tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post484908322093310855..comments2024-03-27T15:16:57.305-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Junesploitation 2021 Day 20: Musicals!Patrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-54465563973222756642021-06-22T08:09:29.506-05:002021-06-22T08:09:29.506-05:00Battle for Milkquarious (2009 - Tom Kuntz)
This wa...<b>Battle for Milkquarious (2009 - Tom Kuntz)</b><br />This was made to advertise milk... this is at least what I've read about it. It is only 22 minutes long, full of catchy songs, a great Joe Hursley as the lead character, full of heart, very funny, and you can see it for free on YouTube. Just watch it, please. <br /><br />4 out of 4 gallons of milk. Derkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439959396381448323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-3357138117243151002021-06-21T16:10:52.213-05:002021-06-21T16:10:52.213-05:00Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
It was ok. I was lef...<b>Mary Poppins Returns (2018)</b><br /><br />It was ok. I was left mostly wishing I had watched the original, which was a childhood favourite.Paul Calverthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11748440093206090195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-42035035984930652852021-06-21T08:54:35.193-05:002021-06-21T08:54:35.193-05:00Yeah, l don't go looking for LGBTQ content eit...Yeah, l don't go looking for LGBTQ content either. It just naturally falls on my lap based on my strict streaming criteria of FREE or bust! 😉🌈J.M. Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293452334926334389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-74930978211183738972021-06-21T01:37:00.122-05:002021-06-21T01:37:00.122-05:00Voyage Of The Rock Aliens (1984)
I picked this on...Voyage Of The Rock Aliens (1984)<br /><br />I picked this one after seeing Munkee's review above. Really zany. Really goofy. The highs are so high and the lows so low, but in a pretty fun way.Charles Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08135869584272794906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-35037912980233507192021-06-21T00:06:59.492-05:002021-06-21T00:06:59.492-05:00Cool re-use of "Spider-Man" movie tech f...Cool re-use of "Spider-Man" movie tech for that one dancing sequence, though. 😎👍J.M. Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293452334926334389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-55380957745687415252021-06-20T23:03:43.958-05:002021-06-20T23:03:43.958-05:00In the Heights (2021)
It was ok I guess. None of ...In the Heights (2021)<br /><br />It was ok I guess. None of the songs really stuck with me and what conflict there is in the story maybe gets resolved a little too easily and conveniently. Well made though.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129602094443434975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-20336877273275473992021-06-20T22:52:00.841-05:002021-06-20T22:52:00.841-05:00Pennies from Heaven
For the exact same reasons w...Pennies from Heaven <br /><br />For the exact same reasons why I find Pennies from Heaven to be a success, I can see why it failed at the box office.<br /><br />Pennies from Heaven was Steve Martin’s first dramatic role in a film. After watching the original BBC miniseries, he was convinced that it was the greatest thing he’d ever seen. So learned how to tap dance and chose the film to follow up The Jerk.<br /><br />He’d later tell Rolling Stone, “I’m disappointed that it didn’t open as a blockbuster and I don’t know what’s to blame, other than it’s me and not a comedy. I must say that the people who get the movie, in general, have been wise and intelligent; the people who don’t get it are ignorant scum.”<br /><br />He also told the Chicago Tribune “Everything I had done until that time had been wildly successful so that the commercial failure of the film caught me by surprise.”<br /><br />But yeah. He also would tell the BBC at one point that you don’t follow up The Jerk with this movie.<br /><br />During the Great Depression, Chicago sheet-music salesman Arthur Parker (Martin) struggles in his business and in his marriage to Joan (Jessica Harper*), who refuses to give him any money to start his own business. His dream is to live in the world of the songs that he writes, which leads him to wander for a while. During this time, he meets a schoolteacher named Eileen (Bernadette Peters) and falls in love with her, but he soon returns to his wife.<br /><br />The affair has led to a pregnancy and Eileen loses her job. After an abortion, she becomes Lulu, a lady of the night in the employee of a pimp named Tom (Christopher Walken). Yet when they find each other again, Arthur and Lulu remember their love and run away after destroying his store.<br /><br />It all falls apart when a girl is assaulted and killed, with Arthur suspected and his wife telling the police that he’s perverted. He’s arrested and goes to death row, but his fantasy life takes over, as he sings “Pennies from Heaven” on the gallows. The film closes with him telling Lulu, “We couldn’t have gone through all that without a happy ending. Songs ain’t like that, are they?”<br /><br />At one point in the film, Arthur and Eileen go to see the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movie Follow the Fleet and then become part of the movie and dance through “Let’s Face the Music and Dance.” In Astaire, The Biography, Fred Astaire would say, “I have never spent two more miserable hours in my life. Every scene was cheap and vulgar… it makes you cry it’s so distasteful.” However, it has been reported that he liked Walken’s dancing.<br /><br />Director Herbert Ross recovered from this movie bombing and made Footloose, The Secret of My Success, Steel Magnolia, Boys on the Side and many more films. Dennis Potter, who wrote the BBC series and this film, would go on to write Gorky Park and The Singing Detective.