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“The Heat” Good Enough to Reheat
Jul 6th
“Good Enough to Reheat”
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
The Heat is another comedy about buddy cops, but the difference in this case is that the two buddy cops are both women.
In fact, I have read that this is the only film this summer in which the two stars are women, and yet it is definitely not a chick flick.
Sandra Bullock stars as Sarah Ashburn, an FBI agent who is slim, prim, and grim, so much so, in fact, that none of her fellow agents like to work with her.
Melissa McCarthy stars as Shannon Mullins, a Boston police detective who is rude, crude, and lewd, and whose unorthodox methods make her very successful.
After Shannon captures one criminal, she tells him, “It’s not about luck, Pal. It’s not about luck.”
Now, Sarah’s boss is going to be moving up and out, and Sarah wants to be promoted and to take over his job. So, she is transferred temporarily to Boston to find and capture a drug lord, and if she is successful, her boss tells her that they will talk about the promotion.
Well, Sarah is forced to partner with Shannon on the case, even though neither of them wants to, but again Sarah’s boss tell her that she has to show that she can work with Shannon before they will talk about her promotion.
Shannon tells Sarah that Shannon is intuitive and says what she feels, especially when they go undercover into a nightclub and they change Sarah’s appearance to make her more attractive in order to get close to a criminal that they are after.
Shannon also isn’t afraid to use Russian Roulette in order to get a suspect to talk during an interrogation.
Naturally, there will be times for Sarah and Shannon to go out socializing together, and naturally they will all be funny.
Shannon also has occasion to take Sarah home to meet Shannon’s family, which is interesting because the family doesn’t like Shannon for what she did to her brother, but ultimately funny in the discussion between “narc” and “na’c.”
You can imagine that Sarah and Shannon are successful in catching the drug lord, and you can also imagine that a sequel to this very funny film might already be in the works.
The Heat is good enough to see again, especially if the second time is Part II.
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”
O’Meara Ford – 100 Anniversary Celebration
Jun 29th
We go back to O’meara Ford in Northglenn for their 100th Anniversary Celebration and talk with their famous spokesperson Bonnie and she introduces us to Brian O’meara and his family and learn about the long history of the O’Meara Ford Center in Colorado and Denver. Lots of fun at this event including Face Painting, Jumpy Castles, Rock Climbing, Photos, Petting Zoo, Animal Riding, even Fishing, Stilt Walkers and Unicycling, with special music by Buckstein.
“The Iceman” about a Cold-Hearted Killer
May 25th
“Cold-Hearted Killer”
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
The Iceman is based on a true story about a man named Richard Kuklinski who worked for many years as a hit man for organized crime on the East Coast.
The movie begins in 1964 in New Jersey and we meet Richie, played by Michael Shannon, as he finally gets a girl named Deborah, played by Winona Ryder, to go out with him.
She works across the street from where he works, but right off the bat he is secretive about his personal life. When Deborah asks Richie what he does for a living, Richie tells her, “I dub cartoons.”
Actually, however, Richie makes duplicate copies of pornographic films for his mobster boss, Roy, played by Ray Liotta.
When Deborah asks about Richie’s family, he says that he has a brother who is around somewhere, but Richie doesn’t talk to him, and later we will find out why in a scene that foretells Richie’s own future.
Deborah thinks that Richie is funny, is glad that he asked her out, and tells him that she had a really good time.
Well, a year later, Richie and Deborah are married, they have a baby girl, Deborah likes the way that Richie takes care of her, but she wants them to move into a bigger apartment.
At the same time, Roy tells Richie that he is closing the pornography lab, but he gives Richie a chance to make money by working for him as a hired killer, and Richie takes it, after proving to Roy that he can do the job.
Then we skip ahead 10 years, and we see more of Richie’s work, as well as more of the men who work for Roy and how he makes sure that jobs will get done.
Richie and Deborah have two daughters now, and Richie is devoted to his family, but he tells everybody that he makes money in currency exchange.
Meanwhile, another of Roy’s workers, Josh, played by David Schwimmer, messes up, and Richie is given a job that Roy also hired another hit man to take care of at the same time.
The other hit man is Mr. Freezy, played by Chris Evans, and by a series of circumstances Richie and Mr. Freezy start working together.
The Iceman is about such a cold-hearted killer that he was called “The Iceman.”
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”