New Release Tuesday

Wicked For Good- Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. The second of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.  I still think the monkeys from the 1939 OG look better than the ones on this movie.  I will watch this at some point.

One Battle After Another- When their enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own.  Love me some PTA but I always love my PTA at home.

Springsteen: Deliver from Nowhere- Bruce Springsteen's journey crafting his 1982 album Nebraska, which emerged as he recorded Born in the USA with the E Street Band. Based on Warren Zanes' book.  I am not a big Springsteen but I do like his songwriting.  Most of his music is like a four minute screen play.  

Roofman- A charismatic criminal, while on the run from the police, hides in a hidden space of a toy store. There, he adopts a new identity and becomes involved with an employee, beginning a relationship as unlikely as it is risky.  I read people seem to like this so I might get around to it.

Suspect- When a homeless man is accused of murdering a Justice Department file clerk, a public defender is tasked with mounting his legal defense.  A good 80s whodunnit court room drama.

Hellhounds- A pack of werewolves known as the Hell Hounds wage a shadow war against a fanatical order of werewolf hunters called the Silver Bullets. The Hounds and the Bullets now roam the country appearing to the outside world as rival biker gangs.  Werewolf biker gangs!?  Now that is an enticing premise that must be visited.

 

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New Release Tuesday

 

Tron: Ares- A highly sophisticated program, Ares, is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission.  I walked out of the theater really likng this movie.  Looks cool, the NiN soundtrack was awesome, and the story was good. This movie did not do well at the box office and I think the blame has to go to the cast here.  All the leads are not the kind of actors to carry a big budget movie and Disney has put Tron in the digital retirement home maybe forever.  Give this a spin.

The Smashing Machine- The story of mixed-martial arts and UFC champion, Mark Kerr.  I am always interested to see what the Rock is cooking and it is about time he did a dramatic movie and got away from all the Disney/Jumanji stuff.  Those type of movies almost ruined his career back in the days.  This is a good drama with a great performance by Dwanye.  See it.

Under Seige- Ex US Navy Seal turned cook, Casey Ryback, is the only person who can stop a group of terrorists when they seize control of the US battleship The Missouri to obtain it's nuclear warheads.  Seagal's best movie finally gets the Arrow 4k treatment.  Thanks WB!  Seagal could have kept making good action movies like this for a long time if he was not such a jerk to people.

Icefall- The story revolves around a young Native American game warden who captures a notorious poacher only to learn that the poacher is aware of the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen lake.  You know I am sucker for DTV movies and this is the best looking one of the ones listed here.  See more below.

Afterburn- After a massive solar flare destroys the Earth's eastern hemisphere, an emboldened treasure hunter for hire adventures to Europe to uncover the coveted Mona Lisa, only to learn the world needs a hero more than it needs a painting.

Exit Protocol- An assassin whose specialty is killing other assassins trying to get out of the business decides to try to get out himself and must then team up with his former mark to escape the hired killers now gunning for them both.  Dolph and Michael Jai?  Sign me up.

Movie Poster Monday- Hatchet