Happy Halloween!!!

Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,

YES!!! We made it home safely from Las Vegas... and as usual you can hear all about it on the podcast (Everything I Learned From Movies) and our social media @EILFMovies... but yeah, watching movies has been a little difficult with all the busyness from doing more shows with Izzy to show off her amazing art (@UntidyVenus for details) but here are a few that we could squeeze in...

October 20 – Interview with the Vampire (1994)
 
Look… I enjoy this movie. It’s a unique look at the inner turmoil of being a vampire (Brad Pitt) who’s forces to live with his… friend (Tom Cruise) & then they adopt a kid (Kirsten Dunst) which leads to differences in parenting style & ends in divorce (fiery plantation) & then the story continues until the interviewer (Christian Slater) is assaulted. You’ve all seen this movie right? From the director of the Crying Game comes “Confirmed Vampire Bachelors”, beautifully shot, quite memorable in many ways, Antonio Banderas shows up for about four minutes of screentime… check it out…
 
Rating – 8/10 – I’m just not into vampire drama overall though… “Oh no! I’m immortal & moody!” Get over it… 😊
 
October 23 – Winnie the Pooh: Bloody & Honey II (2024)
 
In the first movie… look, it doesn’t matter. They completely retcon the franchise… because the first one sucked (3% on RT). This one though, at least it’s shot better, the kills are pretty sweet, the story is completely predictable yet also ridiculously dumb… it’s everything you want in a public domain Winnie the Pooh slasher movie, if that’s what you’re looking for.
 
Rating - ???/10 – Find out as we conclude OctoBEAR on Everything I Learned from Movies!!! Or just watch it on Peacock with the kids…
 
October 25 – The Care Bears Movie II: The New Generation (1986)
 
Speaking of retconning a franchise, the 2nd Care Bears movie… IS A PREQUEL!!! Oddly enough… it also has a similar vibe to “Interview with the Vampire” as it’s two “friends” raising a BUNCH of little cubs… but then they have to split them up in separate kingdoms (for some reason) to save them from an evil entity named Darkheart… they grow up (in like a day?) and then there’s a story around some summer camp kids… and Darkheart playing the role of Faust for a bit… yeah, it’s an odd one that I saw a BUNCH as a kid… but what do I think of it as an adult?
 
Rating - ???/10 – OCTOBEAR PATREON EXCLUSIVE at Patreon.com/eilfmovies for just $2 a month!!!
 
October 28 – Renegade (1992-1997)
 
YES!!! The series you remember from USA late night about the framed cop (Lorenzo Lamas & his incredible mullet) riding the badlands (or mostly San Diego… sorry, Bay City) as a bounty hunter and occasionally trying to clear his name for the murder of his fiancé Vanessa… lasted FIVE FULL SEASONS!!! Over a HUNDRED episodes… and we watched them all!!! Quick summary: Season 2 & 3 are probably the best just because the characters are established & there are still ideas… season five is rough as alligator p*ssy… Branscombe Richmond is amazing & needs to be in more things… unlike any of Lorenzo’s various ex-wives who have key roles at times (Kathleen Kinmont was okay though but gone from the last two seasons). The creator of the show (Stephen Cannell) is actually pretty decent as the supervillain of the series Dutch Dixon… and I wonder why he didn’t do more… but hey, he created a bunch of shows & I’m sure he’s doing fine.
 
Rating – ???/10 – Look… the show was dumb & for a while it was going to be an 8-9… but probably ends around a 6 or 7 and it’s just my jam of dumbness
 
October 30 – The Last Dinosaur (1977)
 
A billionaire hunter searching for oil in the Antarctic polar caps with the drill train from “The Core” stumbles upon a jungle heated by a volcano filled with dinosaurs… and hijinx ensue when he definitely doesn’t want to kill a T-Rex but would rather do scientific stuff. This movie is 100x better than “Planet of the Dinosaurs” which came out the same year (and we talked about on the podcast last year) just with being an American-Japanese production… and the dinosaurs are basically Godzilla suits… but yeah, this movie is a real trip… so what did I score it?!?
 
Rating - ???/10 – DINOVEMBER!!! EVERYTHING I LEARNED FROM MOVIES!!! ALL THE MAJOR PODCATCHERS!!!

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​Steve