Lost in America is a wonderful time capsule of a period in American history where people who had it the best but thought they needed more. Directed and co-written by Albert Brooks who also plays the protagonist David Howard, it’s a look at Baby Boomer yuppies who aren’t happy but for separate reasons. David andContinue reading “If You’re Taking A Road Trip This Summer, Don’t Get ‘Lost In America’”
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‘Prom Night’ Turns Into Disco Bloodbath
The premise behind the original Prom Night released in the summer of 1980 is a simple one: What if someone took the original Halloween and gave it a Saturday Night Fever vibe?And just for good measure, they got Jamie Lee Curtis and a nice disco soundtrack. It also helped that Curtis knew how to danceContinue reading “‘Prom Night’ Turns Into Disco Bloodbath”
Ray Liotta Was A Goodfella And Didn’t Live His Life Like A Schnook
If you’ve hung around any college campus in the last 30 years, you probably definitely saw the Goodfellas poster adorned on someone’s wall. The image of legendary actor Robert DeNiro looking at camera with his arms folded and his co-stars Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta on his sides both turning their heads a little toContinue reading “Ray Liotta Was A Goodfella And Didn’t Live His Life Like A Schnook”
The Day Tom Cruise Went Nucking Futs
I remember a moment from my teenage years in which I had to excuse myself to the restroom as I was seeing a movie at the movie theater in the town I grew up in northwest Georgia. There I was washing my hands as some younger kid came in. I was in high school asContinue reading “The Day Tom Cruise Went Nucking Futs”
How ‘Popcorn’ Gave Horror Viewers A Taste Of Metafiction
By the time the 1980s ended, the horror genre was practically on every film critic’s shitlist. After a decade of the slasher genre with the Halloween, Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street movies along with dozens of knock-offs, the 1990s started with a clean slate. If you changed the name of the subgenre,Continue reading “How ‘Popcorn’ Gave Horror Viewers A Taste Of Metafiction”
‘Black Hole’ Sucks All Excitement Out Of Disney Sci-Fi Movie
Sci-fi space movies were nothing new when Star Wars became a huge hit in 1977. But, every major studio and production company pulled out all the stops with the knock-offs. Roger Corman did Battle Beyond the Stars. On TV, we had Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica. Even Mork & Mindy came about because of StarContinue reading “‘Black Hole’ Sucks All Excitement Out Of Disney Sci-Fi Movie”
‘No Way Home’ Finds Right Path For Spider-Man Franchise
I’ve always loved Spider-Man. That being said, his transition to the big screen has been a rocky road over the last several decades. During the 1980s. the defunct Cannon Group had held the rights to the comic but the Israeli-producers of Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus initially thought it was a horror movie about aContinue reading “‘No Way Home’ Finds Right Path For Spider-Man Franchise”
There Are No Small Roles And No Small Actors
Mike Hagerty often portrayed blue-collar people mainly because he looked like a blue-collar type of guy. With that burly build, somewhat unkept curly brown hair and brostache, he looked like he was about to say “Da Bears.” On April 29, he passed away at the age of 67. Hagerty was from Chicago and attended theContinue reading “There Are No Small Roles And No Small Actors”
Why People Unjustly (And Legitimately) Hate ‘The Last Jedi’
With it being May 4, aka May the Fourth be with you, I’d thought I’d examine one of the most notoriously reviled entries in the Star Wars franchise. No, not The Star Wars Holiday Special. I’m talking about The Last Jedi, the eighth episode in the Skywalker saga. The Last Jedi has become the epitomeContinue reading “Why People Unjustly (And Legitimately) Hate ‘The Last Jedi’”
‘Friday The 13th Part 2’ Turns 41 Giving Us Iconic Jason Vorhees
The original Friday the 13th, released in 1980, was really nothing more than a cash grab to piggyback off the success of Halloween. And even though critics savaged it, times have changed and it’s more praised now. And Friday the 13th Part 2 wasn’t much different and citics were just as bad. But times haveContinue reading “‘Friday The 13th Part 2’ Turns 41 Giving Us Iconic Jason Vorhees”
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