Recently, it was announced the Weird Al Yankovic biopic would be released in November on the Roku Channel. Daniel Radcliffe is playing the legendary musician and comic. I had almost forgotten that Yankovic made his only starring feature role in UHF that was released this month in 1989. Unfortunately for Yankovic, the movie came andContinue reading “Weird Al Has Got It All On ‘UHF’”
Category Archives: Movie Flashback
Saying Goodbye To Two Veteran Actors
Paul Sorvino and David Warner both appeared in the 1997 action comedy Money Talks, but I’m not sure they appeared in the same scene together. They had both guest-starred on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Sorvino and Warner both recently passed away leaving with them both an impressive resume that included many iconic movies thatContinue reading “Saying Goodbye To Two Veteran Actors”
‘Sleepaway Camp’ Has Little Thrills But One Helluva Twist
By the fall of 1983 when Sleepaway Camp was released, slasher movies were beginning their downturn. It’s easier to see this is a lower knock-off of Friday the 13th, itself an attempt to cash in on the success of Halloween. At this point, filmmakers had to have an ace up their sleeve to keep itContinue reading “‘Sleepaway Camp’ Has Little Thrills But One Helluva Twist”
‘Deliverance’ Still Plays The Game 50 Years Later
What’s so scary about a movie like Deliverance isn’t that one scene we’re all familiar with but another in which the main character, Ed Gentry (Jon Voight), kills a person who may or may not be dangerous. Ed is one of four people from the metro Atlanta area up in north Georgia on a canoeContinue reading “‘Deliverance’ Still Plays The Game 50 Years Later”
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, Wake Me Up From A ‘Summer Camp Nightmare’
Summer Camp Nightmare is a misleading title especially for a movie released in 1987 as the slasher craze had ruled movie theaters earlier that decade. Even the movie poster art is misleading with one featuring a drawing of a woman screaming (as above), another with a photo of a young woman brandishing a knife. IfContinue reading “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, Wake Me Up From A ‘Summer Camp Nightmare’”
Grim Future Awaits ‘A Boy And His Dog’
Hopefully, we’re nowhere near the dystopia wasteland that is 2024 that is the setting for A Boy and his Dog. World War IV has happened and both America and the Soviet Union has launched all nuclear missile from the silos and not much is left of human civilization, at least in America. Some humans stillContinue reading “Grim Future Awaits ‘A Boy And His Dog’”
Always Be Together In ‘Electric Dreams”
Of all the celebrities that seemed to have passed away in the past week, some people probably do not know who Lenny Von Dohlen was. They may have remembered him from Twin Peaks where he played the agoraphobic Harold Smith who had met Laura Palmer when she delivered meals to his house. He also appearedContinue reading “Always Be Together In ‘Electric Dreams””
‘Escape From New York’ Was Kurt Russell’s Escape From Disney
There’s an anecdote about the filming of Escape from New York in which Kurt Russell, during a break, went walking down a neighborhood in East St. Louis, Ill. while in costume as Snake Plissken. In one version, Russell is walking with John Carpenter, director and co-writer, as they are talking about an upcoming scene. EitherContinue reading “‘Escape From New York’ Was Kurt Russell’s Escape From Disney”
‘A Perfect Getaway’ Keeps Viewers On Their Toes
The best thing a movie can is to make you want to go back and watch it from the start, especially in a case like A Perfect Getaway. Part of the success of The Sixth Sense was people going to see it again to see what they missed and how they missed it. Not toContinue reading “‘A Perfect Getaway’ Keeps Viewers On Their Toes”
‘Jaws’ Still Has Its Bite
When Jaws hit the theaters in the summe of 1975, it came after a very long and difficult production that would determine whether the young director Steven Spielberg would have a career in movies or would drift through the TV wasteland of forgotten cop dramas and canceled too earlied sitcoms. Nicknamed Flaws by the productionContinue reading “‘Jaws’ Still Has Its Bite”
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