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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Doesn’t Produce The Same Magic As Original

The first Beetlejuice was a rare lightning in a bottle movie that came out at the right time and appealed to mass audiences. The mixture of madness, macabre and musical numbers made the movie a surprise hit which was helped with Michael Keaton’s madcap performance. Keaton only has 17 minutes of screen time in theContinue reading “‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Doesn’t Produce The Same Magic As Original”

‘Simpsons’ Christmas Special Turns 35

Some things don’t work out the way they should and it’s better that way. The evolution of The Simpsons from some crude sketches Matt Groening made as shorts for The Tracy Ullman Show on the fledging upstart Fox Network would eventually go on to be one of the show’s cornerstone programs. Groening was approached byContinue reading “‘Simpsons’ Christmas Special Turns 35”

‘Speak No Evil’ Offers No Originality

Speak No Evil is your basic people meet other people while vacationing only to discover they may be weird and even malicious in their nature. This was done with a nice cleverness and twist with the 2009 movie A Perfect Getaway. This movie is a remake of the Danish movie also titled Speak No Evil.Continue reading “‘Speak No Evil’ Offers No Originality”

Justice For Todd And Margo

I have a question to ask you – What exactly did Todd and Margo Chester do in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation to do be villainized and suffer the burnt of Clark Griswold’s mayhem? I’ll wait. Can’t think of anything, can you? When we first see Todd and Margo (Nicholas Guest and Julia Louis-Dreyfus), they areContinue reading “Justice For Todd And Margo”

Christmas Stroll At Norris Park In Tahlequah

For the initial year, Tahlequah community/civic leaders put on a Christmas party at Loeser Pavilion where about two dozen Christmas trees had been set up from various businesses/organizations around the Tahlequah community. A Christmas pageant was held on the afternoon of Saturday, Dec. 14. Afterwards, the winners were announced. Students of the Rhythm Innovation DancyContinue reading “Christmas Stroll At Norris Park In Tahlequah”

‘Nutcrackers’ Is Unadulterated Pap

By now as we put a close on 2024, it should be evident that streaming services have become the dumping grounds for bad movies. Usually, studios did this in January. But why wait until the new year when you can just dump it on a streaming service and get the write off for the nextContinue reading “‘Nutcrackers’ Is Unadulterated Pap”

‘Runaway’ Stumbled 40 Years Ago, But The Future Is Now

The question of what came first – the chicken or the egg can apply to many science-fiction movies. Did people read Jules Verne and become inspired to make submarines and spaceships or was Verne just expanding on what others were designing? Submersibles date back 300 years before Verne wrote 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. WhatContinue reading “‘Runaway’ Stumbled 40 Years Ago, But The Future Is Now”

‘Girls Gone Wild’ Documentary Explores Dark History Behind Video Franchise

I never did watch a Girls Gone Wild video. They were everywhere back when I was in my early 20s. You’d see the promo commercials late at night which looked like nothing more than young women on Spring Break or night clubs showing their breasts and maybe their butts all the time. But how muchContinue reading “‘Girls Gone Wild’ Documentary Explores Dark History Behind Video Franchise”

‘Hot Frosty’ Dunks Holiday RomComs In Subtle Silly Satire

Hot Frosty is one of those movies where you can’t fathom if it’s intended to be taken seriously or meant as a parody of the Hallmark Christmas holiday movie genre. It’s set in one of those towns that really look densely populated but have enough of an infrastructure to have a lot of amenities. TheyContinue reading “‘Hot Frosty’ Dunks Holiday RomComs In Subtle Silly Satire”