Your Weekend Movie Guide for July 2021

 

Movies are back!   Or so we are told.   Right now, there is very little commanding our attention at the local screen emporiums.   

So, we go back 40 plus years ago to a happier summer.   This ad makes me even more wistful.   Ah, the Cinerama Dome.   Please!   Someone come forward and bail out this jewel.  

You know the drill, folks.   I'll scour the movie pages of the LA Times and give you my knee jerk reaction to the junk that is out there right now.

Now, if you will excuse me, the mention of the Dome has prompted the need for a tissue.

Black Widow:  More Marvel crap.  Emphasis on crap.

F9 - The Fast Saga:   What isn't so fast is this pointless franchise disappearing.

The Boss Baby - Family Business:  Has anybody even seen a single frame of this cartoon series?

The Forever Purge:   We could purge forever just looking at this movie guide.

Peter Rabbit 2 - The Runaway:   Ditto marks from The Boss Baby line.

Cruella:   I actually heard this Disney movie was really only for adults.   I do like Emma Stone, but even her presence hasn't gotten there yet.

Summer of Soul:   A documentary about a 1969 music concert in NY.   Not Woodstock..Harlem.

The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard:   Way too long a title.

A Quiet Place II:   Reviewed recently here.   Not as good as the first one, but serviceable entertainment.

Zola:   The misadventures of a Detroit waitress.   Spoiler alert: she might be looking for a tip.

In the Heights:   Was supposed to be the movie that saved the industry this summer.  Meanwhile, I hear it's dull as dirt.  And available on HBO Max.

Spirit Untamed - The Movie:   As opposed to Spirit Untamed: The Floor Wax.

Roadrunner:   A documentary about the late Anthony Bourdain.   With all that good eating, why do you kill yourself??

Summertime:   One of those multi-plot films that follow 25 kids in Los Angeles on one summer's day.   How many will be living in tents down in your local park.

No Sudden Move:   1950's Detroit criminals.   Not to be confused with 2021 criminals in Congress.

Pig:  Nicolas Cage looks for a pig.  Insert your own joke here.

Out of Death:  Starring Bruce Willis???

Luca:  Blog review coming.   Finally, a Pixar movie to like.

Space Jam - A New Legacy:   I never saw the old legacy.

Escape Room - Tournament of Champions:   The sequel to...ta da...Escape Room.

Gunpowder Milkshake:   The NRA opens up a Dairy Queen.

Dinner last night:  Leftover tortellini.