![]() It’s all good stuff, with the movie enjoying a light touch and fresh take on Spielberg’s favorite subject matter: fathers and sons.Ī shockingly entertaining B-movie about a bunch of genetically engineered super-sharks which break out and take over a testing facility, this is horror silliness at its best with great turns from Samuel L Jackson, Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows and LL Cool J. But really, this is a cat-and-mouse chase movie between a still baby-faced Leonardo DiCaprio as Abagnale and Tom Hanks as the FBI stiff who hunted him down. The story is loosely based on the real grifts of conman Frank Abagnale Jr., who beginning as a teenager was able to pass himself off as a pilot, lawyer, doctor, and many other things. The film’s sequel, Beethoven Second, will also be available on Netflix starting on August 1st.Īs one of Steven Spielberg’s most charming and laid-back efforts, Catch Me If You Can is a breezy and star-studded entertainment. (Honestly, the plot isn’t dissimilar to the story in cinematic masterpiece Paddington.) The deep supporting cast includes Bonnie Hunt, David Duchovny, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, and Everybody Loves Raymond‘s Patricia Heaton. George eventually works through some of his issues and accepts the charming Beethoven into the family, a process that comes to a head when Beethoven is dog-napped into an animal experiment scheme run by evil veterinarian Dr. Directed by Brian Levant from a script co-written by John Hughes himself (alongside Mystic Pizza co-writer Amy Holden Jones), Beethoven is basically the story of how a husband and father, Charles Grodin’s George Newton, feels threatened by the attention his family gives their new dog, a St. Hollywood in the 1990s was a glorious and furry era when studio executives never met a family movie that couldn’t be improved with the addition of at least one animal character. Beethoven is one of the most successful examples of this winning formula. We’ve rounded up our recommendations below, and hope you stay cool and healthy whatever you’re watching!Ĭnx.cmd.push(function() ) In the spirit of keeping August entertaining, Netflix is rolling out a slew of new streaming additions as well, including an underrated Spielberg gem, fantastic teen comedies both old and new, a couple of stoner classics and perhaps the finest film from the canon of one of the modern era’s most revered directors. Hopefully the other hideous sequel happening at the moment - Pandemic 2: The Delta Variant - won’t set any of these potential hits back. ![]() That’s not to say that theaters won’t still have plenty of interesting fare to encounter, with films like The Suicide Squad, Free Guy, Respect, Candyman and The Night House all on deck. Only a few were not good, and it was neat to go back and watch films I had not in quite some time.īest Movies Coming to Netflix in August 2021Īs quickly as the summer movie season of 2021 seemed to come upon us, it’s already about to begin its long, languid slide through the dog days of August into fall. So thanks to different streaming services and my local library I was able to watch a bunch of new films while being at home with one film watched at the theater. Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2019) Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)Ħ2. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)ĥ7. Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988)Ĥ3. Batman: The Long Halloween Part 2 (2021)ģ8. ![]() Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (1987)ģ7. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)ģ5. Batman: The Long Halloween Part 1 (2021)Ģ7. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)Ģ1. ![]() (instagram because it’s blocked on youtube)Ĩ. Thomas Hewitt Scene Pack from TCM: The Beginning (2006)įriday the 13th Part Vlll: Jason Takes Manhattan Stu Macher and Tatum Riley Twixtor Scene PackĬlips of Bo Sinclair I forgot to include in my scene pack of him I only make scene packs for slashers and some horror characters.
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