https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/movie-monday-2-5-24/ Shining a Light on the World of Popular Entertainment Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:36:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/movie-monday-2-5-24/#comment-20778 Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:36:36 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?p=31005#comment-20778 The writing was on the wall for Argylle. Overblown budget. Grating marketing campaign that became a viral joke in all the wrong ways (see Snakes on a Plane). Released in January when half the country was snowed in, and which is usually a bummer month for movies anyway. An ostensibly original movie we’ve actually seen about 11,000 times, but without the built-in appeal of a Bond film. Diminishing returns for a director who keeps falling back on the same smirking tone. A PG-13 rating that turned off the teens who enjoyed the cheeky ultraviolence of the Kingsman movies. And I haven’t seen it, but apparently the screenplay is witless and derivative, substituting twists for fresh ideas.

]]> https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/movie-monday-2-5-24/#comment-20741 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 18:16:58 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?p=31005#comment-20741 The teaser for “Argylle” was utterly indecipherable, and it’s clocking in at only 34% at Rotten Tomatoes. That’s as much as I need to know. But as we get closer to Oscar Night, I’ve been trying to see as many of the movies nominated for Best Picture as possible. Last week I saw “American Fiction” and “The Holdovers.” Both excellent.

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