Day two of the DailyWatch is done with a classic noir written and directed by Orson Welles. Touch of Evil has plenty of ties to the world today despite being released in 1958.
The amazing Latino actor, Charlton Heston (yes, I know. It was a major distraction throughout the whole movie) played “Mike” Vargas who was coming to a city on the border between the USA and Mexico with his new American wife Susan (Janet Leigh). Vargas was a big time Mexican narcotics officer who had to interrupt his honeymoon after a car bombing shook the town. Police Captain Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles) had the case on the US side of the border and went about hunting down suspects. Quinlan was a legendary figure in the area, but his legend was fueled by some questionable arrests that he had made.
Quinlan had narrowed the suspects down to a Mexican man named Manelo Sanchez (Victor Millan). Quinlan planted evidence in Sanchez’s room, but he had done so in a way that Vargas had known he had done it. This set the two lawmen on opposite sides of the case.
This film has so much to say about the world around us right now that it is amazing that it was made over 60 years ago. The racism on display, the police officers with their corrupt tendencies, the cartels with their drugs. The struggle between the honest police officers and those that abuse their position of authority.
Orson Welles was fantastic as the damaged detective, whose actions became worse as the film moved on. He had existed on reputation for years and when that reputation is shaken by Vargas, he spiraled out of control.
While Charlton Heston is always a great performer, seeing him as a Mexican man is something that he would never be able to do today… just ask Scarlett Johansson.
The film was beautifully shot, the black and white the perfect look for this noir. Welles clearly is a master of the director’s chair and the highlights of this film are tremendous.
Touch of Evil is a great movie that is held back by a little questionable casting.
Okay, the animated adaptation of Watership Down from 1978… it is not a movie to show your children. I think I might be having nightmares tonight.
The fourth film in the DailyView binge for today (usually won’t do this many in a day) was Watership Down on HBO Max. I think I kind of knew that this would be a difficult watch, but I had no idea. Bloody. Violent. Heartbreaking.
Watership Down is based on the 1972 novel by Richard Adams. In the film, a rabbit seer named Fiver (voiced by Richard Briers) has a vision of an apocalyptic devastation of the rabbit’s warren and he convinces his brother Hazel (John Hurt) to talk to the tribal chief. When they are rebutted, several of the rabbits decide to leave on their own, facing the dangers and deadly threats that face them in the world.
You can tell almost immediately that this was not going to be a typical animated movie. The British film showed the desperation and the dangers to the rabbits, sometimes in graphic, albeit artist, detail. There are a few sudden moments that act like a kick in the gut to the audience and the attempts to survive are edge of your seat moments.
There is a strong, British voice cast that bring the power to the beautiful imagery being shown. John Hurt and Richard Briers are joined by Michael Graham Cox, John Bennett, Roy Kinnear, Denholm Elliot (aka Marcus Cox from Indiana Jones series), Nigel Hawthorne, Clifton Jones, Harry Andrews, Simon Cadell, and Mary Maddox. The cast also included the final film performance of Zero Mostel as Kehaar the sea gull.
The animation took a painting style and had multiple moments of gorgeous imagery that brought both an impressive design and, honestly, at times horror. It had a watercolor feel to it and brought to mind the children’s picture books. Although the animation felt in this style, the darkness definitely came through in the scary moments as well.
This is well done and excellent animated movie, but it does have times when the imagery or the story beats are disturbing or frightening. The horrors of the outside world threatened these rabbits and you’ll feel it.
Day one of the DailyView kick off continued with a movie that was leaving HBO Max on April 30th. I decided that it was a good opportunity to see this for the first time.
Honestly, I have never been a fan of movies featuring Steven Seagal or Jean-Claude Van Damme and so I went out of my way to avoid watching any of these when they were released. Without this binge, I would still have never watched it. Having now seen it, I would say that it wasn’t that bad.
Casey Ryback (Steven Seagal) was a cook aboard the battleship Missouri who seemed to have a close connection to the ship’s captain. When the XO Commander Krill (Gary Busey) throws a party for the captain’s birthday, a group of “entertainers,” lead by Tommy Lee Jones with his weird hairdo, arrived on a copter and began to cause chaos.
I have to say that I did enjoy watching Seagal move through the battleship doing damage to the bad guys. The kills were entertaining and creative. Yes, Seagal seems to be in total control of the battles and he is never really in danger, but that is expected in a Seagal movie.
I hated the character played by Baywatch actress Erika Eleniak. She was an annoying, waste of time. I so wanted her to stay in the locker that Seagal originally placed her. This character was able to suddenly do things that she wasn’t able to do five minutes before. She served no purpose. It was so clear that, when she said that she would not kill someone, that she was going to kill someone and save Seagal. I actually said it to myself when she said it.
Tommy Lee Jones was way over-the-top, chewing every scene. He was fun to watch while doing it. Yes, he was pretty one-dimensional doing it, but he was a hoot.
It was dumb and basic, but it was an enjoyable watch. Certainly better than I anticipated. I am glad I watched it before it left HBO Max.
After the misstep in the morning for the DailyView review of The Maltese Falcon, I wanted to make sure that I watch a film that I absolutely knew that I had never seen before. So I went to the film that I had heard discussed on John Rocha’s Outlaw Nation podcast from the excellent critic, William Bibbiani. He claimed it was one of his favorite comic book movies of all time. While, for me, that was a hugely hyperbolic comment, it was a fun film.
Diabolik (John Phillip Law) was a master criminal who, along with his girlfriend Eva (Marisa Mell), planned and executed comic book type robberies while being pursued from law enforcement Inspector Ginko (Michel Piccoli).
Diabolik has a James Bond vibe to him, if mixed with the Phantom, Adam West’s Batman and Moriarty. He is a strange protagonist for the film since he was clearly a villain and one who did not care about anyone else but Eva and himself. His actions lead to the deaths of several of the innocent police officers chasing him. Yes, he was, at times, looking to save Eva, but he did not seem to have any other positive characteristics.
Yes, there have been other movies with protagonists who were villainous characters, but not too many who were displayed in such a way to make them look like the cool agent/spy character.
The film was really more of a group of stories hooked together by the attempts of Ginko to catch Diabolik. The different sections of the film did not have an actual throughline outside of that.
There is a lot of camp in the film which helps with the overall tone and feel of the film and allows us to not take the deaths of these law enforcement officers as seriously as we might in a more realistic manner.
Danger: Diabolik has a lot of fun in it and provides viewers with some silly adventure. The acting is average, but the corniness is above the line.
Starting today, I will be kicking off the DailyView: EYG 2021 Spring/Summer Unseen Classic Binge. The idea is that I will be watching a movie a day (at least) through the summer months, a movie in which I had never seen before. I am starting the binge off with a multiple movie day. First, up the John Huston film noir classic, The Maltese Falcon.
I will admit that there were some scenes here that were fairly familiar to me, so I have certainly seen some of this movie before. However, this would be the first time that I watched the entire flick, thanks to HBO Max.
Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) was a private detective hired by a woman Brigid O’Shaughnessy (Mary Astor) to follow a business partner. Sam’s partner Archer (Jerome Cowan) takes the case and ends up dead. While the police try to determine if Sam was involved in the murder, a plot to find a mysterious statuette called the Maltese Falcon shows to be connected to the happenings.
Bogart played Spade as a manipulative sort and it kept me off balance through the film. I was never quite sure if the detective was as crooked as the people he became involved in.
We meet a henchman named Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre) who was working with the fat man, Kasper Gutman (Sydney Greenstreet) in an attempt to get their hands on the valuable artifact. Greenstreet was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role here.
The mood of the movie is part of the reason this is as successful a film as it has been. It sets the mystery early and gives you several moments throughout where you are just not sure exactly what was going on.
John Huston proved himself to be a master director as he provided a wonderful movie that is considered an all-time classic. Humphrey Bogart gave a layered performance that not only kept you rooting for him, but also wondering what he might do next. Was he being self-destructive or was he a few steps ahead of everybody?
The ending is also as mysterious and uncertain as the rest of the film as it creates perhaps the most famous MacGuffins in cinema history.
{P.S.}- Unfortunately, the film had felt so familiar to me that I went to do some further research and discovered that I had already reviewed the movie and had seen it. Sadly that kicks off the DailyView with a mistake, but we shall press on and not be derailed by a minor error. I decided to leave this review active as well. EYG
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” Peter Baynham, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Nina Pedrad, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Swimer
“The Father,” Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
“Nomadland,” Chloé Zhao
“One Night in Miami,” Kemp Powers
“The White Tiger,” Ramin Bahrani
Best Original Screenplay
“Judas and the Black Messiah,” Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas, Kenneth Lucas
“Minari,” Lee Isaac Chung
“Promising Young Woman,” Emerald Fennell
“Sound of Metal,” Abraham Marder, Darius Marder, Derek Cianfrance
“The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Aaron Sorkin
Best Original Song
“Fight for You,” (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
“Hear My Voice,” (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”)
“Húsavík,” (“Eurovision Song Contest”)
“Io Si (Seen),” (“The Life Ahead”)
“Speak Now,” (“One Night in Miami”)
Best Original Score
“Da 5 Bloods,” Terence Blanchard
“Mank,” Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
“Minari,” Emile Mosseri
“News of the World,” James Newton Howard
“Soul,” Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste
Best Sound
“Greyhound,” Odin Benitez, Jason King, Christian P. Minkler, Michael Minkler, Jeff Sawyer
“Mank,” Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance, Drew Kunin
“News of the World,” John Pritchett, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller, Oliver Tarney, Michael Fentum
“Soul,” Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Vince Caro
“Sound of Metal,” Phillip Bladh, Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés, Carolina Santana
Best Costume Design
“Emma,” Alexandra Byrne
“Mank,” Trish Summerville
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Ann Roth
“Mulan,” Bina Daigeler
“Pinocchio”
Best Animated Short Film
“Burrow” (Disney Plus/Pixar)
“Genius Loci” (Kazak Productions)
“If Anything Happens I Love You” (Netflix)
“Opera” (Beasts and Natives Alike)
“Yes-People” (CAOZ hf. Hólamói)
Best Live Action Short Film
“Feeling Through”
“The Letter Room”
“The Present”
“Two Distant Strangers”
“White Eye”
Best Animated Feature Film
“Onward” (Pixar)
“Over the Moon” (Netflix)
“Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon” (Netflix)
“Soul” (Pixar)
“Wolfwalkers” (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS)
Best Cinematography
“Judas and the Black Messiah,” Sean Bobbitt
“Mank,” Erik Messerschmidt
“News of the World,” Dariusz Wolski
“Nomadland,” Joshua James Richards
“The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Phedon Papamichael
Best Documentary Feature
“Collective” (Magnolia Pictures and Participant)
“Crip Camp” (Netflix)
“The Mole Agent” (Gravitas Ventures)
“My Octopus Teacher” (Netflix)
“Time” (Amazon Studios)
Best Documentary Short Subject
“Colette” (Time Travel Unlimited)
“A Concerto Is a Conversation” (Breakwater Studios)
“Do Not Split” (Field of Vision)
“Hunger Ward” (MTV Documentary Films)
“A Love Song for Latasha” (Netflix)
Best Film Editing
“The Father,” Yorgos Lamprinos
“Nomadland,” Chloé Zhao
“Promising Young Woman,” Frédéric Thoraval
“Sound of Metal,” Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
“The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Alan Baumgarten
Best International Feature Film
“Another Round” (Denmark)
“Better Days” (Hong Kong)
“Collective” (Romania)
“The Man Who Sold His Skin” (Tunisia)
“Quo Vadis, Aida?”(Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“Emma,” Marese Langan
“Hillbilly Elegy,” Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney, Matthew Mungle
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Matiki Anoff, Mia Neal, Larry M. Cherry
“Mank,” Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams
“Pinocchio,” Dalia Colli, Anna Kieber, Sebastian Lochmann, Stephen Murphy
Best Production Design
“The Father,” Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara, Diana Stoughton
“Mank,” Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale
“News of the World,” David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan
“Tenet,” Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas
Best Visual Effects
“Love and Monsters”
“The Midnight Sky,” Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Dave Watkins, Max Solomon
“Mulan,” Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury, Steve Ingram
“The One and Only Ivan,” Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones, Santiago Colomo Martinez
“Tenet,” Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley, Scott R. Fisher, Mike Chambers
In the early seventies, EYG Hall of Famer Steve Gerber created a character for Marvel named Howard the Duck. Howard the Duck’s comic was irreverent, satirical and existential.
Then, producer George Lucas (also an EYG Hall of Famer) got his hands on the property and turned him into a duck from outer space, and he made one of the worst films of all time. The stench of the movie has stained Howard the Duck and potentially ruined any hope for the character to take his place in the MCU.
Yes, Howard the Duck was in the Guardians of the Galaxy (trapped in the Collector’s collection) and even in the final battle in Avengers: Endgame, but no one could consider the chance of a Howard the Duck solo film or Disney + series. That is because of this film.
It is beyond stupid. No one clearly understood what made this character so special.
Howard the Duck (voiced by Chip Zien) gets pulled from his planet Duckworld, by a scientist Dr. Walter Jennings (Jeffrey Jones) during a test of the Spectroscope, a giant laser beam. Howard winds up in Cleveland where he meets musician Beverly Switzler (Lea Thompson) and they bond. Unfortunately, further experiments brought an evil Dark Overlord of the Universe to possess the body of Jennings, sending him on a mission to bring the rest of the Dark Overlords to earth.
Howard the Duck was turned into an action/adventure, campy 80s movie with some of the worst dialogue put to film. Fresh off his iconic role from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Jones was over-the-top as the Dark Overlord-in-Jennings’ body . Tim Robbins was here too playing Phil, a lab tech guy. Lea Thompson is nothing but a screeching damsel in distress, the police were total idiots, and we saw Howard’s little condom in his wallet.
Of course, the effects are terrible and Howard, himself, looks horrendous. The character is written improperly and is nothing more than a silly duck jokes and sexual innuendo.
There is a fun song at the end of the movie.
