Saturday, April 27, 2019

Redbox! (a look ahead)

Here's what I've got ahead in Redbox movies:
  • Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) - Bridesmaids had the effect of instantly making a new star out of Melissa McCarthy, who seized the opportunity with a string of big hits.  It's also given her the chance to make stuff like this, which I'm glad to see happened. 
  • Once Upon a Deadpool (2018) - The family-friendly cut of Deadpool 2; I was pleased to find a DVD release of it (stores stock the Blu-ray version).  Glad this happened, too.
  • The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018) - A second US movie finally happened.  I was annoyed that Rooney Mara didn't get to reprise the role, but then I'm also a reader who's enjoyed the post-Larsson books.  Lisbeth Salander's cultural impact seems to have dimmed considerably, but I still treasure her.  So, I'm glad this movie happened, too.
  • The Magnificent Seven (2016) I remember being underwhelmed by it in theaters, but am still interested enough to give it another chance.  Even if seems to have been conceived as a mainstream Hollywood version of a Quentin Tarantino movie (which has also happened with Murder on the Orient Express, which echoes The Hateful Eight), which in this case is Django Unchained, it still gives Denzel Washington one of his more interesting recent roles (he and Liam Neeson seem to be going after stock movies a little too often these days), and it's got Chris Pratt in a featured role as well, and that's too interesting a career for me to ignore.
  • Mary Queen of Scots (2018) It's got Margot Robbie, and Saoirse Ronan, who finally interested critics with a movie (Lady Bird) I have no interest in, of course.  Being a fan of Yorgos Lanthimos fan, I've already seen the other 2018 women-in-a-historical-setting-are-rivals movie The Favourite.  Figure this one will be less quirky (which is not a dig against Favourite; it's good quirky!).
  • The Sisters Brothers (2018) I begin to understand how cult movies happen, in that they have to be ignored initially.  So I'm glad I'm attuned to movies with that kind of potential, like this.  I also happen to have a thing for westerns, thanks to my dad, so I'm always on the lookout. 
  • Skyscraper (2018) - Being a pro wrestling fan, I was happy to see Dwayne Johnson's movie career happen, and for it to subsequently become a rousing success.  I don't try to see all of his material, but I like to watch the ones where he's doing something interesting.  This one, for instance, features (for him) a more grounded character.

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