What People Get Wrong About ‘Demolition Man’ As It Turns 30

By the early 1990s, Sylvester Stallone’s career had hit the skids. Following a string of less than stellar action movies like Rambo III, Lock-Up and the problematic Tango & Cash, he had moved over into comedy with the farcical Oscar and the terrible Stop or My Mom Will Shoot! So, when he returned to formContinue reading “What People Get Wrong About ‘Demolition Man’ As It Turns 30”

‘Only Murders’ Continues To Slay Them Despite Somewhat Uneven Season 3

I’ve had this theory that most series that become big surprises during their initial season, usually start to show their cracks by the third season. Mainly, it’s because everyone anticipates the second season to be gangbusters and it usually is. This leaves some fatigue afterwards. Look at the third season of Friends and how someContinue reading “‘Only Murders’ Continues To Slay Them Despite Somewhat Uneven Season 3”

‘Arachnophobia’ Spins A Web Of Chills, Thrills And Funny Feels

What is it about spiders that scare some of us? Is it those eight hairy legs or the way they have fangs that you can see on some species? Or it could be the way they wrap their prey up in their webs to suck their blood. Even in Charlotte’s Web, there was something sinisterContinue reading “‘Arachnophobia’ Spins A Web Of Chills, Thrills And Funny Feels”

Did ‘Taxi Driver’ Foretell The Future Or Just Spotlight A Silent Beast?

Paul Schrader, who wrote the script for Taxi Driver, said after the movie was released in 1976, he was approached by a random stranger who he had never seen before. Somehow this man found out who he was and that he had written the movie. Schrader said the man was hostile wanting to know howContinue reading “Did ‘Taxi Driver’ Foretell The Future Or Just Spotlight A Silent Beast?”

‘Blood And Honey’ Is A Big Pile Of Poo

I went into Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey thinking it was going to be garbage. But this isn’t the regular weekly garbage collected every Thursday. No, this is the type of garbage you find in a hoarder’s house and it’s funk has seeped into the carpet and floorboard and you’re almost certain there wasContinue reading “‘Blood And Honey’ Is A Big Pile Of Poo”

More Than Expected In ‘Polite Society’

Polite Society is one of those rare gems in which you think you’re going to be sitting through another movie about the struggles of modern youth with Eastern cultures and traditions. Then, it takes you for an exciting hard left turn through its second act and you realizde that no matter how absurd it feels,Continue reading “More Than Expected In ‘Polite Society’”

Republican Ideology: The Needs Of The Few Outweigh The Needs Of The Many

Well, we avoided another government shutdown. I don’t know about you, but I’m getting sick and tired of this happening every time a political party doesn’t get their way. Now one might say, the Democrats shut down government themselves in the 1980s. Yes, I checked and it was less than a day twice in 1984Continue reading “Republican Ideology: The Needs Of The Few Outweigh The Needs Of The Many”