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Alien: Covenant (2017)
The Worst of the Alien Series
Well, there is certainly nothing new in Mr Alien's neighborhood this year. Its the same old story repeated once again, but this time with a colonization ship with 2000 colonists and hundreds of human embryos in cold storage as the crew comes out of cryo an unknown signal calls from an unknown planet and the wimpy "replacement captain" wants to check it out against the better judgment of his next in command. (does this sound familiar?) It picks up where Prometheus left off but somewhere along the time line between the two movies Ridley Scott's internet comment about the next picture having no Xenormorphs (aliens) apparently was quashed by the studio who must have insisted on alien monsters to keep the supposedly muddled masses of movie goers happy. Unfortunately, I have seen more creative story lines in Muppet movies and better acting in high school plays. Eventually the original David, our beloved synthetic human from Prometheus, shows up to confront the new David made specifically for this mission, but he has gone bad and gone on a murderous rampage and now wants to "eliminate" all humans because we are a "dying race" and need to be replaced with something more like David? The only good thing about this film is the beautiful location shooting particularly in New Zealand and Australia. That may have taken the lions share of the budget leaving only scraps to pay film school actors and hire the hack writers who couldn't come up with a new idea if they were paid, and believe me, they were.
Game of Thrones: The Dragon and the Wolf (2017)
Finale was a Major Disappointment
After weeks of building up to a clash among the Armies of the Dead, the North, the unsullied and the Lanisters, the writers decided to deal with more trivial matters at the last moment, and one dead dragon who apparently neverruns out of combustible fuel to burn down "the wall". This leaves the viewer with nothing but more questions as it regards the final outcome of the conflict, which should have been an epic battle. It reminds me of the weak ending of the Soprano's where we are left totally in the dark about the outcome. As far as I am concerned this will end any thoughts I had of purchasing the series on disc. A big thumbs down for this weak finale.
O.J.: Made in America (2016)
One of the Best Documentaries Ever
When you board this fast moving train of a documentary, just remember....its an express. You can't get off until it arrives at its final destination. It takes you through O.J.'s birth in 1947 to current day O.J.. Masterfully edited and pieced together as if it were some kind of gigantic puzzle, then released to us in the form of a spectacular documentary that shall go down as one of the best (including Ken Burns work), if not the best, ever made. You cannot stop watching it once you start, so brace yourself for over seven hours of totally engrossing and fascinating film. Not even the best fiction writers could dream up anything better than this....and this is nothing but pure, unadulterated reality....true life with real deaths. The details, some very grisly, are in the film. This is a Jekyll and Hyde film that actually happened, and continues today as O.J. continues his miserable existence as a prison inmate. -30-
Twin Peaks: Northwest Passage (1989)
Engrossing, Quirky and Very Imaginative - But Sadly Incomplete on DVD
This extremely creative,unpredictable and offbeat series captures your curiosity in its opening minutes and doesn't let go until you reach the very last episode. Completely engrossing it keeps you yearning for more, but sadly, more is what we seem to be missing. Not only has the original pilot episode, which lays out the whole plot, been omitted, but only the first season has been released in more than a year. Series of this quality do not come along that often. When quality scripting,directing and acting come together like this it needs to be shared. To my knowledge the best way to share a popular series is through re-release via broadcast and DVD. Can Paramount be totally unaware of the huge audience that is eager to rent and own the complete series on DVD? Those of us who are awaiting some progress need to make Paramount aware. Lets see some more releases. The marketing department may need awake up call.
The Call of the Savage (1935)
Exciting, Imaginative and Lots of Fun
This is an above average "jungle boy" serial that does a great job of coming up with some very imaginative and exciting closings for each chapter. I consider it to be one of my better cliffhangers and would definitely recommend it for any collector of movie serials. Great fun to watch!