The Long Kiss Goodnight review
I continue my reviews of unconventional Christmas movies with the yuletide classic, “The Long Kiss Goodnight”, in which you get scenes that mix automatic weapons, Christmas lights, yummy treats, bad beats, pies in the face, mistletoe and bombs that blow. Geena Davis plays Samantha Caine who can’t remember most anything past 8 years ago but steadily is getting memories back. Meanwhile, the covert American government agency she, unbeknownst to her, was an assassin for, thought she was dead but now they know she’s alive and they want to reverse that. Samuel L. Jackson plays Mitch Hennessey, a low-rent private eye, trying to help Samantha remember who she was. He gets caught in the crossfire as naughty government elves come to take Samantha’s Christmas spirit away AKA put her in the ground. All the while, in the background, this movie drops the needle on some great Christmas tunes, which just makes this a bullet-riddled Christmas classic all the more. “The Long Kiss Goodnight” also stars Craig Bierko, David Morse, Brian Cox, Yvonne Zima, Patrick Malahide, Tom Amandes, Melina Kanakaredes, Joseph McKenna, Dan Warry-Smith, Rex Linn and Edwin Hodge.
World War Z review
In this episode a retro review was in order and that retro review goes to Brad Pitt’s World War Z. In this 2013 zombie apocalypse summer hit movie, Pitt plays Gerry Lane a ex-U.N. investigator who suddenly finds himself re-employed zombie attacks start. He has to protect his wife and daughters, not to mention saving the world by finding a cure. This sends him all over the globe to gather clues while trying not to get turned by the millions of super-fast, super-strong zombies. This was directed by Marc Forster who also directed Finding Neverland, Monster’s Ball and Quantum Of Solace. Check out this spoiler-free review to catch what’s spreading about World War Z. This also stars Mirielle Enos, James Badge Dale, Fana Mokoena, Daniella Kertesz, Ludi Boeken, Matthew Fox, David Morse, Elyes Gabel, Peter Capaldi, Pierfrancesco Favino, Ruth Negga, David Andrews.