TODAY I WATCHED... (Movies, TV) 2017

It's Memorial Day Weekend, so what better time to watch 'Office Christmas Party'.



It was just ok. I honestly thought it would be way funnier.

Prometheus

Cardinals played a day game and Fox's normal Sunday night fare was pre-empted for racing so I decided to watch this flick for the second time to see if I still think it's as bad as I did the first time.

Yep, I do.

Bloated, full of logical plot holes, wooden acting, and a lot of it just plain doesn't make sense...you name it.  This movie is just B.A.D....

"The Replacement Killers" (1998)

East meets West in this ultra-violent shoot'em up starring Hong Kong action star Chow-Yun Fat (making his American movie debut) as an assassin who refuses to complete an assignment from an L.A. crime lord, thus making himself (and a cutie-pie document forger played by Mira Sorvino, who's merely in the wrong place at the wrong time) the target of some very bad people. Obviously, lotsa bullets, bodies, and shell casings fly.


"The Wrecking Crew" (2008)

Fascinating documentary about the now-legendary, tightly knit group of L.A. studio musicians (including a young Glen Campbell!) who performed on pretty much every hit record of the 1960s (including pop classics by Phil Spector, the Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, the Mamas & The Papas, the Monkees, and countless others), but never got any of the credit. Some great stories are told, and it's nice to see these once-mysterious figures finally getting their minute in the spotlight.

Rogue One - A Star Wars Story

"Florence Foster Jenkins" (2016)


Comedic period piece set in 1940s New York, about a high-society matron and music lover (Meryl Streep) determined to fulfill her lifelong dream of singing opera at Carnegie Hall... in spite of a near total lack of vocal talent. Great performances all around, especially by Streep, who really can sing, but who still manages to sound like a tone-deaf Miss Piggy here. An entertaining profile of a unique real-life character.

Dr. Strange

Monday Night Raw

"Lady In Cement" (1968)


A fairly pedestrian private-eye flick starring Frank Sinatra as two fisted Miami detective Tony Rome, who discovers a woman's concrete-clad body at the bottom of the ocean during a scuba-diving outing. His investigation into the gal's murder leads to the local mob and an heiress (Raquel Welch) who may know more about the crime than she lets on.
Ol' Blue Eyes could do the hard-boiled tough guy thing in his sleep and Raquel is, of course, so hot it's stoooopid, but overall this sequel to "Tony Rome" was pretty dull aside from the eye candy.

The Bride Of Frankenstein

"Critters" (1985)

A horde of ravenous, tiny space aliens escape from an intergalactic prison and crash-land on a Kansas family farm, where they proceed to eat everything in sight until a pair of Space Bounty Hunters arrive to clean up the mess. Hilarity ensues.
This tongue-in-cheek "Gremlins" variant hasn't aged very well but it's still a load of goofy fun with cool creature FX. Followed by three sequels.

The Bride Of Frankenstein

The 1935 Universal classic with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive returning as the creature and his creator in a story about creating the monster a female companion plaster by Elsa Lanchester. I've read that the Bride is considered as one of the iconic female monsters but I just don't see it. She has at most 10 minutes of screen time and does next to nothing. Her design is pretty cool though.

Dual Survival

"A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" (1987)


Is this movie really thirty years old? *gulp* I saw it twice during its theatrical run!

The last of the Elm Street children, still plagued by dreams of Freddy Krueger, are locked away in a psychiatric facility, which makes them easy pickin's for the razor-fingered maniac. Fortunately, Nancy Thompson returns from the original to help the new kids learn to fight the dream world demon and put him away once and for all.
"Dream Warriors" is still the best of the "Elm Street" series; the special effects are a vast improvement over the first two installments and Freddy was still somewhat scary - they hadn't turned him into a second-rate stand-up comedian quite yet. Plus, theme song by Dokken for the win.

Fat Freddy wrote:

"Critters" (1985)

A horde of ravenous, tiny space aliens escape from an intergalactic prison and crash-land on a Kansas family farm, where they proceed to eat everything in sight until a pair of Space Bounty Hunters arrive to clean up the mess.  Hilarity ensues.
This tongue-in-cheek "Gremlins" variant hasn't aged very well but it's still a load of goofy fun with cool creature FX. Followed by three sequels.

I actually own the first four Critters movies - cheesy fun!!

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I actually own the first four Critters movies - cheesy fun!!

All of the Critters flicks are streaming on Hulu right now - I'm prob gonna end up revisiting all four of'em...I havent seen any of 'em in dog years.

Sanford & Son

Criminal Minds

Suicide Squad last night.

Wonder Woman Thursday. DC cinematic universe has finally created a masterpiece!

Fat Freddy wrote:

"A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" (1987)


Is this movie really thirty years old? *gulp* I saw it twice during its theatrical run!

The last of the Elm Street children, still plagued by dreams of Freddy Krueger, are locked away in a psychiatric facility, which makes them easy pickin's for the razor-fingered maniac. Fortunately, Nancy Thompson returns from the original to help the new kids learn to fight the dream world demon and put him away once and for all.
"Dream Warriors" is still the best of the "Elm Street" series; the special effects are a vast improvement over the first two installments and Freddy was still somewhat scary - they hadn't turned him into a second-rate stand-up comedian quite yet. Plus, theme song by Dokken for the win.

It's my favorite Freddy Krueger movie as well.

Teen Wolf Too--I'd never seen it and it was on TV so I figured why not.

Just started season 2 of F Is For Family.

"Run For Cover" (1995)


A TV cameraman witnesses a murder and ends up getting tangled in a terrorist plot to bomb New York City landmarks in this poorly acted, ultra low budget action/suspense thriller from the director of "Class of Nuke'Em High." The flick features some cool NYC location shots and even sports cameos by former Mayor Ed Koch, the Rev. Al Sharpton (!) and the late Adam West in a bit part as a senator...but even those aren't enough to save this flick from total Crap-Tacular status. Apparently this movie was originally released in 3-D; God only knows why!!

"Return To The Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt" (2003)


Adam West and Burt Ward are reunited in this fun TV-movie that goes behind the scenes of the classic "Batman" TV series. In the present day, the former dynamic duo is invited to the opening of a classic-car museum exhibit, which includes a '60s Batmobile -- until it's promptly stolen. While the aging stars race around Hollywood trying to solve the theft, they reminisce about their wild and crazy days on the set of "Batman" show, which are lovingly re-created in flashbacks. Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether and Frank Gorshin also make return appearances.  It's nice to see Adam and Burt back together again and everybody is clearly having a blast. This flick will bring back lots of memories for 60s Bat-Fans.