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Solo came out yesterday and the reviews are mostly bad and mostly directed (which I was expecting to be) at Ron Howard's directing skills. He is not an action director. He ruined the Robert Langdon books movie adaptations. Ron Howard is only good at directing comedies and light drama. Can't believe Disney brought him in when they fired the original directors. There were so many better choices than Ron Howard. I have nothing against the guy: he has made some of my favorite movies over the years like Cocoon and Splash and Gung Ho and Apollo 13 and starred in one of my favorite TV series, Happy Days. But he is just not fit to direct action movies.

Now that a new movie is coming out this year, I decided to revisit the Predator franchise. Predator (1987) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093773/ Not only is this the first and best entry in the franchise, this is easily also Arnold Schwarzenegger's best film. Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer got Schwarzenegger's foot into Hollywood, The Terminator gave him his first taste at fame, Commando and Raw Deal proved that he could act and not just play a speech slurring big muscle warrior again in Red Sonja, Predator showed what a good script can do for a little known Austrian body builder turned actor giving Schwarzenegger his first near $100 million grossing film, which lead to three more action films (The Running Man, Red Heat, Total Recall), two $200+ million grossing comedies (Twins, Kindergarden Cop) and then the $523+ million grossing movie that made Schwarzenegger an international household name: Terminator 2 Judgement Day. But to me, Predator will always be Schwarzenegger's best film and furthermore, Predator is also one of only 8 movies ever made that I consider to be near perfect or perfect. 5/5 Predator 2 (1990) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100403/ The studio bigwigs wanted Arnold to star in the sequel but didn't want to pay him what he was worth so they got Danny Glover instead. This movie is a big not so hot mess and you can't blame Danny Glover - he is a professional who always does his best even when he is handed a stupid script helmed by a sub par director whose one of his previous movie directing gig prior to this was one of the A Nightmare On Elm Street sequels. 1/5 Predators (2010) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424381/ I can see the meeting that took place that gave birth to this movie. A couple of 20th Century Fox studio bigwigs were trying to figure out what to do next and one of them says: "Hey we haven't made a Predator film in almost 20 years and the last one without Arnold Schwarzenegger barely made a profit and it was killed by the critics. Let's make another one and this time, once again, we will go without Arnold!" If I thought Predator 2 was a not so hot big mess, this one is ridiculously absurd. The whole concept of being on another planet doesn't help it. The ending left it open with unanswered questions and unfinished plot lines which we may never see answered and resolved by another film. At a budget of over $40 million and a cumulative combined domestic and woldwide gross of $127 million, it didn't make any money by Hollywood Accounting standards. 1/5 I personally have a 3-word phrase to describe Predator 2 and Predators: Dumber and Dumberer!! So will the new Predator film be any good? It's written and directed by Shane Black who wrote 4 Lethal Weapon films, The Last Boy Scout and Iron Man 3 - which he also directed. I hope so but from the story line I could see in the trailer, the Predators were accidentally summoned back to Earth by a kid, I don't have much hope for it. I would think after 8 years since the last film, they could had come up with a better story.

Good job: 4 out of 5. #55 is not What Women Want.

Close but not quite.

Clues added into my original post #1 above.

2 out of 4. #31 and #57 are not correct.

Terminal (2018) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4463816/ Visually stylish, flashy with a la Blade Runner neon bathed noir mystery thriller with a twisted Tarantino style mixed with Alice In Wonderland twist, this movie was crucified by the critics. It's actually pretty good and the ending will make you say: "Wait !! What the heck just happened ?!?" Stunning Margot Robbie shines in this and the entire cast around her [composed of Simon Pegg, Dexter Fletcher, Max Irons and Mike Myers] is there to support her in her quest for revenge. To all the critics who gave this movie a low rating, I will give them both of my special finger while at the same time, I will give this movie a: 4.5/5

Hi Mick. Long time no see!

First official full trailer with the CUCKOO CUCKOO Guy back playing the James Bond wannabe:

I'll post some clues this weekend if y'all haven't gotten them all guessed by then.

There is no stopping, Morphie!!

Revenge (2017) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6738136/ WOW!! JUST WOW!! That's my IMMEDIATE REACTION when the end credits started scrolling. What is this movie about? Well, it's best explained this way in the words of English playwright and poet William Congreve, who wrote these lines in his 1697 play The Mourning Bride. "Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd." What makes this movie even more fascinating is that it's directed by a woman: French director Coralie Fargeat - who with this film has proven that women can hold their own in the horror film genre dominated by male directors. Brutally honest in its social message reflecting today's mores regarding men's treatment of women, it features a few scenes that will make even the most seasoned horror movie watching veterans squirm in their seats, this movie is on the same level as other recent horror celluloids out of France such as Haute Tension, Martyrs, Frontier(s). It's refreshing to see in today's glut of PG-13 horror cheap thrills wannabes, there is still someone with the guts to make a real horror movie - from a woman no less. This is truly a satisfying horrific overload that should not be missed! 5/5

Oh. Magic software or Sir Tom's Magic?

Thank you Tom! Especially the food ones! ????? Are they eventually going to get some coloring in them or are they going to stay black and white?

I saw this in a sold out theater on the first showing of release Friday. When Ahnold said that, everyone in the entire theater cheered and clapped! After the movie ended, my friends and I went out to the box office, bought tickets for the next showing, and we watched it again. Dutch: Knock-knock.

WOW, Morphie! Perfect Score! ?

8 out of 9. Excellent! (#43 is not The Breakfast Club)

What's the matter? The CIA got you pushing too many pencils?

CLUES ADDED to the remaining unsolved images - 05/18/2018 2 One of these two can sell you anything 10 1980's Time travel movie 14 World War II art heist 17 Corporate... 18 Classic college partying movie 19 Lottery movie 23 He and his wife only wanted a child of their own 25 A man's obsessive quest for Mary Poppins... 31 1980's alcohol fueled love story 32 Football is his way of life 34 Romance and Guns love story 36 Haircut movie 38 This one is VERY OBVIOUS 42 Married couple's thrilling night on the town 43 Rebel kid falls in love with the smartest girl in school 45 He is a tool 51 52 Murder mystery set in Savannah based on the critically acclaimed book 53 The bear mascot of a hotel 54 He sets out to help 7 strangers 55 1980's Identity Changing movie comedy 56 Classic 1980's beer comedy 57 He is a brutal and sexy gangster out to do one last job

Get To The Choppa!!!