There are plenty of moments in the film that are so stupid that you can laugh at them. Not the comedic parts, mind you, but the parts that are meant to be exciting and fun. It is such a disappointment when compared to the comic book. The acting is terrible and the writing is juvenile. There is a remarkably racist scene at a restaurant that totally uses every negative stereotype from the 1980s and played for comedy.
Netflix has a new drama/sci-fi film on its service this weekend that has a small, but powerful cast of actors and a story that matches the skill level of the stars.
Starring Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, Daniel Dae-Kim and Shamier Anderson, Stowaway tells the story of a three-person mission heading to Mars when it is discovered that there is an unexpected, accidental stowaway on the vessel. Unfortunately, the trip was planned out as a three-person trip and, with the existence of a fourth person, the survival of all comes into question.
The science fiction aspects of the story are minimal, but there is some great science bits. This makes one think of Gravity from a few years ago.
Strength of the film is easily the cast. Anna Kendrick does a great job as the doctor who is the voice for human life. Toni Collette is her normal wonderful self, though I though she could have used more to do in the film. She certainly takes advantage of every minute she is on screen. LOST’s Jin… aka Daniel Dae-Kim is a solid addition and I am really happy to see him here.
The film avoids diving into the clichés that you may expect to happen with this type of moral dilemma presenting a unhappy choice. I was pleased to see the film take a more realistic twist on the story.
The film looked great too. The CGI and the environment of space and inside the ship are well done and match up with anything that you might see on the big screen.
The story does drag a bit at times, in particular, early in the movie. The slow burn might be a turn off for some who expected more of an excitement filled sci-fi flick. When the film brings the anxiety though, it does so in spades.
The biggest issue I had with much of this film is that I was never quite sure what was going on. There was a lot of confusing details, but the moments between characters made these fairly unimportant.
Good acting and some dramatic tension makes Stowaway a decent sci-fi film.
The Oscars are this Sunday night. I have seen most of the nominated films, though there are some that I have missed (the shorts in particular). I have decided to list off the nominees and then give your my predictions for winners.
Best Picture
“The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros.)
“Mank” (Netflix)
“Minari” (A24)
“Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) I personally enjoyed the Trial of the Chicago 7 and Promising Young Woman more, but I think Nomadland is the most well rounded film of the group. Judas and the Black Messiah might be a sleeper pick.
“Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)
“Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix)
Best Director
Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round”)
David Fincher (“Mank”)
Lee Isaac Chung (“Minari”)
Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) ChloéZhao does an amazing job with this story and the shots of the landscape are gorgeous. She also does a fantastic job getting performances out of the non-actors in her cast.
Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”)
Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”)This feels like a sure thing. Not only do they get a chance to reward Chadwick in his final film, but the role was a dramatic sensation.
Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”)
Gary Oldman (“Mank”)
Steven Yeun (“Minari”)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”)
Andra Day (“The United States v. Billie Holiday”)
Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”)
Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”)
Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”) I think Carey Mulligan truly gave a transcendent performance in this revenge flick. Viola Davis is my sleeper pick, but Mulligan takes this.
Best Supporting Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”)
Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) Daniel Kaluuya is the driving force behind Judas. While the others in this category are all great in their films, Kaluuya takes it to the next level. I think the only way Kaluuya does not win is if Lakeith Stanfield splits the vote. In that case, Paul Raci may get the nod.
Leslie Odom Jr. (“One Night in Miami”)
Paul Raci (“Sound of Metal”)
Lakeith Stanfield (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova (‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”)
Glenn Close (“Hillbilly Elegy”)
Olivia Colman (“The Father”)
Amanda Seyfried (“Mank”)
Youn Yuh-jung (“Minari”) The Grandma from Minari stands out among a strong group of women (and Glenn Close). While I think Maria Bakalova may be a possibility, Youn Yuh-jung made the best impression on the film.
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” Peter Baynham, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Nina Pedrad, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Swimer
“The Father,” Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
“Nomadland,” Chloé Zhao
“One Night in Miami,” Kemp PowersThe screenplay for this movie is easily the strength of the movie.
“The White Tiger,” Ramin Bahrani
Best Original Screenplay
“Judas and the Black Messiah,” Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas, Kenneth Lucas
“Minari,” Lee Isaac Chung
“Promising Young Woman,” Emerald Fennell
“Sound of Metal,” Abraham Marder, Darius Marder, Derek Cianfrance
“The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Aaron Sorkin The Academy loves Aaron Sorkin, I think this is the award that the Academy gives to the Trial of the Chicago 7.
Best Original Song
“Fight for You,” (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) I don’t know any of these songs so I am just making a guess.
“Hear My Voice,” (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”)
“Húsavík,” (“Eurovision Song Contest”)
“Io Si (Seen),” (“The Life Ahead”)
“Speak Now,” (“One Night in Miami”)
Best Original Score
“Da 5 Bloods,” Terence Blanchard
“Mank,” Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
“Minari,” Emile Mosseri
“News of the World,” James Newton Howard
“Soul,” Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste The score of this Pixar film is nearly like another character. It is above everything else in this category.
Best Sound
“Greyhound,” Odin Benitez, Jason King, Christian P. Minkler, Michael Minkler, Jeff Sawyer
“Mank,” Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance, Drew Kunin
“News of the World,” John Pritchett, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller, Oliver Tarney, Michael Fentum
“Soul,” Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Vince Caro
“Sound of Metal,” Phillip Bladh, Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés, Carolina Santana The sound, or lack thereof, of Sound of Metal is unbelievable. The sound tells the story almost as much as the words.
Best Costume Design
“Emma,” Alexandra Byrne
“Mank,” Trish Summerville Not my favorite, but I believe that the Academy will want to give an award to Mank. The Academy loves movies about movies, and it is a period piece so the costumes are a good place.
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Ann Roth
“Mulan,” Bina Daigeler
“Pinocchio”
Best Animated Short Film
“Burrow” (Disney Plus/Pixar) Haven’t seen these so sticking with the Pixar one seems reasonable.
“Genius Loci” (Kazak Productions)
“If Anything Happens I Love You” (Netflix)
“Opera” (Beasts and Natives Alike)
“Yes-People” (CAOZ hf. Hólamói)
Best Live Action Short Film
“Feeling Through”
“The Letter Room”
“The Present”
“Two Distant Strangers” Another guess, but I saw this on Netflix so maybe I should watch it before the ceremony.
“White Eye”
Best Animated Feature Film
“Onward” (Pixar)
“Over the Moon” (Netflix)
“Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon” (Netflix)
“Soul” (Pixar) I prefer Wolfwalkers, but I think Soul is the popular choice here.
“Wolfwalkers” (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS)
Best Cinematography
“Judas and the Black Messiah,” Sean Bobbitt
“Mank,” Erik Messerschmidt
“News of the World,” Dariusz Wolski
“Nomadland,” Joshua James Richards Beautiful cinematography which makes this film one of the best of the year.
“The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Phedon Papamichael
Best Documentary Feature
“Collective” (Magnolia Pictures and Participant) Total guess. Haven’t seen any of these.
