYTJnMIOpk9FBSAZqcMokUX_H1TAuAdNcCtwDO_6zL_njhIYor1l0nCAa7Qm1O_ERdqrLCb47Drq5Cl2PlCEn31imwBKCIl7E8fiTGgwNzQHGsvquBuGjBjb60/s1090/TK1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfZQDtTsPGrY3rT2VnnwZIBQuYL879YNr8c4czfEQr_vbTDUBtANCivoV4WpyiLhmrqtYTJnMIOpk9FBSAZqcMokUX_H1TAuAdNcCtwDO_6zL_njhIYor1l0nCAa7Qm1O_ERdqrLCb47Drq5Cl2PlCEn31imwBKCIl7E8fiTGgwNzQHGsvquBuGjBjb60/w400-h255/TK1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Cat’s Point of View:</span></b> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">My impression of <i>The Kitchen</i> was complicated.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">First, I don’t necessarily feel entirely misled by the
trailer because all the promised elements were within the film. It was,
however, presented at a different pace than teased in the promotional material.
There was less of a thrilling aspect and more of a slow-burning family and
societal drama unfolding, instead. I also question that <i>The Kitchen</i> was
labeled as an “adventure.” It was dystopian and subtly sci-fi, but all too
close to current reality in everything other than some aspects of the setting
and the technology displayed.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsb_1IZiZedBCflA6bir5YhGdSHmo8V1r76zp6vKgaCbTYDNNTkOjO8n_oQsAipNKHNaYLQ70Wjb_7zPcFwFSALm2j_rWhrnOLzWSCm4r9FftdAPc_VIJ67zvZemn5vZsq0UW24CLtWngLmjoo9Pnn4uucfR9DiFr2NW2XvyhwKhg752oHCyw9CuSMw3eK/s1090/TK2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsb_1IZiZedBCflA6bir5YhGdSHmo8V1r76zp6vKgaCbTYDNNTkOjO8n_oQsAipNKHNaYLQ70Wjb_7zPcFwFSALm2j_rWhrnOLzWSCm4r9FftdAPc_VIJ67zvZemn5vZsq0UW24CLtWngLmjoo9Pnn4uucfR9DiFr2NW2XvyhwKhg752oHCyw9CuSMw3eK/w400-h255/TK2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">On one hand, I appreciated that there was no long-winded
explanations spoon-feeding me the story of how the world – or, more
specifically, London -- had come to this state of being. The flip-side of that,
though, is that there needed to be a significant amount of context within the
story and visuals of the movie to build the background for what wasn’t said
outright.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">When I read the synopsis for <i>The Kitchen</i> on sites
such as IMDb before sitting down to write, I had an “Oh!” moment because
aspects of the plot became clear only then. I am pretty sure I was glued to the
screen the entire runtime of this film and I simply did not pick up on some of
the facts. I understood the element of gentrification at play against the
residents of the housing block where the primary characters resided, but not
the political aspect behind it. I still have so many questions that the abrupt
ending didn’t resolve for me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4GdB7dkxhBGExbNViwBghNnhfnC3KGC9vNIBPWN-GGqMxUbQ09QOH3fEhDOjriwkHnBb9gc5Qjd3M3jtJ2CM7t8ddnQCmCgVPbbUUt1aUTs6VhUhgQW_UwRnlrvrBXbIRlVMARvdchEDzTmWN0Ev4i2P8XIzdj38YIKS3tt6_pBNlN9om8wHYVO9qNfP5/s1090/TK3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4GdB7dkxhBGExbNViwBghNnhfnC3KGC9vNIBPWN-GGqMxUbQ09QOH3fEhDOjriwkHnBb9gc5Qjd3M3jtJ2CM7t8ddnQCmCgVPbbUUt1aUTs6VhUhgQW_UwRnlrvrBXbIRlVMARvdchEDzTmWN0Ev4i2P8XIzdj38YIKS3tt6_pBNlN9om8wHYVO9qNfP5/w400-h255/TK3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">On the other hand, <i>The Kitchen</i> was a powerful and
emotional story about community and the building of a paternal bond between a
reluctant, perhaps unsuspecting, man and a young boy. <i>The Kitchen</i> really
shined through these story elements and how they struggled to find common
ground and their own right paths. The whole housing situation played a role,
but that and the dystopian and futuristic aspects of this tale took a backseat
to the dramatic search for family and connection in the wake of grief.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">In spite of the fact that I was lacking answers to some aspects
of the world this story was set in, the subtlety of how life in future London
was portrayed was rather impressive. It was more realistic and believable than
huge leaps of technology as we often see with the flying transportation,
holograms everywhere, and cybernetics galore. It helped ground everything with
a sense that it was believable and could actually happen – rather than
disconnecting the audience as a clear work of fiction.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKx_vqJbVQpeRR1pc9l-O0GjHgJpD0WCdo6XOz_KJSAVzR2xXhAnBagV5Cu267MIxz03ZXuc4di2NwfLShPj7eqeje3PWL0xq8cbII-BYWlkMfKmDHgY6RmFwOxkWZ9peaFePzpUUEBoWyBa4wDkNWyzSUwZV3qg1tKApz1hgLYZWF7Vp1xievRkIpNGK/s1090/TK4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKx_vqJbVQpeRR1pc9l-O0GjHgJpD0WCdo6XOz_KJSAVzR2xXhAnBagV5Cu267MIxz03ZXuc4di2NwfLShPj7eqeje3PWL0xq8cbII-BYWlkMfKmDHgY6RmFwOxkWZ9peaFePzpUUEBoWyBa4wDkNWyzSUwZV3qg1tKApz1hgLYZWF7Vp1xievRkIpNGK/w400-h255/TK4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I was impressed to learn that this was the feature
directorial debut for Kibwe Tavares (<i>Robots of Brixton, Jonah, Robot &
Scarecrow</i>) and Daniel Kaluuya (<i>Get Out, Judas and the Black Messiah,
Nope</i>). This was a visually stunning opening foray for this pair and I am looking
forward to seeing what they bring audiences in the future, as they refine their
craft.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I’m not sure that <i>The Kitchen</i> would be my go-to
recommendation if looking for an adventurous sci-fi film on Netflix. If you
were, however, looking for a significant drama with a sci-fi flair, then this
might be something up your alley.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhe9Ca6DCGI4xphdGijMtCNGlSUU92hez09MR1NMx4SSE3eK0_NrOKHZzeGVFZTvAufWVByskPlqwZz8Ecay5MlXLPQmaQ_BB_2SDAB6_XN0pxwOkOthtxanbEWctjkDP532c5ML0RCJyDeZtq10-uvaVNfK5WhbJlJdviTf4qHw6OZhhyphenhyphenAOEzcJZcnWJg/s1090/TK5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhe9Ca6DCGI4xphdGijMtCNGlSUU92hez09MR1NMx4SSE3eK0_NrOKHZzeGVFZTvAufWVByskPlqwZz8Ecay5MlXLPQmaQ_BB_2SDAB6_XN0pxwOkOthtxanbEWctjkDP532c5ML0RCJyDeZtq10-uvaVNfK5WhbJlJdviTf4qHw6OZhhyphenhyphenAOEzcJZcnWJg/w400-h255/TK5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic
Score – </span></b><span style="color: black;">86%</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience
Score –</span></b><span style="color: black;"> 55%</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Metascore – </span></b><span style="color: black;">68%</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score –</span></b><span style="color: black;"> None</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score –</span></b><span style="color: black;"> 5.3/10</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s
Rating – </span></b><span style="color: black;">3/5</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GgT5cEV5Qt0" width="320" youtube-src-id="GgT5cEV5Qt0"></iframe></div></span></b></span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></div>Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048012246740413784noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-35456211371165129052024-01-17T18:00:00.006-05:002024-01-17T18:00:00.304-05:00Project Dorothy (2024)<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JgXn9-YboPstyarRPPqESOPvKFLTev759KzdDPdNs9eBnWYEScJflzYhE4KYZ9J-1I7hkjr3qsNRInYifKiDLgvJ_HYuaRXlwtPUBMf43mSe6bRS72NQrAIBjJkpnXoFe1A0nILmuNn763E-_k_ObsmqjeucmuTNVzkBSRCWaUPnPlNe-CE_YILiCcUj/s769/Project%20Dorothy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="517" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JgXn9-YboPstyarRPPqESOPvKFLTev759KzdDPdNs9eBnWYEScJflzYhE4KYZ9J-1I7hkjr3qsNRInYifKiDLgvJ_HYuaRXlwtPUBMf43mSe6bRS72NQrAIBjJkpnXoFe1A0nILmuNn763E-_k_ObsmqjeucmuTNVzkBSRCWaUPnPlNe-CE_YILiCcUj/w269-h400/Project%20Dorothy.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Project Dorothy (2024)<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="color: black;">: 80 minutes<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Rating</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Unrated<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="color: black;">: George Henry Horton<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Writer</span></b><span style="color: black;">: George Henry Horton, Ryan Scaringe<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Danielle Harris, Tim SeZarn, Adam Budron, Olivia Scott<br /><o:p></o:p></span><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><span style="color: black;">Blurb from IMDb</span></b><span style="color: black;">: After a botched robbery,
two men take refuge in a remote and lifeless scientific facility, inadvertently
awakening a monster within.<br /></span><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEcp4d2fq5KFwcSwXYtQykqxGYilqEMuaBkYdVOewZFcaj6fLK1w_o5xOR5fDH9LdatZ0EkUf4IuIpjwS4-k32lLn6m435L3fOWlhO_-Av4QRcS_E59y4CPWb1ktMdwVxMTDuFO-NAa2Itkz0eUhmM_9aH14IMTLhw8uVWzdprUVXLI74ykqPnZahCYOh/s1090/Project%20Dorothy%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEcp4d2fq5KFwcSwXYtQykqxGYilqEMuaBkYdVOewZFcaj6fLK1w_o5xOR5fDH9LdatZ0EkUf4IuIpjwS4-k32lLn6m435L3fOWlhO_-Av4QRcS_E59y4CPWb1ktMdwVxMTDuFO-NAa2Itkz0eUhmM_9aH14IMTLhw8uVWzdprUVXLI74ykqPnZahCYOh/w400-h255/Project%20Dorothy%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Selina’s Point of View</span></i></b><span style="color: black;">:<br /></span>I was really into
the trailer for <i>Project Dorothy</i>. There’s so much going on with artificial
intelligence these days that new movies based on the worst of it make sense to
me. I settled in to watch it with hope in my heart.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Although the
acting of the two main characters was decent, and the concept of <i>Project
Dorothy</i> was great, the execution left much to be desired.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I hated the way
the AI, Dorothy, was portrayed. I don’t know if it was an issue with the
writing or Danielle Harris’ (<i>Roadkill, Creepshow, Inoperable</i>)<i> </i>acting,
but there was a disconnect somewhere.<br /><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCsU9l3w0j_AKYLt1EAX6gkPsecmVAm8pQA9kerHZtIdRuJrTLmduubsZpC7gnouGa-tlQcD2QCMKtdvyCEQhAXIsdjUNilEgYYXXY-a_RsLA9vns_kkxtiOS1rr48RJ-g0aaDjonkRPBSA8Ru2gWrtSiGhUc2ezJyaIbfcvhv7SPOHkHR25FDHU3mARU/s1090/Project%20Dorothy%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCsU9l3w0j_AKYLt1EAX6gkPsecmVAm8pQA9kerHZtIdRuJrTLmduubsZpC7gnouGa-tlQcD2QCMKtdvyCEQhAXIsdjUNilEgYYXXY-a_RsLA9vns_kkxtiOS1rr48RJ-g0aaDjonkRPBSA8Ru2gWrtSiGhUc2ezJyaIbfcvhv7SPOHkHR25FDHU3mARU/w400-h255/Project%20Dorothy%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><o:p><br /></o:p>Part of what
