August Movies - Week 4

Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,

So yeah... things continue to be busy with art shows & awesomeness... but also my mother-in-law seems to have entered a new stage of Alzheimer's since COVID last week... and my mom may have to have eye surgery for a detached retina or something... but hey, it could be a LOT worse... so we enjoyed ourselves with a few movies...

August 22 – Abigail (2024)
 
A team of criminals kidnap a young ballerina to ransom for $50 million from her rich father. They take her to a safe house while the transaction goes down… but then realize… she’s not what she seems… unless you already figure out that she’s a f**king vampire… and hijinx ensue!!! Okay, this movie was exactly what I expected to be… bloody… dumb… fun. I was REALLY worried when the chick from the new Scream movies was going to make it all about family like it’s “The Haunting” or some stupid sh*t but… luckily this movie also has a sense of humor. Is it for everybody? Of course not… but if you’re into horror, it’s not bad at all.
 
Rating – 9/10 – Similar to M3GAN last year, just dumb fun horror…
 
August 24 – Romancing the Stone (1984)
 
A romance novelist sets off to Colombia to save her kidnapped sister… but then she finds herself in basically one of her own novels when hijinx ensue. Now… this was a VHS tape that I had growing up… and if you don’t know, this is probably one of the most perfectly crafted movies of all time from a writing – directing standpoint. Sad story about the writer Diane Thomas, but director Robert Zemeckis went off to great stuff as well. It’s funny, full of action, there are a few 80’s cringe moments, Kathleen Turner & Michael Douglas are great… Danny Devito & the guy that plays his brother are… also there. Just check it out if you haven’t already…
 
Rating – 10+/10 – Basically the perfect romantic comedy
 
August 26 – Joe (2013)
 
Nicolas Cage passed on “Expendables 3” to be in this movie by director David Gordon Green (This, “Pineapple Express”, “Halloween” reboots & “Righteous Gemstones”?) about a young homeless boy (Tye Sheridan) who has an abusive father… but while looking for work meets Joe, a shady illegal tree poisoner paid by lumber companies to kill trees to replace with oaks… and they hit it off… but Joe has a dark past full of rage & addiction… and hijinx ensue. Now, the tone of this movie is pretty odd where even the “good guy” Joe is kind of a violent prick who makes horrible life decisions too… but yeah, it’s an interesting & beautiful look at the Deep South in a bit of a twisted tale.
 
Rating – 8/10 – Not for everybody but definitely worth a watch… Tye & Nic kill it acting wise… and the abusive dad in the role of a lifetime for a non-actor
 
August 28 – Longlegs (2024)
 
FINALLY! The Nic Cage serial killer movie comes to streaming… and you KNOW that we bought it sight-unseen. Heavily influenced by Silence of the Lambs, and directed by the son of Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), this movie follows a young female FBI investigator as she uses her mildly psychic powers to track down a serial killer in the mid-90s. Now, I don’t want to give anything away (obviously Nic Cage is the serial killer) but there’s definitely some mystical elements in this movie… but great performances by Nic, Maika Monroe, Alicia Witt, Blair Underwood, basically all the main characters… and man, Nic Cage is amazing…
 
Rating – 10/10 – I’m glad that we purchased it… and we may be talking about it next Nic-August Cage

See you all next week!

​Steve