When Movie 43 hit theaters this week 10 years ago, none of the cast promoted it. It wasn’t reviewed ahead of time for critics. Yet the posted boosted the “biggest cast ever assembled.” Granted, it had a lot going for it. Two Oscar Winners (Halley Berry and Kate Winslet) and action heroes like Gerard ButlerContinue reading “‘Movie 43’ Deserves A Second Look”
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‘Violent Night’ Teaches Us To Be Good For Goodness Sake Around Santa
Yes, Christmas is over and the credit card bills have (or should’ve) been paid by now, but Violent Night works as a crazy balls-to-the-wall story about Santa Claus (David Harbour) helping a family at a wealthy estate that’s been taken hostage by terrorists. The trailer have made it look like Santa is just some crazyContinue reading “‘Violent Night’ Teaches Us To Be Good For Goodness Sake Around Santa”
Eastwood’s Directorial Debut ‘Play Misty For Me’ Still Great Decades Later
Clint Eastwood’s Lothario ways have been known throughout Hollywood for years. The fact that he worked as a lifeguard at Fort Ord when he was in the Army just adds to his manly man tough attitude that he portrayed on screen early in his career. He appeared as The Man With No Name in SergioContinue reading “Eastwood’s Directorial Debut ‘Play Misty For Me’ Still Great Decades Later”
‘Coming To America’ Turns 35 This Year
I grew up in a very racist and prejudiced northwest Georgia community, but even Coming to America had many people laughing their heads off and quoting the movie years and years ago. And with it being Dr. Martin Luther (the) King Day, it’s as good as a time to reflect on the movie that madeContinue reading “‘Coming To America’ Turns 35 This Year”
‘Friday The 13th’ Attempted ‘A New Beginning’ But Did It Fail?
There’s a golden rule in franchises – you never stray from the formula, even though the Friday the 13th franchise did that almost when it started. To continue, I’m going to warn you all that this post has many spoilers, so don’t read any further if you haven’t seen any or all movies in theContinue reading “‘Friday The 13th’ Attempted ‘A New Beginning’ But Did It Fail?”
‘Shallow Grave’ Exposes 1990s Generation X Nihilism In Films
By now, people like Danny Boyle, Ewan McGregor and Christopher Eccleston are all household names. But 30 years ago during the height of the independent movie’s golden era, they made Shallow Grave, a psychological thriller/black comedy that is most impressive when you consider all that had to be done to complete funding. When the movieContinue reading “‘Shallow Grave’ Exposes 1990s Generation X Nihilism In Films”
‘Ghostbusters II’ Deserves A Second Look For The New Year
Ghostbusters II is one of those movies that was bound to happen come Hell or high water. The first movie had become such a success that the big wigs in Hollywood would’ve done one with or without the orginal cast who were all mostly objected to a sequel, mainly Bill Murray who was on aContinue reading “‘Ghostbusters II’ Deserves A Second Look For The New Year”
‘Terror Train’ Makes New Year’s Evil And Deadly For College Kids
Terror Train was the third horror movie released in 1980 featuring Jamie Lee Curtis solidifying her stature as a scream queen. About 90 percent of the movie is set on a train that has been rented by a college fraternity who attend a college in the Midwest but soon find out there is a killerContinue reading “‘Terror Train’ Makes New Year’s Evil And Deadly For College Kids”
‘Jackie Brown’ At 25: Tarantino’s Best
There are two types of filmmakers – those who direct their own scripts and those who are able to take someone’s else work and make it into a movie of their own. Quentin Tarantino, mostly, had directed movies he’s only written the script for even though some would argue he really copies other movies. InContinue reading “‘Jackie Brown’ At 25: Tarantino’s Best”
‘Bad Santa’ Rises Below Vulgarity
A movie like Bad Santa shouldn’t exist but I’m glad it does. It came out two years after 9/11 when everything was expected to be just peachy. For God’s sake, a movie like Chicago won Best Picture that year. Remember Chicago? No. Well, no one does. The 2000s was the worst decade for American cinemaContinue reading “‘Bad Santa’ Rises Below Vulgarity”
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