Friday movie roundup – Aug. 5

August is busting out all over, just like in the first draft of the old song. The movie pickin’s are slim this week:

“Suicide Squad” (PG-13) D
“Cafe Society” (PG-13) B- [Oregon ArtsWatch]

There’s also “Nine Lives,” with Kevin Spacey as a talking cat!?!, which wasn’t screened for critics. I have now seen it, though, and a review is forthcoming. (It’s bad but benign.) (The movie, not the review.)

We talked about “Suicide Squad” a lot on this week’s Movie B.S. with Bayer and Snider.

Elsewhere, you can read what I wrote about these movies:

“Metropolis” (1926) [Mental Floss]
“American Graffiti” (1973) [Mental Floss]
“Howard the Duck” (1986) [Movies.com]

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