"Jay and Silent Bob Reboot" R
The special screening of this movie was in the middle of October with a foreword by Kevin Smith and Jay Mewes. The film rebooted the Jay and Siltent Bob idea, but not the main characters, for a new generation. It made fun of the fact that the older ones were middle aged. Then it broke the fourth wall and irreverently made fun of the source material. Casting Jasy and Bonb, and many others, and Kevin's daughter as a lead, they take off for a road trip again. Then two wayward schoolgirls to California to stop a Bluntman and Chronic reboot from happening, with the old dudes tagging along. It was funny in parts, although not as clever as it pretends to be. It did recycle a lot.
"The Addams Family" PG
The next cartoon version of The Addams Family took the creepy kooky characters to a mountaintop asylum house where they were pushed toward after leaving their original place for New Jersey. The cast were regular names like Charleze Theron and Chloe Moretz. The new version had two subplots, one of them about Pugsley's rite of passage sword dance, and another about a crazy land developer, sort of a Hilary/Trump hybrid, who wanted the perfect community. It is kind of like Uglydolls without the holocaust references, sort of. The twist of the family using their ghoulish powers on some of the town was fun, and it was harmless enough and probably worth a video rental.
"Terminator Dark Fate" R
Judgment Day never took place, but someone the new Legion sent a new Terminator back into time to destroy a Mexican girl's life before she could become the next John Conner and lead a new resistance. Sarah Conner, returning Linda Hamilton, and the old T101, or another one. Arnold Schwarzenegger, returned for another go around, teamed up with a super soldier lady from 2042. (Had a special screening of this at San Jose Comic Con but couldn't discuss it until after it came out). Yeah, it does retcon a lot, and might have annoyed fans. It was another reboot. It was just okay. It might be best shown on a movie screen, but parts of it are muddied and lag behind. It's like it's been done.
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