The Karate Kid is one of those great movies that became popular during the 1980s, then a joke in the 1990s before finding some love and attention again during the 2010s. In There’s Something About Mary, Matt Dillon’s character used the movie as a joke saying it’s a classic, but now 40 years later, he’sContinue reading “‘The Karate Kid’ At 40 Still A Champion”
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‘Shaun of the Dead’ At 20: How A U.K. ZomCom Reanimated The Subgenre
By the dawn of the 21st Century, the zombie subgenre of horror was, for a lack of a better word, dead. Scream helped breathe new life into the slasher subgenre and it seemed Hollywood was also in love with remaking Japanese horror movies into The Ring and The Grudge. But across the pond, something wasContinue reading “‘Shaun of the Dead’ At 20: How A U.K. ZomCom Reanimated The Subgenre”
‘Cobra Kai’ Still Kicking, But Final Season Is Just Beginning
The first part of the sixth and final season of Cobra Kai dropped on Netflix recently. The fact that this show even lasted past its second season is a testament of how to do a legacy series the right way and avoiding that dreaded F word – fanfiction. On the surface, the series could’ve failed.Continue reading “‘Cobra Kai’ Still Kicking, But Final Season Is Just Beginning”
‘Newhart’ Pulled Off One Of The Best Ever Finales On TV
Only a comic/actor like Bob Newhart would’ve dared to pulled off the series finale of his second TV sitcom Newhart. Spoilers Alert for anyone who hasn’t seen or heard about it. Newhart had rose to prominence through the 1960s with his deadpan, but clean-cut stammering delivery of humor. In 1972, he appeared in his firstContinue reading “‘Newhart’ Pulled Off One Of The Best Ever Finales On TV”
‘Death Wish’ At 50 Still Touches On Topics Open For Much Debate Today
When it was released in July of 1974, Death Wish struck a nerve with audiences. By the 1970s, the war on drugs seemed to have created more crime in metropolitan areas. Brian Garfield had wrote the novel after his wife’s purse was stolen. Last House on the Left had been released the same year asContinue reading “‘Death Wish’ At 50 Still Touches On Topics Open For Much Debate Today”
Richard Simmons Was An Inspiration
Richard Simmons was what happened when you crossed Slim Goodbody’s appearance with the energetic attitude of Robin Williams and the ever-loving sentiment of Fred Rogers. Some people just manage to take advantage of growing trends and run with it. By the time Simmons, born Milton Teague, moved to the Los Angeles area in the 1970s,Continue reading “Richard Simmons Was An Inspiration”
‘Shark Attack 3: Megalodon’ Bites
In 1997, Steve Alten, a science-fiction writer, published his first novel Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror and Hollywood came calling. However, the movie almost immediately found itself in another deep terror that of Development Hell. This gave Nu Image Films, a low-budget production company known at the time for making schlocky direct-to-video movies youContinue reading “‘Shark Attack 3: Megalodon’ Bites”
‘New Norm’ Shows The Right Can’t Be Intentionally Funny Even If They Tried
One of the great things about All in the Family and its spin-off The Jeffersons was that Archie Bunker and George Jefferson might have been biased, prejudiced people, but the show used the absurdity of bigotry and bias against them. After a while, both Archie and George learned how to tolerate and even feel compassionContinue reading “‘New Norm’ Shows The Right Can’t Be Intentionally Funny Even If They Tried”
‘Blown Away’ At 30 Shows It Can Still Ignite Thrills And Suspense
Blown Away should’ve been a surefire summer blockbuster. It stars Jeff Bridges who is always good to watch on screen as well as Tommy Lee Jones, mere months after picking up an Oscar for his role in The Fugitive. It reportedly had one of the biggest practical effects explosions ever on screen that would makeContinue reading “‘Blown Away’ At 30 Shows It Can Still Ignite Thrills And Suspense”
Rest In Peace To Two Great Movie/TV Veterans
For the most part, I can’t tell if famed screenwriter Robert Towne and prolific character actor Bill Cobbs ever worked on the same movie or TV show throughout their decades in the business. Both of them didn’t really get started until their 30s at a time in which many people would’ve given up on theirContinue reading “Rest In Peace To Two Great Movie/TV Veterans”
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