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‘Batman: Damned’ Takes The Dark Knight Down A Different Path

With the news that a Florida principal had to resign following people being upset that Michaelangelo’s David was considered pornography, it seems at one time there was an outcry over Batman’s penis in Batman: Damned, a darker story of the Caped Crusader for a more mature audience. While Bruce Wayne’s wang was darkened for publicationsContinue reading “‘Batman: Damned’ Takes The Dark Knight Down A Different Path”

‘In The Mouth Of Madness’ Spins A Tale Of Hallucinations, Monsters And Murder

For a while, John Carpenter seemed to be on fire. After a small start in the 1970s with Dark Star and Assault on Precinct 13, he made Halloween in 1978 and spent the next 10 years banging out a movie almost every year, as well as the 1979 Elvis television movie, the first collaboration withContinue reading “‘In The Mouth Of Madness’ Spins A Tale Of Hallucinations, Monsters And Murder”

‘Tropic Thunder’ Sounds Off The Brutal Savagery Of Hollywood Filmmaking

One of the most popular topics among filmmakers is to poke fun at Hollywood. Sometimes, it works with movies like The Player and Bowfinger and sometimes it fails like most recently Babylon. As the TV show Community boldly said people grow tired of movies about making movies about making movies. But a movie like TropicContinue reading “‘Tropic Thunder’ Sounds Off The Brutal Savagery Of Hollywood Filmmaking”

‘Boston Strangler’ Lacks Thrills Of Investigative Journalism In Drab Movie

Watching Boston Strangler, you’d think the sun never shines in New England. And no one wears pastel colors at all. There’s so many drab and dull outdoor scenes of clouded skies, you’d think the movie was filmed in Siberia. Why couldn’t they just film this in black and white since everyone wears dark colors. It’sContinue reading “‘Boston Strangler’ Lacks Thrills Of Investigative Journalism In Drab Movie”

‘Triangle Of Sadness’ Is Lipstick On A Pig

Back when he was campaigning for President in 2008, Barack Obama once said, “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” People thought he was referring to Sarah Palin who had made a lipstick comment earlier that year. Was he calling her a pig? Who knows? Who cares? Palin begat MichelleContinue reading “‘Triangle Of Sadness’ Is Lipstick On A Pig”

‘Wild Things’ At 25: How A Sleazy Movie Got So Many A-Listers And It Worked

When Wild Things hit theaters in 1998, it was the first day of Spring March 20 and the movie had numerous A-listers on the cast in a movie that includes greed, sex and murder. Wild Things seems like one of those movies you’d come across on Skinemax with Shannon Whirry, Shannon Tweed and Andrew StevensContinue reading “‘Wild Things’ At 25: How A Sleazy Movie Got So Many A-Listers And It Worked”

Curbing Child Labor Laws To Get Around Paying Employees Better Wages

Last year, the Braums restaurant and market in nearby Tahlequah, Okla. went up in flames. It has since been renovated and reopened. I noticed about a month or so before the fire happened in late April of 2022 there were advertising for employment. They listed that people who were still in high school or underContinue reading “Curbing Child Labor Laws To Get Around Paying Employees Better Wages”

‘I Want To Dance With Somebody’ Never Finds Its Right Moves

It’s been more than 15 years since Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story pretty much parodied the musical biopic format. And after last year’s Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, you’d think some filmmakers would take a different approach. Whitney Houston passed away unexpectedly in the spring of 2012. She was only 48. Somehow, the rightContinue reading “‘I Want To Dance With Somebody’ Never Finds Its Right Moves”

Warwick Davis Has A Lot Of Electric Boogaloo As Evil Lead In ‘Leprechaun 2’

It’s hard to believe Warwick Davis was just a wee lad when he first appeared as Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi. He was 12 during the filming of the movie and went he finally got the lead in Willow, he was only 18. Unfortunately, there weren’t that many roles for dwarves inContinue reading “Warwick Davis Has A Lot Of Electric Boogaloo As Evil Lead In ‘Leprechaun 2’”

Banderas Stretches His Comedy Paws In Long Overdue ‘Puss In Boots’ Sequel

Antonio Banderas first appeared in the 1982 screwball comedy Labyrinth of Passion, directed by Pedro Almodovar, who would become a constant collaborator. But when he was first introduced to American audiences in the 1990s, Hollywood immediately wanted to turn him into the modern-day Rudolph Valentino. His thirst trap looks caught Madonna off guard in theContinue reading “Banderas Stretches His Comedy Paws In Long Overdue ‘Puss In Boots’ Sequel”