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BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE MOVIE REVIEW
After many, many, MANY, many many attempts to get a sequel to 1988’s smash cult hit Beetlejuice off the ground, Tim Burton finally got somebody to pony up the dough all these decades later. Everyone is back (except for Jeffrey Jones because of…well, look it up) and it’s a family reunion at the old house on the hill. Papa Deetz has died and Delia (Catherine O’Hara) has gathered up her daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder), granddaughter Astrid (Jenna Ortega), and a collection of largely lineless extras for an elaborate arty gothic funeral. Lydia is now a television psychic cursed with the ‘gift’ of constantly being able to see the dead, but exploited by her producer/boyfriend Rory (Justin Theroux). Astrid goes to a private school where she’s not exactly the most popular girl and wants nothing to do with her mother Lydia, who she thinks of as a big fake since she can’t seem to be able to communicate with her missing/presumably dead father. Also, there’s way too much other stuff going on, like Willem Dafoe as a ghost actor who used to play cops and now is a ghost cop, Monica Bellucci as the vengeful ghost-killing ghost who is seeking Beetlejuice, Arthur Conti as a hip young neighbor kid who Astrid finds herself interested in. There’s a lot of subplots here. But mainly what you need to know is that Keaton is here and doing the same schtick and so is director Tim Burton and if that sounds great to you, well have at it. Chris, Wright, Nathan, and Marco have had enough.
DIRECTED BY: Tim Burton
STARRING: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Jenna Ortega, Monica Bellucci, Wille Dafoe, Burn Gorman, Danny DeVito, Arthur Conti, Filipe Cates, Santiago Cabrera, Justin Theroux
YOUR REVIEWERS
Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)
Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.
Nathan Flynn (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)
A recent transplant to Austin originally hailing from the wretched hive of scum and villainy that is the Midwest, Nathan Flynn has been a movie super freak since he saw “An American Werewolf in London” way too young and grew up worshipping the James Bond franchise and all things related to Cold War-era spycraft. When he’s not watching movies and being a constant defender of the Tron franchise, he can be found practicing his second biggest love: cooking (having been a chef for 10+ years) and hitting his head up against a desk to write screenplays that nobody reads. He also spearheads his own podcast on the Mission Impossible franchise titled “Mission: Impodible”. He can be found rarely posting on his personal twitter.
Marco Noyola (Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Audio Editor)
By day, Marco is a mild-mannered office worker, but by night he is a mild-mannered movie watcher. He does other mild-mannered stuff too.
“You don’t need to follow me. You don’t need to follow anybody!”
Wright Sulek (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Trash in the Can, Audio Editor)
Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox.
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