The best thing a movie can is to make you want to go back and watch it from the start, especially in a case like A Perfect Getaway. Part of the success of The Sixth Sense was people going to see it again to see what they missed and how they missed it. Not toContinue reading “‘A Perfect Getaway’ Keeps Viewers On Their Toes”
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‘X’ Lacks Real Thrills, Just Has Cheap Meta Feels
There’s a scene in the movie Funny Farm where Chevy Chase plays an inspiring writer who more or less stands over his wife, played by Madolyn Smith, as she reads part of his novel manuscript and points at pieces he thinks are the best. But to his dismay, she later mentions she doesn’t like it.Continue reading “‘X’ Lacks Real Thrills, Just Has Cheap Meta Feels”
‘Stranger Things’ Shows Us Men Need To Express Their Emotions More
WARNING: Major spoilers ahead!! If you haven’t seen this season, please be aware. The final two episodes of season four of Stranger Things also titled Volume 2 were about four hours long. And what an emotional four hours it was. The Surfer Pizza van full of Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) and his brother, Jonathan (CharlesContinue reading “‘Stranger Things’ Shows Us Men Need To Express Their Emotions More”
‘Only Murders In The Building’ Takes On New Case In Second Season
The first season of Only Murders in the Building was such a refreshing series with Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez a surprising match. They played tenants in an affluent Manhattan apartment building who don’t believe the initial report that another tenant committed suicide. Realizing they’re all fans of murder podcasts, they begin theirContinue reading “‘Only Murders In The Building’ Takes On New Case In Second Season”
America Is Going Through Its Own Period Of The Troubles
As I’m writing this, news is coming out of the Midwest of yet another mass shooting. This one happened in Highland Park, Ill., leaving six people dead and about 20 injured as of this posting. Once again, the shooter is a white male in his early 20s. Once again, it happened at a public eventContinue reading “America Is Going Through Its Own Period Of The Troubles”
Public Prayer Ruling Is A Solution In Search Of A Lot Of Problems
While overly zealous Christians in America are happy that the case of forner coach Joe Kennedy who was let go from the Bremerton, Wash. school district for a prayer on the 50-yard-line that turned very public, they may have made it harder for their cause. Come the first of August, many football programs will beginContinue reading “Public Prayer Ruling Is A Solution In Search Of A Lot Of Problems”
‘Orville: New Horizons’ Boldly Goes Where Topical TV Has Gone Before
When The Orville premiered on Fox in the Fall of 2017, the show created by Seth MacFarlane, as well as being produced and starring him, probably had many people groaning. What was the creator behind shows like Family Guy and American Dad doing with a sci-fi show in the vein of Star Trek? Was itContinue reading “‘Orville: New Horizons’ Boldly Goes Where Topical TV Has Gone Before”
‘Jaws’ Still Has Its Bite
When Jaws hit the theaters in the summe of 1975, it came after a very long and difficult production that would determine whether the young director Steven Spielberg would have a career in movies or would drift through the TV wasteland of forgotten cop dramas and canceled too earlied sitcoms. Nicknamed Flaws by the productionContinue reading “‘Jaws’ Still Has Its Bite”
Women Came Into Their Own In Many Ways In 1990s Movies
Without a doubt as the 1990s came upon people, times were changing. Women were allowed to be sexy instead of sex objects. Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock duked it out in the theaters on who could give off the more “Girl Next Door” vibes. But there was more going around in these movies. Hillary ClintonContinue reading “Women Came Into Their Own In Many Ways In 1990s Movies”
‘Belfast’ Tells A Story We’ve Seen Too Many Times Before
A movie like Belfast has been made before, and probably will be made again many times I suspect. Directors love to make semi-autobiographical movies. John Boorman did it with Hope and Glory. Barry Levinson did it with Avalon. Greta Gerwig did it with Ladybird. You’d almost wish they’d just do a movie about themselves butContinue reading “‘Belfast’ Tells A Story We’ve Seen Too Many Times Before”
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