💀💩L 2 & Women Who Wine
GUESS THE QUOTE
"In brightest day, in blackest night /
no evil shall escape my sight"
If you don't see one movie this week, make sure it's Show Dogs.Â
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DEADPOOL 2
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"if you switch the letters, it spells DoodlPea 2"
R / 1Â hr 59Â mins
Comedy-Action / FOXÂ
WHAT'S THE DEALÂ
Deadpool, or SkullpoopL as his friends call him, was the underachiever who achieved, and achieved hard when his movie made bonkers money.
So now he's an overachiever, but like, one who still makes lots of dick jokes, calls out other superhero movies and excessively cuts peoples' limbs off.
So he's still Deadpool. What's different this time?
Mainly that this guy Thanos, er, Cable goes back in time to... well, now, to kill a kid (the one from the awesome movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople), but Deadpool is there to stop him with help from X-Force, a "super duper f'n group" he forms.
Which happens to include Peter. Hey Peter!
REVIEWS
Got that certified fresh stuff.
Gettin some knocks for being a bit too pop culture referency vs original jokes (that is Deadpool in defense), but overall really good and maybe even better than the first.
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Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%
(140Â reviews @ publish)
OUR TAKE
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Our take? We recently bought the Ryan Reynolds starrer "Two Guys & a Girl" that ran on ABC from 1999-2001 on DVD.
So yeah, you could say we're fans.
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BOOK CLUB
AKA
"*tee hee* penis! *tee hee*""
PG-13 / 1 hr 44 minsÂ
Comedy / Paramount
WHAT'S THE DEALÂ
If a glass of white wine could be a movie, it would be this movie.Â
A group of friends read Fifty Shades of Grey and suddenly when they see eggplants they see eggplants... if you know what we're sayin.
It's one of those movies that knows its audience and doesn't really try and do much more.
But it's also a rare movie that focuses on the lives, and specifically love lives, of women over 50 (and some near 80), and wants to have some fun doing it. Plus, it stars a lot of good and fun actresses (see above), who apparently make the movie watchable.
Think of it as Nancy Meyers sex-light edition (read: this is not actually a Nancy Meyers movie).
REVIEWS
Handful of good reviews and growing, although they're of the "this movie is harmless" ilk, for what it's worth.Â
But really it's a movie you know if you'll like it. Did you love Something's Gotta Give? Did you adore, It's Complicated?
Cool, go see this.
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Rotten Tomatoes Score: 78%*
(*9Â Reviews @ publish)
OUR TAKE
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Applaud the focus on the female (and age) sexuality empowerment.
Just wish it tried a bit harder to make it not so bland (and white?). *shrug*Â
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SHOW DOGS
AKA
"let's get this over with"
PG / 1 hr 32 minsÂ
Family-Comedy / Golden Road
WHAT'S THE DEALÂ
If you forgot from last week, this is that theatrical and not at at all Hallmark channel movie (how?), where a dog gets a bikini wax.
Wil Arnett stars as the suffering actor who needs money for a new boat, er cop, we meant cop, who has to save a baby panda with help from his dog partner.Â
Note: if you want to entertain your kids, there's plenty of stuff on Netflix, or YouTube, or rocks, just give them rocks to play with.
REVIEWS
Lol.
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Rotten Tomatoes Score: TBD
(0Â Reviews @ publish)
OUR TAKE
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We'd use the phrase dumpster fire, but feel like that's being nice.
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INDIE SPOTLIGHT
FIRST REFORMED
AKA
"are you there god?"
R / 1 hr 48 minsÂ
Drama / A24
WHAT'S THE DEALÂ
Three keys here:
An A24 movie
Stars Ethan Hawke Â
Written and directed by Paul Schrader who wrote Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, American Gigolo (directed it too)
The story is expectedly a bit intense seeming, but reviews are fantastic. Â
Hawke is a priest who's having a crisis of conscience after his son dies in Iraq. While looking for redemption he gets wrapped up with a couple whose husband is a "radical environmentalist."
Huh? We know, but remember the three keys.
REVIEWS
Really great and Hawke getting lots of love. Noting how it dissects a lot of "fun" themes.
Could be some Oscar stuff here.
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Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%
(40Â Reviews @ publish)
OUR TAKE
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Looks a bit off kilter, in a good way.
Def gonna watch at some point.
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ALREADY IN THEATERS + BOX OFFICE
(Weekend / Domestic Total - $ = Millions)
1) Avengers: Infinity War ($62.1 / $548)
Avengers assemble! ...a vault, cuz we rich
84% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
2) Life of the Party ($17.9) NEW
Melissa McCarthy goes to college.. now
39% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
3) Breaking In ($17.6) NEW
Don't F with mama bears and her cubs
26% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
4) Overboard ($9.9 / $29)
Remake of the 80's... classic?
29% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
5) A Quiet Place ($6.5 / $170)
Noises bring scary monsters
95% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
6) I Feel Pretty ($3.8 / $44)Â
Amy Schumer feels pretty & lots changes
34% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
7) Rampage ($3.5 / $90)
80's video game + The Rock
51% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
8) Tully ($3.2 / $7)
A mother in need of help, in comes Tully
87% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
9) Black Panther ($2.1 / $696)
A super, hero, movie
96% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - ShowtimesÂ
10) RBGÂ ($1.2Â / $2)
Doc on the notorious supreme court judge
94% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
SOLO:
A STAR WARS STORY
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Han, before he shot first. Because yes god damn it, he shot first.
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INDIE SPOTLIGHT
SUMMER 1993
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A Spanish film (yes subtitles) about a 6 year old girl who loses her mother and goes to live with her aunt and uncle. Really good reviews. Looks lovingly sweet and honest.
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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
FALLOUT
July 27, 2018
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Mr. Ethan Hunt is on the, ahem, hunt again for more baddies. Come for the rad stunts, stay for the rad stunts.
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THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME
August 3, 2018
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Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon are not spies, but they're being chased by them - because Kunis' ex worked for the CIA. Also stars that hunky dude from Outlander.
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MILE 22
August 3, 2018
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Mark Wahlberg doin his gun shootin' thing. This time it's CIA secret ops thing. Same director as Lone Survivor.
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SEARCHING
August 3, 2018
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John Cho plays a dad searching for his daughter, that he might not know as well as he thought he did. Whole movie takes place on laptop and phone screens. Supposed to be really good too.
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DESTINATION WEDDING
August 24, 2018
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Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves play misanthropic people forced together at a... destination wedding.
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THE PREDATOR
Sept 14, 2018
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The one ugly motherf'r is back. For those who care, this is supposed to be a sequel to Predator 2. But you shouldn't care, you should just know it's a predator movie.
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BLACKKKLANSMAN
August 10, 2018
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New Spike Lee joint about the true story of a black cop who infiltrates the Klan.
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BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
November 2, 2018
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Authorized (by the band) biopic of Freddie Mercury and Queen. Dude from Mr. Robot plays Mercury.