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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Review
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Budget of $100 million – 1 hour and 44 minutes
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Psychic Medium Lydia halts the taping of her show, Ghost House, after seeing Betelgeuse in the crowd. She runs to the bathroom and opens her pill bottle. Her boyfriend, manager Rory, chases after her. He spots the pill bottle, grabs it, and empties it into the trash can. Lydia promises to stop taking them but needs them now to calm her nerves. He fishes them out and takes one with her. Then, Lydia gets several urgent texts from her stepmother, Delia.
Lydia runs to Delia’s latest art installation and gets woeful news. Lydia’s father, Charles, died. Lydia calls her daughter, Astrid, but she won’t answer. Astrid believes her mother is a fraud because Lydia can’t see her dad, Richard. Delia and Lydia drive to Astrid’s school to tell her. She wants to stay because the last funeral she attended was Richard’s. But Delia went over Astrid’s head earlier and got the school to let Astrid leave. Lydia, Delia, Astrid, and Rory arrive at the original Ghost House in Winter River. They have a funeral for Charles, and Delia shrouds the house in black cloth for a grief collective. During the wake, Rory proposes to Lydia, and she reluctantly agrees. He wants to get married on Lydia’s favorite holiday, Halloween, two days away. Astrid leaves in disgust, jumps on her bike, and narrowly escapes death by crashing through a fence and into a tree. A boy, Jeremy, sees her from his tree house and runs down to help. The two connect and make plans to meet before the wedding.
In the afterlife, Betelgeuse manages a call center. He pines over and haunts Lydia but hasn’t made a connection yet. He gets a call from Ghost Detective Wolf Jackson because someone accidently reanimated Betelgeuse’s ex-wife, Delores. She stapled herself together and left a message on the wall. Betelgeuse is mine. Betelgeuse tells them he married Delores, thinking he found the love of his life. He didn’t know she was a witch who traded immortality for taking people’s lives. She poisoned Betelgeuse on their wedding night. Before the poison took effect, he killed her. Now she is traveling through the afterlife, sucking the souls out of anyone standing in between her and Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse barricades himself in the call center. He believes marrying Lydia will save him from Delores.
Before the wedding, Astrid roams to the attic and finds the town model, a Betelgeuse flyer, and a photo album with pictures of Richard. She questions Lydia about the flyer and says Betelgeuse’s name twice. Lydia pulls Astrid out of the attic and forbids her from going inside. Later, Lydia walks into the attic, and Rory finds her. He believes Betelgeuse is a figment of her imagination and says the name three times. Betelgeuse acts as their marriage counselor before Lydia and Rory escape. Lydia seals off the attic. She relocates Betelgeuse to her past until Astrid gets in trouble and enters the afterlife. Lydia will say the three words that put fear in her heart. Will she regret it?
This sequel has callbacks from the first with songs, outfits, and art but tells a unique tale. Lydia kept her ability to talk to ghosts and now uses it to make a living. Delia moved beyond sculpture and now uses her body as a canvas. Both women grew up and bonded with time. However, Lydia’s confidence shrinks, unlike Delia’s. This dynamic affects Lydia’s relationship with Astrid. Astrid watches Lydia cave to Rory’s manipulation and resents Lydia for not seeing Richard. On the surface, the movie is about Lydia, Delia, and Astrid escaping Betelgeuse. However, it’s about bringing Lydia and Astrid together because Astrid doesn’t understand Lydia’s love for her. Viewers will get a new possession song and dance while laughing with their favorite bio-exorcist. Also, the audience learns more about Betelgeuse before his death in a foreign-film-style retelling. They also get an animated version of Charles’ death and the Soul Train. Fans of the original movie will not be disappointed (FTC Affiliate Disclaimer).
I give it 4 out of 5 stars
I didn’t blame you. I resented you. There’s a difference – Lydia
Where’s that obnoxious little goth girl that tormented me all those years ago? You need to go find her – Delia
We parted ways – Betelgeuse
Where’s Betelgeuse – Delores
Where have you been all my life – Jeremy
Someone said life’s harder – Astrid
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Skincare – Review
Skincare – Budget Unknown – 1 hour and 37 minutes
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Hope Goldman breathes while getting her makeup done for her interview on The Brett and Kylie show. Her head of public relations, Margaret, gives Hope a confidence boost before Hope walks on the set. Brett and Kylie ask Hope about her spa and upcoming skincare line. Hope gleams as she talks about her time in the business, her reputation, and creating the brand from Italian products.
Hope returns to her spa and pampers her clients while Margaret answers the phone. She looks outside and sees someone roaming the empty shop across the street. Hope packages a bag of her products and introduces herself to the new business owner.
Hope looks around the new shop in shock because it’s another aesthetician, Angel. Angel greets Hope and tells her not to park in his designated parking spots. Hope grabs the goody bag and runs to her landlord, Jeff.
Jeff questions Hope about unpaid rent, but she dodges the question because her backer ran off with her money. Hope tells Jeff to get rid of Angel because it will ruin her business, but Jeff refuses. Furious, Hope leaves and greets her next appointment, Colleen. Colleen shows Hope her latest catch, Jordan. Colleen keeps the much younger Jordan around for fun but says he is too serious about work.
After talking with a client, Hope sees Jordan sitting outside a coffee shop. She pulls him aside to talk and offers him skincare. Jordan loves Los Angeles and the people. He hopes to get his business off the ground and help people. Jordan is a life coach and hands Hope his card. Hope takes it and says good night.
Hope wakes up to creepy text messages and phone calls. Then, a client calls Hope and asks why she sent an email begging for money and intercourse to her entire address book. Hope looks through her message and reads the disgusting email. Someone hacked her. She runs to her shop, walks to the back, and screams. Margaret reminds Hope that her segment will be on today. Hope watches anxiously but sits stunned. They aired an interview that they filmed with Angel instead of hers.
Hope’s day worsens as clients cancel and take their business to Angel. Hope walks to her car, in the Shimmer parking spot, and discovers someone slashed all her tires. She calls her friend, mechanic Armen, for help, and he replaces them for free. He offers to look out for Hope, but she says no. Later, someone posts online solicitation ads with images of Hope. Hope calls the police after a man who saw the ad enters her spa and harasses her. However, the cops didn’t take online harassment seriously in 2013. Hope tells them Angel is her stalker. They take her statement and leave. This negative publicity will create a problem for Hope’s Spa, and she fears it will affect her product launch in a week. Hope must handle Angel and put an end to his harassment now.
The audience should prepare themselves to watch a future cult classic. Viewers can easily decipher Hope’s harasser. But remember, this film is a thriller, not a mystery. This fictional telling of actual events has many misguided characters manipulating each other. Hope makes enemies, trusts the wrong people, and uses confidants. Although Hope makes mistakes, you will have sympathy for her. She was a victim of cyberstalking, revenge porn, and online harassment that seeped into the real world. The backing track keeps tempo with the action and Hope’s panic while the set designer ensures the technology is right for the time. This movie starts like a Lifetime film but is so much more. So watch and decide: who was wrong?
I give it 4 out of 5 stars
It’s about taking control of your life – Hope
I hope that wasn’t about the rent – Jeff
Hope, I’m worried about you – Margaret
Nice meeting you – Angel
Everyone is so real – Jordan
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