June 13, 2025 • 19 mins
Hap Erstein with PalmBeachArtsPaper.com Reviews:
"How to Train Your Dragon"
"Straw"
"Our Times"
Honorable Mentions:
"Materialists"
"The Life of Chuck"
"How to Train Your Dragon"
"Straw"
"Our Times"
Honorable Mentions:
"Materialists"
"The Life of Chuck"
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, Joel Malcoln for WJ and O dot com. Let's
(00:02):
talk movies. You know, it's a busy, busy, busy world,
a litle bit of a scary world at times, and
we want to we want to relax, we want to decompress,
we want.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
To slow down and go to the movies.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Right, Yes, so let's talk movies with the movie guy
Happerstinpompee chartspaper dot com. Not a whole lot going on
as far as I'm concerned at theaters, but I know
a lot of people will probably looking forward to at
least one.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Of the popular But it's not not gamed at you.
Taking a page from the Distant Studios playbook, DreamWorks now
serves up a mostly live action version of its twenty
ten animated hit How to Train Your Dragon. Now, putting
aside for the moment, whether we really needed a faithful
redo of this iconic matchup between Vikings and flying fire
(00:50):
breathing creatures. If DreamWorks is out our fresh new ideas,
and yes, it seems to me they are. At least
they've delivered an entertaining carbon copy of the earlier film
now to remind you the bloodthirsty Vikings of the tiny
island of Burke Live to battle the pesky dragons that
swoop around the island. Now, except there's this hiccup. Hiccock,
(01:15):
hiccup whop. Mason Thames, the son of Viking leader Stop
the Vast, played by Gerard Butler, who took on the
same role in voiced talent in the original movie. Now hiccup.
He instead of wanting to fight the dragons, he'd be
friends a white eyed dragon named Toothless, and they bond
(01:35):
soaring together above the fjords of Burke. Well, actually it's
the very nice, awesome landscape of Ireland anyway. The film
is directed and co written by Dean de Bloyse, who
also held the animated visual movie. He handles the visuals
quite well. I think see it in IMAX if you can.
I did, and it's lovely to see. But he stretches
(01:58):
the story out a little beyond it's best. It's actually
half an hour longer than the original movie, and it's
probably too dark and intense for this target audience. A
little youngsters the ones around me was certainly figeting. I'll
admit that my memory of the original movie is kind
of vague, but I recall it being lighter both visually
(02:21):
and tonally. Still, I expect this remake will be popular
with the family crowd, even though it isn't really as
as brisk and breezy as the animated original version. So
what else is now?
Speaker 1 (02:35):
So two hours and five minutes? That is not necessary? Yeah,
for a movie geared towards you know, kids and maybe
maybe young adults that remember the animated you know, I
mean how long ago? When when was the original out?
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Twenty ten?
Speaker 1 (02:49):
So now I've been I mean fifteen years ago, so
maybe years ago. So maybe some some grade schoolers, some
grade schoolers at the time that are now you know, graduates,
and maybe you know, college kids or college grads early twenties.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
At the point where they probably think it's not cool
to like the movie. But if they're nostalgic for the original, right,
this one is pretty much the same.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
I guess. I know it was pretty big the original.
I never really you know, I was already an old
man by then, as you were as well. Here's what's interesting,
is Mason. Have you say Thames? Is it Mason Thames
or Thames? Do you pronounce the eighth?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
I said Thames?
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I don't know, Well he I recognized him from The
Black Phone, the horror film that was a script written
by the son of Stephen King. They're actually doing a
sequel to it, but I think I read that the
original writer is not involved. There will be no Stephen
king offspring involved. And his name wasn't King. He uses
(03:51):
a different name I can't remember, but Stephen King's son,
but nonetheless prince. Yeah, there you go, so that's interesting.
And then Gerard Butler prising his role, although in human
form this time. I guess that's interesting.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
He's under a beard and most dass you already recognize him.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
But Nico, Nico Parker rang a bell and I think
who she is. She was in that movevy that I
ended up getting Hulu specifically to see, and it was
the one where they connect they kind of as a
side note, Woody Harrelson is in it, and she's the daughter.
