Category Archives: Movies

Movies in Theaters and on our TV

1984: Still holds up and remains a warning

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Steve

Part two of three on showing Marx’s influence to celebrate his 200th birthday is the movie 1984, which also was Richard Burton’s last performance. There were many jokes made about the film’s release…the Spring of 1985. If you stayed to watch … Continue reading →

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Solo: Must See*

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Steve

* That’s the rating for the fans, for the rest of you it’s Worth Seeing. It seems the non-episodic movies for Star Wars are the great ones (Rogue One) and Solo seems to perpetuate this. I loved Force and Last but Rogue and Solo really deliver on my expectations. What … Continue reading →

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Deadpool 2: Rental or Streaming

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Steve

Mostly everyone’s favorite wise-cracking, fourth-wall breaking hero returns and this time he has to save a mutant teenager from himself and time-traveling anti-hero Cable. It falls into the same trap all sequels do by adding more characters but thankfully, half … Continue reading →

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RIP Margot Kidder

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Steve

Margot was the Lois Lane for my generation via Superman (the best superhero movie ever made and I’m not a diehard fan of the character) and Superman II. I personally can’t recall her doing much else I’ve seen because her infamous mental breakdown … Continue reading →

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Hellraiser, not very scary but a tad gross

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Steve

Hulu offered this up and I decided to see what made Pinhead a cultural touchstone. Sadly, he and his fellow Cenobites barely appear in it. The movie is more centered around the puzzlebox’s first known victim Frank who is torn … Continue reading →

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Avengers: Infinity War: Must See*

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Steve

* Must See for us who are fans of superheroes; other it’s Worth Seeing. Infinity isn’t exclusively an Avengers movie, it’s the ten-year culmination of what Marvel Studios has been working on since 2008’s Iron Man and hinted at with the … Continue reading →

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Bananas, still funny despite it being made by a pervert

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Steve

Another Hulu gem I grabbed before it expired and since the last time I watched it, I was a Tweener back in Springfield, IL, so the early Eighties on HBO probably. I wanted to see if the humor held up … Continue reading →

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle: Rental or Streaming

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Steve

My initial reservation with Jumanji: Welcome was it being a reboot. It turned out to be something equally worrisome, a sequel. In its defense, the team behind Welcome did an excellent job in updating the premise and execution; the board game transforms … Continue reading →

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RIP R. Lee Ermey

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Steve

Sad to see the man who was the quintessential drill sergeant pass on. Ermey was able to turn his consultant position for Kubrick into a key role in Full Metal Jacket. Thankfully others used his roaring presence for funny stuff like … Continue reading →

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Kill the Irishman

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Steve

Another movie which came and went in theaters before I got a chance to see it way back in 2011. Thanks to Hulu I caught it before the streaming service’s time to offer this expired. Irishman is loosely based upon … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Gates

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Steve

I think I need to make a new category of movie. Namely for those I often see trailers for (via Apple’s site, at Alamo, Hulu, etc.) and then they never play at any theaters around Austin. Including the Great Hills … Continue reading →

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Ready Player One: Disappointing Spielberg Schmaltz

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Steve

The long-awaited film adaption of Ernest Cline’s bestseller is here and it’s terrible. I know all about the limitations of movies versus books, so spare methose comments. Ready was always going to be a huge challenge since Cline’s references were a copyright/trademark nightmare. … Continue reading →

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Pac Rim: Uprising: Rental or Streaming

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Steve

Maybe it was for the best to not make anymore movies with jaegers and kaiju duking it out in the various cities on the Pacific Ocean. Uprising proved the old adage with sequels…more is less, especially when the producers are blatantly bending over backwards to kiss … Continue reading →

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RIP: David Ogden Stiers

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Steve

Another rough day in which you see a name you haven’t seen in a while show up on the side of the headlines of FaceBook and you know it can’t be good. Sadly, David passed away Saturday from bladder cancer. … Continue reading →

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Lost in Space 1998 and revised for today

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Steve

Last week I went on at length about how excited I am for Netflix’s shot at making Irwin Allen’s beloved show that started off as Science Fiction and devolved into Science Dreck/Fantasy, back into the Sci-Fi journey it should’ve been. … Continue reading →

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