Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road
Samuel Goldwyn Films
April 13, 2002
Fantasy?
DVD
C
C
This had potential and I watched a half hour, waiting for it to get going, before I gave up. Bob Gale wrote and directed.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road
This had potential and I watched a half hour, waiting for it to get going, before I gave up. Bob Gale wrote and directed.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Clue
Clue
Paramount
December 13, 1985
Historical Comedy, Crime Comedy
DVD
B-
So, I sort of remember this movie from the time, in that I remember what a critical and commercial failure it was and how I didn't see it in the theater partly because of that, and partly because I thought I'd have to go three times for all the endings, and that seemed like a rip-off. So I caught it on cable, maybe all at once, maybe in bits and pieces. I liked it and vaguely remembered it, but I haven't watched it in, oh, I'm going to say thirty years.
It would probably be a C+ without its game (pun intended) and very recognizable (to me) cast. (I have to omit Kellye Nakahara, but I was delighted to see her outside of M*A*S*H.) The story does drag a bit, especially during the "splitting up in pairs" part, but there's enough amusement and, yes, intrigue that it mostly held my interest throughout. I also like the use of 1954-appropriate songs, like "Sh-Boom," and the bit of political satire. Note that this is sort of the second movie I've reviewed where Michael McKean plays gay, unless you count ending #3.
John Landis co-wrote the story and this was Jonathan Lynn's first directorial gig (seven years before the much more acclaimed My Cousin Vinny).
December 13, 1985
Historical Comedy, Crime Comedy
DVD
B-
So, I sort of remember this movie from the time, in that I remember what a critical and commercial failure it was and how I didn't see it in the theater partly because of that, and partly because I thought I'd have to go three times for all the endings, and that seemed like a rip-off. So I caught it on cable, maybe all at once, maybe in bits and pieces. I liked it and vaguely remembered it, but I haven't watched it in, oh, I'm going to say thirty years.
It would probably be a C+ without its game (pun intended) and very recognizable (to me) cast. (I have to omit Kellye Nakahara, but I was delighted to see her outside of M*A*S*H.) The story does drag a bit, especially during the "splitting up in pairs" part, but there's enough amusement and, yes, intrigue that it mostly held my interest throughout. I also like the use of 1954-appropriate songs, like "Sh-Boom," and the bit of political satire. Note that this is sort of the second movie I've reviewed where Michael McKean plays gay, unless you count ending #3.
John Landis co-wrote the story and this was Jonathan Lynn's first directorial gig (seven years before the much more acclaimed My Cousin Vinny).
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part IIUniversal
November 22, 1989
Sci-Fi, Comedy
DVD
C-
Robert Zemeckis directed and co-wrote this middle movie of the trilogy, as he did with Parts I and III. The weird thing is, I pretty clearly remember seeing the first movie in the theater and a few times after, but it feels like I've just seen the second and third movies in pieces on cable, over three decades. I watched the first quarter hour now and just wasn't drawn in. The first movie was a little hokey even at the time, but there was something fresh and sweet about it. This just felt, well, mechanical. I can see why I could never watch more than a scene or two at a time before. (And it's entirely possible that I have sat through the whole thing and have blocked it out, as I did for Ferris Bueller years ago, until I watched it all the way through the second time.)
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