Woofstock 2024 happened on Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Riverwalk Crossings in Jenks, a suburb of Tulsa along the Arkansas River. Despite the scorching heat, many braved the elements to bring their furbabies and four-legged friends to see other dogs that were up from adoption. Rescue shelters in and around the Tulsa metropolitan area wereContinue reading “Woofstock 2024 Brings Many”
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A Mad, Wild Trip With ‘Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory’
On the surface, a movie like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a generic kids’ movie with all the singing and dancing that was common at the time. Musicals were all the rage even though movies were going through a huge change with the end of the Hays Code and the rise of theContinue reading “A Mad, Wild Trip With ‘Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory’”
‘Road House’ Manages To Kick, But…
Reviewing a remake of Road House is like reviewing a classroom of schoolkids who make those hand turkeys around Thanksgiving. It doesn’t take much, just an outline, and let the kids’ imagination do the rest. You can’t really critique it because it’s no way near high art, but if a child put a lot ofContinue reading “‘Road House’ Manages To Kick, But…”
‘The Garfield Movie’ Feels Like A Stuck Hairball Blocking A Good Adaptation
Twenty years ago, there was Garfield: The Movie, it got bad reviews but made a lot of money. The problem with movies like this, which was the same as that Curious George, animated movie in 2006 is they’re made for kids but reviewed by adults. I like the 2004 version even though Bill Murray hasContinue reading “‘The Garfield Movie’ Feels Like A Stuck Hairball Blocking A Good Adaptation”
‘Memoirs And Misinformation’ Is A Muddled Mess
In his memoir Gasping for Airtime, actor/comic Jay Mohr talked about the cultural divide between the writers and performers on Saturday Night Live during his tenure in the early to mid-1990s. It was obvious he observed so many of the people were trying to be more smart and sophisticated than they actually were. And readingContinue reading “‘Memoirs And Misinformation’ Is A Muddled Mess”
‘That ’90s Show’ Is Still Fly
That ’90s Show has managed to move pass a legacy show and get its own touch. But it’s managed to do more than just be a reunion series like Murphy Brown or Roseanne. It’s nothing new. In the 1980s with the evolution of first-run syndication, TV production companies brought back the Beaver, the gang fromContinue reading “‘That ’90s Show’ Is Still Fly”
Stop Calling Trump And Vance Weird Because They’re A Lot Worse
I hate to come off as a liberal version of James J. Kilpatrick, but we need to stop calling Donald Trump and J.D. Vance “weird.” I say that, because they’re a lot worse than “weird.” For someone like Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who is the Democratic running mate for Vice-President Kamala Harris, “weird” is termContinue reading “Stop Calling Trump And Vance Weird Because They’re A Lot Worse”
Please Help If You Can As A Birthday Gift To Me
It’s my birthday today. I’m 46. But I feel 64. I still think I can pass for 39. But the sweet woman at the supermarket I shop at reminded me of a 5 percent discount for seniors over 60 when I was there on Tuesday. What’s that old song verse? “Back to life, back toContinue reading “Please Help If You Can As A Birthday Gift To Me”
Fourth ‘Friday The 13th’ Is Too Entertaining For Its Own Good
By the time Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter hit theaters on April 13, 1984, the whole slasher horror craze was entering its great downfall. Critics hated them and the big names refused to acknowledge their existence except to condemn and degrade them. At the time, most of them had been filmed in Canada asContinue reading “Fourth ‘Friday The 13th’ Is Too Entertaining For Its Own Good”
‘The Union’ Falls Apart
Now, in his early 50s, Mark Wahlberg seems to take great enthusiasm in being the most Bostonian he can. I don’t mind that he talks about his religion. But most of his movie roles for the past decade seem to be playing blue-collar types. And yes, he may have that look where all he needsContinue reading “‘The Union’ Falls Apart”
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