“It’s a re-tread of the 2009 original…” USA Today
“The good news is that The Hangover Part III isn’t a rerun like the second episode…” NY Post
I thought this movie would be on Netflix streaming by now.
The Point Break remake as it might look if done by Wes Anderson, Joe Swanberg, Tommy Wiseau, and David Lynch.
![5 Thoughts on the Last Movie I saw:
Cloak & Dagger, 1984
Dir. Richard Franklin
Recently re-watched this movie, which I watched several times as a kid.
-I was surprised at how well this holds up. And love how unabashedly Hitchcockian it knows it’s trying to be (oddly enough it is something of a remake of a 1947 movie [The WIndow {then again it could be a remake every movie ever where the kids see something and nobody beleives them}] that wasn’t by Hitchcock): the premise, the set-up, the cut-away of the bomb, the importance of fingers, etc. Richard Franklin directed Psycho 2, which isn’t nearly as bad as it is made out to be, and the really strange and fun slasher/road movie “Road Games.” He also made a movie about a killer Orangutan which suddenly is near the top of my watchlist.
-This movie could never be made today. It’s quite an irresponsible depiction of children in danger, but at the same time that’s what I loved about it as a kid. That difficult line for giving kids excitement and danger, but not indulging in the danger. This, and a lot of 80’s movies really went towards the dangerous side of the spectrum but at the same time I think there’s an element of respect for children as viewers that may have diminished since then. Also, it does lend it self well to teaching moments, like what to NOT to do if you’re a kid in trouble. But these are great performances by young actors given that they have to do most of the heavy lifting in the film; aside from a nice dual performance by Dabney Coleman. Looks like this was Christina Nigra’s (Kim) last film role; a shame because she’s quite good in it. I’m surprised that given his penchant for casting 80’s actors from Eric Roberts to Lukas Haas, Christopher Nolan hasn’t cast Henry Thomas yet.
-Every kid in the 80’s movies has a dead parent, Cracked pointed this out for sitcoms but it also translates to movies. I’d love to see a book length study on why this is the case. And is it me or did a disproportionate number of movies take place in Texas during the 80s? Then again Texas was sort of the place to be for a while in the 80’s; at least during the oil boom.
- I didn’t exactly have on my socio-political hat while watching this, but there’s a lot of Reagan-era anxieties here; especially considering this was originally a double-bill with Last Starfighter (there is a possibility the military, the game companies, and movie studios in a mutually beneficial relationship) and these movies seem to suggest a line does not exist between entertainment and being engaged in wars hot or, in this case, Cold. Games as training (like War Games?). Then again does this movie complicate that by refusing to play? Or by that point Davey past a point of no return. Because he is going to need years of therapy after all this.
- So, Jack totally gives some fantasy/sci-fi explanation in his last scene How many other movies throw in something that so drastically changes the genre like that? I mean this movie takes place in the real world and you can easily miss what he says, but it’s one of those weird things that makes these sorts of movies so fascinating.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/e493b252113226b5129261a3caa9af56/tumblr_mmiqohoyxx1qft4hpo1_400.jpg)
5 Thoughts on the Last Movie I saw:
Cloak & Dagger, 1984
Dir. Richard Franklin
Recently re-watched this movie, which I watched several times as a kid.
-I was surprised at how well this holds up. And love how unabashedly Hitchcockian it knows it’s trying to be (oddly enough it is something of a remake of a 1947 movie [The WIndow {then again it could be a remake every movie ever where the kids see something and nobody beleives them}] that wasn’t by Hitchcock): the premise, the set-up, the cut-away of the bomb, the importance of fingers, etc. Richard Franklin directed Psycho 2, which isn’t nearly as bad as it is made out to be, and the really strange and fun slasher/road movie “Road Games.” He also made a movie about a killer Orangutan which suddenly is near the top of my watchlist.
-This movie could never be made today. It’s quite an irresponsible depiction of children in danger, but at the same time that’s what I loved about it as a kid. That difficult line for giving kids excitement and danger, but not indulging in the danger. This, and a lot of 80’s movies really went towards the dangerous side of the spectrum but at the same time I think there’s an element of respect for children as viewers that may have diminished since then. Also, it does lend it self well to teaching moments, like what to NOT to do if you’re a kid in trouble. But these are great performances by young actors given that they have to do most of the heavy lifting in the film; aside from a nice dual performance by Dabney Coleman. Looks like this was Christina Nigra’s (Kim) last film role; a shame because she’s quite good in it. I’m surprised that given his penchant for casting 80’s actors from Eric Roberts to Lukas Haas, Christopher Nolan hasn’t cast Henry Thomas yet.
-Every kid in the 80’s movies has a dead parent, Cracked pointed this out for sitcoms but it also translates to movies. I’d love to see a book length study on why this is the case. And is it me or did a disproportionate number of movies take place in Texas during the 80s? Then again Texas was sort of the place to be for a while in the 80’s; at least during the oil boom.
- I didn’t exactly have on my socio-political hat while watching this, but there’s a lot of Reagan-era anxieties here; especially considering this was originally a double-bill with Last Starfighter (there is a possibility the military, the game companies, and movie studios in a mutually beneficial relationship) and these movies seem to suggest a line does not exist between entertainment and being engaged in wars hot or, in this case, Cold. Games as training (like War Games?). Then again does this movie complicate that by refusing to play? Or by that point Davey past a point of no return. Because he is going to need years of therapy after all this.
- So, Jack totally gives some fantasy/sci-fi explanation in his last scene How many other movies throw in something that so drastically changes the genre like that? I mean this movie takes place in the real world and you can easily miss what he says, but it’s one of those weird things that makes these sorts of movies so fascinating.
First teaser trailer for The World’s End, the final entry to the “Blood and Ice Cream trilogy” by Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
This is sort of spoilery, if you don’t want to know what genre they’re taking on this time.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice will reportedly begin filming this month with financing from Warner Bros. Casting expected to be announced soon.
PT Anderson and Thomas Pynchon? Seems like a good fit. Or a big mess.
Netflix is going to lose almost 2000 movies and TV shows on May 1. Find out which titles are going away.
As someone who wants to watch older and “inconsequential” movies, this isn’t good news.
Just once, I want to see her play the hero in an action movie just to break out of this mold.
On this day in 25 years ago, My Neighbor Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies were originally released in Japan together in what was probably the greatest first-run double-bill in history.
Metacritic is doing its annual survey to predict the metascores for the big summer movies. Here are mine, and I will revisit them at the end of the summer to see how I did.
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Badlands, 1973
Dir. Terrence Malick
