#JohnHeard

[cultfaction]

Cult Faction Podcast Ep. 97: C.H.U.D. C.H.U.D, directed by Douglas Cheek, goes under the spotlight this week alongside our usual rants and hissy fits about film, tv and popular culture #chud #ChristopherCurry #CordisHeard #DanielStern #DavidAHughes #DouglasCheek #FrankieRFaison #GeorgeMartin #GrahamBeckel #HallieFoote #JCQuinn #JayThomas #JohnBedfordLloyd #JohnGoodman #JohnHeard #JonPolito #KimGreist #LaureMattos #MartinCooper #MichaelOHare #PatriciaRichardson #PeterMichaelGoetz #SamMcMurray #WayneBrown #podcast #bmovie #80smovie #80smovies #cultmovies https://www.instagram.com/p/CpXCegmME_S/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[n0nb1narycode]

Blu Christmas Holiday Movie Asplosion 2022! ⛄ Chapter 21: Home Alone 🦌 Obviously Home Alone was gonna pop up in here somewhere, and this year it popped up here. This story of this in turns sadistic and kind, inexplicably wise and absurdly dense child, and his battle against two unkillable but stupid demon crooks, had become a yearly regular since it's (probably somewhat excessive) success upon it's release in theaters. The 4k looks alright, though didn't really add much. 🌲 ❄️ 🎄 🎅 #HomeAlone #1990 #JoePesci #CatherineOHara #DanielStern #MacaulayCulkin #RobertsBlossom #JohnHeard #JohnCandy #JohnHughes #JohnWilliams #ChrisColumbus #BluChristmasHolidayMovieAsplosion2022 #iLoveMovies #christmasmovies #holidaymovies #xmas #christmasspecials #holidayfilms #holidays #movies #christmas #iLoveChristmas #blurays #bluray #4K #MovieNerd #abluchristmas #christmasfilms #christmasmoviemarathon . https://www.instagram.com/p/CmSn5QhOtSbFHeuVXU4vxTOau9p77TMwIgemyE0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[duranduratulsa]

Up next on my 90's Fest Movie 🎬 🎞 🎥 🎦 📽 marathon...Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #Movie #movies #comedy #Christmas #homealone #homealone2 #homealone2lostinnewyork #MacaulayCulkin #JohnHeard #RIPJohnHeard #catherineohara #joepesci #danielstern #DevinRatray #angelagoethals #KeiranCulkin #allysheedy #timcurry #RobSchneider #danaivey #DonaldTrump #gerrybamman #brendafricker #EddieBracken #annaslotky #hillarywolf #jedidiahcohen #SentaMoses #jimmiewalker #riptaylor #ripriptaylor #michaelcmaronna #vintage #VHS #90s #90sfest #durandurantulsas4thannual90sfest

[mumbojumbo84317]

#HomeAlone

Released November 16, 1990

Directed by #ChrisColumbus

Box Office: $476.7 million

Starring:

#MacaulayCulkin #JoePesci #DanielStern #JohnHeard. #CatherineOHara #RobertsBlossom #AngelaGoethals #DevinRatray #GerryBamman #HillaryWolf #JohnCandy

[stevesauve2007]

Watching the #2012 movie #aperfectending starring #barbaraeden @officialbarbaraeden #johnheard #jessicaclark #morganfairchild @morganfairchild1 on #tubi @tubi

[adamwatchesmovies]

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

“We did it again!” Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is one of the most sequel-y sequels you’ll ever see. It’s preposterous and contrived - that's saying something considering the hoops the first adventure had to jump through. If you didn’t like the surprisingly successful 1990 family comedy, there’s nothing here for you. If you place Home Alone among your holiday classics, and you want to mix it up by seeing the Wet Bandits get hit in the head by different things… this could be a way to satisfy your craving without watching the exact-exact same movie… again.

One year after the events of Home Alone, the McCallister family are on their way to a vacation in Miami when Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) winds up on the wrong plane and lands in New York. With his father’s credit card, he treats himself to a personal vacation at the prestigious Plaza Hotel. Meanwhile, Harry (Daniel Stern) and Marv (Joe Pesci) have escaped from jail and bump into their young nemesis as they are preparing to rob Mr. Duncan’s toy store, whose namesake is getting ready to donate all of the till’s contents to a children’s hospital.