makes movies like this scary is just how inhuman artificial intelligence is. Despite
sounding, or even looking, human, it can’t be reasoned with or threatened –
there are no emotions to appeal to. It’s the uncanny valley. In <i>Project
Dorothy</i>, the portrayal of Dorothy is just too human. She laughs, she has
normal inflection in her tone, she even gets scared. It broke any tension the
very slow first half of the film created. I would have bought it if the twist
was that she was just some psychopath behind a curtain pretending to be AI. Might
have even made it interesting.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I can’t recommend
<i>Project Dorothy</i>; it completely missed the point of its own sub-genre.<br /><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiciQA6BoK4hELbtXthXlWfYfnSDLp2xbmlBtpoW6H7Mh1XgZ6Dvlw6eVUv3Qm2HB_5qBeUnpfa5l9L9QCI1aYFaw7Oj27LMhDc4tCh3zotUUhLQqtARJRg1VWypGKBqjFk88wfe-kZDlcVVSO1q5TiOVYgGkhP3fSHTwaBCTXzmyF2SYrIQ85-vURlyrJQ/s1090/Project%20Dorothy%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiciQA6BoK4hELbtXthXlWfYfnSDLp2xbmlBtpoW6H7Mh1XgZ6Dvlw6eVUv3Qm2HB_5qBeUnpfa5l9L9QCI1aYFaw7Oj27LMhDc4tCh3zotUUhLQqtARJRg1VWypGKBqjFk88wfe-kZDlcVVSO1q5TiOVYgGkhP3fSHTwaBCTXzmyF2SYrIQ85-vURlyrJQ/w400-h255/Project%20Dorothy%203.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes</span></i></b><b><i> Critic Score</i></b> – None</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score</span></i></b><span style="color: black;"> – 96%<br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metascore</span></i></b><span style="color: black;"> – None<br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score</span></i></b><span style="color: black;"> – None<br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score</span></i></b><span style="color: black;"> – None<br /></span><span style="color: black;"> <br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Selina’s Rating</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> –</span></i><span style="color: black;"> 2/5<br /></span><o:p> <br /></o:p><b>Trust-the-Dice’s
Parental Advisory Rating</b>:
PG-13<br /><o:p></o:p><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6kHftMnVEVA" width="320" youtube-src-id="6kHftMnVEVA"></iframe></div></b></div>
Selina Tropianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356607940289357681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-88825566180873121832024-01-15T18:00:00.002-05:002024-01-15T18:48:20.163-05:00Destroy All Neighbors (2024)
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Lennon, Alex Winter, Jon Daly, Randee Heller, Phil Hendrie, Jonah Ray, Ryan
Kattner, Kiran Deol, Christian Calloway, Madara Jayasena, Franco Vega, DeMorge
Brown</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDb Blurb:</span></b> <span style="color: black;">Struggling prog-rock
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All Neighbors</i> felt perfectly B, but with better acting. If you’re a
fan of B-horror movies, then you know exactly what I mean. It was corny, and a
little funny, with some decent – if not the highest quality – banter. It was a
little racy, with some humorous – if immature – gags.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">Not that there’s
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thought <i>Destroy All Neighbors</i> was nothing but a bit of
ridiculous fun, it hit me right in my imposter syndrome. I did not expect it to
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<![endif]--><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Thomas
Lennon and Jonah Ray Rodrigues in Josh Forbes’ DESTROY ALL NEIGHBORS. Courtesy
of Shudder. A Shudder Release. </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">Throughout the film, the
audience is bombarded with a ton of goofy B-movie-style dialog, death, and
graphics. Since that’s pretty much exactly what I was expecting, I was happy
with it. Campy and amusing, it was what I wanted it to be. As it rolled on toward
the end, it became clear that it was more about the artist trying to get over
his crippling doubt than the silly <i>Tucker and Dale vs. Evil </i>(2010)
style of deaths he was causing.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">For there to be any
moral at all in <i>Destroy All Neighbors</i> was something completely
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Ray Rodrigues in Josh Forbes’ DESTROY ALL NEIGHBORS. Courtesy of Shudder. A
Shudder Release.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic
Score – </span></b><span style="color: black;">74%</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience
Score –</span></b><span style="color: black;"> 69%</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black;">Metascore – </span></b><span style="color: black;">52%</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score –</span></b><span style="color: black;"> 6.6/10</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score –</span></b><span style="color: black;"> 5.3/10</span><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Selina’s
Rating – </span></b><span style="color: black;">4/5</span></span></i></div>
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Selina Tropiano and Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786165541142301592noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-48835404031506000152024-01-12T18:00:00.002-05:002024-01-12T18:58:52.029-05:00Good Grief (2024)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQT4MBmvJNQXUkXGX-9wI2K2Gl79wDpRckfSMTJ7wpgZTNwrgOwP6UJichsMuJoqNsfe8FczSpNmXcEyZYXVNVz4zEmmmdGjkUCwcPJfwEUacYZitH18wj-FIKb6O0wqF6OBElvaWTFBNR0mcbYquuBauF5znZd5VyeTQB24xlaysL47_P2tF_IAw4qMX/s755/good_grief.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="510" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQT4MBmvJNQXUkXGX-9wI2K2Gl79wDpRckfSMTJ7wpgZTNwrgOwP6UJichsMuJoqNsfe8FczSpNmXcEyZYXVNVz4zEmmmdGjkUCwcPJfwEUacYZitH18wj-FIKb6O0wqF6OBElvaWTFBNR0mcbYquuBauF5znZd5VyeTQB24xlaysL47_P2tF_IAw4qMX/w270-h400/good_grief.jpg" width="270" /></a></div> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Streaming Service: </span></b><span style="color: black;">Netflix</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Good Grief<b> </b>(2024)</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Genre:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Comedy, Drama, Romance</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></b><span style="color: black;">1h 40min</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Director:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Dan Levy</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Writers:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Dan Levy</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Actors:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Dan Levy, Ruth Negga,
Himesh Patel, Luke Evans, Celia Imrie, Arnaud Valois, David Bradley, Mehdi
Baki, Emma Corrin, Jamael Westman, Kaitlyn Dever, Yoli Fuller, Noé Besin,
Cyrielle Debreuil, Nigel Lilley, Gabriel Marc</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">IMDb Blurb:</span></b> When
his husband unexpectedly dies, Marc's world shatters, sending him and his two
best friends on a soul-searching trip to Paris that reveals some hard truths
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Good Grief</i> landed at the #19 spot on my <span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2024/01/top-20-movies-to-look-out-for-in.html" target="_blank">Top 20 Movies to Look Out For </a>list this month </span>– only because I wasn’t sure, at the time I wrote the article,
how ready I was to process the emotions this dramatic comedy would entail. Loss
is a tricky topic to work with and often filmmakers dive deep into the dark
places and mine the feelings of sadness and that void left behind in the wake
of the tragedy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">One of the reasons I didn’t hesitate too much about rooting
for <i>Good Grief</i> was the fact that the trailer made it clear that this
wasn’t going to be solely focused on the sadness. I’ve had Murphy’s Law come
knocking too much – as have we all, really in this post-pandemic age – to be dwelling
on pain and I actively tend to avoid films that do. <span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;">Dan Levy</span><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;">’</span><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;">s (</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Schitt's Creek, Happiest Season, Haunted Mansion</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">)</span> feature directorial debut promised some levity and a
story about friends being there for each other. It appeared to be a good example
of how our relationships with our friends provides us a support network<span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;">…</span><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> regardless
if we, or our friends, are ourselves dysfunctional. I think the beauty of this
is that it is because this can be so in spite of that very fact, as well.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_cOZh9t_hIbG-WQQrJkuNiXaxkuQiTyPkQTdUA9EsxUlkpSvFDoNzPMcyJNLi7d_e3niTBa7rFfPLAYAuSQgvFcm5XxHeLdqx0UAhSzJXi59U8WBZTYAJuFgPF1YTc-TqSfx4nCm4rqOSoIcfy1QJWXtHYKnkhqr0MGN6KGkXGU0XdPDHpoXpO96DfbY/s1090/GG_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_cOZh9t_hIbG-WQQrJkuNiXaxkuQiTyPkQTdUA9EsxUlkpSvFDoNzPMcyJNLi7d_e3niTBa7rFfPLAYAuSQgvFcm5XxHeLdqx0UAhSzJXi59U8WBZTYAJuFgPF1YTc-TqSfx4nCm4rqOSoIcfy1QJWXtHYKnkhqr0MGN6KGkXGU0XdPDHpoXpO96DfbY/w400-h255/GG_7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;">I was very happy that <i>Good Grief</i> delivered exactly what
I expected and wanted it to.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;">Sure, it was still a sad story, but it didn</span><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;">’t end while adrift on those feelings. <i>Good Grief</i>
left me with a feeling of hope, and affirmations about how real true friendship
can flourish even if the friends, individually can be messy in their own lives.