I think that's Nico Parker.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
I think interest here. I think she's she has the
one for my days.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
I think she's the one who's.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Mon I don't know that she's going to be got
a big career boost from this one.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Frankly, let me look it up. I gotta make sure
I got to make sure I'm right, Nico Parker.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Oh God, you'll admit when you're wrong. Right.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
I will admit if I'm wrong. But usually between you
and I, who's wrong? More often? Sun Coast? You remember
the movie? Remember the movie sun Coast? Vaguely Suncoast was
the one. While caring for her brother along with her
audacious mother, a teenager strikes up a friendship with an
eccentric active activist who's protesting the Terry Shibo case in
(05:13):
the and and Nico Parker hang on, you know what? Hey, Siri,
who's Nico Parker's mother? I know who it is, I
just can't. Yeah, Sandy, Sandy Newton Andandy Newton Rieka Parker's mom. Yep, yep,
there you go.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
So well, you know some stuff. I know stuff.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
I know a lot about a little how you a
lot about a little Uh? That's the only one you
have in theaters? And are you going to give us
some streaming? There's a couple other ones you've done. I'll
give you that.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Known for his media comedies, Kyler Perry, his time goes
for intense melodrama. In Straw Call of a single mom
who has a tragically bad keeps getting worse. The terrific
trut Taraji p ensign known for hidden figures, the color purple,
and she's actually Oscar nominated for Benjamin Button. Here she
(06:12):
plays Aunt Janiah Wilkinson, mother a young asthmatic daughter who
she can barely afford to feed or get her medications. Then,
in quick succession, Jenia is evicted from her apartment, fired
from her dead end job at a grocery cash as
grocery cashier, and when she tries to get her back pay,
(06:36):
she gets caught in a robbery attempt and goes totally
wrong when she takes her bloodstained checked too with a
nearby bank to tell her assumes that she's trying to
hold it up, and suddenly she's accused of house is taking,
and the police and FBI starts swooping down to alderd Bay.
All right, subtle, it's not. But the straw thery refers
(06:57):
to the last straw of Jenia's terrible day, and without
giving way too many spoilers use sense that the standoff
can't end. Well. Of course, it never does, right, even
though a crowd collects outside to cheer her on. Now
straw is a portrait of a woman in Desperate Straits
well portrayed by Hens and she's the reason to see
the movie. And well it's on Netflix, so you can
(07:21):
see it at home.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
I would go out on a limon say that Taraji
p Henson is pretty much the reason to watch any movie.
She's very good.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
She's very good. Absolutely. I remember when it first saw
our in Benjamin Button.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
All right, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
But then she has played several kind of younger sex
year roles. This is a this is really straight melodrama.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Did you mention Sindbad? They dragged Sindbad out of somewhere
and put him in this movie.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
But you don't. Don't blink or you'll miss him.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Guest's sit Bad. I saw him once here. Remember when
we had the improv still at City Place, and before
pre COVID, they would parade. They would parade the comics
in every couple of weeks we would see a new
you know, headliner here and some of the other there. Yeah, yeah,
some of the other radio stations, not w J and O.
We didn't get to interview them, but Wild ninety five
(08:13):
to five and couple of the others cool one oh
five five. But so I would meet some of them
and simbad I remember seeing in the kitchen here in
the programming kitchen. I'm like, wait, is that symbat? I
could tell you some stories about many could tell you
some stories about many of the others, but we will
stick to the script here. What else you got?
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Okay? Well? My art I was picked this week is
a Mexican science fiction film. Love that one if you
heard those words put together. It's called Our Times, which
combines time travel all its challenges, with a touch of
aromatic comedy, and ultimately a message about feminism. Now, I
enjoyed it, but I would understand if you feel they
(08:54):
have trouble with its frequent gearshifts. Story begins in nineteen
sixty six when university professors Nora and Hector. They're a
married couple. They've been working on developing a time machine. Now,
just when the administration loses patients funding their work without
much results, the pair works out the problems and programs
(09:15):
the machine to move ahead in time fifteen minutes into
the future. But no time travel movie goes goes smoothly right.
Sure enough, Nora and Hector move ahead fifty nine years
to twenty twenty five, and after some tongue in cheap
difficulty with that time, with one of these things called
(09:39):
cell phones, with the internet, with electric toothbrushes. Our time
focuses on the real change in six decades, women's liberation.
Now Nora finds that she's now appreciated, while Hector is uncomfortable.
Is a chauffunessed fresh out water? Can the relationship survive
(10:03):
the future that they find themselves in Mexican Film Festival
Film Pictures Loose Cerno. That's her and let's see what
is that name? Benny Baria, Denny Barra. Sure they handle
the shifting screenplay quite well. Netflix again dubs the Spanish
(10:25):
dialogue into English. As long as you don't worry about
the several plot holes that time and travel almost invariably,
it puts yourself in our times. Is actually pretty pointed entertainment.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
And where is this? Where is this movie?
Speaker 2 (10:42):
This is on Netflix?
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Okay, all right, I'm telling you.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Soon Netflix movies and one you got to go to
the theater. So obviously I think How to Train Your
Dragon is going to do very well at the box
office this week.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
A couple of ye and they gave they gave a
wide berth to what you McCall it that's still making money.
Leelan Stitch le State. Yeah, they waited three or four
five weeks.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Obviously DreamWorks is going up against Disney and they'll probably lose.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Well we'll see, yeah, you probably. I don't know. Does
Leelo and Stitch have what it's take to get number
one again? Or will this? Will the Dragon movie h
replace it?
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Well once again, we'll have to bet on this, but
I'll bet on the Dragon movie.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
You know what, there's no bet because I think I
agree with you. I think the Dragon I think that
it's just been so it's been. It's been weeks. So
I'm glad Lee Low and Stitch is still playing because
I am and now that I saw it and I
actually liked it, which I was shocked. My my twelve
year old, my daughter Kylie's coming to visit. I'm going
to have her for a week because my other daughter's
(11:43):
a school teacher, so she's off for the summer and
she's gonna, you know, watch her most days. But I'm
going to, Uh, I think we're gonna we're gonna go
see that movie next week, Lee Lo and Stitch together.
I don't think she has any interest in how to
train your Dragon, I could be wrong with it, all right.
Let me ask you there are a couple of other
new movies out of theaters kind of you know, they
don't not expected to do much. But let me ask
(12:06):
you this, what do you think about Pedro piscal.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
I think you should be allowed to make movies?
Speaker 1 (12:12):
What's mine? What do you okay? He's not great? What
do you think about Chris Evans? Same answer.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Chris Evans on the other hand, you know, he's he
did a couple of Marniverse.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Yeah, but he did he got it. He did a
couple of movies that were outside of that. He did
a pretty good job. There was one I can't remember.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
And he actually acting yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Uh. And and I would ask you the question about
Dakota Johnson, but they already know the answer.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Hubba, as long as you don't want her to act well?
Speaker 1 (12:39):
All right. The three of them are in a movie.
Uh that is called I Got to Go Back Up
to the Top Materialists, That's what it's called. I've seen
the trailer for this film. Uh, here's here's the Fandango synopsis.
A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker that would be
Dakota Johnson finds herself torn between the perfect match and
her imperfect X. So Pedro Pascal is the X, I guess,
(13:02):
and Chris Evans is the.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Yeah, read in and uh.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
The perfect He's a perfect match. The imperfect X is
Patropiscal and this is a romantic comedy. Is what this
looks like? The director I've heard of, but I looked
it up and I don't recognize the names of the
film she's directed and written Selene's song. She's an Asian lady. Anyway,
I don't know whatever. All right, let's like.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Very formulaic stuff.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Okay, it does, but it looks like it's you know,
it looks like it's decent. You know, it might be.
I have no interest in.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
Seeing you now the crowds to see something.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
I would rather watch. I would rather rather go back
and watch the old eighties Dragon movie, Live Action Dragon Film,
The Never Ending Story than see this one. Okay, remember
that one.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Even further back? How about Pet's Dragon?
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Oh that sounds familiar, that's all. How about Puff the
Magic Dragon Live by the Sea. All right, here's another one.
What do you think of Tom Hidleston?
Speaker 2 (14:05):
You know Tom Hidleston, Tom Hddleston's he's an actor, Yes, what.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Do you think? What do you think about? She would
tell help me ifore.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Thank you, she would tell hip, yes, all right. Uh
you know, it takes a while to learn to pronounce
his name. But other than that, right, excellent, Here we.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Go, Jacob Tremblay. Remember he was me in that the room, the.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Room, gosh, the room, the room with wait?
