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The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Old does not necessarily mean good.
When I was a teenager I though I saw the majority of Alfred Hitchcock's movies. I was drawing a blank if I had ever seen this one. When I saw The Lady Vanishes listed as one of the movies playing at a Hitchcock festival in Palo Alto. So I thought why not go and see it. The torture of sitting through this movie is hard to describe. A bunch of dull characters are waiting at a hotel for a train to arrive . Margaret Lockwood makes friends with a little old lady. They board the train together and the old lady disappears and everyone tells Margaret Lockwood she boarded the train alone. The movie lacks style,, pacing , humor and any sense of mystery. The only reason it gets one star is for Michael Redgrave. It seems at times they he wandered onto the set from a better movie. He trys very hard to resuscitate this corpse with a large dose of charm. Yet the man is not a miracle worker.
A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
Funny comedy with the great Christine Baranski.
The bad moms mothers are coming to visit for the holidays. Mila Kunis is horrified at the prospect. With Christine Baranski as her mom who can blame her. I have been a fan of Baranski since the days of the Cybil TV show. Shes very funny in this movie. Giving her grandchildren the most extravagant gifts. Insisting the family has to see the real five hour long nutcracker not the Disney version. How the most go caroling to all three hundred homes in the area. If they are going to win the caroling prize.Don't worry she hired back up singers. Decorating the outside of the house that goes way over the top From the bad moms Mila Kunis is easily the most likable. The rest of the actors are OK. Its rude,crude and pretty funny I was smiling a lot through the whole movie.
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
The Express gets derailed fast
When we first catch sight of Kenneth Branagh. With that ridiculous mustache. You may wonder if Inspector Clouseau has booked passage on that train. Alas we should be so lucky at least it would be a fun movie. When you first see Branagh with his pet hamster on his upper lip and ridiculous accent its hard to take this movie seriously . Hercule needs two perfect eggs served to him hes so annoying I'm surprised they don't egg him.Walking through town he steps in a pile of camel poop. Was the Camel a critic? Off to the train where everybody is so somber and so secretive are they trying to hide a secret or are they just grinding there teeth together so they don't laugh out loud at Kenneth? Poor script,mediocre direction and a miscast star sink a classic novel
Happy Death Day (2017)
Happy Death Day or is that Boredom Day?
A movie with so many plot holes you can drive a truck through it.A talented director could cover the holes up but alas that doesn't happen. A script that makes very little sense even for a horror film. Sometimes it seems like they where thinking about making a spoof. Yet the director could not make up his mind what he was going for.The actors do try their best and that's why it gets 2 stars.