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‘The Hollywood Knights’ Is A Different Halloween Movie

Even though it’s not scary or has nothing to do with ghosts or goblins, The Hollywood Knights is in the vein as a Halloween movie as Die Hard is a Christmas movie. And I’m saying this as someone who loves both movies. Set on Halloween night in 1965, the plot focuses on the titular characters,Continue reading “‘The Hollywood Knights’ Is A Different Halloween Movie”

43 Years Of ‘Halloween’ Ranked

With the latest Halloween Kills reportedly heading toward the $100 million mark, I’m looking at all the Halloween movies and ranking them. I’m also including the third one as well as will be give away some spoilers. The list is going worst to first. Halloween II (2009) – Rob Zombie’s follow-up to his 2007 remakeContinue reading “43 Years Of ‘Halloween’ Ranked”

Robin Williams’ Journey To The Dark Side Produced Two Classic Thrillers

Please note: There are spoilers below. While Jack Nicholson has become infamous for his role in Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of the Stephen King novel The Shining, Robin Williams was at one time considered. While that might seem odd, Kubrick said he later reconsidered seeking Williams because he deemed Williams would be too psychotic for theContinue reading “Robin Williams’ Journey To The Dark Side Produced Two Classic Thrillers”

Remember When 1981 Was The Year Of The Werewolf?

It’s been said that Hollywood and the entertainment industry is an incestuous environment and by that I mean that people work together so much that there’s degrees of separation. Sometimes, producers, writers, actors and directors hear things on one set or at one party and pass it along to others. It’s not uncommon for twoContinue reading “Remember When 1981 Was The Year Of The Werewolf?”

‘Ernest Scared Stupid’ Killed The Franchise

Jim Varney had been in the public spotlight for many years before his breakthrough role in the 1987 comedy Ernest Goes to Camp, featuring his signature character Ernest P. Worrell in the first of many movies. It was the first of four movies he would make for Disney before the movies became independently produced andContinue reading “‘Ernest Scared Stupid’ Killed The Franchise”

Fatal Shooting On Movie Set Spotlights Much Needed Workforce Safety Reforms

I knew a guy while attending Georgia Southern University who had lived in Wilmington, N.C. during the filming of the 1994 movie The Crow, in which Brandon Lee was fatally shot. He said that North Carolina was one of the few states at the time that allowed non-union labor on film and TV sets andContinue reading “Fatal Shooting On Movie Set Spotlights Much Needed Workforce Safety Reforms”

‘Dopesick’ Suffers From Similar Symptoms Of Docudramas, Hope It Gets Better Soon

I’m only three episodes in the Hulu limited series Dopesick about the opioid crisis involving Purdue Pharma but it has problems that are only kept together by the performances of the ensemble cast. And that ensemble cast is also its illness. There are six stories interconnecting here jumping back and forth over many years overContinue reading “‘Dopesick’ Suffers From Similar Symptoms Of Docudramas, Hope It Gets Better Soon”

‘Misery’ Loves The Company Of Hero Syndrome

Kathy Bates is one of my favorite actresses. She was basically an unknown character actor when she got her breakthrough role at 42 as Annie Wilkes in Misery. The movie is based on the Stephen King novel of the same name that he wrote following a fan backlash over his 1984 epic fantasy novel TheContinue reading “‘Misery’ Loves The Company Of Hero Syndrome”

The Verdict For ‘Only Murders In The Building’

This post contains spoilers. The Hulu black comedy series Only Murders in the Building couldn’t have come at a better time as we were enthralled in the case of Gabby Petito, a blogger who went missing over the summer and then her body was found in Wyoming murdered by strangulation. As I’m writing this, theContinue reading “The Verdict For ‘Only Murders In The Building’”