Review: Barbie (2023)

Barbie or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Doll

Matthew here. @loveandsprockets and i went to an opening weekend movie for the first time in a while and chose her holy pinkness: Barbie. With Greta Gerwig at the helm and Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling leading the way, i was very intrigued even knowing little about the toy icon.

This movie is going to win awards. Its funny, witty, creative and highly entertaining. Besides all that though, it has a powerful message. 

I dont want to give too much away but there is singing in it. And Patriarchy. And Barbie. #barbie #barbiemovie #barbie2023 #margotrobbie #ryangosling #moviepodcast #movies https://instagr.am/p/CvED4j2ruYZ/

Review: Gleaming the Cube

 

Gleaming the Cube (1989)

 

So last night Sherry gave me the remote and told me to pick something to watch and then teased me to her friend about how ill spend an hour just scrolling through #Netflix and not pick anything. So i opened #PrimeVideo and landed on Gleaming the Cube. 

 

I saw this movie in the theater with some friends in the neighborhood when it came out with the thought it would be full of awesome skating and acting from star Christian Slater and Tony Hawk. This movie is not exactly that. In fact, its very different than that. Is it an amazingly great movie? No. Is it full of 80s movie tropes with teenage rebellion, adults who wont listen and emotionally charged montages? Absolutely. Personal opinion: not as good as Thrashin’ but just as cheesy.

 

From Wikipedia:

Gleaming the Cube (also known as A Brother's Justice and Skate or Die; released in the Philippines as Challenge to Win Again) is a 1989 American neo-noir film directed by Graeme Clifford and starring Christian Slater as Brian Kelly, a 16-year-old skateboarder investigating the death of his adopted Vietnamese brother.

 

If anyone can explain what the hell “gleaming the cube” means, please leave a comment below. Serious or funny is all acceptable.

 

#gleamingthecube #80smovies #skateboarding #skateboardmovies #wigonstuntdoubles #whatdoesthatevenmean #itdoesntmatteritsprovocative #noitsnot #thrashinmovie