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‘Out Of Sight’ Has The Perfect Coolness For Summertime Heatwaves

George Clooney may just well be the closest thing we have that reminds us of the Golden Era of Hollywood in which leading men were bigger than life who still commanded the silver screen when they turned into silver foxes and drove everyone from 8 to 88 wild. He has the playful mixture of comedyContinue reading “‘Out Of Sight’ Has The Perfect Coolness For Summertime Heatwaves”

‘Jaws 3-D’ Is Nuts

There’s a rumor that when he was being interviewed for Jaws 3-D, Dennis Quaid, who was struggling with his cocaine addiction, responded, “I was in Jaws the what?” You can’t blame Quaid for not wanting to remember the making of this movie that almost seems like a parody of Jaws rather than a sequel. QuaidContinue reading “‘Jaws 3-D’ Is Nuts”

The Great American Myth Of The Small-Town Life Archetype

I have nothing against Andy Griffith and Norman Rockwell. But they deserve a little bit of scorn for creating a mythos of how small-town life could, would and should be. Sadly, it varies from location to location. And even more sadder, most people looked through these two icons and their lives with rose-colored glasses. GriffithContinue reading “The Great American Myth Of The Small-Town Life Archetype”

I’m Never Going To Stop The Rain By Complaining

Filmmaker Francois Truffaut once said there’s no reason to make an anti-war movie. He said filmmakers should just as well make anti-iceberg movies because there’s no way to stop icebergs as well as there is no way to stop war. Well, we may one day stop icebergs by not having any. We may have toContinue reading “I’m Never Going To Stop The Rain By Complaining”

Fran Drescher Is Not One To Underestimate

Granted, Fran Drescher before this month was mostly remember for his TV show The Nanny. The 1990s shows was so much of a sitcom it could easily pass as a parody of 1990s sitcoms. Drescher plays Fran Fine, a very Jewish woman from Queens selling cosmetics door-to-door after being dumped by her boyfriend. She attractsContinue reading “Fran Drescher Is Not One To Underestimate”

‘Plane’ Goes In Many Directions Yet Never Really Takes Off

Gerard Butler’s career has been mostly playing the brutish types who don’t take shit off anyone. It seems ever since 300, he’s become the younger Scottish version of Liam Neeson. While he’s appeared in comedies, dramas and even as the doomed Erik in The Phantom of the Opera, he’s mainly an action star. Some haveContinue reading “‘Plane’ Goes In Many Directions Yet Never Really Takes Off”

How Hollywood Shutting Down Could Cause Some Major Changes For All

When I was working in Wagoner, Okla. at the Tribune, the company (which was owned by one of the Walton kids, nonetheless) got the idea we were going to be offering pictures online to be sold. It was a great idea that came with one flaw – we had to upload them ourselves. This addedContinue reading “How Hollywood Shutting Down Could Cause Some Major Changes For All”

‘Evil Dead Rise’ Doesn’t Shine

For some reason, Hollywood keeps making the same damned movies over and over expecting the same outcome. A movie like Evil Dead Rise has no purpose whatsoever. If you want to watch a good Evil Dead movie, I recommend the first three that Sam Raimi made. Not only did the Raimi who was in herContinue reading “‘Evil Dead Rise’ Doesn’t Shine”

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Forget About ‘Jaws 2’

When Jaws was released in 1975, it changed Hollywood and the entertainment industry for the last 50 years. Many people often point to the movie as the beginning of the end of the New Hollywood era that had been rising with the end of the Hays Code. It’s ironic because Steven Spielberg was a replacementContinue reading “Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Forget About ‘Jaws 2’”

‘Up In Smoke’ Still Gives Off A Good Buzz Many Years Later

Cheech and Chong had been performing in nightclubs and releasing albums for years by the time their first feature movie Up in Smoke came out. But the question was how would audiences respond to a movie about stoners who are just looking to get high and maybe get laid. Remember this was still 1978 whenContinue reading “‘Up In Smoke’ Still Gives Off A Good Buzz Many Years Later”