I went to see this movie on Wednesday, March 13th, 2018, at the Century Regency 6, in San Rafael, CA, for the 2:00 p.m. showing in auditorium 6, row 4, seat 8. The price of admission was $9.50. And I bought a medium drink and a medium popcorn at the concessions counter.
Quickie Review: A grieving widower, Hasidic cantor Shmuel ( Geza Rohrig ), and a college science professor, Albert ( Matthew Broderick ), embark on a macabre journey ( roadtrip? ) to satisfy Shmuel's curiosity in a corpse's decaying process. This dark comedy is unlike any that I have seen before. Shmuel, whose young wife died of cancer, believes that his wife's body must decay within a certain time frame for him to find consolation and an end to his grieving. For his assurance, he accosts a science teacher for help. What follows is a series of comedic scenes that challenge the mores of an orthodox Jewish community.
What I Think Of This Movie: There are some hilarious scenes like a Hasidic Jew buying a dead pig from a Chinese butcher in a back alley somewhere, two Jewish boys doing an exorcism on their father whom they thought was possessed by a dybbuk, the wife/pig soil pH test, the body farm visit, etc. I liked this movie. And the other movie viewers liked it, too.
You might want to see this movie.
I missed the first 10 minutes of this movie because I thought that I had lost my tally counter ( which I use to keep count of my Zhunti Mantra recitations ). I looked in the lobby, in the men's room and outside in the parking lot for my tally counter. But, as it turned out, it was in the cup holder of my theatre seat all along. Whew! 😥
The actor who plays the part of Shmuel looked like Mark Ruffalo.
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I went to see this movie at the same theatre, on the same day, for the 4:30 p.m. showing in auditorium 2, center column (?), row 5, seat 6. The price of admission was $9.50.
Quickie Review: This is a documentary of the historic 1969 Apollo Moon Mission. It has footage not seen before in other documentaries of the same subject.
What I Think Of This Movie: This is a movie that shouldn't be missed, simply for its historical value. I liked this movie. And the audience liked it, too; some even went so far as to give this movie a "Hands Clapper" ending. Go see this movie. 👍
Some of the scenes look so sharply done, as if they were filmed today, considering how grainy some movies were back in 1969.
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I went to see this at the same theatre, on the same day, for the 7:20 p.m. showing in auditorium 1 ( I forget which row & column ). The price of admission was $12.50. And I still had enough soda in my cup, from when I bought a medium drink for the first show, to last me through this movie.
Quickie Review: Jay ( Dev Patel ) is hired to go to India to abduct the soon-to-be bride in an arranged marriage. But things spiral out of control when Jay is forced to kill a guard in self-defense. Soon, a secret is revealed while loyalty is brought into question.
What I Think Of This Movie: This movie was okay. It could have been better as a comedy, I think. With the "Wedding" in its title, I couldn't help but think along the lines of THE WEDDING SINGER and WEDDING CRASHERS. You might want to wait for this to come out as a DVD rental. 😒
This movie is not playing at my local Bollywood movie haunt, the Century 16 Hilltop in Richmond, CA. So, I just decided to see it here after all.
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This is the first time that I've driven my 2002 Saturn SC-1 on Highway 37 and on 101 South. With only 47,561 miles ( 76,542 kilometers ) on its odometer, it handled quite well as it traveled smoothly and almost quietly on the road.
Highway 37 was closed sometime last month because the levee broke from flooding. Since we had some heavy rains last month.
I had in mind to eat dinner at the McDonald's Restaurant on Nave Road, in Novato, CA, right after the APOLLO 11 movie. But I decided to go see a third movie, WEDDING GUEST, instead.
Honestly, I should have gone to see these movies the day before, on Tuesday. Since Tuesday is "bargain movie all day". I could have saved on money, then. 👌
I haven't been to this theatre in about five years. 😶
I didn't bring a mini notepad to take notes on any of these movies.
P.S. I'm not blogging about CAPTAIN MARVEL for the same reason that I didn't blog about BLACK PANTHER: "liberalism" ruined it for me. They already changed Kingpin's and Nick Fury's race. But they just couldn't leave it at that! They're getting carried away, all in the name of "social justice". 😏 Leave well-enough alone, haven't they heard? I'm not watching Marvel superhero movies in their opening weeks ( a two-week moratorium ), anymore.
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