Tuesday, February 9, 2016

New Release Tuesday

A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.  Skyfall set the bar at an all-time high for the Bond franchise so it’s great that director Sam Mendes returned for the follow-up, having Christoph Waltz as the villain, and Dave Bautista as the henchman to give Spectre a chance to be as good as Skyfall but unfortunately the movie fails a bit.  The middle of the movie gets muddled and sure seems like it could have been trimmed some here and there but none the less it is James Bond and he is always worth your time.  Unless it is License to Kill.  The Bond franchise is at a crossroads right now since the rights have expired at Sony and Daniel Craig let every interviewer know that he is done with the character, even though he is under contract for one more, so it is going to be interesting to see what the future brings for 007.

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds - and remembers.  A nice ghost story from director Guillermo del Toro who is a master of details so this creepy house and the time period of the movie look fantastic.

Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.  This finishes second behind This is Spinal Tap for best musical mockumentary.

In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers, one who is human, one vampire, and one zombie-have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.



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