Matinee

Starring: John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, et al.

Product Description

A producer sells his new monster movie with gimmicks in Key West, Fla., during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.

• Format: DVD
• UPC: 014381428827
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
• Director: Joe Dante
• Starring: John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Lisa Jakub, Kellie Martin, Jesse Lee, Lucinda Jenney, James Villemaire, Robert Picardo
• Runtime: 1 hour, 39 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: color
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Matinee is better than "Lobsterman from Mars."

A promoter of movies is coming to town early to set up the equipment needed for the big show. This is at the height of the A-bomb scare era (duck and cover). A boy from the nearby military base in Florida and a mysterious girl who is a free thinker and has a more realistic concept of nuclear destruction strike up a friendship with the promoter. This movie has the same concept of spoofing most of our favorite bug movies. It also has an underlying script, which changes this movie from a "Lobsterman from Mars” (1990) to more of an "A Christmas Story” (1983) feel. You could have been there in the '60s. Moreover, the footage is shown from the real films that it is spoofing. Once again, the MANT (man-ant) puts his appendages where they don’t belong.