Further, it realistically reflected how sometimes our lives can both get messy
by our own doing because of our own choices, but also in the face of all of our
best efforts to avoid such. At its heart, <i>Good Grief</i> was primarily a
friendship drama touching on how those relationships can be impacted by the way
we process grief.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;">It resonated on a really profound level.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqnfR2YF09lhhHqZyhclpZlqPbHI5eW9ox4nL-COWvnCWrcpZ7KIMtL1ABSByAyeJbWm_S9O_z-StJpDaOD8VLGbTTc-uvt4Yh3A5_GVEGCXhAAmwTYopBaiuMDyaOmi3Tspp7GrS-GIUVodMBbCOMAbay10VoLpxYyf-qvLlmBOWvqs89G_vQakizkVO/s1091/GG_9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1091" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqnfR2YF09lhhHqZyhclpZlqPbHI5eW9ox4nL-COWvnCWrcpZ7KIMtL1ABSByAyeJbWm_S9O_z-StJpDaOD8VLGbTTc-uvt4Yh3A5_GVEGCXhAAmwTYopBaiuMDyaOmi3Tspp7GrS-GIUVodMBbCOMAbay10VoLpxYyf-qvLlmBOWvqs89G_vQakizkVO/w400-h255/GG_9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;">I loved the cast, the story, and the
visuals were stunning. (Not to mention that the variety of accents present was
a feast for the ears.) Honestly, <i>Good </i>Grief didn’t even feel like a
nearly 2 hour movie. I was easily invested enough that I just lived in that
story and simply didn’t feel the passage of time. That’s saying a lot for my
fidgety ADHD self.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;">I want to see more of Levy’s work
hitting the screen. I have long admired his comedic delivery and thought it was
about time his character went from being the best friend in the wings to center
stage.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;">Even if you haven’t seen his work
before, if dramedies are your thing, I’d recommend giving <i>Good Grief</i> a
chance.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaP_Dr_dMFWc5YeFuh-EhtkZ8VALpVoXVp6SL9H6IvKSGv48hmR-h-tA65ZcxC4yNdO49bjqrC1HQfZjMbg98sRbeS_V4iurqkeaRtzwPt7e0Qw38-hYV-gDkWP40ZDKh_uyuLGxpWsM18HTjyKvbcO7tR-d8AOLa75O_xFOTdt7nTsfBcvpbSFiTC_TKJ/s1090/GG_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaP_Dr_dMFWc5YeFuh-EhtkZ8VALpVoXVp6SL9H6IvKSGv48hmR-h-tA65ZcxC4yNdO49bjqrC1HQfZjMbg98sRbeS_V4iurqkeaRtzwPt7e0Qw38-hYV-gDkWP40ZDKh_uyuLGxpWsM18HTjyKvbcO7tR-d8AOLa75O_xFOTdt7nTsfBcvpbSFiTC_TKJ/w400-h255/GG_5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic
Score – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">77%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience
Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 74%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metascore – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">60%</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 6.4/10</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> 6.4/10</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s
Rating – </span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;">4/5</span></i><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bR_MPXTaEZw" width="320" youtube-src-id="bR_MPXTaEZw"></iframe></div></span></i></b></span></div>Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048012246740413784noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-78580304275744182302024-01-10T18:00:00.007-05:002024-01-10T18:00:00.138-05:00Barbie (2023)<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz64LPG-Nxcp8qTC0qVMVd9zopQ-8UQybOnlplo7QIKEDh7NEDaNWxI9WUv0yV-NXj0ADTsMdtSU215FRwqtr8yGzgcpon1VhZ4S3SIe_HEPy67vhIViqc0AhlzwFjfXkN3J7z-SV_L3FC7BZAFnjaIXmwsTi4quJLsoiBBxHiiYFCDcrs2aV4KX98rG4/s755/Barbie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="509" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz64LPG-Nxcp8qTC0qVMVd9zopQ-8UQybOnlplo7QIKEDh7NEDaNWxI9WUv0yV-NXj0ADTsMdtSU215FRwqtr8yGzgcpon1VhZ4S3SIe_HEPy67vhIViqc0AhlzwFjfXkN3J7z-SV_L3FC7BZAFnjaIXmwsTi4quJLsoiBBxHiiYFCDcrs2aV4KX98rG4/w270-h400/Barbie.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b><span style="color: black;">Streaming Service</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Max<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Name/Year</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Barbie (2023)<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Length</span></b><span style="color: black;">: 1h 54min<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Rating</span></b><span style="color: black;">: PG-13<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Director</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Greta Gerwig<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Writer</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach<br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Actors</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Margot Robbie, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp,
Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Sharon Rooney, Ana Cruz Kayne, Dua Lipa, Ritu Arya,
Nicola Coughlan, Emerald Fennell, Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir,
Ncuti Gatwa, Scott Evans, John Cena, Michael Cera, America Ferrara, Ariana
Greenblatt, Helen Mirran, Will Ferrell</span><o:p><br /></o:p><span style="color: black;"> <br /></span><b><span style="color: black;">Blurb from IMDb</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Barbie and Ken are having
the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie
Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon
discover the joys and perils of living among humans.<br /></span><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBnHR9Zl3yKTQYIgcmxvmVThPKAO42-0iI4C66nSAk7RNzwiBCpjlo2l78tSpFMfq9aZSCOcjhdU6-nGfN5fgS13iSI3YnGrc7hYIHW__Z2S6uHNV4Bgri3X7FyywU9Yk7Ba9E50mnoRFDhZT6xNItoIE63NHxTDTuSzvyGQLK91XyZCHVJZBZWNErRY/s1090/Barbie%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBnHR9Zl3yKTQYIgcmxvmVThPKAO42-0iI4C66nSAk7RNzwiBCpjlo2l78tSpFMfq9aZSCOcjhdU6-nGfN5fgS13iSI3YnGrc7hYIHW__Z2S6uHNV4Bgri3X7FyywU9Yk7Ba9E50mnoRFDhZT6xNItoIE63NHxTDTuSzvyGQLK91XyZCHVJZBZWNErRY/w400-h255/Barbie%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Selina’s Point of View</span></i></b><span style="color: black;">:<br /></span>I was a bit
confused when <i>Barbie </i>was marketed with a PG-13 rating. It’s such a
kid-friendly concept based on a kid’s toy, after all. After watching it, I have
no doubt that they made the right choice. <i>Barbie</i> wasn’t talking to kids.
It was talking to us.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>Fifteen minutes
into the film I was having fun and getting into it, but I still thought it
would be a basic, silly, comedy. I was lost in the dreamworld concocted by the
creative team. Once the titular character stepped foot into the real world, however,
it became very clear that <i>Barbie</i> was going to be the kind of movie that
spoke to deeper issues than a child’s toy usually does.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Getting a movie
like this that speaks on the issues of inequality, especially in a time when we
are moving backwards, was amazing. I don’t think I blinked throughout most of
it. It was an extremely intense watch, that left me sitting in silence when it
was over. Even with the mounds of comedic relief piling up throughout, the
weight of the lessons within it took some time to digest.<br /><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgS2_ZgWsBWKwJ79ZKT8xmjxQ-UvSbkJT_tHu2C6bmXbekxvFLkCglLvW_cfVv5tq66MHwEVR3q30u8cBeFKj7FFrMdMZobax9475j2U9ZRoiKf6PQ1n3YuhdSwKp-J0GKmEtynwhyphenhyphenqK7WxIUou4iaDBMUW2yrWUjWxLCks86O9-2phpanfHsKPWc8-Q/s1090/Barbie%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgS2_ZgWsBWKwJ79ZKT8xmjxQ-UvSbkJT_tHu2C6bmXbekxvFLkCglLvW_cfVv5tq66MHwEVR3q30u8cBeFKj7FFrMdMZobax9475j2U9ZRoiKf6PQ1n3YuhdSwKp-J0GKmEtynwhyphenhyphenqK7WxIUou4iaDBMUW2yrWUjWxLCks86O9-2phpanfHsKPWc8-Q/w400-h255/Barbie%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><o:p><br /></o:p>If you’ve heard
of anything about <i>Barbie</i>, you’ve definitely heard about America Ferrara’s
(<i>How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming, End of Watch, Ugly Betty</i>) speech.
