The Burbs is a film that gets better with age. Behind Gremlins it si probably favorite Joe Dante film. A TV was not needed, but damn, I am glad it was made. This takes the neighborhood dynamic but changes characters and situations and makes it different enough, literally the setting is the only connection, and expands upon it to give us a fast paced, well acted and tense 8 episodes. It leaves you wanting more and i am stoked for a second season.
Send Help sounded like a director for hire flick, the trailer looked interesting but did not look very Sam Raimi. The film itself? Oozes Raimi. Gross out gags of blood and bodily fluids, dark humor, POV shots, isolation. All the acting is great and it needs to be here as both characters are shitty. This is a cat and mouse game of seeing both sides, only her side is right. Through craziness she even admits monsters are created, and he and her ex created a monster and Sam Unleashed it upon us.
The Bone Temple much like the previous 28 Years Later, is a bit of a slow burn. Every burn matters though. It builds tension. Tension with the Jimmies and Spike, tension with Ian and Samson. The zombies are second nature here, yes there are jump scares but connections and intimidation are the core. Ralph Fiennes and Jack O'Connell both steal every scene and when their characters meet it feels huge, when we get the Iron Maiden scene every thing changes. The end we meet a familiar face and it leads us directly into the final chapter and I am stoked.
Richard Linklater is interesting. He is fantastic at what he does but i don't know if he knows how great he is. He does art projects then films that feel like director for hire projects. Nouvelle Vague is a art film through and through, and it is about the making of art films. For those of us that went through a French new wave period, this film is perfect. The camera angles, the film stock, the acting, the story. It feels genuine and it is cinema at its purest.
I love Steven Soderbergh, he has many different styles. Blockbuster, indie and mid budget. Past decade or so he has remained indie and mid budget. Earlier this year he had Presence, now he has Black Bag. Great cast, well acted, looks great but I found the plot to be rather dull. Regardless I wished it would have made more of a buzz to create more movies like this.
Stranger Things
Cobra Kai
Welcome to Derry
Yellowjackets
The Pitt
Beavis and Butthead
Peacemaker
Strange New Worlds
Simpsons
It's Always Sunny
