Welcome to the Weekend Watch. Where we try to point you towards the best ways to spend your viewing time (or, at least, steer you clear of the garbage).
Movies
Wide Release
Abominable
Loren: I was sure that was going to look terrible and it didn’t. Now I have to rethink my whole life.
RDT: This looks pretty cute enough. Getting decent reviews, too. If it ends up on a streaming service I actually subscribe to, I’ll give it a watch.
Rick: Honestly, I was ready to write this off as some kind of Smallfoot clone (which I’m not sure anyone wants), but this actually looks good. If nothing else, I want to see that chase sequence on a big screen. The detail and physics look fantastic.
AJ: I had seen so many posters around town but somehow I’d missed the trailer til now…. That looks pretty cute, actually. I bet it’s gorgeous on a big screen. I’m pleasantly surprised and in.
Limited Release
The Lake Vampire
Loren: I thought I’d be more into that but I was kinda bored by the trailer.
RDT: I will only watch this movie from Rick’s kitchen.
Rick: Apparently this is based on a real life serial killer who drank the blood of his victims, and you can bet your sweet bippy I am here for it.
AJ: You can bet your sweet bippy I’ll ask Rick how it was after he sees it….
The Day Shall Come
Loren: This seems like one of those “right mood” comedies. Hopefully someday I’m in that mood, I’d like to want to see this.
RDT: I have no idea what to make of this movie. But good for these people!
Rick: This looks wonderfully bizarre. Not quite on the level of Sorry To Bother You, but still worth checking out.
AJ: Ok, well, first of all, I am a huge Anna Kendrick fan but who cast her in that part? Moving on, I see all the critic comments in the trailer and I guess it’s got promise but I don’t know if I’m in the mood for this comedy right now. Continue reading →
Welcome to the Weekend Watch. Where we try to point you towards the best ways to spend your viewing time (or, at least, steer you clear of the garbage).
Movies
Wide Release
Downton Abbey
Loren: I feel like I’m the only person who never watched this show. So why would I watch the movie?
RDT: My disinterest in the show carries over to the movie.
Rick: I have never watched an episode of this series, but I know there are legions of fans who are clamoring for more. I hope they enjoy.
Jen: Seems unlikely that *none* of us would have seen this, but there it is. Good on ya for the fans.
AJ: I just never got into this show. I may someday still – who knows. But I am sure the fans are going apeshit for this, right? Good on them. I hope it holds up to their expectations. It looks pretty good, I think.
Ad Astra
Loren: I wasn’t sure going into this that I was going to be down for it. That trailer did enough to keep me pretty invested. Count me in.
RDT: I’m totally into this. It looks like good, smart sci-fi, which we don’t get enough of. I might try to catch it this weekend.
Rick: Is this an unofficial sequel to Space Cowboys? Half-jokes aside, I’m in for this. I’m always up for what looks like smart sci-fi, even if the whole “mission went sideways/we need to send someone” trope is a bit tired.
Jen: That looks pretty solid. I’ve heard great things, including a lot of comparisons to Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner, two movies that sucked me in to their respective worlds. This feels like one to see in the theater.
AJ: Brad Pitt is having a good Summer, eh? I’m only interested in seeing this because it’s him and I’m a big fan. And I swear it’s not just because he’s pretty. Which he is. Also just curious, is he shirtless at all in this movie?
Rambo: Last Blood
Loren: I’m all set on “Angry White Man The Movie”. I have no particular love for the franchise so…
RDT: Stallone aside, this franchise followed a similar path as Rocky. Start out smart and thinky with the first one. Get caught up in the (no pun intended) over the top tone of the 80’s. Falter a bit but get back to thinky for the last couple of flicks in the franchise. Though this may not be as thinky as Balboa/Creed. All that being said, meh.
Rick: I’m a devout fan of this series, both the good (First Blood, Rambo) and the ridiculous (Part II and Rambo 3), but I’m not excited for this movie in the least. Rambo’s arc came to a fitting conclusion at the end of the last movie. After a lifetime of violence and heartbreak, he finally got to go home. Bringing him back to face off against a drug cartel, one of the laziest of tropey villians one can put in a script, screams of a lack of ideas or motivation. This is just going to be Straw Dogs/Taken cranked up to a million. It’s unnecessary and cash-grabby. I may watch it in a third run theater to see if I’m right, but it’s definitely going to be a curiosity hate-watch.
Jen: Dear Studio, If Rick doesn’t want to see your Rambo movie, maybe you need to re-think your Rambo movie.
AJ: I have never seen a Rambo movie. And so I’m not likely to see this. And Rick’s certainly not selling me on it! Continue reading →
Welcome to the Weekend Watch. Where we try to point you towards the best ways to spend your viewing time (or, at least, steer you clear of the garbage).
Movies
Wide Release
Hustlers
Loren: I’m into it. For all the reasons you’d imagine. Sue me.
RDT: This is currently at 89% on Rotten Tomatoes. The trailer looks fun. And I love a good heist flick. So, yeah, I’m down.
The Goldfinch
Loren: Nah. I don’t need this one.
RDT: “Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel” don’t mean shit if your movie sucks. And, by all accounts, this sucks.
Limited Release
The Weekend
Loren: That was not a great looking trailer and the movie seems kinda low energy. I think it’s a pass from me.
RDT: Didn’t look terrible, I suppose. I mean, I did watch the WHOLE trailer. So, that’s something, right? Continue reading →
Welcome to the Weekend Watch. Where we try to point you towards the best ways to spend your viewing time (or, at least, steer you clear of the garbage).
Movies
Wide Release
IT Chapter 2
Loren: I’m not hearing the most amazing stuff about this but it does appear to have some genuine creepiness to it. I’ll see it, but maybe not in the theater.
RDT: I saw the first one in the theaters, despite my non-horror-guy-ness. And I am intrigued, having read the book twice. But, I dunno. It’s just not grabbing me….. Maybe?
Rick: 1) I haven’t seen the first part. 2) I still think Pennywise’s makeup is a mistake. He looks like he’d murder you with no provication. No one, no adult, child, animal, or form of intelligent life, would go within thirty feet of this iteration of Pennywise, let alone willingly join him in the sewer when promised a balloon. The clown should look like one you’d feel comfortable hiring for your child’s birthday. It should only get terrifying when it’s too late to run. That said, I’ll probably see these eventually, but I’m waiting for the director’s cut Andy Muschietti has been promising since before the first chapter hit theaters.
Jen: I still miss Tim Curry.
Limited Release
The Last Photograph
Loren: I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to go through this type of tragedy but I also don’t need to sit through this movie to find out. I’m complicated like that.
RDT: Definitely a heartbreaking story. Not sure I’ll ever be in the right mood to watch it.
Rick: Suffering this tragedy is an unreasonable burden, but nothing about this trailer is making me think this film is worth seeing.
Jen: Oh, no. I’ve been a mom for over 5 years and I’m still not ready to watch “loss of a child” stuff. This looks like a lovely film though…
Strange But True
Loren: I’ll give this one thing, I have no idea where this is going. The problem is I only slightly want to figure it out.
RDT: Ok, I know I’m never gonna read the book it’s based on. And it’s unlikely I’ll ever see the movie. So, I read the spoilers….. Damn……
Rick: Here I was expecting some kind of half-assed Jesus movie, then suddenly gunfire and ominous music. Color me slightly intrigued.
Jen: I’m definitely curious enough to check this one out. Also, glad to see Greg Kinnear in something more up to his level. Continue reading →