Nicolas Cage plays Nick Cage, a fictionalized version of himself. He’s kind of the internet’s version of Nic Cage. It may seem like a one-trick movie, but the movie is actually really fun and I enjoyed it a lot.
Pedro Pascal plays a super-fan that pays $1 million for Nick Cage to come spend the day with him. The whole thing is great and to be honest, I think Pedro Pascal kind of steals the movie for a good part of it.
I am not a massive Nic Cage fan and I really enjoyed the movie. A fun comedy.
Played “Bill and Ted Face the Music” while I did some busy work. It was just fine; I don’t regret the time spent at all. A B+. I think it was streaming on Netflix.
Films featuring time travel generally demolish their own plot integrity, since other time travelers can overwrite anything that happens in the story. But that’s not an issue with Bill and Ted since the time travel is played for laughs.
Free on amazon prime. It’s not a documentary…they disclaim something at the beginning about fictionalizing certain things. Pretty interesting behind-the-scenes look, however. If you liked the series,I think you’ll want to see this. I don’t know how I missed it back in '99.
They made a few of these behind-the-TV-show docudramas about 20 years ago and some of them were quite good for TV movies. The one about TheMonkees was very good and even the one about Gilligan’s Island from Dawn Wells’ POV was interesting.
Return of the Chinese Boxer. Were there any other Japanese vs. Chinese kungfu flicks? This one had lots of weird weapons, zombies, gunfights, and terrible dubbing. If that’s your deal, check it out. I should look up the first one, I guess.
Just finished Operation Mincemeat. Nicely done stiff upper lip and all that. There was a phrase towards the end the caught me up. “They swallowed it rod, reel, and sinker.” I’ve always heard it as hook, line, and sinker. Is that a Britishism?
Interesting! I somehow missed that aspect though I gained the impression the series treated him as a national hero (I’ve never seen any of them.) The film I watched had the subtitles referring to their enemies as the “Japs” by the Chinese characters which was somewhat jarring.
I was just going to say that. I watched the Ip Man series after learning about Donnie Yan, having seen him in Rogue One.
Which I watched yesterday, followed by Episode IV. Actually I started watching Episode IV up to the part where, at Obi-Wan’s house, they see Princess Leia’s full recording. Then I had the urge to pause and watch Rogue One first. Then continue Episode IV. Very satisfying this way.
The Duke with Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren. “Based on a true story.” Right …
Set in 1961, a portrait of the Duke of Wellington is stolen from the National Gallery. Down-and-out Broadbent’s put up for it. But there’s a lot more to the story.
Give it 3 Goyas. Mostly okay but nothing special about it. Mirren really buries herself in the part. Can’t believe that is Dame Helen.
Just adding a thumbs up to Top Gun. Wife and i saw on iMax past weekend. A bit slow at the start/kind of a recap. Strong buildup all the way to the end. We savaged a huge pipcorn box down to the kernals. Not talking Oscars, just solid entertainment.
Grand and greatgrandkids saw Jurassic whatever at the same time. For them, it was four stars - dinosaurs and people being eaten. Forget the critics, plot, science. PEOPLE BEING EATEN!! Take the kids and don’t roll your eyes out of your head.
Too windy to work outside, so I had Trog on in the background on TCM as I avoiding doing anything productive at all. A couple observations…
Doesn’t the ‘C’ in TCM stand for Classic? Trog is no Classic.
Joan Crawford? Really??? Goddamn, she must have been flat broke and hard up. Not her best moment.
I have a deeper appreceation for the lame “Gorilla Mask” gag on Bob’s Burgers. The make-up in this movie was… not. Somebody just threw a guy a hairy mask and fuzzy slippers and said, “That’ll do!”