This has been a bad year for big budget movies, so movie reviewers are recommending movies that were overlooked. That’s how I ended up with Roofman.
It’s based on a true story about a guy who couldn’t get on track after leaving the Army. He started robbing fast food restaurants by cutting a holes through the roofs. When the cops were after him, he spent several months living inside a Toys ‘R’ Us store.
Early on in the movie, one aspect of the story was too incredible to suspend disbelief.
Christmas movies can be sappy or overly sentimental. The good ones are not. In It’s a Wonderful LIfe, George Bailey is a man who is knocked flat by life, and kills himself. The dark is necessary for a meaningful journey to the light.
Klaus is a good Christmas movie that gives an explanation for Christmas traditions without a Christmas miracle.
This year’s meme is, “It’s not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls off Nakatomi Plaza”, so no need to rehash why Die Hard is a great Christmas movie. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a Christmas movie that gets overlooked.
I watched Train Dreams last night, and don’t want to describe it because I’m likely to mess it up.
Fox News: Gil Gerard, actor who played Buck Rogers, dies at 82
Back when science fiction could be sexy, Gil Gerard was Buck Rogers.
Predator: Badlands, is more like Predator: Bad Families, since it’s all about family dynamics. The synthetic human, predator and indigenous creature become a found family because their real families aren’t up to it.
I might have heard that there was a major Pinocchio movie out in 2022. There were actually two major Pinocchio movies released that year.
The Army of Darkness is the sequel to Evil Dead II. I’d never seen Evil Dead II, so we tried it. It’s a cabin in the woods story that is a bit campy and comically gory, but the story is a little tired and the setting is limited to the cabin and woods. It didn’t keep our attention.
It’s been cold and rainy all day. It’s 45o F outside, but with the drizzle, it’s miserable. Sparky and I are taking a mental health day, so we don’t have to do shit. The wood stove is blazing and there is enough wood racked to keep the house warm and cozy all day.
If this turns out to be a horror movie series for Halloween, here is the second movie.
The movie title, Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl, explains the plot. Since this is a Japanese movie from 2009, the fun comes from watching their take on American style and culture. This might be a parody, I can’t tell. The version I watched was in English, and dubbed very well.
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