Twisted Summer, with Long Legs

 

TWISTERS

ACTION 

PLOT:   Sequel to the 1996 blockbuster Twister starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton.  A group of new storm chasers have a device to stop a tornado.

WHAT IS GOOD:  The special effects!!  Glen Powell is cool as Tyler Owens, an arrogant guy who calls himself the Tornado Wrangler.  The heroine Daisy Edgar Jones as Kate who created the device is okay.

WHAT IS BAD:  When there is no twister there is time for romance with the two leads but that’s not why you want to see the movie.

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  If you like Twister the first one you will enjoy this one.

 

LONGLEGS

HORROR 

PLOT:   A FBI agent is searching for a serial killer of families named Longlegs.

WHAT IS GOOD:    Maika Monroe (It Follows) as Lee Harker a dedicated but strange FBI agent hunting down Longlegs (Nicholas Cage) who is brilliant as usual.  You won’t recognize him but he is VERY Good!!  He is frighting and funny at the same time!

WHAT IS BAD:  It is a slow burn and creepy. The director Osgood Perkins, son of Anthony Perkins (Psycho) has a future in horror movies.

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  THIS IS NOT A POPCORN MOVIE!!   However, if you want something different this film is for you.

 

A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE

SCI-FI/HORROR 

PLOT:   A prequel (beginning) of aliens with sensitive hearing attack New Yorkers.  The third in the movie franchise A Quiet Place.

WHAT IS GOOD: Lupit Nyong’o as Samira, a terminally ill black female who is a poet and loves pizza and her cat Frodo.  In the beginning she angry and unhappy with her brief life until the invasion comes.  She does her best to survive.  Soon she meets Eric (Joseph Quinn, Stranger Things) who is alone in New York and becomes her friend.  Together, they try to survive their surroundings.

WHAT IS BAD:  Is it a summer movie?  It is VERY intense film.  The creatures don’t like thunder and water-never explained.

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  If you like the other films YES.  It is an interesting movie and you want to know how it started.

 

DESPICABLE ME 4

3D ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY 

PLOT:   Gru (Steve Carell) is now working for AVL (Anti-Villain League) and captures top bad-guy Maxime LeMal (Will Farrell).  Maxime is bent on revenge from the past and for placing him in jail so Gru’s family must to go in a protection witness program in Mayflower, a small town.

WHAT IS GOOD:   The voice cast and the zaniness of the minions plus the amazing soundtrack.

WHAT IS BAD:    There are so many things happening  sometimes  hard to keep up.

SHOULD YOUWATCH:  If you liked the last 3 movies you will enjoy this one.

 

INSIDE OUT 2 

ANIMATED

PLOT:    Riley is now a teenager so she has more emotions than ever.

WHAT IS GOOD:  The cast of the voices!  Amy Poehler is great as Joy trying to stay happy even when she is not.  May Hawke is fantastic as Anxiety.  Lewis Black funny as Anger, Tony Hale as Fear and

Ayo Edebiri as Envy.

WHAT IS BAD:  NOTHING!

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  YES!  It is very funny and very telling what you happens when your emotions get the best of you.  Great story telling.

  

THE GARFIELD MOVIE

ANIMATED/COMEDY 

PLOT:   The origin of the popular orange, overweight tabby from the comics strip.

WHAT IS GOOD: Chris Pratt as Garfield!  He was great. Samuel L. Jackson as his dad, Vic who loved him but abandon him for good reason.  Hannah Waddington as Jinx is amazing as the female who wants revenge on Vic and the Cecily Strong as Marge Malone as the Animal Control of Lactose Farm is simple fantastic!

WHAT IS BAD:  Garfield doesn’t look like he would get into the over-the –top adventure.

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  YES!  It has funny, action-packed, romance and sentimental.

 

IF

COMEDY/FANTASY/ANIMATION 

PLOT:   A teenage girl has to deal with her father’s sickness and help IF-Imaginary Friends find new homes.

WHAT IS GOOD:  Calley Fleming as Bea, the young girl who lost her mom and her dad is sick and finds out she wants to search for new children for IFs to play with.  Ryan Reynolds is great who helps her.  Steve Carell is fantastic as Blue, a goofy monster who is really purple but very funny.

WHAT IS BAD:   The trailers make it look like a cute family comedy.  It is but it gets very dark sometimes.

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  The adorable IFs are great but it has serious moments.  Go with caution.

BAD BOYS RIDE OR DIE

ACTION/COMEDY 

PLOT:   Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are back and this time they have to clear their former Captain Howard (Joe Pantoliano) of corruption.

WHAT IS GOOD:  Smith and Lawrence still got it after all these years!  The arguing duo can attack each other be very funny and defeat the bad guys.  The latest bad villain is McGrath (Eric Dane) and he is cruel to the core!  The action is amazing!

WHAT IS BAD:    Nothing new.

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  OH YEAH! A great addition to the franchise!