Dog’s Movie House: “Snow White” A Delightful Update Despite The Creepy Looking Dwarves!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a pleasant surprise! The new live-action version of “Snow White” is not nearly the trainwreck I thought it was going to be. In fact, Marc Webb’s film is very good, heartfelt, and funny with some wonderful new songs and organic updates on the old classics. Rachel Zegler is a dynamite Snow White and Gal Godot is both radiant and hiss-worthy as the Evil Queen! Yes, the CGI dwarves are distracting as hell and creepy at first, but even they grow on you after awhile and some of the movie’s most emotional moments involve Snow White’s seven little protectors!
Continue readingDog’s Movie House: “Black Bag” A Nifty, Energetic Spy Thriller From Stephen Soderbergh!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at Stephen Soderbergh’s latest film! It’s a spy thriller titled “Black Bag” and it’s one of the more entertaining spycraft films I’ve seen in a while. Soderbergh is a versatile director who can pretty much work in any genre and having tackled the supernatural earlier in the year with “Presence” he hits the bullseye with this sleek and energetic espionage thriller. With a crackling cast and an appropriatly twisty script by David Koepp, “Black Bag” is one of the more entertaining thrillers of the young year so far!
Continue readingDog’s Movie House- “Mickey 17” Entertaining Follow-Up Whose Satire Is A Bit On The Nose!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at celebrated South Korean director Bong Joon Ho’s (“Parasite”) latest magnum opus, a science fiction film loaded with satire titled “Mickey 17.” The film tells the tale of Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) a man fleeing a sadistic loan shark who volunteers for a space flight to a planet called Neflheim as an “Expendable.” An Expendable is a person who, with a little help from technology, can be brought back to life, or reprinted, after dying, over and over again. This makes Mickey cheap labor as he literally cannot die permanently. By the time they get to Neflheim Mickey is now at number seventeen. When he survives a near-death experience on the planet, he straggles home to find that Mickey 18 has been printed to replace him, creating the potential disaster of “Multiples” that will result in both Mickey’s being killed. . .permanently!
Continue readingDog’s Movie House: “Captain America: Brave New World” Benefits From Both Mackie And Ford!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at the latest Captain America Marvel Movie. And, by the way, “Brave New World” features a brand new Captain American. With Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) having retired after the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” he has personally passed his iconic title and shield to friend and team member Sam “The Falcon Wilson” (Anthony Mackie) who uses technology and intelligence in lieu of taking any super soldier serum. Mackie, a terrific actor, owns the role of Sam Wilson, and makes for a convincing, if a bit different, Captain America. “Brave New World” charts Sam’s often contentious relationship with the U.S. Government, especially the newly elected President Of The United States, one Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (an excellent Harrison Ford). The result is an entertaining, slick film filled with very good performances and the continuation of several important narrative threads that set up some intriguing possibilities in the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
Continue readingDog’s Movie House: “Companion” Deliciously Nasty Thriller With Twilight Zone Vibes!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at a film I literally didn’t know anything about after watching the first trailer. Drew Hancock’s “Companion” is a part thriller, part romance, and part nasty black comedy, all rolled up into a science fiction stew that would make the late Rod Serling proud. Featuring fine performances from the entire cast, with Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid being the standouts, “Companion” is one of those films that will grow in status over time!
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