IMDB.com Rating: 6.7 out of 10
Woolsey arrives in Key West to promote his newest film, 'Mant' -- half man, half ant. As he arrives, the military is deploying to Cuba, leaving the community and the country paranoid of nuclear attack; and, of course, the plot of 'Mant' is a man who becomes a giant ant due to nuclear testing and radiation poisoning. The film comically plays into every adult's fear at the time; but the focus is on the kids and the influence the sci-fi genre has on them. 'Matinee' is a throwback. It reminds me of the films I loved growing up and the monster movies which made me fall in love with the sci-fi and horror genres. Additionally, I love Key West, so that only makes the movie more enjoyable for me.
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Set in Key West, Florida -- one of my favorite destinations for vacation -- Matinee is a period piece about a film promoter, the cheezy sci-fi movies of the '50s and '60s, and the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Playing the film's lead of Lawrence Woolsey is John Goodman, whose character is clearly based off of William Castle; famed produce who brought to the screen movies such as 'The Tingler' 'The House on Haunted Hill' and '13 Ghosts'. His movies usually came with a gimmick. Sometimes, he'd had a nurse at the theater making people sign a waver to see the film. Sometimes, the movie would be in 3-D. He even went as far as putting buzzers underneath the seats to make people scream, causing the entire theater to be in an uproar.
Woolsey arrives in Key West to promote his newest film, 'Mant' -- half man, half ant. As he arrives, the military is deploying to Cuba, leaving the community and the country paranoid of nuclear attack; and, of course, the plot of 'Mant' is a man who becomes a giant ant due to nuclear testing and radiation poisoning. The film comically plays into every adult's fear at the time; but the focus is on the kids and the influence the sci-fi genre has on them. 'Matinee' is a throwback. It reminds me of the films I loved growing up and the monster movies which made me fall in love with the sci-fi and horror genres. Additionally, I love Key West, so that only makes the movie more enjoyable for me.
'Matinee' is one of those films a lot of people have forgotten; which is kinda fitting since the source material -- the sci-fi films of the '50s and '60s -- has also been lost from the general public's memory. It's a relatively cheap buy; and, for an hour and a half, it's got a lot of substance. Tony says to check it out.
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