Who else has that range? And I absolutely love a good heist movie. He can be 007, a renegade Russian submarine captain, and wear a red diaper in Zardoz. This is the guy behind Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men, and Network. Sean Connery stars as a ex-con assembling a crew in the Sidney Lumet heist drama, The Anderson Tapes (1971). It still got a few laughs out of me and I’m always happy to see Ali G.ġ1.
MOVIE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT SERIES
Tucked away behind some passable to fine gross-out humor is some toothless political satire, but it pales in comparison to the series on which it was based. But what made those things great were the real people caught on camera being awful and awkward, whereas Indahouse is a completely fictional carbon copy of the predictable Happy Madison Productions formula. Da Ali G Show was legit great Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan was groundbreaking and Brüno was pretty funny too. Sacha Baron Cohen stars as hip-hop enthusiast, misogynist chav, and lovable dolt, Ali G, in Ali G Indahouse (2002). Not bad, but a bit long, drifting, and maybe not exactly my cup of tea.ġ2. There is a bit of a ghost mystery plot that becomes the dominant theme towards the end. I really enjoyed the 70s fashion, interiors, and stylish shots of Paris, but ultimately found it difficult to follow when almost anything can happen and nothing made sense.
MOVIE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT MOVIE
If you can sit through 3+ hours of meandering surreal French New Wave silliness then Jacques Rivette’s Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) is the movie for you. It’s a bad movie that spawned two sequels (I recall the middle one being the best, although still pretty bad) and several copycats.ġ3. Honest reaction on the re-watch: the title song is still haunting and pretty decent and the bulk of the movie is just kind of boring, but it does pick up in the final act and there is a pretty good twist. But, surprise, a girl gets left behind and has to endure the world turning upside down after almost everyone she knows gets Raptured.
The movie lays out their brand of eschatology several times and was designed to convert teens to its flavor of Christianity. The Rapture, for those not raised in an evangelical bubble, is the Christian belief that, in the End Times, all the Christians will be whisked up to Heaven in the twinkling of an eye and then the Tribulation will start – complete with Antichrist and Armageddon, etc.
Forget Left Behind, A Thief in the Night (1972) is the O.G. I faced one of my fears and re-watched a film that traumatized me when I was a kid. There’s several laughs to be had, but not a bad movie I’ll be revisiting anytime.ġ4. The framing, lighting, editing, after effects, and incessant use of green screen are painfully abrasive on the senses. It’s got everything you want in a bad movie, but also boasts being what may just be the ugliest film I have ever seen. Miracle Man (2013) is an awkward retelling of the gospel of Jesus (at least from his Temptation in the Desert to the Resurrection of Lazarus) set in modern day. I like both actors, but it would have been nice to see them in a better movie.ġ5. The two leads are talented, but the script here just feels kind of lazy and they don’t have believable chemistry. Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani star in the romantic comedy, The Lovebirds (2020). If you have fond memories of this one, maybe just keep those memories without trying to re-watch it.ġ6. Still love the creative team behind it though. The tragedy is that bad dramas can be amazing comedies, but bad comedies are just tedious cringe-fests. Maybe if I had seen Baseketball(1998) when I was 10, I would have found it at least somewhat amusing. Director David Zucker (part of the brilliant creative team behind Airplane! and The Naked Gun) teams up with the geniuses behind South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, to deliver a truly embarrassingly unfunny comedy.
It has a couple fun moments and some decent gross-out special effects and Oliver Reed is always fun to watch, but it didn’t hold my attention.ġ7. Maybe I’m in the wrong here, but Spasms (1983) was the most boring movie I have seen about a giant snake from hell that possesses people. So here’s the last few movies I saw in the order of how much I liked them.ġ8.
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