Smile 2 (2024) Written Review

 

Smile 2

Cast: Naomi Scott, Dylan Geula, Rosemarie DeWitt

Writer and Director: Parker Finn

*** out of 5 *'s

 

After a famous pop singer (Naomi Scott) witnesses her drug dealer commit suicide involving a really heavy weight.  Skye Riley starts to see things that she can’t explain or may not even be there at all in this sequel to the quote unquote hit movie Smile.  Titled cleverly Smile 2.  Not Smile Again,or Smile Too.  Keep on Smiling  would have worked fine, but no just Smile 2. 

Joker:Folie a Duex(2024) will be hated today but appeciated years later.

 

When Todd Phillips released Joker back in 2019, it was a very different sort of film.  Now Batman’s most famous arch nemesis has gone from very goofy and campy when Ceasar Romero played him in the 60’s television series to the dark, unhinged performance Heath Ledger gave in the Dark Knight.  Each actor from Jack Nicholson to Mark Hamill have their own take on this iconic character and how you feel about each performance is really up to you.  Joaquin Phoenix’s portrayal was something different than the others because this time.  The story would be focused solely on him and it became an alternate origin story and a somewhat character study on mental illness.  Taking inspiration from Martin Scorsese classics like Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy.  Joker was met with a lot of  praise from critics and audiences and even won Phoenix an Oscar for best actor.

Film Masters Series: Creature with the Blue Hand & Web of the Spider.

 

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Sneak Peak of Reservoir Dogs Audio Drama (w/ Outtakes)

 

Hello everyone.

This is our very first recording session of an all new audio drama adaptation of Reservoir Dogs. The debut film from Quentin Tarantino, but our version is with an all female cast.

Megalopolis & The Multiplex (Ingredients for failure)

  I'm proud to announce that I just joined the MNFCA (The Minnesota Fim Critics Association) and am extremley honored to be an alliance of this organization.

Read my profile below.

https://mnfilmcriticsassociation.com/2024/09/25/jasonhemming/

If you are expecting this to be a critique about this supposed last feature from director, Francis Ford Coppola.  I apologize but this is not that sort of essay. Like many film fans , I too was a little surprised that the famous director of movies like The Godfather and Apocalypse Now spent over $120 Million Dollars of his own money on this project, only to have it gross just under $5 Million.  Many asking why, especially since this sort of thing occurred back in the early 80’s when he spent big loads of money to make his musical One from the Heart.  Only to be in such debt afterwards he had to direct movies like Jack and Bram Stoker’s Dracula to recoup the lost.

Random Thoughts on Megalopolis & The Substance.

 

Ashley and The Vern were joined by a few friends to talk about Francis Ford Coppola's suppoused last feature film, Megalopolis and Coralie Fargeat's 2nd movie, The Substance.

Featuring Taylor, Nick, Jim, Shari and Ashley's daughter Charlotte.

This episode was recorded live at a local AMC theater so there will be background noise.

Ed Wood (1994) w/ Movie Rob

 

With Beetlejuice Beetlejuice getting a lot of critical and box office praise. I thought it would be fun to re release this older episode talking about one of Tim Burton's best movies her made besides Batman Returns and that is Ed Wood. His Oscar winning biopic about the worst director of all time. Edward D Wood Jr. The man who directed, Glen or Glenda, Bride of the Monster and the classic Plan 9 from Outer Space 

(You can hear the all new audio drama adaptation by clicking link ⁠here⁠)

Our guest was MovieRob and you can read his reviews here.

⁠https://movierob.wordpress.com/