“Crip Camp” (Netflix)
“The Mole Agent” (Gravitas Ventures)
“My Octopus Teacher” (Netflix)
“Time” (Amazon Studios)
Best Documentary Short Subject
“Colette” (Time Travel Unlimited)
“A Concerto Is a Conversation” (Breakwater Studios) Sounds like something the Academy likes….
“Do Not Split” (Field of Vision)
“Hunger Ward” (MTV Documentary Films)
“A Love Song for Latasha” (Netflix)
Best Film Editing
“The Father,” Yorgos Lamprinos
“Nomadland,” Chloé Zhao
“Promising Young Woman,” Frédéric Thoraval
“Sound of Metal,” Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
“The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Alan Baumgarten
Best International Feature Film
“Another Round” (Denmark)
“Better Days” (Hong Kong)
“Collective” (Romania)
“The Man Who Sold His Skin” (Tunisia)
“Quo Vadis, Aida?”(Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“Emma,” Marese Langan
“Hillbilly Elegy,” Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney, Matthew Mungle
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Matiki Anoff, Mia Neal, Larry M. Cherry
“Mank,” Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams
“Pinocchio,” Dalia Colli, Anna Kieber, Sebastian Lochmann, Stephen Murphy
Best Production Design
“The Father,” Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara, Diana Stoughton
“Mank,” Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale
“News of the World,” David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan
“Tenet,” Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas
Best Visual Effects
“Love and Monsters”
“The Midnight Sky,” Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Dave Watkins, Max Solomon
“Mulan,” Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury, Steve Ingram
“The One and Only Ivan,” Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones, Santiago Colomo Martinez
“Tenet,” Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley, Scott R. Fisher, Mike Chambers
I was actually looking forward to the new Mortal Kombat movie. No reason. I had only a mild interest in the video game when I was younger and the other Mortal Kombat movie left a lot to be desired. There was just something about this one that intrigued me.
Now after seeing the film on HBO Max, I realized that I was fooling myself. This was terrible.
To be fair, if you are a fan of the video game, there may be more here than I think.
This version was rated R and it was extremely bloody and violent. It is some of that blood that seems to be there for no other reason than to be gory.
MMA fighter Cole Young (Lewis Tang) is a descendent to one of the greatest ninjas of all-time, Hanzo (Hiroyuki Sanada) who had been attacked and killed by Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim) in an attempt to remove the bloodline. Now, Cole is trying to gather the heroes of earth to battle against the forces of Outworld. Head of those forces, Shang Tsung (Chin Han), is trying to destroy earth’s forces before the great tournament that would put the world’s fate in balance.
This is so dumb. I will state off the bat that the movie has some good fight scenes, though I thought the blood was a distraction. The CGI was certainly better than the original movie, which had some of the worst CGI of the time. The acting was okay. I would not push it any farther than that.
The story was weak. The dialogue was terrible. We have very little connection to any of the characters outside of the fact that they had a resemblance to the characters we know from the game. The third act featured one of the sloppiest deus ex machinas that I have seen in quite awhile.
I expect that this is one of those movies, like the Fast and the Furious franchise, that everyone says you have to understand what kind of movie it is and that you should not come into Mortal Kombat expecting much. I’ve never truly understood that thinking. Either a movie is good or it is not. It is subjective so you really shouldn’t need to clarify why you like a movie when it is a piece of garbage. The new Mortal Kombat movie is garbage, but there are plenty of people who will defend it as “fun” and that this is one of those “types” of films. I wish I found much of anything in this fun so maybe I could stick my head in the sand and pretend that this is a good movie. It is not.
SPOILERS FOR THE FINALE OF THE FALCON AND WINTER SOLDIER, EPISODE 6
This show was initially expected to be back to the Marvel formula of action. You have two buff stars and everybody absolutely knew that this was going to be nothing but a big Marvel action fest.
Oh, we did not know what we were going to get.
While the show had plenty of great action, The Falcon and the White Soldier brought so much more to the six episode series. The show dealt with issues of identity, racial disparity and entitlement and did them all extremely well. The show built Sam Wilson up into a position where it was clearly his right to take the mantel of Captain America.
The new Wakandan uniform is exceptional and appeared very comic book accurate. There was a slight concern on my part that they might remove the wings, but I was extremely pleased to see Sam rocketing across the sky at the beginning of the show.
The sixth episode starts with a ton of action, including some amazing aerial fights involving helicopters. The scenes are brilliantly shot and fill the anxiety of the viewers.
During the action scenes, we get confirmed that Sharon Carter was indeed the Power Broker. We did not get much info on why she is now the Power Broker (though they hinted at how the US ignored her), but I fully expect that the character of Sharon Carter has more to do in the MCU and that we will learn more about her as the years movie along.
She did end up killing Karli to “save” Sam’s life. She did save Sam as Karli was preparing to shoot him, but she was also doing it to keep the secret that she was the Power Broker silent. Sam brought the body of Karli to the authorities in a gorgeously shot scene.
John Walker has a bit of redemption in the action scenes too as he showed up with his newly minted shield. It may not have lasted long in the battle, but Walker made a solid choice to try and help save a group of people in a truck that were about to fall to their deaths. Wyatt Russell brought a really complex character in the series and, thankfully, he survived the show and, thanks to Julia Louis-Dreyfus, he is able to take his place as USAgent. Looking forward to more from him.
The monologue Sam gives to the Senator and the other members of the GRC is the final step for Sam to become Captain America in the eyes of the world. There are so many great lines included in the monologue that showed the world, including Isaiah, that he had the strength of character to be Cap. Bucky called him Cap. Tears came to my eyes when a bystander yelled “Yes, Black Falcon!” and another one said to him, “No, that’s Captain America.” Beautiful.
Speaking of beautiful, the scene at the end with Sam and Isaiah at the Smithsonian was such a wonderful tag to the side story of Isaiah.
More details:
Batroc dies. Shot by Sharon.
Amazing scene where Sam flies through the helicopter, snatching away the pilot.
With Eli Bradley following with his grandfather, how long before we get The Patriot. The Smithsonian scene probably helped open Isaiah’s mind for the future of the Young Avenger.
Zemo gets the last laugh. His butler blows up the remaining Super Soldiers.
Sharon melted one of the super soldiers with poison gas. That was brutal.
Who does Sharon call in the mid credit scene? She got her pardon, her job back and an in to the secrets and weapons of the US government.
Hey Bucky… don’t take a cell phone from a mysterious person. You could die from that.
When Sam lands on the bridge, wraps his wings around the shield and allows the helicopter to bounce off him… I mean… WOW!
Two Redwings!
Walker quoting Lincoln. “Mercy bears richer fruit than strict justice.” Don’t quote Lincoln John.
Bucky gets invited to the cookout!
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier delivered great action and unexpected depth of character and emotion. This was the second huge hit for Marvel Studios on Disney +.
And now you can call it Captain America and the Winter Soldier!
For most of the time I was watching the Canadian horror/sci-fi film, Come True, I was mesmerized. There is a lot to like here. However, the ending of this film really takes the story in directions that…one, I did not see coming and…two, make very little sense.
