cult film freak: July 2018

Written by James M. Tate / 7/11/2018 / No comments / 2018 , marvel , michael douglas , michael peña , michelle pfeiffer , new , paul rudd

BELATED POST-WEEKEND REVIEW OF 'ANT-MAN AND THE WASP'

2018, marvel, michael douglas, michael peña, michelle pfeiffer, new, paul rudd

BELATED POST-WEEKEND REVIEW OF 'ANT-MAN AND THE WASP'

Year of Release: 2018 ANT-MAN should have his name changed to Size-Shifter. That's what he does, and what everyone around him does. ...

DIVING INTO DISNEY'S KURT RUSSELL DEXTER REILLY TRILOGY

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dexter Riley Cinema Years in Action are 1968 to 1975</u></td></tr>
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THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES, the
 first of three Disney "Dexter Riley" films starring Kurt Russell as the leader of a group of eavesdropping science-students at a financially-strapped University, is fun but a tad too plot-heavy and flower-power dated: Dexter gets 
electrocuted by a computer (giant machines at that time) and his brain becomes one, allowing him to 
pass tests with ease and excel at anything having to do with facts or 
memorization...<br>
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There's a cookie-cutter blond kid named Peter, supposedly the more well-balanced and popular, or something, and yet Russell, despite a somewhat forced geeky persona, looks and even acts much cooler. In later 
Dexter films, poor Pete's completely replaced by the much better sidekick in Michael McGreevy as Schuyler, who<i> is</i> in this movie but hasn't become Archie's full-on Jughead
quite yet. There's too much emphasis on otherwise entertaining adult actors Caesar Romero, William Schallert 
and Joe Flynn and not enough of the kids: which is odd during the late 1960's student-driven era, but it's as if Disney wouldn't completely let-go of the old safe middle-aged paunch. Surprisingly, COMPUTER isn't an underdog-revenge team effort like it should be, so the premise gets pretty tired quick... but later improves...<br>
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If COMPUTER were a "Dexter Riley" TV-series pilot based on his science class University cohorts, the followup, NOW YOU SEE HIM, NOW YOU DON'T would be the best episode overall; 
the worst being its follow-up and third/last venture, THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD, which, like COMPUTER but even more-so, overplays the grownup input that takes too long for the titular payoff to unveil through barbell lifting gags, etc... <br>
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Again, the handsome Kurt Russell looks more like a popular jock than a science nerd, although you forget he's anyone 
else but the energetic young man who starred in many live-action Disney movies of the sixties and seventies before becoming John Carpenter's 
own personal Clint Eastwood. In NOW YOU SEE HIM it's mostly about Dexter, his smart/pretty ingenue Joyce Menges, and goofball buddy Michael McGreevy returning more prominently as Schuyler: a unique, oddball, human cartoon that was born for Disney cinema: They create a spray for a science contest that turns things invisible (and to free the school from 
debt once again)... <br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Computer: **1/2 Now You See: ***1/2 Strongest: **</u></td></tr>
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The kids follow their clumsy dean Joe Flynn to the golf course: he's a complete hacker trying to impress a
 millionaire golf-nut who runs the contest. Dexter, sprayed invisible, helps Flynn with his game, which is the funnest part... after which that string of purposely-frustrating 
"Disney-letdowns" occur: the things that once worked now fail because of
 a villain's (or nature's) tampering.<br>
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The spray is stolen by Caesar Romero, a crime 
boss with plans to turn the campus into his own Las Vegas. He and muggy cohort
 Richard Bakalan... always the square-jawed Disney thug but most recognizable as the dead-eye cop who shoots Faye 
Dunaway in CHINATOWN... become invisible bank robbers. The last act involves a chase between 
the students, cops, and the bad guys in their invisible car. Here things peter-out creatively for mainstream mindless action, and yet it's still pretty fun and entertaining. So if you wanna <i>meet </i>Dexter watch THE COMPUTER WEARS TENNIS SHOES, but to <i>really know him</i> SEE this second film, first, and skip the third altogether. </div>

caesar romero, college, comedy, disney, joe flynn, kurt russell, michael mcgreevy, science-fiction, seventies, sixties

DIVING INTO DISNEY'S KURT RUSSELL DEXTER REILLY TRILOGY

Dexter Riley Cinema Years in Action are 1968 to 1975 THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES, the first of three Disney "Dexter Riley"...