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Was it the room or room? Which one was the winner?
Which one was the really bad movie? And which one
was that was it? Which one was the room? And
which one was room?
Speaker 2 (14:43):
Room? Was the good one?
Speaker 1 (14:45):
Room? Okay? Alights his finger? Alright it was room? Okay,
all right. H Karen Gillan, you know who she is? Nope,
she's one of the one of the ensemble characters and
guardians of the galaxy. But she had tons of makeup.
She had tons of makeup. She was the sister her.
She was like the evil sister, all blue and whatnot.
I'm flaking on the name of her character, I really am.
(15:06):
But Mark Hamill also shows up in this. This is
a movie. This is a movie that is called the
Life of Chuck. I had not even heard of this,
and you probably won't after this week. A life affirming,
genre bending story based on Stephen King's novels or his novella.
(15:26):
His novella I'm sorry about three chapters in the Life
of an Ordinary Man named Charles Krantz Tom Hidleston. Yeah,
well that's it's funny you say that Tom Hidleston Charles
Chuck Krantz. So there, there you go, that's what it says. There. Hey,
the langen Camp wasn't she from the first Nightmare on
(15:47):
Elm Street. I believe that's who that is, all right?
David dest malchi Yes, I know. David dest Malchian also
shows up in this Folks are going, who the heck
is that? But you've seen him. He was in The
h he was in The Dark Night, very small role
he was in more recently, he he starred in that movie.
(16:07):
I think it was an interview with the Devil or
something like a Late Night with the Devil. He was
like the late night talk show host TV talk show host.
I remember that horror horror film. Uh. And then one
more name for you, and this is also a blast
in the past. Matthew Lillard is in this movie. You
remember him, played Shaggy played Shaggy in the real life
(16:28):
Scooby Doodron Shaggy in the real life Scooby Doo movies
live actions also.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Uh, he and.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
He did well. He did one one horror film that
I really liked, Thirteen Ghosts. He was really good in that.
And uh, he's done some other stuff. But he actually
more recently he was in Five Nights at Freddy's and
he's set to be in Five Nights at Freddy's two,
which is interesting. Let's see what else has he done.
(16:57):
Let's just look, all right, he was in The Descendants. Oh,
that's right, the Descendence with George Clooney. He was the
guy she was missing around with. Remember she was messing
around with the guy that was that was Matthew Lillard.
Before she died. She was having an affair with Matthew
Lillard his wife.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
George Cloney Fondness or Descendants, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
All right. Uh, there you go. So those two are
also out, So enjoy How to Train.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Your Dragon busier than I thought.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
Yeah, but these movies aren't. They're not going to move
the needle at all. I agree with you. I think
How to Train Your Dragon will be number one again.
I'll be surprised. I won't be completely shocked if Leelo
and Stitch, you know, take it. I think it's going
to be closed, but I expect how to train your
dragon to do it.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
I'm with you. But Leland Stitch, I bet it's going
to be a closed second, like.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
You say, yeah, yeah, you know, it's gonna take what
is this fourth or fifth weekend something like that for Leelo.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
And Stitch And it's okay?
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Is it? Is it just a third or fourth or
I think so? Well? Every time, every times, every time
Disney puts out a loser like snow White The Haunted Mansion,
which by the way, was a good movie, although I
like snow White too, But uh, whenever they put out
these losers, everybody gets on Disney goes out there losing money.
(18:14):
Then they have a Lelo and Stitch, you know, and.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
They and they just open up the bank and that
all fours in. Well, you know, they've got a Pixar
next week.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Yeah, I don't know how how well. I don't know
how well that's going to do. Is it Elio or
l e O.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
One of those? Certainly?
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Yeah, yeah, I'm not sure.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
I have no idea. I think look forward to it
because it's Pixar. Yeah, they've had a few stumbles recently.
I bet you this is gonna be back on back
on the beam.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
So is Leelo and Stitch is not Pixar. It's just Disney,
just Disney. I can't keep track because I mean, Disney
is Pixar is Disney, right, it's a Disney, It is
part of Disney.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
But they try and be as independent as possible.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Okay, I can't crack.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
When Disney kept stumbling, picks are kept zooming forward. Now
it's about even I'd say.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
Yeah, all right, well we will see what happens this weekend.
