Movies:
- Blockers (2018)
- Life of the Party (2018)
- The Conjuring (2013)
- Super Trooper 2 (2018)
- Thoroughbreds (2018)
- Love, Simon (2018)
- Overboard (1987)
- Overboard (2018)
- I Feel Pretty (2018)
The Good:
Love, Simon – Love, Simon is one of the best coming to age movies I have seen in a while. It’s a reincarnation of a John Hughes style love story that is beyond beautiful and delightful. It also takes on the problems and dilemmas a person might go through when decided when and how to come out… if they aren’t ousted by someone else. This is must see and top 10 of the year I predict.
Grade A
The Bad:
Overboard – Overboard continues the on the list of remakes we never asked for or wanted. In doing my “research” for this movie, I had to watch the original, something I hadn’t seen yet. The 1987 version is good. It’s a fun movie with a good cast, but on to the remake which sucks. It’s shot for shot at some points and lacks an original spin besides the gender swap of who has amnesia. I did like how some characters unapologetically spoke Spanish. It was nice to not have them speak broken English for a low hanging fruit joke.
Grade D
The Old or Surprising:
Blockers – Hands down the most surprising thing I have watched this month is Blockers. I had zero hope for this raunchy looking comedy with the stupid title. Then I watched it and this movie got me misty, like in my eyeballs. It’s so much more than a raunchy comedy, it actually has a heart and solid message behind it. Blockers did itself no favors with the crap title and that’s unfortunate because it should be seen. I enjoyed every bit of it.
Grade B
