Fish and Cherries Productions

Wow, last week was special. I was actually planning to get more done in the latter half and see more movies on the weekend, but the plane from New York got hit with a five hour delay because of bad weather in Dallas, causing us to miss the connecting flight and stay in Dallas overnight. Add some sleep deprivation on top of that and I was basically down and out until Monday. The future will be full of movies but for now, let’s take a look at the adaptation of the 60s spy show that wasn’t Mission: Impossible.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

No Reel Snippet today (and possibly not Thursday either). I’m in New York with family until Thursday night and apart from having long times where I’m not near my computer, I also don’t have time to see movies in theaters. Next Monday, we’ll be back on track and I hope to bring you a gem from that weekend and this one.

As I mentioned yesterday, I’d like to split up the things I review in theaters from the movies I see for the first time on video. Well, starting today and the coming Thursdays are the Reel Snippet Classics. And what better way to start than with the master of satire himself, Mel Brooks?

To Be or Not to Be

As you may have noticed, my Reel Snippets aren’t restricted to things just released in theaters. Whenever I see a movie for the first time, old or new, I write a Snippet of it. However, for the purpose of clarity and providing more content, I am going to start separating the two into different posts. Stuff in theaters will continue to get the Monday treatment, but the older movies, the Reel Snippet Classics, if you will, will come out every Thursday. As such, Road to Genisys will now be coming out on the first Thursday of every month as opposed to Mondays. Time will tell if this new change goes over well, but I’ve got a good feeling about it.

This weekend was a doozy, as the movies I saw went through an upward slope of quality. It wasn’t easy and even drained me a considerable amount, but it ended on a good note and I’m sharing it with you guys.

Fantastic Four (2015)
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Trainwreck

As August begins, so does the Road to Genisys, where I review each of the Terminator movies at the beginning of the coming months before tackling Terminator: Genisys. Let’s start with the one that started it all and helped put the Governator on the map. Oh yeah, and here’s a John Green film too.

Paper Towns
The Terminator

The Reel Snippet closing out this month is a bit more introspective than what came before. I like to think of it as a grandfather putting the month to sleep with a quiet story. Rest well, July. August will be one crazy month.

Mr. Holmes

Happy Anniversary to Apollo 11’s successful landing on the moon! Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong redefined the boundaries of what is possible that day and I say keep honoring that success. Alexander the Great was also born today, but history’s not my favorite subject. Today, though, I come bearing new Reel Snippets featuring Amy Winehouse and Marvel’s newest silver screen superhero. Have fun.

Amy
Ant-Man

There were a lot of new releases this week, but Comic Con ate up a lot of my weekend and unfortunately I’ve come down with a bit of sickness. Instead, I’m leaving you guys with a recent classic that I just saw for the first time. Come next Monday, I can imagine that I’ll come out with a lot of Snippets at once given all the current and upcoming releases (Ant-Man, anyone?). In the meantime, enjoy:

Horrible Bosses

Stay tuned tomorrow for some Comic Con related announcements.

Only one Reel Snippet today. I know a lot of you were expecting a review of the new Terminator movie, but as we’ll see later, I’m saving that. Instead, take in this unknown gem simply called…

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl