Moose And The Movies

Nine of the movies I watched in January were rewatches. A couple of them I have seen several times, favorites from my DVD library from the early '00s. The rest are films I remember watching only once before. Here are my tier-list rankings of those rewatches. I'll be back in the next day or two with a recap of all the movies I saw for the first time, and I also plan a combined ranking. 9. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, 1978, directed by Philip Kaufman, streamed on Kanopy, 2.5 stars.   I had always remembered this as a pretty good film since I saw it probably during its first theater run. But it didn't hold up for me at all, mostly because of all the plot holes. 8. V/H/S/2, 2013, multiple directors, streamed on Prime Video, 2.5 stars. You need more than one excellent and one decent segment to hold up a five-segment anthology. 7. Southern Comfort, 1981, directed by Walter Hill, streamed on Prime Video, 3 stars. A decent thriller about a National Guard unit lost in the swamps ...

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, 1982, directed by Carl Reiner, Kino Lorber blu-ray (2021), 3.5 stars. They just don't make 'em like this anymore. As a matter of fact, they never even made 'em like this before. What a refreshingly unique concept. Carl Reiner and screenwriter George Gipe spent months culling short clips from old movies. With Steve Martin, they outlined a plot and a lot of jokes and sight gags around all those old clips. The result was this black-and-white film noir parody in which Martin plays scenes with people like Cary Grant, Vincent Price, Bette Davis, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart et. al. It's really clever and pretty funny in that Steve Martin way. This movie definitely keeps you on your toes -- you don't want to tune out at any point so as not to miss something. I had a good time with it. If you're a big fan of those old noir films (which I am not), I'm certain you'd love this. I did not appreciate this much when I first saw it on a ...