Sometimes a national day can provide free goodies. Well, today is National Cinema Day, and perhaps 30,000 theater screens across the nation are only charging $3 for a seat. Here is the National Cinema Day websight to find your cheap ticket. Read this article indicating that AMC and Regal Cinemas are most likely to participate. AMC and Cinemark also offer food deals, as for example, AMC has a $5 food/popcorn combo.
Otherwise, for those who like to stay home, here are 28 films you can watch on your Amazon Prime Channel and 44 from Netflix.
I just saw
The Lost City and
Licorice Pizza, free on Prime. Want a show with stars?
TLC has Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum as criss-crossing partners, escaping from Daniel Radcliffe's billionaire villain, with Brad Pitt playing a long savior cameo role, something he must have created in his mind throughout his career, and talked someone into allowing him to play it in
TLC. Pitt was probably the highlight of a production that got okay 79/83 ratings from
Rotten Tomatoes. I liked the film, although there was a sense that I have seen a half dozen productions similar to it. There will of course be a sequel.
LP got a rave 91 score from
Rotten Tomatoes reviewers, but only 65 from the audience. I kind of understand why, as I almost dropped out several times, but did finish it. The two main characters, a super-experienced 15-year old high school male and a high-twenties average female, are ably supported by Sean Penn playing an aging William Holden, the actor, while Bradley Cooper is dominant as Jon Peters, then husband of Barbra Streisand. The setting and accompanying music reflect USA 1973. Maya Rudolf makes an appearance.
I might add a Prime series I have not yet begun to watch,
Paper Girls. About four 12-year old newspaper delivery girls who, seeking a stolen walkie-talkie, stumble across a time machine being used by warring teenage mutant aliens in time travel. Is a somewhat comedic coming of age sci-fi adventure. A well-worn theme of the past being changed for the good of the future. Just premiered this summer. Got excellent 90/88 ratings from
Rotten Tomatoes. There will be a second season.
I'll close with a documentary from Netflix, Barbra: The Music...The Mem'ries...The Magic!, which got a Rotten Tomatoes audience rating of 100%. Essentially a 2016 concert tour stop in Miami when she was 74. Billboard ranks her as the greatest female artist on their chart. Plus two Academy Awards, five Emmy Awards, nine Golden Globes and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Typhoon Hinnamnor looks to thread the path between South Korea and Japan around midweek, meaning that Cheju Island will be seriously impacted:
Hinnamnor is approaching some warm waters, and could still today or tomorrow strengthen into a Category 5.
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Sometimes a national day can provide free goodies. Well, today is National Cinema Day, and perhaps 30,000 theater screens across the nation are only charging $3 for a seat. Here is the National Cinema Day websight to find your cheap ticket. Read this article indicating that AMC and Regal Cinemas are most likely to participate. AMC and Cinemark also offer food deals, as for example, AMC has a $5 food/popcorn combo.
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