Monday, August 28, 2017
Friday, August 25, 2017
New Release Tuesdays
Alien: Covenant- The
crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted
paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing
escape. I was pretty disappointed by the
last Alien movie and the audience seems to be divided by this one as well. Sir Ridley Scott boasted of plans of more
Alien movies but this one has not recouped its budget back yet so I am not sure
if Mr. Scott will get to make any more.
Fox, please let Neil Blomkamp do his Alien movie. Soon.
The Good,
The Bad, and the Ugly- A bounty hunting scam joins two men
in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold
buried in a remote cemetery. This is one
of the greatest Westerns of all time and I have bought every version of it available
at one time or another. This does mark
the first time the theatrical version has been released on blu ray. Enthusiasts were hoping the video presentation
of too much yellow in the earlier releases were going to be corrected in this
new Kino release but they just dialed down the colors a bit so there is still
something off on this version as well.
Time to get a new laser disc player.
Missing in
Action- Colonel Braddock launches a mission deep into the jungles of
Vietnam to find the POW camp that he escaped from and free the Americans still
held captive there. Looks like MGM has
started licensing some more Cannon titles to Shout Factory and that is a good
thing. This is one Chuck’s best movies
as he and director Joseph Zito made a couple of great action flicks with this
and Invasion USA.
Night
Moves- Los Angeles private detective Harry Moseby is hired by a
client to find her runaway teenage daughter and he stumbles upon a case of
murder and artifact smuggling. I saw
this for the first time last year as it reaffirms that the 70s was absolutely the
best decade of movies and music and it proves that Gene Hackman is
awesome. They just do not make ‘em like
this anymore.
Hickok- Legendary
lawman and gunslinger, Wild Bill Hickok, is tasked with taming the wildest
cow-town in the west. While delivering his own brand of frontier justice, the
infamous gunfighter's reputation as the fastest draw in the west is put to the
test. This is the most descent looking
Western that has come out in a while so I will give it a spin.
Guardians
of the Galaxy Vol.2: The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family
together as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill's true parentage. You had
me at Kurt Russell.
Ash vs the
Evil Dead Season 2: It was so great to
see Bruce Campbell back as Ash and a TV series was the right way to bring this
character back. This show features all
the goofiness and gore from the movies since Sam Raimi is involved and it is a
really good time.
The
Walking Dead Season 7: This show really needed a shot in the arm and the Jeffery
Dean Morgan as Negan provided that this season.
The season premiere starts out with quite a bang(s) from Lucille then we
get to meet some new characters, see what some old ones are up to, see Darryl
listen to some bad music, and see our heroes get broken down but build
themselves back up just in time for the finale.
Oh, and there are zombies on the show.
It looks to be another interesting season coming up.
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