Category Archives: Movie Flashback

Before I begin this post, let me preface I like movies and stories where the main characters aren’t the most likable. But there has to be some dimension to characters. And while people might draw comparisons to Dirty Harry and To Live and Die in L.A., Dragged Across Concrete isn’t in the same league. IContinue reading “‘Dragged Across Concrete’ Is MAGA Porn”

When you think of Twilight, you think of vampires and werewolves and an young woman torn between the two. Well, that might be the same premise of the 1998 neo-noir thriller from a certain point of view. Yet, a movie like this shouldn’t have be as disappointing as it is with the overabundance of talentContinue reading “‘Twilight’ Dims Too Dull Too Soon”

For a while Above Suspicion, a little known 2019 movie featuring Emilia Clarke that wasn’t released in America until 2021 was in the top 10 on Netflix views. The movie had actually been filmed in 2016. And anyone tuning it can see why it took so many years to get released and why it justContinue reading “‘Above Suspicion’ Never Rises Above Average Poverty Porn Exploitations”

WARNING: This contains spoilers, but you’ll thank me. I didn’t know who Jim Cummings is when I started watching The Wolf of Snow Hollow and I still don’t know how he was able to make a movie like this. If you’re expecting a comedy-horror about a werewolf, go see An American Werewolf in London. ThisContinue reading “‘The Wolf Of Snow Hollow” Is An Awful Horror Movie That Makes No Sense”

Sometimes movies only appeal to a certain demographic. It’s hard to make a movie that everyone will like but filmmakers try to appeal the general public. Sometimes they’re a success. Sometimes they’re not. Yet, by the time Blood In Blood Out: Bound by Honor appearred in theaters, no one “in the heartland” was really interested.Continue reading “‘Blood In Blood Out: Bound By Honor’ Celebrates 30 Years As Crime Epic Classic”

By the time Return of the Jedi hit theaters in 1983, audiences were mixed on the final entry into the trilogy. And there’s good reason to that. The movie was swiftly rushed into production following the success of The Empire Strikes Back even though it took three years, which was the same time lapse ofContinue reading “‘Return Of The Jedi’ Turns 40”