![]() ![]() Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2005)Īlongside Step Brothers, Tallageda Nights remains a a biting snapshot of the 2000s zeitgeist from writer-director Adam McKay. It was a combination of humor, heart, action and a zingy cast that won the day – it’s still the best of the three Star Trek reboot movies to date. This was a standalone that could be enjoyed by audiences completely ignorant of the Star Trek legacy which also achieved the feat of not annoying many long-term followers of the multiple series. Chris Pine shone as the cocky Kirk, bickering with Zachary Quinto’s Vulcan Spock while trying to save the universe from a pesky Romulan (Eric Bana). Abrams delighted many fans by creating a Trek origin story that was both familiar and new. The idea of a Star Trek movie reboot wasn’t greeted with universal enthusiasm when it was first announced but then J.J. It might lack the blood and gore that helped make 1992’s Mortal Kombat arcade game a cultural touchstone, but it perfectly captures the campy, shameless joy that has defined this franchise for nearly 30 years. Yet at a time when video game movies still struggle to capture the magic of the games themselves, Mortal Kombat stands tall as one of the few adaptations that feel like an essential companion piece. Plus, its use of “All I Want for Christmas” is still a banger nearly 20 years on. Perhaps its greatest strength though is it mixes in a touch of the bitter with its sweet, and doesn’t hide the thorns in its bouquet of roses. Writer-director Richard Curtis’ Love Actually is the ultimate romantic comedy, stuffing every cliché and setup from a holiday bag of tricks into one beautifully wrapped package. This Yuletide classic likely needs no introduction. Love Actually (2003)Ĭhristmas in July? Sure, why not. There’s also something eternally comforting about watching Pat Morita beat-up ’80s thugs while validating parents everywhere by suggesting that you to can one day grow up to be a great warrior if you just sweep the floor, wax the car, and paint the fence. Granted, the Cobra Kai series has thrown a wrench into this film’s seemingly simple morality tale, but just try not to root for Daniel by the time you reach arguably the greatest montage in movie history. It offered ’80s kids the ultimate fantasy of learning martial arts to defeat local bullies and finding time to squeeze in a love subplot along the way. The Karate Kid (1984)ġ984’s The Karate Kid is the cultural apex of Reagan America’s obsession with martial arts movies and Rocky-style underdog stories. Just avoid the third one, which is also coming to Netflix. In other words, it’s a good time if you don’t take it too seriously. The film’s nostalgia for the ‘60s and its value as a piece of kitsch ‘90s nostalgia makes this Austin Powers (and to a lesser extent the second movie, The Spy Who Shagged Me) a fascinating relic, as well as a genuinely funny lowbrow symphony of sex gags, bathroom humor, and multiple digs at British stereotypes, including bad teeth. ![]() Evil, the comedian’s riff on Ernst Stavro Blofeld-as well as the pair’s embrace of what they considered to be the defining trappings of the late ‘90s. There’s Myers’ cartoonishly larger-than-life characters-beginning with Powers but most dementedly perfected with Dr. Now with the benefit of another 20 years’ worth of hindsight, Mike Myers and Jay Roach’s spoof of Bondmania is itself an amusing time capsule of 1990s comedy tropes. When the first Austin Powers opened in 1997, it was intended to be as much a crude love letter to the popular cinema of the 1960s as a modern day raunchy laugh-fest. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) And we’ve rounded them up for your scrolling pleasure. Below there are space adventures, comedies, dramas, and more than a few epics worth your attention, either as a revisit or new discovery. And as luck would have it, Netflix is pretty stuffed with new streaming content this month. That can prove just as true at home as in theaters. On a hot evening, there are few things better than some cold air conditioning and a colder drink of your choice while escapism plays across a screen. But more than just the thrill of going back to theaters, July signals what is typically considered to be the height of the summer movie season. It at least feels that way when you see the numbers that films like F9 and A Quiet Place Part II are earning. ![]()
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