Weekend Watchlist, 11/13: It’s the little things
What to watch this weekend
Happy Friday, PV Guide readers! I hope you have a great weekend ahead of you.
My Back in Action report for October 1991 is now up, featuring some killer action movies from Hong Kong, India, and Hollywood.
Here are this week’s picks.
Eega
Where to watch: Netflix
I recommend Eega to just about anyone who will listen, so I’ve been distraught since the movie was removed from Netflix about a year or two ago. Great news: it’s back, and in the original Telugu!
I have a lot of love for S.S. Rajamouli’s more expensive and successful epics Baahubali and RRR, but Eega will always be my favorite of his movies. It’s a madcap screwball comedy about a man who gets reincarnated as a fly and seeks to irritate his killer to death with the help of his still-human girlfriend. It’s funny, exciting, ambitious, and like nothing else you’ll ever see.
Tuner
Where to watch: Paramount Plus
A few months back, when Tuner came to home video, I mentioned it in the Weekend Watchlist and recommended The Conversation or Blow Out because of the audio-focused premises. We watched Tuner this week, and it’s one of the best undersung movies of the year: an exciting thriller with real characters and an eye for detail. I especially love how much attention is paid to the intricacies of the sound design, which is fitting for a movie about a man with hyper-sensitive hearing.
Millionaires’ Express
Where to watch: Arrow, Darkroom
Time to recommend one of my all-time favorite Hong Kong action movies, for three reasons: 1) the new movie How to Rob a Bank (Millionaires’ Express has a bank robbery), 2) the passing of the great martial artist Hwang Jang-lee (who is in Millionaires’ Express), and 3) there is literally never a bad time to watch Millionaires’ Express. It’s an ensemble action comedy about a large group of oddballs, criminals, and normal people banding together to save a rural town. Directed by and starring Sammo Hung, the cast is loaded with martial arts and comedic talent, and makes the absolute most of it in an explosive action comedy.
