What to Watch This Weekend: Free Guy, CODA, Raging Fire, Respect, Slasher Flesh and Blood, Luca, Those Who Wish Me Dead, Easy Does It

For A Heartfelt Family Drama: CODA (Theaters and Apple TV+)

CODA is a treat for the eyes and ears, with a beautiful look at a tight knit family that faces both unique and universal challenges as they struggle to deal with life, growing together, and growing apart.  For more information, check out the review!

For A Next Level Video Game Comedy: Free Guy (Theaters)
Free Guy is a love letter to video games and to Ryan Reynolds with an over the top premise, plenty of cameos and Easter Eggs, and a story that will have you cheering until it is game over.   For more information, check out the review!

For A Martial Arts Police Procedural: Raging Fire (Theaters)

Raging Fire is a showcase for Yen and Tse, with fantastic, brutal action, great style, and a police procedural plot that pits these two superstars against each other in a climactic conclusion.  For more information, check out the review!

For A Soulful Docu-Drama: Respect (Theaters)

Respect's all star cast and courage to explore the good and the bad of Aretha's journey will give you a new appreciation of the Queen of Soul's life, music, and the challenges that crafted this strong icon.  For more information, check out the review! 

For A Throwback Action Thriller: Those Who Wish Me Dead (Redbox)

Those Who Wish Me Dead is a 90s style action thriller with an all star cast and great direction.  For more information, check out the review!

For The Kids: Luca (Redbox)
Luca is in the vein of A Little Mermaid, but its beautiful animation, imaginative story, and focus on tolerance and being yourself is a timeless message that appeals to kids and adults alike!  For more information, check out the review!

For A Horror-Based Family Drama: Slasher: Flesh and Blood (Shudder)

Slasher: Flesh and Blood has a Knives Out feel, with a dysfunctional family forced back to the patriarchs estate for a deadly reunion.  I liked the characters and the overall drama, as well as the addition of a killer in the midst!!

For A Fun, Indie Road Trip: Easy Does It (IMDBTV Free With Ads)

Easy Does It is a breath of fresh indie air. The film's cast of quirky, fun characters, entertaining story, style, and fantastic music fuels a wonderfully enjoyable road trip!  For more information, check out our review!

Interview: Ben Matheny (Writer and Star) of Easy Does It, the Indie Road Trip Movie With Linda Hamilton!

Yesterday, David and Nagier had the privilege of sitting down with Ben Matheny, the writer and star of the fantastic indie road trip movie Easy Does It (review).  We discuss the film, a lot of the background and business of making an independent movie, and of course what it was like to work with Linda Hamilton!  Ben basically gives a primer on how to get your movie made, so if you are interested in this check it out!

So give it a watch and if you haven't already seen the film, it is available on all major digital distributors.

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What to Watch This Weekend: July 17, 2020

The Fun, Indie Road Trip: Easy Does It (Digital)

Easy Does It is a breath of fresh indie air. The film's cast of quirky, fun characters, entertaining story, style, and fantastic music fuels a wonderfully enjoyable road trip!  For more information, check out our review!

The Quirky, Colorful Japanese Dark Comedy: We Are Little Zombies (Digital)
We Are Little Zombies has a flashy, distinctive style and a dark comedy story fueled by youthful counterculture and a social media obsessed lesson.  It will not be for everyone, but it is a unique enough experience to make it worth checking out.  For more information, check out our review!

For The Hamilton or Hip Hop Lover: We Are Freestyle Love Supreme (Hulu)
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme is a beautiful documentary about friendship and love, with some amazing performances and lyrical feats to keep you entertained.  For more information, check out our review!

The Suspenseful Descent Into An Asylum: Into the Dark: The Current Occupant (Hulu)

Into the Dark: The Current Occupant takes a convincing cast deep into the depths of an insane asylum for a creepy, brutal stay with the potential president.  For more information, check out our review!

The Emotional Family Roller Coaster: Waves (Showtime)

Waves is simply a treat: an emotional roller coaster about a suburban black family with phenomenal acting, insightful writing, and a story that demonstrates the folly and boundless optimism of youth.  For more information, check out our review!

For The Gamer In Your Life: Guns Akimbo (Amazon)

Guns Akimbo is a thoroughly enjoyable video game-style movie with a ridiculously entertaining premise and plenty of video game effects and references to make sure you don’t say game over.  For more information, check out our review!

For The Action Fan: Mission Impossible: Fallout (Hulu)

Tom Cruise is still one of the greatest action stars and Mission Impossible: Fallout cements that. The movie is exciting, tense, and action filled, with some big explosions, insane sequences, and a plot that will keep you guessing.  

Easy Does It Review: A Fun, Road Trip With Some Crazy Characters

Release date: July 17, 2020
Running time: 97 minutes
Starring: Ben Matheny, Matthew Paul Martinez, Cory Dumesnil, Linda Hamilton

In Easy Does It, two best friends Jack (Matheny) and Scottie (Martinez) are down on their luck.  They live in a small southern town, work a job that they don't like, are in debt to the crime lord of the town--"The King" (Hamilton)--and are constantly scheming to try and score a little bit more money.  However, when they receive a note from Jack's mom about a possible buried treasure, the two start a journey across America to try and retrieve it.  However, when they take on an accidental hostage, their treasure hunt turns into a light-hearted crime spree across the 1970s American South.  

Easy Does It is an interesting film.  Set in the 70s, the film uses film grain effects to give it an authentic look.  It has overblown colors and an old film grain to make the movie seem like it is from the 1970s.  It also occasionally will splice in some home movie style documentary footage and commentary, which is a nice touch to help establish the time frame.  This gives the film an authentic look that instantly differentiates it from other movies.  The movie is mostly about Jack and Scottie, and shortly after it starts, Collin (Dumesnil).  Jack and Scottie have a really good camaraderie and very different characters.  They complement each other well and have a funny, slightly crazy friendship that works for this road trip film.  Collin is more of a straight edge person, but adds something to the overall group.  It is a really fun dynamic between all the characters and their experiences and growth on the road trip are entertaining to watch.  Watching each character grow and progress during this ordeal makes the whole film better as a result.  And the movie also has Linda Hamilton as a crime lord, a role that I'm sure you've never seen her in and one that she completely transforms for.  This movie is all about its characters and there are strong and quirky personalities going through all sorts of experiences and ordeals that you won't be hurting for fun. 

The story of the film sets the stage and then allows the road trip to happen.  Nothing overstays its welcome and plenty happens during this eventful journey to keep you entertained and guessing.  The trio visit plenty of locales that all look authentically from the 1970s; the change in scenery ensures that the journey never gets old.  And that journey is accompanied by some really fantastic music.  The film has a great soundtrack, as all good road trip movies should.  The story has plenty of daydreaming and a fun style when Jack and Scottie are scheming their next petty crime.  Overall, this is just a really enjoyable road trip with some quirky, fun characters that you spend enough time with that you feel invested in them.  It is such a wonderfully different experience that feels very heartfelt.  You can tell that writer / lead Matheny really cared about this production and poured himself into it.  And what you get is such a fun breath of fresh air that you can't help but smile while watching it.

Easy Does It is a breath of fresh indie air. The film's cast of quirky, fun characters, entertaining story, style, and fantastic music fuels a wonderfully enjoyable road trip!

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