Friday, August 13, 2021

Your Weekend Movie Guide for August 2021

 

There is hope.

Rumblings are afoot that the Arclight Hollywood and the attached Cinerama Dome might re-open after all.   Cleaning crews have been spotted inside.   The plywood boards have been removed from the windows.   The rumor is they will be open for the Christmas onslaught of movies.

Yay.

But, for now, they are closed.   Not like there is a damn good reason for them to be open given the limited cinematic fare these days.  You know the monthly drill, folks.  I will sift through the movie pages of the LA Times and give you my knee jerk reaction to films currently in theaters.

Like I said...best you wait for Christmas.

Black Widow:  Every day and in every way, there's more Marvel Comic bullshit to avoid.

Disney's Jungle Cruise:  They've completely ruined the ride with political correctness.  The movie must be worse.

Space Jam - A New Legacy:   Didn't give a shit about the old one.

Respect:  This looks decent.  Jennifer Hudson playing Aretha Franklin.  Will they show the different dresses they put her in over the course of her three-month wake?

Zola:  A Detroit waitress goes to party for a weekend in Florida.  Any place has to be better than Michigan.

CODA:  All about a deaf family and is there any surprise that Marlee Matlin has wormed her way into this?

The Forever Purge:   That's how long it will take to clean up Washington DC.

Annette:  A comic played by Adam Driver falls in love with an opera singer.   I hope they name his character Frankie.

The Suicide Squad:  More comic book crud.   With a cast that includes Sylvester Stallone, Pete Davidson, and Viola Davis!!  Huh????

Pig:  Nicolas Cage looks for his kidnapped pig.  I wrote that verbatim.

Ailey: A documentary about dancer Alvin Ailey.   Zzzzz,

Val:  A documentary about actor Val Kilmer.   Did we even need one?

The Green Knight:  Nothing bores me more than stuff about medieval times.

Bring Your Own Brigade:  A documentary about LA fire fighters.   A film that is needed.

Nine Days:  A man talks with human souls in limbo.  Isn't that all of us?

Stillwater:  Matt Damon tries to clear his wrongly accused daughter who is in jail in France.  Perhaps on Bastille Day?

Roadrunner - A Film About Anthony Bourdain:   A documentary about the famous food critic who was ultimately very scrambled.   Like an egg.

Old:  M. Night Shyamalan's latest that probably proves again that his best film is still "The Sixth Sense."

Dinner last night:  Leftover lasagna.


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