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So I recently moved to a new area which (luckily for me) rents out a select number of 4K blu-rays from the library, and this movie was one of them which I had also heard about over the years, so I decided to give it a watch, and thoroughly enjoyed it.

This film is very much a love-letter to not only the moviegoing experience, but also to the era of the 1950s and '60s theatrical gimmicks often accredited to B-movie auteur William Castle, with several of the tricks in Matinee serving as direct references to actual gimmicks that Castle accompanied with his films.

Set with the backdrop of the Cold War, there's a consistent air of paranoia surrounding the town of Key West (an unusual but refreshingly unique setting for a 60s Americana piece) which Goodman's character chooses to capitalize on in a P.T. Barnum sense, believing that the audience wants to be scared out of their wits, rather than comforted with boring escapism.

While not the heaviest on plot, the film does have both charm and atmosphere to spare, and Goodman's character (who doesn't get as much screen time as you may expect given his leading role) is hugely watchable any time he's on screen.

If you haven't seen this, but you enjoy both the theatrical experience or have an appreciation for old B-movies, I think you'll really enjoy this one. I had a lot of fun with it.

Not to say I think it's a ripoff or anything lol - it looks great visually but this one shot in particular really stood out to me - the center framing, the pastel colors, the almost storybook-esque clouds in the sky all felt very Beau-esque.

This is my first ever kitty, and I really feel like I hit the jackpot <3

In spite of the infamous tortitude, Mars is genuinely just the sweetest, friendliest cat I've ever come across. I had a friend over shortly after I adopted her and expected her to hide in the bedroom, but instead she just waltzed right up and made a new friend.

My mom was also somewhat infamously anti-cat for a long time based on the fact that one of my relatives used to have a particularly nasty one when I was much younger (and I can understand being concerned about having young kids around a mean animal), but when I say that she is just completely smitten with this cat, it's an understatement; she bought her a nice new bigger carrier, got her toys for Christmas, and asks to see her every time I'm on FaceTime. It's amazing what one friendly kitty can do.

Randomly stumbled on this after I had watched a few SD clips of him on Conan, and then this popped up in my algo. Was shocked there wasn't a single NTB comment lmao.