Look next week.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
We'll talk to you next week.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
All right, chat, then, have a good one.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
Sounds good, all right, have a good weekend,
Hey, Joel Malcoln for WJ and O dot com. Let's
(00:02):
talk movies. You know, it's a busy, busy, busy world,
a litle bit of a scary world at times, and
we want to we want to relax, we want to decompress,
we want.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
To slow down and go to the movies.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Right, Yes, so let's talk movies with the movie guy
Happerstinpompee chartspaper dot com. Not a whole lot going on
as far as I'm concerned at theaters, but I know
a lot of people will probably looking forward to at
least one.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Of the popular But it's not not gamed at you.
Taking a page from the Distant Studios playbook, DreamWorks now
serves up a mostly live action version of its twenty
ten animated hit How to Train Your Dragon. Now, putting
aside for the moment, whether we really needed a faithful
redo of this iconic matchup between Vikings and flying fire
(00:50):
breathing creatures. If DreamWorks is out our fresh new ideas,
and yes, it seems to me they are. At least
they've delivered an entertaining carbon copy of the earlier film
now to remind you the bloodthirsty Vikings of the tiny
island of Burke Live to battle the pesky dragons that
swoop around the island. Now, except there's this hiccup. Hiccock,
(01:15):
hiccup whop. Mason Thames, the son of Viking leader Stop
the Vast, played by Gerard Butler, who took on the
same role in voiced talent in the original movie. Now hiccup.
He instead of wanting to fight the dragons, he'd be
friends a white eyed dragon named Toothless, and they bond
(01:35):
soaring together above the fjords of Burke. Well, actually it's
the very nice, awesome landscape of Ireland anyway. The film
is directed and co written by Dean de Bloyse, who
also held the animated visual movie. He handles the visuals
quite well. I think see it in IMAX if you can.
I did, and it's lovely to see. But he stretches
(01:58):
the story out a little beyond it's best. It's actually
half an hour longer than the original movie, and it's
probably too dark and intense for this target audience. A
little youngsters the ones around me was certainly figeting. I'll
admit that my memory of the original movie is kind
of vague, but I recall it being lighter both visually
(02:21):
and tonally. Still, I expect this remake will be popular
with the family crowd, even though it isn't really as
as brisk and breezy as the animated original version. So
what else is now?
Speaker 1 (02:35):
So two hours and five minutes? That is not necessary? Yeah,
for a movie geared towards you know, kids and maybe
maybe young adults that remember the animated you know, I
mean how long ago? When when was the original out?
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Twenty ten?
Speaker 1 (02:49):
So now I've been I mean fifteen years ago, so
maybe years ago. So maybe some some grade schoolers, some
grade schoolers at the time that are now you know, graduates,
and maybe you know, college kids or college grads early twenties.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
At the point where they probably think it's not cool
to like the movie. But if they're nostalgic for the original, right,
this one is pretty much the same.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
I guess. I know it was pretty big the original.
I never really you know, I was already an old
man by then, as you were as well. Here's what's interesting,
is Mason. Have you say Thames? Is it Mason Thames
or Thames? Do you pronounce the eighth?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
I said Thames?
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I don't know, Well he I recognized him from The
Black Phone, the horror film that was a script written
by the son of Stephen King. They're actually doing a
sequel to it, but I think I read that the
original writer is not involved. There will be no Stephen
king offspring involved. And his name wasn't King. He uses
(03:51):
a different name I can't remember, but Stephen King's son,
but nonetheless prince. Yeah, there you go, so that's interesting.
And then Gerard Butler prising his role, although in human
form this time. I guess that's interesting.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
He's under a beard and most dass you already recognize him.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
But Nico, Nico Parker rang a bell and I think
who she is. She was in that movevy that I
ended up getting Hulu specifically to see, and it was
the one where they connect they kind of as a
side note, Woody Harrelson is in it, and she's the daughter.
