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Happy Festivus (For The Rest Of Us)

I want to wish each and everyone out there a Happy Festivus (for the rest of us). I don’t know if this is a really a holiday that some people celebrate but I don’t have any airing of grievances against any of you. I am very grateful for all the attention I get on here.Continue reading “Happy Festivus (For The Rest Of Us)”

The Worst Of The Worst Of Christmas Movies

Christmas seems to be a common theme in a lot of movies, but for every A Christmas Story there’s something like Christmas With the Kranks, a movie so repulsive and offensive in its delivery, you feel totally dumber for the time you spent watching it. Christmas With the Kranks is basically the dumbest, most ineptContinue reading “The Worst Of The Worst Of Christmas Movies”

‘Lethal Weapon’ Gave Us Shane Black’s Love Of Xmas And Violence

Ok, pop quiz. Name a 1980s action movie featuring a guncrazy white cop being aided by a more controlled black cop in dealing with a terrorist organization in the L.A. area. If you mentioned Die Hard, you wouldn’t be wrong. But I’m referring to the first Lethal Weapon that premiered in theaters almost a yearContinue reading “‘Lethal Weapon’ Gave Us Shane Black’s Love Of Xmas And Violence”

‘Ernest Saves Christmas’ Is Jim Varney’s Best

It might seem odd to some people that Jim Varney studied Shakespeare at the Barter Theatre. As a young boy, he was able to memorize poems and passages from books and recite them. He soon learn how to imitate the characters he watched on the cartoons and as a teenager got into theater and actingContinue reading “‘Ernest Saves Christmas’ Is Jim Varney’s Best”

‘Garfield Christmas’ Provides Laughs And Surprise Tenderness

Garfield has been around for decades and made its creator, Jim Davis, a millionaire thanks to a licensing and marketing everything from books to feature movies. And who can forget the Garfield plush toys with the suction cups people used to put on car windows? A rumor has persisted since the early 1990s, Davis wasContinue reading “‘Garfield Christmas’ Provides Laughs And Surprise Tenderness”

It’s Time To Shit Or Get Off The Pot

On Jan. 6, 2001, a dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus spent less than half an hour trying to stop the certifications of the 2000 election results. Then Vice-President Al Gore, who was the President of the Senate and had won the popular vote of the 2000 election, did what he had to do.Continue reading “It’s Time To Shit Or Get Off The Pot”

‘The Apology’ Deserves A Look

The Apology mostly consists of scenes between two characters in a house on a stormy winter night shortly before Christmas. The feeling of nowhere to go even if you could adds to the parnoia. But this movie is a little different. Darlene Hagen (Anna Gunn) is a middle-aged divorcee and recovering alcoholic who has aContinue reading “‘The Apology’ Deserves A Look”

‘First Blood’ At 40: Stallone Shines In His Other Iconic Role

Don’t laugh, but at one time Sylvester Stallone was considered the next Marlon Brando. Following his role as Rocky Balboa in the Oscar-winning Rocky in 1976, Stallone was being acclaimed for his Oscar-nominated role. He was tapped to write and direct the sequel to Rocky, which was a success at the box office and withContinue reading “‘First Blood’ At 40: Stallone Shines In His Other Iconic Role”

‘The Nutcracker’ Lacks Joy And Excitement

Christmastime and The Nutcracker go hand in hand. Even if you’ve never seen the ballet, you know the tunes such as “The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies.” So, it seems almost natural after about 100 years after Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote the music, Hollywood would come calling with a big budget spectacle. There haveContinue reading “‘The Nutcracker’ Lacks Joy And Excitement”