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Saturday, February 08, 2020

With A Kiss I Die etc.


"Juliet" as a vampire was a thing on Wizards of Waverly Place in a well done subplot, but she was just named that and around longer. This one is the actual Juliet as in the Shakespearean character, who turned out not to quite die. Well, not the first time. Good lark. Juliet is played by a black actress and the second time falls for a woman. Tragic that time too.

A trip to the temporary Mid-Manhattan Library location (so it isn't just the fiction room; you just go past the lockers) led to a few good films if no Friends. Hannie Caulder is a revenge Western with Raquel Welch and Robert Culp. Beginning is a tad pointlessly violent (why kill everyone at the bank?), but as a whole, it was good of its type. Seeing bit of a theme, Honeyglue is about a dying woman who falls for a gender fluid "girl boy." Good too.

(A bit more on the last two. The three heavies are buffoons, just a start of different touches. Robert Culp with a beard and glasses is a twist on the bounty hunter. Of course, Welch adds a twist. A familiar face as the gunsmith is good; "the Preacher" to me was a dubious move. It's overall well made too. Nothing remarkable but overall good flick. The other is a nice indie find with a good cast. The kidnapping of the doctor bit was stupid. The animation (tying into the title) etc. is good too. Again, not remarkable, just a good flick.)

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