Recent Viewings, Part 2

[Rev. Powell]

OBEX (2025): An agoraphobic computer nerd travels inside a video game to rescue his dog, kidnapped by the demon-boss Ixaroth. Another quirky, warm-hearted, and lightly surreal parable from Albert Birney (SYLVIO, STRAWBERRY MANSION), this time with a 1980s VHS/Macintosh aesthetic (and, for some reason, presented in black and white). 3/5.

[Alex]

The Trail.

A mute young woman goes on a hike and has an extraterrestrial encounter. With very few words spoken, this movie relies on visuals and background music to convey all emotion. It's very slowly paced, and your entertainment is going to vary widely according to your tolerance for that. 2/3rds of the way through it and its kept me interested enough to want to watch it to the end.

[Jim H]

You're Next - Still a really fun film, though I think I've seen it too many times now, some of it gets a little thin eventually.  I appreciate the film reframing who the hunted and hunted are in the last act, something I didn't quite notice the first few times.  Another bit - KPG, the military company the father works for, is the same company Lance Reddick works for in the Guest.  Shared universe it seems. 

[lester1/2jr]

Super Snooper (1980) aka Super Fuzz. I've now seen this 3 times in the span of 30 years. Each time I forgot everything about it, I don't know why. I don't watch many comedies as I'm sort of allergic to the post "There's Something about Mary" endless gross out humor and "but it has a heart" warmth combo, so this provided some badly needed variety. It's a little long though (one hour and 45 minutes) and the plot is rather thin. Whatever, it still rules.

Charismatic lead actor Terence Hill is a new cop working with grizzled veteran Ernest Borgnine, who seems to have a great time here. He gets zapped by nuclear rays and turns into Super Snooper. There's really no limit to his powers when he uses them and it defies all rational logic. I saw another Italian movie "Super Argo Man" that did that; Where the powers make him basically God and why doesn't he just snap his fingers and solve all known problems on Earth? Americans raised on super hero comics don't go for that, really.

"Supaah Snupaaaaah" 4.75 /5 can't wait to watch it again in 10.2 years.