I think that's Nico Parker.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
I think interest here. I think she's she has the
one for my days.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
I think she's the one who's.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Mon I don't know that she's going to be got
a big career boost from this one.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Frankly, let me look it up. I gotta make sure
I got to make sure I'm right, Nico Parker.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Oh God, you'll admit when you're wrong. Right.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
I will admit if I'm wrong. But usually between you
and I, who's wrong? More often? Sun Coast? You remember
the movie? Remember the movie sun Coast? Vaguely Suncoast was
the one. While caring for her brother along with her
audacious mother, a teenager strikes up a friendship with an
eccentric active activist who's protesting the Terry Shibo case in
(05:13):
the and and Nico Parker hang on, you know what? Hey, Siri,
who's Nico Parker's mother? I know who it is, I
just can't. Yeah, Sandy, Sandy Newton Andandy Newton Rieka Parker's mom. Yep, yep,
there you go.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
So well, you know some stuff. I know stuff.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
I know a lot about a little how you a
lot about a little Uh? That's the only one you
have in theaters? And are you going to give us
some streaming? There's a couple other ones you've done. I'll
give you that.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Known for his media comedies, Kyler Perry, his time goes
for intense melodrama. In Straw Call of a single mom
who has a tragically bad keeps getting worse. The terrific
trut Taraji p ensign known for hidden figures, the color purple,
and she's actually Oscar nominated for Benjamin Button. Here she
(06:12):
plays Aunt Janiah Wilkinson, mother a young asthmatic daughter who
she can barely afford to feed or get her medications. Then,
in quick succession, Jenia is evicted from her apartment, fired
from her dead end job at a grocery cash as
grocery cashier, and when she tries to get her back pay,
(06:36):
she gets caught in a robbery attempt and goes totally
wrong when she takes her bloodstained checked too with a
nearby bank to tell her assumes that she's trying to
hold it up, and suddenly she's accused of house is taking,
and the police and FBI starts swooping down to alderd Bay.
All right, subtle, it's not. But the straw thery refers
(06:57):
to the last straw of Jenia's terrible day, and without
giving way too many spoilers use sense that the standoff
can't end. Well. Of course, it never does, right, even
though a crowd collects outside to cheer her on. Now
straw is a portrait of a woman in Desperate Straits
well portrayed by Hens and she's the reason to see
the movie. And well it's on Netflix, so you can
(07:21):
see it at home.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
I would go out on a limon say that Taraji
p Henson is pretty much the reason to watch any movie.
She's very good.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
She's very good. Absolutely. I remember when it first saw
our in Benjamin Button.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
All right, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
But then she has played several kind of younger sex
year roles. This is a this is really straight melodrama.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Did you mention Sindbad? They dragged Sindbad out of somewhere
and put him in this movie.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
But you don't. Don't blink or you'll miss him.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Guest's sit Bad. I saw him once here. Remember when
we had the improv still at City Place, and before
pre COVID, they would parade. They would parade the comics
in every couple of weeks we would see a new
you know, headliner here and some of the other there. Yeah, yeah,
some of the other radio stations, not w J and O.
We didn't get to interview them, but Wild ninety five
(08:13):
to five and couple of the others cool one oh
five five. But so I would meet some of them
and simbad I remember seeing in the kitchen here in
the programming kitchen. I'm like, wait, is that symbat? I
could tell you some stories about many could tell you
some stories about many of the others, but we will
stick to the script here. What else you got?
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Okay? Well? My art I was picked this week is
a Mexican science fiction film. Love that one if you
heard those words put together. It's called Our Times, which
combines time travel all its challenges, with a touch of
aromatic comedy, and ultimately a message about feminism. Now, I
enjoyed it, but I would understand if you feel they
(08:54):
have trouble with its frequent gearshifts. Story begins in nineteen
sixty six when university professors Nora and Hector. They're a
married couple. They've been working on developing a time machine. Now,
just when the administration loses patients funding their work without
much results, the pair works out the problems and programs
(09:15):
the machine to move ahead in time fifteen minutes into
the future. But no time travel movie goes goes smoothly right.
Sure enough, Nora and Hector move ahead fifty nine years
to twenty twenty five, and after some tongue in cheap
difficulty with that time, with one of these things called
(09:39):
cell phones, with the internet, with electric toothbrushes. Our time
focuses on the real change in six decades, women's liberation.
Now Nora finds that she's now appreciated, while Hector is uncomfortable.