18-year-old runaway Sarah Dunne (Julia Sarah Stone) sets herself up for a sleep disorder study to deal with her recurring nightmares. Soon, she discovers that the sleep study has more going on than one expects.
However, that is not what this movie is about. It is about dreams and about the nightmares that frighten us all. Or is it?
Through much of the film’s run time, Come True is beautifully shot and creates a feel of a living dream by the use of lights and imagery that is in a constant haze. It really is a lovely looking movie and one that is unlike any I have seen in quite a long time.
Narratively speaking, I have no idea exactly what happened.
Perhaps that is the purpose. Dreams can be a confusing and disjointed experience and maybe that is what this film is trying to portray. It just feels as if the third act of this movie took what was developing nicely in the first hour of the film and tossed it aside for a shock ending that is meant to be smarter than it turned out to be. The last part of this movie was a real letdown.
However, the first two acts were very strong and moved things along extremely well. There were plenty of situations that may have confused you, but it felt as if there was a progression of the story, and, again, it is beautifully shot. The acting is very solid, despite the cast being a group of actors whom I had never seen before. I really liked Julia Sarah Stone in this film. She felt as if she dominated the screen when she appeared and she carried herself like a star.
The other major role here was that of Jeremy (Landon Liboiron), but, after seeing the ending of the movie, his importance in the film may be up for debate. He was believable here.
I am happy I watched this, but I cannot shake the feeling that I was thinking that this could have been a classic film, only to have it spoiled by a nonsensical ending. After the first hour or so, I was thinking that this would be somewhere in the 4.5 stars range, but it took quite a downturn in my opinion. I’d still recommend you watch it, but temper your expectations.
Benedict Cumberbatch has been making a career outside of the MCU playing characters that are real life people with gigantic stories to tell. He was Stuart Couch in the Mauritanian. He was Alan Turning in The Imitation Game. He was Billy Bulger in Black Mass. Now he is Greville Wynne in The Courier.
The Courier tells the true story of a British businessman, in the heart of the Cold War, recruited by MI6 to meet with Russian informant Colonel Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) who had vital information that dealt with world safety. Taking place around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, The Courier highlighted the courageous actions of two men inside the former Soviet Union leading to vital intelligence coming to the West.
The movie does a fantastic job of showing the relationship between Wynne and Oleg. Among the danger and the espionage happening, these two formed a bond of friendship that is put to the test later in the movie. It shows how two people from different background and lands can put aside any issues they may have and make a connection.
Benedict Cumberbatch is tremendous here, continuing his strong run of roles. He has shown quite admirably that he is more than just Doctor Strange or Sherlock Holmes. His well-roundedness is on display once again in these true stories.
This was a tale that I had never heard about and the drama behind the Cuban Missile Crisis is always intense and suspenseful. The world was quite literally on the brink of nuclear war and the way that informs this story is well done. The Courier provides us with an old school spy thriller feel and keeps you on the edge of your seat. Something happens in the third act that I was not expecting and I found myself completely engrossed in it.
The beginning of the movie was a little slow, but it ratcheted up quickly as it progressed. There was a sub story with both men and their individual marriages. in particular, Sheila (Jessie Buckley), wife of Greville Wynne who believed he was having another affair in his constant trips to the USSR. The relationships in The Courier are truly the main attraction of the movie.
This is a strong film with a story that is both tense and exceptional that was unknown enough to make it engaging.
Next weekend, Warner Brothers will release a new movie version of the classic video game Mortal Kombat, which reboots the series from a movie from 1995 that is considered a fun film by some. I had never seen the film before and I thought it might be a good idea to watch before the new movie next week. In retrospect, I sure hope that next week’s new film is better than this.
Bringing all of the main characters from the video game, Mortal Kombat sets up a mystical tournament that is meant to save the world. That is about it for a plot.
We had Johnny Cage (Linden Ashby), Sonya Blade (Bridgette Wilson), Liu Kang (Robin Shou) join Lord Raiden (Christopher Lambert) into the battle. The sorcerer Shang Tsung (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) was here too on the villainous side.
There is such a bunch of crap here. The dialogue is laughable. The special effects are terrible, even for 1995. The characters are cardboard. There is no basic plot. The action was okay.
Shang Tsung is the mustache-twirling villain with nothing much more than that. Sub-Zero and Scorpion are here, but are way under represented. Goro is ridiculous looking.
I could understand someone liking this if you are hoping for something really stupid just to watch. Really stupid is exactly what this is. Can it be fun? Maybe. I still hope next week’s film is deeper.
I have decided to undertake a special binge for the coming spring/summer season here at EYG. Beginning on April 29th and throughout summer vacation, I will be watching a movie every day and writing a review for the Doc’s Classic Movies Reviewed section of the site. Each of these films will be movies that I have never actually seen before.
I have been working on a list, but I believe that I need to add more. If my count is correct, I will need in excess of 100 movies to complete the task.
Qualifications for the film:
The movie is one that I have not seen all the way through before. I may have seen scenes or parts of the movie, but I have not seen it from beginning to end.
It is a movie that has been released prior to 2021.
At first, the plan was to start the DailyView when my school ended for the 20-21 school year, but I was getting excited to get started so I took a personal day and planned on starting off the binge fest on April 29th. This will continue through all of May, June and July and then into August, until school restarts (and maybe for awhile after that).
As school concludes this year, the only day that may cause some issues will be Wednesday nights so I believe that I will need to be precise with my schedule.
This will not include any of the new releases that will come out during the time frame. I will still do those. There may also be some weekend binges that may be themed through the summer (for example, perhaps I would do a weekend July 4th Binge, including movies that I have seen before…such as Independence Day). If I do another binge along the way, I will make sure to include something that qualifies for the DailyView.
I hope to spread the genres out during DailyView. Comedies, Horror, Action/Adventure. Documentaries, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Westerns, Animated, Biopics etc. Many of these are going to be considered classics that are holes in my viewing and some will be movies that may not be widely known.
There may be some days where I will exceed the one film a day. In fact, on April 29th, I am considering kicking off DailyView with a binge of several films.
I am excited to get started on this project. I will maintain the count of films on this post. Some will be great. Some may be rotten. Bring them on! Happy viewing!
