Guilty Pleasures

The Mummy

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  • Title: The Mummy
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The Mummy

Returning to theaters 25 years after its release, The Mummy is an odd bit of entertainment. When it was released you could refer to it as a poor man’s Indiana Jones (of course, that was before the two lackluster attempts to revive that franchise in both Crystal Skull and Dial of Destiny). Part B-movie serial, part Evil Dead 2-style horror flick (never read the ancient evil book aloud!), and part wacky over-the-top comedy, it’s hard to argue that The Mummy is a good film, in fact in many ways it’s certainly not, but that doesn’t mean it can’t provide a good time proving that charm can get you an awful long way.

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Hackers

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  • Title: Hackers
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Newly released on 4K, 1995’s Hackers is a very silly movie about a group of “innocent” high school hackers who despite breaking multiple laws throughout the film are the victims and heroes of the plot when another hacker (Fisher Stevens) decides to frame them for his crimes. The film stars Jonny Lee Miller as a child prodigy banned from using computers until his 18th birthday where he returns to the world of computers and takes up with a group of local hackers which include the hyper-competitive girl (Angelina Jolie) he has a crush on.

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Guilty Pleasure – One Crazy Summer

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  • Title: One Crazy Summer
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Throwback Thursday takes us back to a movie that feels every bit the 80s comedy that it is. One Crazy Summer casts John Cusack as an aspiring artist who heads off for a summer vacation to Nantucket with his high school best friend George (Joel Murray) after their graduation. There the artist, who knows nothing of love, will catch the eye of a young rocker (Demi Moore) headed home to help keep her father’s estate from falling into the clutches of a greedy land tycoon (Mark Metcalf), and the bombshell girlfriend (Kimberly Foster) of the local douchebag (Matt Mulhern), who, of course, is also the tycoon’s son.

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Zorro, the Gay Blade

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  • Title: Zorro, the Gay Blade
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Today’s Throwback Tuesday takes us back to the thrilling days of yesteryear, or 1981 to be exact. A tongue-and-cheek sequel to the popular Zorro franchise in general, and 1940’s The Mark of Zorro in particular, George Hamilton stars in dual roles as both sons of the legendary Zorro (although neither is aware of their father’s vigilante lifestyle prior to his death). Before the end of the movie both Don Diego de la Vega and Bunny Wigglesworth will follow in their father’s footsteps and stand-up for the peoples of 19th Century Los Angeles.

Returning home from his womanizing ways, Don Diego discovers his father has died and an old friend (Ron Leibman) has taken over as Alcalde and is crushing the local population under heavy taxes. After learning of his family tradition, Don Diego will take up the mantle of Zorro.

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Guilty Pleasure – Hard to Kill

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  • Title: Hard to Kill
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Hard to Kill movie review

Today’s Throwback Tuesday post takes us back to 1990 and the ouvere of action star Steven Seagal. For me, Hard to Kill fits firmly into the category of a guilty pleasure. Objectively it’s hard to argue that Hard to Kill is anywhere near a great movie, but damn if I haven’t had a great time with every viewing.

Easily my favorite of Seagal’s career, the actor stars as cop whose family is attacked in their home after he stumbles onto a conspiracy involving a politician and local mob boss. After being in a coma for seven years, with his reputation shredded and wife dead, Mason Storm returns to the land of the living to clear his name and seek vengeance for his family.

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