Dakota Davis – Google

I honestly had to force myself to keep watching this drivel because I thought Alexander Skarsgard would not make such a disaster of a movie...but he did. Its sophomoric, predictable, amateur and just because its made by a Cronenberg doesn't mean its going to be good - apparently. I want the time I watched this movie back! Plot was predictable, sex scenes were laughable and over the top, in general its best to just let this one pass on by. Next time I seen Alexander Skarsgard in a movie I'll know it doesn't mean its good...same with Brandon Cronenberg. If I could drop this rating to 0 I would.

I'm both a HUGE Tim Burton fan and an Addams Family fan. I don't see much of the campy Addams family that I've grown to love thru my entire life in "Wednesday." I started out watching the original 1960s version and absolutely loved everything about it. So when the 1990s versions came out I watched them all and watched it being skeptical that anyone could outdo the original characters....but they won me over....and I adored the 1990s Addams Family movies. So with someone like Tim Burton at the helm of a dark comedic family, I thought this will be perfect. It wasn't. It reminded me a Riverdale type of treatment of what should have been dark campy humor but it was only dark - something you'd see on the CW with multiple lineups of teen detective shows. Nothing campy or funny about this one...NOTHING funny.....I found it hard to stay focused with its Nancy Drew meets Riverdale story line. Lots of negativity and dark situations which were never in the original tv show NOR movies. If you loved a show like Riverdale then this is for you, but its got nothing to do with the Addams family and their bizarre humor, because any humor is totally missing. If you expect the intended concept of Charles Addams' original characters which were iconic in the 1960s tv show and then further brought to full color with Angelica Huston and Raul Julia who delivered the lustful and quirky, banter between Gomez and Morticia, the dead pan face of comedic delivery of Wednesday (Ricci) or the awesome gullibility of Uncle Fester (who is barely even featured in Wednesday) ...forget about it. Worse yet, Zeta Jones and Guzman have zero chemistry and are both unconvincing as Morticia and Gomez. To me Netflix's "Wednesday" falls flat. I give it 3 stars for effort.

Interesting history of the Sunset Strip from the icons of music and film, including their own memories of the Strip. Ozzy Osbourne, Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper remembering the first time they played there and saw their own iconic musicisans and bands. Not just about the music but also the film history of the silent area - if you don't know about Miss Frances and her brothel you don't know much about the Sunset Strip. If you love pop culture you will enjoy this walk through memory lane. Made in 2012 this features the late Lemmy Motorhead, Peter Fonda, Hugh Hefner and more. A tribute to the Strip and those that loved it.