Your Weekend Movie Guide for April 2021

 

And we are back.   After a year of having no Weekend Movie Guides, we are going to give it a whirl.   Okay, so only some theaters are open.   And, okay, so there is social distancing and wearing masks.   If the latter bothers you, don't go see "Lawrence of Arabia."

Do you remember how this monthly drill goes?  I'll root through the Los Angeles Times and give you my knee jerk gut reaction to what is playing "out there."  We may discover we were all better off napping on the sofa.

Godzilla Vs. King Kong:   It's all computer graphics.   I liked it better when these two fought with guys in rubber suits.

Mortal Kombat:  Sounds like a computer game.   Isn't that what most movies are nowadays?

Demon Slayer The Movie - Mugen Train:  See comment for Mortal Kombat and say ditto.

Wolfwalkers:   During COVID, I saw a variety of animals out on the streets.

City Lies:  Starring Eric Garcetti and Bill DeBlasio.

Chaos Walking:  See comment for City Lies and say ditto.

Nomadland:  Might win the Best Picture Oscar on Sunday.   Somebody please explain that to me if it happens.

The Trail of the Chicago 7:   More overwriting and overdirecting by Aaron Sorkin.

The Courier:   That Cumberbatch guy is in this, so ladies, mask up and have yourselves a time.

Nobody:   Len, is there a politician you like?   See answer in title.

Minari:  Looks like an interesting story about a Korean family tending to an American farm.   Hopefully, there are no dogs there.

Time:  A documentary about a woman trying to get her hubby out of jail despite a 60 year sentence.   So I am guessing this wasn't shoplifting.

The Father:   This year's almost obligatory Oscar nomination about someone dealing with dementia.   Not a comedy.

Promising Young Woman:   I hear good things but I have yet to decide which of the above will mark my return to the multiplex.

Dinner last night:  Hot dogs.