Furious Scary Lost Summer Movies of Gold

FAST AND FURIOUS PRESENTS HOBBS AND SHAW

ACTION/ADVENTURE 

PLOT:    Hobbs and Shaw must work together to save the world.

                Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and Shaw (Jason Statham) who don’t like each other  must save Shaw’s sister Hattie (Vanessa  Kirby), a M16 agent from dying from a poison that can wipe out the world.  The story is insane and so is the action.  What makes it really funny is the macho bickering between the two leads.  In the previous Fast and Furious they were fighting each other so if you seen those you know what I mean.  The evil, black superman Brixton (Idris Elba) is great as a bad guy.  If you like the Fast and Furious franchise, Johnson and Stratham you will enjoy this movie!

SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK

HORROR

PLOT:    In 1968 on Halloween a group of teens are trapped in a haunted house and they find a book that tells their deaths.

                Sarah Bellows was a lonely child who wrote frightening tales of the macabre but none was as scary as her own disturbed story.  Years later a group of teens for Halloween go to a so called haunted house-the Bellows and a young girl who loves horror picks up a book written by Sarah.  Bad idea!  Not only did she write previous stories; she is now writing stories that come to life and the group has to find out the truth about Sarah Bellows before all are killed.  You have seen this before but this film is not scary as it is creepy!!!  The special effects help very much and the teens are very good actors.  They should have release this near Halloween.  If you enjoy anthologies and horror you will enjoy this.

DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD

COMEDY/ACTION/ADVENTURE

PLOT:    Based on the cartoon series Dora The Explorer

                Dora (Isabela Moner) grew up in the jungle most of her life now has to go to high school while her parents (Eva Longoria and Michael Pena) are on a dangerous journey to go to the legend of Parapata where there is gold treasure.  It is very cute and Moner is great as Dora, a teenaged, Latina Lara Croft.  She is brave, upbeat fearless and smart.  Comic actor Eugenio Derbez as the bad guy Alejandro is good.  Go if you like the series even though she is a teenager.

Mad Dolls, Heroes, and Home

CHILD’S PLAY

HORROR

  

PLOT:  Chucky, the killer doll of 1988 movie has gone hi-tech!

               

                In 1988 film of the same name a bad man possessed a cute doll now a disgruntled worker picks one doll and  cuts out all the safety features but the doll can control ALL electronic devices in the owner’s homes.  The unlucky family is Karen Barclay, a working mom and her son Andy.  Andy is 13 years old but she didn’t have much money and he doesn’t have any friends so she gives it to him for his birthday.  Chucky kills anyone that hurts or upset Andy.  The kills are very messy.  Mark Hamill –that Mark Hamill from the Star Wars franchise does the voice of Chucky and he does a good job.  He is cute and crazy!  If you like movie in 1988 you will enjoy this one.

SPIDERMAN: FAR FROM HOME

ACTION/SCI-FI

  

PLOT: Peter Parker wants to have a normal vacation but a new villain gets in the way.

                Peter Parker (Tom Holland) goes on a class trip to Europe to get away from being a superhero and tells Mary Jane (Zendaya) he likes her but things don’t goes as planned.  Quentin Beck/Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhall) is a new menace and he has to save the day as Spiderman. Holland nails the character of Parker/Spiderman.  It is full of action, humor and heart like the last one.  As in all Marvel movies there are post credits and these you MUST see!!!

               

ANNABELLE COMES HOME

HORROR

PLOT:    The evil doll is locked in a glass cage with good reason but it escapes.

                The Warrens (based on real people) keep cursed artifacts in a locked room in their own house.  They go away for a couple of days and the let Mary Ellen(Madison Iseman) a cute young woman take care of their only daughter, Judy (Mckenna Grace).  Mary Ellen’s friend Daniela (Katie Sarife) is a mischief girl who opens the door to Annabelle’s cage and the fear begins.  It takes a looong time before it gets going but some of the jump scares are good-not typical.  I am not a fan of the Conjuring franchise but it does have its moments.  If you like the other two Annabelle movies you will like this, if not wait until video.

Franchises Meet Assassins: 2019 Summer Madness

MEN IN BLACK:  INTERNATIONAL

ACTION/SCI-FI/ COMEDY

  

PLOT:    A smart black female wants to join MIB.

                Molly-Agent M (Tessa Thompson) had an alien encounter when she was young and is determined that MIB does exist.  She does find it and wants to join then she does and her partner is Horatio-Agent H (Chris Hemsworth).  Now only do they two have two have to work together to save the planet they think there is a mole in the organization.  Oh-boy is it a wild ride!  The special effects are amazing!  Thompson and Hemsworth are good but they are not as good as Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones.  Should you see if-only if you like the leads and the special effects.

