The Substance

Elisabeth Sparkle, renowned for an aerobics show, faces a devastating blow on her 50th birthday as her boss fires her. Amid her distress, a laboratory offers her a substance which promises to transform her into an enhanced version of herself.

Okay.  This is by far one of the weirdest movies I have ever seen.  It had a great premise and great actors.  For the first 90 minutes even though there were some serious holy shit moments I was loving the movie.  And then it might actually take the cake for the most off the rails movies I have ever seen from that point on for the remaining 40 minutes.  Like you are just staring at the screen thinking WHAT . . . . THE . . . . . FUCK!?! 

Like I want to tell people to watch the first 90 minutes and stop and imagine how you would like it to end instead of ever suggesting someone watch the last 40 minutes of this insane movie.  

1992

Mercer is desperately trying to rebuild his life and his relationship with his son amid the turbulent Los Angeles riots in 1992. Across town, another father and son put their own strained relationship to the test as they plan a dangerous heist where Mercer works. As tensions continue to rise in the city, both families reach their boiling points when they collide.

This was incredibly formula in every way and I really don't know why this movie needed to be made.  Like what was the remote demand for this?  If you saw the trailer you saw the movie and it is just ultimately completely pointless.

I would not recommend anyone bothering with this.   It's just there pointlessly and beyond forgettable.

Speak No Evil

On a vacation in Toscana, a Danish family instantly becomes friends with a Dutch family. Months later, the Danish couple receives an unexpected invitation. It doesn't take long before the joy of reunion is replaced with misunderstandings.

I have pretty much been seeing this trailer before every movie for the last 2-3 months.   That was already annoying enough.  But after seeing it there was honestly next to nothing in the movie that was not part of said trailer.  Like nothing.  Extremely disappointing.  I will never understand why studios do that.

I would not recommend anyone bothering with this.  It's a pretty big waste of time and again you have already seen it if you watched the trailer or ad for it.

The Killer's Game

Diagnosed with a terminal illness, top hit man Joe Flood decides to take matters into his own hands and take a hit out on himself. However, when the very men he hires also target his ex-girlfriend, he must fend off an army of assassins and win back the love of his life before it's too late.

This movie was pretty formula in every way.   Some of the action was good and some of the other the top characters were too.  But like if you saw the trailer you saw the movie because there was really no more substance than what was shown in that.  

I wouldn't really recommend anyone bothering with this.  It's just kind of there and pretty pointless overall.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River after an unexpected family tragedy. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life soon gets turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter discovers a mysterious portal to the afterlife. When someone says Beetlejuice's name three times, the mischievous demon gleefully returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.

The original Beetlejuice was one of my favorite movies growing up as a kid.  And opposed to recent nostalgic bring backs of late I was definitely excited about this one because everyone was back.  Even though the story had a little bit too much to it, the movie definitely worked and nailed all the right nostalgic notes it needed to in order to hit home.  Tim Burton and Michael Keaton definitely have still got it.

I would definitely recommend people checking this out.  It was one of the better nostalgia projects to come out recently.  

AfrAId

Curtis and his family are selected to test a revolutionary new device, a digital assistant called AIA, that takes smart homes to the next level. As AIA begins to learn everyone's behavior and anticipate their needs, it soon makes sure nothing and no one gets in the family's way.

This is a classic end of summer/Labor Day weekend movie.  A "scary" movie that tries to capitalize on a forgotten holiday weekend release date that is completely forgettable and formula in every way.   Like you can actually forget this movie as you are watching it because that is just how unmemorable it was.

I would not recommend anyone bothering with this even though it's like an hour and 15 minutes long.  Very pointless and forgettable.