Anybody rewatch something? Watch something for the first time? Here's my rundown of stuff recently ...
KINGPIN - pro
Very fun, still holds up, a little too '90s dated in that montages set to ska pop way (and treating Blues Traveler like they are some revelation of a band is pretty bad), might be Woody Harrelson's best performance?, kept thinking about what the Farrelley bros influences were in the '90s and came up with a mix of ZAZ comedies, National Lampoon comedies & the magazine's un p/c cringe humor, John Waters mid century camp, and (more strangely) Hal Ashby's comedic, humanist '70s character pieces, oddly this would make a good double feature with The Last Detail
LIGHT OF MY LIFE - very pro
I watched this right before the COVID-19 shit hit the fan, but maaaan it's more relevant than ever now, total sleeper, Casey Affleck has some surprisingly good directing chops, very affecting, wish the ending was a bit less predictable but it's a minor complaint, pretty sure he's influenced by Kelly Reichardt
CONTAGION - very pro
Like everyone else in the known and unknown universe I recently rewatched this, even better than I remember and prescient in a "holy shit why didn't I like this more at the time?" sort of way, Jude Law is basically Alex Jones and peddles fake(?) or maybe not so fake(?) news, the one undercooked story is Marion Cotoulliard but it's a minor complaint
OUTBREAK - mixed to negative
Very '90s in the worst ways, about 40% the entertaining outbreak movie you are looking for, 60% military dick swinging sub A Few Good Men bullshit, and Top Gun style helicopters and jet plane antics, a lot of this is frankly boring, has a generic score, and a pretty bad ending, worth watching maybe for the monkey and Patrick Dempsy's uber '90s grunge Motorhead tshirt and flannel doood getting fuuuucked up by some ebola esque virus
Excuse any spelling or grammar mistakes. I'm doing quicky drive by reviews here.