Movie Stakeout Reviews 24/01/20-30/01/20

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All the latest Movieland investigations from detectives Dick japowski and Joey Arizona....or it would be if Japowski wasn't deep undercover.

The Arizona Case Files
American Made (2017)
The true-life tale of pilot Barry Seal who in the late 70's/early 80's simultaneously worked for the C.I.A and Pablo Escobar.
Tom Cruise in top Tom Cruise-form playing Tom Cruise with a southern accent in a fun movie about a ridiculous story. Somethings you just can make up.
First watch: 4 Doughnuts

The Arizona Case Files
Operation Avalanche (2016)
A group of C.I.A. agents posing as a documentary film crew infiltrate NASA, at the height of the space race, looking for a Russian spy, and uncover much more than they Bargained for.
If there was ever a movie to convince you the moon landings were fake this is it.
First watch: 4 Doughnuts

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The Arizona Case Files
The Stepford Wives (2004)
After hot shot TV executive Joanne is fired her family movie to the idealic town of Stepford. A town where all the women are the embodiment of the perfect 50's housewife, but all is not as perfect as it seems.
I remember watching this when it first came to DVD, and not thinking much of it, but Mrs Arizona saw it Netflix and wanted to watch it. I definitely found it more entertaining this time round, but it's still not good, and as a more mature viewer I actually found it quite distasteful. Rather than being replaced, as in the original novel/movie, the women are cyberneticly altered, becoming domestic and sexual slaves without any sense of their former selves...but it's ok though...it's a comedy.
Rewatch: 2 Doughnuts

Have you witnessed any of the movies we've investigated? What's the verdict? Let us know in the comments below.