DailyView
April 29, 2021: The Maltese Falcon (1941)
……………………… Danger: Diabolik (1968)
……………………… Under Siege (1992)
……………………… Watership Down (1978)
April 30, 2021: Touch of Evil (1958)
May 1, 2021: Bridesmaids (2011)
………………….. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
May 2, 2021: Constantine (2005)
…………………… All About Eve (1950)
May 3, 2021: Duck Soup (1933)
May 4, 2021: Death Becomes Her (1992)
May 5, 2021: The Kid (1921)
May 6, 2021: Bowfinger (1999)
May 7, 2021: Juno (2007)
May 8, 2021: American Splendor (2003)
…………………… Saving Private Ryan (1998)
…………………. Enchanted (2007)
May 9, 2021: The Magnificent Seven (1960)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . First Blood (1982)
May 10, 2021: The Lady Vanishes (1938)
May 11. 2021: Holes (2003)
May 12, 2021: The Immigrant (1917)
May 13, 2021: Highlander (1986)
May 14, 2021: Phantom of the Opera (1943)
May 15, 2021: The Sound of Music (1965)
May 16,2021: Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
. . . . . . . . . . . … Young Guns II (1990)
May 17, 2021: Tuck Everlasting (2002)
May 18, 2021: My Octopus Teacher (2020)
May 19, 2021: Sunnyside (1919)
May 20, 2021: The Night of the Hunter (1955)
May 21, 2021: Wendigo (2001)
May 22, 2021: Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula (2020)
. . . ……. . . . . … . Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
May 30, 2021: The Gift (2000)
. . . . . .. . . . . …… The Prince of Egypt (1998)
May 31, 2021: Apocalypse Now (1979)
……………………. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991)
………………….. Black Hawk Down (2001)
June 1, 2021: The ‘Burbs(1989)
. .. . . . . . .. . . . . Caddyshack (1980)
June 2, 2021: Crazy Hong Kong (1993)
……………………. The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976)
June 3, 2021: Ever After: A Cinderella Story (2001)
…………………… The Kid Detective (2020)
…………………… The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
June 4, 2021: THX 1138 (1971)
……………………. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
June 5, 2021:Heat (1995)
……………………. The French Connection (1971)
June 6, 2021: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
……………………. The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
June 7, 2021: The Next Karate Kid (1994)
…………………… The Gods Must Be Crazy(1980)
June 8, 2021: Soylent Green (1973)
……………………. Christine (1983)
……………………. Cold Skin (2018)
June 9, 2021: Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
June 10, 2021: The Sandlot 2 (2005)
June 11, 2021: Goodfellas (1990)
……………………. Escape from New York (1981)
June 12, 2021: Hairspray (2007)
…………………….. Cinderella Man (2005)
…………………….. Oklahoma (1955)
June 13, 2021: Rocky Balboa (2006)
…………………….. Ghostheads (2016)
…………………….. The Bourne Identity (2002)
June 14, 2021: The Warriors (1979)
……………………… The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
June 15, 2021: Clueless (1995)
…………………….. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
June 16, 2021: Village of the Damned (1960)
June 17, 2021: Dr. Giggles (1992)
…………………….. The Wrong Man (1956)
…………………….. Constantine: City of Demons-The Movie (2018)
…………………….. Yellow Submarine (1968)
June 18, 2021: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
……………………… Idiocracy (2006)
June 19, 2021: Dreamgirls (2006)
June 20, 2021: Road to Perdition (2002)
……………………… The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
June 21, 2021: The Aviator (2004)
……………………… The Natural (1984)
June 22, 2021: Under the Skin (2013)
……………………… Rambo: First Blood Part II(1985)
June 23, 2021: The Time Machine(1960)
June 24, 2021: The Manhattan Project (1986)
……………………… Raising Arizona (1987)
……………………… Monsters (2010)
June 25, 2021: Children of Men (2006)
June 26, 2021: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
……………………… Heavy Metal (1981)
June 27, 2021: Almost Famous (2000)
……………………… Creep 2 (2017)
June 28, 2021: Dreamscape (1984)
……………………… Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
June 29, 2021: The Silence (2019)
June 30, 2021: A Dog’s Life (1918)
July 1, 2021: Do the Right Thing (1989)
July 2, 2021: The Invitation (2015)
July 3, 2021: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
………………….. Team America: World Police (2004)
July 4, 2021: NationalTreasure(2004)
………………….. BeingEvel(2015)
………………….. TheMusicMan(1962)
………………….. YankeeDoodleDandy (1942)
July 5, 2021: Columbo: Prescription Murder (1968)
…………………… The King’s Speech (2010)
July 6, 2021: Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
………………….. Adam’s Rib (1949)
July 7, 2021: Domestic Disturbance (2001)
July 8, 2021: The Benchwarmers (2006)
………………….. Going in Style (1979)
July 9, 2021: Devil (2010)
July 10, 2021: Weekend at Bernie’s (1989)
July 11, 2021: Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
July 12, 2021: Mulholland Drive (2001)
……………………. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
July 13, 2021: Léon: The Professional (1994)
July 14, 2021: The Rink (1916)
……………………. Conan the Destroyer (1984)
July 15, 2021: When We Were Kings (1996)
……………………. Contact (1997)
July 16, 2021: Heathers (1989)
……………………. Stan Lee Presents: Mosaic (2007)
July 17, 2021: The Bay (2012)
……………………. Real Steel (2011)
July 18, 2021: Dune (1984)
……………………. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
July 19, 2021: Three Days of the Condor (1975)
July 20, 2021: The Conversation (1974)
…………………….. Trog (1970)
…………………….. Bob Dylan: Don’t Look Back (1967)
…………………….. Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
July 21, 2021: Harvey (1950)
July 22, 2021: Splash (1984)
…………………….. The Big Chill (1983)
…………………….. Munster, Go Home (1966)
July 23, 2021: The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
July 24, 2021: Spy Game (2001)
July 25, 2021: The Wiz (1978)
…………………….. Dragonwyck (1946)
July 26, 2021: Frailty (2001)
…………………….. Risky Business (1983)
July 27, 2021: Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
July 28, 2021: Snatch (2000)
July 29, 2021: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
July 30, 2021: Logan’s Run (1976)
July 31, 2021: Jackie Chan’s First Strike (1996)
August 1, 2021: The Graduate (1967)
………………………. Jezebel (1938)
August 2, 2021: Fast & Furious (2009)
……………………….. The Green Mile (1999)
August 3, 2021: The Man Nobody Knew (2011)
August 4, 2021: Wedding Crashers (2005)
………………………… Laura (1944)
August 5, 2021: Cujo (1983)
August 6, 2021: Flightplan (2005)
……………………….. King Solomon’s Mines (1950)
August 7, 2021: Cop Land (1997)
……………………….. Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau(2014)
August 8, 2021: Fractured (2019)
……………………….. Eraserhead (1977)
……………………….. Sunshine (2007)
August 9, 2021: U-571 (2000)
August 10, 2021: Black Swan (2010)
August 11, 2021: A Night in the Show (1915)
August 12, 2021: Rim of the World (2019)
August 13, 2021: Titan A.E. (2000)
…………………………. Friday the 13th (1980)
August 14, 2021: The Defiant Ones (1958)
August 15, 2021: Easy Rider (1969)
August 16, 2021: The Raven (1935)
August 17, 2021: The Idle Class (1921)
August 18, 2021: The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005)
August 19, 2021: O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)
August 20, 2021: Flipper (1963)
August 21, 2021: Dirty Dancing (1987)
August 22, 2021: Dark Places (2015)
August 23, 2021: A Night at the Opera (1935)
August 24, 2021: Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
August 25, 2021: Nice and Friendly (1922)
August 26, 2021: Sabotage (1936)
August 27, 2021: Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever (2015)
August 28, 2021: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
August 29, 2021: The Dirty Dozen (1967)
August 30, 2021: A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
August 31, 2021: Peggy Sue GotMarried (1986)
September 1, 2021: Runaway (1984)
September 2, 2021: Pay Day (1922)
September 3, 2021: SingleWhite Female (1992)
September 4, 2021: Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Summer is coming to an end, but the DailyView is going on….