Like the previous movie, the bulk of the running time is dedicated to Kevin indulging in his fantasies. This time, he’s got "unlimited" cash to order violent movies (a sequel to Angels with Filthy Souls titled Angels with Even Filthier Souls, once again starring Ralph Foody), junk food, room service, and have the hotel’s pool all to himself. There’s a new “Boo Radley” in the form of a pigeon lady living in Central Park (Brenda Fricker) - her story is virtually identical to Old Man Marley’s - and a couple of new antagonists - stupid adults working at the hotel. Using the same kind of trickery as before, Kevin makes fools out of the Plaza Hotel’s concierge (Tim Curry), the bellhop (Rob Schneider), and the desk clerk (Dana Ivey). They’re good for a couple of laughs but you never believe any of their scenes.

And finally, we get to the trademark traps. Kevin tricks the Sticky Bandits (formerly Wet Bandits) into following him into a slapstick house of pain. Marv and Harry get roasted, electrocuted, skewered, clobbered, and pulverized. It’s the exact same thing as before but different because it’s in New York this time?

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York made me laugh. Tim Curry is quite enjoyable. There’s Christmas sentiment aplenty. Seeing the bad guys howl in exaggerated agony as a preteen lays waste to them through impossibly assembled pitfalls tickles the ribs once more. I still can’t give it a pass. This movie is lazy. It literally repeats what we saw before beat-for-beat and isn’t self-aware enough to justify its copy-paste plot. Between you and me, however, I own this on Blu-ray and watch it every couple of years around Christmas time. It’s a guilty pleasure. (On Blu-ray, December 21, 2019)

[fugandhi]

Radio Flyer

Does anyone else remember this movie??? Totally an early 90s flick!

🙂📼💖

[tahitianstarseed]

A classic👍Taut thriller about a young law student whose legal brief about the assassination of two Supreme Court justices causes her to be targeted by killers. She realizes just how accurate her accusations have been when her lover and mentor is murdered. Forced to go on the run in New Orleans, she is aided by a journalist who helps her unravel a conspiracy involving senior government figures. #thepelicanbrief #pelicanbrief #drama #suspense #thriller #mystery #thriller #lawstudent #government #corruption #governmentcorruption #murder #money #greed #power #illegalactivity #juliaroberts #denzelwashington #samshepard #johnheard #tonygoldwyn #stanleytucci #robertculp #humecronyn #johnlithgow #netflixmovies #greatmovies #goodmovies #goodmoviesonnetflix #netflixmovies https://www.instagram.com/p/B49lnhYnfPs/?igshid=muh5jzkfydoq

[altoecko]

Album on table! @downstairsantiques #liveatdontes #jeanlucponty #bluenote #bluenoterecords #jazz #jazzviolin #violin #violinmusic #french #georgeduke #johnheard #alcecchi #march1969 #the60s #60s #1981 #the80s #80s #libertyrecords #music #forsale #oncepossessed (at Downstairs Antiques) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtWwYvpnpHx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=21k186konheh

[jamest541975]

HOLIDAY-A-THON 2021 Video 103: HOME ALONE 2 - LOST IN NEW YORK #holidayathon2021 #homealone2lostinnewyork #kevin #macaulayculkin #harry #joepesci #marv #danielstern #kate #catherineohara #peter #johnheard #buzz #devinratray #megan #hillarywolf #linnie #maureenelisabethshay #jeff #michaelcmaronna #unclefrank #gerrybamman #auntleslie #terriesnell #rod #jedidiahcohen #tracy #sentamosesmikan #sondra #dianarein https://www.instagram.com/p/CX-hg5ML0kx/?utm_medium=tumblr

[elizapdushku]

Home Alone, 1990 #homealone #macaulayculkin #joepesci #danielstern #catherineohara #johnheard #johncandy #angelagoethals #devinratray #gerrybamman #hillarywolf #larryhankin #michaelcmaronna #kristinminter #kieranculkin #sentamoses #annaslotky #mattdoherty #robertsblossom #chriscolumbus #ripjohnheard #ripjohncandy #riprobertsblossom #moviemonday #moviemondays #moviesilove #favouritemovies #christmasmovies https://www.instagram.com/p/CXMpx6rscow/?utm_medium=tumblr

[poetponyofmidgard]

“Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.” . Wow… The Pelican Brief has more phone calls than the Matrix & Fletch combined! 📞 #moviemisquotes #thematrix #thepelicanbrief #leavingthismonth #netflix #phonetag #denzelwashington #juilaroberts #stanleytucci #johnheard @netflix @isthatmoviestillgood @whmpodcast @intermission_podcast @junkfoodcinema @thematrixmovie @misquoted https://www.instagram.com/p/CRm7x8Brpgh/?utm_medium=tumblr