<br /><br />You know who was a fan of this movie? Anton LaVey. It appears on the Church of Satan film list and Dr. LaVey went on record saying, “The sets and the characters were 100% authentic.”<br /><br />*Do you think Ms. Harper ever thinks to herself, “Between Suspiria, Phantom of the Paradise and Shock Treatment, do you think that I can maybe not be in a cult musical movie and maybe something that could get me rich?”B&S About Movieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793751641496948121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-8669464154900307832021-06-20T22:44:18.679-05:002021-06-20T22:44:18.679-05:00Never heard of it before and now I'm super int...Never heard of it before and now I'm super interested.Adam Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03501063595783109378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-4615687458161812512021-06-20T22:43:40.476-05:002021-06-20T22:43:40.476-05:00Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)
Directed by James...Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)<br />Directed by James Fargo<br /><br />I have now watched this film, but I found no answers, only more questions. Why is there not an episode of Paul Scheer’s podcast How Did This Get Made? about this film? Who was Pia Zadora screwing to get the film made? How bad were Ruth Gordon’s finances that her participation was required? Did no one involved in the film’s production stop in the middle of a scene, and scream, “stop! This is horrible”? If they did, why didn’t everyone listen? How much did they have to pay Michael Berryman to class this up? Could Craig Sheffer look any more coked up? How much cocaine was used in the making of this film? Who told these people they could dance, sing, or make movies? Did everyone involved think this would advance their careers? Or just help them make their mortgage, child support or cocaine bills that month? Did the sheer amount of hairspray used in this production contribute to ozone depletion, and eventually to our current climate crisis? The horror…the horror…dystopic eye monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15489045851011795438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-28050238961120532042021-06-20T22:41:41.269-05:002021-06-20T22:41:41.269-05:00Great choice.Great choice.Adam Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03501063595783109378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-23073068195321311362021-06-20T22:40:20.525-05:002021-06-20T22:40:20.525-05:00It's on my shortlist. Glad to hear it's go...It's on my shortlist. Glad to hear it's good.Adam Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03501063595783109378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-44471665053409536482021-06-20T22:31:00.850-05:002021-06-20T22:31:00.850-05:00Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
I gotta tell you...Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)<br /><br />I gotta tell you, it takes a lot of balls to tell a story like this (I'm sorry, I couldn't resist).<br /><br />I've known the music for a long time, but it took me many years to catch up on the movie. And like I always expected, I loved it. It's an unapologetically weird and earnest work of an artist with a singular vision which they execute with confidence and panache. And it's got some real bangers, too. Still wish I could see it on stage someday, I bet the show rocks on stage.<br /><br />(I didn't even connect the dots with the Pride Month when planning to see it today, but it's an added bonus, I guess.)Adam Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03501063595783109378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-89918459967625421362021-06-20T22:13:26.175-05:002021-06-20T22:13:26.175-05:00Guava Island (2019) - Starting Donald Glover, Rhia...Guava Island (2019) - Starting Donald Glover, Rhianna, Nonso Anozie and Letitia Wright, and directed by Hiro Murai, this was darker and more grounded than I expected. It turns out that was exactly what I was in the mood for. Fans of Atlanta should enjoy this and the added context it gave to songs like "This is America" and "Feels Like Summer". Matt Lintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12633393626021227127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-33192942539062742822021-06-20T21:56:06.467-05:002021-06-20T21:56:06.467-05:00Across the Universe(2007) Dir: Julie Taymor
Drin...Across the Universe(2007) Dir: Julie Taymor <br /><br />Drink a bunch of cough syrup and put on any Beatles tribute album. Then put any movie or miniseries released in the late 80's about the 1960's. Mute the tv every once in awhile. Same thing.<br /><br /><br /> Munkeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08864480765571129242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-55989733115984051122021-06-20T21:05:47.749-05:002021-06-20T21:05:47.749-05:00Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) - 7/10 British-obsessed ...Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) - 7/10 British-obsessed camp counselors Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00026443068588924819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-73768330748812046262021-06-20T20:06:54.111-05:002021-06-20T20:06:54.111-05:00GREASE (1978, dir. Randal Kleiser)
