Movies
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Soul
Friday, January 8, 2021
Watchmen (2009) - Was It Really That Bad?
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Monday, December 28, 2020
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Warner Bros dropping 2021 movies to HBO Max!
Monday, November 30, 2020
‘Star Wars’ Actor David Prowse Died From Covid-19
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
AMC theater chain
AMC suspended this program back in March when their theaters were forced to close, but they reopened their theaters in the summer at which time they informed me that I had till December 1st to reactivate my membership. They have a weird rule that if you quit the program then you have to wait 6 months to get back in, so I don't necessarily want to quit, but at the same time I don't want to go back to movie theaters until a vaccine is widely available.
Fortunately, they just extended the deadline to March 1st. I am hoping that things will be much better by then.
For the last eight months, there were rumors that AMC is on the verge of bankruptcy. I imagine that this applies to many businesses. AMC is owned by Wanda Group, which is a Chinese company located in Beijing.
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Best wishes,
John Coffey
Sunday, November 8, 2020
The Dead Don't Die
The film breaks the 4th wall by having the characters reference that they are in a movie. Early on they hear the movie theme song on the radio and refer to it as the theme song. Near the end, they make references to the script in a throwaway joke.
This could have been a good horror movie or a good comedy, but the mix of the two is completely uninspired. It has nothing new to add. There is almost no suspense, which is the point of a horror film. The only thing I liked was the quirky characters and this just wasn't enough.
Better movies like this are "Shawn of the Dead" and "Cockneys vs Zombies", both of which are pretty entertaining and give us interesting characters. Maybe the British know how to mix humor and horror.
Rating: D. Don't waste your time.
Thursday, November 5, 2020
2014 Personality Lecture 06: Carl Jung
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Josh Gad on Instagram: “10,000 people retweeted my message to #VOTE and in return I vowed to recap the Star Wars Franchise as Olaf. Here is Part 1: The Prequels!…”
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Movies: The Vast of the Night
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
What's inside the Millennium Falcon? (Star Wars)
Cats on HBO
As long as you aren't expecting much in the way of plot, which barely exists in this film, the movie consists almost entirely of energetic singing and dancing. As such it is a visual spectacle. If this were on stage it would seem brilliant, which is why "Cats" was one of the most successful stage musicals ever made, but it is not exactly what you would expect to see in a movie.
I like what I have seen so far, but I'm not sure if another 60 minutes of this will maintain my interest.
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Best wishes,
John Coffey
http://www.entertainmentjourney.com
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Fatman Trailer #1 (2020)
Nine Days Trailer #1 (2021) | Movieclips Trailers
Saturday, October 10, 2020
The Vast of the Night
When I was reviewing the movie "The Signal", I said that the trouble with low budget science fiction movies is that these types of films might have one good idea, whereas a big-budget movie like "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" is loaded with many good ideas. The Signal kept you in suspense for the whole film, making you think that this story was leading up to something wonderful. There was a payoff in the end, but that payoff was so short that if you had closed your eyes for just a couple of seconds then you would have missed it. Literally. Everything I said about "The Signal" is also true for "The Vast of the Night", except the ending is a little longer. However, both movies are an exercise in prolonged tension to arrive at similar endings. The Vast of the Night feels like a master class in low budget filmmaking. It does a great job with its long camera shots and its unknown actors who give stellar performances. The movie starts by showing an old fashioned television screen like it is playing an episode of the old Twilight Zone. The camera zooms into the screen and now we are following characters in a 1950's small New Mexico town on the night of a high school basketball game. It spends a long 20 minutes introducing its settings and characters, after which the local switchboard operator starts noticing weird things happening. She teams up with her friend, a disk jockey at a one-man radio station to investigate what is going on. Many of the scenes drag on a bit, mostly with conversation. But there is a frantic tension that builds toward the conclusion. Fortunately, the actors really sell this story. We get a sense that these are ordinary people caught up in something big that they don't understand. The minimalist style of this film could be called experimental, but for 85 minutes it works really well. Rating: B+. A reviewer on youtube gave the film an A-. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HEcnacyI_8
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Sonic The Hedgehog
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
1917
The Mandalorian | Season 2 Official Trailer
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Dune Trailer #1 (2020)
I read the entire Dune series of books in the 1970's. Although good books, I can't imagine them making good movies. The story is overly convoluted and probably not very cinematic.
The previous attempt at a Dune movie was of questionable quality.
Sunday, September 6, 2020
Friday, September 4, 2020
John Boyega DESTROYS Disney Star Wars!
In this video, Matt Jarbo actually says he is hoping that someone can "red pill" him on The Last Jedi. So I had to take my shot:
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Terminator: Dark Fate
Friday, August 21, 2020
Terminator 3 movie
I liked the 4th film in the franchise, but not everyone did. No matter how many times they have tried, they can't seem to recapture the magic of the first two films.