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‘Val’ Exposes The Faults In All Of Us

I first saw Val Kilmer in the movie Real Genius, which I posted about the other day. Then, there was Top Gun and Willow. Like many young actors, he was on his way to the top after some hit movies, but by the mid-1990s almost a decade after his start in Hollywood, problems arose. ItContinue reading “‘Val’ Exposes The Faults In All Of Us”

Markie Post Was The Glue That Held ‘Night Court’ Together

Night Court is one of my favorite TV sitcoms. I think next to The Golden Girls and Seinfeld, I’ve seen each episode repeatedly over the years and never grow tired. I think the show helped frame my sense of humor when I was younger. The show focused on the strange characters and stranger cases thatContinue reading “Markie Post Was The Glue That Held ‘Night Court’ Together”

‘Reservation Dogs’ Has Some Bite

I’ve lived in Oklahoma since 2002. I didn’t grow up here but I grew up in northwest Georgia, which used to be the Cherokee Nation capital before the Trail of Tears forced many indigenous Native Americans to Oklahoma. I do have Cherokee ancestry, though. You don’t have to be an indigenous person or live inContinue reading “‘Reservation Dogs’ Has Some Bite”

John DeLorean Documentary Stalls But Still Reaches Its Finish Line

I’m only giving the TV docuseries Myth & Mogul: John DeLorean a favorable review only because it goes into such detail to tell us the man was such a crook and bad person. Like the docuseries on the Frye Festival, there’s so much you can listen to before you get the idea, but DeLorean wasContinue reading “John DeLorean Documentary Stalls But Still Reaches Its Finish Line”

Forty Years Of Taking A Ride On ‘Heavy Metal’

I saw Heavy Metal for the first time the way a lot of people of the 1980s and 1990s saw it, on late-night cable TV. The very R-rated animated feature, based on the magazine of the same, consisted of several vignettes, wasn’t available in any video rental places thanks to licensing disagreements. In the earlyContinue reading “Forty Years Of Taking A Ride On ‘Heavy Metal’”

Unconditional Love With Conditions Is Really Control And Abuse

I recently heard someone on TikTok say that one of the problems with organized Christianity is that unconditional love with conditions is not love. Now, I know a lot of people will criticize that but I think social media has exposed more fake Christians than we’d like to see. I don’t doubt that people haveContinue reading “Unconditional Love With Conditions Is Really Control And Abuse”

‘Real Genius’ A Real Different College Comedy

Real Genius opened on this date, Aug. 7, in 1985. The year is important as it was Ronald Reagan’s second term as President and the HIV/AIDS crisis was now a nationwide pandemic affecting everyone. I mention that because previous college comedies were National Lampoon’s Animal House and endless copies of young men on their ownContinue reading “‘Real Genius’ A Real Different College Comedy”

‘Big Trouble In Little China’ Has An Even Bigger Legacy

John Carpenter is one of the rarest filmmakers still living. He continues to operate on the fringes of Hollywood for almost 50 years. While other directors would’ve eventually took the bigger projects, agreed to studio notes and suggested casting decisions to make a few blockbusters and maybe an Oscar winner or two, that’s not theContinue reading “‘Big Trouble In Little China’ Has An Even Bigger Legacy”

‘Suicide Squad’ Destroys The Criticism of the DCEU

Five years ago, the DCEU was in serious trouble. The long-awaited live-action pairing of two big DC characters Batman vs. Superman was a letdown and then Suicide Squad was the hold my beer equivalent. Wonder Woman and Aquaman helped rebuild the franchise after the disappointing Justice League movie. But it’s apparent all along that theContinue reading “‘Suicide Squad’ Destroys The Criticism of the DCEU”