My love for Jo...GREASE (1978, dir. Randal Kleiser)<br /><br />My love for John Travolta is the only thing that got me through this.Daniel Eplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14071919301948419691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-80262411832511317002021-06-20T19:34:09.794-05:002021-06-20T19:34:09.794-05:00Finian's Rainbow (1968, dir. Francis Ford Copp...Finian's Rainbow (1968, dir. Francis Ford Coppola)<br /><br />Mostly insufferable, but at times: delightful. Based on the stage play from the '40's, stars Fred Astaire (pushing 70, but still at the top of his game) and Petula Clark in a bizarre fanciful story featuring leprechauns, a pot of gold, tobacco share-cropping and problematic race-relations. There is a large-scale dance sequence near the beginning led by Astaire that is pure movie magic. The rest, I kinda hated. Recommended only for Astaire completionists, or those curious about Coppola's early work.Matt Sollenbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088555561067804979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-80539081133486596282021-06-20T19:13:34.877-05:002021-06-20T19:13:34.877-05:00Anthony Ramos will be the biggest legacy "In ...Anthony Ramos will be the biggest legacy "In the Heights" leaves behind. That dude has future star written all over his performance, and hopefully Hollywood takes notice. 🤩😎J.M. Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293452334926334389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-21792320957229650652021-06-20T19:09:12.808-05:002021-06-20T19:09:12.808-05:00The Muppet Movie(1979) Dir: James Frowley
“Life&#...The Muppet Movie(1979) Dir: James Frowley<br /><br />“Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending. We've done just what we set out to do. Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers and you.”<br /><br />― Jim Henson<br /><br />Munkeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08864480765571129242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-34530693997240160072021-06-20T18:29:57.468-05:002021-06-20T18:29:57.468-05:00IN THE HEIGHTS (2021, John M. Chu)
This is defini...IN THE HEIGHTS (2021, John M. Chu)<br /><br />This is definitely a musical. I didn't connect with much of it but a lot of talented people made it.Patrick Bromleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-79790108635008871832021-06-20T17:56:02.012-05:002021-06-20T17:56:02.012-05:00Singin' in the Rain (1952)
This is one of the...Singin' in the Rain (1952)<br /><br />This is one of the most perfect movie musicals. It makes me so happy.Angela Hagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05631279159508861830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-80656156158409334012021-06-20T15:56:31.222-05:002021-06-20T15:56:31.222-05:00I love this movie! I think you’re right. The TC wo...I love this movie! I think you’re right. The TC works better as a film. It’s fun to have the DC available though. (And the DC ending absolutely works on stage)Gil Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10513452648163004389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-18405431751241682642021-06-20T15:54:33.449-05:002021-06-20T15:54:33.449-05:00Victor/Victoria (1982, dir. Blake Edwards)
I love...Victor/Victoria (1982, dir. Blake Edwards)<br /><br />I love this movie. It just strolls along with the charm of Julie Andrews and Robert Preston and Henry Mancini’s slinky music. The whole thing sort of unwinds at a pleasantly languid pace peppered with great dialogue and old school gags. (“Kill him but mustn’t kiss him!”)<br /><br />The Le Jazz Hot sequence alone makes the movie a winner. Gil Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10513452648163004389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-73042664986487708782021-06-20T15:24:16.622-05:002021-06-20T15:24:16.622-05:00In the Heights (2021)
First time back in a theate...In the Heights (2021)<br /><br />First time back in a theater since February of 2020 (seeing Birds of Prey)!!! <br /><br />While I liked this, especially the big dance numbers, I didn't love it. And I don't want to immediately buy the soundtrack and listen on repeat until I know every word to every song.Angela Hagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05631279159508861830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-9165226207077311512021-06-20T15:05:55.519-05:002021-06-20T15:05:55.519-05:00Voyage of the Rock Aliens(1984) Dir: Jack Fargo
A...Voyage of the Rock Aliens(1984) Dir: Jack Fargo<br /><br />Aliens come to earth in search of Rock and Roll in this musical parody of B movies. Leather jackets, flock of seagull inspired haircuts, surprise boobs in a PG film, fire hydrants peeing on a dog, Ruth Gordan as a sheriff, Michael Berryman with a chainsaw and a lake monster created by toxic waste! This movie has everything(™Bill Hader™)!<br /><br />After we watch a Jermaine Jackson music video the ship robot determines the music is coming from Earth. So off to Earth the aliens go. Played by the band Rema and actor Tom Nolan end up in the town of Speelburg. A town run by a lip syncing Craig Schaefer and his rock band "the Pack"(played by Johnny and the Mustangs). Pia Zadora is Craigs girlfriend and just wants to sing with the band but Craig isn't having it. After falling in love with Pia at first sight, Nolan and the aliens form a band to impress her. Pia ends up leaving Shaefer and singing with the aliens. Other stuff happens. and songs are sung.<br /><br />The main problem with the movie is the songs. They aren't offensively bad , or offensively bland. They are just instantly forgettable. With most of the songs sounding like they were written by the bands for their album and thrown in the movie to fill time. <br /><br />Being a comedy there are a few funny jokes in this. Escaped mental patient Michael Berrymore gets what I think is the funniest scene as he and his intended victim bond over proving the Joe Bob Briggs 'chainsaws are a terrible weapon' argument. Gordan also has a few good laughs in her hunt for the aliens. Most unintentionally funny scene is the Jermaine Jackson and Pia music video at the beginning of the film.<br />Its on Prime.Munkeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08864480765571129242noreply@blogger.com