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‘Chinatown’ At 50 Is Still A Masterpiece That You Can’t Forget About

This post contains spoilers as well as reference sexual assault and incest!! Jack Nicholson’s career is the type of most actors would fight each other to the deaths over to get. He’s won the Oscar three times, one of three male actors to do so next to Daniel Day-Lewis and Walter Brennan. He’s made aContinue reading “‘Chinatown’ At 50 Is Still A Masterpiece That You Can’t Forget About”

Happy Juneteenth!

I want to wish everyone a Happy Juneteenth. I know some people may be wondering why we need to celebrate this day. Well, it’s because a lot of people less than 200 years ago were enslaved. Their children were taken from them. Their spouses were taken from them. Their family members were sold like propertyContinue reading “Happy Juneteenth!”

Yabba-Dabba-Don’t! ‘The Flintstones’ At 30 Still A Rocky Adaptation

Picture it, mid-June 1993. Thousands, if not millions flocked to the movie theaters to see Jurassic Park. The juggernaut Hollywood blockbuster defined the summer of 1993. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Last Action Hero made the foolish mistake of opening the week after. Even though the Governator said that Jurassic Park had moved its release date to JuneContinue reading “Yabba-Dabba-Don’t! ‘The Flintstones’ At 30 Still A Rocky Adaptation”

‘Jim Henson Idea Man’ Is A Fluffy Love Letter To The Filmmaker/Puppeteer

Jim Henson has been dead now over 34 years. That’s almost as long as he was active. He passed away at the age of 53. Maybe it was because he had about 20 or so more years left in him and wasn’t able to fully see the advance of special effects by Industrial Light andContinue reading “‘Jim Henson Idea Man’ Is A Fluffy Love Letter To The Filmmaker/Puppeteer”

Why A Lot Of People Got It Wrong About ‘Captain Fantastic’

When you’re a parent, you can do everything right and still have problems with your child. There is no textbook for how to raise a child as long as you don’t do irreparable damage. I had a science teacher tell me all her father had to do was give her a look when she wasContinue reading “Why A Lot Of People Got It Wrong About ‘Captain Fantastic’”

‘Under The Bridge’ A Horrifying Look At A Teenage Wasteland

What remains so fascinating about the murder of Reena Virk in 1997 is that it opened people’s eyes to the evils that young women can do. Even worse, those who had participated in her murder came from such varied backgrounds. There’s always been Mean Girls even before Tina Fey brought the phrase to the AmericanContinue reading “‘Under The Bridge’ A Horrifying Look At A Teenage Wasteland”

‘Freddy’s Revenge’ Is The Strangest Nightmare On Elm Street

Note: This post is about horrors/thrillers with an emphasis on the LGBTQIA community for June’s Pride Month. There are some movies that you can tell were just rushed into production to strike while the iron is hot. The first Nightmare on Elm Street had been produced on a very thin shoe-string budget for New LineContinue reading “‘Freddy’s Revenge’ Is The Strangest Nightmare On Elm Street”

The O.J. Simpson Murder Case Still Strikes A Nerve Decades Later

As of today, June 12, there are people alive who can legally run for the U.S. Senate who have no recollection of the public hysteria and legal turmoil that happened because of the murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman in a residential L.A. neighborhood 30 years ago. It’s almost outrageous how all of thisContinue reading “The O.J. Simpson Murder Case Still Strikes A Nerve Decades Later”