00:00Hits of the 80s and more, 96.3, KKLZ, Mike and Carla Morning Show every Friday.
00:05It Happens Vegas, film critic Jeff Howard in studio talking about movies,
00:09not only on the big screen, but at home.
00:12Mostly, huh?
00:13Yes, we got a great mix today.
00:15Good.
00:16First of all, we got a great thriller from Stephen King.
00:19A remake of Firestarter is hitting theaters right now.
00:22And remember the original had...
00:23Drew Barrymore.
00:24Drew Barrymore, yeah, that's very right.
00:26Now we have Zac Efron, who stars in this one, who plays the father.
00:29And the original, I mean, I've seen it so many times,
00:31so this is kind of a different interpretation.
00:33First of all, it's about a half hour shorter than the one that we have with Drew Barrymore.
00:37Just to get cut to the chase, it was about a little girl that has these telekinetic powers
00:40that can create fire, and her father, played by Zac Efron, also has these powers,
00:46and they experimented on.
00:48Cut to the chase, it's awful.
00:50It's just so bad.
00:51Yeah, I don't know why.
00:52It's from Jason Blum from Blumhouse, who's known for making great thrillers,
00:56and it's just, I saw it last night, and I had trouble getting through it.
00:59It was just so bad.
01:00Is Zac Efron old enough to be a dad now?
01:02Yes, he is.
01:03He is, but it's funny that he's all Mr. Buff, and what is he, like early 30s or something,
01:09I think, but yeah.
01:10It's also streaming on Peacock, it's in theaters.
01:12I would wait if you have the streaming service, just watch it at home,
01:15because you can turn it off and put on something else.
01:16Turns me out for Stephen King, too.
01:18Yes, I know, he's got to be furious, because I was furious.
01:20Yes, yes.
01:22Streaming on Netflix, we have The Lincoln Lawyer, and it's about a lawyer that's been
01:28battling with addiction, and has trouble with his wives, he has two ex-wives,
01:32and he has this giant murder case that falls in his lap, and it's about his story of redemption
01:36and coming back.
01:37It's from David E. Kelly, so you know, so he's done, yes, so it's got mystery, suspense,
01:42it's got humor, it's fantastic.
01:44All right.
01:45Streaming on that, you've got to check that out.
01:46The Kids in the Hall are back, it's streaming on Prime Video.
01:49Oh, my God.
01:49Yes, I know.
01:51Wow.
01:51After 25 years or something like that, this is season six of the original series.
01:56You know, Lorne Michaels from Saturday Night Live discovered them, and they're all, you
02:00know, much older now.
02:01Yes, yes.
02:02Are you talking about the group with Jamie Kennedy and some of those?
02:05Yeah, Dave Foley.
02:06Yeah, Dave Foley.
02:07Right.
02:07Yeah, all of those guys, yeah, and they're all gray hair now, but let me tell you this,
02:12they are not PC, you know, so they don't hold anything back.
02:15I mean, especially with the first episode, I was sitting there with my jaw scraping the
02:19ground.
02:19I could not believe what they were trying to, you know, and not get in trouble, so they
02:22are fantastic.
02:24Okay.
02:24Glad to hear that.
02:25You've got to check out the Kids in the Hall.
02:26Good.
02:26All right, what else?
02:27And finally, one of my favorite, I can't believe this, Carla, I'm going to say this,
02:30streaming on HBO Max is The Time Traveler's Wife.
02:33Okay.
02:33You know, and I thought, well, I got interviews with the cast, and I thought, well, I'll just
02:37watch an episode just to get through this.
02:39I ended up binging the whole thing, and I'm telling you, it is so romantic, it is so wonderful,
02:44and I can't believe I kept stopping the episodes going, why am I just in love with this series?
02:48Because it's about a man who's traveling through time, and he marries this woman, and he sees
02:52her through different times in his life, and I'm just like, it is just so fantastic, and
02:56it's just the best.
02:57It's streaming on HBO Max, so I know.
02:59I want you to see it so we can have, like, phone calls and talk about it.
03:02Okay, that's fine by me.
03:03After when I'm done with This Is Us, I will have to start back up.
03:06Follow him on YouTube.
03:07One more?
03:08No, I'm just saying, everything I spoke about today, we have interviews on my YouTube channel.
03:11Yes, that's why we say sign up for it, not to mention Facebook and VegasFilmCritic.com.
03:18Follow him, great stuff.
03:19Jeff, we'll talk to you next week.
03:20Thanks a lot.
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