Film Critic Jeff Howard Tells You What's Worth Watching

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00:0096.3 KKLZ, Mike and Carla Morning Show.

00:03Every Friday we do it.

00:04Vegas film critic Jeff Howard in studio talking about

00:07what you can watch on the big screen, what you can watch at home.

00:10Yes.

00:11Big weekend again this weekend.

00:12Oh, my gosh.

00:12Harry Potter fans unite.

00:14We have the new Fantastic Beasts.

00:16Oh, wow.

00:16Yeah, the Secrets of Dumbledore.

00:19The Wizarding World's in turmoil because Grindelwald is the most wanted wizard right now,

00:23and he's trying to take over the wizard world,

00:25and he wants to fight with the Muggles.

00:27He wants to destroy all the humans, too.

00:28Oh, my God.

00:29Bastards.

00:30Yes, absolutely.

00:31You know, there's all kinds of controversy around this movie because, you know,

00:34Johnny Depp, he was supposed to be Grindelwald.

00:35Now we have Mads Milkinson, who I think is a better casting choice.

00:38Good.

00:39Also, there's controversy about, you know, Ezra Miller, who plays The Flash.

00:44You know, he's been in Hawaii getting drunk and getting arrested,

00:46and he plays Credence Dumbledore in this.

00:49So I'm like, I'm looking at this movie, like there's so much controversy.

00:51And, of course, you know, they're editing out all, you know,

00:53spoiler alert, Dumbledore is gay, you know,

00:55and they're editing all those parts out to play in China.

00:58And so everyone's up in arms.

01:00And I watched the movie.

01:01It's so subtle.

01:02It's not like they have, you know, these massive scenes where it's in here.

01:05There's a big pride parade.

01:06Yeah.

01:06It's just like, you know, he's like, Dumbledore's like, you know,

01:08he loved Grindelwald in the early days.

01:10You know, that was it.

01:10One line.

01:11I'm like, really?

01:12Now, overall, I thought the movie was boring.

01:14I thought it was dull.

01:15It was too long.

01:16It's fascist, you know?

01:18It's just like, because most of the movie takes place in the Minister of Magic in Germany,

01:21you know?

01:22So I'm just like, and Grindelwald's guys are dressed like Gestapo.

01:25And I'm like, and it wasn't fun.

01:27You know, there wasn't anything magical.

01:28I'll give you that.

01:29Yeah.

01:29I mean, it wasn't magical.

01:30Wow.

01:30I'm using that term in a sense of wonder.

01:33Right.

01:33It was just so heavy, and I couldn't wait to get out of there.

01:36So I'm sorry.

01:37This is not my favorite.

01:38The last one wasn't my favorite.

01:40The first Fantastic Beasts is one of my favorites.

01:42But it just seems to go downhill with all these movies.

01:44Oh, boy.

01:44That's too bad, because they are really promoting this movie.

01:48It's been sitting on the shelf.

01:49That's why.

01:49Yeah.

01:50It's been ready.

01:50But overall, I was disappointed.

01:52I didn't care for it.

01:53All right.

01:53What else?

01:54Also, we have a movie called Duel.

01:55This is a cool science fiction movie where, in the future, this young woman, she has terminal

02:01cancer.

02:02She wants to make a clone of herself for her family when she leaves.

02:07Oh, I like that.

02:07But she finds out she's not going to die a year later.

02:10So the clone goes, you know, I don't want to be terminated, so they have to do a battle

02:14to the death a year later.

02:15Well, of course.

02:16So she's training with Aaron Paul from Breaking Bad, you know, and it's a really cool sci-fi

02:21film.

02:22I love that.

02:22Wow.

02:22Okay.

02:22Yeah.

02:23Because it almost sounded like, what was the Michael Keaton film, where there were a

02:26bunch of films?

02:26Multiplicity.

02:27Multiplicity.

02:27Yes.

02:28For a minute.

02:28But it's not a comedy, and it's, okay, got it.

02:30But this is a dark, this is, it's kind of dark humor in it, you know?

02:32Oh, okay.

02:32Okay.

02:32I loved it.

02:33It's called Duel.

02:34All right.

02:34If you want a horror film, there's one called The Cellar.

02:37It was a big hit at South by Southwest a few weeks ago.

02:40It's an Irish horror film.

02:41Alicia Cuthbert, you know, from 24.

02:43She moves to this mansion, and in The Cellar, it's a portal to hell.

02:47Watch out.

02:48Well, of course, The Cellar always is.

02:49Yeah.

02:50Don't take the kids down there.

02:51Yeah.

02:51You know, but it's a really good Irish horror film, which is a genre unto itself, and I

02:56liked it a lot.

02:56All right.

02:57So, The Cellar.

02:57And finally, for the kids on HBO Max, back in the day on Nickelodeon was the Brothers Garcia.

03:02Mm-hmm.

03:02Now they're all grown up, and they have their own reboot.

03:05It's called The Garcias.

03:06Oh, wow.

03:06Yeah.

03:06So, it's a great family series.

03:08It's about being inclusive and about diversity.

03:12I really enjoyed it.

03:13All right.

03:13So, it's good.

03:13While we're there, Jeff, would you recommend Multiplicity?

03:17If you want to, sure.

03:18Watch that instead.

03:19Yes, and everything I mentioned today, I have interviews with everybody on my YouTube channel,

03:22with the directors and everything, so a lot to choose from, too.

03:25That is cool.

03:25Sign up for his YouTube channel.

03:27See all the great interviews.

03:28Facebook, and of course, VegasFilmCritic.com.

03:31Jeff, always good stuff.

03:32Thanks a lot.

03:33Thanks a lot.

03:35Bye.

03:37Bye.

03:38Bye.

03:39Bye.

03:40Bye, bye.

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