Is a chauffunessed fresh out water? Can the relationship survive
(10:03):
the future that they find themselves in Mexican Film Festival
Film Pictures Loose Cerno. That's her and let's see what
is that name? Benny Baria, Denny Barra. Sure they handle
the shifting screenplay quite well. Netflix again dubs the Spanish
(10:25):
dialogue into English. As long as you don't worry about
the several plot holes that time and travel almost invariably,
it puts yourself in our times. Is actually pretty pointed entertainment.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
And where is this? Where is this movie?
Speaker 2 (10:42):
This is on Netflix?
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Okay, all right, I'm telling you.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Soon Netflix movies and one you got to go to
the theater. So obviously I think How to Train Your
Dragon is going to do very well at the box
office this week.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
A couple of ye and they gave they gave a
wide berth to what you McCall it that's still making money.
Leelan Stitch le State. Yeah, they waited three or four
five weeks.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Obviously DreamWorks is going up against Disney and they'll probably lose.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Well we'll see, yeah, you probably. I don't know. Does
Leelo and Stitch have what it's take to get number
one again? Or will this? Will the Dragon movie h
replace it?
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Well once again, we'll have to bet on this, but
I'll bet on the Dragon movie.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
You know what, there's no bet because I think I
agree with you. I think the Dragon I think that
it's just been so it's been. It's been weeks. So
I'm glad Lee Low and Stitch is still playing because
I am and now that I saw it and I
actually liked it, which I was shocked. My my twelve
year old, my daughter Kylie's coming to visit. I'm going
to have her for a week because my other daughter's
(11:43):
a school teacher, so she's off for the summer and
she's gonna, you know, watch her most days. But I'm
going to, Uh, I think we're gonna we're gonna go
see that movie next week, Lee Lo and Stitch together.
I don't think she has any interest in how to
train your Dragon, I could be wrong with it, all right.
Let me ask you there are a couple of other
new movies out of theaters kind of you know, they
don't not expected to do much. But let me ask
(12:06):
you this, what do you think about Pedro piscal.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
I think you should be allowed to make movies?
Speaker 1 (12:12):
What's mine? What do you okay? He's not great? What
do you think about Chris Evans? Same answer.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Chris Evans on the other hand, you know, he's he
did a couple of Marniverse.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Yeah, but he did he got it. He did a
couple of movies that were outside of that. He did
a pretty good job. There was one I can't remember.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
And he actually acting yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Uh. And and I would ask you the question about
Dakota Johnson, but they already know the answer.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Hubba, as long as you don't want her to act well?
Speaker 1 (12:39):
All right. The three of them are in a movie.
Uh that is called I Got to Go Back Up
to the Top Materialists, That's what it's called. I've seen
the trailer for this film. Uh, here's here's the Fandango synopsis.
A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker that would be
Dakota Johnson finds herself torn between the perfect match and
her imperfect X. So Pedro Pascal is the X, I guess,
(13:02):
and Chris Evans is the.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Yeah, read in and uh.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
The perfect He's a perfect match. The imperfect X is
Patropiscal and this is a romantic comedy. Is what this
looks like? The director I've heard of, but I looked
it up and I don't recognize the names of the
film she's directed and written Selene's song. She's an Asian lady. Anyway,
I don't know whatever. All right, let's like.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Very formulaic stuff.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Okay, it does, but it looks like it's you know,
it looks like it's decent. You know, it might be.
I have no interest in.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
Seeing you now the crowds to see something.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
I would rather watch. I would rather rather go back
and watch the old eighties Dragon movie, Live Action Dragon Film,
The Never Ending Story than see this one. Okay, remember
that one.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Even further back? How about Pet's Dragon?
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Oh that sounds familiar, that's all. How about Puff the
Magic Dragon Live by the Sea. All right, here's another one.
What do you think of Tom Hidleston?
Speaker 2 (14:05):
You know Tom Hidleston, Tom Hddleston's he's an actor, Yes, what.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Do you think? What do you think about? She would
tell help me ifore.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Thank you, she would tell hip, yes, all right. Uh
you know, it takes a while to learn to pronounce
his name. But other than that, right, excellent, Here we.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Go, Jacob Tremblay. Remember he was me in that the room, the.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Room, gosh, the room, the room with wait?
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Was it the room or room? Which one was the winner?
Which one was the really bad movie? And which one
was that was it? Which one was the room? And
which one was room?
