Rating: Full

 

Cast: Jaeden Lieberher, Bill Skarsgård, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis and Finn Wolfhard

 

Director: Andy Muschietti

 

Writers: Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunuga and Gary Dauberman

 

Producers: Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Seth Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg and Barbara Muschietti

 

Music by: Benjamin Wallfisch

 

Rated: R for violence/horror, bloody images, and for language

 

Release Date: 09/08/17

 

Favorite Character: Beverly Marsh

 

Tagline: You’ll float too

 

Quote: “We all float down here.”- Georgie Denbrough

 

Fun Facts: 27 is defiantly the films’ number. This film was released 27 years after the original 1990 television mini-series. In the book, it is mentioned that “It” returns to Derry approximately every 27 years. Jonathan Brandis, who played young Bill in the original film, died at 27 years old. This movie was released one month after Bill Skarsgård 27th birthday. The official US release date is 9/8/2017. 9+8+2+0+1+7 = 27.

 

The kids are kept separated from Skarsgård so that way when they film the projector scene, their terror will be so realistic.

 

Due to the town being called “Derry”, a name similar to the city in Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland, the country had its own premiere of the film there. Before the movie began, there was special video from the child actors greeting the Derry audience.

 

The Losers’ Club 1980’s shirts pay homage to various Stephen King properties including The Shining, Carrie, Christine and Pet Semetary

 

Summary: When a shape shifting demon terrorizes children of Derry, Maine, a group of misfits bands together to stop this monster.

 

The review: People may be laughing at Tim Curry’s performance in the 1990’s miniseries, but they certainly won’t be laughing at Bill Skarsgård’s terrifying performance. The ‘Losers Club’ are the next ‘Stranger Things.’ This film has good humor, all star cast and is, of course, terrifying. Sorry Curry, but you can’t out scare Skarsgård’s terrorness.

 

Rating: Half-Full

 

Cast: Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Alain Delon and Rosemary Forsyth

 

Director: Michael Gordon

 

Writers: Wells Root, Harold Greene and Ben Starr

 

Producer: Henry Keller

 

Music by: Frank De Vol, Sammy Cahn, and James Van Heusen

 

Oscar Nominations: 0

 

Rated: NR

 

Release Date: 10/27/66

 

Favorite Character: Lonetta

 

Tagline: A Swinging Fun-Romp that Fractures the Frontier!

 

Quote: “In me there is such a fire. You do not see it, but it burns for you.”- Lonetta

 

Fun Fact: Kronk (Sam’s Indian sidekick) played by Joey Bishop is referred to as a friendly or safe Indian since he is a Karankawa. In reality the Karanakawa were hostile and one of the few cannibal Indian tribes.

 

Summary: After fleeing from the wedding, Don Andrea flees to the yet-to-be-state Texas, where he meets cowboy and his sidekick indian.

 

The Review: This is the ho-hum western film, I failed to stay awake on this one. On the other hand, the action is the best part.

 

 

 

Rating: Overflowing

 

Cast: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant, Peter Falk, Carol Kane and Billy Crystal

 

Director: Rob Reiner

 

Writer: William Goldman

 

Producers: Andrew Scheinman and Rob Reiner

 

Music by: Mark Knopfler

 

Song: Storybook Love by Willy DeVille

 

Oscar Nominations: 1 (Best Original Song)

 

Oscar Wins: 0

 

Rated: PG

 

Release Date: 09/25/87

 

Favorite Character: Fezzik

 

Tagline: Heroes. Giants. Villains. Wizards. True Love. – Not just your basic, average, everyday, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, ho-hum fairy tale.

 

Quote: “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!”- Inigo Montoya

 

Fun Facts: When Count Rugen hits Westley over the head, Cary Elwes told Christopher Guest to go ahead and hit him for real. Guest hit him hard enough to shut down production for a day while Elwes went to the hospital.

 

Writer William Goldman was on set during one of the flame burst scenes in the forest when Robin Wright‘s dress caught fire. Although Goldman knew this was intentional, he was so caught up in the moment that he shouted, “Her dress is on fire!”, thus ruining the take.

 

Max and Valerie, played by Billy Crystal and Carol Kane respectively, were named after author William Goldman‘s parents, Max and Valerie.

 

The title on the 20th anniversary edition DVD cover is an ambigram (it can be read right side up or upside down).

 

Summary: A grandfather reads his sick grandson a fairy tale entitled, “The Princess Bride”.

 

The Review: Move over Zorro! Inigo is headed your way! One of the greatest live action fairy tale films of all time! It has a touch of magic to it. Beyond fun for the whole family!

 

 

Rating: Full

 

Cast: Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne and Andy Garcia

 

Director: Morten Tyldum

 

Writer: Jon Spaihts

 

Producers: Neal H. Moritz, Stephen Hamel, Michael Maher and Ori Marmur

 

Music by: Thomas Newman

 

Oscar Nominations:

 

Oscar Wins: 0

 

Rated: PG-13 for sexuality, nudity and action/peril

 

Release date:

-Theaters: 12/21/16

-Digital: 03/07/17

-DVD/Blu-Ray: 03/14/17

 

Favorite Character: Jim Preston

 

Tagline: Nothing Happens By Accident

 

Quote: “We were woken too soon… Ninety years too soon.”- Jim Preston

 

Fun Facts: The third act from the movie is quite different from the original screenplay written by Jon Spaihts, in which a moribund Gus commits suicide by shooting himself into space, then Jim and Aurora have to contain the ship’s damage. Jim never dies, but the 5,000 hibernation pods are ejected (Jim explains: “The hibernation system rebooted. It thinks the ship’s in port. It’s ejecting the empty pods.” Aurora (horrified): “They’re not empty.”). In the final scene, the ship arrives in Homestead II (88 years later) and out of it comes Jim and Aurora’s descendants.

 

The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2007 Blacklist; a list of the “most liked” unmade scripts of the year.

 

In Jim’s room you can see the brand sign (logo) of Village Roadshow Pictures as part of the decorations inside the room. Specifically, the stairway leading to his bed is vaguely in the shape of the logo.

 

Despite being billed fifth, Andy Garcia has approximately fifteen seconds of screen time, and no lines whatsoever.

 

Summary: Two passengers of the spaceship traveling to the distant earth-like planet, woke up 90 years early, little they did know that something was really wrong with the ship.

 

The Review: First Gravity, then Interstellar, then The Martian, now, Passengers. We are living in the age of great space movies (besides the 60’s and 70’s). The story could use more of the story but the visuals are technically what we want.