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‘History Of The World’ Series Hits And Misses But Never Feels Like Mel Brooks

Every now and then, a TV show will slyly make you think a show is about one thing but it’s not about that. Back in 1985, there was the George Burns Comedy Week, an anthology series which was hosted by Burns but it didn’t really really have him in it. Then, there was The DickContinue reading “‘History Of The World’ Series Hits And Misses But Never Feels Like Mel Brooks”

Oscar Haters Are Showing Their True Colors And It’s Very Embarrassing

The Academy Awards have implemented a new rule. White perfomers, especially women, aren’t allowed to win whenver a black actor is nominated. Ok, that’s not a rule. But that seems to be the discourse that has been around the world for the last few days. I had my money on Angela Bassett. She’s a greatContinue reading “Oscar Haters Are Showing Their True Colors And It’s Very Embarrassing”

Conservatives’ Anti-LBTQIA/Drag Queen Stance Will Backfire

There’s a reason Tom the Cat never caught Jerry the Mouse. Tom needed Jerry. Taking away that it was a kid’s cartoon series, if Tom killed Jerry, then the homeowners had no other reason to keep Tom in the house. And Jerry knew that another cat wouldn’t be so humane. Even though they were seenContinue reading “Conservatives’ Anti-LBTQIA/Drag Queen Stance Will Backfire”

‘Raising Arizona’ Brings The Coens Brothers Their First Mainstream Hit

In Hollywood, most filmmakers only have enough clout based on their previous movie to do their next thing. For their first movie Blood Simple., Joel and Ethan Coen spent about a year or so traveling around and meeting with potential investors by showing them a promo trailer. They only had $1.5 million which was stillContinue reading “‘Raising Arizona’ Brings The Coens Brothers Their First Mainstream Hit”

Oscar Predictions – Who Gets The Gold?

While the Oscars have lately become the whipping boy for a lot of the public, people still tune in. Some people look at the infamous “Oscar Slap” in which Will Smith walked on stage to slap Chris Rock after he made a joke that upset Jada Pinkett Smith as a staged event to beef upContinue reading “Oscar Predictions – Who Gets The Gold?”

‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ Is Bad Bad Bad

Gene Siskel, the late film critic for the Chicago Tribune, once said that he looks at each movie and asks himself this question – Is this film more interesting than watching a documentary of the same actors having lunch? I’m sure if Siskel, who passed in 1999, was still alive today, he would have probablyContinue reading “‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ Is Bad Bad Bad”

Why ‘Scream 3’ Deserves A Second Chance

Scream VI premieres this weekend in theaters. After the surprisingly well made fifth movie, it seemed that no one but Wes Craven could helm the franchise that rejuvenated the slasher genre in the mid-1990s for better or for worse. And early reviews for the sixth one are very favorable. Craven, along with screenwriter Kevin Williamson,Continue reading “Why ‘Scream 3’ Deserves A Second Chance”

‘Empire Of Light’ Dims On Viewers As Obvious Oscar Bait

A movie like Empire of Light makes me wish the filmmakers went back and tried to make the movie better. On the surface it fails because we’ve seen this story so many times before that when the two characters, Hilary Small (Olivia Colman) and Stephen Murray (Michael Ward), meet, we know everything that’s going toContinue reading “‘Empire Of Light’ Dims On Viewers As Obvious Oscar Bait”

Murdaugh Cases Exposes Our Desire To Allow Rich People Do Whatever They Want

I was a Johnny-Come-Lately to the Alex Murdaugh trial. I followed bits and pieces of it but have followed up in the last week. It was surprising I had gone to school at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga., less than 100 miles away from Hampton, S.C. that I never heard of the Murdaugh family.Continue reading “Murdaugh Cases Exposes Our Desire To Allow Rich People Do Whatever They Want”