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”
Category Archives: Movie Flashback
‘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”
Martin Mull’s Dry Humor Entertained Millions For Decades
With a name like Martin Mull, you’re either going to be an ancillary comic-book villain’s sidekick or a character actor/comic with a dry, sharp wit and delivery. It’s a good thing, he chose the latter. The word “mull” is something that you ponder over with great thought. You don’t jump at a decision. And maybe’sContinue reading “Martin Mull’s Dry Humor Entertained Millions For Decades”
Original ‘Hellraiser’ Still Has Such Sights To Show You
Note: This is a post that focuses on horrors/thrillers made with a connection to the LGBTQIA community. “I have seen the future of horror and his name is Clive Barker.” Stephen King quoted this praising Barker’s Book of Blood. This is funny because there really is only five years separating the two famous writers butContinue reading “Original ‘Hellraiser’ Still Has Such Sights To Show You”
Twenty Years Later, ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Still A Dud
For the 25th anniversary of Airplane!, the team of Jerry Zucker-Jim Abrams-David Zucker (ZAZ) were doing an into to the deleted scenes, which there weren’t many of. Their reasoning was simple, “There’s nothing funny on the cutting room floor.” A movie like Napoleon Dynamite would be 45 seconds long if the filmmakers held true toContinue reading “Twenty Years Later, ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Still A Dud”
Donald Sutherland Was A Versatile But Prolific Actor
Upon hearing news of the death of Donald Sutherland, I decided to watch Ordinary People. It had been the first time in over a decade since I saw it. But I always thought his performance as Chicago-area lawyer Calvin Jarrett was one of the best of his career, quite possibly the best. And for that,Continue reading “Donald Sutherland Was A Versatile But Prolific Actor”
Don’t Catch ‘Ghost Fever” (No, Seriously Avoid It If You Can…And Many Have)
NOTE: This review post has an emphasis for the LGBTQIA community for June Pride Month. Sherman Hemsley made a name for himself playing George Jefferson on The Jeffersons, a spin-off to All in the Family. George was so much like Archie Bunker part of the humor of the show was watching George get his comeuppanceContinue reading “Don’t Catch ‘Ghost Fever” (No, Seriously Avoid It If You Can…And Many Have)”
‘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”
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