Where her character breaks down how it feels to be a female in our society. How
overloaded it can make one feel. Hearing that was something unlike anything I’ve
ever felt before when watching a movie.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>A whole lot of <i>Barbie</i>
made me feel seen. I thought it would be a fun film, and it was, but it wasn’t
JUST that.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>That’s part of
the problem that was pointed out in the movie. It was a female run project,
based on a toy aimed at little girls, filled with a cast of women… and it felt
like it would be just fun. Just a popcorn flick. The depth shouldn’t have been
so surprising, especially with the PG-13 rating, but it was. Yet, if it was a
superhero flick with an R-rating, we wouldn’t have had any doubt that the
rating was earned in some way.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p><i>Barbie</i> makes you look for the problems woven
into our society, but also within. It deserves every single drop of praise it’s
gotten.<br /><o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWrJyZQGNQoly3B9SZORWbVirlAHKl4pl4Ix9dh9aeDwr5s2qv_fXtEgPGYP2U7R0O7BkqgLzBUjgIFEzQsMmOZMt4xmLLpVYmUfPGSOe4zVJ4OdhLeYb9_V2nB4dL0b7qp_ZUBgsbyL-_CbT6bMlj5oFZM0zFhBXrnSTNufO_U2p_Wm93f44_4nWXrQ/s1090/Barbie%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWrJyZQGNQoly3B9SZORWbVirlAHKl4pl4Ix9dh9aeDwr5s2qv_fXtEgPGYP2U7R0O7BkqgLzBUjgIFEzQsMmOZMt4xmLLpVYmUfPGSOe4zVJ4OdhLeYb9_V2nB4dL0b7qp_ZUBgsbyL-_CbT6bMlj5oFZM0zFhBXrnSTNufO_U2p_Wm93f44_4nWXrQ/w400-h255/Barbie%203.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><o:p><br /></o:p><b><i><span style="color: black;">Cat’s Point of View</span></i></b><span style="color: black;">:<br /></span>The first trailer
for <i>Barbie</i> had me hooked. Right out of the gate, it was clear that this
wasn’t going to be the movie everyone was expecting when it was announced that
the iconic Mattel toy of so many childhoods was getting a full-length
live-action movie. (I mean, really, who didn’t do a double-take at that
announcement. <i>Barbie</i> was getting a real movie treatment that wasn’t some
silly animation or something cutesy that would appear on a kids’ network.)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I went with a
group to the theater, and my daughter and I giggled at the giant pink toy boxes
people were waiting in line to take their pictures inside, as if they were a
life-size Barbie doll too. It was a whole thing. We might actually have done
so, but the lines of pink-clad people were just too long, and we didn’t have
that kind of time.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Barbie blew me
away. It defied all my expectations and gave us a really deep thought-provoking
story. Sure, there was still a lot of silliness – but if there wasn’t, it
really wouldn’t have been a movie about toys come to life. There was so much
nostalgia steeped into every Barbie-land set piece and individual Barbies and
Kens, too. I was going through a mental checklist at some points trying to
figure out which themed Barbies were represented on screen. This was quite the
roller-coaster from giggles to misty eyes.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>This cast was ludicrously
stacked with talent. Everyone wanted to get in on this girl-power movie. You
could have a mini game based around picking out who was playing who. I’m still
just noticing people that were in this film. I hadn’t realized ‘til just last
week that Ncuti Gatwa (<i>A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sex Education, Doctor Who</i>)
played one of the Kens. <br /> <o:p> </o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmeWxmsH8fVTRp9bvAf1HfnSxiIL-7Q79lLijJWlgQW7LwtvUho1J4iIDTs0YhFS9G9bjS-14FaAlT790R5VTChNh8iqi5-_VC9XJSrT06CivDX6YNOOAWHeciymt0OyBSs55sLgGHYwCQa3ATBVyVBSSa99KrGLtnUKdhjeMQCK5g3tqFKrrLi4_DoJc/s1090/Barbie%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmeWxmsH8fVTRp9bvAf1HfnSxiIL-7Q79lLijJWlgQW7LwtvUho1J4iIDTs0YhFS9G9bjS-14FaAlT790R5VTChNh8iqi5-_VC9XJSrT06CivDX6YNOOAWHeciymt0OyBSs55sLgGHYwCQa3ATBVyVBSSa99KrGLtnUKdhjeMQCK5g3tqFKrrLi4_DoJc/w400-h255/Barbie%204.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><o:p><br /></o:p>I nearly had a
spit-take because of Weird Barbie, played by Kate McKinnon (<i>The Spy Who
Dumped Me, Bombshell, DC League of Super Pets</i>). I think most of us that had
Barbies inevitably had one doll that ended up like her. (I gave Malibu Barbie a
mullet because for the longest time I didn’t have a Ken, so I’m guilty as
charged, too.) McKinnon was perfect for that role, and I couldn’t envision
anyone else with that part. That, of course, brings me to Margot Robbie (<i>Neighbours,
Amsterdam, Babylon</i>). This film simply wouldn’t have worked on any level
without her at the helm. Equally, I struggle to envision anyone other than Ryan
Gosling (<i>The Nice Guys, First Man, The Gray Man</i>) as the lead Ken. (The
behind-the-scenes story of why he eventually accepted the role is actually
really funny and sweet, too.)<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>All the visuals
were on point, and I loved how the bridge between how kids play with Barbies
and the movements of the actual living figures was represented. The soundtrack
was also a wild and wonderful trip from Billie Eilish’s song “What was I made
for?” (which broke my heart) to Spice Girls and a Nicki Minaj collab of “Barbie
World.”<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Overall, Barbie
was a feast for the eyes and had good messages, both full of feels and thought
provoking. I just roll my eyes at anyone complaining that the movie was a
feminist fever dream. Greta Gerwig (<i>Nights and Weekends, Lady Bird, Little
Women</i>) is a genius. She was the perfect writer/director to take one of the
most culturally significant toys ever to the big screen and create such an
iconic movie that has, itself, become a cultural touchstone.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I would watch <i>Barbie</i>
many times over and can only encourage any doubters to give it a chance.<br /><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZAT8CCavxnplgW2YDC-4eSrWHRglLUuPYVYrAK3cUwzLygcTE7IdT4lx9U8O-agrRysNZxoyqNtgS6QuJafy5A_zlK5Jww2kOykPhffPjeL3EW9wUhT8yn79MX0w9SHPRL6wtB4LC7FftDJPmwBLeg0DY9RO3oxJaxrAst_K8prG7Vm8oPk7kXK8cig/s1090/Barbie%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1090" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZAT8CCavxnplgW2YDC-4eSrWHRglLUuPYVYrAK3cUwzLygcTE7IdT4lx9U8O-agrRysNZxoyqNtgS6QuJafy5A_zlK5Jww2kOykPhffPjeL3EW9wUhT8yn79MX0w9SHPRL6wtB4LC7FftDJPmwBLeg0DY9RO3oxJaxrAst_K8prG7Vm8oPk7kXK8cig/w400-h255/Barbie%205.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score</span></i></b><span style="color: black;"> – 88%<br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score</span></i></b><span style="color: black;"> – 83%<br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metascore</span></i></b><span style="color: black;"> – 80%<br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Metacritic User Score</span></i></b><span style="color: black;"> – 5.1<br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">IMDB Score</span></i></b><span style="color: black;"> – 6.9/10<br /></span><span style="color: black;"> <br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Selina’s Rating</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> –</span></i><span style="color: black;"> 5/5<br /></span><b><i><span style="color: black;">Trust the Dice: Cat’s Rating</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black;"> –</span></i><span style="color: black;"> 5/5<br /></span><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><i>P.S.</i></b> Max also has a sign language version
of <i>Barbie</i>.<br /> <o:p></o:p><o:p> <br /></o:p><b><span style="color: black;">Movie Trailer:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pBk4NYhWNMM" width="320" youtube-src-id="pBk4NYhWNMM"></iframe></div></b></div>
Selina Tropiano and Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786165541142301592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-75203325704730600542024-01-08T18:00:00.004-05:002024-01-08T21:26:51.126-05:005 New Discoveries we Made in 2023 That We Wish We Hadn’t<div style="text-align: left;">
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i>According to: Cat</i></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSaan1i96EmGRRVO3h1XbuMQmwUvg1eTTEh7oMJlJaoQMj0ljvdkXZ0Y3-J3nBo015wWml-9h3oklLsaAYK5DlSKCzdW84xtiZb6dHSoS-sAKbHHfotrpMrorZ6gF4xleOQsonalOdxi0Ki7QiCJ92l2IcKxihHwYDvYrtSl7LBcAKBTJppgdHahy11v0/s3264/TOP%205%20worst%20discovered%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2739" data-original-width="3264" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSaan1i96EmGRRVO3h1XbuMQmwUvg1eTTEh7oMJlJaoQMj0ljvdkXZ0Y3-J3nBo015wWml-9h3oklLsaAYK5DlSKCzdW84xtiZb6dHSoS-sAKbHHfotrpMrorZ6gF4xleOQsonalOdxi0Ki7QiCJ92l2IcKxihHwYDvYrtSl7LBcAKBTJppgdHahy11v0/w400-h336/TOP%205%20worst%20discovered%202023.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">[<b>Note: These are the worst films
that we reviewed on Trust the Dice in 2023 that were released in
previous years.</b>]</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">As Selina mentioned in her <span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2024/01/top-10-favorite-new-discoveries-we.html" target="_blank">Best New Discoveries Article</a></span><span style="background-color: white;">,</span>
this was a weird year for movies and our reviews. We didn’t get to bring you as
many reviews for various crazy reasons, and therefore our pool of rated films
was a little more shallow than usual. For that reason, we have a Top 5 of the
Bottom 5, as it were… and it was a real undertaking to get this many. Maybe
that was a mixed blessing; given the theme of this particular list.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><b><span style="color: #222222;">5 – My Best Friend's
Exorcism (2022)</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FnXdofVyZTI" width="320" youtube-src-id="FnXdofVyZTI"></iframe></div> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Reviewed on</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Monday, July 3, 2023</span><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Comedy, Horror</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Rated</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: R</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Length</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 1h 36min</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Selina’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 3</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Cat’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 3</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Rotten Tomatoes Blurb</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: <i>The year is 1988. High school
sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade. But
after an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to
act...different. She's moody. She's irritable. And bizarre incidents keep
happening whenever she's nearby. Abby's investigation leads her to some
startling discoveries-and by the time their story reaches its terrifying
conclusion, the fate of Abby and Gretchen will be determined by a single
question: Is their friendship powerful enough to beat the devil?</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">As I just mentioned, we were hard pressed to get 5 movies
together that had scores low enough that they qualified for the dubious
recognition of this listing. For that reason, we have <i>My Best Friend’s
Exorcism</i> placing… but only just barely. If this had been a more typical
year for reviews, it probably wouldn’t have made this list.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Selina and I agreed that this was a solid 80’s retro genre
flick with all the feels for those familiar with that decade to enjoy. It was a
general possession/exorcism movie, and at the same time had a few new twists
that made it interesting.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>My Best Friend’s Exorcism</i> was a book adaptation and a
love letter to the decade of its setting. I know I resonated with this movie on
an uncomfortable level, sending me back in time to my own awkward youth in 1988.
Slumber party pranks were miserable for the recipients and all the rage. Trapper
Keepers were in every locker and the amount of hairspray that was still depleting
the ozone layer back then was ludicrous.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>My Best Friend’s Exorcism</i> was silly, campy, and a
little cringe-worthy. If that’s what you enjoy with your horror or comedies in
general, then this film could be a lot of fun. Otherwise, it might not be an
audience’s cup of tea. (Quite a few of the major ratings site’s user scores
would seem to agree.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">That aside, this is the only movie on this… distinguished…
list that I would be generally happy with watching a 3<sup>rd</sup> time.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">4 – The Invitation
(2022)</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5bL1ftuxgOE" width="320" youtube-src-id="5bL1ftuxgOE"></iframe></div> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Reviewed on</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Friday, January 27, 2023</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Horror, Thriller</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Rated</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: PG-13</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Length</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 1h 45min</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Selina’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 1.5</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Cat’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 3.5</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: <i>A young woman is courted and
swept off her feet, only to realize a gothic conspiracy is afoot.</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I’ll be honest, when I offered my rating for <i>The
Invitation</i> I was likely thinking of the Rated R version of this movie.
