Dog’s Movie House: “A Quiet Place: Day One” A Tension Filled Prequ!el That Lives Up To The Rest Of The Series!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here! Back in 2018, John Krasinski left “Jim” from “The Office” behind forever when he unleashed the Death Angels upon an unsuspecting audience! Creepy and original monsters combined with a touching tale of the family trying to survive them, “A Quiet Place” became an instant hit and launched an unlikely franchise! “A Quiet Place: Part II” expanded the universe but still continued the personal story of the Abbott family and managed to become a hit despite opening in theaters just as the pandemic was ending. Now we have “A Quiet Place: Day One” a prequel that tells the tale of the Death Angels arrival from space through the lense of one of the loudest cities in the world: New York! It’s a worthy entry in the franchise that again prioritizes character over spectacle and features a terrific performance by Lupita Nyong’o!
Continue readingDog’s Movie House: See “IF” And “Furiosa” Before They’re Gone!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here and I find myself pondering the strange phenomenon of underperfoming movies at the start of the summer season! “The Fall Guy,” “IF,” and “Furiosa” are all excellent films with some origninal ideas and fantastic performances, yet the general audiences seem to be staying away from the multiplex. I have some theories, of course, but they don’t come down to the usual “this movie is just another comic book movie” or “nobody wants to see this film because it sucks.” Two films in particular should be generating a lot more interest then they are at this point. Are prices of everything so high that folks are choosing to excise the process of going to the theater to save money? Or are the streaming choices available now squeezing the theaters out of business? Whaterver the reason, both “IF” and “Furiosa” are suffering for it.
Continue readingDog’s Movie House: “13 Hours” Has Michael Bay Directing A Film For Adults For A Change!
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John Krasinski In “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi”
I find Michael Bay to be an interesting filmmaker. He’s technically proficient, but for the most part seem to care next to nothing about the quality of the scripts he uses as the foundation of his films. Most of his output seems to lean toward juvenile fare such as The Transformers and Bad Boys films, but lately Bay seems to be making an attempt to mature as a director. “Pain and Gain” while not perfect, was Bay’s most self-assured movie, despite the grisly subject matter, and now he’s taken another step forward with “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi” a film that avoids the volatile politics of a real life incident in Libya in favor of a soldier’s eye view of the assault on a secret CIA compound in September of 2012. The movie is a mostly successful (if overlong) thriller about the perils of combat in the midst of a culture we as Americans don’t understand. Continue reading
