RECOMMENDED BY MARTY

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.

Ok I’m guessing 99.99% of our readers have seen or heard of the Golden girls but for our younger readers id like to tell you about the Golden Girls. Before the sex and the city ladies, before the Desperate Housewives, before your Pretty little liars and before the powderpuff girls where the legendary Golden Girls. Sarcastic Dorothy, Dumb Blonde Rose, Sultry Blanche and says it like it is Sophia. Four older white ladies (it was the 8o’s so diversity shamefully wasn’t a thing) lived together in Florida and they would stay up late eat cheesecake, in almost every episode a family member would come visit and we would be treated to 22 minutes of bliss. GG was way ahead of its time so therefore its aged well and the humour and jokes are still very relevant today. I’ve really enjoyed re-watching this and its always something you can have on in the background, but for any GG virgins I recommend you give your full attention as you it will supply you with witty and sarcastic one liner’s that you can steal and use on your friends making you seem way funnier lol. Basically, Golden Girls will make your life better.

AND JUST LIKE THAT... //

OK full disclosure before I write this next piece, I used to have an unhealthy obsession with Sarah Jessica Parker way before sex and the city made her a household name. I was 11 and the first time I seen her dance twirl summersault and practically fly in girls just wanna Have fun I was in love, and this obsession took over my life until I fell in love with another Sarah, Sarah Michelle Gellar but between the ages of 11 and around 16 I lived and breathed SJP and this was a time before internet so whenever a teeny tiny picture of her would appear in a magazine I would cut it out and treasure it. There was no IMDB then either, so I spent hours in extra vision looking for films she appeared in and trust me there wasn’t that many. Hocus Pocus and Honeymoon in Vegas where the only ones I could find for years. Any way years later and SJP became a household name due to her starring role in Sex and the City, SATC needs no introduction, no history lesson and love or hate the movies it still is a pop culture phenomenon. All the main cast return apart from Kim Cattrall, I could write a whole other piece on that issue alone and although I know it won’t be the same without Maneater Sam Jones, new cast members have been added, among them is Sara Ramirez, Greys Anatomy fans will know her as Dr Callie Torrez, along with Nicole Ari Parker last seen in TVS Empire and Sarita Choudhury. These new additions will add much needed diversity, oh and all the male leads are set to return too. It will be interesting to see how they will write out the character of Sam Jones and if the show is a success, will they just fire a truck of money at Kim Cattrall will SJP and herself end their feud and would she return for season 2 remains to be seen. Pictures of the cast have been all over the internet and wow Cinthia Nixon and Kristen Davis look amazing. Jenifer Hudson had scheduling conflicts so her character Louise from the first movie wont return and will be missed but that’s not saying that Ms Hudson won’t record a new song for the series. Just like that is out later this year.