July Movies - Week 1

Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,

Well yes, it certainly feels like the end times are upon us... just based on who the "leader of the free world" is gearing up to be (either option) but... alas we soldier on in this stupidest timeline... and watched a few movies...

June 29 – The Town (2010)
 
So this movie was recommended for our podcast by an upcoming guest… and I was a little confused. I remembered really liking this Ben Affleck directed bank robbery flick set in the seedy neighborhood of Charlestown in Boston… and on our podcast, we talk about bad movies, right? Oh wait! We also talk about questionable movies… and this is a movie about a bank robbery that goes successfully… until one of the guys starts basically stalking the hostage that they took… and falls in love with her… and continues to do questionable things for a questionable amount of time. Oh yeah, this movie totally fits our podcast! That being said… aside from the obvious amount of “What the f**k are you doing?” throughout the movie… it’s actually pretty well done!
 
Rating – 8/10 – Is it Heat? The Sting? No… more like The Sting II or Den of Thieves or Wrath of Man territory… definitely worth a watch
 
July 1 – Waterworld (1995)
 
I watched this one at a drive-in when it came out… the summer of Batman Forever, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Braveheart, Apollo 13… and of course… CONGO!!! I never really understood the hate for this movie though. Yeah, maybe it lost money because it was the most expensive movie ever made at the time but… it’s basically a Mad Max movie on the water… and that’s my jam!!! In the future, the ice caps have melted… and the entire world is covered in water… yet somehow there’s a surprising number of things from the 90s still around like jet skis & ski boots… and gas that works… but basically there’s a man with fish gills (Kevin Costner) who takes upon a woman & a girl who may have the secret to finding dry land… but Dennis Hopper wants to know too… and he has an army at his disposal somehow. Hijinx ensue. Look… even when it’s the Mad Max Universe & like… fifty years in the future, I’m skeptical about the modern conveniences that people have… but take 50 to 500 years and I’m downright “Whatever, it’s a movie, let it go!” So with that in mind…
 
Rating – 8/10 – I really like it… even with the charisma vacuum that is Kevin Costner
 
July 3 – Hanky Panky (2024)
 
A few weeks ago, the director of this movie (Nick Roth) reached out to me about his movie & wanting to be on the podcast (Everything I Learned From Movies) to promote it… and I was totally down since it was filmed nearby in Heber, Utah & I love talking to people in the movie industry. The movie is on Tubi… and it’s the usual setup of group of people at a cabin in the woods… but one of them is insane & talking to his handkerchief … but is he insane?!? Hijinx ensue… and honestly, it’s a horror comedy on a shoestring budget… but the editing & comedic timing REALLY pulls off what is an otherwise absolutely insane premise where there’s a killer hat voiced by Seth Green! Oh… and another fun thing… in trying to interview the director, we actually got to interview the other director… his wife… Lindsay Haun, probably best known as the lead evil girl from “Village of the Damned” & the Doctor’s child from “Star Trek: Voyager”!!! COMING SOON!!!
 
Rating – 9/10 – This movie was really fun, especially knowing the horror tropes & how they play with them… check it out on Tubi!

Happy Independence Day weekend!!! We'll be at the Huntsville 4th of July Parade & Art Festival... and then the weekend will have plenty of fun as well, I'm sure! Hopefully you'll have the same!

​Steve