As an added bonus, Carrie Fisher shows up wielding enough firepower to singlehandedly take down the Death Star. Director John Landis’ frames are as wide as the comedy is broad.
Modeled after their mentor Curtis (the legendary Cab Calloway), Jake and Elwood Blues ( John Belushi and Dan Akyroyd) use their love of music to save the Penguin-led Catholic orphanage that raised them from the greedy Chicago government represented by Steven Spielberg. It has indestructible heroes, an implausible yet noble plot, magnificent car chases and unforgettable musical numbers by great soul singers like Ray Charles, James Brown and the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin.
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So, I suggest the outrageous and fun musical/demolition derby hybrid that is 1980’s “The Blues Brothers.” In addition to being the best movie based on a "Saturday Night Live" spin-off, it’s also a relentlessly entertaining contraption that aims to distract with every weapon in its arsenal. Musicals have always made me feel better, and if they were good enough for Depression-era audiences, they’re good enough for us in these trying times. The stand-outs include "Confession," a noir story directed by Jacques Tourneur where Stanwyck plays opposite Lee Marvin, " High Tension," a nerve-wracking and upsetting thriller very well directed by Robert Florey, "The Hitch-Hiker," another study in tension, and " The Assassin," where Stanwyck gets to play a comic nerd opposite a young Peter Falk.
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This little-known anthology series only lasted for one season, and the best episodes give Stanwyck some meaty roles. The 27 surviving episodes of "The Barbara Stanwyck Show" are now streaming on Amazon Prime. Hope he's got a new one in the works "Right at Your Door" is a keeper. What ever happened to writer/director Chris Gorak? He made "Right at Your Door" in 2006, then the underwhelming post-apocalyptic alien invasion flick "The Darkest Hour" in 2011, then. The bleak finale of "Right at Your Door" makes it one of the only recent horror movies to give me the same overwhelming feeling of dread that " Night of the Living Dead" did when I first saw it as a pre-teen. "Try" being the keyword: musician and wannabe doomsday-prepper Brad ( Rory Cochrane) who barricades himself into his house (alone), and his desperate wife Lexi ( Mary McCormack) is coughing an awful lot. If you're in the mood for a good scare, try "Right at Your Door," an unnerving psychodrama about two Los Angelans who try to self-quarantine in light of a nearby dirty bomb explosion. The world really is that scary." In lieu of my piece on this site for Women Writers Week on the long-running CW series "Supernatural," about to close up shop after 15 seasons, just FYI: If you've never seen the show, there are a luxurious 14 seasons streaming on Netflix.
There's something about the paranoid neurotic atmosphere of noir–the Edward-Hopper-esque emotional isolation of its obsessive characters, the pitch-black shadows they cast on the walls, which is, if not comforting then reflective of current day anxieties, i.e. " Out of the Past." "The Big Combo." " Laura." "Nightmare Alley” (I'm excited for the upcoming remake directed by Guillermo del Toro, with screenplay by del Toro and Kim Morgan). I have many film noir box sets, so I am going to re-watch those: "Force of Evil." "Sudden Fear” (which I wrote about for this site). What a rich enthralling experience that series was. I am also going to re-watch "Twin Peaks: The Return," which I have wanted to do ever since it aired in 2017.
I figured a re-watch was in order since the third season just aired on Netflix.
The series evokes the giddy uneasy atmosphere in Germany's Weimar Republic between the World Wars. In my stay-at-home isolation, I am binge-watching "Babylon Berlin” (a series on Netflix, based on the smash-hit best-selling book series by Volker Kutscher), I saw the first two seasons last year and was addicted to the often-thrilling plot and the complex characters, most especially the central character, a PTSD-rattled homicide detective named Gereon ( Volker Bruch) who uncovers a sinister plot to re-arm Germany (in violation of the Treaty of Versailles). It's comforting to re-watch things, but sometimes hard to find the time with all the new stuff coming out. Print it out, put it on the wall, and mark them off one by one. With everyone contained at home for the foreseeable future, we asked our staff to offer suggestions as to what to watch in these unpredictable times.
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