AMAZON PRESENTS HUGH GRANT IN 'A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL'

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If Grant played the role more naturally or likeable, or realistic, it might seem like he was taking the wrong side in the matter, which would be contrary to the ultimate conclusion that, once you see the old, contented, real life, openly-gay "victim" Norman Scott smiling into the same camera that'd shot the recreated quirky-drama, it's obvious that A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL was, all along, one man's story and his story alone. The problem is: The best moments, during the show's addictive, rudimentary stages, had the old and young, powerful and powerless Jeremy and Norman both shown as flaky/flawed, desperate individuals and, for that, they were initially and equally intriguing. Meanwhile, the scene-stealing middle-ground is in Thorpe's shifty yet still ambiguous defense lawyer (Adrian Scarborough0: In him, both the good and bad elements of human nature blend and flow like the entire series should/could have.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Hugh Grant pours on the scheming fiend in his Very English Scandal series</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u> Adrian Scarborough steals the show as George Carman QC</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Our greatest underrated villain list headlines Paul Freeman from Raiders of the Lost Ark as Sir Joseph Cantley</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Ben Whitshaw, as the pretty boy version of the beak-nosed real life Scott, suffers through bouts of meantime</u></td></tr>
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2018, ben whitshaw, bio, brish, cable, homosexual, hugh grant, melodrama, miniseries, new, paul freeman, politics, romance, thriller

AMAZON PRESENTS HUGH GRANT IN 'A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL'

Old Music Covers A Risque Romance 2018 Score: *** Has a nice binging style for half of three-episode limited series (i.e. miniseries), after...

JOHN CANDY IN 'SUMMER RENTAL' WITH RIP TORN & KERRI GREEN

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Kerri Green and John Candy in SUMMER RENTAL Year: 1985</u></td></tr>
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John Candy, in his first leading role, plays a burnt-out air traffic
 controller on a two week Florida vacation and, starting with 
accidentally settling into the wrong house, things go wrong in the usual
 domino-falling fashion: Meanwhile, cute daughter and wife, Kerri Green and
 Tracy Austin, are great to gander, and son Joey Lawrence isn't 
annoying like movie kids can be... <br>
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SUMMER RENTAL is 
broken into two halves: the first, dealing with the clan's unlucky 
misadventures, including their rental house used as a way-station for 
tourists and various oddballs; the second involving Candy, after breaking his leg, learning how 
to sail by modern pirate Rip Torn, thus preparing for a big boat race 
against local bully Richard Crenna, playing bad to the hilt in this underdog family film that's not always hilarious, but 
there's plenty to smile at. Especially the first half before that inevitable destination is neared (like Lois Hamilton showing John Candy her Christmas presents). Upon re-watching, you may find yourself hoping our tubby hero remains uninjured, so to wreak havoc the old fashioned way: by accident.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Candy and Lois Hamilton in SUMMER RENTAL</u></td></tr>
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JOHN CANDY IN 'SUMMER RENTAL' WITH RIP TORN & KERRI GREEN

Kerri Green and John Candy in SUMMER RENTAL Year: 1985 John Candy, in his first leading role, plays a burnt-out air traffic controller ...

