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We Need To Talk About The Bullying And Death of Nex Benedict

I didn’t know Nex Benedict. As a matter of fact, I don’t know a single person who goes to Owasso High School or associated with them. Owasso is a suburb north of Tulsa. In the past few weeks, an incident has thrust them into the national spotlight. Nex, 16, was a nonbinary student at theContinue reading “We Need To Talk About The Bullying And Death of Nex Benedict”

‘Talk To Me’ Gets Muddled

Talk To Me might have worked better as part of an horror anthology. There are some creepy moments and surprises that come up on you. Unfortunately, the twin brothers, Danny and Michael Philippou, also known as RackaRacka, can’t maintain the momentum for a full feature movie. Set in the South Australia capital of Adelaide, itContinue reading “‘Talk To Me’ Gets Muddled”

‘Office Space’ At 25: It’s Done More Than Just The Bare Minimum

Office Space is one of those movies whose target audience was a bit too young to fully understand or appreciate the context. Most Gen Xers and Millennials were still in school or college. There might have been some older Gen Xers in the early stages of office work. But the late 1990s weren’t no whereContinue reading “‘Office Space’ At 25: It’s Done More Than Just The Bare Minimum”

A Republic If We Can Keep It

I drank a lot in my early 20s. I wasn’t an alcoholic, but I was still drunk at my college graduation which was at 9-10 a.m. on a rather hot Saturday morning in early May 2001 at Georgia Southern University about an hour drive out of Savannah. I moved away as I got older becauseContinue reading “A Republic If We Can Keep It”

‘Dr. Death’ Examines Hypocritical Oath

The strange case of Dr. Paolo Macchiarini could have been Europe’s answer to that of Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes. Both of them believed in a world of science fiction that they wanted to make a reality. And they were going to do what they did no matter who it hurt along the way,Continue reading “‘Dr. Death’ Examines Hypocritical Oath”

‘Footloose’ At 40: Still Too Outrageous To Be Enjoyed

Footloose was released 40 years ago today. And I have never been able to sit through it. I remember my mom rented it for us to watch one evening and then we all got bored during the chicken race scene with the tractors. I was more fascinated by how Kevin Bacon’s Ren McCormack had theContinue reading “‘Footloose’ At 40: Still Too Outrageous To Be Enjoyed”

‘Tremors’ Shakes Up Horror Genre

A movie like Tremors shouldn’t be as good as it is. Released during the winter of 1990, it was typically reserved for the bottom of the barrel of movies. Tremors boasted a nice cast of Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Reba McEntire and Michael Gross. It had also been scheduled to be released during the FallContinue reading “‘Tremors’ Shakes Up Horror Genre”

‘The Beanie Bubble’ Bursts Lacking The Stuffing Of A Better Biopic

I remember the infamous crash in the metro-Atlanta area in the summer of 1999 when a truck carrying Beanie Babies spilled its cargo all over Interstate 285. The freeway that surrounds the city is known for its heavily traveled semi trucks. Because you can shave off a lot of time in theory going from oneContinue reading “‘The Beanie Bubble’ Bursts Lacking The Stuffing Of A Better Biopic”

The Unspoken Reason People Keep Talking About Biden’s Age

No matter what President Joe Biden does, everything seems to come back to his age. At 82, he is the oldest serving President surpassing Donald Trump as the oldest person ever elected President who was 70. By the time Trump left office on Jan. 20, 2021, he was 74. Ronald Reagan was just 17 daysContinue reading “The Unspoken Reason People Keep Talking About Biden’s Age”