NewEnglandGothic

Just finished "Extremis." Loving everything so far. Capaldi is the man!

Don't forget 1975's Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars! Although I enjoyed 1999's "The Mummy," these episodes packs enough cliffhanger-thrills, mummies and laughs to rival the original Universal Mummy movie. Definitely, one for the home video library! #sutekhmustlive

That was a quick marriage to Blake Jenner. Faster than a speeding bullet one might say.

Jaws: The Revenge? I just bought Jaws 3 at Dollar Tree for $1. What a difference adulthood makes, as I haven't watched in 30 years. I don't care if Richard Matheson worked on it in some level or not, its still a pale imitation of the original. I didn't hate Jaws 2 nor did I like it too much either. Maybe it needed Spielberg and Dreyfuss to return to Amity.

Down an estimated 44.6% on it's second weekend. Impressive! Things looking a lot better for funnybook movies and that's something to be happy about.

The next episode "Smile" looks good, with the emoji robots. Probably start watching in a bit after stacking some wood.

Just finished "The Pilot." Loved it! Classic Who! Pearl Mackie is flat out wonderful as well.

I think it all depends on the competition. If Titanic kept it's original release of the Summer of '97, I think it would have had a couple hundred million knocked off it's tally. That was a big summer of movies. During the winter it's only competition was As Good As It Gets, Good Will Hunting and Tomorrow Never Dies. As much as I loved the schlocky Deep Rising, it didn't have a chance, neither Palmetto. We will have another Sixth Sense phenomenon again. It just needs to be at the right time and surrounded by a majority of turkeys.

Picked up Series 10: Part One Tuesday, so I'll be finally catching up on some Capaldi Who really soon.

"Mission: Impossible, The Mummy Protocol"

...and you can get the creator to sign them for further acknowledgement. Good luck everyone!

Nastassia Kinski was absolutely purrfect in that movie.

Same. I picked up the Maureen O'Hara (Jamaica Inn) Hunchback recently, but other than the lavish sets, it really reeked of familiar and that was the second one ever made on celluloid me thinks. I'm sorry but casting Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlize Theron or Angelina Jolie in them seems like something Tim Robbins would suggest in Robert Altman's The Player. If anyone has ever watched Svengoolie on Saturday nights know, they should honor the genre by casting the b-movie stars in them along with "fresh" faces. Personally, I would watch Jennifer Lawrence in Mel Gibson movie directed by Jodie Foster... wait! Bad example! But, this is a prime jumping point for "unknown" stars, that we can care about in familiar franchises. Stunt casting will only give us Keanu Reeves in a Dracula movie or Julia Roberts in a Mr. Hyde movie... wait! Bad example!

Probably the people who saw The Rise of the Silver Surfer. #istillluvjessicaalba

It's amazing all by itself, how every critic was probably poised to shred this movie after the last two DC opuses alone, but DC/Warner pulled off their first critically acclaimed movie since The Dark Knight Rises (Man of Steel was ok.)

The Shadow, The Phantom & The Rocketeer They were period ones that struggled, before reaching somewhat finding an audience on VHS/DVD/cable. That was why I so unsure Wonder Woman would do as well as she has after Captain America had a somewhat lethargic run by current Marvel box-office standards.

I'm extremely happy this movie was crafted as well as critics have noticed. Really happy for the fans, cast and crew, as well as DC too ('bout time.) Can't wait to see it (on Blu Ray.)

It's in my top 5 for sure.

A few days later I still find this film haunting. Despite the built-in Wolverine movie cliché (any family who takes him in will have a 100% mortality rate,) the fact the mutant kids didn't make a stand at Eden and being a half an hour too long, I still love this movie. It's not going to get nominated for any gold statues, but we don't get too many excellent funnybook movies often (2008 "The Dark Knight," 2014? "Guardians of the Galaxy".) I cannot wait to rewatch this as it's a real problem for the rest of the franchise to live up to now. Deadpool was wicked fun and might sustain that energy for the sequel. I doubt another X-Men movie will ever come close to Logan for a few years at least.

I was really intrigued with the blend of live-action with computer generated stuff before. It gave it a more theatrical touch to scenes, knowing they were acting to a tennis ball. Then in 1999, we got the best (The Matrix) and worst (The Phantom Menace) CG films. By the time a fake-looking Keanu was battling hundreds of Agent Smiths in the sequel, things looked grim. Now, we have actors in CG clothing in Man of Steel. It took something organic out of the process and severely dates productions as it improves. Which isn't really an issue, as I can watch the 1933 King Kong and see a living breathing thing still, but cannot connect with a drone (Iron Man 2,) an alien (The Avengers) or a robot (Age of Ultron.) I say blend the two effects again.

I know one thing. I'll never watch Dirty Dancing the same way again. That is if I ever watch it a second time. NewEnglandGothic's 1987 6th grade class movie: The Lost Boys. Best song: "I've Had The Time Of My Life."

This might have worked for those old horror movies with shoestring budgets of the 70's-80's, that you and your friends would go to the movies every Friday night, but with budgets of tens of millions, if not a hundred, the Alien films if not the horror-sci-fi genre might be looking at a correction eventually (zipper-suited aliens, sy-fy channel CGI, stunt casting, etc.)

I thought Ridley would be able to sustain the franchise for at least a few movies, at least. We are heading into those kinds of horror film sequels that are only around for the first weekend and then disappear off the map completely until DVD(Halloween 4-5, Friday the 13th VII, Child's Play 2, Scream 3, etc.)