We are extending the DailyView binge, hopefully, through the end of the year. With school going, this could be a challenge, but EYG is going to give it a try.
September 5, 2021: Pocahontas (1995)
September 6, 2021: From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
………………………………. Observe & Report (2009)
September 7, 2021: Eye for an Eye (1996)
September 8, 2021: Abandon (2002)
September 9, 2021: Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
September 10, 2021: Black Christmas (1974)
September 11, 2021: Big Fish (2003)
September 12, 2021: Labyrinth (1986)
……………………………….. The Wicker Man (2006)
September 13, 2021: The Squid and the Whale (2005)
September 14, 2021: The Killing (1956)
September 15, 2021: A Day’s Pleasures (1919)
September 16, 2021: Primer (2004)
September 17, 2021: Sleepwalk With Me (2012)
September 18, 2021: The Truman Show(1998)
……………………………….. Peter Pan (2003)
……………………………….. Drain the Sunken Pirate City (2017)
September 19, 2021: The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
……………………………….. Treasure Island (1950)
September 20, 2021: The Limey (1999)
September 21, 2021: Robots (2005)
September 22, 2021: Jason X (2001)
September 23, 2021: Westworld (1973)
September 24, 2021: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
September 25, 2021: A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
……………………………….. The Raid: Redemption (2011)
September 26, 2021: And Then There Were None (1945)
………………………………… Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
………………………………… Breakdown (1997)
September 27, 2021: Blackfish (2013)
September 28, 2021: Witchfinder General (1968)
September 29, 2021: Terror By Night (1946)
September 30, 2021: The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
October 1, 2021: I Am a Ghost (2012)
October 2, 2021: Bloodsport (1988)
October 3, 2021: Butterfly Kisses (2018)
October 4, 2021: Tales of Terror (1962)
October 5, 2021: The Limehouse Golem (2016)
October 6, 2021: Shoulder Arms (1918)
October 7, 2021: Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
October 8, 2021: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964)
October 9, 2021: Session 9 (2001)
October 10, 2021: Premonition (2007)
October 11, 2021: The Boy Behind the Door (2020)
October 12, 2021: Prevenge (2016)
October 13, 2021: Hellraiser (1987)
October 14, 2021: The Old Dark House (1932)
October 15, 2021: Re-Animator (1985)
October 16, 2021: Prom Night (1980)
..………………………. Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
October 17, 2021: The Haunted Mansion (2003)
October 18, 2021: The Wicker Man (1973)
October 19, 2021: Sleepaway Camp (1983)
October 20, 2021: The Spider Woman (1943)
October 21, 2021: The Pilgrim (1923)
October 22, 2021: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
October 23, 2021: Battle Royale (2000)
October 24, 2021: Cursed (2005)
October 25, 2021: The Flight That Disappeared (1961)
October 26, 2021: The HauntedHouse (1921)
October 27, 2021: Dead & Buried (1981)
October 28, 2021: Stephen King’s Cat’s Eye (1985)
October 29, 2021: The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
October 30, 2021: Rabid (1977)
October 31, 2021: Kalifornia (1993)
November 1, 2021: Cold Turkey (1971)
November 2, 2021: Mr. Bean’s Holiday (2007)
November 3, 2021: The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
November 4, 2021: One Week (1920)
November 5, 2021: Mark Twain and Me (1991)
November 6, 2021: Charade (1963)
November 7, 2021: Sexy Beast (2000)
November 8, 2021: Ghost in the Machine (1995)
November 9, 2021: A History of Violence (2005)
November 10, 2021: Earwig and the Witch (2020)
November 11, 2021: The Cure (1917)
November 12, 2021: The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)
November 13, 2021: Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
………………………………. What’s Love Got to Do With It (1993)
November 14, 2021: A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out (1992)
……………………………….. Awakenings (1990)
……………………………….. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
November 15, 2021: The Black Dahlia (2006)
……………………………….. Top Five (2014)
November 16, 2021: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
November 17, 2021: Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
November 18, 2021: Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
November 19, 2021: The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
November 20, 2021: Rent (2005)
November 21, 2021: Let Me In (2010)
November 22, 2021: The Fireman (1916)
November 23, 2021: Where’d You Go, Bernadette (2019)
November 24, 2021: Easter Island Unsolved (2018)
November 25, 2021: The Beatles: Up Close and Personal (2008)
………………………………… Across the Universe (2007)
November 26, 2021: 8 Mile (2002)
November 27, 2021: The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)
November 28, 2021: Benny Loves You (2019)
November 29, 2021: Atlantis: Milo’s Return (2003)
November 30, 2021: Munich (2005)
December 1, 2021: A Muppet Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)
December 2, 2021: The Queen (2006)
December 3, 2021: Shipwrecked (1990)
December 4, 2021: Gods and Monsters (1998)
December 5, 2021: Love Actually (2003)
December 6, 2021: The Adventurer (1917)
December 7, 2021: Movie Trailers: A Love Story (2020)
December 8, 2021: Jingle All The Way (1996)
December 9, 2021:Better Watch Out (2016)
December 10, 2021: Newsies (1992)
December 11, 2021: The Postcard Killings (2020)
December 12, 2021: Still of the Night (1982)
………………………………. Shane (1953)
December 13, 2021: The Rite (2011)
Announcement…
The DailyView has been extended once again…now in an attempt to go for 365 days straight. This is the final extension and the DailyView now will end on April 28, 2022. 365 days in a row. Can it be done?