There was a PG-13 release as well, and that was the one we were set to review. The
milder rated offering of this film was too watered down, and every quibble that
Selina offered in her review article was entirely justified. I much preferred
the spicier version. Even then, it wasn’t anything to shout from the rooftops
about.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I had heard so much about this movie and had eagerly
anticipated its release. A friend even had a watch-party with me online before
it was widely available to stream. I had to watch it twice, however. I fell
asleep during that first watch-through. I will qualify that statement with the
fact I do have chronic fatigue due to medical issues and we did try to watch
this late at night… so there was that. My re-watch didn’t help though.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The concepts that <i>The Invitation</i> explored weren’t
bad, but the final product just didn’t quite hit the mark. The sum of the performances
paled in comparison to the effort of the lead and the rating requirements of PG-13
somewhat hobbled the end-result.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">3 – Rogue (2020)</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IpSK2CsKULg" width="320" youtube-src-id="IpSK2CsKULg"></iframe></div></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Reviewed on</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Wednesday, May 3, 2023</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Action, Horror, Thriller</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Rated</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">:<span>
</span>R</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Length</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 1h 45min</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Selina’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: N/A</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Cat’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 2.5</span><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: <i>O'Hara is a mercenary leading a
squad of soldiers on their mission to rescue hostages in a remote part of
Africa. Unfortunately, the mission goes awry and the team is stranded and
forced to survive against the local rebels.</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Selina didn’t get a chance to watch <i>Rogue </i>before we
started compiling our Year in Review candidates. So we unfortunately don’t have
her input for it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">My takeaway was that the primary ensemble cast was
under-utilized, the effects were hit and miss, and it suffered in comparison to
a similar movie of the genre that didn’t even need as many action bells and
whistles to make more of an impact. <i>Beast</i> (2022) released relatively
close to <i>Rogue</i> and pretty much pushed the 2020 movie into obscurity, in
my book at least.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">What <i>Rogue</i> did unquestioningly well, however, was
raise awareness for the lion farming problem and also human trafficking.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">While I don’t regret watching <i>Rogue</i>, I don’t intend
to do so again. <span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">2 – Santa Games (2022)</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYxNb3zAm0EADNTPFnwvwRxgUk5nmUgBTtjhUzG5amu4nNLqyTQpWpVanLlrc5YAoopoC3Iu6eXT8fq7cX2D85a3YZcYwhFk2APYiP3HUxK3s8Ybm_HDlrkaXp7dmOwhTa65s7iDjXLUVEwFcTmUz8fxAab5A4kD6e82AU0PG7tmHU3tePzvK7HRYk34/s726/Santa%20Games.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="506" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYxNb3zAm0EADNTPFnwvwRxgUk5nmUgBTtjhUzG5amu4nNLqyTQpWpVanLlrc5YAoopoC3Iu6eXT8fq7cX2D85a3YZcYwhFk2APYiP3HUxK3s8Ybm_HDlrkaXp7dmOwhTa65s7iDjXLUVEwFcTmUz8fxAab5A4kD6e82AU0PG7tmHU3tePzvK7HRYk34/w279-h400/Santa%20Games.jpg" width="279" /></a></div> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Reviewed on</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Monday, December 11, 2023</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Comedy</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Rated</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Unrated (Our rating recommendation
was PG)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Length</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 1h 30min</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Selina’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 1.5</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Cat’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 2</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>IMDb Blurb</b>: <i>When the manager of a
mall where Santa Charles work decides to replace him, he asks to find his
replacement. When this ad goes viral, the interview process becomes a series of
tasks and challenges leading to an all-out competition.</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">If anyone watched our stream where we discussed our Year in
Review and set up the tiers for ranking these movies in order for all of our
lists, you might notice that this is a little “out of order” from where Selina
and I initially placed it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Selina maintains that this was one of the worst movies she’s
seen in quite a while. I hadn’t watched it yet prior to our discussion. (In my
defense, I was sick pretty much the entire month of December and there were
just some things I didn’t get around to.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I finally watched <i>Santa Games</i> prior to writing this article,
and it didn’t leave as much of a lasting negative impression on me as the new
#1 movie did – so we revisited and swapped things up. We can meet in the middle
and say they were tied for #1, but for the purposes of this list, one of them
had to be the runner-up. I digress…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Santa Games</i> appears to be a bit of a low-budget indie
flick that didn’t have a marketing strategy. Seriously, there simply was no
trailer. It just doesn’t seem to exist in any public capacity. (I even tried to
get one of the AI web-bots to help me look for one. No dice.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">As far as the movie, itself, <i>Santa Games</i> was on the
low end of ‘ok.’ On one level, the story focusing on family legacy, the spirit
of Christmas, and keeping the concept of Santa inclusive for everyone had the
potential to be good. There was a nugget of good-feels in there somewhere.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Unfortunately, <i>Santa Games</i> suffered from a mixed-bag
of acting, a story a little all over the place, and a generally forgettable
experience. Not all of the humor landed, some was simply too redundant, some of
the comedic elements were absolutely ridiculous, and the over-all end product
ended up being more of a drama than a comedy. There are definitely far better
movies out there for the Christmas season – but there are also far worse.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">1 – White Noise (2022)</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Comedy, Drama, Horror</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Rated</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: R</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Length</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 2h 16min</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; 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line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: <i>Dramatizes a contemporary
American family's attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life
while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the
possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">For this one, I wish I could offer something in counterpoint
to my impression of <i>White Noise</i>. Alas, Selina wasn’t able to offer
anything additional to my review because she simply didn’t remember enough of
the movie to have an impression.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">That was likely because <i>White Noise</i> was generally
structured to be the bane of existence for anyone who has ADHD.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I really loathe tearing down movies. I feel that there’s
something positive to be said about even the bad ones, because people worked
hard to bring these stories to life. I detest having only negative things to say.
For that reason, I will interject that <i>White Noise</i> had an amazing cast
that clearly delivered exactly what they were directed to do, and they gave it
their all.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">That being said, this movie was pretentious. The trailer was
a bait and switch for the actual movie’s contents and I am still mad about it.
I was expecting a lampoon-like horror dramedy of a family scrambling to avoid a
chemical disaster, and not doing it well. What I got was so much different and
it was so boring that it was at a soul crushing level. I struggled to get
through this movie, and it was too long. I sincerely hope that the book it was
adapted from was better than this.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I can’t get that time back. I’m also mad that this movie brings
back flashbacks of that angst every time I now see Adam Driver’s (<i>The Dead
Don’t Die, Marriage Story, House of Gucci</i>) face.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>Selina Tropiano and Cat Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786165541142301592noreply@blogger.com0Shreveport, LA 71105, USA32.4545928 -93.7079744999999924.1443589638211549 -128.86422449999998 60.764826636178846 -58.551724499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-34243830536090034742024-01-07T18:00:00.007-05:002024-01-07T18:00:00.144-05:005 Worst New Movies of 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">According to: Selina</span></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeaE3h3jo8uDoaryEw4DwtducLuF2RgSrm2CnefBsOz2UnceFPLI8GVNwaMn30-SmRm7N3jLSnZ-DA6nLg8vBIwstBaIFLQpjiJPi9wP3vEQyyLt3ltdQJv_l9KGD4DbS7JckNtXHGgTahx38EBHRgpqcbPYr7l18TCL6qTZ2nOyHE-x5Ix2WYIFM-wQG/s2000/Worst%20New%20Movies%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeaE3h3jo8uDoaryEw4DwtducLuF2RgSrm2CnefBsOz2UnceFPLI8GVNwaMn30-SmRm7N3jLSnZ-DA6nLg8vBIwstBaIFLQpjiJPi9wP3vEQyyLt3ltdQJv_l9KGD4DbS7JckNtXHGgTahx38EBHRgpqcbPYr7l18TCL6qTZ2nOyHE-x5Ix2WYIFM-wQG/w400-h400/Worst%20New%20Movies%202023.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><o:p> <br /></o:p>[<b>Note: These are the worst new movies of the year that
we’ve reviewed on Trust the Dice. If it wasn't reviewed on the site, it's not
eligible.</b>]<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>5 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/01/the-lair-2023.html" target="_blank">The Lair</a><a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/01/the-lair-2023.html"><br /></a><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0dMzHLB2K8&ab_channel=MovieTrailersSource"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y0dMzHLB2K8" width="320" youtube-src-id="Y0dMzHLB2K8"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p>Reviewed on: January 23<br />Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi<br />Rated: Unrated<br />Length: 1h 37min<br />Selina’s Rating: 2<br />Cat’s Rating: 3.5<br /> <br />IMDb Blurb: When Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair is
shot down over Afghanistan, she finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker
where deadly man-made biological weapons - half human, half alien - are
awakened.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I barely even remember <i>The Lair</i> to be honest. It
wasn’t bad so much as it was unmemorable.<br /> <br />4 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/07/the-out-laws-2023.html" target="_blank">The Out-Laws</a><a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/07/the-out-laws-2023.html"><br /></a><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8xepj9wpi4&ab_channel=Netflix"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R8xepj9wpi4" width="320" youtube-src-id="R8xepj9wpi4"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p>Reviewed on: July 10<br />Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime<br />Rated: R<br />Length: 1h 35min<br />Selina’s Rating: 1<br />Cat’s Rating: 2<br /> <br />IMDb Blurb: A straight-laced bank manager about to marry the
love of his life. When his bank is held up by infamous Ghost Bandits during his
wedding week, he believes his future in-laws who just arrived in town, are the
infamous Out-Laws.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>There was a lot of great acting in <i>The Out-Laws</i>, but it
also had an overdone concept and SO much cringe that it was hard to even focus
on what was happening. This kind of comedy might have done better in the 90s.
For now, it was just obnoxious.<br /> <br />3 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/06/peppergrass-2023.html" target="_blank">Peppergrass</a> <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/06/peppergrass-2023.html"><br /></a><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6y0V2Wm9N4&ab_channel=BritFlicks"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J6y0V2Wm9N4" width="320" youtube-src-id="J6y0V2Wm9N4"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p>Reviewed on: June 14<br />Genre: Thriller<br />Rated: Unrated<br />Length: 1h 34min<br />Selina’s Rating: 1<br />Cat’s Rating: 2.5<br /> <br />IMDb Blurb: During a pandemic, a pregnant restaurateur tries
to rob a priceless truffle from a reclusive veteran.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>When you’ve got a film with only one or two characters on
screen for any length of time, they better be perfect at what they’re doing.
