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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Wow Great Harmless Fun and FULLY Ridiculous
A star studded cast of people who certainly were not stars when the flick was made not to mention the reference to Orson Wells and his 1938 landmark screw-up radio broadcast that caused a not so minor panic at the time. As wild as any movie regarded as a cult classic and more fun than a person usually gets without the language and nudity and still unforgettable. Despite facts This could be Peter Weller's best role, he certainly seems to be enjoying himself without a doubt. Jeff Goldblum appears as a Cowboy like a full size version a boy of 7 might appear as. The music is all fun and while there is a hitch where the Lectroids seem to go in a backward reverse circles or some other confusing event the whole story comes together in the end. The cast plays congratulatory tunes for fun and they wrap it all up and promise a sequel that unsurprisingly never gets made. Well here in 2023 it has not happened at least. I cannot explain how this mess manages to be entertaining and yet it is. Great harmless fun maybe like scifi from an earlier time before we could make the unbelievable look real. Give it a shot Have some fun I promise it won't hurt though you may feel a little silly.
Used Cars (1980)
Is that really Kurt Russell ?
So this was never going to be a A movie. You have Jack at the end of his career and Kurt at the beginning of his. For some reason though the cast gave a very enthusiastic performance and some very simple lines come off hilarious. Most movies involving the sale of previously owned transportation try and impress you with some knowledge about the usual tricks used to fool a person this movie doesn't pretend to teach you it just goes for the funny as con man want to be Kurt saves the business from the greedy competition at first for his own greedy desires and in the end he does what is honest and true as a Kurt character should. Did I mention the boob shots?, should I ?
King of California (2007)
Just how does a film like this get Mr. Douglas involved ?
I suspect Mike has the budget for this movie in odd investments outside of his portfolio. The credibility he brings to this project is what makes it work. That and really quite a large cast for a movie like this. Hey, isn't that the singing cocktail waitress from Roadhouse ? The soundtrack is interesting though I certainly would not mind hearing another number from her. The story gets a little thin in places and a larger budget would have cured that I suppose. Costco should probably should be in the list of credits giving the time and importance some local store played in the making of this movie. That appearance may be uncredited however. All in viewing this film was time well spent and I hope you can find that too.
Moonshine Highway (1996)
Small Cast, Small Budget, BIG Entertainment.
Set in mid 50s somewhere in Tennessee. As it seems, A Hot Rod Lincoln is setting the pace. Custom built for hauling moonshine, and avoiding the revenue department representatives, Car Chases abound. Pay attention here as the cars run like there on rails. No body roll in the curves, no one wheelie peeler when they blast off. Adult scenes as Sheriff's ex-wife struggles against Randy Quaid giving it all he has. I really admire films like these where a small budget means only a motivated cast working hard on rather plain sets can shine. Looks like the money was spent in the right places. Were it to show. The biggest point of why moonshine exists would have been lost to flash and dazzle that just could not exist in that place in that time. Some reviews seem to take issue that films are made by well to do yankees who can't possibly act well enough to be convincing and I just don't know how to address that because it is true. Most films require a little suspension of belief to get the most out of them. Even if they don't happen a long time ago in a Galaxy far, far away.
Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977)
WOW I have seen some tough reviews before but these...........
Time marches on. Nothing is ever as good as it was and a series like this is an impossibile thing to follow. As a child I loved the show and eventually read a paperback book that perhaps the series was based upon. I don't know. I know Gomez was so good at his part he never successfully played anything else. You want to be disappointed try that on. Morticia, PLEASE. Beautiful Morticia. Had she not exited early I suspect the same fate would have been hers. Everybody else were just exactly that. The others. Oddly enough I have watched and rewatched these old shows over the many years and somehow they hold up well. I never saw the halloween special from the original series until many, many years later. Even in reruns our TV stations would not broadcast these "hail satan specials" So it is I have never seen this attempt at reviving the impossibile. No doubt this was a failure in conception. Commercials every ten or fifteen minutes were planned around and may have actually helped in this adventure. Gomez and Morticia look as good as ever. In color Morticia has radiance unequalled. The rest of this mess was pretty tough to endure. As well as the simple stories work in the original series they completely flounder in this effort. No doubt the budget was insufficent for the task, why else would there be no film. It wasn't because of a lack of potential, that this failed to satisfy. Too many recreations on the big screen scream out that reality. The original series worked all too well. The interest continues ,anytime a properly funded well managed effort to continue this story. Despite the fact that this wasn't that it sure was nice to see them in color. As far as that newspaper cartoon went , It never really entertained me. I'll still read it if I see it though, That is how good the TV show was. Oh and Lurch was never green that was Munsters overlap. It came into being because people loved the Addams Family.
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975)
The Best Burt Reynolds Movie made before Burt was famous and before VHS and DVD so no copies were bought or saved.
OH, because Burt was not really famous yet there was no real promotion and it was a virtual box office flop despite a great cast, the kind of story and scenes that would make Smokey And The Bandit FAMOUS. Though a familiar face on GUNSMOKE this role had nothing to do with that and everything to do with what Burt Reynolds movies were ALL ABOUT in the near future. If you read the other reviews everyone raves about this film from a different view yet it touched many hearts in many ways and left solid impressions that have lasted for years despite the fact there is NO way to watch this movie whenever you get the hankering. That in itself suggests the undiscovered gem quality that EVEN STILL lays mostly undiscovered because there is no way to watch this movie. You cannot rent a tape or a DVD and a BLU_RAY is much further off than that and yet the STRONG REVIEWS all have a different story on WHY this Is better than the movies that made these stars famous. I saw it on Cleveland television, probably the same year it was in the theatre, to give you an idea what a flop it was, and never forgot it. I have rewatched it faithfully for years, (whenever someone dusts it off for rebroadcast ). A "BURT REYNOLDS" revival shouldn't be that far off when somebody rediscovers a great star who didn't care so much about making money or fame as he did about doing the WORK that leads to that and LIVING THE LIFE, rather than promoting the life. Doing the work rather than working for the rewards the OSCARS and the other ceremonial BS that seems to be better than the work that gets you those. Now I"VE digressed. FIND IT, WATCH IT, IT"S A HOOT!!!
Life of Crime (2013)
Never what you expect
Gotta like Jennifer gotta appreciate less than top budget movies and if you recognize the others of the cast your in a good place to like this. Ending makes me want to watch it again just thinking about it. It is just so much of what should happen instead of what did happen.
Bulworth (1998)
Watch it again, watch it every year toward election time
Warren Beatty had been prompted many times to enter politics and the idea that any real change would be met with RFK & JFK style shootings keeps a lot of good men out of politics. What has happened to Clinton and Trump will keep out the rest who might change things, That being said this preposterous movie was made some half dozen years after the La Riots and that is about the time it takes to get a concept into production I suspect and Warren may be telling us about some of the changes CA needs and why he isn't going to muddy his life doing them.. It really is hilarious at times and strikingly thoughtful at others. I try to watch it at least every presidential cycle just for a little escapist fun. Examime it as deep or as shallow as you wish it holds up because after all it is just a movie folks. Lots of good looking people in ridiculously funny situations. OH and it is also a comedy if that needs said.