For the most part, drive-ins have disappeared. There are several still operating in Southern California and I have a hankering to get that feeling all over again. This time, I'd wear something other than my pajamas. Or maybe not.
If you can't have a drive-in experience, do the next best thing. Head out to a summer movie. You know the routine, gang. I'll flip through the Los Angeles Times movie page and I'll give you my gut reaction to what's playing this weekend.
On second thought, after I see the junk that's out there, you might want to stay in your pajamas. At home. In bed.
Life Itself: A well-reviewed documentary of Roger Ebert. But be forewarned: cameras started to roll five months before his death and you are shown the utter gruesomeness of his health. One thumb potentially down.
Deliver Us From Evil: A movie about a world without politicians?
America: Dinesh D'Souza's next attempt to save America. He's ten years too late.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Of course, the easy joke would be to ask if Tony Orlando is one of the stars. Think about it. I'll wait.
Tammy: The hell with the fight about illegal immigrants. Can we please stop Melissa McCarthy movies?
Edge of Tomorrow: Is there anybody who still anxiously awaits the next Tom Cruise movie?
A Million Ways to Die in the West: The hell with the fight against terrorism. Can somebody please stop Seth MacFarlane movies?
Words and Pictures: The kind of books I liked in the first grade.
Think Like a Man Too: Who is Kevin Hart and was he in a movie?
Third Person: "Crash" director Paul Haggis' most recent attempt to take about twenty different plots and connect together somewho with two hours.
Transformers - Age of Extinction: Worth seeing if only to enjoy Shia LaBoeuf's last sober moment.
Obvius Child: All about an aspiring female stand-up comic. See that documentary about Joan Rivers instead.
Jersey Boys: Reviewed here recently. I liked it for those of you with short term memory issues.
Begin Again: Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo in a romance driven by music. Seventy years ago, this would have been a 90 minute film starring Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen.
The Fault in Our Stars: A sappy book made into an even sappier movie.
Yves Saint Laurent: I guess theaters can shorten this on their marquees to "YSL" and we'll still know what it's about.
Code Black: A documentary about LA's busiest emergency room. Expect lots of gun shot wounds.....lots and lots and lots of gun shot wounds.
Godzilla: Hasn't this arrived at Netflix yet?
22 Jump Street: The first one was 21 Jump Street. Hopefully, they're not erecting a lot of new homes on Jump Street.
How to Train Your Dragon 2: With lots of big wee wee pads.
X-Men - Days of Future Past: I have never seen an X Men movie and I'm proud of that.
Boyhood: Director Richard Linklater filmed this family drama over 12 years so all the actors aged. Unlike the Simpsons which has been on for two decades and Bart hasn't changed one iota.
Rage: Nicholas Cage is the star so the title automatically makes sense.
Road to Paloma: If only this starred Hope, Crosby, and Lamour.
Earth to Echo: Three boys hear from an alien on their cell phones. So much for the "Do Not Call" list.
Maleficent: Angelina Jolie is a witch. Seriously, in the movie, too.
Audrey: A woman anticipates her third date. My guess is she rarely gets pas the first one.
Venus in Far: The latest from Roman Polanski. How old is Venus, by the way?
Dinner last night: Ham and cheddar omelet.
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