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7!

well well

7 goals apiece

It's true

Well it was another GREAT month on A-List! Despite missing four showings to the World Cup, I still saw 13 movies in June, including three in IMAX! How about you?

Date ... Movie ............................................. Cost sans A-List

6.1.26: backrooms .................................................. $9

6.2.26: backrooms .................................................. $9

6.5.26: power ballad .............................................. $9**

6.8.26: scary movie 2026 ..................................... $9

6.9.26: pressure ....................................................... $9**

6.10.26: masters of the universe (IMAX) ...... $14

6.12.26: disclosure .................................................. $9**

6.17.26: the furious ................................................ $9

6.19.26: the breadwinner .................................... $9**

6.21.26: toy story 5 (IMAX) ............................... $14

6.26.26: lucky strike .............................................. $9**

6.27.26: jackass best for last ............................. $9

6.28.26: supergirl (IMAX) .................................. $14

Movies seen in June ..................................... 13

Cost sans A-List ........................................................ $132

A-List fee ...................................,..,,,,,,......................... $27

Net Savings .................... ......................................... $ 105

Cumulative Lifetime Totals (since July 29, 2018)

Movies seen via A-List ........... 1054

Cost sans A-List ..................... $9611

A-List cost ............................... $2133

Total Lifetime Savings ......... $7478

long time coming

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Title says it all! #9

I mean I completely disagree with him, I've loved this World Cup.

Yeah I know 32 teams versus 16 and fewer in the past but still that is freaking remarkable. I think we underrate how important the 2010 South African World Cup was. It really energized the entire continent around improving national soccer teams.

Well I wanted to see Supergirl and my wife didn't, so we compromised on this film, as we both like historical war movies. So "Lucky Strike" it was.

Anyway, Scott Eastwood plays an American Army engineer who is in the middle of the Battle of the Bulge in 1944 Belgium. Sent out with his men to blow up a road the Nazis are going to come rumbling down, he is separated from main units and, suddenly behind enemy lines, has to elude and fight his way back to safety. So we see him do this, for about 90 minutes.

I mean, "Lucky Strike" isn't a bad movie. Eastwood does a nice job conveying the fear and courage of the Army officer in this perilous situation. The overall feel of the film seems realistic enough, and the battle encounters are gritty, never overhyped or glamorized. And the film has nice pacing to it. But on the other hand, it has a lightweight feel to it, because one can't help but compare to the many other WW2 films that have been made, many of which just carry more gravitas. And there is also a connect-the-dots rut to his inevitable progress. So while we were mildly entertained, we were also mildly bored.

C ... average WW2 movie. Recommended as a third or fourth A-List selection only.

Note: This is NOT about seeing or not seeing WC games at AMC, if you are lucky enough to have them showing at your AMC. It is about whether the WC has caused you to see less movies using A-List.

... it has mine. I am drawn to watching the soccer and the games are spread out all day long. The past two weeks I have only managed to squeeze in two movies, whereas typically I see three or four A-List films. I expect this to continue, LOL.

I mean they seem to be quite happy down there. Enjoy!

The last time England faced a lower ranked team was on June 8th 1996, slightly more than 30 years ago, when they facd #96 Switzerland in the European Cup

Well it was a lazy hazy hot Tuesday in the deep south, so a trip to the movies seemed like a good idea to us. Problem is, my wife didn't want to see Masters of the Universe or anything like it, so we had to find something else. So there was "Pressure", and since we have both been fans of Brendan Fraser since the 90s, this movie fit the bill.

Anyway, it's early June 1944 in England, and General Eisenhower (Fraser) is under pressure to decide whether to launch the D-Day invasion of France. Problem is, the weather forecast is crucial to the issue, and his personal meteorologist and the British meteorologist can't agree about it. Thus the "pressure" the movie hinges on.

In one sense, I liked "Pressure". The drama of the real historical moment is self-evident, thus the movie naturally has it in spades. Also, the acting - particularly by those playing Ike's assistant Kay Sommersby and the English weather man - is very good. The movie movies along crisply and at about 100 minutes doesn't overstay its welcome. But it also has some big problems. One is that this is a rare case where longer would have been better. The events are so important and complex that 100 minutes doesn't seem to do it justice, so there is a "lightweight" feel to the film, it lacks the gravitas of its subject matter. Also and surprisingly, Fraser never captures the look or feel of Eisenhower. His yelling and posturing seems forced and unconvincing. Since he's the pivotal player, that drags thing back a lot.

C+ ... Reasonably entertaining, but recommended for those who devour anything related to WW2 only.