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‘Dawn Of The Dead’ Is The Quintessential Zombie Apocalypse Movie

George A. Romero wasn’t the first to envision a dystopia world where a virus has turned humans into something else. Richard Matheson did it with I Am Legend which had been turned into The Last Man on Earth and The Omega Man. Then in the late 1960s, he made Night of the Living Dead. TheContinue reading “‘Dawn Of The Dead’ Is The Quintessential Zombie Apocalypse Movie”

‘Nothing But Trouble’ Is Just That

Eric Idle once said of Dan Aykroyd that he was capable of being part of Monty Python troupe. Born in Ottawa, Aykroyd went on to be a part of Second City both in Toronto and Chicago. At 23, he was hired as a writer of Saturday Night Live, but also added to the cast. ThroughContinue reading “‘Nothing But Trouble’ Is Just That”

‘Barbarian’ Clobbers Great Concept

A movie like Barbarian irritates me because there was a great concept with a great beginning that is suddenly lost in the second half due to a character and an absurd plot turn. Even though said character is supposed to be obnoxious, I felt that they are given too much screen time that it destroysContinue reading “‘Barbarian’ Clobbers Great Concept”

Best ‘Simpsons’ Halloween Episode Ever

Granted the heyday of The Simpsons are over and have been over before the line “Simpsons Did It” became part of pop culture phrases. Not many TV shows last as long as The Simpsons now in its 34th season and for very good reason. The show has lost a lot of its touch and itContinue reading “Best ‘Simpsons’ Halloween Episode Ever”

Ironic Deaths Of Celebrities

Just as many other people, I was shocked and sadden to hear of the death of Leslie Jordan on Oct. 24. He was a funny person and I think his social media posts through the first days of the Covid-19 pandemic helped us smile when we didn’t think we could. While it’s not been releasedContinue reading “Ironic Deaths Of Celebrities”

‘The Watcher’ Gives Us Nothing To See Here, Keep Browsing

Netflix’s The Watcher plays like a hybrid of Ryan Murphy fanfiction and it’s own nonsensical multiple-episode documentaries that don’t have a resolution. There are seven episodes in this series and you could’ve spent no more than seven minutes looking online at the true story on which it is based to get the whole story. InContinue reading “‘The Watcher’ Gives Us Nothing To See Here, Keep Browsing”

‘Significant Other’ Is B-Movie Drama/Horror

There’s something about Maika Monroe’s face that portrays an odd sentiment her words can’t say. Earlier this year, she was in Watcher, as a woman alone in Bucharest, Romania when her husband gets a new job that she seems out of place both in the city and among the people there. There’s a language barrierContinue reading “‘Significant Other’ Is B-Movie Drama/Horror”

Why It’s Time To Stop Turning The Other Cheek

Let me preface this by saying as a pacificist mostly, I’m not condoning any harassment, intimidation or violence of any kind. But we’re going to have to start pushing back and stop turning the other cheek against Conservative Christians. It’s less than three weeks until the 2022 General Election and the Republican Party is inContinue reading “Why It’s Time To Stop Turning The Other Cheek”

‘V/H/S’ Belongs In 99 Cent Bin

The V/H/S franchise was one that came and went so fast in the first half of the 2010s, you’d have to be a extreme horror fan to recognize. It could be that it was overshadowed by the Paranormal Activity movies which used th same found footage format that was growing very tired and overused byContinue reading “‘V/H/S’ Belongs In 99 Cent Bin”

Greed And Consumerism Haunt ‘Poltergeist’

When I was in college, a professor brought it up on how we have designed our bedrooms, living rooms and dens around the TV. In the olden days, someone could turn on a radio and hear it all around the house. TVs have to be seen. That’s part of their word, “vision.” One year, IContinue reading “Greed And Consumerism Haunt ‘Poltergeist’”