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‘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”

Shyamalan Using ‘Old’ Techniques In Latest Thriller

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”

‘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”