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I’ve seen two movies that I’d previously never seen since we last convened for MOVIE MONDAY.
Tomorrow on the Cigars & Cinema Podcast we’re discussing Out of Sight - https://www.youtube.com/@ogtcigars-oakglentobacconi8932/streams
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Fifth Dimension - I think I wanted to like this movie more than I did, because it does have kind of an earnest energy to it and a quirky premise. However, despite its attempts to make Buckaroo and his entourage seem super-cool and like the ultimate heroes, I never quite bought it. It’s just too thin, and as much as I like Peter Weller, his performance never feels charismatic enough for me to buy what they’re selling. But, the movie does wholeheartedly embrace its nature as a parody and isn’t afraid of being absolutely silly, which provides some amusing ideas and I did chuckle throughout the film. Empty calories, but kinda tasty.
Libeled Lady - This is a screwball comedy from 1936 starring Myrna Loy, William Powell, Spencer Tracy, and Jean Harlow. It’s about a newspaper man whose newspaper prints a libelous story about a wealthy socialite, so they hire a libel expert to try and manufacture a situation with the socialite that will clear the newspaper. 30’s/40’s screwball comedies has to be one of my favorite genres and this one delivers. The dialog is well-written and everything moves along at a brisk pace, and the movie is full of so many double-crosses and changes of fortune that it’ll make your head spin. Good fun.
And, the usual MOVIE MONDAY thing:
1. Name a movie. Any movie. If I've seen it, I'll briefly tell you what I think about it. I'm sure you're dying to know.
2. If you want, we can then dig deeper into our agreement/disagreement about said movie.
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Mars Express is an animated film set in the year 2200 where detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker. In the process they uncover a darker story of brain farms, corruption, and a missing girl who holds a secret about the robots that threatens to change society. This is really good hand has vibes from Ghost in the Shell and French Sci-Fi comics (this was produced by a French company but is playing in English in the US). If this sounds interesting to you, see it as soon as possible as it likely won't be in theaters long. https://gkids.com/films/mars-express/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okQT4Sk4e8Q&pp=ygUUbWFycyBleHByZXNzIHRyYWlsZXI%3D
The Fall Guy is somewhat of a typical action movie with a love interest, but it's actually done quite well. I especially enjoyed them showing the behind the scenes of most of the stunts during the credits.
Steel Magnolias 35th Anniversary It's not really my type of movie, but it was the TMC Big Screen Classic of the month, so I saw it. Was not expecting it to be as emotional as it was. It was good, but probably not something I'd watch again.
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