While the actors weren’t awful, they didn’t command our attention. The movie
was also badly marketed. We thought we were going into an action-packed
thriller, not a wilderness survival. Maybe if we’d known what to expect, our opinion
would have been more forgiving.<br /> <br />2 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/07/quicksand-2023.html" target="_blank">Quicksand</a><a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/07/quicksand-2023.html"><br /></a><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AxS2STd7Ac&ab_channel=MovieTrailersSource"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-AxS2STd7Ac" width="320" youtube-src-id="-AxS2STd7Ac"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p>Reviewed on: July 12<br />Genre: Thriller<br />Rated: Unrated<br />Length: 1h 26min<br />Selina’s Rating: 1<br />Cat’s Rating: N/A<br /> <br />IMDb Blurb: Follows a married couple almost divorcing who
become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a rainforest in Colombia. They
will battle the elements of the jungle and must work together in order to
survive.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>There were some parts of <i>Quicksand</i> that worked. The
story had an interesting hook to it, but the majority of the time we were left
with two relatively bad actors alone on screen. It wasn’t worth the time it
took for a single watch.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>1 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/02/skinamarink-2023.html" target="_blank">Skinamarink</a> <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/02/skinamarink-2023.html"><br /></a><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APQqilSTxz0&ab_channel=Shudder"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/APQqilSTxz0" width="320" youtube-src-id="APQqilSTxz0"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p>Reviewed on: February 13<br />Genre: Horror, Mystery<br />Rated: Unrated<br />Length: 1h 40min<br />Selina’s Rating: 1<br />Cat’s Rating: 2<br /> <br />IMDb Blurb: Two children wake up in the middle of the night
to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home
have vanished.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Critics loved <i>Skinamarink</i> and it’s not hard for me to
imagine why, but it flew way over our heads. It was not the kind of film to
hold onto the kicking and screaming attention span of those of us with
inattentive ADHD. We’re just not the target audience. </div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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Selina Tropianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356607940289357681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-31040459298005534492024-01-06T18:00:00.011-05:002024-01-06T18:00:00.252-05:00Top 10 Favorite New Discoveries We Reviewed in 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">According to: Selina</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZWHriCJ61_M6q6DtlgHBAhYK8c8PCz_KoBs0KpDfh3P7YBVT12i1YpSM2zZI4pmxLkQHbshtDE_PtvEfs8c0xBDfnwrV0SdkYhzL6D1jFxmxsE6ZuZP2KaoSRNH6UqLPjMc9aRiw0tsYv0P8aYLb3jR24yb3bpVJppwH6Yvtx3zV6UgyIpJGXO3JmF6b/s2000/YIR%20-%20Favorite%20New%20Discoveries%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZWHriCJ61_M6q6DtlgHBAhYK8c8PCz_KoBs0KpDfh3P7YBVT12i1YpSM2zZI4pmxLkQHbshtDE_PtvEfs8c0xBDfnwrV0SdkYhzL6D1jFxmxsE6ZuZP2KaoSRNH6UqLPjMc9aRiw0tsYv0P8aYLb3jR24yb3bpVJppwH6Yvtx3zV6UgyIpJGXO3JmF6b/w400-h400/YIR%20-%20Favorite%20New%20Discoveries%202023.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><o:p><br /></o:p>[<b>Note: These are the best films that we reviewed on Trust
the Dice in 2023 that were released in previous years.</b>]<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>2023 was a bit of an odd year for movies. Although we got
some extremely memorable flicks, like <i>Barbie </i>and <i>Oppenheimer</i>, we
missed out on a lot of other titles. Some got delayed while others were
released during a time when we refused to talk about them. As a result, the
majority of what we watched and loved was from previous years. We had an issue
whittling it down to only 10, but this is what we came up with.<b><br /></b> <br />10 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/06/honor-society-2022.html" target="_blank">Honor Society</a> (2022) <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/06/honor-society-2022.html"><br /></a><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4z67u7TNFY&t=1s&ab_channel=ParamountPlus"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L4z67u7TNFY" width="320" youtube-src-id="L4z67u7TNFY"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p>Reviewed on: June 19<br />Genre: Comedy, Romance<br /> Rated: TV-MA<br />Length: 1h 38min<br />Selina’s Rating: 4.5<br />Cat’s Rating: 3.5<br /> <br />IMDb Blurb: Honor's sole focus is getting into Harvard.
Willing to do whatever it takes, Honor concocts a plan to take down her top
three competitors, until things take a turn when she unexpectedly falls for her
biggest competition.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><i>Honor Society </i>looked so much like a basic teen
rom-com at first, that my hopes were just about non-existent. I knew I liked a
couple of the actors, but I had my doubts that there’d be anything else going
for it.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>And then that big twist hit and, goodness, did that change
things.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>No one could have predicted that late-in-the-film flip. It
came out of seemingly left field and made me audibly gasp. It also made <i>Honor
Society</i> extremely rewatchable. I’ve since gone back to it a few times to
check for all the little bits of foreshadowing I missed.<br /> <br />9 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/06/zombieland-double-tap-2019.html" target="_blank">Zombieland: Double Tap</a> (2019) <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/06/zombieland-double-tap-2019.html"><br /></a><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlW9yhUKlkQ&ab_channel=SonyPicturesEntertainment"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZlW9yhUKlkQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZlW9yhUKlkQ"></iframe></div></a><o:p> <br /></o:p>Reviewed on: June 23<br />Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror<br />Rated: R<br />Length: 1h 39min<br />Selina’s Rating: 4<br />Cat’s Rating: 5<br /> <br />IMDb Blurb: Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock
move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow
survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Trust the Dice is a zombie-loving blog. Cat and I are both
big fans of the undead horror creatures. We’re also fans of horror with comedy.
I don’t remember what took us so long to get to <i>Zombieland: Double Tap</i>,
but it was always destined to get a decent score from us.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p><i>Zombieland: Double Tap</i> was fun to watch. It wasn’t as
good as the first one, but that’s hardly unusual for a sequel.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>8 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/01/smile-2022.html" target="_blank">Smile</a> (2022) <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/01/smile-2022.html"><br /></a><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcDK7lkzzsU&ab_channel=ParamountPictures"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BcDK7lkzzsU" width="320" youtube-src-id="BcDK7lkzzsU"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p>Reviewed on: January 11<br />Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller<br />Rated: R<br />Length: 1h 55min<br />Selina’s Rating: 3.5<br />Cat’s Rating: 5<br /> <br />IMDb Blurb: After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident
involving a patient, a psychiatrist becomes increasingly convinced she is being
threatened by an uncanny entity.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>January is a film desert. Everyone’s broke from Christmas,
no one’s spending money on the theater, and all the production companies just
mass-release the worst – or riskiest – of their new projects. That’s why we
tend to rely on releases from previous years in that first month. <i>Smile </i>was
one of the first flicks we watched in 2023.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I’ll admit, I didn’t absolutely love it at first. I gave it
a 3.5, which is not bad, but I couldn’t understand Cat’s perfect 5. Until I sat
with it for a little while.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><i>Smile </i>grew on me. There are some scenes that were so
creepy that they stayed with me, clear in my memory, for an entire year. The
ending also had time to sink in a bit and, as a result, I’d say that I’d amend
my score to a 4.5. <br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>7 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/01/glass-onion-2022.html" target="_blank">Glass Onion</a> (2022)<a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/01/glass-onion-2022.html"><br /></a><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj5ibYSz8C0&ab_channel=Netflix"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gj5ibYSz8C0" width="320" youtube-src-id="gj5ibYSz8C0"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p>Reviewed on: January 18<br />Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama<br />Rated: PG-13<br />Length: 2h 19min<br />Selina’s Rating: 5<br />Cat’s Rating: 4<br /> <br />IMDb Blurb: Tech billionaire Miles Bron invites his friends
for a getaway on his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead,
Detective Benoit Blanc is put on the case.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><i>Knives Out</i> (2019) was an insane film. I watched it,
and forced others to watch it, about a hundred times since it’s release.
Needless to say, I was ready for the sequel.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><i>Glass Onion</i> turned out to be exactly what I wanted it
to be. A whole new Benoit Blanc mystery with hijinks and intrigue enough for
all. The cast was outstanding, and the setting was just as unique as the Blanc
character. <i>Glass Onion</i> has its critics, but we’re not among them.<br /> <br />6 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/06/ghostbusters-afterlife-2021.html" target="_blank">Ghostbusters: Afterlife</a> (2021) <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/06/ghostbusters-afterlife-2021.html"><br /></a><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahZFCF--uRY&ab_channel=SonyPicturesEntertainment"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ahZFCF--uRY" width="320" youtube-src-id="ahZFCF--uRY"></iframe></div></a><o:p> <br /></o:p>Reviewed on: June 2<br />Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy<br />Rated: PG-13<br />Length: 2h 4min<br />Selina’s Rating: 5<br />Cat’s Rating: 5<br /> <br />Growing up in the 80s there was no escape from the <i>Ghostbusters</i>
(1984). No one saw it as a bad thing, either. It was a hell of a movie, with a
fun follow up. It was enough fun for people to continue falling in love with
the original right up until now. Even the original attempt at a remake didn’t
kill the Ghostbusters for people.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Now, <i>Ghostbusters: Afterlife</i> wasn’t a reboot/remake
of any kind, it was a sequel. It followed someone related to one of the
original Ghostbusters and it kept the feel of the original 80s flick. We even
got to see the original actors.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>Although we understand that some of our love for <i>Ghostbusters:
Afterlife</i> might be member-berry related, it’s still a flick that stuck with
us.<br /> <br />5 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/02/black-panther-wakanda-forever-2022.html" target="_blank">Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</a> (2022) <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/02/black-panther-wakanda-forever-2022.html"><br /></a><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z3QKkl1WyM&ab_channel=MarvelEntertainment"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_Z3QKkl1WyM" width="320" youtube-src-id="_Z3QKkl1WyM"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p>Reviewed on: February 10<br />Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama<br />Rated: PG-13<br />Length: 2h 41min<br />Selina’s Rating: 4<br />Cat’s Rating: 4<br /> <br />IMDb Blurb: The people of Wakanda fight to protect their
home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</i> was a great film. The
only reason it’s so low on our list is because of how heartbreaking it is. It
was a cinematic funeral for the beloved Chadwick Boseman and it felt like it.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>I rewatch the original <i>Black Panther </i>(2018)
occasionally, I don’t see myself doing the same with <i>Wakanda Forever</i>.
