Your Weekly Watch List With Las Vegas' Film Critic Jeff Howard

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00:01Every Friday at about this time we check in with Vegas film critic Jeff Howard.

00:04Jeff, it's been a while since we've seen you, so we have to catch up.

00:08We have to. You guys were on vacation last week, and one of the biggest films of the year, of the summer, came out last week.

00:14We have to talk about from Jordan Peele, one of the most visionary and exciting filmmakers that hits Hollywood in the last decade.

00:20It's called Nope. And you've probably seen the commercials.

00:23Daniel Kaluuya and Kiki Palmer, our brother and sister, they're running a horse farm, and something is terrorizing them.

00:29It looks like an alien. It looks like some strange phenomenon.

00:33And what I love about Jordan Peele is he's like the modern M. Night Shyamalan.

00:38He's always giving you twists.

00:40Please do not think what you see on TV in these commercials is what's going on in the movie.

00:44I don't get surprised very often, and I was totally just blown away by what was going on in this movie.

00:50He surprised me.

00:51Really?

00:52Yeah, it is horrific, and it's terrifying.

00:54And you've got Steven Yeo, who also runs a horse western theme park, and he's exploiting this phenomenon to make money.

01:03And Universal Studios Hollywood recreated the western town so you can go take the tour in California this summer.

01:09Yeah, it's just fantastic.

01:09That's awesome.

01:10I'm laughing because when you saw his first one, Get Out, which you thought, you know, and I think a lot of us thought, well, this will be funny.

01:18I thought it was like the movie Scream.

01:20I thought it was kind of a goof.

01:22No.

01:22And his second film, Us.

01:24So this is his only third film, and this guy is just so exciting.

01:26So he goes to open the theater.

01:28It's fantastic.

01:29All right, what else?

01:29Also, we have a pandemic love story from writer-director, you ready for this, Katie Holmes.

01:34Oh, really?

01:35Yeah, starring her and Jim Sturgis.

01:36They book an Airbnb outside of New York City at the same time.

01:41So it's kind of like a pandemic goodbye girl.

01:43Oh, my gosh.

01:44Well, that's kind of normal at that time, actually.

01:46Yeah, it is.

01:46We always see these hot zone movies about the pandemic.

01:49Here's a romantic comedy.

01:50Yeah.

01:50Well, mostly romantic drama about them, you know, finding each other, having bad breakups, and living in the same Airbnb during a pandemic.

01:58Okay.

01:58And it's fantastic.

02:00It's a really great drama.

02:01It's refreshing to see something that reflected that's positive coming out of the pandemic.

02:04Yeah.

02:05You know, so that's available right now.

02:06Doesn't happen very often.

02:06Right.

02:07Yeah.

02:07Also, we have a sci-fi series on PopcornFlix.com.

02:10This is for free.

02:11It's from Casper Van Diem, who did Starship Troopers.

02:14This is called Salvage Marines, which is almost like Starship Troopers.

02:18You know, in Starship Troopers, he joined the Marines to get it for a woman.

02:22In Salvage Marines, he has to join to, you know, make money for his family.

02:26Right.

02:26And it's streaming for free on PopcornFlix.com.

02:29It's a little low budget, but you know what?

02:31It reminds you of Starship Troopers, and Casper is fantastic.

02:33That was kind of fun.

02:34Starship Troopers was kind of fun.

02:36Yes.

02:36And also streaming on Reel's channel.

02:38We have Live PD back, but this time it's called On Patrol Live.

02:42Dan Abrams is back.

02:43Sean Sticks Larkin is back.

02:45We're traveling around with police departments around the country live as it happens.

02:49And I really like those shows.

02:51All right.

02:51I support our local police.

02:53Same here.

02:53That just makes me so antsy watching them on those things.

02:56It does.

02:57It makes you nervous.

02:58Yeah, it makes you nervous.

02:59All right.

02:59And also, remember, go to my YouTube channel.

03:01I have interviews with Katie Holmes and Jim Sturgis.

03:04Yes.

03:04I also have an interview with Casper Van Diem for Salvage Marines.

03:09You know, it's the 25th anniversary of Starship Troopers.

03:11It's been that long.

03:13How time flies.

03:14Keep reminding me, Jeff.

03:15Keep reminding me how time flies.

03:17And also, Dan Abrams for On Patrol Live.

03:20So check them all out.

03:21All right.

03:21Follow them on Facebook, of course, VegasFilmCritic.com.

03:24Jeff, always good catching up with you.

03:25Yes.

03:25Thanks a lot.

03:26Thank you, Jeff.

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