People are describing Deep Water as an erotic thriller. But this is like calling Carrot Top a great comedian. Yes, there may be some who enjoy his style as well as that as Rita Rudner and Paula Poundstone, but they can’t be mentioned in the same sentence as Bill Hicks, Chris Rock, George Carlin orContinue reading “‘Deep Water’ Gets Bogged Down In Its Own Studio’s Disneyfied Censorship”
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‘Basic Instinct’ Examines America’s Love/Hate With Sex And Violence
Before Basic Instinct hit theaters on this day, March 20, 1992, it was already engulfed in so much controversy, it more or less led to the movie’s success. The plot seemed typical. On the surface it looked like another Alfred Hitchcock knock-off police procedural of a gruff and gritty cop, San Francisco detective Nick CurranContinue reading “‘Basic Instinct’ Examines America’s Love/Hate With Sex And Violence”
‘Miracle Mile’ Presents A Nightmare View Of Imminent Nuclear War
Someone one going into Miracle Mile blindly might at first think it’s a simple quirky boy-meets-girl love story movie. There is absolutely nothing within the first 20 minutes that foreshadows the thrilling majority of the movie. This makes the movie more disturbing how normal everyday events can turn into chaos so fast and unexpected. ForContinue reading “‘Miracle Mile’ Presents A Nightmare View Of Imminent Nuclear War”
‘Scream’ Franchise Still Has Some Life In It
For more than 25 years, the Scream franchise has been not only mocking the horror genre but also prolonging it to some extent. Mel Brooks once said you only make fun of the movies you love. When Kevin Williamson pitched the idea back in the 1990s inspired by the infamous Gainesville Ripper killings in northernContinue reading “‘Scream’ Franchise Still Has Some Life In It”
‘Leprechaun’ Has A Pot Of Gold Schlock
Leprechaun opened in the dead of winter in 1993. The commercials advertising this movie made it out to be a straight horror movie about a murdering leprechaun terrorizing people. By this time, horror of all kind was in a slump. Even though The Silence of the Lambs had won many Oscars the year before, itContinue reading “‘Leprechaun’ Has A Pot Of Gold Schlock”
‘My Cousin Vinny’ Set The Precedent On Legal Comedies
Thirty years have passed since My Cousin Vinny opened in the mid-March 1992 to rave reviews. On first glance, it seems like the typical fish-out-of-water comedy about cultural differences between an inexperienced lawyer from New York City and a murder case about the wrongfully accused in the Deep South. It would be easy for thisContinue reading “‘My Cousin Vinny’ Set The Precedent On Legal Comedies”
‘Joe Vs. Carole’ Goes The Distance In Unnecessary Bout
When Tiger King dropped on Netflix two years ago this month when the world was getting its first taste of the Covid-19 pandemic, the documentary series seemed to captivate the country and the world with his crazy insights into the world of exotic animals in cages. Everyone was kinda in agreement that Joe Exotic, orContinue reading “‘Joe Vs. Carole’ Goes The Distance In Unnecessary Bout”
‘Fresh’ Is Just A Bit Too Overdone
A movie like Fresh wants to have its cake and eat it too. It wants to be appetizing for true horror friends but wants to add some spices of black comedies. It could have worked best if it knew how to mix the ingredients just right, but in the end, we get a casserole ofContinue reading “‘Fresh’ Is Just A Bit Too Overdone”
‘The Thing About Pam’ Does Everything Wrong Like The Real-Life Case
The Thing About Pam, just from its first episode, wants to come across as some Fargo meets I Love You To Death story about the real-life murder case surround Pam Hupp in the Midwestern town of Troy, Mo. There’s only one big problem. Two people were killed brutally. And this isn’t a laughing matter. Fargo,Continue reading “‘The Thing About Pam’ Does Everything Wrong Like The Real-Life Case”
‘Pam & Tommy’ An Examination Of Gender Bias And Inequality
There’s a line of dialogue in Hulu’s limited series Pam & Tommy where Pamela Anderson (Lily James) tells her husband, Tommy Lee (Sebastian Stan) about the differences in the reactions to that infamous sex tape. Pam tells him that he will get high-fives and pats on the back from men for the tape, while menContinue reading “‘Pam & Tommy’ An Examination Of Gender Bias And Inequality”
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