Speaker 2 (14:43):
Room? Was the good one?
Speaker 1 (14:45):
Room? Okay? Alights his finger? Alright it was room? Okay,
all right. H Karen Gillan, you know who she is? Nope,
she's one of the one of the ensemble characters and
guardians of the galaxy. But she had tons of makeup.
She had tons of makeup. She was the sister her.
She was like the evil sister, all blue and whatnot.
I'm flaking on the name of her character, I really am.
(15:06):
But Mark Hamill also shows up in this. This is
a movie. This is a movie that is called the
Life of Chuck. I had not even heard of this,
and you probably won't after this week. A life affirming,
genre bending story based on Stephen King's novels or his novella.
(15:26):
His novella I'm sorry about three chapters in the Life
of an Ordinary Man named Charles Krantz Tom Hidleston. Yeah,
well that's it's funny you say that Tom Hidleston Charles
Chuck Krantz. So there, there you go, that's what it says. There. Hey,
the langen Camp wasn't she from the first Nightmare on
(15:47):
Elm Street. I believe that's who that is, all right?
David dest malchi Yes, I know. David dest Malchian also
shows up in this Folks are going, who the heck
is that? But you've seen him. He was in The
h he was in The Dark Night, very small role
he was in more recently, he he starred in that movie.
(16:07):
I think it was an interview with the Devil or
something like a Late Night with the Devil. He was
like the late night talk show host TV talk show host.
I remember that horror horror film. Uh. And then one
more name for you, and this is also a blast
in the past. Matthew Lillard is in this movie. You
remember him, played Shaggy played Shaggy in the real life
(16:28):
Scooby Doodron Shaggy in the real life Scooby Doo movies
live actions also.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Uh, he and.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
He did well. He did one one horror film that
I really liked, Thirteen Ghosts. He was really good in that.
And uh, he's done some other stuff. But he actually
more recently he was in Five Nights at Freddy's and
he's set to be in Five Nights at Freddy's two,
which is interesting. Let's see what else has he done.
(16:57):
Let's just look, all right, he was in The Descendants. Oh,
that's right, the Descendence with George Clooney. He was the
guy she was missing around with. Remember she was messing
around with the guy that was that was Matthew Lillard.
Before she died. She was having an affair with Matthew
Lillard his wife.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
George Cloney Fondness or Descendants, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
All right. Uh, there you go. So those two are
also out, So enjoy How to Train.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Your Dragon busier than I thought.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
Yeah, but these movies aren't. They're not going to move
the needle at all. I agree with you. I think
How to Train Your Dragon will be number one again.
I'll be surprised. I won't be completely shocked if Leelo
and Stitch, you know, take it. I think it's going
to be closed, but I expect how to train your
dragon to do it.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
I'm with you. But Leland Stitch, I bet it's going
to be a closed second, like.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
You say, yeah, yeah, you know, it's gonna take what
is this fourth or fifth weekend something like that for Leelo.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
And Stitch And it's okay?
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Is it? Is it just a third or fourth or
I think so? Well? Every time, every times, every time
Disney puts out a loser like snow White The Haunted Mansion,
which by the way, was a good movie, although I
like snow White too, But uh, whenever they put out
these losers, everybody gets on Disney goes out there losing money.
(18:14):
Then they have a Lelo and Stitch, you know, and.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
They and they just open up the bank and that
all fours in. Well, you know, they've got a Pixar
next week.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Yeah, I don't know how how well. I don't know
how well that's going to do. Is it Elio or
l e O.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
One of those? Certainly?
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Yeah, yeah, I'm not sure.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
I have no idea. I think look forward to it
because it's Pixar. Yeah, they've had a few stumbles recently.
I bet you this is gonna be back on back
on the beam.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
So is Leelo and Stitch is not Pixar. It's just Disney,
just Disney. I can't keep track because I mean, Disney
is Pixar is Disney, right, it's a Disney, It is
part of Disney.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
But they try and be as independent as possible.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Okay, I can't crack.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
When Disney kept stumbling, picks are kept zooming forward. Now
it's about even I'd say.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
Yeah, all right, well we will see what happens this weekend.
Look next week.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
We'll talk to you next week.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
All right, chat, then, have a good one.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
Sounds good, all right, have a good weekend,
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