RECOMMENDED // MARTY KEARNEY
RECOMMENDED // MARTY KEARNEY WHAT TO WATCH...
THE CRUSH // Love, back when we were kids, we all watched movies that we were too young for, from the Freddy Kruger chucky and Michael Myers movies to Terminator, Robocop, Pretty Woman and even Dirty Dancing. We watched all the while not really understanding the plot or getting the jokes and one liner’s until the tape in the VHS would wear out. As we got older those same movies would be on Sky, Cable or NTL as it was back in the day and although we may have understood the storylines and got the jokes you still don’t really apricate such films until you’re a full blown adult and you can either still love them, wonder why you loved them in the first place or realise how bad your taste was and love to hate them and now thanks to the invention of streaming services those movies are forever in are film collections, and one of those movies I watched over and over again not really getting it but loving it was The Crush, it wasn’t a major hit it didn’t wow critics but it did star that girl from the Aerosmith videos “Crazy” and “Cryin” a young Miss Alicia Silverstone herself, every man, woman and child on the planet had a thing for Alicia Silverstone back in the 90s. The Crush was released straight to video in 93 but it wasn’t until Alicia’s one and only hit Clueless that it got rereleased and it’s started to make a name. In a nutshell it’s a teenage version of Fatal Attraction meets Poison Ivy meets Lolita. Buffy fans should look out for an appearance by Amber Benson. My face lit up when I saw that it had been added to Netflix, I added it to my list and re watched it and found it to be a case of its so bad its good, a real guilty pleasure. Right up there with Showgirls.
DEAR EVAN HANSEN // You bet your bottom dollar the GNI team will be first in line at this movie, Daniel a musical hoe lol and Tony having more than a crush on the star of this movie Ben Platt, I don’t see it personally but when he opens his mouth to sing, wow. Goosebumps. Ben Platt originated the title role in the Broadway production and won a Tony award for his part will reprise the role in the motion picture. All the best songs from the play and a few new ones have been written for the movie by the song writers of the greatest Showman and La La Land. Katlyn Dyer, Amy Adams and Julieann Moore co-star and I bet this movie will make a sweep at award season. Dear Evan Hansen tells the story of Evan who suffers from social anxiety who writes a letter to himself for self-help, when the letter is stolen by a boy named Connor who commits suicide the same day, his family believe that Connor wrote the letter to Evan. Not wanting to break their hearts Evan embroils himself in the family helping them cope with their grief while living with this lie. Sounds Grimm I know but honestly watch the trailer you will love it. Oh, and try not to cry.
NINTY TWO // GNIMAG.COM