Simply because of that heart-wrenching feeling I get when I do. It’s a movie
we’d recommend any Marvel fan watch once.<br /> <br />4 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/01/the-menu-2022.html" target="_blank">The Menu</a> (2022) <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/01/the-menu-2022.html"><br /></a><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_uTkUGcHv4&ab_channel=SearchlightPictures"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C_uTkUGcHv4" width="320" youtube-src-id="C_uTkUGcHv4"></iframe></div></a><o:p> <br /></o:p>Reviewed on: January 9<br />Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller<br />Rated: R<br />Length: 1h 47min<br />Selina’s Rating: 4.5<br />Cat’s Rating: 4.5<br /> <br />IMDb Blurb: A young couple travels to a remote island to eat
at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some
shocking surprises.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Did anyone really see <i>The Menu</i> coming? The trailers
were intriguing, but there was no way anyone predicted the depth of what it
could be in the full run-time. It was thrilling, brilliantly written, and acted
to absolute perfection.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>The moral behind it all just elevated it.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>I love it even more the longer I sit with it.<br /> <br />3 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/01/bullet-train-2022.html" target="_blank">Bullet Train</a> (2022)<a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/01/bullet-train-2022.html"><br /></a><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IOsk2Vlc4o&ab_channel=SonyPicturesEntertainment"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0IOsk2Vlc4o" width="320" youtube-src-id="0IOsk2Vlc4o"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p>Reviewed on: January 25<br />Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller<br />Rated: R<br />Length: 2h 7min<br />Selina’s Rating: 5<br />Cat’s Rating: 5<br /> <br />IMDb Blurb: Five assassins aboard a swiftly-moving bullet
train find out that their missions have something in common.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Although the lack of good new movies is what drives us to
watch releases from previous years, it’s also when we like to catch up on the
movies from the year before, or that were released in the December that just
passed. It’s why so many of our favorite new discoveries are from 2022.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>We were extremely interested in <i>Bullet Train</i> when it
came out, but we had no idea it was going to be such a gold mine for banter.
It’s one of my favorite banter films of all time now. Is it a no-brain popcorn
flick? Yeah, with great fight choreography and a script that’ll hold your
attention for the entire 2 hour run time.<br /> <br />2 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/05/clerks-iii-2022.html" target="_blank">Clerks III</a> (2022) <br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD3n3GM3Z_0&ab_channel=LionsgateMovies"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uD3n3GM3Z_0" width="320" youtube-src-id="uD3n3GM3Z_0"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p>Reviewed on: May 12<br />Genre: Comedy, Drama<br />Rated: R<br />Length: 1h 40min<br />Selina’s Rating: 5<br />Cat’s Rating: 5<br /> <br />IMDb Blurb: Dante, Elias, and Jay and Silent Bob are
enlisted by Randal after a heart attack to make a movie about the convenience
store that started it all.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I cannot say enough about <i>Clerks III</i>.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>I’m a Kevin Smith fan-girl and I’ve been following him for a
long time. <i>Clerks </i>(1994) was the first movie I watched by him and seeing
where it’s gone since then has been incredible. Even ignoring the spin-offs.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>The complete <i>Clerks</i> trilogy is like a timeline of who
Smith is as a creator. You can see his growth as a writer/director throughout
all three of them. The first <i>Clerks</i> was him just showing a bit of his
life and trying to add anything to make it interesting. The second film was
right around when he was starting to admit he was done with Hollywood. He was
disillusioned and just pushing to every limit that comedy would allow. It
leaned hard into the ridiculous.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p><i>Clerks III </i>was done by an older, settled, post-heart
attack, Kevin Smith. He told his story in a more honest way. There was a more
down-to-earth, if very meta, plot. And the ending was just that. It was the
completion of a trilogy told through decades of rising through ambition,
disillusionment, and – finally – comfort. The difference between 1994 Smith and
2022 Smith is insane, and beautiful.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>From start to finish, behind the scenes, <i>Clerks</i> is a
story of growth we can all identify with.<br /> <br />1 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/04/the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent.html" target="_blank">The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent</a> (2022) <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/04/the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent.html"><br /></a><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2YHPZMj8r4&t=2s&ab_channel=LionsgateMovies"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x2YHPZMj8r4" width="320" youtube-src-id="x2YHPZMj8r4"></iframe></div></a><o:p><br /></o:p>Reviewed on: April 10<br />Genre: Action, Crime, Comedy<br />Rated: R<br />Length: 1h 47min<br />Selina’s Rating: 5<br />Cat’s Rating: 4.5<br /> <br />IMDb Blurb: Moviestar Nick Cage is channeling his iconic
characters as he's caught between a superfan and a CIA agent.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>With how long it took to get <i>The Unbearable Weight of
Massive Talent</i> made, it’s insane that it was as good as it was.<br /> <o:p> <br /></o:p>The script appeared on the 2019 Black List, which is a list
of adored scripts that have no source of production. It was delayed a few
times, rumored long before it was finally picked up and, when it was, it was
rumored that Nicolas Cage would NEVER play himself in a film.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>When it finally came out, we were all salivating to see it.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>It was the best movie we saw in 2023, I think. There’s room
for argument, movies are ultimately subjective, but in my opinion I had no more
filmy fun than I did while watching <i>The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Selina Tropianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356607940289357681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643719173874157041.post-30030284801393668502024-01-05T18:00:00.023-05:002024-01-06T00:54:20.942-05:00Top 10 Best New Movies of 2023
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i>According to: Cat</i></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEiB3ic7bGytvxZEBBC9z-TAckZSI2Ay-mNA9_Mq6demJZn7ZrSquVa_iMmb2h528dwMNpEJZbgYAqcO-XBRGolP9EdrM5CimQOK_cWuzUz1NpV4iEUIrrD5P75LaN3paXbO3CKAudhGE7HCzVgM5LGPzsUR7oMblUf6cLttP1P2yzEVK2oaLkrO6cB0o/s3264/TOP10_BEST%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEiB3ic7bGytvxZEBBC9z-TAckZSI2Ay-mNA9_Mq6demJZn7ZrSquVa_iMmb2h528dwMNpEJZbgYAqcO-XBRGolP9EdrM5CimQOK_cWuzUz1NpV4iEUIrrD5P75LaN3paXbO3CKAudhGE7HCzVgM5LGPzsUR7oMblUf6cLttP1P2yzEVK2oaLkrO6cB0o/w400-h400/TOP10_BEST%202023.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">[<b>Note: These are the best new
movies of the year that we’ve reviewed on Trust the Dice. If it wasn't reviewed
on the site, it's not eligible.</b>]</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">10 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/search?q=brooklyn+45" target="_blank">Brooklyn 45</a></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iSKuOQV1AEk" width="320" youtube-src-id="iSKuOQV1AEk"></iframe></div> </span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Reviewed on</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Monday June 12, 2023</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Drama, History, Horror</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Rated</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Unrated (Our recommended rating was
R)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Length</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 1h 32min</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Selina’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 5</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>C</b></span><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">at’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 4.5</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: <i>Five military veterans, best
friends since childhood, gather together to support their troubled host, and
the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all-too-literal.</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Brooklyn 45</i> is one of the very few movies we weren’t
mad at for a misleading trailer. It set us up to expect a generic séance movie,
and yet <i>Brooklyn 45</i> was so much more than that.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black; line-height: 107%;">As I mentioned in our review, the
narrative delves so far deeper than a group of friends gathered to help one of
their own deal with the tragic and senseless loss of his wife. It was steeped
in the emotional aftermath of war (WWII) and the risks when prejudice meets
zealous ideals. There were so many nuances layered into this tale.</span><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: black; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The psychological aspect laced with paranoia woven into the expected
paranormal took this film to a place we just didn’t see coming, and that says a
lot. We watch so many movies that it’s pretty easy to tell how things will play
out more often than not. We really enjoy when productions throw our
expectations to the wind (in a way that makes sense).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">In the time since our review, it seems that critics have
warmed up to <i>Brooklyn 45</i> more and audiences have been a little less
impressed. We can only implore that if this genre is your cup of tea, and you
have a Shudder subscription, that you give this one a chance.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">9 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/04/hunger-2023.html" target="_blank">Hunger</a></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h61PbLOmyY0" width="320" youtube-src-id="h61PbLOmyY0"></iframe></div> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>R</b></span><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">eviewed on</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Friday, April 14, 2023</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Drama, Thriller</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Rated</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: TV-MA</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Length</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 2h 26min</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Selina’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 4.5</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Cat’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 3.5</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">:<i> A woman running her family's
noodle restaurant receives an invitation to join the fine-dining industry under
the tutelage of an infamous chef. </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Selina and I both agreed that <i>Hunger</i> was a really solid
dramatic feature. When we had watched the trailer initially, we had felt that
there might be a little more of a thriller aspect involved. That wasn’t the
case but it didn’t do any disservice to the film.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Of course, there were some serious comparisons made between <i>Hunger</i>
and <i>The Menu</i> (2022). While the latter does also lean in to the fanatical
executive chef, some class aspects, and the moral compass of the characters;
these two movies couldn’t be more different in tone.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">If you’re not familiar with the culinary industry and the
drive required to succeed on a high level, <i>Hunger</i> provides an eye-opening
glimpse into that world and the sacrifices quite a few professional chefs make
for success.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">We didn’t have any negatives to offer for <i>Hunger</i>, and
if you enjoy dramas and are interested in the culinary world – this is definitely
going to be right up your alley. It was released as a Netflix original and should
still be available on that platform.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> <b>8</b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><b> – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/05/cocaine-bear-2023.html" target="_blank">Cocaine Bear</a></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DuWEEKeJLMI" width="320" youtube-src-id="DuWEEKeJLMI"></iframe></div> </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Reviewed on</b>: Monday, May 8, 2023</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Genre</b>: Comedy, Thriller</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Rated</b>: R</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Length</b>: 1h 35min</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Selina’s Rating:</b> 3.5.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Cat’s Rating</b>: 4.5</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: <i>An oddball group of cops,
criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black
bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Where do I even start?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Cocaine Bear</i> was the crazy creature feature that no
one saw coming this past year. Even crazier that it was actually GOOD. (Not to
mention based very loosely on some true events. RIP Pablo Escobear.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">This insane drug-fueled woodsy roller-coaster ride checked
all of our horror-comedy boxes and also offered some touching aspects on the
side. It was as out-there as one would expect, and yet also very grounded. The
general black bear nature facts employed were even legit (how fast they can climb,
how you react to one vs. a brown bear, etc) …you know, except for the whole
cocaine thing. The graphics were also actually pretty outstanding, all things
considered.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">We were impressed by the story, direction, and cast – and this
was also one of the final performances of Ray Liotta (<i>Field of Dreams,
Shades of Blue, The Many Saints of Newark</i>) before his passing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Cocaine Bear</i> has become one of my new go-to movies if
I need a horror-comedy fix and I’m not looking for anything heavy or serious.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">At the time of this article, <i>Cocaine Bear</i> is
available with a Prime subscription as well as rentable on many digital
platforms.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">7 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/02/true-spirit-2023.html" target="_blank">True Spirit</a></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UPYD9dw6jmA" width="320" youtube-src-id="UPYD9dw6jmA"></iframe></div> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Reviewed on</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Monday, February 20, 2023</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Adventure, Biography, Drama<b> </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>R</b></span><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">ated</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: TV-PG</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Length</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 1h 49min</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Selina’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 4</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Cat’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 4</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: <i>The story of Australian teenager,
Jessica Watson, the youngest person ever to sail solo, non-stop around the
world.</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Neither Selina nor I expected to enjoy a movie about a girl
in a boat quite this much. We don’t always have the attention span for dramatic
biopics. Nevertheless, we were pleasantly surprised by how much the story of
the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo by sailboat not only held
our attention but left a lasting impression.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The themes regarding perseverance and mental health
awareness are just the sort of messages that the world needs right now. It’s OK
to not be OK. We have to put one foot in front of the other and push through as
we tackle one problem at a time. It also goes a long way towards shining a light
on the way that teens tend to be discounted when pursuing their dreams, and we
need to take a harder look at that, as a society.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>True Spirit</i> had a lot of heart and impact.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">This movie released as a Netflix original and at the time of
this article is still available on that platform.<span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">6 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/02/unlocked-2023.html" target="_blank">Unlocked</a></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/k8qGElYoAoU" width="320" youtube-src-id="k8qGElYoAoU"></iframe></div> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Reviewed on</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Friday, February 17, 2023<b> </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>G</b></span><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">enre</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Crime, Drama, Mystery</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Rated</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: TV-MA</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Length</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 1h 57min</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Selina’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 4</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Cat’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 4</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>IMDb Blurb</b><i>: A woman's life is
turned upside-down when a dangerous man gets a hold of her lost cell phone and
uses it to track her every move.</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I’m going to be honest. I hadn’t watched <i>Unlocked</i> yet
prior to working on this Top 10 list with Selina. I could only go by her experience
with this movie and how good it was … until today. (It had released in February
and that is always a crazy month for me with Mardi Gras & my birthday so
she had reviewed this one alone at the time.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Holy crap that was terrifying.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I see now why she commented on how it lingered with her and
how she’s become almost paranoid about forgetting her phone anywhere. I know I
would be pretty lost without mine, but <i>Unlocked</i> was pretty eye-opening
about just how dangerous these devices can be in the wrong hands.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Unlocked</i> was unnerving, unsettling, and you can bet
that the next time I can’t find my phone I might just have a panic attack.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I was on the edge of my seat and didn’t even care that I
couldn’t read any of the script on the screen that wasn’t translated by subtitles.