TOY STORY 4

ANIMATED 

PLOT:    A new toy joins the gang of old toys.

                Bonnie is going to kindergarten and on the first day of school she makes a toy out of a fork and names it Forky.  Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of the toys risk everything to save Forky to help Bonnie manage.  The fourth film is just as delightful as the first one.  It has humor and heart romance and action! The film franchise becomes better with each movie.  A movie that should be seen by children and adults!

ANNA

ACTION/THRILLER

PLOT:    Pretty young woman who is down on her luck becomes an assassin.

                Anna Poliatova (real model Sasha Luss) has a criminal boyfriend in the beginning and her luck changes when she becomes a hit woman for a secret government agency.  The movie has a foreign feel to it and they go back and forth in time.  It’s a mixed of La Femme Nikita, Atomic Blonde and John Wick.  The action scenes are just great.  She kills very much and very well. If you can wait for video or on demand.

Dark Mommas and Phoenixes

MA

HORROR

PLOT:    Lonely older black woman has bad plans for a group of teenages.

                Sue Ann (Octavia Spencer) lives alone, maybe and has a job as a veterinarian assistant.  She lets kids use her basement to party and call her Ma but there is a reason why she is doing this.  Black people complain that black actors in horror movies are the first to die but Ma is different for Ma is doing the killing!  If you watch horror movies you figure it out very quickly but the film does tell you in flashback.  Race is not mentioned in the movie but it could easily be a blaxploitation film in the 70s, for most of the victims are white.  Spencer is great for she can play a kind woman to full-tilt psycho!  There is a lot of talent in the movie like Luke Evans (Dracula Untold, Beauty and the Beast) and the director of The Help Tate Taylor to do a guilty pleasure B-movie flick.

ALADDIN

FANTASY

PLOT:    Live action film of the timeless story.

                Disney made the animated feature starring the voice of the late, great Robin Williams and now it is live action with Will Smith as the Genie.  The singing so-so but the visual effects are AMAZING.  Smith is no Robin Williams but he isn’t bad as genie found by Aladdin whose only wish to be free and human.  Marwan Kenzari is the evil Jafar and he does a good job of being bad.  I hope his acting career goes far.  DELIGHTFUL.

X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX

SUPERHERO

PLOT:    The X-men has to fight one of their own.

                The X-men now are heroes in the future and mutants are no longer a threat but a mishap in space causes Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) to absorb a cosmic force which slowly turns her into the uncontrolled, malicious Phoenix.  The movie is good if you don’t know anything about X-men but if you read the comics you will know many things don’t happen. First, Raven/ Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) was NEVER leader of the team! If it was done correctly it would be like the Avengers’ saga and most of it happens in space.  The back-story of this movie is more interesting than the movie itself!  If you are a true of fan wait until video if you like action-go see it.

Little Monster Hustle

LITTLE

COMEDY

  

PLOT:    Adult black woman gets to be a thirteen year old again.

                Jordan Sanders (Regina Hall) is a black, successful but mean-spirited and demanding boss who makes a little girl angry and she makes her young again.  It has been done many times plus it is predictable but this is the black version.  Hall is funny and Marsai Martin (TV show blackish) is cute and amusing as young  Jordan but it is Issa Rae who is hilarious as Jordan’s overworked creative assistant, April.  It is better than I expected   but it could easily be on TV movie.

THE HUSTLE

COMEDY

PLOT:    Two female con artists make a bet to scam a tech billionaire.

                Josephine (Anne Hathaway) is a classy, beautiful woman and Penny (Rebel Wilson) is pretty, plus crass female.  The two ladies are con artists.  They make a bet who can con the billionaire first.  It is a female take on Dirty Rotten Scoundrels made in 1988 with Steve Martin and Michael Caine.  I did not see that movie but I did see this one.  It is not as funny as I thought it was going to be but it does have amusing parts in it.  Hathaway has fun being having different accents and lovely outfits and Wilson is cute with her unique dresses.  It is NOT worth watching in the movies but on video and cable.

GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS

ACTION/SCI-FI

PLOT:    A sequel to Godzilla 2014.

                Godzilla destroyed San Francisco while defeating a MUTO and disappear from sight in 5 years.  Dr. Russell had a tragedy in her life and made a device named Orca (!) that can control the Titans (giant monsters) to obliterate the world to make it better again.  Plot is not why I go see a Godzilla movie.  You go see the film to watch monster battles and it does!  It is not the flick in 2014 where Godzilla is in the entire movie for about 10 minutes! He is in the movie a lot!  The epic film is for fans mostly for there are many references in GKOTM from the Toho movies.  The 2 things I am not pleased with is the fight scenes are in the rain and there are suppose to be 17 monsters but I didn’t see them all.  If you like Godzilla GO SEE THIS MOVIE but if not wait.