Train of Thought. If Harrison Ford can star in an action flick at 79...

by Nathaniel R

You've probably heard the report that 78 year old Harrison Ford has suffered a shoulder injury prepping for a scene in the as yet untitled Indiana Jones 5. We've already heard his age mentioned in a joking manner around the web but we're not going to join in the ageism of that. We would just like to point out that if Harrison Ford is going to do this at 79 (his birthday is in a couple of weeks) why can't actresses get action roles at that age? Well, okay, they let Helen Mirren do it a couple of times but we can never have enough actressy action and James Cameron takes decades off between movies. 

Herewith a list of women who are similar age to Harrison Ford who we'd love to see in an action flick. Sorry not sorry...

• Joanna Cassidy (75) still popping up on TV and always fun to watch. Plus she has classic Harrions Ford sci-fi on her resume already
• Goldie Hawn (75) nobody wants The Christmas Chronicles to be her last film!
• Jacqueline Bissett (76) still gorgeous. Why not a comeback?
• Wai Ching Ho (77) already proved she could do action scenes with aplomb in Daredevil
• Blythe Danner (78) you know she's versatile with genre
• Leslie Uggams (78) because that bit in the Deadpool franchise is not enough
• Holland Taylor (78) still so fabulous and funny. Plus authoritative!
• Faye Dunaway (80) she has rage she needs to work out
• Tina Turner (81) somebody coax her out of retirement with a role as good as "Auntie Entity" again
• Jane Fonda (83) still has the body and fierceness for it!

Just thinking out loud. 

Review: "Infinite" on Paramount+

By Abe Friedtanzer

There are those who believe in reincarnation, the idea that, when people die, they return eventually in another life. If, somehow, those who had lived before were able to recall what they had been through, they might be able to take lessons from it and create a better world. Yet it’s just as likely that, given the opportunity to dwell on centuries or millennia of knowledge about how society functions, many would attempt to exploit or destroy it for their own aims. That’s the setup of Infinite, a film with a bold concept that relies very little on logic to play out its all-too-familiar story.

To explain the premise of this film shouldn’t be all that difficult, but I’m not sure I can offer a coherent breakdown of how it’s all supposed to work. Basically, people called Infinites are able to recall their past lives, but they have to be reminded of everything they’ve experienced before...

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Another Round of Links

• Scandinavia and the World makes a little joke about Denmark's Oscar winner Another Round
• Welp Magazine lists the 20 best Film podcasts of 2021. So sweet (and a surprise) that they included us.
• Variety Timothée Chalamet to play the young Willy Wonka in yet another origin movie/prequel to a popular film. (Sigh. we're so tired of fan-fiction as mainstream fiction. Mystery and using your own imagination is what makes so many classic characters great!)

More after the jump including new projects for Debra Messing, Lindsay Lohan, Yorgos Lanthimos, Sara Ramirez, and a win for Michelle Pfeiffer...

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Streaming Review: Boss Level

by Ben Miller

 

Groundhog Day is becoming its own genre of film.  Groundhog Day as a horror film -> Happy Death Day.  Groundhog Day as a sci-fi war film -> Edge of Tomorrow.  Groundhog Day as an existential romantic comedy -> Palm Springs.  Joe Carnahan's Boss Level continues this new tradition as the violent action film edition. It does this while maintaining a fun tone and never crossing over into offensiveness.

Frank Grillo stars as Roy Pulver, a former special forces soldier who wakes up every morning with people trying to kill him...

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Yes No Maybe So: Mortal Kombat (2021)

by Ben Miller

Since 1993, production studios have tried again and again to adapt a video game for movie audiences and again and again they have failed.  Some of these films have been dumb fun (Angelina Jolie’s Tomb Raider), some have been seriously-minded disasters (Assassin’s Creed), while others have been financially viable misfires (Warcraft) or just outright catastrophes (Super Mario Bros.).

Paul W.S. Anderson tried his hand at it with 1995’s Mortal Kombat to the tune of $122 million worldwide.  Warner Bros, producer James Wan and director Simon McQuoid will try again with the aptly titled Mortal Kombat (2021 version).  The new red-band trailer just dropped, so let’s do a round of Yes, No, Maybe So...

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