Category Archives: Movie Flashback

Movie Trailers That Fooled Us

Today is April Fools Day. And every now and again movie trailers pull a prank on us. A lot of trailers are released months before a movie is released so test screenings and reshoots can often result in scenes being cut.  And sometimes actors are portrayed more prominently in the trailers even though they haveContinue reading “Movie Trailers That Fooled Us”

James Tolkan, A Veteran Character Actor, Who Was No Slacker

James Tolkan had been a character actor for over 20 years when he appeared as Principal Strickland in “Back to the Future.” He had a history of playing authority figures in “Serpico,” “The Amityville Horror” and “WarGames.” So it was only natural with his male-pattern baldness and commanding voice, he would play Strickland in theContinue reading “James Tolkan, A Veteran Character Actor, Who Was No Slacker”

‘Urban Legend’ Was Late Filmmakers’ Great Debut

Jamie Blank died recently. He was in his mid-20s when he helmed Urban Legend during the slasher craze resurgence of the late 1990s.I’ll admit I had no idea what an urban legend meant when I saw the movie posters. Yet I had heard a lot of them. There was Bloody Mary, huge alligators in theContinue reading “‘Urban Legend’ Was Late Filmmakers’ Great Debut”

‘Code Of Silence’ Was Chuck Norris’ Best Movie As It Feels Different

I remember back around 1990 comic/actor Robert Wuhl said during a stand-up routine that if you counted all the good Burt Reynolds movies on one hand, you’d still have some fingers left over. This was around the time he had appeared in the crime comedy Breaking In directed by Bill Forsyth.   But it still wasn’t enough as he had to turn to TV toContinue reading “‘Code Of Silence’ Was Chuck Norris’ Best Movie As It Feels Different”

Shut Up About ‘Crash’ As ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Isn’t Better

For the past 20 years, Crash has been on the lips of everybody on the Internet and movie critics (both professional and amateur) as the “Worst Movie To Win Best Picture Oscar.”   This is like calling Plan 9 From Outer Space the worst movie ever made. There have been a lot of movies that came before and a helluva lot more that haveContinue reading “Shut Up About ‘Crash’ As ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Isn’t Better”

Our Gang’s Worst, Most Racist Short Premiered 85 Years Ago

A lot of modern audience may not know much of the Our Gang/Little Rascals characters other than the 1994 movie, which only proved that any actor playing Alfalfa is a horrible person in real life.   I mean, let’s face it. Bug Hall had every opportunity to be a better person than Carl Switzer and just decided to be a bigger assholeContinue reading “Our Gang’s Worst, Most Racist Short Premiered 85 Years Ago”

How The Oscars (And Harvey Weinstein) Have Ruined Movies

It’s no coincidence that a convicted rapist like Harvey Weinstein is back in the news while Oscar weekend is here. Now, this isn’t another smarmy post by some prude for clickbait on how the Oscars are no longer relevant. We live in a world of pageants and Chamber of Commerce annual banquets. Everyone seems to be patting each other on the back for basically doing the same thing overContinue reading “How The Oscars (And Harvey Weinstein) Have Ruined Movies”

Old Hat For ‘Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood’

The following post contains spoilers!  After the fan backlash over Friday the 13th : A New Beginning which attempted to take the franchise in a different direction where Tommy Jarvis turns into a killer following too much trauma, Jason Vorhees was brought back from the dead in the sixth movie.   Incidentally, the fifth movie made more money compared to its meager budget asContinue reading “Old Hat For ‘Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood’”