Mike And Carla's Weekly Watch List With Vegas' Film Expert: Jeff Howard

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00:00Hits of the 80s and more, 96.3 KKLZ, Mike and Carla Morning Show.

00:05It's Friday, that's why Vegas film critic Jeff Howard is in studio

00:09talking about some of the movies you can catch over the weekend,

00:11not to mention at home streaming on your very own big screen TV.

00:16But Carla's heading to the theater this weekend, I think,

00:18because we're heading to England.

00:20I can't. Yes.

00:21She has been.

00:22Jeff, she's been talking about this movie forever.

00:24I might sneak out.

00:25Down with Abby.

00:25Yes, down with Abby.

00:27Now, I have never seen the show or the movies.

00:30In the past.

00:30I know.

00:31My family are huge fans.

00:32My friends are huge fans.

00:34I saw this movie, and just before we get into it,

00:36you don't have to have seen the series to enjoy it.

00:38I just love this movie.

00:39I'm a new fan.

00:40I told you last week I'm going to go back and watch the series and everything.

00:44So it is fantastic.

00:45So don't feel like you haven't seen the show or know the characters

00:47because you don't need to because by the time this is over,

00:49you will be a fan.

00:49It's just so wonderful and charming.

00:51And, you know, this is about the transition of silent movies to sound.

00:54They come to Down Abbey.

00:56So British Lion Film Company comes in,

00:58and they start shooting a movie there.

01:00And eventually all of the Downton Abbey staff and everyone get involved

01:02because they need them.

01:03So it's hysterical to see them become movie stars

01:06and also starstruck because of the cast shooting the movie at Downton Abbey.

01:09Then the other half of the movie is about Maggie Smith,

01:14but she's got a secret, you know.

01:16Oh.

01:16Yeah, so I'm sure all the fans know what's leading up to something.

01:19I'm so glad she's in it.

01:21Yes, she is.

01:21Because at the end of the last one, we knew that she is ill.

01:25So I'm so glad that she's in it.

01:27Oh, my gosh.

01:28So a lot of people might have thought she died.

01:30Oh, yeah, or that she just, yeah.

01:32No, she's alive and well in this one.

01:33Yes.

01:34But she's harboring a family secret that the family has to figure out

01:37at this Parisian villa.

01:39So it's wonderful.

01:40See Downton Abbey.

01:41You're going to absolutely love it.

01:42I can't wait.

01:43Another great comedy is called The Valet,

01:45and it stars Eugenio Durbez, and it's streaming on Hulu.

01:47I'm sorry?

01:48Yes.

01:48The Valet starring Eugenio Durbez.

01:51Oh, of course.

01:51Yes.

01:52Okay.

01:52He's a Spanish, a Mexican actor, a comedian.

01:55He's fantastic.

01:56I'm a huge fan of his, and it's called The Valet,

01:58and it's about the world's biggest movie star

02:00and this billionaire get caught together by the paparazzi.

02:03So the billionaire is telling his wife,

02:04honey, it wasn't me.

02:05She was with that guy,

02:07and the guy in the picture in the middle is, of course,

02:09the valet Parker.

02:10So they come to him and say, look.

02:11You blame him for everything.

02:12Yes, we will give you a lot of money.

02:14If you just go out with her, go to the premiere,

02:16and do these things, just pretend like you're a couple.

02:17And he's like, what?

02:18Are you crazy?

02:19So the movie is formulaic,

02:21but it is one of the most charming, hysterical films.

02:23It's about family.

02:24And he just sells it big time.

02:26Oh, that's awesome.

02:27So it's wonderful.

02:28So it's The Valet, and it's on Hulu.

02:30You're going to love it.

02:30All right.

02:31And also a documentary on HBO, HBO Max.

02:35It's called George Carlin's American Dream,

02:37and I interviewed the director.

02:39It's about the history of George Carlin.

02:40And being a Las Vegas native,

02:42I saw him with the Congaroon many times,

02:44but it's about his history.

02:45Not only him starting out as a suit talking.

02:47You know, a straight-laced kind of comedian.

02:49Short hair.

02:50Yes.

02:51The skinny tie.

02:52The suit.

02:53And then he dropped acid and became this rebel

02:55that came out inside him,

02:56and the seven words you can't say on TV and on the radio.

02:58Hippie-dippie weatherman.

02:59Hippie-dippie weatherman.

03:00All of that.

03:00You see this incredible four-hour documentary on HBO Max

03:03that talks about George Carlin,

03:05and his memes are bigger than ever,

03:06and they're all over the internet.

03:08They sure are.

03:08So fantastic.

03:09You've got to see this documentary.

03:10And finally, another documentary playing in town

03:12called Jazz Fest, A New Orleans Story.

03:14It's about this incredible musical festival.

03:17Fourteen stages about the culture of New Orleans,

03:19the music of New Orleans.

03:20I interviewed the director, Frank Marshall,

03:22who was Steven Spielberg's producer for many, many years.

03:24Oh, wow.

03:25It's fantastic.

03:26That's playing locally, too.

03:27So we've got two great documentaries

03:28you've got to check out this weekend.

03:29Love it.

03:30Follow him on Facebook and YouTube, of course.

03:33See all these great interviews.

03:35VegasFilmCritic.com.

03:36Jeff, always good stuff.

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