Episode 882 – No Junk in Barry Bostwick’s Trunk
03/22/24 • 39 min
This Week: Kevin starts off the show with a look at the box office and a response to a listener email. Then he talks a bit about the British Royals before he looks at trailers for Furiosa and The Acolyte. Later, he reviews Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Leprechaun, The Windsors, Megaforce and Missile to the Moon. Finally, he wraps things up with the Home-Cinema Round-Up with a spotlight on Annihilation.
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Episode Schedule: NOTE: Reviews begin at indicated time-stamp below.
Part I: Intro, news and Trailer Park, featuring Furiosa and The Acolyte
Part II: Reviews of Leprechaun [10:00] and The Windsors [15:00]
Part III: Reviews of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire [19:00] and Missile to the Moon [25:30]
Part IV: Review of Megaforce [29:00] and the Home-Cinema Round-Up with a spotlight on Annihilation [34:30]
Show Notes:
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This Week: Kevin starts off the show with a look at the box office and a response to a listener email. Then he talks a bit about the British Royals before he looks at trailers for Furiosa and The Acolyte. Later, he reviews Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Leprechaun, The Windsors, Megaforce and Missile to the Moon. Finally, he wraps things up with the Home-Cinema Round-Up with a spotlight on Annihilation.
Download this Episode
Episode Schedule: NOTE: Reviews begin at indicated time-stamp below.
Part I: Intro, news and Trailer Park, featuring Furiosa and The Acolyte
Part II: Reviews of Leprechaun [10:00] and The Windsors [15:00]
Part III: Reviews of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire [19:00] and Missile to the Moon [25:30]
Part IV: Review of Megaforce [29:00] and the Home-Cinema Round-Up with a spotlight on Annihilation [34:30]
Show Notes:
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Follow Kevin on Twitter (@kevincarr)
Previous Episode
‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ Review
Rated PG-13
Opens: March 22, 2024
Kevin says GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE Kinda rocks!
After a successful reboot three years ago, the Ghostbusters are back.
The story follows the new team trying to revitalize the ghost busting business in New York City. But when an ancient evil breaks loose and threatens to freeze the world, the new and old Ghostbusters answer the call.
If GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE was a tribute to the 1984 original, FROZEN EMPIRE feels more like an homage to 1989’s GHOSTBUSTERS II. It suffers from similar set-up and narrative problems, trying to offer a fresh take on once-quirky characters from the previous film.
There are some fun moments, and there’s definitely ghosts getting busted throughout the film, but too much of the plot relies on ignoring things that happened in the original. I mean, does nobody remember the Twinkie discussion?
The nostalgia elements work to a degree but sometimes feel sidelined, while new characters seem more at home in the failed 2016 reboot.
Still, it’ll do for throwback mainstream comedy you can take the kids to. GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE gets three proton packs out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.
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‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ Review
Rated PG-13
Opens: March 29, 2024
Kevin says GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE Kinda rocks!
Legendary Pictures’ Monsterverse attempts to get even bigger with the release of GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE.
In this new kaiju movie, the two titans have to work together to stop a new threat brewing in the Hollow Earth, ready to break free and destroy the world.
Now I love a good monster smackdown movie, which is why I thoroughly enjoyed GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS in 2019 and GODZILLA VS. KONG three years ago. Though to do a proper monster smackdown, you kinda have to have monsters smacking down, and that doesn’t always happen here.
The struggle with GODZILLA X KONG is the film takes so much time with the disposable human characters spouting gobbledy gook meant to explain why these titans are fighting – and which new ones they’re fighting – the film gets bogged down in its own minutia.
Yes, it certainly offers the spectacle you want from a movie like this, and honestly that’s why I’m watching. But the connective tissue is overworked and downright silly at times.
Come for the fighting, but don’t expect much more. GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE gets three bananas out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.
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