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Why ‘Elf’ Is A Horror Movie

When Will Ferrell first premiered on Saturday Night Live in the Fall of 1995, he appeared in a skit where he played a seemingly normal American dad who screams to his kids off-screen to “Get off the shed!” It wasn’t a funny skit. Ferrell had done this skit as his audition before the writers improvedContinue reading “Why ‘Elf’ Is A Horror Movie”

‘Casino’ Deals Gangsters, Cowboys And Good Ole Boys For A Mafia Jackpot

There’s a scene in Casino that sums up exactly what it was like 50 years ago in Las Vegas back when the Italian Mafia ruled the scene. Sam “Ace” Rothstein (Robert DeNiro) is meeting with a county commissioner, Pat Webb (L.Q Jones). Ace wears flashy, loud suits and clothing while Webb is a good oleContinue reading “‘Casino’ Deals Gangsters, Cowboys And Good Ole Boys For A Mafia Jackpot”

Albert Brooks Delves Further Into His ‘Life’ In HBO Documentary

Albert Books is an acquired taste of comedy. He’s the type of actor where many people have probably heard his voice on The Simpsons and Finding Nemo,but probably won’t want to sit through one of his movies for 10 minutes. He’s the subject of a documentary on HBO Albert Brooks: Defending My Life. I rememberContinue reading “Albert Brooks Delves Further Into His ‘Life’ In HBO Documentary”

‘Quiz Lady’ Scores

Sandra Oh has been acting for decades and she’s mostly been considered a drama actress. This is thanks to roles on Grey’s Anatomy and Killing Eve where she was nominated for Primetime Emmys numerous times. But she started out in comedies before she was a household name in the 1997 movie Bean and the HBOContinue reading “‘Quiz Lady’ Scores”

‘Dead Reckoning’ Shows Mission: Impossible Franchise Still Much Alive

The Mission: Impossible franchise seemed to running on empty following the lackluster and very confusing third movie, which was the first movie J.J. Abrams directed. In my opinion, this is the weakest mostly because I feel it was made as a conclusion rather than just a regular entry. Also, casting Philip Seymour Hoffman as theContinue reading “‘Dead Reckoning’ Shows Mission: Impossible Franchise Still Much Alive”

‘Two Tribes’ Loses Its Identity And Theme Through Pretentious Plot

I won a set of books on Indigenous Native American stories from the Tahlequah City Library at the SkasdiCon that was held earlier this month at Northeastern State University. One of those books is Two Tribes. And while I did like the other graphic novel, Borders, I found this one to be lost in itsContinue reading “‘Two Tribes’ Loses Its Identity And Theme Through Pretentious Plot”

‘Addams Family Values’ Is A Delightful Treat For Thanksgiving Leftovers

Sometimes sequels are better made but don’t get the recogntion they deserve until many years later. A movie like Addams Family Values is a wonderful improvement over the original The Addams Family movie mainly because it has a darker sense of humor in how it handles the Addams in a modern-day world where they areContinue reading “‘Addams Family Values’ Is A Delightful Treat For Thanksgiving Leftovers”

‘Chopping Mall’ Makes A Killing For Black Friday

Even though the movie had already been shown in test markets by the time Short Circuit hit theaters in the spring of 1986, Chopping Mall is the answer to what would happen if they took the Slasher/Dead Teenagers genres and mashed them up with murdering robots. What if Johnny Five blew people’s heads off asContinue reading “‘Chopping Mall’ Makes A Killing For Black Friday”

Happy Thanksgiving To One And All

I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving or a Happy Friendsgiving depending on what you follow. I appreciate you all following and reading this blog as it has helped me focus on accomplish a daily goal. While I’ve had a few ups and down this year, several of my friends and their friends haveContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving To One And All”

‘Garfield’s Thanksgiving’ A Nice Treat

With the new trailer for the Garfield animated movie featuring Chris Pratt as the orange tabby, what better time to look back on Garfield’s Thanskgiving. The animated short aired this day, Nov. 22 in 1989. While Garfield (voiced by the late Lorenzo Music) dominated the 1980s with an animated short being broadcast at least onceContinue reading “‘Garfield’s Thanksgiving’ A Nice Treat”