Without Googling it, who is Mehmet Ali Agca? It’s okay if you didn’t know. I didn’t even know and I had to look it up. On May 13, 1981, Agca, a Turkish man, shot at Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square and struck him twice. Agca was apprehended, convicted and sentenced to aContinue reading “Why We Owe Sinead O’Connor An Apology”
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‘The Player’ Presents Timely Satire Amidst The WGA/SAG-AFTRA Strikes
When The Player premiered in the spring of 1992, it was the buzz of Hollywood. Featuring Tim Robbins who was a rising celebrity at the time as a Hollywood executive who is hated by anyone and everyone but they still want a moment of his time, the movie was a biting satire of Hollywood. ItContinue reading “‘The Player’ Presents Timely Satire Amidst The WGA/SAG-AFTRA Strikes”
Is Network TV Dead?
Recently, CBS, which is owned by Paramount Global announced they would air Yellowstone which have already aired on Paramount-Plus on its fall line-up as a way to get programming on the channel as the writers’ strike and now the actors’ strike has shut down Hollywood. Judging from the recent list of Emmy nominations, network TVContinue reading “Is Network TV Dead?”
Republicans Have Told Us Who They Really Are – Listen To Them
In the nearly 45 years I’ve been alive, I’ve learned that people tell you exactly what they’re thinking when they’re angry. There’s no censor because our emotions get the best of us. Sadly, the Republican Party in America has gotten so angry, they’ve lost that censor a long time ago. These past few weeks, theyContinue reading “Republicans Have Told Us Who They Really Are – Listen To Them”
‘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”