[n0nb1narycode]

Well, obviously this is up next (and this one is still just blu-ray, as it doesn't currently exist on 4K) ❄️ 🎄I'll Have a Blu Christmas Holiday Movie 'Asplosion 2021!🎄 💿 Chapter 35: Home Alone 2 - Lost in New York 🎞️ It is of course inferior to the first one (while still hitting most of the same notes), though in my mind its unquestionably best detail is the inclusion of Tim Curry. Meanwhile its unquestionably worst detail is the cameo by the detestable useless walking garbage pile of a schmuck who once pretended to run this country. ⛄ • • • • • #HomeAlone2LostInNewYork #1992 #ChrisColumbus #JohnHughes #MacaulayCulkin #CatherineOHara #TimCurry #JoePesci #DanielStern #BrendaFricker #JohnHeard #AngelsWithEvenFilthierSouls #JohnWilliams #illHaveABluChristmasHolidayMovieAsplosion2021 #iLoveMovies #christmasmovies #holidaymovies #xmas #christmasspecials #holidayfilms #holidays #movies #christmas #iLoveChristmas #blurays #bluray #MovieNerd #abluchristmas #christmasfilms #christmasmoviemarathon (at Jersey City, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXC3ExjtGQx/?utm_medium=tumblr

[duranduratulsa]

Now showing on 80's Fest Stevegoolie Saturday Night...C.H.U.D. (1984) on classic DVD 📀! #movies #movie #horror #chud #chud40 #JohnHeard #RIPJohnHeard #danielstern #christophercurry #KimGreist #JohnGoodman #patriciarichardson #jaythomas #RIPJAYTHOMAS #frankiefaison #JonPolito #JCQuinn #RayBaker #SamMcMurray #Justinhall #dvd #80s #80sfest #durandurantulsas6thannual80sfest #Stevegoolie #svengoolie #METV

[mumbojumbo84317]

#HomeAlone2LostInNewYork

Released November 20, 1992

Directed by #ChrisColumbus

Box Office: $359 million

Starring #MacaulayCulkin #JoePesci #DanielStern #JohnHeard #TimCurry #BrendaFricker #CatherineOHara

[adamwatchesmovies]

Snake Eyes (1998)

I only watched Snake Eyes because I had it on VHS tape and the box was badly damaged. If it was any good I’d upgrade to DVD. If it wasn’t, the space it occupied could be used for something else. Final verdict? I wouldn’t call it a classic, but I enjoyed the film more than I didn’t.

Rick Santoro (Nicolas Cage) is a corrupt police detective attending a boxing match with his friend Kevin (Gary Sinise). When one of the fighters knocks out his opponent, an assassin guns him down. Everyone panics, particularly Kevin - he was the victim’s bodyguard. While Rick follows the clues to try and solve the case and help his friend, he uncovers a conspiracy that will test even his blackened soul.

There are some big twists in the film and I want to avoid spoiling any surprises. The revelations are not particularly devastating. It's merely that figuring out who did what and how that person is connected with this other one is the fun part and the knots to unravel vary greatly in difficulty. The enjoyable aspect of the film is that it’s about people running around trying to find each other in an attempt to get a leg up on the situation, expose someone, or take them out. The clues gradually discovered by Rick are fun to examine and as some scenes are shown a second time from a different angle to reveal new information, Brian De Palma’s trademark cinematography and shooting style shine. We get several long shots that had to require careful rehearsals or sharp improvisational skills from the performers. A standout scene is a point where a characters’ vision (or lack thereof) is used to create unique situations and tension. The supporting characters, how they tie into the main plot - or turn out to be mere red herrings - are fun boxes to tick. Nicolas Cage’s character has some good moments as he finds himself reconsidering the things he’s done during his not-so-stellar career.

The film is at its weakest during the conclusion, which is conventional and introduces an unnecessary romance. Not helping is the puzzling final shot. Still, it's enjoyable while it lasts and the good outweighs the bad.

Snake Eyes doesn't have much re-watch value, but that’s ok. It’s the kind of movie you rent (or go see in the theatre back in 1998), enjoy, and then not think about ever again. I’ll be generous and give it a 3.5 / 5. (On VHS, September 24, 2015)