By now, people like Danny Boyle, Ewan McGregor and Christopher Eccleston are all household names. But 30 years ago during the height of the independent movie’s golden era, they made Shallow Grave, a psychological thriller/black comedy that is most impressive when you consider all that had to be done to complete funding. When the movieContinue reading “‘Shallow Grave’ Exposes 1990s Generation X Nihilism In Films”
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Guillermo Del Toro Takes ‘Pinocchio’ Back To Its Darker Roots
In 1940, Disney released Pinocchio. It was the studio’s second movie after Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. But over the years, that has been the template most filmmakers have used for the adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio, which was way darker in tone. Granted, the scene of the boys being turnedContinue reading “Guillermo Del Toro Takes ‘Pinocchio’ Back To Its Darker Roots”
‘Welcome To Chippendales’ Still Performs While Being Mostly Flaccid
There’s a scene in Hulu’s limited series Welcome to Chippendales where some women in the audience commented that the song-and-dance routine the dancers are doing is getting old because they’ve performed it many times already. That could be a good explanation for the series which tries to be Boogie Nights but lacks the excitement thatContinue reading “‘Welcome To Chippendales’ Still Performs While Being Mostly Flaccid”
Athletes Aren’t Just More Meat For The Meat Grinder
On Monday, Jan. 2, Damar Hanlin, a football safety for the Buffalo Bills was playing in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals when he collapsed after tackling Bengals Tee Higgins, a wide receiver. They did CPR compression for nearly 10 minutes as people watched on national TV before he was taken away in an ambulance.Continue reading “Athletes Aren’t Just More Meat For The Meat Grinder”
‘Clerk III’ Is A Bittersweet End
Kevin Smith has tried twice already to end the View Askewniverse. The first attempt was Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back in 2001 which was an Avengers: Endgame style of cross-over bringing back all the characters from the first Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy and even an end-credits appearance by God (Alanis Morisette) from Dogma literallyContinue reading “‘Clerk III’ Is A Bittersweet End”
‘The Banshees Of Inisherin’ Is Nothing To Scream About
Friendships come and go and sometimes we don’t know a friendship has ended until it’s too late. The phone calls or texts stop. One Christmas, you don’t get a card or a gift. And the next thing you know, time has passed and you haven’t talked to that person. And they haven’t talked to youContinue reading “‘The Banshees Of Inisherin’ Is Nothing To Scream About”
Barbara Walters Didn’t Just Break The Glass Ceiling, She Disintegrated It
I was never a fan of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. It might have worked as an SNL skit but the jokes have already been said decades before. In many ways, Anchorman was a satire of the relationship between Harry Reasoner and Barbara Walters on the ABC Evening News. Reasoner with his white hairContinue reading “Barbara Walters Didn’t Just Break The Glass Ceiling, She Disintegrated It”
Christians Want To Express Their Hatred And Act Persecuted Too
I had to chuckle a little as I read the headlines that Kirk Cameron is going to sue public libraries for refusing to promote his children’s book. Cameron who can’t let his feckless cunt of a sister, Candace, get all the news, had to one-up her with the release of a book, As You Grow,Continue reading “Christians Want To Express Their Hatred And Act Persecuted Too”
Code ‘Black Adam’ DCEU Is Crashing
Shortly after the release of the 1989 Batman movie, comic/actor Robert Wuhl, who had appeared in the movie, did an HBO special where he criticized Burt Reynolds. I think Reynolds had just appeared in the movie Breaking In, getting the best reviews he would get on a movie until Boogie Nights. Wuhl said Reynolds madeContinue reading “Code ‘Black Adam’ DCEU Is Crashing”
‘Ghostbusters II’ Deserves A Second Look For The New Year
Ghostbusters II is one of those movies that was bound to happen come Hell or high water. The first movie had become such a success that the big wigs in Hollywood would’ve done one with or without the orginal cast who were all mostly objected to a sequel, mainly Bill Murray who was on aContinue reading “‘Ghostbusters II’ Deserves A Second Look For The New Year”
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