#Matt keeslar

[dan-cyril-kingston]

MATT KEESLAR Frank Herbert's Dune (2000)

[zanephillips]

MATT KEESLAR The Middleman 1.12 "The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome"

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

[behindthescreamz]

the cast of “scream 3” for a promotional photoshoot. (2000)

[charliejaneanders]

It's time to take a stand. I've seen critics saying Sting was a better Feyd-Rautha than Austin Butler...

...and I stand on the mountaintop and proclaim: JUSTICE FOR MATT KEESLAR!

[jamassacre]

Splendor (1999) Dir. Gregg Araki ✽

[just-here-for-the-whump]

The Middleman 1x10 The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation

[justanothersong]

Rose Red is on Hulu!

Rose Red is on Hulu!

This is not a drill!

It's finally streaming!

Rose Red is on Hulu!

[gameofthunder66]

Stephen King's Rose Red (2002) miniseries

-(finished) watchin' Season 1 (miniseries)- 12/8/2023- 2 [1/2] stars- on Hulu

[amberxfreeman]

[duranduratulsa]

Now showing on DuranDuranTulsa's Horror Show...Scream 3 (2000) on classic DVD 📀! #movie #movies #horror #scream #scream3 #wescraven #RIPWesCraven #ghostface #NeveCampbell #courteneycox #DavidArquette #jamiekennedy #LievSchreiber #patrickdempsey #parkerposey #scottfoley #carriefisher #RIPCarrieFisher #jennymccarthy #HeatherMatarazzo #LanceHenriksen #EmilyMortimer #PatrickWarburton #deonrichmond #PatrickLussier #RogerJackson #kevinsmith #mattkeeslar #jasonmewes #rogercorman #dvd #2000s #durandurantulsa #durandurantulsashorrorshow

[randomrichards]

LAST DAYS OF DISCO:

Duo posh best friends

Evenings at New York dance clubs

Smart people dancing

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G

[fromthestacks]

Waiting for Guffman

[hombresexual2]

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Matt Keeslar in The Run of the Country (1985)

[adamwatchesmovies]

Scream 3 (2000)

Scream 3 is the weakest installment in the series to date. Though it's nice to see the characters we’ve grown to enjoy so much return and we've got a compelling mystery, this third chapter is not as fresh, funny, or scary as the previous two. Most of the time, I don't have the heart to keep the mediocre entries in the franchises I love because I don't have the shelf space and I figure I'll never rewatch it again anyway, so why bother? Blade III is a perfect example. I still own a copy of Scream 3. Why? Maybe because I always hope that THIS time, I'll really like it or because of an element of the conclusion that has since become a lot more relevant to the film industry.

Set three years after the events of Scream 2, someone is attacking the cast of “Stab 3” - the film within the film based on the Woodsboro murders. Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox-Arquette) meets with on-set “Woodsboro consultant” Dewey Riley (David Arquette) and soon Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) joins them when she receives a phone call from the killer. Both the actors in the fictional film and the real-life victims on which they’re based have to work together to discover this new killer's identity.

The thesis of Ehren Kruger's script is that the third chapter in trilogies go back to the beginning; they reveal something about the franchise that we didn't know until now. The biggest problem with Scream 3 is that trilogies are so rare, particularly in horror franchises, that this point is hard to make. I don’t mean that there aren’t a lot of third movies in horror series; I mean that Friday the 13th Part III, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors, Halloween III: Season of the Witch and the like aren’t REALLY the final chapter in trilogies, they’re just second sequels. While The Godfather Part III and The Return of the Jedi might “go back to the beginning” as this film does (more on that in a moment), it hardly feels like a recurring motif. To compensate, Scream 3 leans heavily on the idea of a film-within-a-film but that concept doesn’t really pay off in the end, making for a picture that never quite comes together.

That idea of going back and unmasking something about the past that will “change everything” is the most interesting aspect of Scream 3. Aside from the identity of the killer, the big mystery concerns Sidney’s mother, Maureen Prescott. We learn she had a past in Hollywood and that something happened to her years ago. This idea, combined with Harvey Weinstein’s name in the credits give the picture an unexpected relevance in a post #METOO era. Carrie Fisher plays a woman who says she didn’t get the role of Princess Leia because Fisher slept with George Lucas. Even if it is a joke (a dumb joke), there’s a kernel of an idea there, but this concept is at odds with director Wes Kraven's increased comedic leanings. When you’ve got a cameo by Jay and Silent Bob, your movie isn’t taking itself too seriously, that’s for sure.

How does the picture fare as an entry in the Scream series? You still get to have fun piecing together the clues and listening to the movie trivia stuff, but some of the murders feel like they happen just so the movie can have a body count - particularly when we consider the villain’s true motives. One victim is incinerated via an intentional gas leak. It feels like a thousand things could’ve and should’ve gone wrong with that one. The fact that it worked out the way it did strains credibility. All of the weaknesses compound to make the new Ghostface (once again voiced by Roger L. Jackson) significantly less menacing or frightening than before.

In the end, I suppose I find myself not really recommending Scream 3 but telling you that since the first, second, and fourth are quite good, and that you’ll probably feel like you’re missing out on something if you don’t see it… you might as well. Not exactly a ringing endorsement but this movie isn’t a chore to sit through and in the end, it’s all about the next chapter, which is terrific. You want to be up to speed when you catch it, so sit through Scream 3. At home, for the price of a rental, it’s not so bad. (On Blu-ray, May 30, 2022)