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‘Muppets Mayhem’ Is One Heckuva Jam

I remember reading someone saying that when they went to go see The Muppets, the 2011 movie, they were looking around the theater only to discover more adults in the audience than kids. I noticed the same thing in 2007 when I saw The Simpsons movie on opening night. People grew up on the Muppets,Continue reading “‘Muppets Mayhem’ Is One Heckuva Jam”

Please Remember Those No Longer Here This Memorial Day

Today is Memorial Day. One of my peeves is when people say “Happy Memorial Day.” There’s nothing to be happy about people who were killing in action, or died as the result of their war wounds. And I’m talking about those who became addicted to alcohol or drugs to help with their pain. I’m alsoContinue reading “Please Remember Those No Longer Here This Memorial Day”

It’s Going To Be A Long Campaign Season (Ay, Dios Mio!)

While watching a Congressional hearing where Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) asked the Democrats to remember the “decorum” of the House of Representatives as House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), someone online commented it was started to appear like the British Parliamant. While I’m admit, we’re sliding into the United Kingdom’s mentality of “Not tooContinue reading “It’s Going To Be A Long Campaign Season (Ay, Dios Mio!)”

Long Live The Queen Of Rock

I was saddened to hear about the passing of Tina Turner this last week. She was known for her electifying on-stage performance as well as a singing voice that no one could ever duplicate. But for many other people, she was known as Aunty Entity the ruthless leader of Bartertown in the barren wasteland ofContinue reading “Long Live The Queen Of Rock”

‘Money Shot’ Blows A Good Topic

I want to make a documentary about documentary filmmakers and their desire to always focus on the bad part of the porn industry. With the exception of Inside Deep Throat and the Pornucopia series that was on HBO back in the mid-2000s, there’s often a Puritan conservative slant against the industry. Money Shot: The PornHubContinue reading “‘Money Shot’ Blows A Good Topic”

Three Cheers For ‘The Man With Two Brains’

The Mad Scientest Trope has been around since Mary Shelly penned Frankenstein. Robert Louis Stevenson also explored the trope with The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine and The Island of Dr. Moureau were classics about scientists testing the limits of how far they could go. Even CaptainContinue reading “Three Cheers For ‘The Man With Two Brains’”

‘BASEketball’ Fouled Out 25 Years Ago But Deserves A Mulligan

BASEketball should’ve been a hit. It starred Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who were behind the hit TV show South Park in its prime and directed by David Zucker who had The Naked Gun movies and Airplane! on his resume. It should’ve been a slam dunk. But there is no such thing as an easyContinue reading “‘BASEketball’ Fouled Out 25 Years Ago But Deserves A Mulligan”

‘The Fabelmans’ Deconstructs A Myth With Subtle, Meaningful Honesty

The post WWII era between the late 1940s through the 1970s has been one of the main period filmmakers have focused on during the last 40-50 years. In the heydays following WWII, white flight moved White Anglo-Saxon Protestants from more cultural centralized neighborhoods in bigger citties to smaller towns, creating the suburbs. Relatives on myContinue reading “‘The Fabelmans’ Deconstructs A Myth With Subtle, Meaningful Honesty”

Nothing ‘Missing’ From Tense Thriller

Brian DePalma said a director only shows the audience what he wants them to see. For a movie like Missing, a sequel of sorts to Searching, it’s easy to get bogged down by the gimmick of a movie that takes place from text messages, Internet websites, video calls and news stories streaming. It’s called aContinue reading “Nothing ‘Missing’ From Tense Thriller”

‘Waco: The Aftermath’ Is Too Jumbled To Make A True Impact

Waco: The Aftermath is a five-part series that is on Showtime that feels like it was rushed into production to air in time for the 30th anniversary of the day the Branch Davidian seige when the compound burned down with many people inside. The question has remained since then what really happened. A three-part docuseriesContinue reading “‘Waco: The Aftermath’ Is Too Jumbled To Make A True Impact”