Tomorrow Never Dies

Another fine addition.

I think I liked Tomorrow Never Dies more than the next movie, not that I hated The World Is Not Enough by any means but when I was younger this or Goldeneye were always my first picks if I wanted to watch a Bond movie. It certainly had enough action to entertain me for two hours, and I really like the characters and plot too. Bond is quickly assigned a mission to investigate a sunken british ship and soon connects it to a media mogul intent on starting World War 3 between China and Britain which he would capitalize on with his media group. Certainly a very different type of Bond villain, more Rupert Murdoch if anything but still quite a lot of fun to watch, in no short part due to Jonathan Pryce's wonderful performance. We add yet another favorite Bond girl with Wai Len played by Michelle Yeoh, who is all sorts of badass and awesome in this movie and makes a great ally for Bond. Pierce Brosnan does fine work yet again but honestly he kind of already cemented his Bond in the first movie. Really every actor whether main player or side bit is awesome, with particular favorites going to Dr. Kaufman played by Vincent Shiavelli who is just so funny to me but you can still treat him very seriously, and Admiral Roebuck played by Geoffrey Palmer and the only reason I loved seeing him is because he was in one of the best BBC series created ever, As Time Goes By starring right alongside with Judi Dench and I just had my little fan moment with them on screen again and I can safely say I was beyond devastated hearing of his passing. The action is still very high like in the last one while still having time for story and character moments, it's so far been a perfect balance act between the two with the pre-title sequence and the newspaper building pursuit easily being my favorite action scenes though the climax is pretty good as well and the car chase tops them all in this movie. It's very well made despite the reported madhouse of production after the unfortunate death of Cubby Broccoli and MGM pushing hard for the next Bond movie to come out, the product is still high quality and while releasing in close proximity of Titanic did very well. It's another high ranking movie for me, and I'd give it a solid 7.5/10, another 3 star picture. Next time the last Bond movie before the new millenium began.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

A cult hit if there ever was one but so worth a watch!

I think it's because of this movie alone I wish to read all of Ray Bradbury's books, because this is such a fascinating film! The story revolves around two boys living in a small town, who I swear are the only two kids in town, named Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade which is quite possibly the greatest name of a character in the history of fiction. During the autumn days, a mysterious circus appears led by the deliciously devilish Mr. Dark played to ominous perfection by Jonathan Pryce appears, causing several disappearances and the growing suspicion of both the kids and Will's father. It is such a little known movie but I found it to be so good and really well done. There's so much atmosphere, and great camera work, and the story is genuinely intriguing with some good creepy moments. I just never hardly hear people talk about this movie so it was prime material for this year and I think it hit that perfect sweet spot between family friendly and horror which we will dive straight into next week. The kids do very well, though you may find it odd when I say that the real protagonist is Will's father who has to fight his own demons and come to terms with life while helping to rid the town of the circus. But I have no problem telling you Jonathan Pryce is the best part, though he plays a more subdued role till near the end I gotta say that ending act makes up for it bigtime, he brings such an ominous presence and is genuinely intimidating even when he exudes so much class in his performance, I absolutely adore Jonathan Pryce in all his roles. I'm so happy I reviewed this movie, I genuinely really wish for you to seek this movie out whether you just watch it online or get it on Amazon, give it a try because it deserves more exposure and more fans. And I am so thrilled to have hit my 400th review before we hop straight into the most wonderful time of the year. Join me, won't you?