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‘Frailty’ Thy Name Is Bill Paxton’s Great Horror Masterpiece

When Bill Paxton passed away in 2017, his death came as a surprise to everyone. At 61, he seemed to be in perfect health, but he had a damaged aortic heart valve most of his life and on Feb. 14 of that year, he underwent open heart surgery and this led to complications that resultedContinue reading “‘Frailty’ Thy Name Is Bill Paxton’s Great Horror Masterpiece”

We Need To Talk About ‘Halloween III’

All film franchises have that one movie that is, for lack of a better word, a bastardization. A Nightmare on Elm Street had its version with the homoerotic Freddy’s Revenge in which it was Freddy Krueger working through a troubled teenage boy. This strayed from going after being in their dreams. Friday the 13th angeredContinue reading “We Need To Talk About ‘Halloween III’”

‘Session 9’ Is A 10

Sometimes, movies fly under the radar they get lost only to be rediscovered later. Take Session 9, which had the misfortune of being released one month before 9/11. It got good reviews and even the David Caruso jokes had died off since the late 1990s. But during one of America’s darkest moments, no one reallyContinue reading “‘Session 9’ Is A 10”

‘Halloween Kills’ Previous Awful Movies In Franchise But Can’t Top The Original

What is it about the Halloween franchise that keeps filmmakers coming back to it over the last 43 years? After it seemed Michael Myers was burnt to a crisp at the end of Halloween II in 1981, the filmmakers tried a noble effort to do an anthology spinoff that failed with Halloween III: Season ofContinue reading “‘Halloween Kills’ Previous Awful Movies In Franchise But Can’t Top The Original”

‘Muppets Haunted Mansion’ Cute But Not Top Form

Muppets Haunted Mansion on Disney-Plus is a nice, okay Halloween special but it does have some problems that does keep it from the highs of the Jim Henson era. I’m just going to get this out of the way right now, because it seems to be a lot of the criticism I’m seeing. Matt VogelContinue reading “‘Muppets Haunted Mansion’ Cute But Not Top Form”

‘Black Christmas’ The Original Nightmare Before Xmas

In the 2004 Bravo show 100 Scariest Movie Moments, Olivia Hussey, who appeared in the 1974 original Black Christmas recalled how she was brought into audition with Steve Martin for the 1987 romcom Roxanne. She said Martin was very excited and happy telling Hussey he had been wanting to meet her for years as sheContinue reading “‘Black Christmas’ The Original Nightmare Before Xmas”

Why Dave Chappelle’s Words Can Be Dangerous

Let me start by saying that I haven’t seen Dave Chappelle’s recent stand-up special The Closer on Netlfix in which he makes comments about transgendered people that some find offensive. I also don’t think Chappelle is really that funny to begin with. I think he’s still trying to ride the success of Chappelle Show, whichContinue reading “Why Dave Chappelle’s Words Can Be Dangerous”

Audiences Had No ‘Clue’ How Brilliant The Movie Is

Filmmakers have been using gimmicks for years prior to the 1985 release of Clue and still do to this day. William Castle’s horror movies would break the fourth wall and have someone run through the theater in a monster costume. Sometimes the joy of watching a movie is the escapism it provides even for aContinue reading “Audiences Had No ‘Clue’ How Brilliant The Movie Is”

Workers Are Mad As Hell And They’re Not Going To Take It Anymore

In his 1931 movie City Lights, Charlie Chaplin appearing as The Tramp is working in a factory in which he is tested for a new device that the company bigwigs want to install that will allow the employers to eat while they work. It’s a comical piece of slapstick but there’s always a painful truthContinue reading “Workers Are Mad As Hell And They’re Not Going To Take It Anymore”

Social Media Snafu Is Not A Bad Coincidence

Just 20 years ago, something like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram was a foreign idea to people. There was College Club and Friendster but many of those had trouble working most of the time. I steered clear of MySpace because my first instinct was that it was a dating website and I was in a strongContinue reading “Social Media Snafu Is Not A Bad Coincidence”