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WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
Here are some articles from this past week that we encourage you to check out and jump in (or start) the conversation.
What was the first movie you watched in 2021?
This week we began our writers favorite films of 2020 posts.
THIS WEEK ON MONSOONVISION
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Sunday 1/10 at 9PM CST
Movie: Madman (1982)
“At a summer camp in the woods, Max, one of the counselors, decides to regale the campers and other counselors with a frightening tale of a local serial killer, Madman Marz. As the story goes, if his name is uttered above a whisper, he will return to the area to kill. Unimpressed and unafraid, an impudent teen, Richie, feels compelled to test the legend — despite the deadly consequences. Within moments, Madman Marz is back again for blood.”
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MOVIES WATCHED THIS WEEK
The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018) – Fairly mediocre rebootquel of David Fincher‘s far superior film. I wish they let him continue with the series instead of dumping out this film instead. 3/5
Timeline (2003) – A half-assed time travel flick from Richard Donner that I never heard of. Paul Walker and Gerard Butler travel to 1357 France. It’s got a pretty solid cast, but apparently a lot was cut from the book and final version of the film. Michael Crichton hated the adaptation. 2.5/5
Fast & Furious Present: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) – An over the top buddy cop film with a super soldier bad guy. It’s entertaining and also kinda boring at the same time. Vanessa Kirby is easy on the eyes though. 3.5/5
Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986) – Ok this isn’t a full blown movie, but it is 17 minutes of pure unadulterated heavy metal tailgating action from a 1986 Judas Priest concert in Maryland. 5/5
Shazam! (2019) – I’d say it’s the best of the DCEU films thus far and even then on my second watch it really rehashes a lot of other superhero movies we’ve seen before. But it really is Zachary Levi that sells the whole film. 3.75/5
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