Random thoughts of a movie insomniac October Edition

Hey Gang.

I’m not doing much reviews on here this month, and most of my content will be dedicated to Cinema Recall for the whole 31 days of Halloween/Horror challenge.   You can listen to many of those episodes below

I did check out some rather cool flicks in theaters and at home that I will share with you

5 Reasons Why it’s OK To Watch Spice World 1997( and enjoy it)

A few night back my friend Tara had a bunch of friends come over for a bad movie night.  In the past she has screened Xanadu, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Harts Club Band, but on this night she was to screen the feature film of The Spice Girls called Spice World.  I remember this not being good when I first saw it.  But after a few years past I really enjoyed it this time around.  Plus my musical tastes have changed a lot since I was 15 so that might something to do with it as well.  Although I have always been a fan of their hit Wannabe and think their music video helped inspire Russian Ark and Birdman or The unexpected virtue of ignorance because it was all done in one take or made to look like it was.  You can read my full list over on That Moment In below.

Cinema Recall Podcast’s New Home and 31 Days of Horror Challenge.

Hello to everyone out there that still watches this site, I do appreciate it.  There is some good news that I want to share with you.   The Cinema Recall Podcast is now available under That Moment In Presents which can be found on Anchor.  We used to be on another platform but the costs to keep it there was a bit too much.  Going forward I will be re posting older shows and new ones as well   Check out all our episodes below.

Random Thoughts of a Movie Insomniac. Reviews of Hail Satan,The Dead Don’t Die, Camino and more

What is up everyone.   I’m going to make this post really short. compared to other movie insomniac posts I have done in the past.    Not going to do a short summary review like before.  Just going to post my score and than click title to read the full review over at That Moment In.  Enjoy.   

The Vern wants to take the world but reviews Brightburn instead

 

Brandon Breyer (Jackson A. Dunn) stars in Screen Gems’ BRIGHTBURN.

After almost giving up hope that they will ever conceive a child.  Tori(Elizabeth Banks) and Kyle Breyer’s(David Denman) prayers are answered after a spaceship crash lands in their backyard carrying with it an infant boy.  Brandon(Jackson A. Dunn) for the first 10 years has been a real sweet kid and the apple of mom’s eye.  But once he begins to find out where he comes from and just how powerful he is.  Everyone else has become obsolete to him.

Why Sam Raimi’s version of Spider-Man is the best.

In this video essay from Dorkly on Youtube. Tony Wilson explains why the Spider-Man movies directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire are the best adaptations of the famous web crawler. I loved Into the Spiderverse and Tom Holland’s version of the character is a lot of fun, but they never showed the struggle of the character like Raimi’s versions had. Check out the video below and let me know what you think.

All Time Classics: Small Town Hero (2019)

 

Have you ever wondered if a superhero has ever wrongly accused someone of a crime they may or may haven’t done.  It has to happen, right.  No one can always be 100 percent sure that they are doing the right thing all the time.  I’m sure Batman has his doubts at times, but than again maybe not.  Maybe this ideal of a perfect society is what fuels many of these individuals who put the law into their own hands.

People like Pep(Simon Cassidy) in the wonderful new movie Small Town Hero are nothing new.  Being fed up with crime in his town.  He decides to do something about it and stop it.  At first it started with a bunch of kids breaking a store’s window and other small crimes.  His methods were a bit unorthodox but hey, they get the help get the job done.

The Vern was a guest on Dork Points and watches Beta Test

 

I was recently a guest on Dork Points to watch the sci-fi feature Beta Test.  It’s about a game tester who unknowingly begins controlling a real person to commit crimes for an evil corporation.  It was a blast hanging out with my friends Nicole, Ron, and Ron’s dad to watch this flick and do a MST3K style commentary but I think a few of us were enjoying it more than we should.  Watch the series of videos below and be sure to like and subscribe to their channel. 

The Vern picks The Species Franchise to win Movie of the Month and it does.

Over on The Large Association of  Movie Blogs aka The LAMB.  I put forth Species to win Movie of The Month for a special franchise edition.  Up against the original Star Wars trilogy, Cars, the Dollars saga(Fistfull…, A Few Dollars…, The Good The Bad…) and more I never thought. I would win.  But I did and I was on a special episode of The LAMBcast discussing that flick.  That show should be posting this week so be on the lookout for it.  It was fun.   I’m going to be giving you my short reactions to each movie.

The Vern tokes up and reviews The Beach Bum(2019)

When you mention the name Harmony Korine.  Right away there will be many people there that will avoid this movie at all cost.  The Director of Spring Breakers and Gummo certainly has a distinct style and the man has his fans but certainly a lot of haters as well.  His new movie The Beach Bum will be no different and I won’t fault anyone for not liking this flick.   But I can’t lie and say I did not have fun with this one, folks.  Does it have problems.  Oh Yes.  Yes it does, but it’s still very funny.  Matthew McConaughey shines in the lead role as Moondog and the supporting cast including Snoop Dog, Isla Fisher, Martin Lawrence, Jimmy Buffett and more are all very good.

Read my full review over at That Moment In

https://www.thatmomentin.com/amp/the-beach-bum-review/