George Clooney may just well be the closest thing we have that reminds us of the Golden Era of Hollywood in which leading men were bigger than life who still commanded the silver screen when they turned into silver foxes and drove everyone from 8 to 88 wild. He has the playful mixture of comedyContinue reading “‘Out Of Sight’ Has The Perfect Coolness For Summertime Heatwaves”
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‘Jaws 3-D’ Is Nuts
There’s a rumor that when he was being interviewed for Jaws 3-D, Dennis Quaid, who was struggling with his cocaine addiction, responded, “I was in Jaws the what?” You can’t blame Quaid for not wanting to remember the making of this movie that almost seems like a parody of Jaws rather than a sequel. QuaidContinue reading “‘Jaws 3-D’ Is Nuts”
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Forget About ‘Jaws 2’
When Jaws was released in 1975, it changed Hollywood and the entertainment industry for the last 50 years. Many people often point to the movie as the beginning of the end of the New Hollywood era that had been rising with the end of the Hays Code. It’s ironic because Steven Spielberg was a replacementContinue reading “Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Forget About ‘Jaws 2’”
‘Up In Smoke’ Still Gives Off A Good Buzz Many Years Later
Cheech and Chong had been performing in nightclubs and releasing albums for years by the time their first feature movie Up in Smoke came out. But the question was how would audiences respond to a movie about stoners who are just looking to get high and maybe get laid. Remember this was still 1978 whenContinue reading “‘Up In Smoke’ Still Gives Off A Good Buzz Many Years Later”
‘Anaconda’ Slithers Through The Waters Of Guilty Pleasures
A movie like Anaconda should have been a disaster. It should have been the type of bad movie a studio makes that bombs so spectacularly executives who greenlit it come to work the Monday after only to find their parking spots painted over. Yet, it didn’t. For a cheesy B-movie like movie released in theContinue reading “‘Anaconda’ Slithers Through The Waters Of Guilty Pleasures”
Why ‘Hulk’ Failed And Still Succeeded
When Hulk hit theaters 20 years ago, audiences were excited. After several problems with superhero movies in the 1990s, it seemed Hollywood was finally learning how to make a movie following X-Men in 2000 and Spider-Man in 2002. Marvel hadn’t had too much luck with their characters on screen, i.e. Howard the Duck. And othersContinue reading “Why ‘Hulk’ Failed And Still Succeeded”
‘Interview With The Vampire’ An Allegory For Gay Awakening And Acceptance
Note: This focus will be on horror/thrillers that have featured the LGBTQIA community and/or have themes as June is Pride Month. In the 1970s, when Anne Rice was hired to write the screenplay based on her novel Interview with the Vampire, she was concerned about changing the main character, Louis, from a man to aContinue reading “‘Interview With The Vampire’ An Allegory For Gay Awakening And Acceptance”
The Homoeroticism Of ‘Batman Forever’
By the time Batman Forever hit theaters in June of 1995, the franchise was already running out of steam. Tim Burton had back way from directing the third movie following criticism of Batman Returns. He later admitted that Warner Bros. didn’t want him returning. Burton remained on as a producer. Joel Schumacher had been addedContinue reading “The Homoeroticism Of ‘Batman Forever’”
‘Orca’ Foretold The Future
Note: This focus will be on horror/thrillers that have featured the LGBTQIA community and/or have themes as June is Pride Month. While he portrays Paul, a supporting character, Peter Hooten is an openly gay man. I also felt this was appropriate with reports of orcas damaging boats. With reports coming out that orcas are destroyingContinue reading “‘Orca’ Foretold The Future”
‘Last Action Hero’ Was Da Bomb
Arnold Schwarzenegger has about 50 movie credits to his name. He’s done everything from playing the leading man (as in Total Recall or Conan the Barbarian) to the villain (as in The Terminator and Batman & Robin). He’s had surprising effective small roles (as in The Expendables 2 or Around the World in 80 Days)Continue reading “‘Last Action Hero’ Was Da Bomb”
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