Why do people hate M. Night Shyamalan so much? Even Alfred Hitchcock made some bad movies. Ever seen Rope which is long and tedious even at just 80 minutes? Or how about Topaz and Family Plot seemed like someone trying to be Hitchcock. Hook is considered Steven Spielberg’s worst movie but people still love it.Continue reading “Shyamalan Using ‘Old’ Techniques In Latest Thriller”
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‘West Side’ Presents Same Story, Different Delivery
Jean Luc-Godard once said “The only way to criticize a movie is to make another movie.” I’ve never seen the original Oscar-winning West Side Story. I do know that it would be hard to make it in this day and age with the white-washing of the characters as they did in 1961. And also, itContinue reading “‘West Side’ Presents Same Story, Different Delivery”
‘9 To 5’ Shows Changes Still Need To Be Made To The Workforce
If Office Space was a rallying wake-up cry to Gen Xers who going to have to be forced to sit in cubicles at meaningless jobs for meager wages, then 9 To 5 was the Great Mother that birthed office comedies. Released in 1980 at a time in which many women had entered the workforce forContinue reading “‘9 To 5’ Shows Changes Still Need To Be Made To The Workforce”
‘Candyman’ Leaves Sour Taste Of The Original
One time in college, I was visiting a friend’s house outside of Atlanta and I noticed a candy bowl on a baker’s rack near the wall. I grabbed a piece and ate it. It tasted terrible. I don’t remember if I managed to swallow it or spat it back out in my hand. Either way,Continue reading “‘Candyman’ Leaves Sour Taste Of The Original”
‘The Dropout’ Wants To Sympathize The Devil
I’ll be blunt. The Dropout, the latest limited series romanticizing Millennial con artists and fraudsters, wants to have it both ways. It wants to portray Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried), the CEO of the now defunct Theranos, as a woman playing tough in the Boys Club World of Business, but also as a victim. She’s aContinue reading “‘The Dropout’ Wants To Sympathize The Devil”
In Memoriam
When I first stepped into the office of the George-Anne, the student newspaper of Georgia Southern University, Kelley was the first person I saw. She handed me an application which I quickly filled out and she told me they needed some help with Features and call the editor of that section. Kelley was the editor-in-chief.Continue reading “In Memoriam”
The Candy Man Can And Did
It’s crazy to think John Candy was my age, 43, when he passed away on this date, March 4, 1994. He was filming Wagon’s East, a not-so-good movie Candy reportedly didn’t like doing. He had also filmed Canadian Bacon, Michael Moore’s only feature film, a satirical look at a new Cold War between America andContinue reading “The Candy Man Can And Did”
Futility Of War Buried In Pro-Nationalism Of ‘Red Dawn’
Like most Gen Xers during the Reaganeighties, there was this silly threat that the Soviet Union was going to nuke America and everyone who supported this theory to prove it was the toughest kid on the street. Ironically, by the time Red Dawn premiered in the summer of 1984, the USSR was running on fumes.Continue reading “Futility Of War Buried In Pro-Nationalism Of ‘Red Dawn’”
There Are No Small Roles, Only Small Actors
You may not know the name Ned Eisenberg, but you probably remember his face. He was the textbook actor for “that guy who was in that movie that was out last year.” With a resume as long as the Baja Penisula, Ned Eisenberg who passed away on Feb 27 from cholangiocarcinoma, a cancer of theContinue reading “There Are No Small Roles, Only Small Actors”
‘Super Pumped’ Is ‘The Social Network’ Meets ‘The Wolf Of Wall Street’
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber might just be the most unnecessary based on a true story limited series/anthology since that whole Feud series that looked into the the lives of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in their latter years. And by unnecessary, I mean it brings nothing fresh to the table. With the firstContinue reading “‘Super Pumped’ Is ‘The Social Network’ Meets ‘The Wolf Of Wall Street’”
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