That Affleck speech was a knockoff of the Baldwin Glengarry Glenn Ross speech.

A money grab for Gary Oldman?

Brit Robertson needs to take some acting classes.

Made it an Alex de la Iglesia week and watched one of his movies a day starting with my favorite of his:



Then I watched:



It was ok and had some brilliant moments of comedy but then the theme gets dour with conspiracy leading to a bleak and fucked up ending. It's technically ok and the actors are great but it's a depressing flick.



Perfect Strangers is a remake of the Italian version that only came out 1-2 years before the spanish version. In this day and age of social media - wow, it really fired on all cylinders the fact that it took place in one location was great. It reminded me of Hitchcock's "Rope" a bit.

I'll give de la Iglesia credit - he always casts beautiful women in his films.

I watched Doc Hollywood tonight and I really enjoyed it. I had never watched it before. Michael J. Fox was great back in the day. Parkinson's sucks. 4/5

It was not great but a 21% score at Rotten Tomatoes is kind of harsh especially with all the bad horror movies out there.

My 4th Alex de la Iglesia film this week:



An entertaining comedic romp on the set of a new year's event taping where someone is offing the guests. It's definitely the lightest of the four films that I've seen of his this week, but the women are freakin' hot. Some of his regulars make appearances in this one, too.

This one is on Netflix right now.

Nothing all that special with a plot that's been done numerous times, but still an effective thriller with Gabrielle Union doing a good job in the lead. 3.0/5

July wrap-up:

Jungle Siren (1942)
Frankenstein Island (1981)
Last Flag Flying (2017) (Best film of the month)
Brutal Boxer (1972)
Whiskey Galore! (1942)
Donkey Punch (2008)
Queens of Evil (1970)
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Edward II (1991)
Bachelors' Grove (2014)
Death of a Snowman (1976)
The Maggie (1954)
Uncle Sam (1996)
Secret Desires (2008)
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
B.C. Butcher (2016)
Skyscraper (1996)
The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
Ant Man and The Wasp (2018
The Noonday Witch (2016)
I, A Woman Part II (1968)
Duel of the Iron Fist (1971)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
Demon Wind (1990)
Little By Little (1970)
12 Strong (2018) (I guess this was this month's guilty pleasure)
13 Times Evil (2016)
Blonde Ice (1948)
The First Purge (2018)
My Lucky Stars (1985)
Justice League (2017)
Bloody Wednesday (1987)
Locked Up (2017)
How To Seduce A Virgin (1974)
Succubus: The Demon (2006)
Weatherby (1985)
The Demon Lover (1977) (More cult fans need to discover this)
The Gold of Naples (1954)
Fruit of Paradise (1970)
Kuso (2017)
Psychopathia Sexualis (2006)
Love Me or Leave Me (1970)
Kenner (1968)
The Return of Doctor Mabuse (1961)
Dragon Inn (1967)
The Creep Behind The Camera (2015)
Cafe Flesh (1982
Bloodbath Bikini Car Wash (2008) (Best no-budget flick I saw)
The Chaser (2008)
Endgame (1983)
High Heel Homicide (2017)
The Only House in Town (1970) (Gotta love anything Ed Wood's involved with)
Prospero's Books (1991)
Midnight (1982)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Revival of Evil (1980) Satanic Panic!
Live Feed (2006)
My Friend Dahmer (2017)
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)
Bonobo (2014)
Rasen (1998)
Rude Boy (1980
Moi, Un Noir (1958)
Sharknado (2013)
Teen Lust (1978)
Severed (2005)
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
The Man From Nowhere (2010)
Marius (1931)
Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary (2017)

Last Flag Flying was phenomenal. A great spiritual sequel to The Last Detail. Bryan Cranston was especially good in that one...I love the scene where they all get cellphones...

Hostiles, with Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike. Good, but very bleak--probably because it's more realistic than most westerns. But, damn, there's not an ounce of happiness in this whole thing.

Pyewacket (2018) — Pretty good slow burn, psychological horror film that features two solid performances by Laurie Holden and Nicole Munoz, and a really effective and engaging story with an ending that actually gave me a shock... not easy to do. 3.75/5

Christopher Robin (2018)

Enjoyed this film a whole lot. It locked me up in an adorable bubble and rarely let go.

First Reformed - 4.5/5

A priest in small town upstate New York has a spiritual crisis when he tries to help the pregnant wife of a radical environmentalist who fears that her husband is becoming unhinged. Paul Schrader shows all the haters that he’s still got it by channeling the ghosts of metaphysical master filmmakers Carl Dreyer, Robert Bresson and Ingmar Bergman. One of the best films of 2018.

Avengers: Infinity War

Finally saw this and really enjoyed it. I was surprised at how well it was able to include almost all of the MCU heroes and make everyone feel integral to the story.

Elliot (2017)

Low-Budget Science Fiction film, evoking the visuals of Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Hardware & Body Parts.

Plot is a bit muddled (due to the film's experimental nature) but the film's visuals were strong enough to keep me engaged for 60+ minutes.

Marrowbone (2018) — Marrowbone is short on character development but the atmosphere created by director Sergio G. Sanchez and his DP Xavi Gimenez and solid performances by George Mackay and Anya Taylor-Joy. 3.0/5

Avengers: Infinity War (2018) — I've seen this twice now and while it is a very well made movie, and heads and shoulders above Justice League to say the least, I can't quite put this as one of the best comic book movies (I actually place Captain America: The Winter Soldier well above this)... yet, until I see Avengers 4 since this is only the first part.

Still, the performances were all great and the Russo Brothers did a wonderful job balancing so many characters with so much back story spanning 10 years and so many movies. 3.75/5

A decent Aussie indie film (Or maybe a major film there) on cable

It has Levi Miller from A Wrinkle in Time and Angourie Rice from the Nice Guys and Spider-man Homecoming.

This was on cable.

Matt Bomer and Pullman were good in this. I don't hunt or do I support it but this was a good father/grandpa/son drama.

Surf Ninjas (1993)

Love the pacing & hilarity of this film, even though it's a bit dated.

Leslie Nielsen is such an odd villain.

It was on Starz. I love how Starz a premium service always cuts off the closing credits so they can show a promo for Power

It was alright though not the most uplifting movie.

National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) – Perhaps the last good National Lampoon movie (for as much as that label was worth), enjoyed this more than when last saw it back in 2002/2003 even if Ryan Reynolds is pretty much playing the smart ass (with a heart) he normally does. I did genuinely several times and the story itself, simple and predictable as it was, was decent. Not a comedy classic, even by gross-out standards, still fun. 3.5/5

Surprised a smaller movie like Van Wilder got a UHD release.



Jodie Foster was great in this and maybe Jessica Lange (Blue Sky) stole the Oscar that year. No Blu-ray release for this movie.



Surprised something directed by Fred Durst would be entertaining to watch.