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Tis The Season Of The Double Standard

Let me start off by saying I offer my most sincere condolensces to the family and close friends of Kirstie Alley. I may not have agreed with her on some things she said these last fews year (and she said a lot). I’m no monster. Cancer is a hard way to go for anyone andContinue reading “Tis The Season Of The Double Standard”

‘Christmas Bloody Christmas’ Is A Bloody F@$&in’ Mess

Christmas Bloody Christmas is the lastest entry in the Killer Santa subgenre of horror that has exploded in the last couple of decades. Even though it’s not good, I still think Goldberg killed it as a murdering Santa in Santa’s Slay. But this one is a mixture of Bad Santa meets The Terminator with aContinue reading “‘Christmas Bloody Christmas’ Is A Bloody F@$&in’ Mess”

‘Scarface’ Pushes It To The Limit Because “Nothing Exceeds Like Excess”

Brian DePalma was always one of those directors during the 1960s and 1970s who seemed to be on the finge of Hollywood. So, it’s no surprise that he wasn’t the first choice to direct a remake of the 1932 Howard Hawks original Scarface. It was actually Sidney Lumet who Al Pacino and his manager/film producerContinue reading “‘Scarface’ Pushes It To The Limit Because “Nothing Exceeds Like Excess””

‘The Shining’ Is A Labyrinth Of Horror

My first memory of The Shining is seeing a promo on HBO back in the mid-1980s of Jack Nicholson chasing Danny Lloyd through the snow-covered maze. I had never bothered to watch the movie until my teens when I didn’t really like it. I was wondering why Stanley Kubrick would make such a movie. HeContinue reading “‘The Shining’ Is A Labyrinth Of Horror”

All-Star Cast Can’t Save ‘Amsterdam’

A movie like Amsterdam might have been more popular if it had been more upfront about its plot in the marketing. Instead, 20th Century, the studio distributing it decided to focus on the big names in the cast which include Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, Rami Malek, Taylor Swift, Mike Myers, Michael Shannon, Chris Rock, RobertContinue reading “All-Star Cast Can’t Save ‘Amsterdam’”

My Thoughts On ‘Willow’ Series: You Aren’t Great!

I’m just going to throw this out of there and all Gen Xers and nerds are just going to have to deal with it, but the 1988 Willow movie wasn’t as good as we remember. I was barely 10 when the movie was in theaters but I finally saw it on HBO the following summer.Continue reading “My Thoughts On ‘Willow’ Series: You Aren’t Great!”

Another One Bites The Dust (But Will It Be The Quick End Or Slow Beginning?)

The greastest irony of the fall of the Soviet Union is that it all started because of a clerical error – a misunderstanding. On Nov. 9, 1989, a live broadcast in East Berlin held by Gunther Schabowski, an official with the Socialist Unity of Germany in East Berlin, was speaking about how they would allowContinue reading “Another One Bites The Dust (But Will It Be The Quick End Or Slow Beginning?)”

‘Batman Returns’ Is Tim Burton’s Real Nightmare Before Christmas

Love him or hate him, Tim Burton does know how to leave an impression on people with his movies. By 1992, his weird style was still too much for mainstream audiences. It’s probably why most of the fanbase for Nightmare Before Christmas came years later on the home video and cable market, even though BurtonContinue reading “‘Batman Returns’ Is Tim Burton’s Real Nightmare Before Christmas”

Casey Anthony Documentary Hard To Tell ‘Truth’ From ‘Lies’

There’s a lot of things to unpack from the three-part Peacock docuseries Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies. But the biggest one might be – why the hell she hated 14 years to finally say all this? Casey has lied so much over the years, it’s hard to tell when, if at all, she isContinue reading “Casey Anthony Documentary Hard To Tell ‘Truth’ From ‘Lies’”