Category: Movies (Page 8 of 8)

Friday is 9/10 for portraying black folks being funny.

July 5, 2023 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

After the refrigerator delivery, I thought Sparky might be racist, and this didn’t help

While I was log splitting, I was listening to Ice Cube on Joe Rogan’s podcast. They were talking about the movie, Friday. that Cube wrote and starred in. I hadn’t seen it for a long time, so I’m watching it now. I forgot how funny it is. Every character seems like a real person who probably lived on his street when he was growing up. They are exaggerated versions, and all those events wouldn’t have happened in a single day, but it’s all plausible, funny shit.

The Oscar winners were good enough.

March 13, 2023 / Richard Nestoff

Nobody cares about the Academy Awards because they got so stupid, but there is some validation when the Oscar winners are chosen well.

Robert Blake passes away at 90 years old.

March 10, 2023 / Richard Nestoff

Robert Blake passed away at 90 years old. He was charged with murdering his wife, but was eventually acquitted. He knew you don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.

We probably watched every episode of Barreta. I don’t imagine it holds up, but Electra Glide in Blue was an emotionally charged movie.

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 8/10

March 8, 2023 / Richard Nestoff

The Critical Drinker does reliable movie reviews. He actually understands plot structure and character arcs. When he is enthusiastic about a movie, it’s worth watching.

Troll is only okay. 6/10

March 6, 2023 / Richard Nestoff

Ant-Man 3 doesn’t sound great.

February 23, 2023 / Richard Nestoff

Ant-Man 3 earns worst reviews since The Eternals.

Ant-Man wasn’t a super super hero, but usually fun, if not memorable. Sounds like the MCU is about as dead as Star Wars. Both franchises may produce a decent TV show, but a great movie is too much to ask.

Scientists in the 1960’s

February 16, 2023 / Richard Nestoff

This is what female scientists looked like in 1966. Raquel Welch in the Fantastic Voyage. Credible, smart and courageous, while looking fantastic.

Raquel Welch passed away today, and we’ll miss her. Smokin’ ass hot, but never slutty.

The Movie, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, is a 9/10

February 5, 2023 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

Note: I wrote this two months ago.

When it first came out in 2005, I didn’t much like Mr. & Mrs. Smith. There was too much bickering. A decade later, I liked it much better, and having just rewatched, found it to be about as good as a movie gets.