December 14, 2021: The Christmas Star (1986)
December 15, 2021: Hunt for the Abominable Snowman (2011)
December 16, 2021: Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983)
December 17, 2021: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
December 18, 2021: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
………………………………. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
December 19, 2021: The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
December 20, 2021: Cleopatra (1963)
December 21, 2021: Reindeer Games (2000)
December 22, 2021: The Gambler (1980)
December 23, 2021: MacGruber (2010)
………………………………. Trick ‘r Treat (2007)
December 24, 2021: A Very Murray Christmas (2015)
………………………………. White Christmas (1954)
December 25, 2021: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
………………………………. El Camino Christmas (2017)
………………………………. Walk the Line (2005)
December 26, 2021: Monster (2003)
………………………………. Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1992)
………………………………. Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
December 27, 2021: Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
………………………………. Sudden Fear (1952)
December 28, 2021: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
………………………………. The Naked City (1948)
December 29, 2021: Bound (1996)
December 30, 2021: Sign ‘o’ the Times (1987)
………………………………. Another Fine Mess (1930)
December 31, 2021: The Stolen Jools (1931)
January 1, 2022: Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018)
…………………………. Descendants (2015)
January 2, 2022: Find Me Guilty (2006)
………………………… The 39 Steps (1935)
January 3, 2022: The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
January 4, 2022: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
January 5, 2022: Spellbound (1945)
………………………… Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)
January 6, 2022: The Laundromat (2019)
January 7, 2022: To Sir, With Love II (1996)
January 8, 2022: Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
………………………….. Incident in a Ghostland (2018)
January 9, 2022: Man with the Screaming Brain (2005)
…………………………. American Factory 美国工厂 (2019)
…………………………. Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of your Life (2018)
…………………………. The Sign of Zorro (1958)
January 10, 2022: Dirty Work (1998)
January 11, 2022: Lilies of the Field (1963)
January 12, 2022: The Polka King (2017)
January 13, 2022: Unaccustomed As We Are (1929)
January 14, 2022: 1922 (2017)
January 15, 2022: A Kind of Murder (2016)
January 16, 2022: Step Brothers (2008)
January 17, 2022: Elephant (2003)
January 18, 2022: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
…………………………… The Sit Downers (1937)
January 19, 2022: The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)
January 20, 2022: 10 Things I HateAbout You (1999)
January 21, 2022: Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
January 22, 2022: City of Ember (2008)
…………………………… Riders of Justice (2020)
…………………………… Son of Bigfoot (2017)
January 23, 2022: The Right Stuff(1983)
…………………………… The Departed (2006)
…………………………… My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)
January 24, 2022: Tell Me Who I Am (2019)
January 25, 2022: Only (2019)
January 26, 2022: March of the Penguins (2005)
January 27, 2022: Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
January 28, 2022: We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
January 29, 2022: Ready to Rumble (2000)
…………………………… Nacho Libre (2006)
…………………………… Tommaso Ciampa: blackHEART (2019)
January 30, 2022: Requiem for a Dream (2000)
…………………………… The Circus (1928)
…………………………… Shark Tale (2004)
…………………………… Burn After Reading (2008)
January 31, 2022: Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
February 1, 2022: The Notebook (2004)
February 2, 2022: The Photograph (2020)
February 3, 2022: Annie Hall (1977)
February 4, 2022: Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
February 5, 2022: Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
…………………………… Small Axe: Mangrove (2020)
February 6, 2022: The Big White (2005)
February 7, 2022: Night and Fog (1955)
…………………………… Sweetheart (2019)
February 8, 2022: Remastered: Who Shot the Sheriff (2018)
February 9, 2022: Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door (2007)
February 10, 2022: Population 436 (2006)
February 11, 2022: 13th (2016)
February 12, 2022: Small Axe: Lovers Rock (2020)
…………………………….. Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (2008)
February 13, 2022: The Freshman (1925)
…………………………….. Safety (2020)
…………………………….. Brian’s Song (1971)
February 14, 2022: Small Axe: Red, White and Blue (2020)
February 15, 2022: My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
…………………………….. Up in the Air (2009)
…………………………….. Small Axe: Alex Wheatle (2020)
…………………………….. Driveways (2020)
February 16, 2022: Small Axe: Education (2020)
February 17, 2022: Elvis on Tour (1972)
February 18, 2022: Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest (1987)
February 19, 2022: Bottle Rocket (1996)
February 20, 2022: Lady in White (1988)
February 21, 2022: Michael Jackson’s This is It (2009)
…………………………….. Thirteen Days (2000)
February 22, 2022: The Cat Returns (2002)
…………………………….. Sparrows (1926)
February 23, 2022: The January Man (1989)
February 24, 2022: The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
……………………………… A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)
February 25, 2022: Back in Time (2015)
February 26, 2022: Parkland (2013)
February 27, 2022: Mindhorn (2017)
…………………………….. The Final Cut (2004)
…………………………….. Ink (2009)
February 28, 2022: Bringing Up Baby (1938)
March 1, 2022: On the Trail of…Bigfoot: The Legend (2019)
March 2, 2022: Murder By Death (1976)
March 3, 2022: Other Side of the Box (2018)
March 4, 2022: Boy (2010)
March 5, 2022: On the Trail of Bigfoot: The Search (2020)
………………………. Stan Lee Presents: The Condor (2007)
………………………. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
March 6, 2022: 99 Homes (2014)
………………………. High Noon (1952)
………………………. Meet the Hitlers (2016)
………………………. That Thing You Do! (1996)
March 7, 2022: Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
March 8, 2022: Don’t Look Now (1973)
March 9, 2022: King Tut in Colour (2020)
March 10, 2022: The Sky (2020)
………………………… Fabricated (2016)
March 11, 2022: Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
……………………….. Rewind (2019)
March 12, 2022: Perfume: The Story of aMurderer (2006)
……………………….. My Darling Clementine (1946)
……………………….. What Haunts Us (2018)
March 13, 2022: Mom and Dad (2017)
………………………… Relentless (2020)
………………………… Raising Cain (1992)
March 14, 2022: Eagle vs. Shark (2007)
March 15, 2022: The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
March 16, 2022: Cannibal Island (2015)
March 17, 2022: The Snapper (1993)
………………………… The Secret of Kells (2009)
March 18, 2022: Missing Mom (2016)
March 19, 2022: The Boondock Saints (1999)
………………………… Broken Flowers (2005)
March 20, 2022: Lured (1947)
………………………… Ghostwatch (1992)
March 21, 2022: The Legend of Hell House (1973)
March 22, 2022: Three O’Clock High (1987)
………………………… Mean Girls (2004)
March 23, 2022: Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About his Father (2008)
March 24, 2022: Last Flag Flying (2017)
March 25, 2022: King Creole (1958)
March 26, 2022: Suspect Zero (2004)
March 27, 2022: Mrs. Miniver (1942)
…………………………. Tom Jones (1963)
…………………………. An American in Paris (1951)
March 28, 2022: Marty (1955)
March 29, 2022: The Lost Weekend (1945)
March 30, 2022: All the King’s Men (1949)
March 31, 2022: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011)
April 1, 2022: Curfew (2012)
April 2, 2022: Kayfabe: A Fake Real Movie About a Fake Real Sport (2007)
April 3, 2022: My Breakfast with Blassie (1983)
…………………….. My Dinner with Andre (1981)
……………………. Stutterer (2015)
April 4, 2022: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
April 5, 2022: Near Dark (1987)
April 6, 2022: Birth of the Living Dead (2013)
April 7, 2022: JCVD (2008)
April 8, 2022: They Go Boom (1929)
April 9, 2022: Ordinary People (1980)
April 10, 2022: Summer of 84 (2018)
………………………. Fernando Nation (2010)
April 11, 2022: Howl (2015)
April 12, 2022: The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
April 13, 2022: Jonestown: Paradise Lost (2007)
April 14, 2022: Brick (2005)
April 15, 2022: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
……………………… The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
April 16, 2022: Cedar Rapids (2011)
April 17, 2022: Nancy (2018)
……………………… Blood & Wine (1996)
……………………… The Madness of King George (1994)
April 18, 2022: Joe (2014)
……………………… Darkness Falls (2003)
April 19, 2022: The Quiet Ones (2014)
April 20, 2022: Pineapple Express (2008)
April 21, 2022: Immortal (2020)
April 22, 2022: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
April 23, 2022: The Voices (2014)
April 24, 2022: Changeling (2008)
………………………. Apocalypto (2006)
………………………. Escape from Pretoria (2020)
April 25, 2022: The Legend of Cocaine Island (2018)
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