Friday, August 23, 2024

Friday, August 2, 2024

New Release Tuesdays

 


Ted Lasso- American college football coach Ted Lasso heads to London to manage AFC Richmond, a struggling English Premier League soccer team.  It is nice to see Apple put their best on physical media for everyone to enjoy.  This was a great series.  If you have not seen it, get to it.



Invasion USA- A one-man army comes to the rescue when the United States are invaded by communists.  My favorite Chuck Movie.  Chuck versus hundreds, if not thousands of terrorists with a couple of Uzi’s.  This is pure 80s glory and they do not make them like this anymore.  Highly recommended.


Sting- After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the facts about her pet-and fight for her family's survival-when the once-charming creature rapidly transforms into a giant, flesh-eating monster.  I love me some new horror and I have read good things about this one.


Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 3- After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the facts about her pet-and fight for her family's survival-when the once-charming creature rapidly transforms into a giant, flesh-eating monster.  I have the first two but have not seen them yet but I will get to these someday.   


Fall Guy- A down-and-out stuntman must find the missing star of his ex-girlfriend's blockbuster film.  I usually do not care for action comedies too much but I really enjoyed this in the theater.  Gosling has enough charisma to carry this movie and that is good because he and Blum have zero chemistry.  This is a shout-out to the stunt industry and there are many in this movie.

Strangers: Chapter 1- After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple is forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive.  I loved the original movie and considered it one of the best horror movies of its time.  The sequel came out way too late and did not have the same feel at all.  I was interested in this series of reboots coming out (Yep there will be two more) because director Renny Harlin was doing them and he has had a history of good films (Cliffhanger, Die Hard 2) with some horror (Prison, Nightmare on Elm St. 4).  I enjoyed this a lot and it has the same creepy atmosphere and feel as the original.  I look forward to Chapters two and three soon.  They have already been filmed.