Category Archives: Movie Flashback

‘Android’ Is The 1980s Low-Budget Sci-Fi Thriller You’re Looking For

The Artemis crew came back to Earth about a week ago and already the cynics think we never went to the Moon. It never surprises me why people think this. A lot of people live under the delusions they are right all the time.  Maybe it’s because people saw the Apollo 13 incident as a made-upContinue reading “‘Android’ Is The 1980s Low-Budget Sci-Fi Thriller You’re Looking For”

‘Outbreak’ Horrifying Fiction That Became A Horrifying Reality

Six years have passed since Covid-19 sparked a global pandemic the likes no one had seen in a long time. It’s no surprise movies like “Outbreak” and “Contagion” became so popular while people were having to shelter-in-place. “Outbreak” had been released in March 1995 mostly in an attempt to get ahead of the based onContinue reading “‘Outbreak’ Horrifying Fiction That Became A Horrifying Reality”

Most Ludricrous Basketball Sports Movie Scene Ever Filmed

Tonight is the championship NCAA Men’s basketball game between Michigan and the University of Connecticut. I have relatives from Michigan so I’ll be pulling for the Wolverines.  Over the weekend, the Women’s championship between UCLA and South Carolina was played with UCLA winning 79-51.  Women sports are starting to be taken more seriously especially inContinue reading “Most Ludricrous Basketball Sports Movie Scene Ever Filmed”

‘Jason X’ Does Suck On So Many Levels But It’s So Bad, It’s Good

It seems like a clichéd trope that once a film franchise resorts to being set in space, it’s gone off the rails. “Leprechaun,” James Bond, “The Fast and the Furious” all resorted to sending characters into space.  Even “Critters 4” is set mostly in space but it was actually a sci-fi movie to begin with.Continue reading “‘Jason X’ Does Suck On So Many Levels But It’s So Bad, It’s Good”

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”