Who remembers walking up and down the aisles of DVDs and (gulp) VHS tapes at Blockbuster on Friday night looking for something good to watch? I mean, I don't either; I was just testing to see if did.With its rows and rows of movies and shows to watch, Netflix can feel like that, too, sometimes.Well, since I've been around the, er, Block, let me help.
For this weekend, March 16 to 22, I've put a few movies in my basket for you—a modern masterpiece of kaiju destruction, a fast-paced imagining of what making the first-ever SNL was like, and a hilariously awkward mockumentary of small-town theater.3 Godzilla Minus One A monster movie institution reborn, with surprising emotional depth Fingers crossed you have a decent-sized TV or projector screen on your home theater setup for this absolute beast of a visual effects monster movie (it even won the Oscar for the category).And while, yes, definitely lives up to its giant radioactive lizard, city-stomping, screaming-monster roots that were planted back in 1954, writer-director Takashi Yamazaki remembered that all that destruction means way more when people and emotions are caught in the middle of it.
With a story that is part of the official Godzilla canon and lore, has its own self-contained continuity.Set in post-war Japan, it tells the story of Koichi Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki), a disgraced kamikaze pilot whose cowardice prevented him from taking a shot at the monster the first time.When Godzilla returns years later, Koichi must face his cowardice and redeem himself in the eyes of his sweetie Noriko Oishi (Minami Hamabe) and their newly adopted daughter.
Koichi teams up with ex-weapons engineer Kenji Noda, and former Navy mechanic Sosaku Tachibana to battle the monster head-on in one of the coolest boat battle sequences ever.is epic in its scope, the monster itself is spectacular, and the old-school Godzilla vibes of the film make it a great watch.If you want a more authentic old-school experience, though, be sure to check out the black and white version.
Godzilla Minus One PG-13 Science Fiction Horror Action Release Date November 3, 2023 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming RENT BUY Cast Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Saki Nakatani, Mio Tanaka, Yuya Endo, Kisuke Iida, Kenji Anan, Kenji Mizuhashi, Kunihiro Suda, Shota Taniguchi, Ippei Sasaki, Ozuno Nakamura, Sho Nishigaki, Tsutomu Osabe, Yuji Komatsu, Yosuke Minokawa, Sentarou Kusakabe, Kota Kawabata, Kiyomi Aratani, Yukio Tsukamoto, Shoji Omiya Runtime 124 minutes Director Takashi Yamazaki Writers Takashi Yamazaki Producers Keiichiro Moriya, Kazuaki Kishida, Kenji Yamada Franchise(s) Godzilla Main Genre Action Studio(s) Toho Studios, Robot Distributor(s) Toho Studios Executive Producer(s) Shuji Abe, Minami Ichikawa, Hisashi Usui Powered by Expand Collapse 2 Saturday Night The chaotic true story behind SNL’s first broadcast Oh, to be a fly on the hallowed Studio 8H walls at 30 Rockefeller Plaza on the night of October 11, 1975, when the very first live broadcast of took place.In one of the best fictionalizations of that legendary night ever, writer-director Jason Reitman's love letter to his iconic father's generation of comedy and work with many of SNL's legendary original cast members.In Reitman captures the chaos and brilliance of the 90 real-time minutes before and leading up to the first SNL broadcast, as a young, ambitious producer by the name of Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) tries to keep the wheels from coming completely off.
The show mills in and around 30 Rock, and goes backstage as its cast of eccentric geniuses—including Chevy Chase (Cory Michael Smith), John Belushi (Matt Wood), Dan Aykroyd (Dylan O'Brien), Jane Curtin (Kim Matula), Gilda Radner (Ella Hunt), Laraine Newman (Emily Fairn), and Garrett Morris (Lamorne Morris)—prepared to change the world forever.is a swiftly-moving thrill ride that does a great job at capturing the stress, egos, studio meddling, and sheer will it takes to put on a live variety show.The scene where Chevy Chase trades barbs with J.K.
Simmons as a delightfully vulgar Milton Berle is reason enough to watch.Saturday Night R Drama Comedy Release Date October 11, 2024 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming RENT BUY Cast Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cooper Hoffman, Dylan O'Brien, Cory Michael Smith, Lamorne Morris, Willem Dafoe, Ella Hunt, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Kim Matula, tommy dewey, Andrew Barth Feldman, Nicholas Braun, Kaia Gerber, Catherine Curtin, Nicholas Podany, Corinne Britti, Finn Wolfhard, J.K.Simmons, Matthew Rhys, Taylor Gray, Leander Suleiman, Mcabe Gregg, Kirsty Woodward, Jon Batiste, Naomi McPherson, Brian Welch, Tracy Letts, Paul Rust, Josh Brener, Brad Garrett, Rowan Joseph, Billy Bryk, Ellen Boscov, Justin Matthew Smith, Abraham Hsu, Parker Wierling, Presley Coley, James Logan, Robert Wuhl, Drew Scheid Runtime 109 Minutes Director Jason Reitman Writers Gil Kenan, Jason Reitman Main Genre Drama Powered by Expand Collapse 1 Waiting for Guffman Mockumentary comedy gold from Christopher Guest If you've never seen any of Christopher Guest's groundbreaking "improvised-mockumentary" movies like or , then this is the best place to start, as it's the first of the big three Guest-written and directed movies of its kind and acts as a blueprint for those that followed (and the genre, in general).
Co-written by Eugene Levy, is a simply hysterical zooming in on the world of small-town theater, and how even it isn't immune to over-inflated egos and delusions of grandeur.It's the 150th anniversary of Blaine, Missouri, and to celebrate, the local theater company aims to put on a grand musical—.Helmed by eccentric director Corky St.
Clair (Guest), the play's cast makes for pure comedy gold—a dentist, Dr.Allan Pearl (Eugene Levy), a Dairy Queen employee, Libby Mae Brown (Parker Posey), and married travel agents Ron and Sheila Albertson (Fred Willard and Catherine O'Hara), who have never left Blaine.Everyone loses their minds when it's announced that a fancy New York producer, Mort Guffman, will be in attendance, making everyone think they're all ready for Broadway.
What makes Guest's movies so special and funny is that while they have scripts that guide the plot and direction, nearly all the dialogue in each scene is improvised, tapping into the cast's genius and backgrounds in improv comedy from troupes like The Second City and The Groundlings.is classic Guest that you should watch now before it leaves Netflix on April 3.Waiting for Guffman R Comedy Music Release Date August 21, 1996 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming RENT BUY Cast Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara, Michael Hitchcock Runtime 84 Minutes Director Christopher Guest Writers Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest Main Genre Comedy Budget 4000000.0 Studio(s) Pale Morning Dun IMDb ID tt0118111 TMDB User Rating 7 .0 Powered by Expand Collapse A little chaos, a little spectacle, and a lot of personality go a long way.
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