Are you ready for some October movies? Spooky season is upon us but this blog will not be about Halloween films. If you're anxious though, you can check out my Fangs For The Memories - Halloween Favourites, as we've been delving into some of our favourites lately.
Moving along, we’ve watched some interesting flicks lately that I wanted to blog about. Maybe you’ve seen them or perhaps you’ll give them a go.
I’ll start off with You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. I was a little iffy when I noticed that Woody Allen was writing and directing this because his style is rather an acquired taste, one that often I don’t care for. However, it looked intriguing enough with a good cast, especially Anthony Hopkins and Gemma Jones.
With the entanglement of marital distresses, identity crisis, broken authored-dreams, and of course a charlatan doing what they do best – sucking the last pennies out of the vulnerable, the movie pokes fun at a lot of these themes yet delicately also shows the darker side of erupting chaos within the characters. There’s a lot of uncomfortable laughs yet still manages to offer some reflection and optimism of restless situations.
Next up, 30 Nights, directed by Tom Metz III The old trope of sex becoming non-existent once your married and have kids is put to the ultimate test in this raw and hilarious independent flick that involves 30 nights of “assignments” to save a marriage.
I didn’t think this was going to be as good as it was. Super cast, especially Nick and Willia, played by Johnny Giacalone and Mandy Kaplan. They had such great chemistry on-screen and every assignment they had to endure, it was passionately ridiculous. I also loved Dan Fogler who played Dr Ling, their zany sex therapist.
Definitely for mature-audiences, but you may spruce up things in and out of the boudoir a bit after watching this – or you might realize 'good vibrations' are just meant for listening to The Beach Boys, and that’s a-okay too.
Old – M. Night Shyamalan. Most of the movie was spent “wait, how can that happen? - “that makes no sense at all.” There is that level of suspension of disbelief, like in practically all the Die Hard movies, but this one stretched the limits. The characters were uninteresting, the dialogue was tragic and although I figured out what was going to happen fairly early, I was quite bored, although one scene was so disgusting that I did jolt in my chair for a brief second and had to look away. The movie wants to go deeper into moral and ethical dilemmas, but never quite makes the leap.
Don’t You Forget About Me. A documentary, directed by Matt Sadowski, all about a group of film makers who cultivate a plan to meet their beloved writer/director; John Hughes, who changed the landscape of movie-making forever with classics like The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pretty in Pink, etc.
It is fascinating to see clips of past actors talking about their time with Hughes, especially a lot of introspective commentary from well-known actor, writer/director, Kevin Smith. We also get a glimpse of the impact Hughes had on so many people, including many adolescents today.
Critics are always a reminder of how vulnerable we can be as humans and some are able to take the punches and others disappear never to be heard from again, in order to preserve any dignity they can still hold onto from the past. John Hughes died of a fatal heart attack, so although it was never confirmed, could there be a chance he died of a broken heart?
John Hughes' life remains a mystery and the only thing that appears to be real is the fact that he enjoyed pizza, at least twice a week. I can hear him say “a lovely cheese pizza just for me.”
Lastly, Freeguy. Watching the trailer I didn’t really have any interest, but Bill and I were curious to see whether it would be any good, and it was fantastic. Creative concept, visually stunning effects, great characters, and those pull-at your-heart-string moments that are predictable, but they still just feel right.
Ryan Reynolds was awesome but I will say that Antwan, played by Taika Waititi was my favourite character. His razor sharp wit, charismatic weirdness is just unmatched. If you have no idea who I am talking about, please check out Jo Jo Rabbit or the underrated, What We Do In The Shadows.
So there you have a bunch of movies that you can watch while you’re chowing down on your Thanksgiving feast (some movies more suitable than others to watch WITHOUT the whole family, but you be the judge on that one) this long weekend, or really whenever you want.
💜Have you seen any of these? Leave me comments below, or if you're feeling shy, send me an email using my webform. I always love to hear your comments!
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