Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,
It’s November!!! So on that note, here’s how the fourth week of that has gone thus far… Nov 19 – Santa’s Little Helper (2015) This isn’t the first Christmas movie starring a wrestler that we’ve done on the podcast… nor the second… but this one features The Miz as a douchy businessman who gets fired & for some reason Santa Claus thinks he’ll be a great assistant for him? So hijinx ensue… honestly the only thing that I really liked about it was The Miz, I just find him charismatic as hell… but this is basically a silly Hallmark movie brought to you by WWE Studios… what do you expect? Rating – 8/10 – It was better than I thought, but I was expecting a sh*t show Nov 20 – True Crime (1995) We then watched a movie that I had heard about on What Were They Thinking? Podcast, and we thought… why not? It’s about a teenage girl (Alicia Silverstone) obsessed with true crime magazines & cop stuff who partners up with a rookie cop who’s also creepily stupid (Kevin Dillon) and they go on using their white privelidge and breaking the law to find a potential serial killer in their neighborhood connected to the carnival. Yeah, that’s it. The movie is not great… but watch it with friends & keep in mind that she’s supposed to be a high school student and things get REALLY awkward. Rating – 7/10 – It might also be listed as “Dangerous Kiss” but it’s free on Amazon Prime if this sounds up your alley Nov 21 – Don’t Breathe 2 (2021) I’ll admit… I was curious as f**k how they were going to try to get me to give a sh*t about Stephan Lang’s character from the first movie when he came back for the sequel. I won’t go into depth in case you wanted to watch it but… he’s the villain. Full stop. In this one, they attempt to make him a fatherly figure… but it doesn’t really work. That being said though, the movie is brutal, fairly predictable, and what you’re looking for if you’re looking for a sequel to this kind of movie. Fun fact: Fisher Stevens is an executive producer. Who knew? Rating – 7/10 – Mildly enjoyable but… I wanted everyone to die… and almost got my wish Nov 22 – Christmas Chronicles (2019) We also did this for an upcoming episode during our Santa Month & I was really excited about this one since it stars everybody's favorite great wholesome actor Kurt Russell as Santa Claus!!! You'll have to listen to the episode to find out how Izzy, Michael Bagford & I felt about it though. Rating - ???/10 - That's Everything I Learned From Movies on ALL your favorite podcatchers!!! Nov 23 – Repo Man (1984) This movie was added to my Netflix queue... and for the life of me I cannot remember why. I feel like it was recommended by somebody... or maybe it came up when we were watching "Highway to Hell" or something as a suggestion... but it was delivered. This movie is about 18-year-old Otto (played by Emilio Estevez who always looked like he's in his mid-thirties from 1984-2004) who's basically a punk kid... but gets into the crazy world of repo men... in a town where I couldn't tell if it was supposed to be Los Angeles or a small town in New Mexico that also happened to have LA skyscrapers... and there's a government cover-up regarding space aliens... or nuclear fallout... or both... and there's a 1964 Chevy Malibu that's at the center of it... and its trunk vaporizes anybody who opens it... it's a crazy flick... and it's 98% on Rotten Tomatoes... but wow, it's... really pointless at all times. However, you honestly don't know what's going to happen. Rating - 7/10 - This didn't tickle me... but I can see some merit in it... and maybe a second watch would help? Nov 24 – Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960) Continuing through that Hammer Collection, and this one is about a racecar driver who's involved in a major car accident... and in the aftermath, he has a tendency to want to choke his beautiful French (?) wife whenever they get close & intimate. Well, he's a little shell-shocked from the accident, but is refusing to talk to anybody or get help about this whole "choking out his wife" thing except his understanding wife. Well, one night on a second honeymoon, they meet this psychiatrist who tries to help... and basically the next 45 minutes is a bunch of male resistance to mental health options... and then hijinx ensue. The acting is pretty great, though the wife's accent is... grating... and there were a bunch of times that I don't know if French was mixed in or just the overpowering accents but I was like "What? Yeah, whatever they said it didn't lead to anything so... moving on?" Rating - 9/10 - I really liked this one... and I called the ending act about 20 minutes in... but I recommend it! Nov 25 – Shang Chi & the Ten Rings (2021) Alright, we finally watched the Marvel Arts movie (see what I did there?) Shang Chi & the Ten Rings! The cast was tremendous from what I knew because it had Tony Leung, Michelle Yeoh & the guy that played Drago jr in Creed II so… I’m psyched! Guys, go watch this movie if you haven’t already! The plot is… I mean, it’s a comic book movie mixed in with Chinese mysticism & legend so take it with a grain of salt… but luckily the comedy throughout keeps it from being too completely over the top… and then you realize that it’s completely over the top… and in all the best ways! EVEN BEN KINGSLEY IS GOOD IN IT!!! FINALLY!!! I feel like it has been decades since I could say that! Rating – 10/10 – Damn near a 10+ but a solid action movie with great moments of levity Happy Thanksgiving since I missed it yesterday... and in case I forget later, Merry Christmas everyone!!! Steve
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Steve and Izzy are the hosts behind the EILFM podcast, are BJCP beer judges and have terrible to questionable taste in movies. Along with the PodCats Pickles, Cameron and Poe they will justify why these movies are amazing Archives
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