#TrailerAlert: The Doorman is off-brand Die Hard.
Ruby Rose is not John McClane. I’d be foolish to accept this.
If I was on a long flight I’d watch it but I’m so not investing any money in it: showing this the door.
October 9 doesn’t matter where.
~ Sammy Younan
#TrailerAlert: August 17, 2020
Amazon release this trailer for this documentary on voting and voter suppression in America this afternoon.
Americans are addicted to “vote!!” as an effective solution but voting has no value if the candidates are lousy. When the system forces voters to choose between Trump or Hillary it’s not clearly not good; it’s clearly not working.
You’re really honestly telling me those are the 2 best choices to represent 300 million people?!
The way the candidates are selected (in America and in Canada); the way we present them…the media all of that needs to be overhauled. In everything else we can research reviews…from cities we’re flying to; to a washer…to a book…there are reviews and opinions and recommendations and suggestions so people can avoid mistakes or bad choices. We don’t really do that properly with political candidates.
The debate used to be can you do more good outside the system or should you get elected and attempt to change the system from within. Now it’s obvious no good comes from within the system.
So yeah voter suppression is a major issue and yes it is racist but if the choices suck that’s not good either. So I hope this doc addresses some/all of that.
All In: The Fight For Democracy is on Amazon Prime on September 18. I’m In! I’ll make some tea and chill with this.
~ Sammy Younan
Trailer Alert: December 25, 2018
This is Us means Peele will whip up that minority on twitter that’ll write thousand of words on Us except if it’s any good or not.
Should make for a cheaper marketing budget. If he is indeed the new M Night well than M Night is posed to complete his comeback with Glass. A parking lot rumble it is then.
Colin Kaepernick’s Nike ad is decent but not as powerfully potent as 2016’s Come Out of Nowhere NBA campaign: MAKE HISTORY NOT APOLOGIES.
Yo so good; soul good.
Kaepernick’s Nike ad means sneaker culture goes full circle: in 1968 Tommy Smith and John Carlos protested during the anthem police brutality (they held up a Puma shoe.) Exact same template as Colin: ostracized from sports, abused…death threats etc.
None of this is new.
~ Sammy Younan
Hidden Gem for September 4, 2018
Umi Copper – All!
During ESPN’s/Netflix’s broadcast of The Last Dance many people were “offended” by Jordan’s aggressive nature and embarrassingly called him a “bully.”
Which ah…spoke volumes about themselves; those comments had little to do with Jordan. They’re communicating to the world (especially on social media) who they are and…it wasn’t good.
In The Bird Revelation Dave Chappelle spoke about that calling it a brittle spirit. And those are the people you do not want in your life.
Who you want in your life are players and people like Jordan and Jimmy Butler: when people talk about NBA teams and culture: this is exactly what they should be discussing and sharing and encouraging.
Jimmy Butler’s smile when Rachel Nichols points out the Heat are not favoured is fantastic. Yes!!
He and the team are not defined by somebody else’s narrative; it doesn’t matter what somebody with a “brittle-ass spirit” thinks they know about Miami or the players: it only matters what they think and they choose to believe. That’s dope.
I mean why would they accept somebody else’s uninformed narrative about themselves? Just because somebody calls you stupid doesn’t mean you are…stupid. You know?
And really? There’s potential for any team to come out of the East? To win it all? I dunno about that but every East team has a chance to battle. NBA Playoffs start on Monday.
~ Sammy Younan
#TrailerAlert: August 15, 2020
An alien invasion (tell me more!) while transporting a crime boss to a new detention center (yes!). Swat team; guns and…then Richard Grieco and Tara Reid.
What no Bruce Willis?!
So #AttackofTheUnknown is a lie: we “know” Tara Reid is incapable of quality. And Grieco “jumped” the shark not the Street.
I’ll watch this on airplane; second movie on a long flight. Comes out (where and why I dunno) on August 28.
~ Sammy Younan
#TrailerAlert: July 3, 2018
Ugh ChrisPine is in I Am The Night TNT’s latest limited series. Great for tv fans who like actors with limited range and wooden expressions.
Coming January, 2019 this is director Patty Jenkins’ Mindhunter.
~ Sammy Younan
#TrailerAlert: August 13, 2020
I guess this time Robert Pattinson is the country folk Sling Blade? He usually is.
The Devil All The Time while better than The Devil Wears Prada still looks like A River Runs Through It meets A Simple Plan. Meh more than Hee Haw.
(Actually looks like a low rent Tree Of Life.)
September 16 on Netflix. I’ll give it 10 or 15 minutes: decent cast.
~ Sammy Younan
#TrailerAlert August 12, 2020
The Amityville horror franchise’s 11th (11th!!) movie is The Amityville Harvest.
Although by now all they’re “harvesting” is utter crap. We’ve come a long way since 1977’s Fake News haunting.
On “Demand” October 20. I’m 100% GET OUT.
If you care…
1979: The Amityville Horror
1982: Amityville II: The Possession
1983: Amityville 3-D
1989: Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes (TV Movie)
1990: The Amityville Curse (Direct-to-video; Canadian production.)
1992: Amityville: It’s About Time (Direct-to-video)
1993: Amityville: A New Generation (Direct-to-video)
1996: Amityville Dollhouse (Direct-to-video)
2005: The Amityville Horror (Remake of The Amityville Horror (1979 film))
2017: Amityville: The Awakening (Limited theatrical release.)
2020: The Amityville Harvest (direct-to-video)
I saw the 79 one…maybe the second or third one? The 2005 remake was disappointing but made bank. Why does this series keep on trucking? Are there Amityville fans? Maybe in Germany?! (There’s also Amityville Vibrator which changed GET OUT to GET OFF. lol!!)
~ Sammy Younan
