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Let us know what you have been watching recently on the big and small screen. Excited about any upcoming releases? Doing anything fun this weekend? Simply sitting around in your underwear eating dang quesadillas while watching movies and endlessly scrolling through social media? Let us know below!
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
Here are some articles from this past week that we encourage you to check out and jump in (or start) the conversation.
Let us know what you think of the new The Batman logo and The Batfleck news
SAW has a new list out and it’s already causing a stir. Check out our 100 Greatest Sci-fi films list now!
A new List Challenge for this week. Let us know how many of the top movies you have from 1992-1995.
MONSOONVISION SHOWINGS THIS WEEK
(Subject to Change)
Sunday 8/23 at 9PM CST
Movie: Sweet Sixteen (1983)
“Teenager Melissa moves into a small town filled with racial prejudice and bullying, and each time she meets up with one of the boys in town, they end up murdered – but who is the killer?”
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Wednesday 8/26 at 9PM CST
Movie: The House on Sorority Row (1982)
“After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.”
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MOVIES WATCHED THIS WEEK
The Proposition (2005)
“A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they’ll execute his younger brother.”
Read Double Impact’s thoughts here.
Mulholland Falls (1996)
“In 1950’s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.”
A neo-noir that has some good but also misses the mark on being memorable. The biggest disappointment is that there is a fantastic B cast here (Griffith, Palmentari, Chris Penn, Micahel Madsen, Malkovich, and a quick scene from a young Kyle Chandler) and they feel underutilized but angry and tough guy Nick Nolte is always a win. This is still a fun movie if you like the noir feel. (3.25/5)
Solaris (1972)
“A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.”
I’m not going to go too in-depth here because this may pop up on a certain list that we are currently posting but Tarkovsky continues to be one of my favorite directors as I keep digging into his filmography. This is a strange and almost snail-paced space exploration film that is completely absorbing. His images never cease to slap me in the face. (4.5/5)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
“A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.”
This entry has always entertained me. I don’t understand the hate it gets. Outside of them not using Englund for part of the movie, Freddy is scarier here than in later installments. Decent kills, effects, homosexual undertones … What’s not to love? (3.25/5)
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