Category: Movies/TV

Angel Has Fallen

I watched the 2019 movie Angel Has Fallen last night. It is the third film in the Fallen series and did an excellent job. The drone scene is great. I give the movie 4 out of 5 stars and the extras on the disc, 5 out of 5 stars.

[From Wikipedia} Angel Has Fallen is a 2019 American action thriller film directed by Ric Roman Waugh. It is the third installment in the Fallen film series, following Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and London Has Fallen (2016). The film stars Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lance Reddick, Tim Blake Nelson, Piper Perabo, Nick Nolte, and Danny Huston. The plot again follows United States Secret Service agent Mike Banning, as he races against time to clear his name after being framed for an attack on the U.S. President, Allan Trumbull.

The film was officially announced in October 2016, and Roman Waugh was hired in July 2017. New members of the cast were added in early 2018, and filming began in February of that year around Bulgaria and the United Kingdom.
The film was released in the United States on August 23, 2019, by Lionsgate. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $147.5 million worldwide. Plans for future sequels and TV spin-offs are in development.

Angel Has Fallen

I watched the 2019 movie Angel Has Fallen last night. It is the third film in the Fallen series and did an excellent job. The drone scene is great. I give the movie 4 out of 5 stars and the extras on the disc, 5 out of 5 stars.

[From Wikipedia} Angel Has Fallen is a 2019 American action thriller film directed by Ric Roman Waugh. It is the third installment in the Fallen film series, following Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and London Has Fallen (2016). The film stars Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lance Reddick, Tim Blake Nelson, Piper Perabo, Nick Nolte, and Danny Huston. The plot again follows United States Secret Service agent Mike Banning, as he races against time to clear his name after being framed for an attack on the U.S. President, Allan Trumbull.

The film was officially announced in October 2016, and Roman Waugh was hired in July 2017. New members of the cast were added in early 2018, and filming began in February of that year around Bulgaria and the United Kingdom.
The film was released in the United States on August 23, 2019, by Lionsgate. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $147.5 million worldwide. Plans for future sequels and TV spin-offs are in development.

The Mummy’s Curse (1944)

I watched the 1944 classic, The Mummy’s Curse on Svengoolie. It is good and with the Sven extras, fun to watch again. I give it 2.7 out of 5 stars.

[From Wikipedia] The Mummy’s Curse is a 1944 American horror film and the fifth entry in Universal Pictures‘ original Mummy franchise. It marks Lon Chaney, Jr.‘s final appearance as Kharis, the Egyptian mummy.

The action of this film, which continues the story of Kharis and his beloved Princess Ananka, is supposed to take place in the same swampy location that was the setting of The Mummy’s Ghost.

But while the earlier movie was explicitly set in rural Massachusetts, this film strongly implies that the swamp is in Louisiana, with references to Cajuns and bayous. Furthermore, if one follows the continuity of the “Kharis” series, this film would have to take place in the late 1990s.

Aztec 1948



Watched the Aztec 1948 UFO Crash documentary. I would give it 3 out of 5 stars.


[From Wikipedia} The Aztec, New Mexico, UFO incident (sometimes known as the “other Roswell“) was a flying saucer crash alleged to have happened in 1948 in Aztec, New Mexico. The story was first published in 1949 by author Frank Scully in his Variety magazine columns, and later in his 1950 book “Behind the Flying Saucers”. In the mid 1950s, the story was exposed as a hoax fabricated by two confidence men, Silas M. Newton and Leo A. Gebauer as part of a fraudulent scheme to sell supposed alien technology. Beginning in the 1970s, some Ufologists resurrected the story in books claiming the purported crash was real.[1][2][3] In 2013, an FBI memo claimed by some Ufologists to substantiate the crash story was dismissed by the bureau as “a second- or third-hand claim that we never investigated”.[4]

The Mole People

I watched the 1956 “The Mole People” on Svengoolie last night. It stars Hugh Beaumont (Leave it to Beaver) and Alan Napier (Alfred on the 60’s Batman TV show). It is a very good B&W movie that I give 3.5 of 5 stars.