(The movie is available dubbed in English.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Unlocked</i> was released as a Netflix original and at the
time of this article is still available on that platform.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">5 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/11/five-nights-at-freddys-2023.html" target="_blank">Five Nights at Freddy's</a></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0VH9WCFV6XQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="0VH9WCFV6XQ"></iframe></div></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Reviewed on</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Friday, November 17, 2023</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Horror, Mystery, Thriller</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Rated</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: PG-13</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Length</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 1h 49min</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Selina’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 3.5</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Cat’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 4.5</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: <i>A troubled security guard begins
working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. During his first night on the job, he
realizes that the night shift won't be so easy to get through. Pretty soon he
will unveil what actually happened at Freddy's.</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">This is the movie that fans of the <i>Five Nights at Freddy’s</i>
game franchise have been waiting for.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">I just had a giggle that it ended up at the #5 spot on this
list, and while this is where it just landed when Selina and I were discussing
the movies we liked the best from 2023, it fits in some coincidental trippy
way. I digress…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">We both agree that there were some aspects that the film
could have leaned into a bit more, and the rating restrictions left some good
horror bits on the proverbial cutting room floor. Even so, this <i>Five Nights
at Freddy’s</i> introduction into cinema off of the game screen was a really
good start. It left us wanting more that can be delivered in future
installments. There are multiple games, after all.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">(As a side note, Selina also mentioned that there are videos
out there of some of the scenes that were cut to meet the PG-13 rating requirements.
If you want to see those bloody out-takes, they should be out there somewhere…
or probably on the DVD/Blu-ray as extras.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Five Nights at Freddy’s</i> was a love letter to the fans
of the gaming experience from the players to those that offer content on
streaming platforms, and it was a pretty solid movie at the same time.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">We loved the cast and we had a great time. This is a great
movie to watch with friends, as well. We can’t wait for the next one. (Please
let there be a next one!)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Five Nights at Freddy’s</i> is currently available with a
Peacock subscription and also on many rental platforms.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">4 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/02/we-have-ghost-2023.html" target="_blank">We Have a Ghost</a></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/82I1ErFD63U" width="320" youtube-src-id="82I1ErFD63U"></iframe></div> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Reviewed on</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Friday, February 24, 2023</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Adventure, Comedy, Family</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Rated</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: PG-13</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Length</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 2h 6min</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Selina’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 4.5</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Cat’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 4.5</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: <i>Finding a ghost named Ernest
haunting their new home turns Kevin's family into overnight social media
sensations. But when Kevin and Ernest investigate the mystery of Ernest's past,
they become a target of the CIA.</i></span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The closer we get to the “top” of this list, we’re really
just splitting hairs on why one movie “out-ranks” another one here.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Both Selina and I just absolutely adored <i>We Have a Ghost</i>.
We both scored this one as a 4.5/5, though, in retrospect I wish I’d give it a
full-on 5 at review time.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Selina put it well the other day when we streamed our
sorting process by saying that she thought it would just be silly and cute and
it was that – but had some serious feels too. That pretty much sums it up. When
I think about <i>We Have a Ghost</i> I just get warm fuzzies.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The whole cast for the most part did a great job here – though
David Harbour (<i>Stranger Things, Violent Night, Gran Turismo</i>) was just
absolutely amazing. He’s quickly becoming one of my favorite actors of all
time.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>We Have a Ghost</i> released as a Netflix original and is
still available on that platform at the time of this article.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">3 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/03/cram-2023.html" target="_blank">Cram</a></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/axkYMJXW790" width="320" youtube-src-id="axkYMJXW790"></iframe></div> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Reviewed on</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Wednesday, March 15, 2023</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Fantasy, Horror</span><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Rated</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Unrated (Our Recommended Rating was
R)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Length</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 44min</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Selina’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 4</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Cat’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 4</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: <i>We all do what we gotta do to
pass - except Marc. Desperate to somehow finish his final final paper, he
struggles to cram all night in the library. But the library has other plans for
him.</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Cram</i> was a bit of a phenomenon for us this year. We
were surprised when we were approached to screen this film and we were even
more surprised when it blew us away. It’s even 4 minutes shy of not even being eligible
for us to review based on movie length... yet, here it is defying the odds.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Selina and I resonated with <i>Cram</i> on a profound level.
We both reacted in a fairly visceral way to this tale and the storytelling.
This is a great example about what it’s like to live with ADHD and the executive
dysfunction that more often than not goes with it. I can’t tell you how many
times in school I was cramming and pulling long nights at the last minute
because my brain just wouldn’t let me get it done any other way. I didn’t even
know back then why. While the film’s creator didn’t originally intend to provide
that message with this fantasy horror project, they appreciated that we took
away something that was a lasting impression.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Selina mentioned that she has thought of this movie
literally every day since she watched it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">If you have ADHD or you have a loved one that has it, this should
generally be required viewing. Just saying.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">At the time of this article, <i>Cram</i> is available on
Tubi (with ads) and some digital rental platforms.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">2 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/06/extraction-2-2023.html" target="_blank">Extraction 2</a></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y274jZs5s7s" width="320" youtube-src-id="Y274jZs5s7s"></iframe></div> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Reviewed on:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> Friday, June 16, 2023</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Action, Thriller</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Rated</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: R</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Length</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 2h 2min</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Selina’s Rating:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> 5</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Cat’s Rating:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> 4.5</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: <i>After barely surviving his
grievous wounds from his mission in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tyler Rake is back, and
his team is ready to take on their next mission.</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Selina and I both agree that when you put a stunt
coordinator in the director’s seat and they have the drive and storytelling
ability, you have the perfect recipe for excellent action movies.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">We just can’t get enough of the <i>Extraction</i> films. The
visuals were on point, the action was fast-paced, and the fight choreography
was top notch. The amazing moments shown in the trailer such as the riot shield
on fire during the fight were not even the best action scenes in the movie.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">We didn’t even mind that, as Selina put it, they “yadda
yadda’d” around the ending from the first movie to allow <i>Extraction 2</i> to
happen. We’ll gladly watch as many as they want to put out there, to be honest.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">If you like good action, amazing stunt work, and good story
you can’t go wrong with <i>Extraction 2</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">This movie was released as a Netflix original and is still
available on that platform at the time of this article.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">1 – <a href="https://www.trustthedice.com/2023/03/dungeons-dragons-honor-among-thieves.html" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons: Honor
Among Thieves</a></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HGvv-Hhft3U" width="320" youtube-src-id="HGvv-Hhft3U"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Reviewed on</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Wednesday, March 22, 2023</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Genre</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: Action, Adventure, Fantasy</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Rated</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: PG-13</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Length</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 2h 14min</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Selina’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 5</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Cat’s Rating</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: 5</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">IMDb Blurb</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">: <i>A charming thief and a band of
unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but
things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">While I’m tempted to write “duh” as my reasoning for listing
<i>Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves</i> as our #1 for 2023, I don’t
mind expanding on that. Selina and I were unanimous in our desire to list this
at the very “top.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">These days, D&D is more common-place. Everyone has at
least heard of it, and it’s not something we have to hide in the basements
anymore. Finally, society has generally come to the conclusion that playing the
game isn’t trying to summon real devils, after all.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">My geeky heart is happy that this story-driven game has
reached mainstream. It teaches long-form storytelling, leadership, teamwork,
strategy, resource management… and so much more. I’ll step down from my soapbox
to focus more on the movie, though…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><i>Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves</i> was
everything we hoped it would be – and then some. It was great as an
introduction to lore for those unfamiliar with the tabletop role-playing game,
and it was steeped with references and Easter eggs for those who have enjoyed
the game and its sundry offshoots for years. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">It had a little bit of everything
in it.The cast was phenomenal, the visuals were stunning, and the
story was zany and perfect as if it was a campaign come to life on the screen. This
is one of those movies that I wouldn’t mind watching over and over again. Each
time I have, I’ve found a new little nugget to appreciate.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">At the time of this article, <i>Dungeons & Dragons: Honor
Among Thieves</i> is currently available on Prime Video, Paramount+, and MGM+ with
subscriptions as well as several rental platforms. </span></div>
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