DISNEY TRIPLE FEATURES 'NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN' WITH 'HOT LEAD & COLD FEET' AND 'THE BAREFOOT EXECUTIVE'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1976 Rating: **</u></td></tr>
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<u>NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN</u>: Disney flick with Don Knotts whose usual, more natural Tim Conway sidekick is replaced by Darren McGavin as one of two 
dimwitted brother-in-law safecrackers tangled with 
two prep-school kids...<br>
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The girl being Kim Richards (your author's first crush, as made public on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, episode <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3448200/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast">The Curse of Carlton</a> taking place at an autograph show) who, along with familiar child actor face Brad Savage, ditch their stuffy 
grandfather David Niven at the airport, and the kids learn their 
thief-pals owe money to a crime boss (Vic Tayback) and to help they
 come up with a plan to fake a kidnapping. The ransom by wealthy gramps 
will bring in the money needed. Niven keeps avoiding the payments, 
knowing it's all a practical joke. And other than some car chases and 
Don Knotts chasing a pet skunk, that's about the gist of it. It all 
seems like a bunch of actors stuck in a constrained story. McGavin is 
miscast as Knott's straight man and Knotts isn't very funny as the 
doofus. There are better Disney flicks. Take CANDLESHOE, also starring 
David Niven (with Jodie Foster as the kid) and involving wily kids who, unlike this, have a decent, 
more interesting premise to follow.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1978 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr>
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<u>HOT LEAD & COLD FEET</u>: Having
 watched this movie as a kid the only scenes remembered were of Don Knotts involved in unsuccessful take-ten-paces-and-draw 
showdowns. But the main storyline is about two brothers... played by the same actor, Jim Dale, a Disney regular and now very obscure... one a mean gunslinger the other a
 preachy do-gooder taking part in a race involving mini stream-engine 
trains, canoes down rapids and mountain-climbing, all in order to inherit a 
load of money from their crazy white-bearded father (also played by 
Dale... the white Eddie Murphy of his time)...<br>
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The good brother wants the money for... good reasons (building a 
church with tough and pretty school teacher Karen Valentine and two 
savvy orphans) and the bad brother wants the money for — you get the 
idea. The town bullies and the crooked banker, along with Disney 1970's go-to Darren McGavin, are 
rooting for the villain because they have something to gain, sabotaging the good brother in a tortoise-vs-hare fashion throughout this semi-funny Disney film with enough happening to keep you interested, 
although the build-up, introducing the siblings in contrasting lives 
before they meet, fares better than the wacky race: which not only gets
 tiresome but neglects the other characters. And those Don Knotts scenes
 happen only sporadically; he's sort of a cameo-with-hiccups.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1971 Rating: *1/2</u></td></tr>
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<u>THE BAREFOOT EXECUTIVE</u>: Disney's child-teen regular's regular Kurt
 Russell plays a climber. A dreamer. A junior college student working as a 
gopher at a television studio, and he wants to be a programmer but has no idea 
what shows are good... And most important — his girlfriend adopts a chimp who also sits and watches 
TV, with a twist...<br>
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The chimp sits mesmerized when he likes a show, and goes bonkers 
when he doesn't. It turns out, the chimp has a pulse on what shows work 
and what shows don't as later indicated by the ratings. And if the 
same monkey were watching this film it'd commit suicide, and yet, somehow, it's not that entirely god-awful, with some entertaining chase scenes. But overall this standard 
by-the-numbers live-action Disney film that never really evolves just isn't worth the climb. 
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caper, comedy, darren mcgavin, david niven, disney, don knotts, jack elam, jim dale, kim richards, kurt russell, vic tayback, western

DISNEY TRIPLE FEATURES 'NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN' WITH 'HOT LEAD & COLD FEET' AND 'THE BAREFOOT EXECUTIVE'

Year: 1976 Rating: ** NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN : Disney flick with Don Knotts whose usual, more natural Tim Conway sidekick is replaced by ...

DISNEY DUO 'UNIDENTIFIED FLYING ODDBALL' & 'SNOWBALL EXPRESS'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>presents Dennis Dugan never quite taking off as Disney's Flying Oddball</u></td></tr>
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Skinny, rather sickly-looking actor (and future Adam Sandler director/collaborator) Dennis Dugan is a cross between Don Knotts and
 Dean Jones in Disney's fantasy comedy THE INDEMNIFIED FLYING ODDBALL, playing duo roles: a scientist and a robot-astronaut clone 
of himself.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1979 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr>
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Both go up in a rocket (the scientist by accident) and land 
in King Arthur's court where our wimpy hero battles strong and formidable Sir Mordred (Jim 
Dale, a Disney staple) and woos a beautiful farm girl while teaching 
King Arthur and Merlin about the history of America...<br>
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What begins as a 
semi-intriguing sci-fi inspired comedy gets weighed down by the setting of the 
book, Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", wherein
 the adaptation value of a modern man in Arthurian England being 
mistaken for a wizard, the best aspect of the novel, is all but lost 
within silly swordplay and meandering, unfunny hijinks. Overall this is a
 Disney dud, but there's enough silly camp... even at that time, perhaps intentional... to make for an entertaining ride, or better put, semi-enjoyable crash landing.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1973 Rating: *1/2</u></td></tr>
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<u>SNOWBALL EXPRESS</u>: Dull,
 uninspired Disney flick about a New York office worker (Dean Jones 
doing his usual Jimmy Stewart impersonation) who inherits a hotel in 
snowy Colorado that he and his family turn from a big shabby shack into a
 plush ski resort and wackiness ensues, but it's all very lame and 
tiresome...<br>
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The thing that makes seventies live-action 
Disney films like GUS and CANDLESHOE good are the "pockets" within the 
overall Disney "coat"... within these pockets are little adventures that
 makes you forget (or care) about an overall plot. But this coat is 
tired and worn with pockets full of slush. </div>

adaptation, adventure, comedy, dennis dugan, disney, jim dale, mark twain, science-fiction