[From Wikipedia] The Mole People is a 1956 American black-and-white science fiction horror film distributed by Universal International, which was produced by William Alland, directed by Virgil W. Vogel, and stars John Agar, Hugh Beaumont, and Cynthia Patrick. The story is written by László Görög. The film was released on December 1, 1956,[1] on a double feature with their jungle adventure film Curucu, Beast of the Amazon.[2] It has also been featured on episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Svengoolie.

The Addams Family (2019)

Just watched the 2019 cartoon re-imagining of The Addams Family. It is very well done and the characters look a lot like the original Charles Addams cartoon while the story had a lot of the fun stuff we remember from the other movies and TV series. Wednesday was my favorite once again. I give it a 4.2 out of 5.

[From Wikipedia]

The Addams Family is a 2019 American Computer-animated supernatural black comedy horror film directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, written by Matt Lieberman and Pamela Pettler, and based on the characters created by Charles Addams. The film features the voices of Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Snoop Dogg, Bette Midler, and Allison Janney. It was theatrically released in the United States by United Artists Releasing and internationally by Universal Pictures on October 11, 2019. It received mixed reviews from critics, and has grossed $200.1 million on a $24 million budget. A sequel is scheduled to be theatrically released on October 22, 2021 with Vernon and Tiernan returning to direct.[9]

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Watched the 2015 movie Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. It is an excellent documentary on the Scientology cult. I give it 4 out of 5 stars in the documentary status.

[from Wikipedia]
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief is a 2015 documentary film about Scientology. Directed by Alex Gibney and produced by HBO, it is based on Lawrence Wright‘s book Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief (2013). The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. It received widespread praise from critics and was nominated for seven Emmy Awards, winning three, including Best Documentary. It also received a 2015 Peabody Award and won the award for Best Documentary Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America.
The film deconstructs the church’s claims by presenting a condensed history of Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, examining how celebrities interact with the church, and highlighting the stories of a number of ex-members and of the abuse and exploitation that they described seeing and experiencing. The Church of Scientology responded vehemently to the film, complaining to film critics about their reviews and denouncing the filmmakers and their interviewees.
Going Clear was released in a limited number of theaters on March 13, 2015, and aired on HBO on March 29, 2015. It was a major ratings success and by mid-April 2015 had attracted 5.5 million viewers, making it the second most-watched HBO documentary in the past decade. It was subsequently released internationally, showing in theaters and on television despite a sustained campaign by the Church of Scientology to block its release.

Son of Kong



 I watched “Son of Kong” on Svengoolie tonight.  They travel back to Skull Island looking for treasure where they find little Kong. The Sven additives to the movie help it along.  I would give it 1.75 out of 5.

[From Wikipedia] Son of Kong (also known as The Son of Kong) is a 1933 American Pre-Code adventure monster film produced by RKO Pictures. Directed by Ernest Schoedsack and featuring special effects by Buzz Gibson and Willis O’Brien, the film stars Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack and Frank Reicher. The film is the lesser-known sequel to King Kong and was released just nine months after its predecessor.

Conan the Barbarian

I just watched the 2011 re-imagining of Conan the Barbarian. I haven’t seen the 1982 original since the 80’s so I can’t really compare. This one was very good, lots of excitement, pretty non-stop action. I would give it a solid 3.5 of 5 stars.
[From Wikipedia]  Conan the Barbarian is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films (including Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer), television programs (animated and live-action), video games, role-playing games, and other media. The character was created by writer Robert E. Howard in 1932 for a series of fantasy stories published in Weird Tales magazine.
[From Wikipedia] Conan the Barbarian is a 2011 American sword and sorcery film based on the character of the same name created by Robert E. Howard. The film is a new interpretation of the Conan mythology, and is not related to the films featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It stars Jason Momoa in the title role, alongside Rachel Nichols, Rose McGowan, Stephen Lang, Ron Perlman, and Bob Sapp with Marcus Nispel directing. Morgan Freeman narrates the film.